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PACKAKI) LVJ (Jod make coats of skins, and clothed them. ^Heh. Haw ah, that is, livmg. y- 1 the maq 2 the man, 1 the mau The murder of Abel. GENESIB, 4. The curse of Cain. 1 Cherubim, 2 the man 3 sin couch- etli at the door: and unto thee is its desire, hut thou shouldest rule over it. 22 U And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : 23 Therefore the Loud God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden ^ C^herubims , and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. CHAPTER 4. 1 77te hirtJi., fr Lamech concerning our work and toil of oux hands, because of the ground which the LoED hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after ho begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters : 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. CHAPTER 6. 1 Tlte wickedness of the world, ichich pro- voked Qod''s loraih. and caused the flood. 8 Noahfindeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end of the ark. AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lokd said, My spirit shall not always ^ strive with man, '^ for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hmidred and twenty years. 4 ^ There Avere giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and tliey bare children to them, the sanie heeaine mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5 ^ And God saw that the wickedness of man teas ^vqa\ in the earth, and that every nnagina- 1 abide in - in their go- ing astray they are tiesli : 3 'riie Ne- philini Ave re The making of the ark. GENESIS, 7. Noah entereth the ark. tion of the thoughts of his heart tuas only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Loed that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Loud said, I will de- stroy man whom I 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. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 H These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 1 1 The earth also was corrupt before God, and tlie earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way Ui. ^'^ ^^he earth. 13 .^nd God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violem3e through them ; and, be- hold, I will destroy them with the eartJi. 1 4 U Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall he three hun- dred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof ; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But w^ith thee will I 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 into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after 6 his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keejj tJietu alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. CHAPTER 7. 1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. 17 The he- ginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark ; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this genera- tion. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female : and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female ; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights ; and every living ^ substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Loud commanded him. 6 And Noah tuas six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 II And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives wdth him, into the ark, be- cause of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that* are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had com- manded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 1 1 U In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark ; 14 They, and every beast after m 1 thing The flood. GENESIS, 8. The waters assvjage. thing 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. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 1 6 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the Lord shut him in. 1 7 And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the w^aters. 19 And the waters prevailed ex- ceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that tvei'e under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : 22 All in whose nostrils tuas the breath of life, of all that tuas in the dry land, died. 23 And every living ^ substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah 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 xvaiers asswage. 4 The ark restetli 071 Ararat. 7 The raven and the dove. 15 Noah, heing commanded , 18 goeth forth of the ark. 20 Jle Tjuildeth an alta^-, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God ac- cepteth, and promiseth to curse the earth no more. AND God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged ; 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; 3 And the waters returned from off^ the earth continually : and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4 And the ark rested in the sev- enth month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the moun- tains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased con- tinually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. 6 ^ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made : 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off' the earth. 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she re- turned unto him into the ark, for the waters ivere on the face of tlie 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 sevoa days ; and again he sent forth tlit dove out of the ark ; 1 1 And the dove came in to him in the evening ; and, lo, in hen mouth ivas an olive leaf pluckt off" : so Noah knew 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 him any more. 13^ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first s^ear, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah I'e- moved the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was '^ dry. 14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth ^ dried. 15 ^ And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives wdth thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, bothoi fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that tliey may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him : 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatso- i dried. dry. God blesseth Noali^ GENESIS, 9. Covenant of the rainbow. 1 for that 2 food 3 your blood, the blood of your lives 4 of ever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 20 ^ And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 2 1 And the Loed smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; ^ for the imagination of man's heart is eAdl from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. CHAPTER 9. I God blesi^rlh JVoah. 4 Mood caul murder 'a 'e forbidden. S God's corennnt, 13 Kig- 'li'fied by the rainbow. 18 Noah rejderi- J H'heth the world, 20 planteth a vineyard, '-■] is di^unkeji, and mocked of his .son, .3 curseth Canaan, 26 bJesseth Shem, -7 prayeth for Japheth, 29 and dieth. ■\ AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, andreplenish tlie earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that 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 tlie hand of every man's brother will I re- quire the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by nian shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you,_ be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 51 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; 10 And with every living crea- ture that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; ^ from all that go out of the ark, ''to every beast of the earth. 1 1 And I will establish my cove- nant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off' any more by the waters of a flood ; neither sliall there any more be a flood to de- sti'oy the earth. 12 Aiid God said. This is the token of the covenant which 1 make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations : 1 3 I "^ do_set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a cove- nant 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: 1 5 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. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and 1 will look upon it, that I may remember the ever- lasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 ^ And the sons of Noah, that Avent forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to he an hus- bandman, and he planted a vine- yard : 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; and he was un- covered wdthin his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went back- ward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces ivere backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said. Cursed he Ca- naan ; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said. Blessed he "^ the Lord God of Shera ; and Canaan shall be his servant. even have ' the Lord, the God 8 The generations GEKESIS, 10, 11. of Noah. 1 Eodauim. 2 coastlauds 3 nations * Put, ° he went forth into Assyria, 6 the Philistines, 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan . shall be his servant, 28 ^ And Noah lived^ after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. CHAPTER 10. 1 The generations of Xoah. 2 The sons of Japheth. 6 The sons nf Ham. % Kimrod tht first monarch. 21 The sons of Shem. NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and ^leshech, and Tiras. 3 And the_ sons of Gomer ; Ash- kenaz, and Eiphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan ; Eli- shah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and ^ Dodanim. 5 By these were the -isles of the ^ Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 *i\ And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraim, and ^ Phut, and Canaan. .7 And_ the sons^ of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raa- mah, and Sabtechah : and the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter be- fore the LoKD : wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 1 1 Out of that land ^ went foi-th Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 1 2 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the sains is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusira, and Caslu- him, (out of whom came " Philistim.) and Caphtorim. 15 ^ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and H eth, 1 6 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Ark- it«, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite : and afterward w^ere the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. . 19 xind the border of the Canaan- ites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou goest. unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their famihes, after their tongues, m their countries, and in their nations. 21 H Unto Shem also, the father- of all the children of Eber, ' the brother of Japheth the elder , even to him were ckildren bom. 22 The children of Shem ; Elam,' and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hnl, and Gether, an,d. Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah and Salah begat Eber, 25 And unto Eber were born t^ o sons : the name of one was * Peleg : for in his days was the earth di- vided ; and his brother's name ivas Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleijh, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab : all these tvere the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east, 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their genera- tions, in their nations : and l)y these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood, CHAPTER 11, 1 One langnage in the world. 3 TheTfnihl- in g of Bah el. 5 The confusion of tongues. 10 The generations of Shem. 27 The gen- erations of Terah the father ofAbrani. 81 Terah goethfroni Ur to Ilaran. AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech, 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed ^ from the east, tliat they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. 3 And they said to one another, 9 Co to. let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they liad " the elder brother of Japheth, \ * That is, Division. ^ east. '■> Come, 9 Co7ifusion of tongues. genp:sis, 12. God calleth Abrain. 1 bitumen 2 Come, brick for stone, and ^ slimo had tliey for morter. 4 And they said, ^ Cio to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one languaf^e ; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. 7 '^ Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that I hey may not understand one aii- '^her's speech. 8 So the Lord scattered tliem abroad from thence upon the facc^ of all the earth : and they left oil' ^o build the city. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. 10 U These are the generations of Shem : 8hem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the Hood : 11 And Shem lived after he be- gat Arphaxad five hundred years, and bogat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Sal ah : 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber : 1 5 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg : 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. 1 8 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu : 1 9 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. ^ 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug : 21 And Reu lived after he be- gat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daugh- ters. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor : Serug lived after he 23 And begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and be^gat Terah : 25 And Nahor lived after he be- gat Terah an hundred and nine- teen years, and l)egat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 11 Now these are the genera- tions of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran ; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in IJr of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives : the name of Abram 's wife was Sarai ; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughtei' of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Tscah. 30 Vixxt Sarai Avas barren ; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Al)ram's wife ; and they went foi-th with them from IJr of the Clialdees, to go into the land of Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Tei'ah wei^e two hundred and five years : and Terah died in Haran. CHAPTER 12. 1 God called Ahram, avd hiesfsed him with a promine of Christ. 4 I/e departfid with Jjdfrom, Ilaran. 6 nejournei/eth through C'dnad)!., 7 ivhich in 2>ro')nified kirn in a riKion. 10 lie is driven by n famine into E(f]ix>t. 11 Fear rndkcthhinifeigiihiHioife 1(> he his sister. 14 I'h a raoh. having taken her from liirn, hy plaf/ues is compelled to restore her. NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathei''s house, unto a land that I will shew thee : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I w^ill bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram depai^ted, as the Lord had spoken unto him ; and Lot went wdth him : and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they 10 Abram in Egypt. GENESIS, 10 o. Abram and Lot. 1 Shechem, 2 oak had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Ca- naan they came. 6 5! And Abram passed through the land unto the place of ^ Sichem, unto the ' plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite ivas then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land : and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, hav- ing Beth-el on the west, and ^ Hai on the east : and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. 10 ^ And there was a famine in the land : and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the famine tvas grievous in the land. 1 1 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife. Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say. This is his wife : and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister : that it may be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall live because of thee, 14 II And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she tvas very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her be- fore Pharaoh : and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 1 6 And he entreated Abram well for her sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and men- servants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the Lord plagued Pha- raoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram 's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me 1 why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife 1 19 Why saidst thou. She is my sister 1 so I might have taken her to me to wife : now therefore be- hold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they «f nt him away, and his wife, and all that he had. CHAPTER 13. 1 Ahram and Lot return out of Egypt. 1 By dimgreernent they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked Sodom. 14 God reneweth the promise to Abram.. IS He removeth to Hebron, and there buildeth an altar. AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the ^ south. 2 And Abram ivas very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the "south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and ^ Hai ; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first : and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. 5 II And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a strife between the herd men of Abram 's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the Canaanite and the Periz- zite dwelled then in the land. 8 And Abram 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 '? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou ivilt take the left- hand, then I Avill go to the right ; or if thou dejmrt to the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it loas well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, ei^en as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Eg5i3t, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot jour- neyed east: and they separated themselves .the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the nien of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord ex(;eeding]y. 14 H And the Lord said unto 4 South. 2 South 6Ai 11 Battle of the kings. GENESIS, 14. Melchizedek hleaseth Ahram. 1 by the oaks 2 are 3 Goiini; 4 Rephaim 5 Zuzim 6 Emim 5" the plain of Kiriathaim, Abram, after that Lot was sepa- rated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and south- ward, and eastward, and west- ward : 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also ha numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee. 1 8 Then Abram removed Ids tent, and came and dwelt ^ in the plain of Mam re, which '^ is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. CHAPTER 14. 1 Tlie Ixtttle of four kings against fire. 12 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Ahraw rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek hlesseth Ahi-am. 20 Ahrain giceth him tithe. 22 Th,e rest of the spoils his j^ui-tners haviiuj had their portions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of EUasar, Chedor- laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of ^ nations ; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiirn, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Ched- orlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they_ rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedqrlaomer, and the kings that weiy with him, and smote the ■* Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the " Zuzims in Ham, and the ^ Emims in "' !Sh aveh Kiri athaim . 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomor- rah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiirn, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim ; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of "^ nations, and Amrapliel king of Sliiuar, and Arioch king of Ellasar ; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Siddim ivas full of " slimei)its ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there ; and they that remained lied to the mountain. 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomori'ah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 1 3 IT And there came one tliat had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; for he dwelt ^" in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner : and these were confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother w;as taken captive, he armed his trained seyvants. born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and nur- sued them unto Hobah, whicn is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 H And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his re- turn from the slaughter of Chedor- laomer, and of the kings that weix with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine : and he ivas the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed he Abram of the most high 11 possessor of heaven and God, 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 Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the ^^ possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That 1 will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the 8 Goiim, ^ bitumen pits ; 10 by the oaks 11 maker 12 a tenth I 11 maker 12 Abraiiis vision. GENESIS, 15, 16. Sarai and Hagar. 1 he that shall be pos- sessor 2 birds of prey young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mam re ; let them take their por- tion. CHAPTER 15. 1 God encourageth Ahram. 2 Ahraia com- plaineih for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him. a son, and a multiplying of his se^d. 6 Ahrani is justified by faith, i Canaan is }>romised again, and con- firmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. AFTEK these things the word of the LoKD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and ^ the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus 1 3 And Abram 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 LoED canie unto hini, saying, This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for right- eousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said. Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit if? 9 And he said unto him. Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon, 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the '^ fowls came dow^n upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. 1 2 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I jfidge : and afterward shall they come outwitli great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking fur- nace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In the same day the Loiit) made a covenant with Abram, say- ing. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates : 1 9 The Kenites, and the Keniz- zites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the •' Ilephaims, 21 And the Amoiites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. CHAPTER 16. 1 Sarai, 1/eing barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Hagar, being afflicted for de- spising he)' mistress, runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, 11 and teUeth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is born. NOW Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children : and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name ivas Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath re- strained me from bearing : I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. 4 ^ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto iVbram, My wrong be upon thee : I liave given my maid into thy bosom : and when she saw that she liad conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is iii thy hand : do to her as it pleaseth theo. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 7 ^ And the angel of tlie Lord found her by a fountain of water 3 Rephaim, 13 Hagar^s flight. GENESIS, 17. Covenant of circumcision. 1 shall be as a wild ass among men ; 2 Thou art a God that seeth : in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sliur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, wlience earnest thou 1 and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, lleturn to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her. Behold, thou cu-t with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name *Ishmael ; be- cause the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he ^ will be a wild man : his hand ivill he against every Jiian, 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 &fter him that seeth me 1 1 4 Wherefore the well was called t Beer-lahai-roi ; behold, it is be- tween Kadesh and Bered. 15 U And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 1 6 And Abram loas fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ish- mael to Abram. CHAPTER 17. 1 God reneiceth the em^enant. 5 Abram his name is changed in token of a (/reater Messing. 10 Circuincisiun is Instituted . 15 Sarai her name is changed, and she Messed. 17 Isaac is 'promined. 23 Abra- ham and Ishmael are circumcised. AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my cove- nant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made thee. * That is, God shall hear. t That is. The well of the livmg one who seeth me. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and 1 will jnake nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my cove- nant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an ever- lasting possession ; and 1 will be their God. 9 ^ And God said unto Abra- ham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee ; Every man child among you shall be cir- cumcised. 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 1 2 And he that is eight days old. shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your genera- tions, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 15 IT And God said unto Abra- ham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but t Sarah shall her name be. 1 6 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless h er, and she shall be a mother of nations ; kings of ^ peoiile shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old ? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? 18 And Abraharn said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name § Isaac : t That is, Princess. § From t\e Hebrew word meaning to laugh. 3 peoples 14 son promised GENESIS, 18. to Sarah. : by the oaks and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting cove- nant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 2 1 But my covenant will I estab- lish w ith Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abra- ham. 23 ^ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house ; and circumcised the flesh of their fore- skin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham tvas ninety years old and nine, when he was cir- cumcised in the flesh of his fore- skin. 25 And Ishmael his son tvas thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his fore- skin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abra- ham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were cir- cumcised with him. CHAPTER 18. 1 Abraham eniertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is reproved for' laughing at the strange promise. IT The destruction of Sodom is revealed, to Abraham. 23 Abra- ham maketh intercession for the 'inen thereof. AND the Lord appeared unto him ^ in the plains of Mamre : and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him : and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 3 And said. My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on : for therefore are ye come to your ser- vant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said. Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 iVnd x^braham ran unto the herd, and fetcht 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 Avhich he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 ^ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife 1 And he said. Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee ^ according to the time of life ; and, lo, ISarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 1 1 Now Abraham and Sarah were o\d and well stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 1 2 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying. After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also 1 . 13 And the Lord said unto Abra- ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old"? 14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord'? At the time aj)pointed I will return unto thee, ^according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 ^ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said. Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; 18 Seeing that Abraham vshall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him 1 19 For "^ I know him, that he will command his children and ms household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of Inm. 20 And the Lord said. Because the cry of Sodom and Gomoi-rah is great, and because their sin is very grievous ; 211 will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether 2 when the season com- eth round ; 3 when the season coni- eth round, ■> I have known Inni. to the end that he may 15 Abraham! s intercession. GENESIS, 19. Lot in Sodom, 1 the two angels came according to the cry of it, which i.s come unto me ; and if not, 1 will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. 23 U And Abraham drew near, and said. Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked % 24 Perad venture there be fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein % 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the right- eous with the wicked : and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right % 26 And the Lord said. If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five % And he said. If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak : Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it,\i I find thirty there. 31 And he said. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 32 And he said. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham re- turned unto his place. CHAPTER 19. 1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The vicious Sodomites are stricken with' Mindness. '^1 Lot is sent for safety into the moun- tains. 18 He ohtaineth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodo^m, and Gomorrah are de- stroyed. 26 LoVs wife is a j^Hlf^r of salt. 30 Lot dwelleth in ' a car,e. 31 The in- cestiMus original of Moal) and Ammon. \ ND ^ there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot see- ing the III rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground ; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house ; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 H But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter : 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him. Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daugh- ters which have not known man ; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto these men do nothing; '^ for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof, 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said agai7i. This one fellotv came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 1 1 And they smote the men that ivej'e at the door of the house Avith blindness, both small and great : so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12^ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides 1 son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place : 1 3 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to de- stroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married I I 2 forasmuch f as they are come 16 The destruction of GENESIS, 20. Sodom and Gomorrah. his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. 15 IT And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying. Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here ; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 xlnd 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 U And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that 'he said. Escape foi- thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord : 1 9 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest ^ some evil take me, and I die : 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither, {is it not a little one 1) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called * Zoar. 23 ^ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brim- stone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the in- habitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 ^ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 U And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and. * That is. Little. lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 H And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abra- ham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he over- threw the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 ^ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night : and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father ; and he perceived not when she lay do^yn, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger. Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also ; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a 'son, and called his name Ben-ammi : the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. CHAPTER 20. 1 Abraham sojounieth at Gerar, 2 demeth his ivife, and loseth her. 3 Ahimelech in reproved for her in a dream. 9 //" re- huJceth Abraham, 14 reaioreth Sarah, 1« ami reproveth her. 17 He is healed by A b raham's prayer, AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south coun- try, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in^ Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. , , • 3 But God came tf) Abimelech m a dream by night, and said to him, 17 Abraham at Gerar. GENESIS, 21. Tlie birth of Isaaa. even 2 it is for thee a cover- ing of the eyes to all that are with thee ; and in respect of all thou art righted. Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman whicli thou hast taken ; for she in a man's wife. 4 But Abinielech had not coine near her : and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay ^ also a righteous nation l 5 Said he not unto me. She v'.s my sister 1 and slie, even she her- self said, He is my brother : in the integrity of my heart and inno- cency of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; for I also withheld thee from siiniing against me : therefore suf- fered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife ; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. ' 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then Abimelech called Abra- ham, and said unto him. What hast thou done unto us 1 and what have [ offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a gr'eat sin 1 thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing 1 11 And Abraham said. Because I thought. Surely the fear of God is not in this place ; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 12 And yet indeed she is my sis- ter ; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of niy mother ; and she became my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheei^, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave fheniunto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee : dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said. Be- hold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver : behold, '^ he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 If So Abraham prayed unto (jlod : an(l God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants ; and they bare children. 18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abra- ham's wife, CHAPTER 21. 1 /.siKic is born. 4 l/e in circumcised. G StirairNJoy. D Haaa for renifton. /?<>- lekah intitrueteth Jacu!> to ohlniu the t>/eM- ing. 15 Jacob nnder the per.sou of Exmi obtnineth it. 80 Eaaitr hrhigeth vf>ii.^oii. 33 Tmaett'embleth. 34 JCmm-ovipIuinfih, and by importuuiii/ ohtaiueth a ble.sxhn/. 41 I/e' thi-eaieneth Jacob. 42 liebeAu/i disap'pointeth it. AND it came to pass, that when Isaac was okl, and liis eyes were dim, so that he could not see. he called Esau his eldest st)ii, and § That is, An outh. il That is, The well of the oath. 9r. Jacob obtaineth GENESIS, 27. the blessing. said unto him, My son : and he said unto him, Behold, he^re am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death : 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison ; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for veni- son, and to bring it. 6 5! And Bebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Loud before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : 12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him. Upon me be thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which wei-e with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son : 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 II And he came unto his father, and said. My father : and he said. Here am I ; who art thou, my son 1 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn ; I have done according as thou bad est me : arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my soni And he said. Because the Lokd thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father ; and he felt him, and said. The voice t.s Jacob's voice, but the hands a7-e the hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as liis brother Esau's hands : so he blessed him. 24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau 1 And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's veni- son, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat : and he bi'ought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lokd hath blessed : 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of ^ corn and wine : 29 Let ^ people serve thee, and nations bowBown to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. 30 IT And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the pres- ence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made sa- voury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father. Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him. Who art thou 'i And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. i ^ gram 2 peoples 26 Esau hateth Jacob. GENESIS, 28. Jacob sent aicay. grain 2 away from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and away from the dew of heaven above ; 3 break loose, 4 shake 33 And Isaac trembled very ex- ceedingly, and said, Whol where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him 1 yea, and 'he shall be blessed. 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named * Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took a^vay my birth- right ; and, behold, now he hath taken a^vay my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me ] 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and with ^ corn and wine have I sustained him : and what shall I do now unto thee, my son 1 38 And Esau said unto his fa- ther, Hast thou but one blessing, my father ? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his father an- swered and said unto him, Behold, ^ thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy s^vord shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother ; and it shall come to pass ^vhen thou shalt ^ have the dominion, that thou shalt •^ break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 51 And Esau hated Jacob be- cause of the blessing ^vherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah : and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touch- ing thee, doth comfort himself, pi land oi Egypt. * That is, FovtiVttinu. t That Ik. Fruitful. 1 ff raiu 43 Jacob sendeth Ms sons GENESIS, 42. to buy corn. gram ; ' gram 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy ^ corn ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAPTER 42. 1 Jncdl) sendeth 7i,is ten sons to huy corn in Egypt. 16 They are imprisoneJ. by Joseph for spies. 18 They are set at liOeriy, 07i condition to hi-ing Benjamin. 21 They have remorse for Joseph. '24 Simeon is kept for a 'pledge. '25 They return icith cofn, and their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. ;36 Jacob refuseth to send Benja- min. NOW when Jacob saw that there was ' ^corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Whj^ do ye look one upon another 1 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is ' ^ corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die. 3 lIAnd Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy '^ corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's broth- er, Jacob sent not with his breth- ren ; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy '^ corn among those that came : for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph ivas the governor over the land, and he it ivas that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made him- self strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them ; and he said unto them. Whence come ye *? And they said. From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 1 1 We are all one man's sons ; we are true 7)ien, 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 ai'-e twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. . 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye a/re spies : 1 5 Hereby ye shall be proved : By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your young- est brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye sliall be keiit in prison, that vour words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 1 7 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live ; for I fear God : 19 If ye he true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison : go ye, carry ' " corn for the famine of your houses : 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 IT And they said one to an- other, We are verily guilty concern- ing our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he be- sought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Eeuben answered them, saying. Spake I not unto you, saying. Do not sin against the child ; and ye would not hear "? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Jo- seph understood them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept ; and re- turned to them again, and com- muned with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him be- fore their eyes. 25 IT Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with ^ corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the ^ corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the ^ inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it luas in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his breth- ren. My money is restored ; and, lo, ■ it is even in my sack: and their heart failed the?n, and they were afraid, saying one to another. What is this that God hath done unto us 1 29 ^ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of •gram gram, 4 lodging place, II 44 Their return, and GENESIS, 43. account to Jacoh. gram Canaan, and told him all that be- fell unto them ; saying, 30 The man, loho is tlie lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him. We are true men ; we are no spies : 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father ; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true me^i ; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone : 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. 35 II And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack : and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved o/ my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin aivay : all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying. Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone : if mis- chief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to * the grave. CHAPTER 43. 1 Jacol) is hardly pers^iaded to send^ Benja- min. 15 Joseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 He makeih them a feast. AND the famine ivas sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the - corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them. Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly pro- test 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 : *Heb. Sheol. 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said. Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother 1 7 And they said. The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying. Is your father yet alive *? have ye another brother"? and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we ^ certainly know that he would say. Bring your brother down 1 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father. Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, ana thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever : 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them. If it must be so now, do this ; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, _ a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds : 12 And take double money in your hand ; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand ; peradventure it ivas an over- sight : 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man : 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 ^And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benja- min ; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Benja- min with tliem, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men liome. and slay, and make ready ; tor these men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Josenh bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. „ . . . 18 And the men were ati-aid, be- cause they Avere brought into Jo- seph's house ; and they said. Because of the money that was returned ni our sacks at the first time are we brought in ; that he may seek occa- m any wise 45 Joseph feasteth GENESIS, 44. his brethren. 1 lodging place, ^ heart sion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of J oseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, we came in- deed down at the first time to buy food : 2 1 And it came to pass, when we came to the Mnn, that we opened our sacks, and, beiiold, evej-y man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said, Peace he to you. fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your vsacks : 1 had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses prov- ender. ^5 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 lIAnd when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man or whom ye spake 1 Is he yet alive 1 28 And they answered, Thy ser- vant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obei- sance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said. Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste ; for his '^ bowels did yearn upon his brother : and he sought ivhere to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by them- selves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by them- selves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; iov that is an abomina- tion unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his Inrth- riglit, and the youngest according to his youth : and the men mar- velled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. CHAPTER 44. 1 Joseph' n policy to xiay hix hrelhven. 14 Jnddh^n hmnhle fiupjdh'atioii to Jonepli. AND he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks tvith food, as nmch as they can carry, and put evei-y man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his •' corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning v/as light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and, not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good "? _ ^ 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth % ye have done evil in so doing. 6 IT And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words % God forbid that thy ser- vants should do according to this thing : 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold % 9 With whomsoever of thy ser- vants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond- men. 10 And he said. Now also let it he according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my servant ; and ye shall be blameless. 1 1 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opsned every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began gram II 46 Judah's supplication GENESIS, 45. to Joseph. 1 know at the eldest, and left at the j'^ouiig- est : and the cup was found in Ben- jamin's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 ^ And Judah and his breth- ren came to Joseph's house ; for he ivas yet there : and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done 1 ^ wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine 1 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord 1 what shall we speak % or how shall we clear ourselves ^ God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants : be- hold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so : but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant ; and as for you, get j^ou up in peace unto your father. 18 H Then Judah came near unto him, and said. Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying. Have ye a father, or a brother 1 20 And we said unto my lord, W"e 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 servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord. The lad cannot leave his father : for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants. Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said. Go again, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said. We cannot go down : if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28 And the one went out from me, and I said. Surely he is torn in pieces ; and 1 saw him not since : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to * tliP* grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us ; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life ; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that tlie 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 my father, saying. If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me ? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. CHAPTER 45. 1 Joseph inaketh himself knoivv to his hreth- ren. 5 IleeomforiethtJiew in God's provi- dence. 9 He sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh confirrneth it. 21 Joseph fur- nisheth them for their journey, and ecchort- eih them to concord. 25 Jacob is revived tvith the news. THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried. Cause every man to go out from me. A.nd there stood no man Avith him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud : and the Egyptians and the house of Pha- raoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his breth- ren, I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live? And his bretliren could iiot answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his breth- ren. Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And lie said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. . 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve lift\ 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land : aiul yet * Heh. Sheol. 47 Joseph maketh himself know7i. GENESIS, 46. Jacob goeth to Efjtjpt. plowing there are five years, in the which there shall neither fje ^ earing nor liai've.st. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made nie a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, Goa hath made me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry not : 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy chil- dren, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 1 1 And there will I nourish thee ; for yet there are five years of fam- ine ; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Ben- jamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 1 3 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring doAvn my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. 16 U And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come : and it- pleased Pharaoh well, and his ser- vants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Jo- seph, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ; 18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the children of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the com- mandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred ineces of silver, and five changen of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after tliis manner ; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with ^ corn and bread and •' meat for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed : and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 H And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived ; 28 And Israel said. It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. CHAPTER 46. 1 Jacob is comforted hy God at Beer-sheha. 5 Thence, he 'with his company fjoeth into Egypt. 8 The number of his family that went into Egypt. 29 Joseph me eteth Jacob. 31 Ife instructeth his brethren Jiovj to an- swer to Pharaoh. AND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and carne to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. _ 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here a77i I. 3 And he said, I ani God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee a great nation : 4 I ^vi[l go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also surely bring thee up again : and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose uij from Beer- sheba : and the sons of Israel car- ried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : 7 His sons, and his sons sons gram liro vision I 48 Jacob's family. GEiTESIS, 47. Joseph meeteth his father. 1 Zerah with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 U And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben; Ha- noch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 II And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 1 1 51 And the sons of Levi ; Ger- shon, Kohath, and Merari. 1 2 U And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and ^ Z^rah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 1 3 IT And the sons of Issachar ; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14 IT And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters tuere thirty and three. 1 6 U And the sons of Gad ; Ziph- ion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 1 7 IT And the sons of Asher ; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister : and the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 1 9 The sons of Rachel _ Jacob's wife ; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20 IT And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 21 ^ And the sons of Benjamin I'jere Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob : all the souls tuere fourteen. 23 II And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24 II And the sons of Naphtali ; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob : all the souls were seven. _ 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls ivere threescore and six ; 27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls : all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, ivere threescore and t^n. 28 IT And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen ; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and Avent up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and pre- sented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. ^ 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now le^' me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, JSIy brethren, and my father's house, which iue7-e in the land of Canaan, are come unto me ; 32 And the men ai^e shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they haA^e brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, Avhen Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say. What is your occupa- tion^ 34 That ye shall say. Thy ser- vants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both Ave, and also our fathers: that ye may dAvell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomina- tion unto the Egyptians. CHAPTER 47. 1 Joseph x>T6S6ntethfive of his brethren, 1 and his father, before Pharaoli. 11 He givdli them habitation and maintenance. 13 He ' qetteth all the Egyptians' money, 16 thiir 'cattle, IS their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests' land was not bought. 23 lie leiteth the land to them for affthpart. 2^^ Jacob's age. 29 He swear eth Joseph to bury him with his fathers. THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all tliat tlu\v have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And he took some of his breth- ren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren. What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants' rt?*e sliepherds, both we, and also our fathers. 49 Jacob presented to Pharaoh. GENESIS, 47. Joseph and the Egyptians. 1 many are the days of the years of thy life ? ' gram 4 They said moreover unto Pha- raoh, 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 Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Jo- seph, saying. Thy father and thy bj^ethren are corne unto thee : 6 The land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pha- raoh : and Jacob blessed l^.iaraoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How ^ old art thou 1 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pil- grimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of niy fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. 11 U And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 1 2 And Joseph nourished his fa- ther, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, ac- cording to their families. 13 1] And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine ivas very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine, 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the ^ corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence'? for the money fail- eth. 16 And Joseph said. Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses : and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent ; my lord also hath our herds of cattle ; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands : 1 9 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh : for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them : so the land became Pha- raoh's. 2 1 And as for the people, he re- moved them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the lajid of the priests bought he not ; for the i^riests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them : wherefore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Joseph said unto the people. Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pha- raoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth par^ unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for youi- little ones. 25 And they said. Thou hast saved our lives : let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. 26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 27 H And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die : and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand 50 Jacob blesseth GENESIS, 48. Joseph's sons^ ^ company of peoples ; under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their bury- ingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said; ^ 31 And he said. Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Is- rael bowed himself upon the bed's head. CHAPTER 48. 1 JosepJi with his sons msiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob strengtheneth hiinself to bless them. 3 He repeateth the j)romise. 5 He taketh Ephraim and 3Ianasseh as his own. T He telleth Joseph of his mother'' s grave. 9 He blesseth Ephraim and Manas- seh. 17 He jjreferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He propjhesieih their return to Canaan. AND it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father ?'« sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manas- seh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strength- ened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and mul- tiply thee, and I will make of thee a ^ multitude of people ; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting pos- session. 5 HAnd now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine ; as Beiiben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou be- gettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheri- tance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there tvas but a little way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these 1 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph bi ought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. ^ 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephra- im's head, who tvas the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wit- tingly ; for Manasseh ivas the first- born. 15 51 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all ray life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abra- ham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it dis- pleased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto j\[aiiasseli's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father. Not so, my father : for this is the firstborn ; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it : he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great : but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying. In thee shall Israt;! bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraun and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 And Israel said unto -loseph. Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you agani xmio the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand ot the Araorite with my sword and with my bow. 51 The last blessing GEKESTS, 49. of Jacob. 1 latter 2 firstfriiits 3 weapons of violence are their swords. 4 council ; 5 men, 6 houghed oxen. '' a lioness ; 8 the ruler's staff 9 until he come whose it is; I*' obedience of the peoples be. 11 the sheep- folds : 12 a resting place, that it was good, CHAPTER 49. 1 J(u;ob callethluH muf^tobUHHihcm . 3 Their MeHsiiig in, particular. 29 Jle eharyeth them about his burial. 83 lie dieth. AND Jacob called unto bis sons, and said, Gatber yourselves togetber, tbat I may tell you that wbicb sball befall you in tbe ^ last days. 2 Gatber yourselves togetber, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and bearken unto Israel your fatber. 3 H Reuben, tbou art my first- born, my migbt, and tbe ^ beginning of my strength, tbe excellency of dignity, and tbe excellency of power : 4 Unstable as water, tbou sbalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou it: be went up to my couch. 5 51 Simeon and Levi are breth- ren; '^ instruments of cvneMy are in their habitations. 6 my soul, come not thou into their ^ secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not tbou united: for in their anger they slew ^ a man, and in their self will they " chgged down a wall . 7 Cursed be their anger, for it ivas fierce ; and their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8 H Judab, tbou art he whom thy brethren sball praise: thy band fihall he in tbe neck of thine enemies ; thy father's children sball bow down before thee. 9 Judab in a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, tbou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as '^ an old lion ; who sball rouse him up'^ 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judab, nor ^ a lawgiver from between his feet^ ^ until Sbilob come: and unto him shall the ^" gathering of the people he . 11 Binding bis foal unto tbe vine, and his ass's colt unto tbe choice vine; be washed bis garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes : 12 His eyes sJiall he red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 U Zebulun sball dwell at the haven of the sea; and be shall he for an haven of ships ; and his bor- der shall he unto Zidon. 14 IT Issacbar is a strong ass couching down between ^ Hwo bur- dens : 15 And be saw '^^ tbat rest v!a,s good, and tbe land tbat it was pleasant; and bowed bis shoulder to bear, and became a servant ^" unto tribute . 16 1i J Jan shall judge his people, as one of tbe tribes of Israel. 1 7 Dan sball be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bitetli tbe horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I have waited for thy salva- tion, O Lord. 19 U Gad, a troop sball overcome him : but he sball overcome at the last. 20 II Out of Asher bis bread shall he fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 ^ Napbtali is a bind let loose : be giveth goodly words. 22 II Joseph IS a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall : 23 Tbe archers liave ^ sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of bis hands were made strong by tbe bands of tbe mighty God of Jacob ; (from thence is the shepherd, tbe stone of Israel :) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of tbe deep that lieth under, bless- ings of tbe breasts, and of tbe womb : 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of ^^ my progenitors unto tbe ut- most bound of the everlasting bills : they sball be on tbe head of Joseph, and on tbe crown of the head of him that was ^ ^separa,te from his brethren. 27 ^ Benjamin sball ravin as a wolf: in tbe morning he shall de- vour tbe prey, and at night he sball divide tbe spoil. 28 U All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it tbat their fatber spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to bis blessing he blessed them. 29 And be charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in tbe cave that is in the field of Epbron the Hittite, 30 In the cave that is in the field of Macbpelab, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Epbron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah bis wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah bis wife ; and there I buried Leah. 13 under taskwork. * Or, 14 * the ancient mountains, the desirable things 15 prince among ^^2. Jacob's death, and GENESIS, 50. burial in Canaan 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein luas from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob 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 mourning for Jacob. 4 Josejoh getteth leave of Pharaoh io go to Inivy him. 7 The funeral. 15 Joseph comforteth his breth- ren, who craved his pardoii. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third generation of his sons. 24 He prophesieth unto his brethren of their return. 25 He taketh an oath of tliem for his bones. 26 He dieth, and is chested. AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians em- balmed Israel. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, 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 Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh said. Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 U And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the thresh- ingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamenta- tion : and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said. This is a griev- ous mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called *Abel-mizraim, which is be- yond Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him accordmg as he commanded them : 1 3 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burymgplace of Ephron the Hit- tite, before Mam re. 14 UAnd Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father, 15 UAnd when Joseph's breth- ren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying. Thy father did command before he died, say- ing, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the tres- pass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the tres- pass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said, Behold, we he thy ser- vants. 19 And Joseph said unto them. Fear not : for am I in the place of Godi 20 But as for you, ye thouglit evil against me ; hut God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not : I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 22 H And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generatioN : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up ui)on Joseph's knees. 24 And Joseph said unto liis brethren, I die: and CJod will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swai'c to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. *That is, The mourning of tlie Egyp- tians. 53 oppression of the EXODUS, 1, 2. children of Israel. 1 store 25 And Joseph took an oatli of the children of Israel, saying, (xod will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 2G So Joseph died, being an hun- dred and ten yeais old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS CHAPTER 1. 1 The children of iHvael, after- Joseph'' s death, do multiply. 8 The more they are op- pi'esiHed by a ne/v king, the more they imd- tiply. Ii5 The godliness of the inidwives, in saving the men children alive. 22 Pha- raoh comniandeth the inale children to he cast into the river. NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benja- min, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacol) were seventy souls : for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 U iVnd the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abun- dantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Jo- seph. 9 And he said unto his people. Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh ^ treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved be- cause of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour : 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mor- ter, and in brick, and in all man- ner of service in the field : all their service, wherein they made them serve, tva^ with rigour. 15 II And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew mid wives, of which the name of the one xvaa Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah : 16 And he said. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the '^ stools ; if it he a son, then ye shall kill him : but if it he a daughter, then she shall live. 1 7 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive % 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives : and the people mul- tiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them " houses . 22 And Pharaoh charged all his Eeople, saying, Every son that is orn ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAPTER 2. 1 Moses is horn, 3 and in an ark cast into the flags. 5 He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproveth an Hebrew. 15 ' Hefleeth into Midian. 21 He marrieth Zipporah. 22 Ger shorn is born. 23 God respecteth the Israelites' cry. AND there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to tvife a daughter of Levi. - birthstool ; 3 households. I 54 The birth of Moses. EXODUS, 3. Moses in Midian. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he tvas a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could no 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 II And the daughter of Pharaoh 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 saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compas- sion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pha- raoh's daughter. Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee % 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her. Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daugh- ter, and he became her son. And she called his name * Moses : and she said. Because I drew him out of the water. 1 1 U And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens : and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 1 2 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there tvas no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand, 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together : and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow 1 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us 1 intend- est thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian 1 And Moses feared, and said. Surely this thing is known. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian : and he sat down by a well. * That is, Drawn out. i6 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters : and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's nock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away : but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Keuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day 1 19 And they said. An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daugh- ters. And where is hel why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man : and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare hiin a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 51 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groan- ing, and God remembered his cove- nant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto the7n. CHAPTER 3. 1 Moses keepetJi Jetliro's flock. 2 God ap- peareth to Mm in a burning bush. 9 I/e sendeth Mm to deliver Israel. 14 The name of Ood. 15 His message to Israel. NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the ^ backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lokd ap- peared unto him in a fliime of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the busli burned with fii'C, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see tliis great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And wOien the Lokd saw that he turned aside to see, G.od calU'd unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh 3l):n'kof the wilderness, 55 Moses is sent EXODUS, 4. to deliver Israel. 1 The Lord, the God hither : put off thy slioes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 U And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which ai^e in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows ; _ 8 And I am come down to de- liver them out of the liand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey ; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyp- tians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou rnayest bring forth iuy peoi^le the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 H And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt 1 12 And he said. Certainly I will be with thee ; and this shall he a token unto thee, that I have sent thee : When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this moun- tain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, ivhen I come unto the chil- dren of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, What is his name 1 what shall I say unto them 1 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the chil- dren of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, ^ The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, ^ The LoiM) God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, say- ing, I have surely visited you, and see7i that which is done to you in Egypt : 1 7 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amor- ites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land liowing with milk and honey. 1 8 And they shall hearken to thy voice : and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, '^ The Lord God of the Hebrews hatii met with us : and now let us go, we beseecli thee, three days' journey into the wil- derness, that we may sacrifice to the LoKi) our God. 19 51 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, '' no, not by a mighty hand . 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof : and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyp- tians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 22 But every woman shall ^ bor- row of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment : and ye shall put thei^i upon your sons, and upon your daughters ; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. CHAPTER 4. 1 Hoses'' rod is turned into a serpent. 6 IJis hand is leprous. 10 He is loth to he sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist Mm. 18 Jfoses departeth from Jethro. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. 24 Zipjporah circum- eiseih her son. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31 The peopjle helie'oeth them. AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not be- lieve me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say. The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord said unto him. What is that in thine hand 1 And he said, A rod. 3 And he said. Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent ; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his 1 The Lord, the (iod. 2 The Lord, the God of the He- hrews, 3 hut hy strong hand. ■^aslc I 56 Aaron appointed EXODUS, 4. to assist Moses. 1 the Lord, the God 2 it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : 5 That they may believe that Hhe Loud God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared nnto thee. 6 ^ And the Lokd said further- more unto him. Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it out, behold, his hand luas leprous as snow. 7 And he said. Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again ; and gluckedit out of his bosom, and, ehold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first si^n, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land : and the w^ater which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 ^ And Moses said unto the LoED, O _my Lord, I am not elo- quent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : but I a7n slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the Loed said unto him. Who hath made man's mouth 1 or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind 1 have not I the Loed 1 12 Now therefore go, and 1 will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of the Loed was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother % I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth : and I will be with thy movith, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokes- man unto the people : and '^ he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead 01 a mouth, and thou shalt be to him ^instead of God. _ 1 7 And thou shalt take this rod m thme hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 U And Moses went and re- turned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him. Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 19 And the Loed said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt : for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt : and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. 21 And the Loed said unto Moses, When thou goest to re- turn into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pha- raoh, which I have put in thine hand : but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pha- raoh, Thus saith the Loed, Israel is my son, even my firstborn : 23 And I say unto thee. Let my son go, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. 24 U And it came to pass by the way in the "^ inm that the Loed met him_, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said. Surely ^ a bloody husband art thou to me. 26 So he let him go : then she said, ^ A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. 27 U And the Loed said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Mo- ses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Loed who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. 29 ^ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel : 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Loed liad spoken unto Moses, and did tlio signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed : and when they heard that the Loed had visited tne children of Israel, and that he had looked upon tlieir aftiic- tion, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. 4 lodging place, 5 a bride- groom of blood 6 A bride- groom blood groom of 57 Pharaoh increaseth EXODUS, 5, 6. the Israelites'' task. ithe Lord, the God CHAPTER 5. 1 Pharaoh chideth 3f<)i^es and Aaron for their mes/^age. 5 He increafteth the Inra- elites^ task. 15 He checketh their com- plaints. 20 They cry out upon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses coinplaineth to God. AND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith Hhe Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilder- ness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who ^s the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go'? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' jour- ney into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God ; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them. Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works % get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said. Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish ought thereof : for they he idle ; therefore they cry, saying. Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein ; and let them not regard vain words. 10 U And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, say- ing, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted therti, saying. Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the chil- dren of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, a^(i demanded. Where- fore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore % 15 1[ Then the officers of the chil- dren of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying. Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants % 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy ser- vants are beaten ; but the fault i& in thine own people. 1 7 But he said. Ye are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye say. Let us go ami do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work ; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the chil- dren of Israel did see that they ^^ere in evil case, after it was said. Ye shall not \n\m^ ought from your bricks of your daily task. 20 H And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh : 21 And they said unto them. The Lord look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pha- raoh, and in the eyes of his ser- vants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said. Lord, wherefore hast thou .so evil entreated this people 1 why ^s it that thou hast sent me % 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. CHAPTER 6. 1 God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH. 14 The genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon., 16 of Levi., of whom came 3Ioses and Aaron. THEN the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am '^ the Lord: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bond- ' I 2 Jehovah 58 lie covenant 7'eneiued. EXODUS, 7. Moses is encouraged. 1 Shimei, age ; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the chil- dren of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments : 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage : I a7n the Lord. 9 U And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel : but they heark- ened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 1 1 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses spake before the Lord, saying. Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me ; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips'? 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 U These be the heads of their fathers' houses : The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi : these be the families of Reuben. 1 5 And the sons of Simeon ; Je- muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman : these are the families of Simeon. 16 U And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari : and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon ; Libni, and ^ Shimi, according to their fami- lies. 18 And the sons of Kohath ; Am- ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel : and the years of the life of Kohath tvere an hundred thirty and three years. 1 9 And the sons of Merari ; Ma- hali and Mushi : these are the fami- lies of Levi according to their gen- erations. 20 And Amram took him Joche- bed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses : and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 IT And the sons of Izhar ; Ko- rah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mi- shael, and Elzaphai), and Zithri. 23 ■ And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah ; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph : these a7-e the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife ; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the ^ fathers of the Levites according to their families. 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said. Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their ^ armies. 27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : these are that Moses and Aaron. 28 *i\ And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircum- cised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me 1 CHAPTER 7. 1 3foses is encoitraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 Bis age. 8 I/is rod is turned into a ser- pent. 11 The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 14 God's message to Pharaoh. 19 The river in turned into blood. AND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the chikh-en ot Israel out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Kgypt. 4 But Pharaoh •' shall not hearken unto you, Hhat I may lay my hand 2 fathers' houses 3 hosts. •» will ^ i\\\i\ I will 59 God's message EXODUS, 8. to Pliaraoh. my hosts, 2 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and ^ stubborn, 4 The Lord, the God of the He- brews, upon Egypt, and bring forth ' mine armies, and my people the children ot Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch foi'th mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses ivas fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto rharaoh. 8 UAnd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, aiul it shall become a serpent. 1 U And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent, 1 1 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers : now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their en- chantments. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became ser- pents : but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And " he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 14 llAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is ^ hard- ened , he ref useth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come ; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, "^ The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying. Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness : and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold,! will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink ; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river. 19 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Kgypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all tiieir pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels o/wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did ho, as the Lord commanded ; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that ivere in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of liis servants ; and all the waters that yjere in the river were turned to blood. 2 1 And the fish that tvas in the river died ; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river ; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did '' so with their enchantments : and PEaraoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them ; as the Lord had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went irito his house, neither did he ^ set his heart to this also. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river. CHAPTER 8. 1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sneth to Moses, 12 and 3Tosen by prayer r&moveth them aicay. 16 The dunt is turned into lice, ivhUilh the magicians could not do. 20 The sxearmii of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let the people go^ 32 hut yet is hardened. AISTD the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy bor- ders 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 ser- vants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs : 4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. 5 UAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch 5 in like manner 6 lay even this to heart. ' swarm with frogs. 60 Pharaoh sueth EXODUS, 8. to Moses. 1 in like man- ner I concerning the frogs, as he had ap- pointed unto Pharaoh. "'8 sand flies sand flies, forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 And the magicians did ^ so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 51 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, 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 Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me : when shall I in- treat for thee, and for thy ser- vants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only *? 10 And he said. To morrow. And he said. Be it according to thy word : that thou mayest know that the7'e is none like unto the Lord our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people ; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto the Lord ^ because of the fro^'s whic h he had brougtit against rliaraoIT ! 1 3 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses ; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them to- gether upon heaps : and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 16 II And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become ^ lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so ; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became ^ bee in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became ^lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth ^ lice, but they could not : so there were -^ lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God : and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 20 If And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morn- ing, and stand before Pharaoh ; lo he Cometh forth to the water ; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end thou mayest know that I a^n the Lord in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division be- tween my people and thy people : to morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the Lord did so ; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt : the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 H And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said. Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacri- fice the abomination of the Egyp- tians to the Lord our God : lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us ? 27 We will go three days' jour- ney into the wilderness, and sacri- fice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. .„ , ^ 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilder- ness ; only ye shall not go very far away : intreat for me. , , i t 29 And Moses said. Behold, 1 go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms or fln.< may depart from Pharaoh, troni his' servants, and from lus people, to morrow : but let not 1 haraoli deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice U) the Lord. . ^ r 30 And Moses went out trom Pharaoh, and intreated the Lokd. 31 And the Lord did acciudmg to the word of Moses ; and he re- 61 Tlie murrain upo7i beasts. EXODUS, 9. The plague of hall. 1 the Lord, the God 2 stubborn, moved the swarms of fliea from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people ; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAPTER 9. 1 The murrain of beastfi. 8 7'he plague of hoilH and hlainn. V6 IHh meHHage ((boat the hail. 22 The 'plague of hail. 27 Pha- raoh Nueth to Mosea, 35 but yet in hardened. THEN the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Hhe Loiii) God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let the?n go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep : ^Aere shall he a very grievous murrain. 4 And the Lord shall sever be- tween the cattle of Israel and tlie cattle of Egypt : and there shall nothing die of all that is the chil- dren's of Israel. 5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying. To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died : but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, be- hold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was ^ hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the fur- nace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth ivith blains upon man, and upon beast, through- out all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven ; and it became a boil breaking forth tuith blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils ; for the boil was upon the rnagicians, and upon all the Egyp- tians. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he heark- ened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. 13 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Jtise up early in the morn- ing, and stand Vjefore Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith Hhe Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues uijon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy ijeople ; that thou mayest know that the7'e is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now ^ I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite tii~ and thy tx'ople witii ])estiience; and thou slialt tjc cut oil from the earth. 1(5 '^ And in very deed for this cause\va.\ii 1 raised thee up, for to shew in thee my nower : and that my name may be declared through- out all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go { 18 Behold, to morrow about this tinie I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 19 Send therefore now, an/1 gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field ; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses : 21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his ser- vants and his cattle in the field. 22 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven : and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran ^ along upon the ground ; and tK^ Lord r-ained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire 6 mingled with the hail, very griev- ous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote through- out all the land of Egypt all that vxis in the field, both man and beast ; and the hail smote every ^ the Lord, the God ^ I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy peo- ple witli pes- tilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth : ^ But in very deed for this cause have 1 made thee to stand, for to shew thee my power, and that m 5 down unto 6 flashing continually amidst 62 i ii IP Pharaoh's heart is hardened. EXODUS, 10. The plague of locusts. 1 in bloom. 2 the Lord, the God herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel wer-e, was there no hail. 27 U And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned, this time : the Lokd is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail ; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord ; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for thee and thy ser- vants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley ivas in the ear, and the flax ivas ^ boiled . 32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten : for they tvere not grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thun- ders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go ; as the Lord had spoken by Moses. CHAPTER 10. 1 God ihreaUnMh to setid locusts. 7 Pha- raoh, mo'ved by his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh s^ieth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Moses, 2T but yet is hardened. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh : for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him : 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in^ Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith ^ the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy ^ coast : 5 And they shall cover the face ot the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth : and they' shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field : 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyp- tians ; which neither thy fathers, nor thj^ fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him. How long shall this man be a snare unto US'? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God : knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed % 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh : and he said unto them. Go, serve the Lord your God : hut who are they that shall go '? _ 9 And Moses said. We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daugh- ters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for we m/ust hold a feast unto the Lord. 10 And he said unto them, '^ Let the Lord be so with you , as I will let you go, and your little ones : look to it ; for evil is before you. 1 1 Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord ; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's pres- ence. 12 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every lierb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 1 3 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought tlie locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the "'coasts of Egypt: very grievous irere they : before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. •3 border ; 4 So be the Lord with you, btMilers 63 The plague of darkness. EXODUS, 11, 12. } The firstborn thre(jUen£d, 1 border 2 and he did not 3 so that men shall grope in darkness. 1 5 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 U Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 1 7 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only tliis once, and intreat the LoitD your God, that he may take away from me this deatli only. 18 And he went out from Pha- raoh, and intreated the Lord. 19 And theliOitD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea ; there remained not one locust in all the ^ coasts of Egypt. 20 But the LoKD hardened Pha- raoh's heart, '^ so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egy ■^even darkness tnluch may he fe 3t. t. 22 And Moses stretched forth Ins hand toward heaven ; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days : 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days : but all the children of Israel had light in their dwell- ings. 24 H And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither. 27 ^ But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thy- self, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. CHAPTER 11. 1 OocVh onesfiage to the J/traelites to borrow jewels of their n eigh bour.s. 4 Mosea thred t- eneih Pharaoh with the, death of the fir ni- hom. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Eg.ypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man "* borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LoitD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses wan very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said. Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn or Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first- born of the maidservant that i» behind the mill; and all the first- born of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, noi- shall be like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh ^ shall not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be mul- tiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, ^ so that he would not let the chil- dren of Israel go out of his land. CHAPTER 12. 1 Theheginning of the year in changed. 3 The ■passover is instituted. 11 Tlie rite of the passover. 15 Unleavened, bread. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They come to SiuicotJi. 43 The ordinance of the x^assorer. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying. \ 4 ask ^ will I 2 and he did not I 64 The rite of the ])assover. EXODUS, 12. Unleavened bread. 1 boiled 2 This month shall he unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 U Speak ye unto all the con- gregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house : 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it *in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and un- leavened bread; aiid with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor ^ sodden at all with water, but roast ivith fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 1 1 H And thus shall ye eat it ; ivith your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the LoKD's passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment : I am the Lord. 1 3 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Loed through- out your generations ; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat un- leavened bread ; even the first day *Heb. between the two eveniugs. ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall he an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you ; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 1 7 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your - armies out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 II In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 1 9 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 IT Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the 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 Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to i)a_ss, when ye be come to the land whicli the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye sliall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your cliildivu shall say unto you. What mean ye by tins servic(^ \ 27 That ye shall say. It ?s the sacrifice of the Lords i)assover. who passed over the houses of the children of Isi-ael in l^gypt. wIumi he smote the Egyptians, and deiiv- 2 hosts 65 The firstborn are slain. EXODUS, 13. The Israelites depart. 1 asked 2 let them have what they asked. ered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children or Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 H And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there loas not a house where there was not one dead. 31 U And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said. Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone ; and bless me also. 33 And the Egyptians were ur- gent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said. We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoul- ders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they ^ borrowed of the Egyp- tians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment : 36 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they '^ lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. 37 U And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Suc- coth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside chil- dren. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 IT Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, it'as four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much ob- served unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. 43 U And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordi- nance of the passover : There shall no stranger eat thereof : 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. _ 45 A foreigner and an hired ser- vant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the self- same day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their ^ armies. CHAPTER 13. 1 The firsthorn are, sanctified to God. 3 The memorial of the paaHover is commanded. 11 The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 1 7 The Israelites go out of Egypt, andy carry Joseph's hones with them. 20 They come to Eiham. 21 God guideththemhy a pAllar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the first- born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast : it is mine. 3 U And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for oy strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. 5 H And it shall be when the I 3 hosts. 'I I 66 Memorial of the passover EXODUS, 14. Pharaoh parsueth Israel. 1 Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat un- leavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 H And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying. This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in ^ his season from year to year. 11^ And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 1 2 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the ^ matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast ; the males shall be the toRD's. 1 3 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and all the firstborn of man among thy ^ children shalt thou redeem, 14 ^1 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying. What is this*? that thou shalt say unto him. By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage : 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly lef us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first- born of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the '^ matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my ^ children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. ; 17 U And it came to pass, when I every one of them. 67 Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near ; for God said. Lest peradventure the peo- ple repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt : 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Bed sea : and the children of Israel went up ^ harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 1 9 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Is- rael, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 % And they took their jour- ney from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wil- derness. 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night : 22 He took not away the ijillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAPTEB 14. 1 God instrueteth the, Israelites in their jour- ney. 5 Pharaoh jyursueth after them. 10 The Israelites inuromir. 13 Moses com- forteth them. 15 God instrueteth Moses. 19. The eloiid re-iiioveth hehind the camp. 21 The Israelites pass through the lied sea., 23 %chich drowneth the Egyptians. ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, oyer against Baal- zephon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They mr en- tangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, ^ that he shall follow after them ; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. _ 5 IT And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said. Why liave we done this, that we have let Is- rael go from serving us 1 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him : 7 And he took six lumdred chosen chariots, and all the char- iots of Egypt, and captains over A^ ^ armed and Pharaoh overthrotvn EXOBUS, 14. in the lied sea. 8 And the Loud hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : and the children of Is- rael went out with an high hand. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horse- men, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside JPi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 ^ And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians maiched after; them- and they were sore afraid : and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. 11 And they said unto Moses, Because thei^e were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness 1 wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt 1 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying. Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyp- tians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 U And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 ^ And the Lord sa.id unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me 1 speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward : 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the chil- dren of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 1 7 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them : and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 1 8 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 ^ And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behirid them : 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Loud caused the sea to go hack by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry gnmnd : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 n And the Egyptians pur- sued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pha- raoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it can)e to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that thej'^ drave them heav^- ily : so that the Egyptians said. Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 26 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to ^Ins strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyp- tians fled against it ; and the Lord * overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horse- men, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians ; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31 And_ Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians : and the people feared the Lord, and believed " the Lord, and his servant Moses. lits I * Heb. shook off. 2 in th( Lord, in liis and 68 The song of Moses. EXODUS, 15. TJie looters of Marah. Upraise Mm; 2 peoples I 3 Philistia. * chiefs CHAPTER 15. 1 Jloses' song. 22 The people want water. 23 The waiei's at Marah are hitter. 25 A tree sweeteneth them. 21 At Elitn are trvelve wells, and seventy palm trees. THEN" sang Moses and the chil- dren of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord *s my strength and song, and he is become my salva- tion : he is my God, and I w411 ^ prepare him an habitation ; my fathers God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord is a man of war : the Lord is his name. 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. 5 The depths have .covered them : they sank into the bottom as a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is be- come glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up a^gainst thee : thou sentest forth thy wrath, ivhich consumed them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters w^ere gath- ered together, the floods stood up- right as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them : they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 1 1 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods % who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders % 1 2 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people ivhich thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habi- tation. 14 The ^ people shall hear, and be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of ^ Palestina. 15 Then the ^ dukes of Edom shall be amazed ; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them ; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 1 6 Fear and dread shall fall upon them ; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone ; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. 1 7 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thme inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, ivhich thy hands have established. 1 8 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 1 9 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the chil- dren of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 11 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he throw^n into the sea. 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 IT And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they ivere bit- ter : therefore the name of it was called * Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink 1 25 And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord shewed him a tree, ivhich when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet : there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If tliou wilt dili- gently hearken to the voice of tlie Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lord that healeth thee. 27 HAnd they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of wa.t(M', and threescore and ten palm trees : and they encamped there by tlie waters. * That is, Bitterness. 69 Murmuring for bread. EXODUS, 16. Manna is sent. i CHAPTER 16. 1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They mur- mur for witnt of bread. 4 GoO, promiseth them bread from heaven. 11 Quails are sent, 14 and, manna. 16 The ordering of manna. 25 It was not to be found, on the sabbath. 32 An omer of it is preserved. AND they took their journey from EHm, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which r.s be- tween Elim and Sinai, on the fif- teenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murniured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness : 3 And the children of Israel said unto them. Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilder- ness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 II Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, Avhether they will walk in my law, or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord : and what are we, that ye murmur against us % 8 And Moses said. This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are wel your murrnur- ings are not against us, but against the Lord. 9 U And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord : for he hath heard your murmurings. 1 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord ap- peared in the cloud. 11^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 1 have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel : speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I ajti the Lord your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and cov- ered the camjj : and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw ?'^, they said one to an- other, ^ It is manna : f t)r they '^ wist not what it ^vas. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. 1 6 11 This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eat- ing, an omer for every man, ac- cording to the number of your persons ; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did mete it Avith an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said. Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they heark- ened not unto Moses ; but some of thern left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank : and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 U And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man : and all the rulers of the con- gregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them. This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is Hhe rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day and seethe that ye will seethe ; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morn- ing. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade : and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. I 4i 1 What is it? 2 knew 3 a solemn rest, a holy sabbath 70 % Murmuring for ivater. EXODUS, 17. Tlie rock is smitten. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day ; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 51 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none, 28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws 1 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 3 1 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna : and it tvas like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it ivas like wafers tiiade with honey. 32 U And Moses 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 Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your gen- erations. 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth par^ of an ephah. CHAPTEK 17. 1 The people miirmurfor water at EepMdim. 5 Ood sendeth him for water to the rock in Iloreh. 8 Amalek is overcome hy the hold- ing ti/p of Moses'' hands. 15 Moses huildeth the altar Jehomth-nissi. AND all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim : and there tvas no water for the people to drink. 2. Wherefore the people did ^ chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why ^ chide ye with me % wherefore do ye tempt the Lord % 3 And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people mur- mured against Moses, and said. Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst % 4 And Moses 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 Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smot- est the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Is- rael. 7 And he called the nanae of the place *Massah, and tMeribah, be- cause of the ^ chiding of the child- ren of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not % 8 II Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Ama- lek : and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed : and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands ti'erd heavy ; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the go- ing down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Ama- lek and his people with the edge of the sword. 1 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : =^for I will utterly put out the remembi^ance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and 2 striving * That u, Temptation. t That is, Strife. 3 that 71 Jethro^s visit. EXODUS, 18. His counsel. called the name of it *Jehovah- nissi : 1 6 For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord ivill have war with Amalek from generation to generation. CHAPTER 18. 1 Jethro bringetk to Moses Jiis 'iinfe and ttvo sons. 1 Hoses entertainetli him. 13 ,fe- tht'o's counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro de- 2>a rteth. - WHEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Is- rael out of Egypt ; 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons ; of which the name of the one was t Gershom ; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4 And the name of the other wa.^ \ Eliezer ; for the God of my father, said he, ivas mine help, and deliv- ered me from the sword of Pha- raoh : 5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God : 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 IT And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him ; and they asked each other of their welfare ; and they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said. Blessed he the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyp- tians. 1 1 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods : for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he ivas above them. * That is, The Lord my banner. t That is, A stranger there. I That is, My God is an help. 12 And Jethro, Ivloses' father in law, took a burnt ottering and sa- crifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. 1 3 H And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the peo- ple, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people *? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto evenl 1 5 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God : IG When they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 1 7 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this jjeople that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God : 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating ^ covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens : 22 And let them judge the peo- ple at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of I 1 unjust gain; 72 Tlie people at Sinai. EXODUS, 19. God\s fearful presence. peoples ; thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged them- selves. 27 H And Moses let his father in law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. CHAPTER 19. 1 The people come to Sinai. 3 GocJ'h mes- sage by Moses unto the pjeople out of the mount. 8 The people's answer returned again. 10 The people ane pjrepared against the third day. 12 The mountain must not be touched. 16 The fearful pn-es- ence of God upon the mount. IN the third month, when the children of Israel w^ere gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wil- derness of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from Rephidim^ and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness ; and there Israel camped before the mount. 3 And Moses went up linto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel ; I Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and hoiv I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my cove- nant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all ^ people : for all the earth is mine : 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 7 H And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. ' 8 And all the people answered together, and said. All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear ^yhen I speak with thee, and be- lieve thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. 10 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to mor- row, and let them wash their clothes. 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day -the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, say- ing. Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death : 1 3 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it he beast or man, it shall not live : when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 11 U And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people ; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people. Be ready against the third day : come not at your wives. 16^ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and light- nings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trum- pet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trem- bled. 1 7 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was alto- gether on a smoke, because the JLORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, whicli come near to the Lord, sa.nctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannt)t come up to mount Sinai: for tliou chargedst us, saying. Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And tlie Loud said unto liim. Away, get tliee down, and thou shalt come u]), thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not tlu^ i>i'i«vsts and the people break tluougli Lo 73 The ten commandments. EXODUS, 20, 21. Further injunctions. 1 for vanity ; {or, for false- hood;) 2 for vanity, (or, for false- hood.) 3 a sabbath unto 4 do no mur- der. come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. CHAPTER 20. 1 The ten command menU. 18 The people are afraid. 20 Motiea comforteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 24 Of what nort the altar should he. AND God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bond- age. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that zs in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thy- self to them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And shewing mercy unto thou- sands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God ^ in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guilt- less that taketh his name " in vain. 8 Eemember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : 10 But the seventh day ^.s ^the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that ^s within thy gates : 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 1 2 U Honour thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt " not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adul- tery. 15 Thou shalt not steal, 1 6 Thou shalt not bear false wit- ness against thy neighbour. • 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant. nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 18 U And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, ana the mountain smoking : and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear : but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the peo- ple. Fear not : for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you fi'om heaven. 23 Ye shall not make ''with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 II An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in '^ all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. CHAPTER 21. 1 Laws for menservants. 5 For the servant whose ear ishored. 7 For women servants. 12 For manslaughter. 16 For stealers of 'men. 17 For cursers of parents. 18 For smiters. 22 For a hurt by chance. 2S For anoxthatgoreth. 3-3 For him that is an occasion of harm. NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself : if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his niaster have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters ; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly 5 other gods with me ; gods of sil- ver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. 6 every place 74 Divers Imcs EXODUS, 21. cmd ordinances. espoused say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges ; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post ; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul ; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 U And if a man sell his daugh- ter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. 8 If she please not her master, who hath ^ betrothed her to him- self, then shall he let her be re- deemed : to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have ^ betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another 2vife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not di- minish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 U He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death, 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver himinto his hand ;" then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 1 4 But if a man come presumptu- ously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 1 5 U And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 ^ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 U And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 H And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed : 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff; then shall he that smote A^m be quit : only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and he shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20 H And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he con- tinue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money. 22 ^ If 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 wom- an's husband will lay upon him ; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any 'mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 21 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 IT And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his man- servant's tooth, or his maidser- vant's tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 IT If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die : then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall he quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, accord- ing to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a man- servant or a maidservant ; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 IT And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein ; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast shall be his. 35 IT And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it ; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him 2 fined, m; he shall surely pay ox ft)r ox ; and the dead shall be his own. 75 Divers laivs EXODUS, 22. and ordinances. lin, 2 be no bloodguilti- ness 3 blood- guiltiuess CHAPTER 22. 1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of irespafiHCR. 14 Ofhorrou-iiiq. 10 Of fornication. 18 r>/^' witchcraft, lu' C>/" Jje.stialiti/. 20 ^>/ i(/o/a- A/'y/. 21 Of Ntran(fers, widoirs, ami fa/hcr- Icfis. 25 Of uHiiry. 26 Of 2>l(idyesi 28 r>/' reverence to magistrates. 29 6>/' ^Ae ^V«^- 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 breaking ^ up, and be smitten that he die, there shall '^ no blood he fihed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall he '^ 1)1 ood sited for him ; for he should make full restitu- tion ; 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 II If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field ; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make resti- tution. 6 II If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed thevevlth ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 H If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house ; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, ■whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any man- ner of lost thing, which 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. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it : 11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept 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 for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 51 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof heinn not with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof ^e with it, he shall not make it good : if it he an hired thing, it came for ^ hi£ hire. IG 51 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with Ikm", he shall surely '' endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he snail pay nioney according to the dowry of virgins. 18 H Thou shalt not suffer a ^ witch to live. IIJ 'll Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 U He that sacrificetli unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 H Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 H Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and you r wives shall be widows, and j^our children fatherless. 25 H If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt *not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him "^ usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neigh- bour's raiment to i)ledge, 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 1 and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 28 H Thou shalt not revile the ^ gods , nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 IT Thou shalt not delay to offer ^° the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 4 its -> pay a dowry for her c sorceress interest. 8 only cover- ing, " ^1 9 judges, " of the abundance of thy fruits, 76 Diveis laics EXODUS, 23. and ordinances. ^ turn aside ifter a mul- titude *' favour ^ bribe : t bribe 5 fallow ; / 31 ^ And ye shall be holy men unto me : neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAPTER 23. 1 Of slander and false ^citness. 3,6 Of jus- tice. 4 Of charitableness. 10 Qf the year of rest. 12 Of the sabbath. IZ Of idolatry. 14 Of the three feasts. IS Of -the blood and the fat of the sacrifiee. 20 An Angel is promised, icith a blessing, if they obey h irn. THOU shalt not raise a false re- port : put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 U Thou shalt not follow a mul- titude to do evil ; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to ^ decline after many to Avrest judgment : II Neither shalt thou ^counte- 3 nance a poor man in his cause. 4 II If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou 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 right- eous slay thou not : for I will not justify the wicked. 8 U And thou shalt take no ^ gift: for the ^ gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the right- eous. 9 H Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger ; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and .shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and lie ^ still ; that the poor of thy people may eat^ and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal Avith thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the 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 unleavened bread : (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time ap- pointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou camest out from Egypt : and none shall appear before me empty :) 1 6 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field : and the feast of ingathering, tvhich is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 1 7 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 20 ^ Behold, I send an Angel be- fore thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 ^ Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak ; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For mine Angel shall go be- fore thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites : and I will cut them off. 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, noi" do after their works : but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their ^ images. 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 26 ^ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days 1 will fulfil. , ^ 27 I will send my ^ fear before thee, and will Mestroy all the people to whom thou slialt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And I will send ^" hornets be- fore thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaaiute, and the Hittite, from before thee. 6 Take ye heed pillars. ^ terror ■^ discomfit ^^ the hornet The covena7it ratified. EXODUS, 24, 25. llie glory of God appeareth. 1 River : 2 mount, 3 upon all these conditions. 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 Philistines, 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 witli their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. CHAPTER 24. 1 Moses is called up into the moxmtain. 3 The people promise obedience. 4 Moses hvAldeth an altar, and twelve •jrillars. 6 Ife sprinkleth the blood of the covenant. 9 The glory of God appeareth. 14 Aaron and, Hur have the ch-arge of the people. 15 Jfoses (/oeth into the mountain, where he continneth forty days and forty nights. AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and sev- enty of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh ; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 11 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments : and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the '-^ hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons ; and half of the Hood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said. All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said. Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you '^concerning all these words. 9 lIThen went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and sev- enty of the elders of Israel : 10 And they saw the God of Is- rael ; and there teas under his feet as it were a paved work of a sap- phire stone, and as it were the "* body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand : also they ^ saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 51 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua : and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders. Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you : and, beliold, Aaron and Hur are with you : if any man have ^ any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and "^a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord vms like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. CHAPTER 25. 1 What the Israelites must off er for the tnak- inff of the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy seat, with the cherxh- bims. 23 The table, with the furniture thereof. 31 The candlestick, with the in- struments thereof. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offer- ing : of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and ^ badgers' skins , and ^ shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, , * very heaven for clearness. 5 beheld 6 a cause, the 8 sealskins, acacia 78 The form of the ark. EXODUS, 25. TJte golden candlestick. 1 furniture 2 acacia 3 ri rim 4 cherubim 5 of one piece with the mercy seat ^ cherubim 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast- plate. 8 And let them make me a sanc- tuary ; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the taber- nacle, and the pattern of all the ^ instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 11 And they shall make an ark of ^ shittim wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 1 1 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a ^ crown of gold round about. ^ 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof ; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of ^ shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings h^ the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. _ 1 5 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two ^ cherubims of gold, o/ beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 1 9 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end : ^ even of 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 another ; toward the mercy vseat 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 testi- mony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two * cherubims which are upon the ark of the testi- mony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. 23 IT Thou shalt also make a table of- shittim wood : two cubits sluill be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a ^ crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden ^ crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 *^ Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of '^ shittim wood, and over- lay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and ^ covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to " cover withal : of pure gold shalt thou make them, 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. . 31 IT And thou shalt make a can- dlestick 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 come out of the sides of it ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side : 33 Three bowls made like unto ^' ^ almonds, tvith a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like ^^ almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower : so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto ^" almonds, ^uith their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches ^'' of the sanu\ and a knop under two brancluvs i-^of the same , and a knop under ranches two '-of tl K^ to the six branches ceed out of the candlestick nig same, accord- tTiat pro- ^ cherubim 2 acacia rim 6 Close by '' flagons 8 pour out ^of one piece with it. 1"^ ahnoiui bkissonis, 11 ahnoinl bU^ssonis 12 of Olio piece with it. ^9 Directions for EXODUS, 26. the iabernade. lof one piece with it : 2 snuffers ^ cherubim ^ in the edge of the cur- tain that is outmost in the second set. 5 in the sec- ond set: tlie loops sliall be opposite one to an- other. ^ clasps '' clasps : 8 for a tent over 36 Their knops and their branches shall be ^ of the same : all it shall he one beaten woj"k 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 thei-eof , and the snuffdishes thereof, shall he of pure gold. 39 0/a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 A.nd look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in tiie mount. CHAPTER 26. 1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 1 The eleven curtains of goatu'' hair. 14 Thecoc- ei-ing of rams'' skins. 15 The hoards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars. 31 The vail for the ark. 36 The hanging for the door. MOREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle wi^A ten cur- tains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : v)it]i •^ cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. 2 The length of one curtain sJuill 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 cur- tain from the selvedge in the coup- ling ; and likewise shalt thou make ^ in the uttermost edge of avotJier curtain, in the coupling of the second. 5 -b'if ty 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^ loot)s nmy take hold one of another ! 6 And thou shalt make fiftj^ ^ taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the ' ^ taches : and it shall be one tabernacle! 7 U And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair ^ to be a covering upon the tabernacle : eleven cur- tains 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 shall 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 tluit is outmost in the ^" coupling, and fifty loops in the edge ot the curtain which '^ coupleth the second. 11 And thou siialt make fifty ® taches of brass, and put the " taches into the loops, and couple the tent togethc^r, that it may be one. 12 And the ^-remnant that re- maineth 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 a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the taber- nacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And thou slialt make a cover- for the tent o/rams' skins dyed in re bad and a covering '^ above of gers skins. 15 51 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of ^■'' shittim wood standing up. 1 6 Ten cubits shall he the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall he the breadth of one board .^ 17 Two tenons sJiall there he in one board, set in order one against another : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side t/iere shall he twenty boards: 21 And their forty sockets o/ sil- ver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the ^" sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the taber- nacle in the ^' two sides . 24 And they shall be coupled to- gether beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shaP it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And ^^ they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets under '•> tent. ^^ first set. 11 is outmost ill the second set. 6c 12 overhang- ing l)art 13 back 14 of seal- skins above. 15 acacia I 16 hinder part i*" hinder part. 18 there 80 Tlie vail. EXODUS, 21 Tlie altar of burnt offering. 1 acacia 2 hinder part 3 cherubim 1 acacia * ui^on four 5 clasps, and shalt icacia iacia one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 ^ And thou shalt make bars 0/ ^shittim wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the '' two sides westward, 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. 29 Ai\(\ thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. 31 ^ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work : with ^ cherubims shall it be made : 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of ^ shittim ivood over- laid with gold : their hooks shall be of gold, ^ upon the four sockets of silver. 33 ^ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the " Haches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony : and the vail shall divide unto you be- tween the holy idace and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most ho\y place. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candle- stick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make an hang- ing for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle- worjf. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of ^ shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall he of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. CHAPTER 27. 1 TJie. altar of burnt offering, icith the ves- sels thereof. 9 The court of the tahernacle inclosed tcith hangings and pillars. 18 The ineasure of the court. 20 The oil for the lamp. A XD thou shalt make ''an altar of ^ shittim Avood, five cubits 6 81 long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare : and the height thereof shall 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 xlnd thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: ail the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a '^ grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the ^ compass of the altar beneath, that the net may ^" be even to the midst of the altar. Ariel thou shalt make staves the altar, staves of ^ shittim 6 for wood, and overlaj^ them with brass 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it : as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 ^ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall he hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side : 10 And the twenty pillars there- of and their twenty sockets shall he of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall he o/ silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall he hang- ings of an hundred cnhits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 IT And for the breadth of the court on tlie west side shall he hangings of fifty cubits : their pil- lars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall he fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall he fifteen cubits : then- pillars three, and their sockets three. , ,; , 15 And on the other side shall i>e hangings fifteen cnhits : their pillars three, and their sockets three.^ 16 II And for the gate ot the court shall he an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. ^ of one piece with it: grating 9 ledge round 1" reach half- way up 1 acacia The holy garments EXODUS, 28. for the priests. 1 7 All the pillars round about the court shall he filleted with sil- ver ; their hooks shall he of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18^ The length of the court shall he an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets o/ brass. 19 All the vessels of the taber- nacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of tne court, sliall he of brass. 20 U And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 1 tent of 21 In the ^ tabernacle of the con- meeting gregation without the vail, which ^s before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord : it shall he a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. CHAPTER 28. 1 Aaron and his sons are set ajjart for the pries fs office. 2 I/olj/ gaiments are ap- pointed. 6 The ephod. 15 The breast- plaie toith ttoelte precious stones. 30 Tlie Urim and Thummim. 31 The robe of the e2:)hod, with pomearanates and bells. 3(i The plate of the mitre. 39 The embroid- ered coat. 40 The garments for Aaron''s sons. AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadao and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy gar- ments for Aaron 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 Aaron's gar- 2 sanctify ments to ^ consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breast- plate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aaron 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 ^ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of pur- ple, of scarlet, and fine twined 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, which is upon it, shall be ^ of the same, according to the work thereof ; even of gold, of^ blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onvx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel : 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, accord- ing to their birth. 1 1 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 chil- dren of Israel : 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 /or stones of memorial unto the children of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 U And thou shalt make '' ouches of gold ; 1 4 And two chains o/pure gold at the ends ; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the "^ ouches. 15 U And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cun- ning work ; ^ after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scar- let, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be heing doubled ; a span shall he the length thereof, and a span shall he the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it set- tings of stones, even four rows of stones : the first row shall he a sar- dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall he the first row. 1 8 And the second row shall he an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ^ ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper : they shall be ^" set in gold in their in- closings . 2 1 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 U And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 3 cunningly woven 4 of the same piece, like the work 5 inclosed in settings 6 settings ■^ settings. Mike 9 jacinth, I'' inclosed in gold in their settings. ^2 The breastplate. EXODUS, 29. Tlie mitre. 1 settings, 2 in the fore- part thereof. 3 close by ^ cunningly woven ( 5 for the ! head, ^ a coat of mail, 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings ivhich are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ^ ouches , and put them on the 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 ^ curi- ous girdle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the '^ curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 U And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the ^ Lord : and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 II And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all o/blue. 32 And there shall be an hole ^ in the top of it, in the midst thereof : it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of ^ an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 If And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scar- let, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pome- granate, a golden bell and a pome- granate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holj place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 H And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LOUD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre ; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord. 39 H And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. 40 IT And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and "^ bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 4 1 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him ; and shalt anoint them, and * consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their naked- ness ; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach : 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, or when thej^ come near unto the altar to minis- ter in the holy place ; that they bear not iniquity, and die : it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. CHAPTER 29. 1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrai- ing the priests. 38 The continual burnt of- fering. 45 God's promise to dtoell among ike 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 bullock, and two rams without blemish 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : of ^ wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the 5" head tires 8 tent of meeting, 9 line wheaten tlour ^Heh. fill their hand. 83 The consecration EXODUS, 29. of the priests. 1 tent of meeting, 2 cunningly woven 3 bind head tires 4 tent of meeting : s £ent of meeting. 6 pour out '^ at the base basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the gar- ments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the '"^ curious girdle of the ephod : 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and " put the bonnets on them : and the Ijriest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bul- lock to be brought before the '^ tab- ernacle of the congregation : and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bul- lock before the Lord, by the door of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar witli thy finger, and ^ pour all the blood "' beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp : it is a sin offering. 15 ^ Thou shalt also take one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 17 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. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt offering unto the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 19 HAnd thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the lam. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of tlie right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their i-ight foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his gar- ments, 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 tlie 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 un- leavened bread that is before the Lord : 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons ; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them ujjon the altar for a bui-nt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's conse- cration, and wave it for a wave of- fering before the Lord : and it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the ^shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the con- secration, even of that wdiiph is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. 29 ^ And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 8 thigh ; I thigh 84 The daily burnt offering. EXODUS, 30. The altar of incense. 1 tent of meeting 2 tent of meeting. 3 part of an ephah 4 meal 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the ^ tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. 31 lIAnd thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the '^ tabernacle of the con- gregation . 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have com- manded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement : and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it,_ and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it ; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the . altar shall be holy. 38 H Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth ^ deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine 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 he a continual burnt offering throughout your genera- tions at the door of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord : where 1 will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the ^ tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation , and the altar: 1 will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45 H And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shcJl know that I am the Lord then- God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God. CHAPTER 30. 1 The altar of incense. 11 The ransom of sonls. 17 the hrasen laver. 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The composition of the perfume. AND thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon : of ''^shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof ; foursquare shall it be : and two cubits sliall be the height thereof : the horns thereof shall he ^ of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof ; and thou shalt make unto it a ^ crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the ^ crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make ^^ it : and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of "' shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your genera- tions. 9 Ye shall offer no strange in- cense thereon, nor " burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering : neither shall ye pour ch-ink ofiering tliereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of '-'atoneiiKMits : 5 Tent 6 tent of meeting, acacia s of one piece with it. 9,.i rim 1" them ; 11 burnt of- fering, nor nioal (»tTt'r- ini;; 1- atone- UKiit : 85 The laver of brass. EXODUS, 30. The holy oil and incense. Uhe 2 tent of meeting ; Sfor 4 the base thereof 5 tent of meeting 6 tent of meeting, 7 burn an of- fering 8 the chief once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations : it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 51 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 1 2 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them ; that there be no plague among them, when thou number- est 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 be the offering of the Lord. 1 4 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give ^ an offering unto the Lord. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give ^ an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 1 6 And thou shalt take the atone- ment money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be a memorial ^unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 17 UAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and '^ his foot also of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it between the '^ tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 1 9 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thei'eat : 20 When they go into the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to "^ burn offering made by fire unto the Lord : 2 1 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 U Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2.3 Take thou also unto thee ^ principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin : 25 And thou shalt make it ®an oil of holy ointment, an ointment comT)Ound after th <^ ai't < >t 1 1 1 e apothecary : it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the '' tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testi- mony, 27 And the table and all his ves- sels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offer- ing with all his vessels, and the laver and ^" his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : what- soever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your genera- tions. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composi- tion of it : it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth aiiy like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 34 UAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure frank- incense : of each shall there be a like vjeight : 35 And thou shalt " make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered t(v gether , ijure and holy : 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And ^^ as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make ^'^ to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto^ shall even be cut off from his people. ^ an holy anointing oil, a per- fume com- povinded after the art of the per- fumer : ^ tent of meetuig 10 the base thereof. 11 make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the per- fumer, sea- soned with salt, 6 tent of meeting, 12 the incense 13 for 86 Bezaleel and Alioliah. EXODUS, 31, 32. Aaron maketh the calf. rood. 2 tent of meeting, 'Tent, *its base, 5 finely wrought garments, '^ prof aneth i ' seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest. I CHAPTER 31. 1 BezaJeel and Aholiah are. culled and made meet/or the %voi-k. of the tabernacle. 12 The ohiservation of the sabbath is again com- manded. 18 Jloses receiveth the two tables. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanshiij, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of ^ timber , to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisa- mach, of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; 7 The ^ tabernacle of the congre- gation, and the ark of the testi- mony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the ^ tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furni- ture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and ^ his foot, 10 And the ^ cloths of service , and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have com- manded thee shall they do. 1 2 H And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the chil- dren of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me and you through- out your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is noly unto you : every one that '^defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whoso- ever doetn any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the '^ seventh is the sabbath of rest , holy to the Lord: whoso- ever doeth any work in the sab- bath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 U And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of com- muning with him upon mount Sinai, ' ^two tables of testimony. tables of stone, written with the finger of God. CHAPTER 32. 1 The people, in the abseiice of Moses, cause Aaron to make a calf. 7 God is angered thereby. 11 At the intreaty of 3[oses he is appeased. 15 3foses corneth doton ivith the tables. 19 He breaketh them. 20 He de- stroy eth the calf. 22 Aaron'' s excuse for himself. 25 Moses causeth the idolaters to be slain. 30 He pray eth for the people. AND when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gath- ered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, LTp, make us " gods , which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we ^" wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them. Break oif the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake ofiJ" the golden earrings which ivere in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a grav- ing tool, ^^ after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, ^- These he thy gods , O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up eaily on the morrow, and offered burnt oftei-- ings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 H And the Lokd said unto Moses, Go, get thee down : for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded 87 8 the two tables of the testimony, 'a god. 1" know Hand made 1^ This is thy Hoses' inqer. EXODUS, 32. His mtercession. 1 This is thy god, 2 brought ^evil them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrihced thereunto, and said, ^ These he thy gods, O Israel, which '^ h ^vfi,, ..Iji'QJJ ghj - thee up out of the land of Egypt" 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this peoi)le, and, be- hold, it is a stifFnecked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. 1 1 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said. Loud, Avhy doth thy wrath w'ax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought f ortn out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand'? 12 Wherefoi"e should the Egyp- tians speak, and say. For ''mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and re- pent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will nml- tiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever, 14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15^ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables ivere written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other luere they written. 1 6 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing tvas the writing of God, graven uxjon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is Su noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said. It is not the voice of the7)i that shout for mas- tery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 ^ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dan- cing : and Moses' 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 straw ed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this i)eople unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon theml 22 And Aaron said. Let not the anger of my lord wax hot : thou knowest the people, that they are set on "* mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us '' gods, which shall go before us: for as for tliis Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egyi)t, 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 ^And when IMoses saw that the people were naked ; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies :) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said. Who is on tlie Lord's sidel let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gath- ered themselves together unto him, 27 And he said unto them. Thus saith '' the IvORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses : and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses had said, Conse- crate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother ; that he may be- stow upon 5^ou a blessing this day. 30 *[f And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people. Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said. Oh, this peoijle have sinned a great sin, and have made them ^ gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book, 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto tJte place of which I ■* evil. ^ a god, ^ know ' tlie Lord. the God a god 88 lie tabernacle removed. EXODUS, 33. Revelation to Moses. 1 And the Lord said 2 if I go up 3 for oue moment, I shall I* from ' mount Horeb onward. ' 5 Now Moses ; used to take I the tent and i to pitch it ^ he called it, The tent of meeting. ' the tent of j meeting, 1 8 Tent, 9 Tent. have spoken unto thee : behold, mine Angel shall go before thee : nevertheless in the day when I visit 1 will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. CHAPTER 33. 1 The Lord refuseth to go as he had promised ^vith the 'people. 4 The people murmur thereat. 7 The tabernacle is removed out of the camp. 9 The Lord- talketh famil- iarly with Jloses. 12 Moses desireth to see the glory of God. AND the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Ja- cob, saying. Unto thy seed will I give it : 2 And I will send an angel be- fore thee ; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hi- vite, and the Jebusite : 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiffnecked people : lest I consume thee in the way. 4 ^ And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned : and no man did put on him his or- naments. 5 ^ For the Lord had said unto Moses, !Say unto the children of Israel, Ye ar^e a stiffnecked people : ^ I will come up into the midst of thee ^ m a moment, and consume thee : therefore now put off thy orna- ments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their orna- ments '^ by the mount Horeb. 7 ^ And Moses took the taber- nacle, a nd 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 went out unto ^ the taberna- cle of the congregation , which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the ^ taber- nacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the '^ tabern?icle. 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the ^ tabernacle, tlie cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the ^ tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the "^ tabei-- nacle door : and all tlie people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses tace to face, as a man speak- eth unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp : but his ser- vant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the ^ tabernacle. 12 IIAnd Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me. Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou liast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy "way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight : and consider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said. My presence shall go tvith thee, and I will giv^e thee rest. 15 And he said unto him. If tliy presence go not tvith me, carry us not up hence. 16 For ^^ wherein shall it be known here that 1 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 Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and 1 know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name or tlu^ Lord befoie thee ; and will be gra- cious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said. Thou canst not see my face : for ^' ^there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the Lord said, IVhold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory pass(»tli by, that I will put thee in a '^ clift of the rock, and Avill cover thee with my hand while I pass by : 23 And I will take away niinc hand, and thou shalt see my '" back T)a,rts : but my face shall nt)tbe seen. 89 ^'^ floor of the Tent: '-> Tent. 11 ways, 12 wherein now shall it be known 13 man shall not H I loft i^ hiwk : The name of the Lord. EXODUS, 34. The covenant renewed. 1 The Lord, a God merciful CHAPTER 34. 1 The tables are renewed. 5 The name of the Lord proclaimed. 8 MoneH intreateih God to go 'With the,m. 10 God maJceth a covenant with them, repeating certain du- ties of the first table. 28 Moses after forty days in the mount cometh down with the tables. 29 His face shineth, and he cover- eth it toith a vail. AND the Lord said unto Moses, 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 brakes t. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. 3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount ; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 51 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first ; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed. The Lord, ^ The Lord God, merciful and gra- cious, longsufiering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping rtiercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said. If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us ; for it is a stifihecked people ; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 10 II And he said. Behold, I make a covenant : before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is a ter- rible thing that I will do with thee. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 1 2 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 in the midst of thee : 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their '^ images, and cut down their "^ groves : 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God : 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they ^ go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one^ call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice ; 1 6 And thou take of their daugh- ters unto thy sons, and their daugh- ters * go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons "* go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 1] The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib : for in the month A bib thou earnest out from Egypt. 1 9 All that openeth the ^ matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the first- born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 II Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in ® earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 H And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of in- gathering at the year's end. 23 H Thrice in the year shall all '^ your menchildi'en appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy bor- ders : neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou snalt 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 morning. 26 The first of the firstfruits of * Probably the wooden symbols of a goddess Asherah. 90 2 pillars, 3 * Asherim ; 4 play the harlot 5 womb I 6 plowing thy males I Moses* face shineth. EXODUS, 35. Gifts for the tabernacle. 1 the testimony 2 knew * when i * a sabbath ' of solemn rest thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 2 7 And the Lord said unto Moses , Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten * commandments. 29 ^ And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of ^ testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses ^ wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 3 1 And Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And ^ till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone : and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. CHAPTER 35. 1 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20 The readiness of the people ' to offer. 30 Bezaleel and Alioliab are called to the work. AND Moses gathered all the con- gregation of the children of Israel 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, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, '^ a sabbath of rest to the Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire through- * Heb. words. out your habitations upon the sab- bath day. 4 ^ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Is- rael, saymg, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an oltermg unto the Lord : whosoever u of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; golcT and silver, and brass. 6 And blue, and purple, and scar- let, and fine linen, and goats' hair. 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and ^ badgers' skins , and ^ shittim wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And '^ every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded ; 1 1 The tabernacle, ^his tent, and ^ his covering, ^ his tacEes, and ^ his boards, ^his bars, *'jhis pillars, and ^his sockets, 1 2 The ark, and the staves there- of, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, 1 3 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, 16 The altar of burnt offering, with his -^^ brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his ^^ foot, 17 The hangings of the court, his Eillars, and their sockets, and the anging for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The ^" cloths of service, to do service in the holy jilnce, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minis- ter in the priest's office. 20 H And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his si)ii-it made willing, and they brouglit the Lord's offering ^' H.othe work of tlie tabernacle of the coiigivgMtion. aiid for all his sims. 10 The table tvith'his'))6sii the length thereof, :nul one cubit and a half the hreadtli thereof. A ' acacia 11 liinder part 13 cheruhim 14 door of the Tent 15 capitals acacia 16 run 93 The mercy seat. EXODUS, 38. Tlie candlestick. 1 cherubim '^ of one piece with 3 toward the mercy seat * clierubim. 5 acacia rim "^ Close by s the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, to pour out withal, ^ of one piece with it: 1" almond blossoms 11 almond blossoms, 7 And he made two ^ cherubim s 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 o^Aer end on that side : '^ out of the mercy seat made he the ^ cheru- bims on the two ends thereof, y And the ^ cherubims spread out thei?^ wings on high, a7id covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another ; ■' e7>e7i to the mercy seat - ward were the faces of the ^ cheru- bims . 10 ^ And he made the table of ^ shittim wood : two cubits ivas the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, 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. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about ; 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 ivere in the four feet thereof. 14^ Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of ^ shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 1 6 And he made the vessels which ivere upon the table, ^ his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls. an( his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. 17 II And he made the candle- stick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were ^of the sa.me : 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 : 1 9 Three bowls made after the fashion of ^° almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three bowls made like ^" almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower : so throughout the six branches going out of the can- dlestick. 20 And in the candlestick ivere 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, according to the six branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches w-ere ^ of the same : all of it tvas one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made ^^ his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuHdishes. o/ijure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 51 And he made the incense altar o/" shittim wood : the length of it ivas a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were ^^ of the same. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, fjoth the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : also he made unto it a " crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the '' crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of ^ shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 '^ And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the ^^ work of the ^" apothecary. CHAPTER 38. 1 The altar of burnt offering. 8 TJie laver of brass. 9 The court. 21 The sura of that the people off'ered. AND he made the altar of burnt offering of ^ shittim wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof ; it was foursquare ; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it ; the horns thereof were ^ of the same : and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar ^^ a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the ^' grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of 94 9 of one piece with it: 12 the seven lamps there- of, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff- ■ dishes there- of. 5 acacia 13 of one piece with it. nm 14 art 12 perfumer. 5 acacia 9 of one piece with it: 1^ a grating of network of brass, un- der the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. 1" grating Tlie laver. EXODUS, 39. jSrim of the offerings. acacia 2 base thereof 3 mirrors of the serving women, which served 4 tent of meeting. ^ capitals 6 of the things for the taber- nacle, even ^ shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 U iVnd he made the laver of brass, and the ^ foot of it of brass, of the ^ lookingglasses of the ivomen assemb ling, which assem bled at the door of the ^ tabernacle of the con- greaation. 9 ^1 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hang- ings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits : 10 Their pillars luere twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets ivere of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings ivere an hundred cubits, their pillars tvere twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side ivere hangings of fifty cubits, their pil- lars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 1 3 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 1 4 The hangings of the one side of the gate icere fifteen cubits ; their pil- lars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, ivere hangings of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 1 7 And the sockets for the pillars were o/ brass; the hooks of the pil- lars and their fillets o/ silver; and the overlaying of their ^ chapiters of silver ; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 1 8 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the over- laying of their ^ chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pins of the taber- nacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21 ilThis is the sum ''of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, /orthe service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. made all that the Lord commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was ^ occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine tal- ents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three- score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hun- dred thousand and three thousand and five liundred and fifty meii. 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail ; an hundred sockets of the hun- dred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their ^ chaiiiters , and fil- leted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thou- sand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the ^" taber- nacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen ^^ grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins oi the court round about. CHAPTER 39. 1 The doihs of serrice (Did hohj ganneiiix. 2 The ephod. S The hretixljihtle. '1-1 Tin 7'oheofihe ephod. 27 The voat.s, in U refund girdle of Jine linen. 30 The plate of tin holyerown. 32 All is viewed and ap]>rored hij Moi^eii. AND of the blue, and ]3uri)U\ and scarlet, they made '- cloths of service, to do service in tlie holy ' the testi- mony, as they were 8 used ^ capitals, i« tent of nieeting, 11 grating i"^ tiiicly wrought i^arnuMits, 95 The holy garments EXODUS, 39. for the prieHts. 1 cunniugly woven 2 settings 3 jacinth, * like cords, 5 settings, place, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod oj 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 purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with 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 Ins ephod, that ivas upon it, ^vas of the same, according to the work there- of; o/ gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses. 6 ff And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ^ ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel, 7 And he put them on the shoul- ders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the chil- dren of Israel; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 8 51 And he 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 ivas the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones : the first row ivas a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this ivas the first row. 11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 1 2 And the third row, a ^ ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they ivere inclosed in '^ ouches of gold in their inclosings. 1 4 And the stones ivere according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a sig- net, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breastplate chains "^ at the ends , of wreathen work o/pure gold. 16 And they made two ^ ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreath en chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ^ ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put thein on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border- of it, which v)as on the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two othyer golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the epnod underneath, toward the forepart of it, " over against the other coupling thereof. aBove ephod. the ^ curious girdle of the 21 And they did bind tlie 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 tlie breastiilate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 22 U And he made the robe of the ephod o/ woven work, all o/blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of *^ an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the " hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the ^^ hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates ; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the ^" hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 27 H And they made coats o/fine linen o/ woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 And a mitre o/fine linen, and goodly ^^ bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, o/ needlework ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 51 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 U Thus was ^'^a ll the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished : and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 6 close by 1 cunningly woven "" the rings thereof 8 a coat of mail, 9 skirts 10 skirt 11 head tires 12 finished all the work of the taber- nacle of the tent of meeting : 96 J7i e tabernacle EXODUS, 40. is reared. tlie Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, 2 its 3 sealskins, 4 door of the Tent, s its grating 2 its * Its base. ^ meeting, 8 finely wrought garments ^ meeting. ^ screen 33 U And they brought the tab- ernacle unto Moses, ^ the tent, an d all his furniture, his taches , '^ his boards, '•^his bars, and ^ his pillars, and ^his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of ^ badgers' skins , and the vail of the covering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 37 The pure candlestick, ivith the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the ves- sels thereof, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet in- cense, and the hanging for the '^ tabernacle door , 39 The brasen altar, and ^his grate of brass, ^ his staves, and all '^ his vessels, the laver and ^ his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, ^ his_ pillars, and "^ his sockets, and the hanging for tTie court gate, ^his cords, and "^his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of '^ the congregation, 41 The '^ cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that the Loed commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had com- manded, even so had they done it : and Moses blessed them. CHAPTER 40. 1 The tahernaele is commdnded to he reared, 9 and anointed. 13 Aaron and Ms sons to be sanctified. 16 Hoses performeth all things accordingly. 34 A clotid covereth the tabernacle. AND the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the taber- nacle of the tent of ^ the congrega- tion. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and ^" cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it ; and thou shalt bring in the candle- stick, and light the lamps thereof. 7 97 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 congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of ^^ the congrega- tion and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anoint- ing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels there- of : and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt off'ering, and all '^ his vessels, and sanctify the altar : and it shall be an altar most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and ^ his foot, and sanctify it. 1 2 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the ^ Habernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him ; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats : 15 And thou shalt anoint them, 0,8 thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office : for their anoint- ing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their gen- erations. 16 Thus did Moses : according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 51 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened ^bis sock- ets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up '"^his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. ^ , . 20 IT And he took and put the testimony into the ark. and set the staves on the ark, and put tlie mercy seat above upon th(^ ark : 21 And he brought the Jirk into the tabernacle, and s(^t up tlu^ vail of the covering, and ^•''(•oxcrcd the '•* meetinjr. 11 meeting its 6 its base. 12 tent of meeting, 2 its i-'^ screi'iUMl The law of LEVITICUS, 1. the hiirnt offering. meeting, 2 meeting 3 meal 1 tent of meeting, ^ offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 22 II And he put the table in the tent of ^ the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 U And he put the candlestick in the tent of ^ the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps be- fore the Lord ; as the Lord com- manded Moses. 26 IT And he put the golden altar in the tent of '■ ^the congregation before the vail : 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 28 U And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the taber- nacle of the tent of ^ the congrega- tion, and offered upon it the burnt ottering and the ^ meat offering ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 30 HAnd he set the laver be- tween the tent of ^ the congrega- tion and the altar, and put water there, to wash tvithal. 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat : 32 When they went into the tent of ^ the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 H Then ^ a cloud covered the tent of Hhe congregation, and the glory of the Lord tilled the taber- nacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of ^ the congre- gation , because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys : 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up, 38 For the cloud of the Lord was^ uxjon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, through- out all their journeys. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS CHAPTER L 1 The 'burnt offerings. 3 Of the herd, 10 of the flocks, 14 of thefotvls. AND the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offer- ing of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering he a burnt sacri- fice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish : he shall '^ offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the corT gregation before the Lord. 4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the ^ tabernacle of the congrega- tion. 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the priests', Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood 1 meeting, nhe 3 tent of meeting. 98 I WAe burnt offering. LEVITICUS, 2. The meal offering. I 1 the filth thereof, 2 rend it by ^ meal * burn it as the memo- rial thereof that is on the fire which in upon the altar : 9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in w^ater : and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 U And if his offering he of the flocks, namely, of the sheej), or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice ; he shall bring it a male without blem- ish. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 1 3 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs \yith water : and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar : it is a burnt sacri- fice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 UAnd if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord he of fowls, then he shall bring his offer- ing 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 : 1 6 And he shall pluck away his crop with ^ his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes : 17 And he shall '^ cleave it with the wings thereof, hnt shall not di- vide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. CHAPTER 2. 1 The meat offering of flour with oil and in- cense, ■Neither haken in the oven, 5 oi' on a plate, 1 or in afryiiir/pan, 12 or of ihefiynt- fruits in the ear. 13 The salt of the meat offering. 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 frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests : and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall ^ burn the memorinl of it upon the altar, to he an otfei-- ing made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 3 And the remnant of the ^ meat offering shall he Aaron's and liis sons' : it is a thing most holy of tlie offerings of the Lord made 'by fire. 4 ^ And if thou bring an oblation of a '' meat offering baken in tlic oven, it shall he unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed witli oil. 5 H And if thy oblation he a ^meat offering haken in a pan, it shall \)v of\ fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a '^ meat offering. 7 ^ And if thy oblation he a ^ meat offering hahen in the fryingpan, it shall be made o/fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the '* meat offering that is made of these things unto the Lord: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the ^meat offering a memorial thereof, aiid 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 he Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 11 No ^meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 12 ^"^ As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall oft'er them unto the Lord : but they sliall not l)e burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy ^meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou sufier the salt of the covenant of thy (}o(l to be lacking frcmi thy •'meat ofler ing: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a •'' meat of- fering of thy firstfruits unto Ihr Lord, thou shalt oifer for the " mi 'at offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the lire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, an(l lay frankincense^ thereon: it is a ''meat offering. 16 i\nd the priest shall burn \\\v memorial of \t, part i^i the beaten corn thenH)f, and iui)i of the oil 3 meal 5 As an meal 1)9 LofC. Tlie peace ofiering. LEVITICUS, 3, 4. Tlie sin offering 1 tent of meeting : thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. CHAPTER 3. 1 77ie peace offering of the herd, G of the flock, 7 either a lamb, 12 or a goat. AND if his oblation he a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd ; whether it he a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the Hanernacle of the congregation : and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacri- fice of the peace offering an ofTering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the in- wards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacri- fice, which ^'. ernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. 6 And Moses said. This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and oifer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering", and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the oifering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded. 8 U Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew" the calf of the sin oifering, which ivas for himself. 9 And the sons of Aaron 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 Moses. 1 1 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt offer- ing; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 1 3 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, ^ w-ith the pieces thereof, and the head : and he burnt the7n upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burr^t the7n upon" the burnt offering on the altar. 15 ^ And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which 2vas the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to '"manner. brought the " 17 -And he brought the ^ meat oifering, and took an handful there- of, 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, ^yhichu'as for the people : and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 1 9 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the imvards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver : 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar : 2 1 And the breasts and the right '^shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord ; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from oftering of the sin oftering, and the burnt oifering, and peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the '^ tabernacle of the congre- gation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. CHAPTER 10. 1 yadal) and Ahihu,for ofering of nirauge fire, are burnt by fire. (5 Aaron and hif 'sons are forbidden to mourn for them. 8 The ^^J'iVsi's are forbidden icine irhen they are to go into the tabernacle. 1'2 Thi law of eating the holy things. IG Aaron's excuse for transgressing therentetli ot the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean until the even. 5 food * Words of uucertai)} mecouDf/, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards. 109 The purification LEVITICUS, V>, 13. of women. feet, even 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth diall be an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth iii)on 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 abomination. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God : ye shall therefore sanctify your- selves, and ye shall be holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bring- eth you up out of the land of Egy])t, to be your God : ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth : 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and be- tween the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. CHAPTER 12. 1 The piorification of ivowe^i after cluhj- biftlh. 6 fTer offerings for her- l>itr>fi/intj. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, sajdng. If a w^oman have conceived seed, and borne a man child : then she shall be unclean seven days ; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be cir- cumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days ; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her puri- fying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt ofFer- iiig, and a young pigeon, or a tur- tledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the '^ tabernacle of the con- gregation, unto the priest : 7 Who sliall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female. 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two ^ turtles , or two young pigeons ; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. CHAPTER 13. 1 The laws and tokens wherehi/ the priest is to he g allied in discerning the leprosy. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aai'on, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his fiesli a rising, a scab, or bright sp()t, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests; : 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and ivhen the hair in the plague is turned white, and tlie plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy : and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white ; then the priest shall shut up Jdm that hath the plague seven days : 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more : 6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be "* somewhat dark , and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean : it is but a scab : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again : 8 And if the priest see that, be- hold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a leprosy. 9 ^ When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 2 tent of meeting, 3 turtle- doves, i 4 dim, 110 Laws and tokens LEVITICUS, 13. to discern leprosy. 2 the scar of the ^ burning by fire, 10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair \yhite, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising ; 1 1 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up : for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ; 1 3 Then the priest shall consider : and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pro- nounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 1 5 And the priest shall _ see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean : for the raw flesh is un- clean : it is a leprosy. . 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest ; 1 7 And the priest shall see him : and, behold, ^/the plague be turned into white ; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 18 ^ The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest ; 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white ; the priest shall pro- nounce him unclean : it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the ooil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be ^ somewhat dark : then the priest shall shut him up seven days : 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is '^ a burning boil ; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24 IT Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a ^hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white ; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, {/"the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin ; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning : wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, the7^e be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be ^ some- what, dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days : 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : a7id if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be ^ somewhat dark ; it is a rising of the burning, and the ipriest shall pronounce him clean : tor it is ^ an inflammation of the burning. 29 ^ If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard ; 30 Then the priest shall see the plague : and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin ; and there be in it a yellow thin hair ; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. .31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black 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 j^ellowhair, 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 hatJt the scall seven days more : 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall : and. behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper tliaii the skin ; then the priest shall \)vo- nounce him clean : and he sliall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread nnu-li in the skin after his cleansing ; 36 Then the priest shall look on him : and, behold, if the scall W spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair ; he (s un- clean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black 1 dim; 4 the scar 111 Undeanness of LEVITICUS, 14. the lejjer. 1 the hair of his liead shall go loose," hair grown iii:» therein ; the scall is healed, he is clean : and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 ^ If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their tlesh bright spots, even white bright spots ; 39 Then the priest shall look : and, behold, if the bi'ight spots in the skin of their flesh be ciarkish white ; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin ; he is clean. _ 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off' from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald : yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore ; it is a leprosy SDrung up in his bald head, or his bala fore- head. 43 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the rising of the sore he white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh ; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall pro- nounce him utterly unclean ; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and ^ his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lijj, 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 alone ; without the camp shall his habitation he. 47 U The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, tvhether it he a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it he in the warp, or woof ; of linen, or of woollen ; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin ; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a plague of 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 plagile 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 fret- ting leprosy ; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof. in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting leprosy ; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague he, not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; 54 Then the priest shall com- mand that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more : 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed : and, behold, ?[/"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, tvhether it he bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague he '■ ^ somewhat da,rk after the washing of it ; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof : 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any tiling of skin ; it is a spreading plague : thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, or Avoof, or whatsoever thing of skin it he, which thou shalt wash, 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 in the warp, or Avoof, or anything of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it un- clean. CHAPTER 14. 1 The rites and sacr-ifices in cleansing of the leper. 33 The Hirjns of leprosy in a house. 43 The cleoAisiny of that house. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : He shall be brought unto the priest : 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp ; and the priest shall look, and, -behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper ; 4 Then shall the priest com- mand to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water : 2 dim 112 Tlie cleansing LEVITICUS, 14. of the leper. parts of ephah 2 meal an 3 tent of meeting : P 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that ivas killed over the running water : 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy 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 wash himself in water, that he may be clean : and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 1 And on the eighth day he shall take two he Ip.mbs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ fi^6 flour for a " meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation : 1 2 And the priest sh?Jl take one he lamb, and offer him for a tres- pass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : 1 3 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt ofl^ering, in the holy place : for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering : it is most holy : 14 And the priest shall take someoi the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall 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 : 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : 1 6 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 : 1 7 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 tres- pass 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 off'er the sm off'ermg, and make an atone- ment for hmi that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness ; and after- ward he shall kill the burnt offer- ing : 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the '■^ meat offer- ing upon the altar : and the priest 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 two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get ; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the ^ t:^] ^^^^'^^^^^' ^^ ^^'^'^ congl^ega- lion, before the Lord. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take so?7ie of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and ui)on tlie thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his riglit foot : 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand : 27 And the priest shall sprnikle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand scm en times before the Lord : 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand. ;ind upon the great toe of his right foot, ui)on the place of the blood of the tres- pass offering: 29 And the rest of the oil that is 2 meal 4 part of an ephah 5 tent of meeting, 8 113 Leprosy in a house. LEVITICUS, 15. Its cleansing. 1 meal 2 streaks, in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get ; 31 liJven such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other /or 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 'which 'pertaineth to his cleansing, 33 H And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I ])ut 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 Avere a plague in the house : 36 Then the priest shall com- mand that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean : and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague he in the walls of the house with hollow '^ strakes, greenish or red- dish, which in sight are lower than the wall ; 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days : 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house ; 40 Then the priest shall com- mand that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city : 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round 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 them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall 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, ?/ the plague be spread in the house, it is a fret- ting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the tim- ber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. 46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is 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 uvon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plais- tered: then the priest shall pro- nounce the house clean, because the i)lague is healed. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scar- let, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running Avater, and sprinkle the house seven times: 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and Avith the hyssop, and Avith the scarlet: 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open ^ fields., and make an atonement for the house : and it shall be clean. 54 This is the laAv for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55 And for the leprosy of a gar- ment, and of a house, 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 57 To teach Avhen it is unclean, and Avhen it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. CHAPTER 15. 1 The uncleanness of men in their issues. 13 The cleansing of them. 19 Theunclean- ness of women in their issues. 28 Their cleansing. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When any 3 field : so shall he 114 uncleanness of LEVITICUS, 15. men and women. Hewt of iineeting, man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his unclean- ness in his issue : whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his un- cleanness. 4 Every bed, whereon he Heth that hath the issue, is unclean : and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. 5 And whosoever touclieth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. _ 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe hi nisei f in water, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. 10 And vv-hosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even : and he that beareth a??^o/ those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe hipiself in water, and be unclean until the even. 1 1 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe hipiself in water, and be unclean until the even. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue ; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in 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 Loed unto the door of the Habernacle 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 /b?' a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Loed for his issue. 1 6 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. 1 7 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copu- lation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie ivith seed of copula- tion, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.. 19^ And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days : and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be un- clean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23 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, and her " flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation ; all the days of the issue of her un- cleanness shall be as the days of her separation : she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separa- tion: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the un- cleanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to 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 tlie door ot the ^ tabernacle of the congregation . 30 And the priest shall otter the one for a sin offering, and the otlier for a burnt offering ; and the priest 2 impurity 3 turtle- doves, 4 tent of meeting. 115 Tlie li'ujli j)riest LEVJTICUS, 16. in the holy place. 1 with her impurity, 2 he goats 3 tent of meeting. shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their un- cleanness ; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that i'-s- among them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith ; 33 And of her that is sick ^ of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. CHAPTER 16. 1 iro7v the high priest m ust enter ivto the holy place. 11 The .'ferhi(j for himself. 15 The sin offer in (j for the people. '20 The scapegoat. 2'J The yearly feast of the ex- plaHons. AND the Lord spake unto JMoses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, wheil they offered before the Lord, and died ; 2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy 'place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark ; that he die not : for 1 will ap- pear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place : with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired : these are holy garments ; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and w put them on. 5 And he shall take of the con- gregation of the children of Israel two •^ kids of the goats for a sin of- fering, and one ram for a burnt of- fering. 6 And Aaron shall offer his bul- lock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the '^ tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for *the scapegoat.. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. * Heb. Azazel. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for hiju«elf, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for him- self : 1 2 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of tire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail : 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not : 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat ^ eastward ; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 % Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that /.s- for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bul- lock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat : 1 6 And he shall make an atone- ment for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their trans- gressions in all their sins : and so shall he do for the •^ tabernacle of the congregation, tliat remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atone- ment in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atone- ment for himself, and for his house- hold, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it ; and shall take of the blood of the bul- lock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it "with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the chil- dren of Israel. 20 % And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy %)lace, I 4 on the east; 5 tent of meeting, 6 tent of meeting m 116 I lie scapegoat. LEVITICUS, 17. Eating of Mood forb idden. 1 tent of meeting, - man appointed >* solemn iiest and the ^ tabernacle of the congre- gation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat : 2 1 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a " fit man into the wilderness : 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 23 And Aaron shall come into the Habernacle of t he congrega- tion, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy 'place^ and shall leave them there : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in ^ the holy place, and put on his garraents, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the peo- ple, 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 afterward come into the camp. 27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood v/as brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp ; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burnetii them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 II And this shall be a statute for ever unto you : that in the sev- enth 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 shall conse- crate to minister in the priest's of- fice in his father's stead, shall make 117 the atonement, and sha]? put on the linen clothes, even the holy gar- ments : 33 And he shall niiike an atone- ment tor the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation. and tor the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congrega- tion. _ 31 And this snail be an everlast- ing statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses. CHAPTER 17. 1 The tlood of all slain heastx m\t,Ht he offered to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle. 7 They must not offer to devils. 10 All eat- ing of blood is forbidden, 15 and all that dieth, alone, or is torn. AND the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them ; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the Habernacle of the con- gregation, to offer an oflering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of Lhe Lord ; blood shall be imputed unto that man : he hath shed blood ; and that man shall be cut oft' from among his people : 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring theiii unto the Lord, unto the door of the ^ tabernacle of the con giyga- tliem tion, unto the priest, and offer for peace offerings unto the Lord. 6 And the priest shall spi-inkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the ' tabci-- nacle of the congregation" and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they •' have gone a wlioririg. This shall be a statute toi- evei' unto them throughout their gen- erations. 8 ^ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man tliere be of the house of Israel, (M- of the stran- gers which sojonrn among you, that off'ereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 1 tent of meetiufr, 5 play the harlot. Unlaivful marriages. LEVITICUS, 18. Unlawful lasts. 1 tent of meeting, '^ by reason of the life. ^ all one with 9 And*' bringeth it not unto the door of the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation , to otter it unto the Lokd ; even that man shall be cut oft' from among his people. 10 11 And whatsoever man there he of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of bh)od ; I will even set my face against that soul that eaJDeth blood, and will cut him oft' from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and 1 have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atone- ment '"^ for the soul. 12 Therefore 1 said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there he of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh ; the blood of it is -'for the life thereof : therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh : for the life of all flesh i \ generations : it shall not go out in the jubile. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be re- deemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time, 33 And if ^ a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his pos- session, shall go out in the year of jubile : for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold ; for it is their perpetual possession. 35 ^ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen 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 Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39 !I And if thy brother that divelleth by thee be waxen poor, and ^ be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond- servant: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of 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 Egypt: 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 Moreoverof the children of the strangers that do sojourn among * Or, 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 mheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a posses- sion; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour. 47 H And if a sojourner or stran- ger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that divelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family : 48 After that he is sold he may be ■ redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him: 49 Either his uncle, or his un- cle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile : and the price of his sale shall be according unto the num- ber 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 thein he shall give again the price of his redemp- tion out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and ac- cording unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him : and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, hoth he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children (^f Israel are servants; they <(re my servants whom I brouglit fortli out of the land of Egypt: I a»i tlie Lord your God. CHAPTER 26. 1 Of idolatry. 2 ReligionRnenit. 3 A hle^i^- ihg to them that keejithe connnaiahiuntx. 14 A cur/ie to tho.se that break- them. •»•» God promiseth to rememhet- thtin that re'pent. YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neitlier rear you up a ^standing iniag(\ neitlier sliall I ye set UP an!/ " ww.mxo of sinuo in 27 •'• pill:»r. '"• lii^urt'd A blessing and LEVITICUS, 26. a curse proposed. reject your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. 2 U Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 3 51 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 ene- mies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousauvd to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. 1 1 And I will set my tabernacle among you : and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 13 1 am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen ; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. 14 U But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments ; 1 5 And if ye shall ^ despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant : 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you ter- ror, consumption, and the burn- ing ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you ; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass : 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain : for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 U And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in num- ber; and your high ways shall be desolate. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me ; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quar- rel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be deliv- ered into the hand of the enemy. 2^ And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk con- trary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your ^ images. and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation : and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among ^ sun- images, ^ 128 Mercy to the penitent. LEVITICUS, 27. Of voios. L stumble ' rejected ' reject them, the heathen, and will draw out a SAvord after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste, o-t Then' shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth deso- late, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fl^eeing from a sword ; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall ^ fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your ene- mies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands ; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their in- iquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked con- trary unto me ; 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their uncircum- cised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I remember my cov- enant with Jacob, and also my cov- enant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham A\'ill I re- member ; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without thern : 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, I will not ^ cast them away , neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I a?7i the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sakes re- 9 1*^ member the covenant of their an- cestors, whom I brought forth out ot the land of Egypt in the sight of the ^ heathen that I might be their God : I am the Lord. _ 46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Mosts. CHAPTER 27. 1 Jle thntmuketha singula)- xotomust he the LorcVs. 2 The esiimaiion of the person. 9 Of a least given by tou\ ' 14 Of a house. 10 Of a field, and the redemjAion thereof. 28 Ko devoted thing may he redeemed. 32 The tithe may not he changed. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When a man shall make a ^ singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five j^ears old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. _ 6 And if it be from a month old evc'U unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be_ from sixty years old and above ; if it he a male, then \\\y estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him ; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And Hit be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 1 1 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacri- fice unto the LoRD,^ then he shall present the beast before the priest : 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad : as thou 9 ^ nations, 5 special Of things devoted. LEVITICUS, 27. Of tithes. 1 the sowing of an homer of barley valuest it, ivho art the priest, so shall it be. 1 3 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth par^ thereof unto thy estimation. 14 II And when a man shall sanc- tify 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 will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord soine part of a field of his possession, then thy estima- tion 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 estimation it shall stand. 1 8 But if he sanctify his field af- ter the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money accord- ing 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 pa7'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 re- deemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted ; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession ; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estima- tion, even unto the year of the jubile : and he shall give thine es- timation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the la,nddid belong. 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall be the shekel 26 U Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it ; whether it be ox, or sheep : it is the Lord's. 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it ac- cording to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth par^ of it thereto : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy esti- mation. 28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed : every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed ; but shall surely be put to death. 30 And all the tithe of the land, tvhether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's : it is holy unto the Lord. 3 1 And if a man will at all re- deem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the fiock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it : and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. 1 130 Tlie numhering NUMBEES, 1. of the 2^eople. THE FOUETH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS CHAPTER L 1 God eommandeth Hoses to mt-mber the %>eople. ^ The princes of the tribes. VI The iiuinber of every tribe. 47 TheLemtesare exempted for the service of the Lord. AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, on the lirst day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the con- gregation of the children of Israel, 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 Israel : thou and Aaron shall number them by their ^ armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; every one head of the house of his fathers. 5 ^ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah ; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son of Helen. 10 Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; Elishama the son of Am- mihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin ; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 1 3 Of Asher ; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 1 4 Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of * Deuel. 1 5 Of Naphtali ; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These ivere the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. 17^ And Moses and Aaron took * In ch.ii. 14, Reuel. these men which are expressed by their names : 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by '^ the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the LoED commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their genera- tions, after their families, by ^the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 22 51 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by '^ the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, tvere fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 ^ Of the children of Gad, 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 ; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, tuere forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 51 Of the children of Judah, 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 ; 27 Those that were numbered of 3 their fathers' houses, 131 TJie number of NUMBERS, 1. men in each tribe. 1 their fathers' houses, them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thou- sand and six hundred. 28 H Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their famihes, by ^ the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 29 Those that were numbered of them, ewm of the tribe of Issachar. tvere fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 U Of the children of Zebulun, by theii' generations, after their families, by Hhe 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 ; 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 U Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Kphraim, by their generations, after their families, by Hhe 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, evenoi the tribe of Ephraim, ivere forty thousand and five hun- dred 34"^ Of the children of Manas- seh, by their generations, after their families, by ^ the house of their father's, according to the number ot 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 Manasseh, ivere thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 UOf the children of Benja- min, by their generations, after their families, by Hhe house of their fathers, according to the num- ber 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 Benja- min, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 H Of the children of Dan, 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 ; 39 Those that were numbered of 1*^ them, even of the tribe of Dan. tvere threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 U Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by ^ the house of their fathers, according to the number ot the names,- fj-oni twej^t^ years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 41 Those that were numbered of them,^ even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 ^ Of the children of Naph tali, throughout their genei'ations, after their families, by ^ tlie house of their fa,tlioi's, according to the immber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were al)le to go f(jrth to war; 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, heing twelve men: each one was foi' the house of his fathers. 45 iSo were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by ^ the house of their fathers, from twenty years ola and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel ; 4G Even all they that were num- bered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hun- dred and fifty. 47 U But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum 'of them among the children of Israel : 60 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of '^ testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof ; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tab- ernacle is to be pitched, the Le- vites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man 9 1 their lathers' houses, 2 the testi- mouy. \ OL The order of NUMBEES, 2. the tribes. 1 the testi- mony, t 2 the testi- mony. » •^ over against j 4 tent of I meeting M pitch round I about. '® according ■ to their hosts : I ^ according to their hosts. 1 8 hosts : I by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of ^ testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the chil- dren of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the taber- nacle of -^ testimony. 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Loed commanded Moses, so did they. CHAPTEB 2. The order of the tribes in their tents. AND the LoKD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own stand- ard, with the ensign of their father's house : ^ far off about the ^ tabernacle of the congregation shall they ^ pitch. 3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch ^ throughout their armies : and Nahshon the son of Ammina- dab shall be captain of the children of Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, tvsre threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar : and ISTethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the chil- dren of Issachar. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hun- dred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Eliab the son of Helon shall be cap- tain of the children of Zebulun. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, tvere fifty and seven thousand and four hun- dred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah tvere an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hun- dred, ^ throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. 10 ^ On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their ^ armies : and the captain of the children of Eeuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, tvere forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the captain of the children of 13 Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nme thousand and three liuii- dred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: arul the cap tarn of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of lleuel. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of thorn, toere forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Beuben ivere an hun- dred thousand and fifty and one thousa.nd and four hundred and fifty, ^ throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the se- cond rank. 17 ^ Then the ^ tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the ^ camn : as they en- camp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 •[! On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their '^ ar- mies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, tvere forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh : and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin : and the captain of the sons of l^en- jamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, fere thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim }i'<'r(' an hun- dred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, '' tliroiiglioiit tlitMi- armies. And they shall go for wan 1 in the third rank. 25 H The standard of tlie caini) of Dan shall be on the nortli side ^ by their armies: and th(^ captain of the chikhen of Ban shall In Ahiezer the son of Annnisliaddai. 26 And his liost, and those tliat were numbered of thcMu, nrre three- score and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by 3 ' according to tlieir hosts. 4 tent of meeting '•> camps : 8 hosts : ' ai'i'ording to tlit'ir liosts. " noctirding to thi'ir hosts: Tlie sons of Aaron. NUMBERS, 3. Tlie LeviteH. 1 their lathers' houses : 2 according to 3 their fathers' houses. 4 presence him shall he the tribe of Asher : and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, v)ere forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 U Then the tribe of Naphtali : and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall he Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his host, and those that Avere numbered of them, v)ere fifty and three thousand and four hun- dred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hun- dred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their stand- ards. 32 ^ These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by ^ the house of their fathers : all those that were numbered of the camps " throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Levites were not num- bered among the children of Israel ; as the Lord cominanded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord com- manded Moses : so they pitched by their standards, and so they set for- ward, every one after their families, according to " the house of their fathers. CHAPTER 3. 1 The sons of Aaron. 5 The Levites are (liven to the j^riests foi' the service of the tabernacle, 11 instead of the firstborn. 14 The Levites are numbered by their fami- lies. 21 The families, number, o.nd, charge of the Gershonites, 27 of the Kohathites, 33 of the Merarites. 38 The />/rtce and charge of Moses and. Aaron. 40 The first- born are freed by the Levites. 44 The overplus are redeemed. THESE also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day tJuit the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he conse- crated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and Itha- mar ministered in the priest's office in the '^ sight of Aaron their father. 5 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, G Bring the tribe of Levi near, and i)resent them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole con- gregation before the '' tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the in- struments of the ' ^tabernacle of the congregation, and the (-harge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons : they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the child- ren of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the ^ matrix among the children of Israel : there- fore the Levites shall be mine ; 13 Because all the firstborn are mine ; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast : mine shall they be : I am the Lord. 14 II And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 1 5 Number the children of Levi after "' the house of their fathers , by their families : every male from a month old and upw^ard shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their fam- ilies; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and ITzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families ; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to ^ the house of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon ivas the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites : these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of ^ tent of meeting, 6 womb ^ their fathers' houses, 3 their lathers' houses. 134 The number and service NUMBERS, 3. of the Levites. 1 fathers' house 2 tent of meeting 3 tent of meeting, I 1 fathers' house all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were num- bered of them u'e)-e seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershon- ites shall pitch behind the taber- nacle westward. 24 And the chief of the ^ house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the - tabernacle of the congregation shall be- the taber- nacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation. 2 5 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 !I And of Kohath was the fam- ily of the Amramites, and the fam- ily of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, ivere eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanc- tuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the ^ house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candle- stick, and the altars, and the ves- sels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and al] the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 H Of Merari tvas the familj^ of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites : these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were num- bered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the Miouseof the father of the families of Merari tvas Zuriel the son of _ Abihail : these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be 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 then- pins, and their c(jrds. 38 II But those that encamp be- roi-e the tabernacle toward the east, even before the " tabernacle of the congregation eastwarcl, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keepmg the charge of the sanctu- ary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that Cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LoED, '^ throughout their fami- lies, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and uijward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Le- vites from me (I am the Lord) in- stead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the first- born among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the chil; dren of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine : I am the Lord. 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred anti threescore and thirteen of the first- born of the children of Israel, winch are more than the Levites ; 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary slialt thou take them : (the shekel is twt^iity gerahs:) , , • ^i 48 x\ndthou shaltgivetheinoney. wherewith the odd numlxM" of thein is to be redeemed, unto Aaron aijtl to his sons. 49 And Moses took the re(leinp- tion money of them that were o\ t r 2 tent of meeting by 135 The families NUMBERS, 4 of the Le cites. 1 their fathers' houses, 2 tent of nieethig. 2 tent of meeting, 4 the testi- mony ^ sealskins, 6 snuffers. '< frame. and above them that were redeemed by the Levites : 50 Of the firstborn of the child- ren of Israel took he the money ; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. CHAPTER 4. 1 TJt.e, age and tirne of the Lemtes' service. 4 The carriage of the KoJiathites, when the priesifi have taken down the tahernacle. 16 The charge of Eleazar. 17 The qftice of the priests. '21 The carriage of the Gershon- it.es. 29 The carriage of the Merarites. 84 The number of the Kohathites, 38 of the Ger.'ihonites,42 and of the dieiarites. AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by H>he house of their fathers, 3 l<'rom thirty years old and up- ward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation. 4 This shall he the service of the sons of Kohath in the '^ tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things : 5 ^ And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron 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 cov- ering of ^ badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof, 7 And upon the table of shew- bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal : and the con- tinual bread shall be thereon : 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of ^ bad- gers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his ^ tongs , and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it : 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a cov- ering of ^ badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a '' bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of ■'' badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof : 12 And they shall take all tlie instruments of ministry, where- with they minister in the sanctu- ary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of •'"' badgers' skins, and shall put them on a ^ bar : 13 ATiH they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : 1 4 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, ana the basons, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of ° badgers' skins. and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward ; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch anyhoily thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the - tabernacle of the congregation. TG M And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest j^^'^^tain- eth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily ^ meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the taoernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanc- tuary, and in the ves.sels thereof. 17 U And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites : 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden : 20 But they shall not go in to see ^^ when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, ^^ throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families ; 23 From thirty years old and up- ward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the ^ tabernacle of the congre- gation. 24 This is the service of the fami- lies of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens : s sealskins, 8 frame : 2 tent of meeting. ^ meal 10 the sanc- tuary even for a moment, 11 by their fathers' houses, 2 tent of meeting. 136 The burden of NUMBERS, 4. each family. 1 tent of meeting, 2 sealskin 3 tent of meeting : 4 their fathers' houses ; 5 tent of meeting. 6 tent of meeting ; 1 tent of meeting, ' 7 their fathers' houses, 25 And they shall bear the cur- tains of the tabernacle, and the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of " the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ser- vice of the sons of the Gershon- ites, in all their burdens, and in all their service :_ and ye shall ap- point unto them in charge all their burdens. ^ 28 This is the service of the fami- lies of the sons of Gershon in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation : and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29 ^ As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by ^ the house of their fathers ; 30 From thirty years old and upward 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 congregation. 3 1 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their ser- vice in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation ; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service : and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the fami- lies of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation, under the hand of ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 34 IT And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation num- bered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after ^ the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the 1 service, for the work in the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation : 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These loere they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do ser- vice in the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the com- mandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were num- bered of the sons of Gershon, ^ throughout their families, and by ' the house of their fathers , 39 irorn thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were num- bered of them, '^ throughout their families, by "^ the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 4 1 These are they that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do ser- vice in the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the com- mandment of the LoED. 42 % And those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Merari, "^ throughout their families, by "' the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old. every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were num- bered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hun- dred. 45 These he those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Closes and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of ^foses. 46 All those that were numbei-ed of the Levites, whom Closes and Aaron and the chief of Israel ninn- bered, after their families, and atter Hhe house of tlieir fatlieis, 47 From thirty years old and upwarii even unto fifty years^old, every one that came to do the • sct; vice of the ministry and the s(M-vice of the i)ur(len in tlie laluM-nacK- of the congregation, 48 Even those that were num- bered of them, were eight tliousand and five Inmdied and fourscore. 3 tent of meeting : 1 tent of nieeting, " their lathers' liouses, 1 tent of meeting, 8 by " their lathers' houses, * work of servii'o, an«l thf work of lirariiij: hnr- th^ns in the tent of nu'i'tinir, orr Ok Restitution in trespasses. NUMBERS, 5. The trial of jealousy. 1 heave offering 49 According to the command- ment of the Lord they were num- bered by the hand of Sloses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. CHAPTER 5. 1 The unclean are removed out of the carnp. 5 Restitution i.s to be made in trespasses. 11 The trial of jealousy. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead : 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them ; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without tlie camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Is- rael. 5 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a 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 pa^^t thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kins- man to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recom- pensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atone- ment, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every ^ offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 1 1 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her car- nally, 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 '^ ivith the rruwMer ; 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 aefiled : 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an eijhah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon ; for it in an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembiance. 1 6 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord : 1 7 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is ^ in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into water : 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and '* un- cover the woman's head , and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which i.s the jealousy offer- ing : 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 unclean ness vjith another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this '^ bitter water that causeth the curse : 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband : 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman. The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy peo- ple, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to ^'' rot , and thy belly to swell ; 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to ' rot : And the woman shall say. Amen, amen. _ 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the ^ bitter water : 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the ^ bitter water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, aiul become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take 2 in the act ; on 4 let tlie hair of the woman's head go loose, 5 water of bitterness 6 fall away, " fall away : 8 water of bitterness : 138 The laiv of NUMBERS, 6. the Nazarites. 1 bring it unto 2 fall away ; 3 make a special vow, the vow 4 fresh I ^*n( I 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 cau^se the woman to drink the M'ater. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that caus- eth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall ^ rot : and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman be not de- filed, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a w^ife 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 woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 Then shall the man be guilt- less from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. CHAPTER 6. 1 The law of ihe, Nazariten. 22 The form of blessing the people. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When either man or woman shall ^ sepa- rate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord : 3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vine- gar 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 vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in the which he sepa- rateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come '' at no dead body. 1 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for lii.s sister, when they die : because tlie consecration of his God is ujjon his head. 8 All the days of his separation he IS holy unto the Lord. 9 And if any man die very sud- denly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration ; then he shall shave his her.d in the day of his cleansing, on the seventli day shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two ^ turtles , or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the "^ tabernacle of the congregation : 1 1 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin oft'ering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned "^by the dead, and shall hal- low his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separa- tion, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offer- ing : but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. 1 3 II And this is the law of the Nazarite, w^hen the days of his separation are fulfilled : he shall be brought unto the door of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation : 14 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 sin offering, and one ram witliout blemish for peace offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed wdth oil, and their ^ meat offering, and their drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall bi-ing them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering : 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the baskt^t ot unleavened bread : tlie pri(\st shal offer also ^" his meat oflenng. and his drink ofi'ering. 18 And tlie Na/.arite shall shave the head of his separation fTerin.j; tlu-rcof. n tent of nu'ctint;, 39 Tlie form of blessing. NUMBERS, 7. Offerings of the princes. 1 boiled 2 thigh ; 3 which he is able to get: 4 furniture s their fathers' houses, 6 tent of meeting ; 1 9 And the priest shall take the ^ sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall ^ut them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven : 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave '^ shoulder : and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that •' that his hand shall get : according to the vow which he vowed, so he rnust do after the law of his separation, 22 II And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : 25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : 26 The Lord lift up his counte- nance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them. CHAPTER 7. 1 The offering of the princes at the dedica- tion of the taherndcle. 10 Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar. 89 God speak eth to Moses from- the mercy seat. AND it came to pass on the day that Moses 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 sanc- tified them ; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of ^ the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were num- bered, offered : 3 And they brought their offer- ing before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the '^ tabernacle of the congregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the 1 Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, ac- cording to their service : 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their ser- vice, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them 7na.\ that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 l^f And the princes offered for '^ dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointecl, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offer- ing, each prince on his day, for Hhe dedicating of the altar. 12 II And Fe that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 1 3 And his offering ivas one silver ^ charger , the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a ^ meat offer- ing : 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 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this tvas the offering of Nah- shon the son of Amminadab. 18 H On the second day Ne- thaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer : 1 9 He offered for his offering one silver ^ charger , the weight whereof ivas an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a ^ meat offering: 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 : 2 2 One ^'^ kid of the goats for a sin offering : 40 7 the dedica- tion-gift 8 platter, 9 meal 1" he goat i I The offerings at the NUMBERS, 7. dedication of the altar. platter, ^ meal 3 lie goat platter ^ he goat 2 meal 23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of tlie first year : this ivas the offering of Ne- thaneel the son of Zuar. 24 U On the third day Ehab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer : 25 His offering was 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 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 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this tvas the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 IT On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer : ^ 31 His offering was one silver ^ charger of the weight of 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 : 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 34 One ^ kid of the goats for a sin offering : 35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 U On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer : 37 His offering luas 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 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 : 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Shelu- miel the son of Zurishaddai. 42 U On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the chil- dren of Gad, offered: 43 His offering vjas one silver charger of the weight of an liun- dred and thirty sliekeU, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a '^ meat 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 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 U On the seventh day Elisha- ma the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: 49 His offering was one silver ^ charger, the weight whereof tvas an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine f.our mingled with oil for a "^ meat off'ering ; 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 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this ivas the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 ^ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of ^lanas- seh : 55 His offering was one silver •* charger of the weight of an hiin- dred and thirty shekels, one sib'cr bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both (jf them full of line Hour mingled n\ ith oil for a "' meat offering : golden of ten 56 One golden spoon shekeh, full of incense : 57 One young bullock, one ram. one lamb of the first ytvir, for a burnt offering : 58 One ■' kid of the g«»its tor a sui offering : . 59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, live rams, live he goats, five lambs of the lirst * platter - meal ^ he goat platter, - meal 3 he goat 141 The offerings at the NUMBERS, 8. dedication of the altar. platter 2 meal 3 he goat year : this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 U On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered : 61 His offering tvas 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 mingled with oil for a '"^ meat offering : 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 64 One ^ kid of the goats for a sin offering : 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Abi- dan the son of Gideoni. 66 H On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering tvas 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 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 offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 72 11 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offey^ed : 73 His offering tvas one silver ^ charger, the weight whereof tvas an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of thepQ full of fine flour mingled with oil for a ^ meat offering : 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 7 6 One ^ kid of the goats for a sin offering : 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five' rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this tvas the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 78 II On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offe7^ed : 79 His offering tvas 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 mingled with oil for a '^ meat offering : 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering : 82 One '^ kid of the goats for a sin offering : 83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year : this tvas the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This tvas the "* dedication of the altar, in the day wlien it was anointed, by the princes of Israel : twelve ^ chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold : 85 Each " charger of silver tveiyh- ing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels tveighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 8 6 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, tveighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary : all the gold of the spoons tvas an hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their ^meatoffer- ing : and the '^ kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings tvere twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This vjas the ^dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 And when Moses ^ was gone into the ^ tabernacle of the congre- gation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of ^" testi- mony, from between the two ^^ cher- ubims : and he spake unto him. CHAPTER 8. 1 Hoto the lamjjs are to be lighted. 5 The consecration of the Levites. 23 T7ie age and time of their service. ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say A platter, '^ meal 3 he goat 4 dedication- gift 5 platters 6 platter 2 meal " he goats 4 dedication- gift 8 went 9 tent of meeting w the testi- mony, 11 cherubim: I 142 The consecration NUMBERS, 9. of the Levites. 1 in front of 2 meal 3 present * tent of meeting : 5 a wave offering, on the behalf of 6 make atonement "* a wave offering ^ a wave offering. unto him, When thou Hghtest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light ^ over against the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof ^ over against the candlestick, as the Loed com- manded Moses. 4 And this work of the candle- stick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, tvas beaten work : accord- ing unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 5 ^ And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, 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 bullock with his '^ meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And thou shalt ^ bring the Levites before the '^ tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together : 10 And thou shalt ^ bring the Levites before the Loed : and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites : 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Loed for ^an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the Loed. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Loed, to ^ make an atonement for the Levites. 1 3 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for " ^an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel : and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Le- vites go in to do the service of the •^ tabernacle 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 Is- rael ; instead of such as open every 143 womb, even instead of the firstl)orn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast : on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the ^ tabernacle of the con- gregation, and to ' ^make an atone- ment for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the chil- dren of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the chil- dren of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Loed commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Is- rael unto them. 21 And the Levites were puri- fied, and they washed their clothe^s ; and Aaron offered them as '' an offer- ing before the Loed; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Le- vites in to do their service in the ^° tabernacle of the congregation be- fore Aaron, and before his sons : as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 23 H And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 24 This is it that helongeth unto the Levites : from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service " of tlie tabernacle of the congregation : 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 26 But shall minister with then- brethren in the " tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touciimg their charge. 0. .1 CHAPTER 1 The passorer /« coi»mde(f again. 6 second pa-osorer allowed for them that trere unclean or absent. 15 The cloud {findeth the' removing^ and encampmgnoj the /.•<- 1-aelitex. AND the Lord spake unto ^foses in the wilderness of Sinai, m the first month of the second year 9 tent of meeting, 6 make atonement ' a wave offering 10 tent of meeting 11 in the work of the tent of meeting : » tent of meeting, The ordinance of the passover. NUMBERS, 10. The guiding cloud. 1 statutes 2 ordinances 3 the 4 its 5 that I may after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season : according to all the ^ rites of it, and according to all the '^ ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Moses spake unto the chil- dren of Israel, 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 Sinai : according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 6 II 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 Moses and before Aaron on that day : 7 And those men said unto him. We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer •' an offering of the Lord in "^ his_ appointed sea- son among the children of Israel? 8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, ^ and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. 9 II And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be un- clean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord. 1 1 The fourteenth day of the se- cond month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 1 2 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. 1 3 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 in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 14 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 according to the manner 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 H And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, tlie tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of tire, until the morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appear- ance of fire by night. 1 7 And when the cloud was taken up fi'om the " tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel jour- neyed : and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. 18 At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel jour- neyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they '' T)itched : as long as the cloud abode upori the taber- nacle they rested in their tents. 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, tlien the children of Israel kept the cliai'ge of the Lord, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the taber- nacle ; according to the command- ment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed : whether it ivas by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: .but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the com- mandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. CHAPTER 10. 1 The rise of the silver trii/mpets. 11 The Is- raelites remove fi-om Sinai to Paran. 14 The order of their march. 29 Hohah is in- treated hy Moses not to leave them. 33 The blessing of Moses at the removing and rest- ing of the ark. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of sil- ver; of ^ a whole piece shalt thou make them : that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assem- bly, and for the journeying of the camps. 6 Tent, encamped : M 8 beaten work 144 The silver trumpets. NUMBEES, 10. Order of the march. 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 congre- gation. ^— — — — ^^— — — — 4 And if they blow hut with one trumpet, then the princes, which ai^e heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trum- pets ; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that op- presseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your glad- ness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offer- ings ; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God : I am the Lord your God. 11 51 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the taber- nacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Lsrael took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their jour- ney according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 ^ In the first place went the standard of the camp of the chil- dren of Judah according to their ^ armies : and over his host ivas Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar tvas Ne- thaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 1 7 And the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. . 18 U And the standard of the camp of Eeuben set forward ac- cording to their - armies : and over his host was Elizur the son of She- deur. 1 9 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon wi.s ,She- lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasapli the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set for- ward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 51 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their ^ armies : and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh uus Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin ivas Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 U 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 ipas Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher ivas Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus ivere the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their '^ armies, when they set for- ward. 29 51 And Moses said unto Ho- bab, the son of ^Raguel the Mid- ianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go ; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said. Leave us not, T pray thee ; forasmuch as tluui knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou maycst be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall bo, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 U And they departed from the mount of the Lord three day.s journey : and the ark of tiie cove- nant of the Loud wont before thorn in the throe days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 2 hosts : 3 rearward ^ hosts, 5 Reuel 10 145 Murmuring at the manna. NUMBERS, 11. The seventy elders. murmured, 2 evil entreated 34 And the cloud of the Lord ivas upon them by day, Avhen they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine ene- mies be scattered ; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said. Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel. CHAPTER n. 1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses'' prayer. 4 The people lust for flesh, and loathe inanna. 10 Moses cont- plaineth of his charge. 16 God divideth his burden unto seventy elders. 31 Qitails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. AND ivhen the people ^ com- plained, it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled ; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses ; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place * Taberah : because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 Vi And the mixt multitude that ivas among them fell a lust- ing : and the children of Israel also wept again, and said. Who shall give us flesh to eaf? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely ; the cu- cumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the gar- lick : 6 But now our soul is dried away : there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna ivas as corian- der seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. ^ And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a inorter, 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 U Then Moses heard the peo- ple weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent : and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; Moses also was displeased. 1 1 And Moses said unto th e Lord, Wherefore hast thou ^ afflicted thy servant 1 and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou * That is, A burning. layest the burden of all this peo- ple upon me 1 12 Have I conceived all this peo- ple 1 have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me. Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers 1 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 ipeople alone, because it is too heavy tor me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let me not see my wretchedness. 1 6 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and ofticers over them ; and bring them unto the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there : and I will take of the spirit ^vhich is upon thee, and will put it upon them ; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the peo- ple. Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh : for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying. Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it ivas well with us in Egypt : therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have "^ despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying. Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 And Moses 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 Hhe flocks and the herds be slain for them, to sutiice them ? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand waxed short ? thou shalt see now whether ! 3 tent of meeting 4 rejected 5 flocks and herds I 146 Quails ewe sent. NUMBERS, 12. Miriam's sedition. 1 Tent. 2 the 3 but they did so no more. 4 Tent : 5 minister of Moses from his youth, 6 Art thou jealous rose 8 the name j of that place was called 1115'^ word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 U And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LoKD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders 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 tvas upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested u pon them, they prophesied, ^ and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one 2vas Eldad, and the name of the other Medad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they tvere 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 told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the ^ servant of Moses, one of his young men , answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, ^ Enviest thou for my sake 1 would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 U And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people '^ stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails : he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for them- selves round about the camp. 33 And Avhile the flesh ivas yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And ^ he called the name of that place .^Kibroth-hattaavah : because there they buried the peo- ple that lusted. * That is, The graves of lust. 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Ha- zeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. CHAPTER 12. 1 God rehuketh the .sedition of Miriam and Aaron. 10 Miriam' h lepro'tiy is healed at the prayer of Mosen. 14 God command eth her to he shutout of the host. AND Miriam and iVaron spake against Moses because of the ^ Ethiopian woman whom he had married : for he had married ^^ an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses tvas very meek, above all the men which ivere upon the face of the earth.) 4 And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the ^^ tabernacle of the congregation . And they three came out. 5 And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the ^"^ tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam : and they both came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, / the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even ^^ apparently, and not in dark speeches ; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses % 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them ; and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from off the ^^ tabernacle : and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow : and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was lev- rous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein \ye have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the iiesh is half con- sumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying. Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 9 Cushite 10 a Cushite 11 tent of meeting. 12 Tent, 13 mani- festly, HTent; 147 The spies. NUMBERS, 13. TJieir report. 1 spy out 2 Hoshea 3 Joshua. 4 into the South, 5 hill coun- try: 14 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven daysl let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Mi- riam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. CHAPTER 13. 1 The names of the men who %t>ere sent to search the land. 17 Their inninictions. 21 Their acts. 26 Their relation. AND the Lord spake unto Mo- ses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may ^ search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the command- ment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran : all those men ivere heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these imre their names : of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Sha- phat the son of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim , '^ Oshea the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gad- diel the son of Sodi. 1 1 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. 1 3 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Na^phtali, Nah- bi the son of Yophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called '^ Oshea the son of Nun ^ Jehoshua . 17 ^ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this ivay ^ southward, and go up into the ^mountain: 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth there- in, whether they he strong or weak, few or many ; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it he good or bad ; and what cities theif he that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds ; 20 And what the land is, whether it he fat or lean, whether there Vje wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grajjes. 21 ^ So they went up, and ^ searched the land from the wil- derness of Zin unto Rehob, " ^as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ^ ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron ; wliere Ahimaii, Sheshai, and Tal- mai, the children of Anak, ivere. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came unto the ^ brook of *Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they hvonght of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the ^^ brook Eshcol, because of the clus- ter of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from ^^ searching of the land after forty days. 26 II And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Is- rael, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh ; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the con- gregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said. We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it flow- eth with milk and honey ; and this is the fruit of it. 28 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 Anak there. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the ^ ^ south : and the Hit- tites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the ^ mountains : and the Canaan ites dwell by the sea, and ^^ by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go * That is, A cluster of grapes. c spied out ' to the entering in of 8 went up into the South, ^ valley w valley of 11 spying out I 12 South : 5 hill coun- try : . 13 along by" the side 148 I Tlie people murmur. NUMBEES, 14. Moses intercedeth. 1 spied out 2 spy it out, 3 Nephilim, 4 Nephilim : f/ .5 doth the Xord bring spied out 2 spy it out, I up at once, and possess it ; for we are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with him said. We be not able to go up against the people ; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had ^ searched unto the children of Is- rael, saying, The land, through which we have gone to ''^ search it, is a land that eateth up the inhab- itants thereof ; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the ^ giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the ^ giants : and we were in our own sight ^ as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. CHAPTER 14. 1 The people murmur at the oiews. & Joshua andCaleb labour to still them. 11 Godthreai- eneththem. 13 ^losespersuadeth God, and ohtaineth 2)ardon. 26 The murmurers are deprived of entering into iJie land. 36 The m,en who raised the evil repo7-t die by a, plague. 40 The people that would invade the land against the will of God. are smitten. AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole con- gregation said unto them. Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died in this wilderness ! 3 And wherefore ^ hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey 1 were it not better for us to return into Egypt 1 4 And they said one to another. Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 H And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lohich were of them that ^ searched the land, rent their clothes : 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to ^ search it, is an exceed- ing good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us ; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land ; for they are bread for us : their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us : fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the Habernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. 1 1 U And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, How long will this people " pro- voke me % and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? 12 1 will smite them with tlie pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 UAnd Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtestup this people in thy might from among them ;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land : for they have heard that thou Lord art ^ among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and thai thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 ^Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of ^my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniq- uity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy morcy, and as thou hast forgiven this peo- ple, from Egypt even until now. 20 And the Lord said, 1 have pardoned according to tliy w()rd : 21 But as truly as I live, ^'^all the earth shall be filled witli theglory of the ^^ Lord. 22 Because all those uumi which have seen my glory, and my mir- acles, which I did in Kgypt and in the wilderness, '-ami ha\e t(Mnpled me now thevse ten times, and lia\i' not hearkened to my voice ; 23 Surely they shall not see the 6 tent of meeting " despise 8 in the midst of the 1'^ and as all 11 LoKn i-j - yet 149 7 The murmurers excluded NUMBERS, 15. from entering the land. despised 2 to 8 Surely rejected. 5 consumed 6 spied out ^ alienation. 8 spy out s an evil re- port against 10 of land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that ^ provoked me see it : 24 But my servant Caleb, be- cause he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way 'of the Red sea. 26 U And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I dear v>ith this evil congregation, which mur- mur against me 'I I have heard the murmurings of the children of Is- rael, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, ^.s truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you : 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness ; and all 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 Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have •* despised. 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wan- der in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be ^ wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye " searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my '^ breach of promise. 35 1 the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil con- gregation, that are gathered to- gether against me : in this wilder- ness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men, which Moses sent to ^ search the land, who re- turned, and made all the congre- gation to murmur against him, by bringing up ^ a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report ^^ upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb tlie son of Jephunneh, which v)ere of the jnen that went to ^ search the land, lived still. 3y And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel : and the people mourned greatly. 40 Vi 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. 41 And ]\loses said. Wherefore now do ye transgress the connnand- ment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : be- cause ye are turned " away fi-om the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up unto the ^" hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that ^'^ hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. CHAPTER 15. 1 The law of the meat offering and the drink offering. 13, 29 The ntranger is under the same law. 17 The lato of the Jirnt of the dough for an heave offering. 22 The sacri- fice for sin of ignorance. 30 The punish- ment of presumption. 32 He that 'Violated the, sahhath is stoned. 37 The law of fringes. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habi- tations, which I give unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock : 4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a ^^ meat offering of a tenth ^^ deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. 5 And the fourth 2^cirt of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offer- ing or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt pre- pare for a ^^ meat offering two tenth •^ spy out 11 back from following 12 top of the mountain : 13 mountain. 14 meal 15 part of an ephah 150 Sins of ignorance, NUMBERS, 1^ 0. and of presumption. 1 parts of an ephah 2 meal G ^ ordinance * when ye shall err, ind not ob- serve Meals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 8 And when thou preparest a bullock for sl burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord : 9 Then shall he bring with a bul- lock a '^ meat offering of three tenth ^ deals of tiour mingled with half an hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one 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 num- ber. 13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 Andif 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 both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourn- eth ivith 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 stran- ger that sojourneth with you. 17 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Is- rael, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave of- fering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. 22 11 And ^ if ye have erred, and not observed all these command- ments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, 23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded i/o.se.s-, and hencefor- ward among your generations ; 24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offer- ing, for a sweet s?vour unto the Lord, with his '-^ meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the ^manner, and one ^ kid of the goats for a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them ; for it "'is ignorance : and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance : 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that so- journeth among them ; seeing all the people tvere in ignorance. 27 IT And if ^ any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offer- ing. 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him ; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the sti'anger that sojourneth among them. 30 H But the soul that doeth ought ^ presumptuously , ivhether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same i" reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 3 1 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off' ; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 IT And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, tliey found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found hnn gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, antl unto all tlie congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared wliat should be done to liim. 35 And the Lord said unto Mo- 151 2 meal 5 ordinance, c he goat ' was 8 one person 9 with an high hand, i« blas- phemeth Rebellion of NUMBERS, IG. Korali, Dathan, and Abiram. 1 cord 2 play the harlot : ses, The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses. 37 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout theii' generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ^ ribband of blue : 3y And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the command- ments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, af- ter which ye use to '^ go a whoring: 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God, 41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. CHAPTER 16. 1 The re7>eUiov of Korah, Dnthctn, and Abi- ram. 28 Mo«e« .'^eparateth the people from the reheLs' teiita. 81 The earih swalloweih up h'otak, and a fire conKimieth others. 36 The censers are reserved to holy itsf. 41 Foiorteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague fo)- murmuring against Moses and Aaron. 46 Aaron by incense stayeth the plague. NOW Korah. the son of Izhar, the son or Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abir-am, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men : 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of re- nown : 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them. Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then lift ye up your- selves above the congregation of the LordI 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying. Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and ivho is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do ; Take you censers, Ko- rah, and all his company ; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morr-ow : 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 Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi : 9 Seeineth it bat a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the con- gregation of Israel, to biing you near to himself to do the service of the tal^ernacle of the Lord, and to stand befoie 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 botJt thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lorj) : and what is Aaron, that ye nmrmur against him 1 1 2 H And Moses sent to call Da- than and Abiram, the sons of J^^liab : which said, We will not come up : 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flovveth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us 1 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that flov^- eth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vine- yards : wilt thou i)ut out the eyes of these men 1 we will not come up. 15 And Moses 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. 1 6 And Moses said unto Korah, Re thou and all thy company be- fore the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow : 1 7 And take every man his cen- ser, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers ;_ thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 1 8 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood ^ in the door of the '* tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the '^ tabernacle of the congregation : and the glory of the 3 at 4 tent of meeting " tent of meeting : 152 Their punisliment. NUMBERS, 16. Aaron intercedeth. despised Lord appeared unto all the con- gregation. 20 And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation'? 23 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unt6 Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him 26 And he spake unto the con- gregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tab- ernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi- ram, on every side : and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for I have not dojie them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be vis- ited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. 30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that a2)2'>ertain unto them, and they go down ^ quick into * the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have ^ provoked the Lord. 31 51 And it .came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that tuas under them : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that ap2oertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that ajwertmiied to them, Avent down alive into * the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them : for they said. Lest the earth swal- low us up also. *Heb. Sheol. 35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and lifty men that offered incense. 36 II And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these sinners against their own '^ souls, let them make them '^ broad plates for a, cov- ering of the altar : for they oifered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed : and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered ; and they ^ were made broad rdates for a covering of the altar : 40 T'o be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Korah, and as his company : as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 51 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Is- rael murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the ^ tabernacle of the congregation : and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Closes and Aaron came '^before the tabern acle of the con- ■ ■ ■ > gregation. 44 51 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among tins congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 U And Moses said unto Aaron, Take ^a censer, and put fire tliere- in fron7off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto tlie congregation, and make an atone- ment for them : for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the niulst of the congregation: and. behold, the i)lague w;is begun amoTig tlie people : and he put on incense, and made an atonement for tlu^ peoi^le. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living ; and tlie plague was stayed. 3 lives, ^ beaten 5 heat them out 6 tent of meeting: " to the front of tlio tent of meeting. '^ thy 153 Aaron's rod buddeth. NUMBERS, 17, 18. lite charge of the priests. 1 tent of meeting : 2 them rods, one for each fathers' house, 3 their fatliers' houses, 4 tliere sliall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses, s tent of meeting 6 meet 7 bud: 8 tent of the testimony. 9 tent of tlie testimony ; 10 Put back Aaron's rod 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Mo- ses unto the door of the '^ taberna- cle of the cotigre^yation : and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER 17. 1 Aaron's rod amony all the roda of tlie triben only flourislieth. 10 Jt is left for a monu- ment against the rebels. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of '^ every one of them a rod according to the hoiist of tkeir fathers, of ail their princes according to ^ the house of their fathers twelve rods : write tliou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi : for ^ one rod shall he for the head of the house of tEeir fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where 1 •'will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall ^ blossom : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 6 HAnd Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron ivaa among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods be- fore the Lord in the ^ tabernacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the ^ tabernacle of witness ; and, be- hold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel : and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 U And the Lord said unto Moses, ^" Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 1 1 And Moses did so : as the Lord commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perisli. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die : shall we ^ M)e con- sumed with dying 1 CHAPTER 18. 1 77ie charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The priests" portion. 21 The Levites' portion. 25 The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion. AND the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear theiniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy fat>her, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and min- ister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the ^ tabernacle of witness. 3 And they siiali keeiJ thy charge, and the charge of all the ^'" tab- ernacle: 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 ^•Habernacle of the congregation. for all the service of the ^'"taherna- cle_: 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 ujjon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel : 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 office unto you as a service of gift : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 H And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine ^^' heave of- ferings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel ; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire : every oblation of theirs, every ^" meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every tres- is perish all of us? 8 tent of tile testimony. 12 Tent: 13 tent of meeting, 12 Tent : 14 tent of meeting. 15 give 16 heave offerings, even 1'' meal 154 The portion of the NUMBEES, 19. priests and Levites. 1 As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof ; 2 womb thigh li * portion pass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 ^ In the most holy place shalt thou eat it : every male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee. 1 1 And this is thine ; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel : I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters v/ith thee, by a statute for ever : every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 1 2 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Loed, them have I given thee. 13 And w^hatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Loed,_ shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine. 1 5 Every thing that openeth the ^ matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, tuhether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine : nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that ar€ to be re- deemed 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 first- ling of a goat, thou shalt not re- deem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offer- ing made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Loed. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right '^ shoulder are thine. 1 9 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever : it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Loed unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 IT And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inherit- ance in their land, neither shalt thou have any "^ Dart among them : I am thy "* part and thine inherit- ance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their 1 service which they serve, even the service of the Habernacle of the congregation. """" 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigli the Habernacle of the congi-egation. lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall he a statute for ever throughout your genera- tions, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Loed, 1 have given to the Levites to in- herit : therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 II And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them. When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for j/^our inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it luere the '^ corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress, 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Loed of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel ; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, evni the hallowed part thereof out 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 Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winei)ress. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households : for it is your reward for your service in the Habernacle of the congivgation. 32 And ye shall bear no sin hy reason of it, when ye liaNe heaved from it the best of it : neitlu^r shall ye '^ pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. CHAPTER 19. 1 The, toater of xeparaiiou wade of the as?n'n of a red heifer. 11 The htir for tht >"« •>*' it hipurif'ctilion of the uiiclean. AND the LoED s])ake unto Mi)scs and unto Aaron, saying. •5 tent of meeting. 6 tent of meeting, gram *" profane 55 The red heifer. NUMUEKS, 20. The water of separation. 1 toward the front of tlio tent of meet- ing 2 therewith 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LojiD hath com- manded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke : 3 And ve shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face : 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood ^ directly before the tabernacle of the con- gregation seven times : 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn : 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burn- ing of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burnetii her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay t/iem up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation : it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it shall be unto the chil- dren of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 H He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself ^ with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean : but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Loud ; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel : because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon nim, he shall be unclean ; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dietli in a tent : all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel : 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it m the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the per- sons that were there, and upon nim that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave : 19 And the clean i^erso??, shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the tliird day, and on the seventh day : and on the seventh day he shall purif v himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe liimself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be un- clean, and sliall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off frorii among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LoTiP : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes ; ana he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAPTER 20. 1 The child r en of Israel come to Zin, tvhere Miriam dieth. 2 They murmur for want of loaier. 7 Mosen smitina the rock, hring- eih forth water at Meribah. 14 Mo-sen at Kadesh desiretJi j)a8sag6 throur/h Edom, which is denied Jiim. 22 At mount Hor Aaron resigneth his place to Eleazar, and dieth. THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congre- gation, into the ''desert of Zin in the first month : and the people abode in Kadesh ; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation : and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 wilderness 156 Water from the rock. NUMBERS, 20. Aaron dieth. 1 strove 2 tent of meeting, 3 eyes, that |it 4 its 5 shall we .bring you 1 forth ? I f^ travail m 'I "> evil en- treated 3 And the people ^ chode with Moses, and spake, saying- Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there 1 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place 1 it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the '^ tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their taces : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them, 7 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their ^ eyes ; and it shall give forth ^ his water, and thou shalt bring fortlTto them water out of the rock : so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron ga- thered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels ; ^ must we fetch you water out of this rock'? 1 1 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the w^ater came 9ut abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 1[ And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye be- lieved me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 1.3 This is the water of * Meri- bah ; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 14 U And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou- knowest all the ^ travel that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egj^ptians fathers ^ vexed us, and our 16 And when we cried unto the * That is, Strife. Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath })rought us forth out of Egypt : and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country : we will not pass through the fields, or througli the vineyards, neither wall we drmk of the water of the wells : M^e will go by the king's high way we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel Scaid unto him. We will go by the high way : and if I and my cattle drink_ of ^ thy water, then I will pay for it : I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said. Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border : wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22 51 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, jour- neyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the '^ coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor : 26 And strip Aaron of his gar- ments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron snail be ga- thered unto his people, and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as th<^ Lord commanded: and they went ui> into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses strippeil Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in tlie top ot the mount: and Moses and Klca/ar came down from the niomit. 29 And when all the congrega- tion saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty (lays, even all the house of Israel. s border 15- The brasen serpent. NUMBERS, 21. JSihon is overcome. 1 the king of Arad, 2 South, 3 Atharim ; 4 the name of the place was called 5 vile A CHAPTER 21. 1 Ifitael with Home Iohh destroy the Canaan- itesat Ilonnah. 4 The people murnniring are plagued with fiery HerpentH. 7 They repenting are healed by a hranen xer- pent. 10 Sundry journeys of the Inraelites. '21 Sihon in overcome, '6'6 and Og. ND ivhen ' king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the '^ south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of ^ tlie s])ies -. then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners, 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If tliou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will *' utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they t ut- terly destroyed them and their cities : and ^ he called the name of the place X Hormah. 4 II And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom : and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people si:)ake against God, and against Moses, Where- fore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness'? for there is no bread, neither is there any water ; and our soul loathed this ^ light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery ser- gents among the people, and they it the people ; and much people of Israel died. 7 Vi Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, AVe 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 Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he be- held the serpent of brass, he lived. ion And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije^abarim, in the vs^ilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 1 2 il From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. * Heh. devote. t Hel>- devoted. X From the same root as herem, a devoted thing. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Anion, which is in the wilderness thatcomethoutof the " coasts of the Amorites : for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Vv^herefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord. ' Wliat he did in the Jled sea, and in the brooks ot" AiTion , lo And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down " to tlie dwelling of Ar, and lieth ui)on the border of ^loab. 1 6 And from thence they went to Beer : that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gatlier the people together, and I will give them water. 1 7 1[ Then Israel sang this song, ►Spring up, O well ; sing ye unto it : 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, ^ by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And t'l-om the wilderness they tvent to Mattanah : 1 9 And from Mattanah to Naha- liel : and from Nahaliel to Bamoth : 20 And from Bamoth in the val- ley, thsit is in the ^" country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh " toward Jeshimon. 21 1 1 Aiul Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land : we will not tui*n into the fields, or into the vineyards ; we will not drink o/ the waters of the well : but we will go along by -the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border : but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Is- rael into the wilderness : and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and ijos- sessed his land from ^' - Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon : for the border of the chil- dren of Ammon ivas strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the ^^ villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon tvas the city of Sihon the king of _ the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of ]Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto ^^ Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in <* horder ' Vahel) in iSuphah, and tlie valleys of the Ar- non. and the slope of the valleys 8 toward 9 with the sceptre, 1" field 11 down ni)on the desert. 12 the Arnon unto the Jabbok, 13 towns 14 the Arnon. 158 JBalak sendeth NUMBEES, 22. for Balaam. 1 esta- blished : 2 the Arnon. ^ as fugi- tives, 4 towns ,^ the River, to the land proverbs saj^ Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and ^ pi'epared : 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon : it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of "Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab ! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh : he hath given his sons '^ that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 _We have shot at them ; Hesh- bon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 31 ^ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the ^ villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 II And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his peo- ple, and his land ; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive : and they possessed his land. CHAPTER 22. 1 BnlaJc''s fimt message for Balaam is re- fused. 15 His second message obluineth him,. 22 An angel would have slain him^ if his ass had not sated him. 36 Balak entertain eth him-. AND the children of Israel set forwa.rd, and pitched in the plains of J\Ioab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 U And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they ivere many : and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor ivas king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by ^the river of the land of the children of his peo- ple, to call him, saying. Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt : behold, they cover the face ot the earth, and they abide over against me : 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people ; for they are too mighty for me : peradven- ture I shall prevail, tJmt we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land : for I ^' wot that he whom thou blessest~Ts' blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand ; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them. Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Loed shall speak unto me : and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with theel 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, ^Ae?^e {.<; a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse me them ; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people : for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land : for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 1 4 And the princes of INIoab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 15 II And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honour- able than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him. Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me : 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and 1 will tli> whatsoever thou say est unto me : come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam ans\vered and said unto the servants of ])alak. If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold. I cannot \io Ix^- yond the word of the L()i;n my ( iod. to do less or more. 6 know 159 Balaam and the any el. NUMBERS, 23. Balak^s sacrifice. 1 Then 2 1 had killed thee. 3 all thy life long 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that 1 may know what the Lord wiU say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, Li the men come to call thee, rise up, ami go with them ; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 II And God's anger was kin- dled because he went : and tlio angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with liim. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 ^ But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall bei^ig on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust her- self unto the wall, and crushed Ba- laam's foot against the wall : and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a nar- row ijlace, where ivas no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam : and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times'? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked nae : I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now ^ would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ^ ever since / wan thine unto this day'< was i ever wont to do so unto thee^ And he said. Nay. 3 1 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him. Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times 1 behold, 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 1 had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 Aiid Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned ; for 1 knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now there- fore, if it displease thee, 1 will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the Lord said unto l^alaam. Go with the men : but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 30 U And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of ^ Arnon. which is in the utmost ° coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee 1 wherefore earnest thou not unto me'^ am I not aljle indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee : have 1 now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God puttetli in my mouth, that shall I speak, 39 And Balaam went with lialak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that tve7^e with him. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into " the high places of Baal, that thence he mignt see the utmost 2^art of the people. CHAPTER 23. 1, 13, 28 JBalaA:'s sacrijiee. 7, 18 Balaam's j>arahle. AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and ijrepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam offered 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 what- soever 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 ^ ■'•i^ven altars, and I have offered \ t : ■* the Anion, ^ part of the border. 6 Ramoth- baal, ' a bare height. 8 the seven 160 Ood speaketh to Balaam. NUMBERS, 24. Balaam'' s parable. lit pie IS a peo- that upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Loed put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying. Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed 1 or how shall I defy, ivhom the Lord hath not defied % 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him : lo, Hhe people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel % Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! 1 1 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto mel 1 took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 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 them all : and curse me them from thence. 14 U And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and ojffered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 1 5 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt ofiTering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt ofter- ing, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken'? 18 And he took up his parable, and said. Rise up, Balak, and hear ; hearken unto me, thou son of Zip- por : 19 God is. not a man, that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good % 20 Behold, I have received com- mandment to bless : and he hath blessed ; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen per- verseness in Israel : the Lord liis God ^s ^ith him, and the shout of a king in among them. 22 God "^brought them out of Egypt ; he hath as it were tlie strength of ^ an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchant- ment ^ against Jacob, neither is there any divination "^ against Is- rael : '^ according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up him- self as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 U And Balak said unto Ba- laam, 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 speak- eth, that I must do % 27 ^ And Balak said unto Ba- laam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place ; per- adventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaiim unto the top of Peor, that looketh ^ toward Jeshimon. 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, leaving divination^*, propfiesiet/t the happiness of Lsrael. 10 Balair in anger dixmis,seth Mm. 15 He prop/ietiuth of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some ■nations. AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Ls- rael, he went not, as at \\\h^ times, to - seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding m fn^ tents according to their tnbtvs ; and the spirit of Gotl came upon liini. 3 And he took up his par;il>le, and said, Balaam the s<^n ot I.eur "h ath said, and the man w hose eyes ir(^ open hath sa id : 4 H(i "hath sai(rwhicii lu^ard the - biinj^eth 3 the wild- ox. 4 with "> uow *j down upon the desert. ■ the other !^ nut't with 10 '•' smith. 10 ^^ ,.re rhisedsaith; >» saith. w hii-li hearetli 11 161 Balaam prophesieth of NUMBEES, 25. IsraeVs happiness. 1 seeth 2 Water shall flow from 3 bringeth 4 the wild- ox: She 6 saith, 5" were closed saith : ^ heareth 9 knoweth 1 seeth 10 see 11 behold words of God, which ^ saw the vision of the Almighty, falHng into a trance, but having his eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Is- rael ! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the, river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as ce- dar trees beside the waters. 7 ^ He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed .fhall he in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 God '''brought him forth out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of ^ an unicorn : he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall Dreak their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion : who shall stir him up 1 Blessed ''i^ he that blesseth thee, and cursed ^i^ he that curseth thee. 10 ^ And Balak's anger was kin- dled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together : and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 1 1 Therefore now flee thou to thy 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 sen test unto me, saying, 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can- not go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; hut what the Lord saith, that will I speak % 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people : come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. 15 U And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor ^ hath said, and the man whose eyes '^ are open hath said : 1 6 He '^ hath saicT which ^ heard the words of God, and ^ knew the knowledge of the most High, tvldch ^ saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 17 1 ^" 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 Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the ^'"^ chil- dren of Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be a posses- sion, Seir also shall be a ^' ^ possession for his enemies ; and Israel shall do valiantly. 1 9 Out of Jacob shall ^ ^come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 U And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek vjas the first of the nations ; but his latter end shall he that he ^'' perish for ever. 21 And he looked on tlie Kenites, and took up his parable, and said. Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a, rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this ! 24 And ships sJcall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall aflflict Eber, and he also shall ^'' perish for ever. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. CHAPTER 25. 1 T.srael at Shitiim. commit XDhoredom and idolatry. 6 Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cosbi. 10 God therefore giveth him an ererlanting j)i''i^^thood. 16 The Midianitea are to he vexed. AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to com- mit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods : and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the ^^ heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. 6 H And, behold, one of the chil- dren of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were w-eeping hefore the door of the ^^ tab- ernacle of the congregation. 12 sons of tumult. 13 posses- sion, who were 14 one 15 come to destruction. K' chiefs 1" tent of meeting. 162 Zimi'i and Cozhi slain. NUMBERS, 26. Sum of Israel. 1 in the matter of Peor. 2 by their fathers' houses, 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand ; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thou- sand. 10 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 1 1 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy, 1 2 VVheref ore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : 1 3 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; be- cause he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, evpi that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midian- itish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur ; he was head oyer a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 1 6 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them : 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have be- guiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague ^ for Peor's sake. CHAPTER 26. 1 The surrt of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab. ' 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land. 57 The faonilies and number of the Levites. 63 None were left of them lohich were mcm- bered at Sinai, but Caleb and Joshtoa. AND it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the con- gregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war m Israel. 16 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward ; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 U Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of ivhom co.neth the fa- mily of the Hanochites : of Pallu, the family of the Palluites : 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab ; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord : 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : and they became a sign. 1 1 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 1 2 H The sons of Simeon after their families : of Nemuel, the fa- mily of the Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites : of Ja- chin, the family of the Jachinites : 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These a7'e the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thou- sand and two hundred. 15 U The children of Gad after their families : of Zephon, the fa- mily of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites : of Shuni, the family of the Shunites : 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites : of Eri, the family of tlie Erites * 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites : of Areli, the family oi the Arelites. 18 These are the fannhes ot the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, torty thousand and live hundivd. 19 If The sons of -ludnh were y.r and Onan : and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah atter Sum of Israel NUMBERS, 26. in the plains of Moah. their families were ; of Sbelah, the family of the Shelanites : of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites : of Ze- rah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were ; of Hezron, the family of the Hez- ronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites, 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 II Of the sons of Issachar after their families : of Tola, the family of the Tolaites : of Pua, the family of the Punites : 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites : of Shimron, the family of the Bhimronites. 25 These are the families of Issa- char according to those that wen; numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 Vi Of the sons of Zebulun after their families : of Sered, the family of^ the Sardites : of Elon, the fa- mily of the Elonites : of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 ^ The_ sons of Joseph after their families -were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh : of Machir, the family of the Machir- ites : and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead : of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezer- ites : of Helek, the family of the Helekites : 31 And o/ Asriel, the family of the Asrielites : and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites : 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites : and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 H And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daugh- ters : and the names of the daugh- ters of Zelophehad ?cereMahlah,and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 51 These are the sons of Ephra- im after their families : of Shuthe- lah, the family of the Shuthalhites : of Becher, the family of the Bach- rites : of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shu- thelah : of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hun- dred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 11 The sons of Benjamin after their families : of Bela, the family of the Belaites : of Ashbel, the fa- mily of the Ashbelites : of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites : 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites : of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman : of Ard, the family of the Ardites : a7id of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benja- min after their families : and they that were numbered of them tvere forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 U These are the sons of Dan after their families : of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shu- hamites, according to those that were numbered of them, tvere three- score and four thousand and four hundred. 44 ^ Of the children of Asher after their families : of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites : of Be- riah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah : of He- ber, the family of the Heberites : of Malchiel, the family of the Mal- chielites. 46 And the name of the daugh- ter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them ; who tuere fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48 U Of the sons of Naphtali after their families : of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites : of Guni, the family of the Gunites : 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their fami- lies : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thou- sand and four hundred. 51 These tvere the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 II And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance accord- ing to the number of names. 164 The land to be divided. NUMBERS, 27. The law of ii titer itaiict. 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 U And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the fa- mily of the Gershonites : of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites : the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Ko- rathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife ivas Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt : and she bare unto Am- rarn Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire be- fore the Lord. 62 And those that were num- bered of them v/ere twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 *!] These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the chil- dren of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 FortheLoRD had said of them. They shall surely die in the wilder- ness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAPTEB 27. 1 The daugJiters of Zelophehad me for an hiheritance. ' 6 The laio of inheriiancen. 12 3foses, being told of his death, meth for a successor. 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed, him. THEN came the daughters of Ze- lophehad, the son of Heplier, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Jaseph : and these are the names of his daugh- ters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood Vjefore Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the con- gregation, brj the door of the ^ taber- nacle of the congregation , saymg, 3 Our father died in the wilder- ness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah ; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. 6 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have n9 brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his in- heritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and lie shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord com- manded Moses. 12 H And the Lord s;iid unto Moses, Get thee up into tliis mount Abarim, and see the land which T have given unto the children of I QT^*1 (^ I Vs And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy lirotlicr was gathered. 14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the - desert of Ziii. in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the watei- before their eyes: that /n tlu» water of Meribah in Kadesli in tlu^ wilder- ness of Zin. 15 II And Moses spake unto the FjORD, saying, 1 tent of meeting, - \vil( tern OSS 165 Joshua to succeed Moses. NUMBERS, 28. The contmual burnt offering. by 2 food '^ meal 16 Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and M'^hich 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 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the con- gregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Is- rael may be obedient, 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him ^ after the judgment of Urim before the Lord : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the con- gregation : 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. CHAPTER 28. 1 Offerings are to he observed. 3 The con- tinual burnt offering. 9 The offering on the Sabbath, 11 on the new inoonn, 16 at the pasnover, 26 in the day of first-fruits. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Is- rael, and say unto them. My offer- ing, 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. 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 day 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, which was ordained in mount Sinai 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 \\o\y j^lace shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink offering. 8 And the other Iamb shalt thou offer at even : as the ^ meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord, 9 Vi And 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 offer- ing. 1 1 IT And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without 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 mingled with oil for a "^ meat offering unto one lamb ; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacri- fice made by fire unto the Lord. 1 4 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 offering of every month throughout the months of the year. 1 5 And one ^ kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 1 6 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. 17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation ; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein ; 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year : they shall be unto you without blemish : 20 And their ^ meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil : three tenth ''deals shall ye offer for a bul- lock, and two tenth '^ deals for a ram ; 3 meal 4 parts of an ephah part 6 he goat parts 166 The offerings at NUMBERS, 29. the solemn feasts. part 2 food 3 meal parts ^ he goat, ■^ meal 4 parts 6 he goat I in the morning, a continual burnt 21 A several tenth Meal shalt thou offer for every lamb, through- out the seven lambs : 22 And one goat for a sin offer- ing, to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering which is for offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the ^meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work. 26 IT Also in the day of the first- fruits, when ye bring a new ^ meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : 27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year ; 28 And their ^meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth ^ deals unto one bullock, two tenth ^ deals unto one ram, 29 A several tenth ^ deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs ; 30 And one ^ kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his ^ meat offering (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. CHAPTER 29. 1 The offering at the feast of trumpets, 7 at the day of afflicting their som^s, 13 and on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles. 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 offer- ing 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 be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth ^ deals for a bullock, and two tenth ^ deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth ^ deal for one lamb, 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 savour, a unto the the month, and his ^ meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, ajul his "'meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet sacrifice made by fire Lord. 7 U And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation ; and ye shall afflict your souls : ye shall not do any work therein : 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offer- ing unto the Lord for a sweet savour ; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year ; they shall be unto you with- out 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, 10 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 offer- ing of it, and their drink offerings. 12^ And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : 13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year ; they shall be w^ithout blem- ish : 14 And their ^ meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, thi-oe tenth ^ deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth ^ deals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a several tenth ^ deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs : 1 6 And one ^ kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, his •' meat offering, and his drink offering. 17 U And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young l)ullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot : 18 And their •' meat offering and their drink offerings for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ' niamuM- : 1 9 And one " kid of the goats for a sin offering: ncsulc tli(> contin- ual burnt offering, and the ' meat offering thereof, and tluMr drink offerings. 3 meal " ordiuance, 4 parts 1 part 6 he goat s onlinauie : 167 The feast of tahernades. NUMBERS, 30. Concerning vows. 1 meal 2 ordinance : 3 he goat 1 meal 2 ordinance : 20 ^ And on the tliird day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: 21 And their ^ meat offering and their drink offerings for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the '^ manner : 22 And one goat for a sin offer- ing ; beside the continual burnt offering, and his ^ meat offering, and his drink offering. 23 H And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 24 Their ^ meat offering and their drink offerings tor the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, sIkiU be according to their number, after the ^ manner : 25 And one -"^ kid of the goats for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, his ^ meat offering, and his drink offering. 26 U And on the Hfth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot : 27 And their ^ meat offering and their drink offerings for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the ^ manner : 28 And one goat for a sin offer- ing ; beside the continual burnt offering, and his ^ meat offering, and his drink offering. 29 H And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 30 And their ^ meat offering and their drink offerings for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the '^ manner : 31 And one goat for a sin offer- ing ; beside the continual burnt offering, his ^ meat offering, and his drink offering. 32 U And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and four- teen lambs of the first year with- out blemish : 33 And their -^ meat offering and their drink offerings for the bul- locks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the ^ manner : 34 And one goat/o?; a sin offer- ing ; beside the continual burnt offering, his ^ meat offering, and his drink offering. 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 Lokjj : one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 37 Their ^ meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall he according to their number, after the '^ manner : 38 And one goat for a sin offer- ing ; beside the continual burnt offering, and his ^ meat offering, and his drink offering. 39 Thefie things ye shall "^do unto the Lord in your set feasts,Teside your vows, and your freewill offer- ings, for your burnt offerings, and offerings, and for your tor your ^ meat your drink offerings, and for peace offerings. 40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Aloses. CHAPTER 30. 1 Vorc8 are not to be broken. 3 The eorcep- tion of a 711 aid'' 8 vow. 6 Ofawife^s. 9 Of a tridorv's, or her that is divorced. ND Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes '^concern- A im? the children of Israel, saying. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. 2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word, he shall do accord- ing 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, heing in her father's house in her youth ; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath 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, because her father disallowed her. 6 And ^ if she had at all an hus- band, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul ; 7 And her husband "^ heard it, and ^held his peace at her in the day that he ^ heard it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 1 meal 2 ordinance: 4 offer 5 of 6 if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance '' hear 8 hold 9 heareth 168 The Midianites are spoiled, NUMBERS, 31. and Balaam slain. disallow heareth 5 execute the Lord's ven- geance on 8 But if hei^ husband ^ disallowed her on the day that he '- ^heard it ; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect : and the Lord shall forgive her. 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her hus- band's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath ; 11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and dis- allowed her not : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond where- with she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband hath ut- terly made them void on the day he heard the7?i ; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concern- ing her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand : her husband hath made them void ; and the Lord shall forgive her. 1 3 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which ai^e upon her : he confirmeth them, be- cause he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 1 5 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her in- iquity. 16 These m^e the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, be- tween a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. CHAPTER 31. 1 The IfidianiUs are sjioilecl, and Balaam slain. 18 Moses is tvfoth with the officers. for sa/cing the tvonien alive. 19 How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to he purified. 25 The proportion whereby the prey is to be divided . 48 The vohm- tary oblation unto the treasury of the Lord. AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the peo- ple, saying. Arm some of your- selves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. thousand, 4 Of every tribe a throughout all the tribes of Israel shall ye send to the war 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of eve.ry tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets ^ to blow in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord command- ed Moses ; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain ; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian : Ba- laam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword, 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took ■' the spoil of all their cattle, and all their tlocks, and all their goods. _ 10 And they burnt all their ci- ties wherein they dwelt, and all their ^ goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. _ 1 2 And they brought the cap- tives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 H And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and cap- tains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have jT^e saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the chil- dren of Israel, through tlie counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore kill evei-y male among the little ones, and kill eAory woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the v^^omen children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for your- 19 "And do ye abide without the camp seven days: Avhosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both 4 for the alarm 5 for a prey 6 encamp- ments, 109 llie division NUMBEES, 31. of the ^yrey. 1 Howbeit 2 the men skilled in war, 8 over and above yourselves and your captives on the thii-d day, and on the seventh day. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 2 1 *fl And Eleazar the priest said unto the man of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord com- manded Moses; 22 ^Only the gold, and the sil- ver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and tl>e lead, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it sliall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water, 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congrega- tion: 27 And divide the prey into two parts ; between '^ them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the con- gregation : 28 And levy 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 sheep: 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord. 30 And of the children of Israel'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 beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of theLoRD. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 32 And the booty, ^ being fhe res^t of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thou- sand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand 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 wan the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: 37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and three- 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 were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute was three- score and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand ; of which the Lord's tri- bute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave offer- ing, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half ^Aa^ 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 per- sons ;) 47 Even of the children of Is- rael's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tab- ernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 48 ^ And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the cap- tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, ear- rings, and '^ tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the offer- ing that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hun- dred and fifty shekels. 4 necklaces, 170 Petition of the NUMBERS, 32. Reuheuites and Gadttes. 1 tent of meeting, 2 Kenizzite, 53 {For^ the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself. ) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the ^ tabernacle of the congregation, /o?- a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord. CHAPTER 32. 1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for ihevr inheritance on that aide Jordan. G Monen reproveth them. IG They offer him. condi- tions to his content. 38 Moses assigneth them the land. 89 2' hey conquer it. IVTOW the children of Reuben XM and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, be- hold, the jAaceivas a place for cattle; 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 ^t'e?i the country which the Lord smote before the congrega- tion of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle : 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy ser- vants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 6 51 And Moses said unto the chil- dren of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here '? 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them 1 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 10 And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 1 1 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed me : 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephun- neh the '^ Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun : for they have wholly followed the Lord. 13 And the Lord's anger was kin- dled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wildei-ness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the siglit of the Lord, was consumed. , 14 And, behold, ye are risen up m your fathers' stead, an increase of smful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Is- rael. 1 5 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall de- stroy all this people. 16 U And they came near unto him, and said. We will build sheep- folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 1 7 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his in- herita^nce. 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, ^or for- 3 and ward: because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 II And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22 And the land be subdued be- fore the Lord : then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel ; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so, be- hold, ye have sinned against the Lord : and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build you citiesfor your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. ^ ^ , , 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unio Moses, saying. Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26 Our little ones, our wives, tun- flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead : 27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, Im^ fore the Lord to battl(\ as my lord saith. 28 So concerning \hcm Moses commanded MU^azar [\\c |)iiest, and Joshua tlu^ son of Nun, and the I 171 Their mheritance assigned. NUMBERS, 33. Jonnieys of Israel. 1 heads of the fathers' houses 2 and 3 shall be 4 borders, ^ chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel : 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the chil- dren of Reuben will pass Avith you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you ; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 iVnd the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying. As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed be- fore the Lord into the land of Ca- naan, "that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan '^ may he ours. 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Rc^uben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the king- dom of Og king of l^ashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the " ^coasts. even the cities of the country round about. 34 If And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, fShophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth- haran, fenced cities : and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which tvas in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth- jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. CHAPTER 33. 1 Two and forty journeys of the Ifsraeliies. 50 The Canaanites are to he destroyed. THESE are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt ^ with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys accord- ing to their goings out. 3 And they departed from Rame- ses in the first month, on the fif- teenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the " Egyptians. 4 Eor the Egyptians buried all their lirstborn, which the Lord had smitten amom? them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judg- ments. 5 And the children of Israel re- moved from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Suc- coth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephou: and they pitched before Migdol. 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilder- ness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Ma- rah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim ?t'ere twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wil- derness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 1 3 And they departed from Doph- kah, and encamped in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephi- dim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Re- phidim, and pitched in the wilder- ness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kib- roth-hattaavah. 1 7 And they departed from Kib- roth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 1 8 And they departed from Ha- zeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. 1 9 And they departed from Rith- mah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. 20 And they departed from Rim- mon-parez, and pitched in Libnah. 9 ^ by their hosts c Egyptians, wliile tlie Egyptians were bury- ing The Canaanites ^ UMBEES, 34. to he destroyed. ithe Arad king of 21 And they removed from Lib- iiah, and pitched at Rissah. 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehela- thah. 23 And they wenjb from Kehela- thah, and pitched in mount Sha- liher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they_ removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makhe- loth. 26 And they removed from Mak- heloth, and encamped at Tahath. 27 And they departed from Ta- hath, and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. 31 And they departed from Moseroth, a,nd pitched in Bene- jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene- jaakan, and encamped at Hor- hagidgad. 33 And they went from Hor- hagidgad, and pitched in Jot- bathah. 34 And they removed from Jot- bathah, and encamped at Ebro- nah. 35 And they departed from Ebro- nah, and encamped at Ezion-ga- ber. 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Ka- desh. 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom, 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the com- mandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And Aaron ivas an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And ^ king Arad the Canaan- ite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zal- monah. 42 And they departed from Zal- monah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they departed from lirii, and pitclied in Dibon-gad. 46 And they removed from Di- bon-gad, and encamped in Almon- diblathaim. 47 And they removed from Al- mon-diblathaim, and pitclied in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they departed from th(^ mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth- jesimoth even unto Abel- shittim in the plains of Moab, 50 lIAnd the Loud spake unto Moses in the plains of ]\Ioab by Jordan near- Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 52 Then ye shall drive out all the 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 inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families : and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance : every man's in- heritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; a(;cording t(^ 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 re- main of them sliall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 INIoreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as 1 thought to do unto them. CHAPTER 34. 1 The borderfi of (he laud. M\ Th« luiviet of the men which shall divide the land. ND the Lord spake unto _ Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, \N Iumi ve come into the laml of Canaan ; ( this is the land that sliall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the A^ ^ fijrnred ■Stones, 3 take pos- session of tbe laiul, 173 Borders of the land. NUMBEKS, 35. Cities of the Levites. 1 according to the borders 2 side 3 turn about 4 brook S border 6 their fathers' houses, land of Canaan ^ with the coasts thereof : ) 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the '^ coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward : 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon : 5 And the border shall ^ fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border : this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall point out for j^ou mount Hor : 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad : 9 ^ And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan : this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : 1 1 And the ^ coast shall go down from Shepham to Jiiblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : 1 2 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings of it shall be at the salt sea : this shall be your land ^ with the coasts thereof round about. 1 3 And Moses comraanded the children of Israel, saying. This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe : 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to ^ the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to ^ the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Manasseh have re- ceived their inheritance : 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have _ received their inheri- tance on -this side Jordan near Jeri- cho eastward, toward the sunrising. 16 And the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you : Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one in-ince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 19 And the names of the men are these : Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the chil- dren of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And '^ the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan , Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 ^ The prince of the children of Joseph for the tribe of the chil dr-eri of Manasseh , Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And ^ the prince of the tribe of the children of Epln-aim , Ke- muel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And ^" the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebuhm, Eliza- phan the son of Farnach. 26 And ^^ the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Faltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And ^'^ the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher , Ahiinicf the son of Shelomi. 28 And ^'^ the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Fedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are ^Aey whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheri- tance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. CHAPTER 35. 1 Eight and forty cities for the Levites with their subwi'hs, and measure thereof. 6 Six of them are to be cities of refuge. 9 The laws of inurder. 31 No satisfaction for murder. AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jor- dan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Is- rael, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their posses- sion cities to dwell in ; and ye shall give also unto the Levites ^^ suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the ^^ suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their ^^ goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the -^^ suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Le- vites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. ^ of the tribe of the cliil- dren of Dan a prince, 8 Of the chil- dren of Jo- seph : of tlie tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, 9 of the tribe of the chil- dren of Ephraini a prince, 1" of the tribe of the chil- dren of Zebuluu a prince, li of the tribe of the chil- dren of Issachar a prince, 12 of the tribe of the chil- dren of Asher a prince, 13 of the tribe of the chil- dren of Naphtali a prince, 1^ pasture lands 15 substance, 174 Cities of refuge. NUMBEES, 35. Laws of hiunler 1 pasture lands 2 pasture lands. 3 concern- ing the cities whicli ye shall give •tfor f 5 a man 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits ; and the city shall be in the midst : this shall be to them the ^ su.burbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither : and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with their - suburbs . 8 And ^ the cities which ye shall give shall he of the possession of the children of Israel : from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few : every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites accord- ing to his inheritance which he in- herit eth. 9 II And^ the Loed spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; 11 Then ye shall appoint j^ou cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at un- awares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation ^in judgment, 1 3 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, tvhich shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them : that every one that killeth any per- son unawares may flee thither. 1 6 And if he smite him Avith an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith ^he may die, and he die, he is a mur- derer : the murderer shall surely be put to death, 18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith ^ he may die, and he die, he is a mur- derer : the murderer shall surely })e put to death. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer : when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die ; 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die : he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; for he is a murderer : the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast uijon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and ivas not his enemy, neither sought his harm : 21 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, w^iich was anointed with the holy oil, 26 But if the slaj^er 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 : 28 Because he should have re- mained in the city of his refuge until the death of tlie high priest : but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death " b^ the mouth of witnesses : but oni^ witness shall not testify aganist any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no sat- isfaction for the lif(^ of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. 32 And ye shall take no " satis - faction for him that is (led to the -^ a man •5 at ransom 175 The inheritance NUMBERS, 36. of daughters. 1 in the midst of which 2 in the midst of city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 Ho ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defiileth the land : and the land can- not be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, ^ wherein I dwell : for I the Lord dwell " among the children of Israel. CHAPTER 36. 1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters 5 in remedied by marrying in, their own tribes, 1 lest the inheritance should, be removed from the tribe. 10 The daughters of ZelopheJiad marry their father's brothers'' sons. AND the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the child i"en of Israel : 2 And they said, The Lord com- manded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel : and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the (Aher tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the in- heritance of our^ fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received : so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe where- unto they are received : so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, say- ing, Let them marry to whom they think best ; only to the family of the tribe of their fathers shall they marry. 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : for every one of the children of Israel shall keep him- self to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that pos- sesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that tne chil- dren of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 '^ Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe ; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelo- phehad : 1 1 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hog- lah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were mar- ried unto their father's brothers' sons : 1 2 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manas- seh the son of Joseph, and their in- heritance remained in the tribe of the familj^ of their father. L3 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jeri- cho. 3 So shall no 176 The story of Suph, ] 2 hill country 3 lowland, 4 South, 5 as far as I DEUTERONOMY, 1. THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES. CALLED DEUTERONOMY whcd befell Israel. CHAPTER L 1 Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year, briefly rehearsing the story *^6 of God^s x>'>'oinise, 13 of giving them officers, 19 of sending the spies to search the land, 34 of God's anger for their incredulity, 41 and disohedieyice. THESE he the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against ^ the Red !tli in \ho aii-, 18 The likeness of any tiling lliat a god * form ; 5 form ^■' in llu' form 181 GocVs warnings, DEUTEEONOMY, 4. and promises. 1 drawn away creepeth on the ground, tlie like- ness .of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth : 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be ^ driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven, 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance : 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan : but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath for- bidden thee. 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 25 51 When thou shalt beget chil- dren, and children's children, and 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 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God ;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor for- get the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether 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 the midst of another nation, by '•^temp- tation s, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes % 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God ; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fa- thers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out ^ inhis sight with his mighty ** power out of Egypt ; 38 To drive out nations from be- fore thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it^ in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 IT Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising ; 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neigh- bour unawares, and hated him not in times past ; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilder- ness, in the plain country, of the 2 trials, 3 with his presence, •* power, 182 i The covenant in Horeb. DEUTEKOKOMY, 5. The ten commandments. Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites ; and Golan in Ba- shan, of the Manassites. 44 ^ And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel : 45 These are the testiraonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the chil- dren of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amor- ites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt : 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising ; 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the ^ springs of Pisgah. CHAPTER 5. 1 The eovenant in Iloreb. 6 The ten com- mandments. 22 At the people'fi request Moses receixeth the lawfroin God. AND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them. Hear, O Is- rael, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 2 The Lord our God made a co- venant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord made not this cove- nant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord : for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount ;) say- ing, 6 51 1 am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bond- age. 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 thy- self unto them, nor serve them : for I I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting tlie iniquity of the fa- thers upon the children unto tlie third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 1 1 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God ■^ in vain : for the Lord will not hold /wy/i guiltless that taketh his name ' ^n vain. 12 ^ Keep the sabbath day to ^sanctif;^_it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work : 14 But the seventh day is ''the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidser- vant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 1 5 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egyiit, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm : therefore the Lord thy God com- manded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 H Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt ^ not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thoii covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, ()r any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 IT These words the Lokd spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fiiv, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness with a great voice: and he addi^i no more. And he wrotetliem in {wo tables of stone, and dt'Hvcrcd them unto me. 23 And it came to i)ass, when ye heard th(^ voice out of tlu^ niidst of the darkn(^ss, (for (he iHoun(ain did burn with fire,) that ye canu; near unto me, even all (he hauls of your tribes, and your (>1(I(M's: 24 And yesaid, IJehold. tlie Loki> 83 2 for vanity : (or, for falsehood :) ^ for vanity (or, for falsehood.) ■* Observe •'' keep it holy, <» a sald>ath unto ' do no murder. I Moses receiveth the law. DEUTEEONOMY, G. Exhortation to obedience. way go over 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 who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and livedo 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me ; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee : they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all ray com- mandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 30 Go say to them. Get you into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do there- fore as the Lord your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ^ wavs which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. CHAPTER 6. 1 The end of the law is ohedience. 3 An exhortation thereto. NOW 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 sta- tutes and his commandments,which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, ah the days of thy life ; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 II Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it ; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as •' the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel : The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heai't, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I com- mand thee this day, shall be in thine heart : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sit- test in thine house, and when thou \yalkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the LoRD_ thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not. 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not ; when thou shalt have eaten and be full ; 1 2 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the "* people which are round about you ; 15 (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 1 6 51 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 3 the Lord, the God of thy fathers, peoples 184 All comrmmion ivith DEUTERONOMY, 7. the nations forbidden. 18 And thou shalt do that tvhich is right and good in the sight of the LoED : that it may be well with thee, and that thou may est go in ana possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 1 9 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Loed hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying. What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Loed our God hath commanded you ? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Loed brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand : 22 And the Loed shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes : 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And the Loed commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Loed our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteous- ness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Loed our God, as he hath commanded us. CHAPTER 7. 1 All communion with the nations is forMd- den, 4: f 07' fear of idolatry, & for the holi- ness of the people, 9 for the nature of God inhis mercy and justice, 11 for the assured- ness of victory which God tcill give over them. WHEN the Loed thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; 2 And when the Loed thy God shall deliver them before thee ; thou shalt smite them, and * ut- terly 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 *JIeb. devote. may serve other gods : so will the anger of the Loed be kindled against you, and destroy thee sud- denly. 5 But thus shall ye deal Avith them ; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their ^ images, and cut down their " groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou ai-t an holy jjeople unto the Loed thy God : the Loed thy God hath chosei:; thee to be a '^ special people unto himself abo\'e all ^ peop le that are upon the fcice of the earth. 7 The Loed did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of all ^ people : 8 But because the Loed loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Loed brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed j'ou out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Loed thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thou- sand generations ; 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them : he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 1 1 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I com- mand thee this day, to do them. 12 H Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judg- ments, and keep, and do them, that the Loed thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers : 13 And he will love tliee, and bless thee, and multiply thee : ho will also bless the fruit of thv 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 fatlu^i's t(^ give thee. 14 Thou slialtbe blest al)o\e all •'^ people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the Lord will t;;dy 7-ehearsing their several rebellions. HEAR, O Israel: Thoil art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the ^ Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand be- fore the children of Anak ! 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 be- fore 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 out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for tliy righteousness ; for thou art a stift- necked people. 7 ^Remember, arul forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness • from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebelhous against the Loud. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the L()i:i> was angry with you to have de- stroyed you. 9 W^hen I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the cove- nant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, 1 neither did eat bread nor drink water : 10 And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them ivas luritten 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 Egyjjt have corrupted themselves ; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them ; they have made them a molten image. 13 Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff- necked people : 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire : and the two tables of the coA'enant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, 5^e had sinned against the J^okd your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way whicli tlie Lord had commanded you. 17 And I took the two Uibles, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake tiuMu beft)re your eyes. 18 And T fell down ))efore the Lord, as at the fii-st. forty days and forty inglits : I did neither eat bread, nor di-ink water, because of 187 Hoses' intercession. DEUTERONOMT, 10. 2' he two tables restored. all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the an- ger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord heark- ened unto me at that time also. 20 And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him : and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust : and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at Taberah, and at Mas- sah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. 23 Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying. Go up and possess the land Avhicli 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 Yehave been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. 25 Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first ; because the Lord had said he would de- stroy you. 26 I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, de- stroy not thy people and thine inheritance, w^hich thou hast re- deemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abra- ham, Isaac, and Jacob ; look not unto the stubbornness of this peo- ple, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin : 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say. Because the Lord was not able to bring tliem 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 God''8 mercy in restoring the- tioo iablefi, 6 in continuing the priesthood, 8 in sepa- rating the tribe of Levi, 10 in hearkening unto Moses'' suit for the people. 12 An ex- hortation unto ohedience. AT that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 2 And 1 will write on the tables the words that were in the first ta- bles which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of ^ shit- tim wood, and hewed two tables ot stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly : and the Lord gave them unto me. 5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me. 6 51 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera : there Aaron died, and there he was buried ; and Eleazar his son min- istered in the priest's office in his stead. 7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gudgo- dah to Jot bath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 ^ At that time the Lord sepa- rated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to mini- ster unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, accord- ing as the Lord thy God promised him. 10 And I stayed in the mount, according 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. 1 1 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. 12 U And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good % 14 Behold, the heaven and the acacia 188 Golfs blessings, DEUTERONOMY, 11. and threaten in fjs. peoples, J instruction heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. 1 5 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all ^ people, as it is this day. 16 Circumcise therefore the fore- skin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. 1 7 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh i-eward : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 1 9 Love ye therefore the stranger : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. 21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. 22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt 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 An exhortation to oTjedience., 2 &y tli&ir own expe^'ienee of God's great works, S hy promise of God''s great blessings, 16 and by threatenings. 18 A careful study is re- quired in God's words. 26 The blessing and curse is set before them. THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his command- ments, alway. 2 And know ye this day : for / 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 Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land ; 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their cnariots ; how he made the water of the Red sea to over- flow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath de- stroyed 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 Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben : how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and •' all the suljstance that was in their possession, in the midst of ail Israel : 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 this day, that ye may l>e strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it ; 9 And that ye mav prolong your days in the land, which tlie Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, aland that floweth with milk and honey. 10 HFor the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst tny seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : 1 1 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, mod drinketh water of the rain of heaven : 12 A land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 13 H And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which 1 com- mand you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy ^ corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou may- est eat and be full. 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them ; 17 And f/ie?i the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and h<^ sliut up the heaven, that.tliere Ih' no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit ; and lest ve perisli (piick- ly from off the good land which the LoKD giveth you. 18 IT Therefore shall ye lay uj) these my words in yoin- heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall ttvich them yonr every liviii}; tiling tliat fol- lowed them, gram, 189 A blessing and a curse. DEUTEKONOMY, 12. The place of Go(Vs service. 1 border 2 oaks children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou Hest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates : 21 That your days may be mul- tipHed, and the days of your child- ren, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 22 ^ For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him ; 23 Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall ijossess greater na- tions and mightier than your- selves. * 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours : from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the rivei- Euphrates, even unto the * utter- most sea shall your ^ coast be. 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you : for the Lokd your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 26 51 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse ; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments 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 known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God nath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. 30 A7'e they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Ca- naanites, which dwell in the cham- paign over against Gilgal, beside the '^ plains of Moreh % 31 Eor ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell there- in. * That is, western. 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments whicli 1 set before you this day. CHAPTER 12. 1 Monuments of idolalry (ire to be (lextroyed . 5 The place of (lod'tt fierince intobekejd, 15, 23 Blood is forbidden. 17, 20, 26 Holy thingx must be eaten, in the holy place. ly The Levite is not to be forsaken. 29 Idolatry is not to be enquired after. rpHESE are the statutes and judg- i merits, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which '' the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree : 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their "* groves witli 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 P>ut unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, eA)en 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 oflfer- ings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks : 7 And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blest thee. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you. 1 But ivhen ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to in- herit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so .that ye dwell in safety ; 11 Then ^ there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to ^ dwell there ; thither shall ye bring all 8 the Lord, the God of thy fathers, ^ Asherim I 5 it shall come to pass that the place 6 dwell there, thither i 190 ' Blood is forbidden. DEUTEEO:NrOMY, 13. Idolatry to he avoided. 1 after all the desire of thy soul, gram, r after all [he desire of thy soul. that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord : 12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidser- vants, and the Levite that is within your gates ; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest : 14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. 15 Notwithstanding thou may- est 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 roebuck, and as of the hart. 16 Only ye shall not eat sm'c the the the blood ; ye shall pour it upon earth as water. 1 7 U Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy '^ corn. or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offer- ings, or heave offering of thine hand : 18 But thou must eat them be- fore 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 maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates : and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 H When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh ; thou mayest eat flesh, ^ whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have com- manded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates '^ whatsoever thy soul lusteth 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 Me ; and thou mayest not eat the lite 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 vjhicli is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose \ 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that ivhich is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. 29 H When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from be- fore thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land ; 30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared "^ by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee ; and that thou enquire not after their gods, say- ing. How did these nations serve their gods '? even so will I do like- wise. 31 Thou shalt not do so under the Lord thy God : for every abomination to the Lord, wliich he hateth, have they done unto their gods ; for even their sons aiid their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What thing soever I com- mand you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto,, nor (hminisli from it. CHAPTER 13. 1 Enticern to idolatry, 6 lum- near fio <•«•«•/• vnto thee, 9 ((re to be stoned to death. VI Idolatrous cities are not to be sjnn-ed. IF there arise among you n prophet, or a (h-oamer ot dreams, and giveth thee a sign ov a wonder, 2 And the sign or the woikIim- come to pass, wliereof lie spake ^ to follow 191 Of enticers DEUTEKONOMY, 14. to idolatry. peoples 2 Certain base fellows 3 drawn away unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death ; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,'and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanaed thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 U If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying. Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 7 Namely, of the gods of the ^ people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him ; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him : 9 But thou shalt surely kill him ; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and after- wards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die ; because he hath sought to thrust thee awa7/ from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 1 1 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 1 2 ^ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 '^ Certaiii men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have ^withdrawn the inhabi- tants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known ; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently ; and, behold, if it he truth, ami the thing certain, that such abomina- tion is wrought among you ; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, * destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God : and it shall be an heap forever ; it shall not be built again. 1 7 And there shall cleave nought of the •* cursed tiling 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 command thee this day, to do tJuit luliich is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. CHAPTER 14. 1 GocVs children are not to disfigure them- selves in mourning. 3 What may, and what may not he eaten, 4 of heasts, 9 of fishes, U of folds. 21 That which dieih of itself may not he eaten. 22 Tithes of (Heine service. 23 Tithes and firstlings of rejoicing hefore the Lord. 28 The third yearns 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 ^ pe- culiar people unto him self. l a^ove all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 II Thou shalt not eat any abomi- nable thing. 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 claw^s, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven 4 devoted ^ people for his owu possession, 6 hath the hoof cloven in two, * Heh. devoting it. 192 Of meats clean DEUTEEONOMY, 15. and mcclean. 1 ostricli, 2 seamew, 3 horned owl, gram, 5 because hoof ; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney : for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof ; there- for^e they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 9 IT These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters : all that have fins and scales shall ye eat : 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat ; it is unclean unto you. 11 U 0/ all clean birds ye shall eat. 12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat : the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 1 3 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, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 20 BiLt of all clean fowls ye may eat. 21^ Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself : thou shalt give it unto the stranger that ^6* in thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien : for thou art an holy people unto the LoED thy God. Thou shalt not seetj^e a kid in his mother's milk. 2lTJhou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 And thou shalt eat before the LoED thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy ^ corn , of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first- lings of thy herds and of thy flocks ; that thou mayest learn to fear the Loed 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 Loed thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : 26 And thou shalt Ixistow that money for whatsoever thy soul Musteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul ^ desu-eth : and thou shalt eat there before the Loed thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine house- hold, 27 And the Le\'ite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake hirq; for he hath no part nor in- heritance with thee. 28 II At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same j^ear, and shalt lay it up within tliy gates : 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inlieritance 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 TJie ne'venth year a year of release for the poor. 1 It mnst he no let of lending or giv- ing. 12 An, Hebrew sertant, 16 except he will not depart, mu^t in the seventh year go forth free and well furnished. 19 All firstling males' of the cattle are to he sancti- fied unto the Lm-d. AT the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release : Every creditor that lend- eth ought unto his neighbour shall release it ; he should 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 tliat which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release ; 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you ; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in tlie land which the Loed thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to ix>ssess it: , , 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which 1 coiiiinand thee this day. 6 For the LoRDtliy God "M_)W^ thee, as he ])romise(l tliee : and lliou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not Uurow ; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign oxer thee. 7 II If there l)e among you a poor desireth, ^ asketh of thee : ^ the Lord's rek'ase hath been pri>- chiiiued. •'^ w ill l)les8 13 193 Tlie year of release. DEUTERONOMY, 16. Tlie passover, 1 base thought in thy heart, man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a ^ thought in thy wicked heart, say- ing, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought ; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : be- cause that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 1 1 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I com- mand thee, saying. Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 1] And if thy brother, an He- brew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liber- ally 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 Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : therefore I com- mand thee this thing to day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee ; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee ; 17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy ser- vant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee ; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 H All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thj^ God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roe- buck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAPTEB 16. 1 The feast of the passover, 9 of iceeks, 13 of tabernacles. 16 Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts. 18 Of judges and justice. 21 Grox^es and images are forbidden. OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God : for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it ; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread there- with, even the bread of affliction ; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste : that thou may- est remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy ^ coast seven days ; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first das' at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou rnayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 6 But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sac- rifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the sea- son that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 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 unleav- ened bread : and on the seventh day shall he a solemn assembly to I 2 borders 194 The feast of iveeks, DEUTEEONOMY, 17. and of tabernacles. the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work therein. 9 1[ Seven weeks shalt thou num- ber unto thee : begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the ^ corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks_ unto the Loed thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Loed thy God, ac- cording as the Loed thy God hath blessed thee : 1 1 And thou shalt rejoice before the Loed thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 1 2 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt : and thou shalt observe and do these statutes, 1 3 II Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy ^ corn and thy wine : 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Lo Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Loed thy God in the place which the Loed shall choose : because the Loed thy God shall bless thee in all thine in- crease, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 1 6 H Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Loed thy God in the place which he shall choose ; in the feast of un- leavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taber- nacles : and they shall not appear before the Loed empty : 1 7 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Loed thy God which he hath given thee. 18 51 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Loed thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judg- ment; thou shalt not respect per- sons, neither take a ^^gift : for a ^ gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Loed thy God giveth thee. 21^ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Loed thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt xbou set thee up any ^ image ; which the Loed thy God hateth. CHAPTER 17. 1 The things sacrificed must &« sound. 2 Idolaters must he slain. 8 Haid contro- versies are to he determined hythe jn-iestn and.jtidges. 12 The contemner of that de- termination must die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king. THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Loed thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, (yr any evilfavouredness : for that is an abomination unto the Loed thy God. 2 ^ If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Loed thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wick- edness in the sight of the Loed thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon,, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded ; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired dili- gently, and, behold, it he true, and the thing certain, tjiat such abomination is wrought in Israel : 5 Then shalt thou bring fortli that man or that woman, wliich have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to deatli ; but at 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 liaiuls of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from amt)ng you. 8 ^ If there arise a mat tor too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between ylea juu plea, and between stroke and stroke, 6^///// matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get tliee up into tlu' place which the Loud tliy (.o7'ie,sVs exhortation to encourage the people to battle. 5 The officers' proclama- tionwho are to he dismiHsed from the war. 10 How to use the cities that aon the vesture. 18 The punishment of him that slandereth his wife. 20.22 (Y adul- tery, 25 of rape, 28 and of Jornication. 80 Incest. THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray. 5 riotous liver, 199 * Of humanity. DEUTERONOMY, 22. Of chastity. 1 forfeited. and hide thyself from them : thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his raiment ; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou may- est not hide thyself. 4 U 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 II The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for all that do so aye abomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 ^ If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, ivhether they be young ones, or eggs, and the clam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee ; that it may be well with thee, and that thou may est prolong thy days. 8 H When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a bat- tlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 9 ^ Thou shalt not sow thy vine- yard with divers seeds : lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vine- yard, be ^ defiled. 10 ^Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass togetner. 11^ Thou shalt not wear a gar- ment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. 12 ^ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy ves- ture, wherewith thou coverest thy- self. 13 ^ If 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 : 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the dam- sel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate : 1 6 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her ; 17 And, lo, he hath given occa- sions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid ; and yet these are the tokens o/ my daughter'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 oi the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : and she shall be his wife ; he may not put her away all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel : 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die : because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the ^ whore in her father's house : so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 51 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an hus- band, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. 23 H If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed 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 ^vife : so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 25 II But if a man find a be- trothed damsel in the field, and the man force 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 worthy of death : for as when 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 they'e ivas none to save her. 28 H If a man find a damsel that 2 harlot 200 Uncleanness to he DEUTERONOMY, 23. avoided in the camp 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 shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife ; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 U A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. CHAPTER 23. 1 Who may or may not enter into the con- gregation. 9 Uricleanness to be avoided in the host. 15 Of the fugitive serTant. 17 Of fiUhiness. 18 Of abominable sacri- fices. 19 Of usiiry. 21 Of vows. 24 Of trespasses. HE that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Loed, 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 Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever : 4 Because they met you not with bread arid with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt ; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 II Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite ; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the con- gregation of the Lord in their third generation. 9 11 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every ^ wicked thing. 10 IT If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : 1 1 But it shall be, when evening conieth on, he shall wash himself with water : and when the sun is down, he shall come into the cainp again. 12 H Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 1 3 And thou shalt have a paddle ^ upon thy weapon: and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which Cometh from thee : 14 For the Lord thy God walk- eth 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 unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 IT Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is es- caped from his master unto thee : 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 II There shall be no 'Svhore of the daughters of Israel, nor a so- domite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire ^^ ^ '^ whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 19 H Thou shalt not lend upon ^ usury to thy brother; ^ usury of money, ^ usury of victuals, ^ usury of anything that is lent upon ^ usury : 20 Unto a "^ stranger thou may- est lend upon " usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon ^ usury : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 21 H When thou slialt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it : for tlie Lord thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou slialt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin m thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform : even a freewill otlering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Loud thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 51 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shall not put any in thy vessel. 2 among thy weapons ; 3 harlot •* harlot, 5 interest 6 interest : <" foreigner i^ interest ; 201 divorce. DEUTERONOMY, 24, 25. Of Justice. 1 grain grain. 3 unseemly thing 25 When thou comest into the standing ^ corn of thy neighbour, then thou raayest pluck the ears with thine hand ; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neigh- bour's standing ^ corn. CHAPTER 24. 1 Of divorce. 5 A iieio married man goeth not to war. 6, 10 Of jdedgex. 7 Of man- stealers. 8 Of leprosy. 14 7'he hire is to be given. IG Of justice. 19 Of charity. WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to i)ass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some ^ uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's tvife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divoi'ce- ment, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, which took her to he his wife ; 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomination before the Lord : and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 ^ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business : but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 H No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge : for he taketh a man^s life to pledge. 7 H If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him ; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 8 U Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe dili- gently, and do according to all that tne priests the Levites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 10 ff When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 1 1 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man he poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge : 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 before the Lord thy God. 14 H Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, ivhether he be of thy breth- ren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neitiier shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 1 7 IT Thou slialt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless ; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge : 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 ^ 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 Egypt : therefore I command thee to do this thing. CHAPTER 25. 1 Stripes must not exceed .forty. 4 The ox is not to he muzzled. 5 Of raising seed tmto ahrother. 11 Of the immodest room an. 13 Of unjust weights. 17 The memory of Amalek is to he 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. 202 Of raising seed unto a brother. DEUTERONOMY, 26. OftlteJirHtfrnlts. gram. 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, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 U Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the ^ corn. 5 51 If brethren dv/ell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger : her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first- born which she beareth shall suc- ceed in the name of his brother ivhich is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel, 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then lefc his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My hus- band's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother, 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 come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say. So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed, 11 II When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 1 3 U Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 1 5 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have : that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, art an abomination unto the Lord thy God, 17 U Remember what Anialek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee even all that were feeble behincl thee, when thou c-a.s^ faint and weary ; and he feared not God, 19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round a^bout, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheri- tance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Ama- lek from under heaven ; thou shalt not forget it. CHAPTER 26, 1 The confession of him that offereth the 1j(ih- Jcet of firstfruiU. 12 The jrrayer of him that giveth his third year's tithes. 16 The covenant betioeen God and the j^eople. AND it shall be, w^hen thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance, and possesses! it, and dwellest therein ; 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy laiifl that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place Avhich 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 1 am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us, 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God, 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and so- journed there with a rew, and be- came there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 6 And the Egyj^tians evil en- treated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hai-d bondage : 7 And when we crieii unto -the Lord God of our fatliers, the Loitn heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, aiul our oppression : 8 And the Lord brouglit us fortli out of F^gypt with a mighty liand. and with an outstretched arm, ami - the Lord. the Citnl 203 Tlie covenant hetioeen DEUTERONOMY, 27. God and the people. 1 a people for his own possession, with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders : 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that lioweth with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits 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 Levite, and the stranger that is among you. 12 11 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, ivhich is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto tlie Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled ; 13 Then thou slialt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me : I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them : 14 1 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 : but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, 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. 1 7 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 judgments, and to hearken unto his voice : 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be ^ his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments ; 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 commanded to write the law upon stones, 5 and to hnild an altar of whole stones. 11 The tribes divided on Gerizim and Ehal. 14 The curses pro- nounced on oyiouni Ehal. AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the command- ments which I command you this day. 2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over J ordan 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 Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I com- mand you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones : thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones : and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God : 7 And thou shalt offer peace of- ferings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 9 IT And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel ; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 11 II And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 1 2 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin : 13 And these shall stand upon '^ the Lord, the God of thy fathers, ; I 204 Curses and DEUTEEONOMY, 28. blessing pronounced. mount Ebal to curse ; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and JSTaphtali. 14 H And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that mak- eth any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the crafts- man, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 1 6 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 1 8 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say. Amen. 1 9 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife ; because he un- covereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say. Amen. 22_ Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say. Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say. Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say. Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh re- ward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Am.en. 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And. all the people shall say, Amen. CHAPTER 28. 1 Theblessing^sfor ohedience. 15 The curses for disohedience. AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Loeb thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Loed thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth : 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed ^halt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, tlie mcrease of thy kine, and theiiocks or thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy ^ store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The L(^RD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face : they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy '^ store- houses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all ^ people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. 1 1 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous '' in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 1 2 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven^ to give the rain unto thy land in " his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 1 3 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou heark- en unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them : 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which 1 command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve thejn. 15 ^ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lokd thy God, to ob- serve to do all his connnandments and his statutes whic-h 1 command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overttikc thee : , , • i IG Cursed shalt thou be m the 1 kneading- trougli. 2 barns, '•^ the peoples ■* for good, Its 205 The curses DEUTERONOMY, 28. 1 kneading- trough. 2 * drought, 3 frighten 4 boil 5 tumors, 6 scurvy, city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy ^ store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and re- buke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly ; because of the wicked- ness oi thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the Destilence cleave unto thee, until le have consumed thee from off the 'and, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with '" the sword, and with blast- ing, and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 2-5 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them : and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall ^ fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the ■* botch of Egypt, and with the •^ emerods , and with the ^ scab , and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall_ smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment 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 * Or, plant a vineyard, and shalt gather the grapes thereof. .31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof : thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail ivith longing for them all the day long : and ther'e shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway : 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 3.5 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore ^ botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known ; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an as- tonishment, a proverb, and a by- worck among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in ; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt 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 shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but t thou shalt not en- joy them ; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high ; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. for disobedience. not t Heh. they shall not be thine. 4 boil I ^borders, 206 The curses DEUTEEONOMY, 28. for disobedience. gram, 45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed ; because thou heark- enedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his com- mandments and his statutes which he commanded thee : 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things ; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things : and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as sivift as the eagle flieth ; 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 ^ corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land : and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall dis- tress the.e : 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 enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate wo- man among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicate- ness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil 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, where- with thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fear- ful 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 will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave unto thee. 6 1 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of _ this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude ; be- cause thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced oyer you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou go- est to possess it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all '^ people , from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wootl and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot liave rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and faihng ot 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 assurance of thy Wi^.' : 67 In the morning thou shalt say. Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, "\\ onld 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. - peoples 207 Moses exhorteth DEUTERONOMY, 29. to obedience. 1 trials 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bond- women, and no man shall buy you. CHAPTER 29. 1 Moses exhorteth them to ohedience, hy the memory of the works tiiey have seen. 10 All (ire presented before the Lord to enter into his corendiit. 13 The great wrath on him that flatter eth himself in his wickedness. 29 Secret things belong unto God. THESE are the words of the co- venant, which the Lord com- manded Moses to rnake with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant Avhich he made w'ith them in Horeb. 2 H And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, 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 I have led you forty years in the w^ilderness : your clothes are not Avaxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, nei- ther have ye drunk w^ine or strong drink : that ye might know^ that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when j^e came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 9 Keep therefore the w^ords of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 10 11 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, ivith all the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your waves, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hew^er of thy Avood unto the drawer of thy water : 1 2 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh wdth thee this day: \?t That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may he unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath ; 15 But with 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 : 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt ; and hoAv we came through the nations which ye passed by ; 17 And ye have seen their abo- minations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which wer^e among them :) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or wx)man, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth awaj?^ this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these na- tions ; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood ; 1 9 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the '^ imagination of mine heart, ^ to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord ana his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law : 22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it ; 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bear- eth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath : 24 Even all nations shall say. Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land 1 what nieaneth the heat of this great anger 1 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 2 stubborn- ness 3 to destroy the moist with the dry: 4 the Lord, the God 208 Mercy ^promised DEUTEKONOMY, 30. to the 'penitent. brought them forth out of the land of Egypt : 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them : 27 And the anger of the Loed was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book : 28 And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the LoED our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that ive may do all the words of this law. CHAPTER 30. 1 Great mercies promised unto the repent- ant. 11 Tke commandr)ient is rnanifest. 15 Death and life are set hefore them. AND 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 them to mind among all the nations, ^yhither the Loed thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the Loed thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy chil- dren, with all thine heart, and Avith all thy soul ; 3 That then the Loed thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will re- turn and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Loed thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5 And the Loed thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the Loed thy God will cir- cumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Loed thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the Loed thy God will put all these curses upon thine ene- mies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all com- his commandments which I mand thee this day. 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thv body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Loed will again re- joice over thee for good, as he re- joiced over thy fathers : 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Loed thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Loed thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 1 1 U For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not ^ hidden from thee, neither is it far off \ 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say. Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and doit^ 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 IT 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 Loed thj^ God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou may- est live and multiply : and the Loed 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 : 18 1 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 Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call heaven and cartli to record this day against you, that 1 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 Loed thy God, and that thou may- est obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for "^ ho /.« thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell \\\ the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, \o Isiiac. ami to Jacob, to give them. 1 too hard for - the bless- ing aiid the riirse : that 14 209 A charge given DEUTEEONOMY, 31. to Joshua. 1 set time CHAPTER 31. 1 Moses encourageili the people. 7 He en- courageth Joshua. 9 He delivereilt the law unto the priests to read it in the seventh year to the people. 14 God giveth a charge to Joshua, 19 aiul a song to testify agaiyist the people. 24 Moses delivereth the book of the law to the Levites to keep. 28 He maketh a protestation to the elders. AND Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years' old this day ; I can no more go out and come in : also the Lord hath said unto me. Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will de- stroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them : a7id Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said. 4 And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he de- stroyed. 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 commanded you. 6 Be strong and of a good cour- age, fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 51 And Moses called unto Jo- shua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give thenq ; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee ; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, nei- ther be dismayed. 9 51 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saying. At the end of every seven years, in the ^ solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of taber- nacles, 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law : 13 And that their children, which have not known aiiy thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 14 5f And the Lord said unto Mo- ses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die : call Joshua, and pre- sent yourselves in the '^tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Jo- shua Avent, and presented them- selves in the ^ tabernacle of the congregation. 1 5 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 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- ses. Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will rise up, and ** go a M^horing after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to he among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made witn them. 1 7 Then my anger shall be kin- dled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them ; so that they will say in that day. Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us % 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are tu r ned unto other gods. 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the chil- dren of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey ; and they shall have eaten and filled them- selves, and waxen fat ; then will they turn unto^ other gods, and serve them, and "' provoke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are iDef alien them, that this song shall testify ^ against them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have 2 tent of meeting, 3 tent of meeting. 4 Tent 5 Tent. 6 play the liarlot despise 8 before 210 Tlie hook of the law. DEUTEEONOMY, 32. Tlie song of Jloaes. brought them into the land which I sware. 22 H Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. 23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. 24 51 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writ- ing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Loed, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you tnis day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord ; and how much more after my death 1 • 28 U Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt your- selves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you ; and evil will befall you in the latter days ; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. CHAPTER 32. 1 Moses'' song, which setteth forth God's 'mercy and vengeance. 46 He e'xhorteth, them to set their hearts upon it. 48 God sendeth him up to moiont Neho, to see the land, and die. GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the show- ers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Eock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are^ judg- ment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5 ^ They have corrupted tlicin- selves, then- spot ?.s- not tha it ot' his children : tkeu art a pervei'se and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee % hath he not made thee, and established thee % 7 ^Remember the days of old, consider the years of many genera- tions: ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the '^ people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness ; he ^ led him about, he ^ instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : 12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields ; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the fiinty rock ; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat ; and ^ thou didst diink the ])ure blood of the graije. 15 11 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he for- sook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of liis salvation. 16 They provoked him to jeal- ousy with strange ooifs, with abominations provoked they liini to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto " devils, not to God ; to gods whom tliey knew not, to new {/mjs t/iat cixmc newly up, whom your fathers ftvuvd not. 18 Of tlie Bock f/)af begat thee thou art uinnir.dful, and hast for- gotten God that formed tliee. 19 And when the Lord saw //, 11 1 They have dealt cor- ruptly with him, they are not his children, that is tlieir hlemish ; - peoples 3 compassed "* cared for 5 of the blood of the grape thou didst ilriiik wine. I' demons, which were no God ; The song 1 perverse 2 faithful- ness. pit, ^ wasted 5 misdeem, DEUTERONOMY, 32. he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I Avill hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall he: for iheY are a very ^ f roward generation, children in whom is no '^ faith. 21 They have moved me to jeal- ousy with that luhich is not God ; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities : and I will move them to jealousy with tli.ose vjhich are not a people ; I will pro- voke them to anger with a foolish nation, 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest ^* hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them ; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be ^ burnt with hun- ger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction : I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of ser- pents of the dust. 25 The sword without, and ter- ror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the re- membrance of them to cease from among men : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- versaries should ^ behave them- selves strangely , and lest they should say, Uur hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 Eor they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any under- standing in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 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^ 31 For their rock ^'s not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves ferns'. judges. ^ 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Go- morrah :_ their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. *ife&. Sheol. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures % 35 To me helongeth vengeance, 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 people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is ^ none shut up. or left. 37 And he shall say. Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings 1 let them rise up and help you, and be your pro- tection. 39 See noAv that I, even I, am he, and tJiere 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 ^yill make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour 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, with his people : for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversa- ries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. 44 51 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and ^ Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Is- rael : 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 chil- dren to observe to do, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you ; because it is your life : and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over .Jordan to possess it. 48 And the Lord spake unto Mo- ses that selfsame day, saying, 4 9 Get thee up into this mountain * Or, of Moses. 3 none remanung , shut up or left at large. '' hairy head of 8 * Joshua mi I 212 The blessings of DEUTERONOMY, 33. the tivelve tribes. holy ones : i 2 an inheri- ' tance for 3 * yet let 4 of 4 Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho ; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a posses- sion : 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people ; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : 51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin ; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee ; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. CHAPTER 33. 1 The mnjesty of God. 6 TJtehlessingsofthe twelve tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. AND this is the blessing, w^here- with Moses the man ;of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of ^ saints : from his right hand vent 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. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even ^ the inheritance of the congre- gation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads, of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6 IT Let Reuben live, and not die; ^ and let not his men be few. 7 U And this is the blessing of Ju- dah : and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be suffi- cient for him ; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 8 U And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be \vith thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and ivith whom thou didst strive at the waters of \1 f*T*i i^f\ h * 9 Who'said Hmto his father and *to his mother, 1 have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. * Or, 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law : they shall put incense before thee, 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 theiii that hate him, thy t they rise not again. 12 *^'And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him ; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 U And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lokd be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 1 5 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the pre- cious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious 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 Joseph, and upon tne top of the head of him that was ^ separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of '^ unicorns: with them he shall push the '^ peoplo together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,^ and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18 U And of Zebulun he said. Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out ; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the '^ people unto the mountain ; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteous- ness : for they shall suck uf the abundance of the seas, and of treii- sures hid in the sand. 20 11 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad : he ilwell- eth as a lion, and teareth the " ann with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because " there, ni a portion of the l;iw,uiv(M-.7i''/.v,- h, seated ; and lie came witli the heads of the people, lie tAecuted the justice of the Lokd. aiul his judgments with Israel. 22 H And of Dan he said, Dan ?V- a lion's whelp: lie shall " leai) from Bashan. prince <* the wild ox : " peoples together, even ^ peoples It , arm, yen. i<> there was a ruh'r's jHU'tion reservetl : 1' leap lorih 213 The death and DEUTERONOMY, 34. burial of Moses. sea 2 bars ^ for gram 5 submit themselves 23 U And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord : possess thou the ^ west and the south. 24 ^ And of Asher he said, Let Asher he blessed with children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy '^ shoes shall be iron and brass ; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 26 51 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, ivho rideth upon the heaven ^jji thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is f A?/ refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms : and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee ; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone : the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of ■* com and wine ; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall ^ be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. CHAPTER 34. 1 Moses from mount N^eho nieweth the land. 5 He dieth there. 6 Jlis burial. 1 Ilis age. 8 Thirty days'' mourning for him. 9 JohMui tiitcceedeth him. 10 The xjraise of Ifoses. AND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the moun- tain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the "^ south , and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 ^ So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 And "^ he buried him in a valley in the land of iMoab, over against Beth-peor : but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 IT And iSIoses ivas an hundred and twenty years old when he died : his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 U And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days : so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. 9 ^ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom ; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses. 10 51 And there arose not a pro- phet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, 1 1 In all the signs and the won- ders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pha- raoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA CHAPTER 1. 1 The Lord appointeih Joshua to succeed Moses. 3 The borders of the pro7nised land. 5, 9 Gog promiseth to assist Joshua. 8 He gi'ceth him instructions. 10 He pre- pareth the pjeople to pass over Jordan. 12 Joshua putteth the two tribes and half in vnind of their pyromise to Moses. 16 TJoey promise hiia fealty. NOW after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your ^ coast. 6 South, '^ he was buried I 8 border. 214 Joshua succeedeth Moses. JOSHUA, 2. Rahah concealeth the spies. ^1 will give 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee : I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou di- \dde for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou Siayest ob- serve to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant com- manded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whitherso- ever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is writ- ten therein : for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded theel Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid, neither be thou dis- mayed : for the Lord thy God is with thee Avhithersoever thou go- est. 10 ^ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Pre- pare 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. 1 2 U And to the E^ubenites, and- to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Mauasseh, spake Joshua, sa^'ing, 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and ^ hath given you this land. 1-4 Your waives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave j^ou on this side Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them ; 15 lentil the Lord hath given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them : then je shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Ptoses the Lord's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. 16 U And they answered Joshua, saying. All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee : only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he he that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death : only be strong and of a good courage. CHAPTER 2. 1 Eahah receiveth and concealeth the tiro Hjyies sent from Shittim. 8 The cavennnt hetireen her and them. 23 Their return aiid relation. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying. Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying. Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to searcli out the country. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house : for they be come to search out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I - Avist not whence they ivere : 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of t it was dark, that t. out : whither the men went I ^ wot not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye shall overtake them. 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords : and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 H And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof ; 9 And she said unto tlie men, I know that the Loud hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all tlu» inhabitjints of the lantl faint be- cause of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what yi' did unto le gate, when went le men - kuew 3 know 215 Covenant with Raliab. JOSHUA, 3. Joshua at the Jordan. the two kings of the Amorites, that tvere on the other side Jordan, 8i- hon and Og, whom ye * utterly- destroyed. 1 1 Arid as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you : fpr the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token : 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house loas upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pur- suers meet you ; and hide your- selves there three days, until the pursuers be returned : and after- ward may ye go your way. 17 Knd the men said unto her, We IV ill be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 1 8 Behold, ivhen we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by : and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. 19 And it shall be, that whoso- ever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood sliall 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 any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which- thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said. According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed : and she bound the scarlet line in the window. *Heb. devoted. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned : and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found thef/i not. 23 H So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them : 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land ; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. CHAPTER 3. 1 Joshua Cometh to Jordan, 2 The officers instruct the people for the pasadf/e. T The Lord encoitra{/eih Jonhua. 9 Joshua en- courageth Hie people. 14. ?'Ae waters of Jo')dan are divided. AND Joshua rose early in the morning ; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all [the children of Israel, 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 peo- ple, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites l^earing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space be- tween you and it, about two thou- sand 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 hereto- fore. 5 And Joshua said unto the peo- ple, Sanctify yourselves : for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying. Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went be- fore the people. 7 II And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying. When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 9 H And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and 216 Tlie waters are divided. JOSHUA, 4. Tlie people pass acer. 1 cut off, even the waters i2 a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan : II I hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will with- out fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amor- ites, and the Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jor- dan. 1 2 No w 'therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be ^ cut off from the waters that come down from above ; and they shall stand upon an heap. 14 ^ And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the cove- nant before the people ; 1 5 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap ^ very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 1 7 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israel- ites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. CHAPTER 4. 1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a memorial out of Jordan. 9 Twelve other stones are set rt>p in the midst of Jordan. 10, 19 The people pass over. 14 God magnifieth Joshua. 20 The twelve stones are pitched in Qilgal. AND it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stoocT firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and •' leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, oiit of every tribe a man : 5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, say- ing. What mean ye by these stones'? 7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord ; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood : and they are there unto this day. 10 H For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jor- dan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, accord- ing to all that Moses commanded Joshua : and the people hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passeti o^•er, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12 And the cliildren (^f HtHil>en, and the children of Gad. and halt the tribe of Manasseh. passed ()\er armed before the cliildren of Israel, as Moses spake unto tluMu : 13 About forty tliousand pre- pared for war passinl over U^Xovo the Lord unto battle, to tlu^ plains of.Iericho. 14 HOn that day the Lohd ina.ix- nified Joshua in the sight «tf all 8 lay them down 217 The memorial stones. JOSHUA, 5. Circumcision is renewe^ 3? ^ set up 2 peoples 3 * they 4 knives of flint, Israel ; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying. Come ye up out of Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. 1 9 Tf And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gil- gal, in the east border of Jericho. 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua ^ pitch in Gilgal. 21 And he spake unto the chil- dren of Israel, saying. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying. What 7nean these stones '? 22 Then ye shall let your chil- dren know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from be- fore you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over : 24 That all the '-^ people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty : that ^ ^ might fear the Lord your God for ever. CHAPTER 5. 1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Joshua re- neweth circumcision, io The passover is kept at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. 13 An Angel appeareth to Joshua. AND it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which W£re on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 II At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee ^ sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. *0r, 3 And Joshua made him ^ sharp knives, and circumcised the chil- dren of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise : All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised : but all the people that were born in the wilder- ness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilder- ness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord : unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised : for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the peo- ple, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. 9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called t Gilgal unto this day. 10 ^ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 1 1 And they did eat of the ^ old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched ^ corn in the selfsame day. 1 2 U And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the ^ old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 ^ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries % t That is, Rolling. * knives of flint, I 5 produce 6 grain 5 produce 218 The Gcqyiain of the host. JOSHUA, 6. Jericho is taken. prince 2 rearward 14 And he said, Nay; but as ^ captain of the host of the Lord am 1 now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant 1 15 And the ^ captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou stand- est is holy. And Joshua did so. CHAPTER 6. 1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God instructeth Joshioa how to hesiege, it. 12 The city is compassed. 17 It must be accursed. 20 The loalls fall down. 22 Rahah is saved. 26 The bioilder of Jericho is cursed. ^VTOW Jericho was straitly shut 1^ up because of the children of Israel : none went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.^ 4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns : and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout ; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. 6 IT And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them. Take up the ark of the cove- nant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns be- fore 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 U And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns Eassed on before the Lord, and lew with the trumpets : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. 9 ^ And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the ^ rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall 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 com- passed the city, going about it once : and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 12 H And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns be- fore the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them ; but the " rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. 14 And the second daj- they com- passed the city once, and returned into the camp : so they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times : only on that day they compassed the city seven times. 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people. Shout ; for the Lord hath given you the city. 17 51 And the city shall be ^ ac- cursed, even it, and all that art therein, to the Lord: only Eahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, be- cause she hid the messengers that we sent. 1 8 And 5^e, 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 Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the sih-er, and gold, and vessels of brass and ii'on, are consecrated unto the Lord : they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. 20 So the peoi^le shouted wlicn the priests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, wliefi tlie people heard the sound of tlie trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so tliat the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they t<.X)k the city. 21 And they* utterly destroyed * Jleb. devoted. 2 rearward 3 devoted, ■* devoted 219 Rahdb is saved. JOSHUA, 7. Achan^s trespass. 1 with the loss of 2 devoted 3 spy out ^ spied out all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied 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 Avere spies went in, and brought out Rahab, 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 or Israel. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein : only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 And Joshua saved liahab the harlot alive, and her father's house- hold, and all that she had ; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day ; because she hid the mes- sengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 ^ And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this ^city Jericho : he shall lay the foundation thereof ^ in his firstborn, and ^ in his young- est son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So the Lord was with Joshua ; and his fame was 'noised through- out all the country. CHAPTER 7. 1 Tfie Israelites are smiiien at Ai. 6 Jo- shua'' s complaint. 10 God instrucieth him loliai to do. 16 Achan is taken hy the lot. 19 His confession. 22 He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of Achor. BUT the children of Israel com- mitted a trespass in the ^ ac- cursed thing : for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the '^ accursed thing : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth- aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying. Go up and '^ view the country. And the men went up and ^ viewed Ai. 3 And they returned to J oshua, and said unto him. Let not all the people go up ; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai ; and make not all the people to labour thither ; for they are hut few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : and they lied before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men : for they chased them from before the gate even^ unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down : wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 U And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us % would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan ! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies ! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall ^ environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth : and what wilt thou do ^ ^nto thy great name 1 10 1] And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face 1 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my cove- nant 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. 12 Therefore the children of Is- rael could not stand before their enemies, hut turned their backs before their enemies, because they were * accursed : neither will I be with you any more, except ye de- stroy the "^ accursed from among you. 1 3 Up, sanctify the people, and say. Sanctify yourselves against to morrow : for thus saith ^ the Lord God of Israel, There is ^ an ac- cursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the ^ accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be ^° brought according to your tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families * Jieb. devoted. 5 compass 6 for 2 devoted *" devoted thing 8 the Lord, the God 9 a devoted 1" brought near 220 Achan^s confession. JOSHUA, 8. His punishment. 1 devoted 2 brought Israel near 3 * families * the Lord, the God thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by- households ; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the ^ accursed thing shall be burnt with tire, he and all that he hath : because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. 16 lISo Joshua rose up early in the morning, and '^ brought Israel by their tribes ; and the tribe of Judah was taken : 17 And he brought the ^ family of Judah ; and he took the family of the Zarhites : and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : 1 8 And he brought his household man by man ; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 1 9 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to ^ the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and^ said, Indeed I have sinned against ^ the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done : 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 ^ So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent ; and, behold, it ivas hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the gar- ment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us 1 the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Is- rael 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 fierce- ness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of t Achor, unto this day. CHAPTER 8. 1 God encourageth Joshua 3 Tlie Htvain- gem whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 Joshua huildeihan altar, 32 writeth the law on stones, 33 pro- poundeth blessings and cursings. AND the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dis- mayed : take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai : see, I have given into thy hand tlie king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land : 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jeri- 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 be- hind it. 3 U So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go uxj against Ai : and Joshua chose out thirty thou- sand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, say- ing. 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 we will fiee before them, 6 ( For they will come out after us ) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first : there- fore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon tlie city : for the Lord your God will deli\er 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 U Joshua therefore sent tlieni forth : and they went to he \n am- bush, and abode between IVth-el and Ai, on the west side ot Ai : but Joshua lodged tliat night among the people. , 10 And Joshua rose un early m the morning, and •'mnubeivd the people, and went up, he and the "^Or, t That is, Trouble. ^> imistt'nMl 221 Ai is taken. JOSHUA, 8. TJte law is read. 1 to the place 2 knew 3 others elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11 And all the people, even the people of war, that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai : now there was a vahey between them and Ai. 1 2 And he took about five thou- sand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. 13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that ivas on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 IT And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, ^ at a time appointed, be- fore the plain ; but he '^ wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pur- sue after them : and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel : and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is vn thy hand toward Ai ; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he Jiad 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 Ai 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 wilder- ness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Is- rael saw that the ambush had taken the city and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22 And the ^ other issued out of the city, against them ; so they were in the midst of Israel, 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 Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Is- rael had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai 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 Israelites returned unto Ai, 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, luere twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had * utterly de- stroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he commanded Joshua. 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide : and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, thatremaineth unto this day. 30 U Then Joshua built an altar unto ^ the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal, 31 As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron : and they offered thereon burnt offerings un- to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 U And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Mo- ses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. 33 And all Israel, and their eld- ers, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Le- vites, 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 Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the Lord had com- manded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. * Heb. devoted. by 5 the Lord, the God of Israel, 222 The Gibeonites JOSHUA, 9. obtain a league. ihill country, 2 lowland, (5 wine-skins, ^ patched II 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not* a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the con- gregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the stran- gers that were conversant among them. CHAPTER 9. 1 The Icings coonhine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league. l&For which they are condemned to perpetual bondage. AND it came to pass, when all the kings which luere on this side Jordan, in the ^ hills, and in the ^ valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Leba- non, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof ; 2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 3 ^ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been am- bassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and'^ wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up ; 5 And old shoes and ^ clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them ; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country : now therefore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us ; and how shall we make a league with you 1 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua 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 Lord thy God : for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that tvere beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Ba- shan, which ivas at Ashtaroth. 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, 9 We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. 12 This our bread we took liot 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 " Mjottles of wine. which we filled, ivere new; and, behold, they be rent : and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long jour- ney. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congregation sware unto them, 1 6 H And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they tvere their neigh- bours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day, Now their cities tvere Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by ^ the Lord God of Israel, And all the congregation murmured against the priiices._ 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation. We have sworn unto them by ^ the Lord God of Is- rael : now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them ; we will even let them live, lest wrath bo upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them. Let them live ; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation ; as the princes had promised them. 22 H And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiUMl us, saying, We are very far from you ; when ye dwell among us? 23 Now therefore ye are cursed his .ser- vant Moses to give you all tht\land, and to destr(\v all \hv inhabitants of the land from before yt)u, tluae- 3 wine-skins, 5 the Lord, the God <* iu'V«'r fail to be of von 23 Joshua rescueth Gibson, JOSHUA, 10. The sun and moon stand still ifor fore 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 unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. CHAPTER 10. 1 Fi'vekingH w(ir against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them with hailstones. 12 The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua. IG The Jive kings are mured in a cave. 23 They are brought forth, 24 scornfully used, 26 and hanged. 28 Seven Icings more are conquered. 43 Joshua returneth to Gilgal. IVTOW it came to pass, when JlS Adoni-zedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had * utterly destroyed it ; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king ; and how the inhabitants of Gribeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them ; 2 That they feared greatly, be- cause Gibeon was^ a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it tvas greater than Ai, and all the men thereof ivere mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zeaec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon : for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 ^ And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying. Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. 7 So Joshua ascended from Gil- gal, he, and all the people of war *Heb. devoted. with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 ^ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Feav them not : for I have delivered them into thine hand ; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, '^ and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-Iioron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 1 1 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died : they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12 U Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the aay when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, t stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher 1 So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel. 15 ^ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 1 6 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Mak- kedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, say- ing. The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18 And Joshua said. Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not to enter into their cities : for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till ^ Heh. be silent. 2 /or he 224 The jive kings slain. JOSHUA, 10. Others are conquered. they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp of Joshua at Makkedah in peace : none moved his tongue against any of the children of Is- rael. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him. Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them. Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage : for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees : and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. _ 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. 28 U And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he * utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that tvere therein • he let none remain : and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that we^y therein ; he let none remain in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 31 *rf And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, un- * Heb. devoted. to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it : 32 And the Lord delivered La- chish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that vjere therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 H Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him Pone remain- ing. 34 51 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him ; and they encamped against it, and fought against it : 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that ivere therein he t utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron ; and they fought against it : 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon ; but t destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that ivej^e therein. 38 51 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir ; and fought against it : ^ 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof ; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and t utterly de- stroyed all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining : as he had done to Hebron, so He did to Debir, and to the king there- of ; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 40 U So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the ^ south, and of the '-^ vale, and of the springs, and all their kings : lie left none remaining, but tutteily destroyed all that breathed, as "' tht> Lord God of Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua smote tliem from Kadesh-barnea even unto^ (^aza, and all the country of Goslieii, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all these kings and then- land did Joshua take at one time, because -' the Loko God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. ^ Heb. devoteti. 1 South. - lowland. 'i the Lo the (iod Israel. UP. uf 15 225 Hazor is taken. JOSHUA, 11. The Anakim cut off. 1 north, in the hill country, and in 2 lowland, 3 heights 4 hill coun- try, CHAPTER 11. 1 Divers kings o^iercome at the toaters of Merora. 10 Ilazor in taken and hurnt. 1(5 All the Gauntry taken hy Joshua. 21 The Anakims cut off. AND it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard tho^e things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shim- ron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2 And to the kings that tvere on the ^ north of the mountains, and of the plains soutii of (Jhinn^roth, and in the ^ valley, and in the " borders of Dor on the west, 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, arid the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the '^ mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very rnany. 5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 6 IT And the Lord said unto Joshua, ]^e not afraid because of them : for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel : thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom sud- denly ; and they fell upon them. 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chg,sed them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-inaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh east- ward ; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him : he houghed their horses, and burnt their chari- ots with fire. 10 II And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword : for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, * utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe : and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he Heh. devoting. t utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord com- manded. 13 But as for the cities that stood ^ still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only ; that did Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto them- selves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 1 5 U As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua ; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. 1 6 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the '^ valley , and the plain, and the " mountain of Israel, and the 'valley of the same ; 17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in tne valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon : and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inha- bitants of Gibeon : all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in bat- tle, that he might X destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord com- manded Moses. 21 U And at that time cajne Joshua, and cut off the ^ Anakims from the "* mountains , from He- bron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the ^ mountains of Judah, and from all the " mountains of Israel : Joshua t destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the ^ Ana- kims left in the land of the children of Israel : only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. 2 3 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel ac- cording to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. -\ Heb. devoted. XHeh. devote. n 5 on their mounds, 2 lowland, 6 hill coun- try " lowland I 8 Anakim 4 hill coun- try, 226 i\ Tliirty-one kings JOSHUA, 12, 13. smitten by Joshua. ledge of the [alley of le Arnon, ^ valley, 3 the slopes of Pisgah : * border ■S Rephaim, D- + s hill |Couutry , I'' lowland, 8 slopes, CHAPTER 12. 1 The tico kingsi whose countries Moses took and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty ' Mn gson the other side Jordan which Joshua smote. NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Is- rael smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east : 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the ^ bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the ^ river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, tuhick is the border of the children of Amnion ; 3 x\nd from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth- jeshimoth ; and from the south, under ^ Ashdoth-pisgah : 4 U And the '^ coast or Og king of Bashan, ivjiich tvas of the remnant of the ^ giants, that dwelt at Ash- taroth and at Edrei, 5 And reigned in mount Her- mon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon, 6 Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite : and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Beubenites, and the Gad- ites, and the half tribe of Manas- seh. 7 ^ And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal- gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir ; which Joshua gave un- to the tribes of Israel for a posses- sion according to their divisions ; 8 In the ^mountains, and in the ' valleys, and in the plains, and in the " springs, and in the wilder- ness, and in the south country ; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Ca- naanites, the Perizzites, the Hi- vites, and the Jebusites : 9 IT The king of Jericho, one ; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one ; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one ; the king of Hebron, one ; 1 1 The king of Jarmuth, one ; the king of Lachish, one ; 12 The king of Eglon, one ; the king of Gezer, one ; 227 , .13 The king of Debir, one; the kmg ot Geder, one ; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one ; 15 The king of Libnah, one ; the kmg of Adullam, one ; 16 The king of Makkedah, one ; the kmg of Beth-el, one ; 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the kmg of Hepher, one ; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one ; ^19 The king of Madon, one ; the king of Hazor, one ; 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one ; the king of Achshaph, one ; 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one ; 22 The king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one ; 23 The king of Dor in the ^ coast of Dor, one ; the king of ^" the na- tions of Gilgal, one ; 24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one. N CHAPTER 13. The hounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two trif/es and half. 14, 33 The Lord and his sacrifice's are the inheritance of Le/ci. 15 Tlie hounds of the inheritance of Reuben. '22 Balaam slain. 24 The ho tends of the in- heritance of Gad, 29 and of the half tribe of llanasseJi. OW Joshua was old aiid strick- en in years ; and the Lord said unto him. Thou art old and stricken in years, and there re- maineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet re- maineth : all the borders of the Philistines, and all ^^ Oeshnri, 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which iscountecl to the Canaanite : five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eslika- lonites, the Gittites, and the Ek- ronites ; also the ^- Avites : 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek. to the borders of the Amorites : 5 And the land of tlie ^''GibHtos. and all Lebanon, toward the sun- rising, from Baal-gad. under mount Hermon unto the entering mto Hamath, 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misiv- photh-maim, and all the Sidomans, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only thvule thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as 1 have com nianded thee. 9 height 1" Goiiin 11 the Gesh- urites, 1- Avitt's, on the south ; 13 Gchalites, Bounds of the land. JOSHUA, 14. Balaam is Hlala. 1 edge of the valley of the Anion, 2 middle of the valley, 3 Rephaim 4 the Lord, the God of Israel, 5 border 1 edge of the valley of the Anion, 2 middle of the valley. 6 the slopes of Pisgah, ■^ princes 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manas- seh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their in- heritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them ; 9 From Aroer, that is upon the ' bank of the river Arnon, and the city that *« in tlie -^ midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon* 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the bor- d.er of the children of Amnion ; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacha- thites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah ; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashta- roth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the "' giants : for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites : but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. 14 Onlj^ unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ; the sac- rifices of ^ the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 ^ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Keuben inheritance according to their fa- milies. 16 And their ''coast was from Aroer, that is on the ^ bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the '"' midst of the rJA^er, and all the plain by Medeba ; 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain ; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-peor, and ^ Ash- doth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimotii, 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, tvhich ivere ''dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22 51 Balaam also the son of J>eor, the soothsayer, did the chil- dren of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the chil- dren of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This tvas the inheritance of the children of Reu- ben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of (jiad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25 And their '"'coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Ralibah ; 26 And from Heshbon unto Ra- math-mizpeh, and Jietonim ; and front Mahanaim unto the bordei' of Debir ; 27 And in the valley, Beth -aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other sicle Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their fami- lies, the cities, and their villages. 29 •[! And ]\Ioses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh : and this was tlie liosnession of the half ti'ibe of the children of Ma- nasseh by their families. 30 And their ^ coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities : 31 And half Gilead, and Ash- taroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, tvtre jiertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheri- tance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, east- ward. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance : ^ the Lord God of Israel tvas their inheritance, as he said unto them. CHAPTER 14. 1 The nine tribes and a their inJieritance hy lot. lege obtaineih Hebron. half are to have 6 Caleb hyprivi- AND these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and 6 border 8 the Lord the God of Israel, is 228 The land divided by lot. JOSHUA, 15. TJie lot of Judah. 1 fathers' houses 2 and 3 pasture lands * Kenizzite walked I f Anakim V Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ^ fathers of the trilDes of the children of Israel, distri- buted for inheritance to tnem. 2 By lot u'as their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheri- tance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan : but unto the Levites he gave none in- heritance among them. 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim : " therefore they gave no part unto the Levite^ in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their ^suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 As the Lord commanded Mo- ses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 6 ^ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal : and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ^ Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh- barnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land ; and I brought him word again as it u-as in mine heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt : but I wholly followed the Lord my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying. Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy child- ren's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. 10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five shears, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel ^ wandered in the wilderness : and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as / was in the day that Moses sent me : as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how the ^ Anakims 2vere there, and that the cities inere great and fenced : if so be the Lord ^uill he with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephun- neh Hebron for an inheritance. . II Hebron therefoie became the inheritance of Caleb the son of .Je- phunneh ithe '* Kenezite unto tliis day, because that he wholly tVjl- lowed '' the Lord God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron lie- fore tvas Kirjath-arba ; which Ar/ja ivas a great man among the ^ Ana- kims. And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER 15. 1 TheJjordersofihe lot of Judah. -[?, CaleVis portion and conquest. 16 Othniel, for hU valour, hath Achmh, Caleb's datcghter, to wife. IS She ohtaineth a hlenHing of her father. 21 The cities of Judah. 63 The Jeh unites not conquered. J^HIS then was the lot of the -^ triJDe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the bor- der of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward ivas the uttermost part of '^ the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward : 3 And it went out to the south side to ^" IMaaleh-acrabbim , and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh- barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and " fetched a compass to Karkaa : I From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the ^" ijver of Egypt ; and the goings out of that ^^ coast Avere at the sea : this shall be your south ^^ coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jor- dan. And ^Ae?'r border in the north quarter ivas from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan : 6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben : 7 And the border went \\\) to-_ ward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking tow-ard Gilgal, that i5 before tlie going up to Adummim, whicli ^^• on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and tlie goings out thereof Avere at En-rogel : 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnoni unto the south side of the .lebiisite : the same ?'.s' Jerusalem : and the border went up to the to]) of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hin- noni westward which h< at the end of the valley of ^" the giants north- ward : 229 ■* Kenizzite <" the L<^^>KD, the God ^ Anakim. ^ the south. 1" the ascent of Akrabbim, 11 turned about 1- brook 13 borraise to '^the Lord God of Israel. 4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Eclom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The mountains ^ melted from before the Lord, even ^'^ that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel. 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through by- ways. 7 ^^ The inJiahitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates : was there a shield or spear seen among forty thou- sand in Israeli 9 My heart is toward the gov- ernors of Israel, that offered them- selves willingly among the people. Bless jQ the Lord. 10 ^^ Speak , ye that ride on white asses, ye that ^^ sit in judgment, and walk by the way. 11 ^ ^ Then that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they re- hearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts ^"^ to- vmrd. the inhahitants of his villages in Israel : then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates. 1 2 Awake, awake, Debonih : awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity cap- tive, thou son of Abinoam. 13 ^'^ Then he made him tliat re- maineth have dominion mer th(> nobles among the people: tlio Loi:n ''for that the If'jiders took the lead in Israel, for that ^ the Lord, the God 9 qnaked at the presence of 1"^ yon Sinai at the presence of the Lord, the God 11 The rulers made me have doniinion over tlie mighty . \ 14 Out of Ephraim^'y/'fr.s' there a root of them against Amniek : rifter thee.Beniamimamong t hy '^ i)e()i)1e ; 12 Tell of it, 13 sit on rich carpets, and ye that 1^ Far from the noise of the archers, 1'^ of his rule iG Tlien came down a remnant of the nobles a)td the ])eople; the Lord came down for nie against ihe niiiihty. ^'^caiticdofi')) they "vvltose root is in Amalek ; 1^ peoples ; 245 Tlie song of Deborah. JUDGES, 6. Israel O2opressed hy Midlan. 1 marshal's staff. 2 as was Issachar, so was Barak ; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the water- courses 3 I^y the water- courses 4 by his creeks. 5 Kishon 6 march on with ^ tent-pin, s through 9 yea, she pierced and struck out of Machir came down gover- nors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the ^ pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of issachar tvere with Deborah ; '-^ even Issachar, and also Barak : he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Keuben tkere were great thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks % ^ For the divisions of Reuben there tvere great searchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships 1 Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode ^ in his breaches. 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Me- giddo ; they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven ; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. 2 1 The river ^ of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, " thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the. means of the prans- ings, the pransings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof ; because they came not to the help of the Lokd, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk ; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the "^ nail, and her right hand to the work- men's hammer ; and with the ham- mer she smote Sisera, she smote ^ off his head, ^ when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell : where he bowed, there he fell down dead, 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot .so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots %■ 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped % have they?io^ divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, ir)ieet for the necks of the7)i that take the spoil % 3 1 So let all thine enemies perish, Lord : but let them that love him he^ as the son when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. CHAPTER 6. 1 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed hy Midian. 8 A prophet rebvketh them. 11 An angel sendeih Gideon for their de- liverance. 17 Gideon's presetit is con- sumed with fire. 25 Gideon destroyeth BaaVs altar., and offereth a sacrifice ii/pon the altar Jehovah-shalom. 28 Joash de- fendeth his son, attd calleth him. Jerubhaal. 33 Gideon'' s array. 36 Gideon's signs. AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian pre- vailed against Israel : and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And .so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the 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 Gaza, and left no sustenance for Is- rael, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For tliey came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multi- tude ; for both tney and their camels were without number : and they entered into the land to. de- stroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly im- poverished because of the Midian- ites ; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. 7 U And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midian- ites, 8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith ^" the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land ; 10 the Lord, the God 246 Gideon is sent JUDGES, 6. to deliver Israel. 10 And I said nnto you, I am the LoED your God ; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but ye have not obeyed my voice. 1 1 H And there came an angel of the LoED, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that per- tained^ unto Joash the Abi-ezrite : and his son Gideon threshed wheat ^ bj the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us 1 and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying. Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt *? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said. Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites : have not I sent thee % 15 And he said unto him. Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Is- rael 1 behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I a7ii the least in my father's house. 16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man, 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. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry un- til thou come again. 19 H And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour : the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 II Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the stafl" that ivas 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 Gideon perceived that he rvas an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God ! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. 23 And the Lord said unto him. Peace he unto thee ; fear not : thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it * Jehovah-shalom : unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 25 U And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him. Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the '•^ grove that is by it : 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ^ ordered place , and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the '"^ grove which thou shalt cut down, 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's house- hold, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 H And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, be- hold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the '•^ grove was cut down that ivas by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another. Who hath done this thing'? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die : because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and be- cause he hath cut down the '-^ grove that tvas by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baall will ye save him*? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it iff yet morning : if he be a god, let him. plead for him- self, because one hath cast down his rj I "j" Q 1'* 32 Therefore on that day he called him t Jerubbaal, saying. Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 33 IT Then all the Midianites and * Tliat is, Jehovah is peace. t lliat is, Let Baal plead. 2 Asherah 3 orderly manner, 24'i Gideon's signs. JUDGES, 7. Oideoii's army. J- threshing- floor : the Amalekites and the children of the east were gatliered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet ; and Abi-ezer was ga- thered after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Ma,nasseh ; who also was gathered after him : and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naph- tali; and they came up to meet them. 36 ^ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the ^ floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so : for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once : let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the .fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAPTER 7. 1 Gideoii's army of tioo and thirty tJiousand is brought to three hundred. 9 lie is en- couraged by tJie dream, and interpretation, of the barley cake. 16 His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in jntchers. 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb. rpHEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, _L and all the people that icere with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the Lord said unto Gi- deon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying. Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thou- sand ; and there remained ten thou- sand. 4 And the Lord said unto Gi- deon, 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 ; ana of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 8o he brought down the people unto the water : and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lap- peth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lapj^eth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one tliat boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, x^utting 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 Gi- deon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets : and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and re- tained those three hundred men : and the ^host of Midian was be- neath him in the valley. 9 ^ And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him. Arise, get thee down unto the ^host ; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant- down to the ^ host : 11 And thou they say ; and thine hands be go down unto went he down with shalt hear what afterwards shall strengthened to the ^ host. Then Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that 2f ere in the ^ host. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude ; and their camels tvere without number, as the sand by the sea side for mul- titude. 1 3 And when Gideon was come, behold, there ivas a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said. Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the '^ host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. camp camp; camp; ' camp. camp 248 Gideon's victory. JUDGES, 8. Zebah and Zaimunna, camp 2 torches J 3 For the Lord, and for Gideon. 2 torches * toward 5 the hill country of 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel : for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. 15 ^ And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the ^ host of Israel, and said, Arise ; for the LoED hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 And he_ divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and " lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise : and, be- hold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall je clo. 1 8 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 siuord of the LoFvD, and of Gideon. ly il !So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the be- ginning of the middle watch ; and they had but newiy set the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that luere 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 LoED, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp : and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man's sword against his fel- low, even throughout all the host : and the host tied to Beth-shittah ^ in Zererath, aivl to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel ga- thered themselves together out of jSTaphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 21 ^ And Gideon sent messen- gers throughout all ' mount Ephra- im, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves to- gether, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb ; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wmepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. CHAPTEB 8. 1 Gideon 2Xtcifieth the Ephraimites. 4 Suc- coth and Feimel refuf^e to relieve Gideon' h arnnj. 10 Zehah and Zahmmna are taken. 13 Snccoth and Penuel are destroyed. 18 Gideon revengeth his hrcthren'.'t death on Zebah and Zaimunna. 22 He refuseth go'vernment. 24 His ejjhod cause of ' idola- try. 28 Midian subdued. 29 Gideon's children, and death. 33 The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitnde. AND the men of Ephraim said unto him. Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites 1 And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of youl Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer 1 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb : and what was I able to do in comparison of you 1 Then their anger w^as abated toward him, when he had said that. 4 U And Gideon came to Jordan, a7id passed over, he, and the three hundred men that ivere with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth. Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that fol- low me ; for they le faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zai- munna, kings of Midian. 6 U And the princes of Succoth said, J. re the hands of Zebah and Zaimunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army 1 7 And Gideon said, Thei-efore wdien the Loed hath delivered Ze- bah and Zaimunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 H And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them like- wise : and the men of Penuel an- swered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When 1 come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 ^] Now Zebah and Zaimunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east : 249 Gideon refaseth to be king. JUDGES, 9. Gideon^ s death. 1 from the ascent of Heres, 2 * threshed for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword, 11 U And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host : for the host was secure. 12 And when Zebah and Zal- munna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discom- fited all the host. 1 3 IT And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle ^ befo re the sun iv(u UT), 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him : and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. 1 5 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said. Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying. Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary/? ^ 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he ^ taught the men of Succoth. 1 7 And he beat down the tower of Penuel,and slew the men of the city. 18 IT Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men vmre they whom ye slew at Tabor 1 And they answered. As thou art, so tuere they ; each one resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said, They tvere my brethren, even the sons of_ my mother : as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn. Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword : for he feared, because he ivas yet a youth. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us : for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their cam- els' necks. 22 IT Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also : for thou hast de- livered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the Lord shall rule over you. 24 IT And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, Or, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they ivere Ishmaelites.) 25 And they answered. We will willingly 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 earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold ; beside ornaments, and col- lars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that tuere about their camels' necks. 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah : and all Israel ^ went thitlier a whoring after it : which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 28 IT Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 ^ And Jerubbaal the son of Jo- ash went an d dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten : for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abime- lech. 32 IT And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites_. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the chil- dren of Israel turned again, and ^ went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their God. 34 And the children of Israel re- membered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side : 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the good- ness which he had shewed unto Is- rael. CHAPTER 9. 1 Ahimelech hy conspi7-acy iciih the Shechem- iiefi, and miorder' of his 'brethren, is made Icing. 7 Jotham hy a parable rebuketh them, and. for etelleth their ruin. 22 Gaal Gonspireth loith the Shechemites against him. 30 Zebul revealeth it. 34 Abimelech overcometh the'm, a,nd soweth the city with salt. 46 He b%hi'neth the hold of the god. Be- rith. .50 At Thebez he is slain by a 'piece of a millstone. 56 JotharrCs curse is fulfilled. ND Abimelech the son of Je- rubbaal went to Shechem unto A 3 played the harlot after it there : 4 played the harlot after the Baalim, 250 Jotharti's parable JUDGES, 9. of the trees. 1 oak 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, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are three- score and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you^ remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words : and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech ; for they said. He is our brother. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, be- ing threescore and ten persons, upon one stone : notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Je- rubbaal was left ; for he hid himself. 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and niade Abi- melech king, by the ^ plain of the pillar that tuas in Shechem. 7 U And when they told it to Jo- tham, he went and ^tood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them. Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a 'time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Keign 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, and reign over us. 11 But the fig tree said unto them. Should I forsake my sweet- ness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees 1 12 Then said the trees unto the vine. Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees % 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble. Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees. If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 1 6 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands ; 1 7 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian : 18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother ;) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo ; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abime- lech. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 ^ When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem ; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abime- lech : 24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerub- baal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them ; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them : and it was told Abimelech. 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethi^n, and went over to Shechem : and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vine- yards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went mto the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed 251 The Shechemites revolt. JUDGES, 9. AhimeleclCs death. 1 oak said. Who is Abimelech, and who is Snechem, that we should serve him 1 is not he the son of Jerub- baal 1 and Zebul his otfieer % serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him 1 29 And would to God this people were under my hand ! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30 IT And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his breth- ren be come to Shechem; and, be- hold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the ijeople that is with thee, and lie. in wait in the field: 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city : and, behold, tvhen he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find oc- casion. 34 *IT And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that ipere with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the enter- ing of the gate of the city : and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Gaal saw the peo- ple, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they luere men. 37 And Gaal spake again and said. See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another _ company come along by the ^ plain of Meonenim. 38 Then said Zebul unto him. Where is now thy mouth, where- with thou saidst. Who is Abime- 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 Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Aru- mah : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem, 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field ; and they told Abi- melech. 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people tvere come forth out of the city ; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And Abimelech, and the com- pany that loas with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and the two other companies ran upon all the peo2)le that ivere in the fields, and slew them. 45 AndAbimelechfoughtagainst 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 IT And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into '^ an hold of the house of the god Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him ; and Abimelech took an axe 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 ivere 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 followed Abimelech, and put thein 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 thousand men and women. 50 ^ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, 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 Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a certain woman ca^t a piece of a millstone upon Abime- lech's head, and ^ all to brake his scull. 54 Then he called hastily unto 2 the strong hold ^stronghold, ^strong hold 5 brake 252 Tola and Jair. JUDGES, 10, 11. Israel's sin and punishment. requited 2 requite 3 the hill country of 4 the Baalim, aud the Ashtaroth, the young man his armoiirbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 ^ Thus God ^ rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren : 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God ^ render upon their heads : and upon them came the curse of Jotham the s^^n of Jerubbaal. CHAPTER 10. 1 Tola judgeth Israel iti Shamir. 8 Jair, whose thirty sonn had thirty cities. 6 The Philistines and Ammonites o2ypress Is- rael. 10 I)i their misery God sendeth them to their false gods. 15 Upon their repent- ance he pitieth them,. AND after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and he dwelt in Sha- mir in ^ mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 U And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 6 H And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served ^ Baalim, and Ashtaroth. and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LoED, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philis- tines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that toere on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover the children of Am- mon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim ; so that Israel was sore distressed. 10 ^ And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both be- cause we have forsaken our God, and also served ^ Baalim. 1 1 And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Phihstines'? 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, 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 jomt tribulation. 15 U And the children of Is- rael said unto the Lord, We have sinned : do thou unto us whatso- ever seemeth good unto thee ; de- liver 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 was grieved for the misery of Israel. 1 7 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and en- camped in Gilead. And the chil- dren of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. 18 And the_ people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will' begin to fight against the children of Am- mon*? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. CHAPTER 11. 1 The G0Tena7it l>etv:een Jephihah and the Gileadites, that he should he their head. 12 The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in 'vain. 29 Jephthah\s vov). 32 Bis conquest of the Ammonites. 34 Ileperformeth his voiv 07i his daughter. "VrOW Jephthah the Gileadite was JJN a mighty man of valour, and he ivas the son of an harlot : and Gilead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons ; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him. Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house ; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob : and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. 4 H And it came to pass in pro- cess of time, that the cliildren of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 the Baalim. 253 Jephthah conquereth JUDGES, 11. the Ammonites. 1 the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan : 5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob : 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Am- mon, 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house 1 and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress 1 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head % 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be wit- ness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. 1 1 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them : and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh. 1 2 U And Jephthah sent messen- gers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land 1 1 3 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the mes- sengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from ^ Arnon even unto Jabbok. and unto Jordan : now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messen- gers again unto the king of the children of Ammon : 15 And said unto him. Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon : 1 6 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Bed sea, and came to Kadesh ; 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying. Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land : but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab : but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. 1 8 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of ^ Arnon, but came not within Moab not within the border of for ^ Arnon was the border of Moab. 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon ; and Israel said unto him. Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his ■* coast: but Sihon gathered all his people to- gether, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And ^ the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them : so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the in- habitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the " coasts of the Amorites, from '^ Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto ^ Jordan. 23 So now ^the Lord God of Is- rael hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess if? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess % So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab % did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, 26 While Israel dwelt in Hesh- bon and her towns, and in Arqer and her towns, and in all the cities that he along by the '' coasts of Ar- non, three hundred years '? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time % 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit the king of the child- ren of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 29 ^ Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he 2 the Arnon, 3 the Arnon 4 border ; 5 the Lord, the God of Israel, 6 border " the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, 8 the Jordan. 9 side of the Arnon, 254 JephthaNs vow. JUDGES, 12. The Ephraimites smitten. passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that what- soever 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 U So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them ; and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Min- nith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. 34 U And Jephthah came to Miz- peh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances : and she luas his only child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, tljiat 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 child- ren of Ammon, 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 moun- tains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellow^s. 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 re- turned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Is- rael, 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. CHAPTER 12. 1 TJie Ephraimites, qiiarrellivg iviih Jei)h- ihah, and discerned hy Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadiies. 7 Jephthah dieth. S Ibzan, who had thirty sons and. thirty daughters, 11 and Eton, 13 atid Abdon, who had forty sons and thirty nephetcs, . judged Israel. AND the men of Ephraim ga- thered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee'? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife Avith the children of Ammon ; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. ^ 3 And when I saw that ye de- livered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against mel 4 Then Jephthah gathered to- gether all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, be- cause they said. Ye Gilwadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Ma- nassites. 5 And the Gileadites took the ^ passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites : and it was w, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said. Let me go over ; that the men of Gilead said unto him. Art thou an Ephraimite^ If he said, Nay ; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth : and he said Sib- boleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the ^passages of Jordan : and there fell at that time of the Ephraim- ites forty and two thousand. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 8 ^ And after him Iljzan of Beth- lehem judged Israel. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom, he sent abroad, and took in thirty daugh- ters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 11 U And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel ; and he judged Israel ten years. 1 2 And Elon the Zebulonite died, 1 fords 255 An angel appeareth JUDGES, 13. to Manoah^s wife. 1 sons' sons, 2 hill country and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 13 l^f And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty ^ nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts : and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the ^ mount of the Amalekites. CHAPTER 13. 1 Israel is in tlie hand of the Philistines. 2 An angel appeareth to ilanoah's wife. 8 The angel appeareth to 3fanoah. 15 Afa- noah's sacrifice, whereby the angel is dis- covered. 24 Samson is born. AND the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philis- tines forty years. 2 II And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Dan- ites, whose name ivas Manoah ; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the Lord ap- peared unto the woman, and said unto her,*Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not : but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any un- clean 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 Nazarite unto God from the womb : and he shall begin to de- liver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 U Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his coun- tenance tvas 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 un- clean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 U Then Manoah 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 Manoah ; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field : but Manoah her husband ivas 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. 1 1 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him. Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman 1 And he said, I am. 12 And Manoah said. Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and ^ how shall we do unto him '? 13 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her be- ware. 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neitner let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. 15 U And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, 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 Manoah knew not that he was ^an angel of the Lord. 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy savings come to pass we may do thee honour 1 18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him. Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is ^ secret 1 19 fe'o Manoah took a kid with a ^ meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord : and the angel did wonderously ; and Ma- noah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah 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 Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was ^an angel of the Lord. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife. We 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 3 tvhat shall be his work ? 4 the 5 wonderful? c meal 4 the 256 Samson is horn. JUDGES, 14. Sa'nisoii^s riddle. 2 Mahaneh- lan burnt offering and a ^ meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these thiiigs, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 24 ^\ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson : and the child grew, and the Loed blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the Loed began to move him at times in '^ the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaoi. CHAPTER 14. 1 Samson desireth a 'wife of the PMUstines. 5 In his journey he killeih a lion. 8 In a second, jout-ney hefindeth honey in Hie car- case. 10 Samson's marriage feast. 12 His ridxlle by his icife is mads knoivn. 19 He spoileth thirty Philistines. 2^ His wife is married to another. AND Samson went down to Tim- nath, and saw a woman in Tinmath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines : now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a wo- man among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines 1 And Samson said unto his father. Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it tvas of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines : for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. 5 H Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vine- yards of Timnath : and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily 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 what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman ; and she pleased Samson well. 8 ^ And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion : and, be- hold, there tvas 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 01 the lion. 10 U So his father went down unto the woman : and Samson 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 U And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you : if ye can certainly declare it me within 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. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth '^ meat, and out of the strong came forth sweet- ness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the rid- dle, lest we burn thee and thy fath- er's house with fire : have ye called us to take that we have ] is it not so ? 16 And Samson's wife wept be- fore him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lo vest 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 not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee % 17 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 sore upon him : and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day be- fore the sun went down. What if sweeter than honey'? and what is stronger than a lion 1 And he said unto them. If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 19 % And the Spirit. of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave ^ change of gai-ments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, ami he went up to his father's house. 20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had I used as his friend. ^ linen garments ^ changes of raiment : 5 changes of raiment. 6 food. " pressed him sore : * the changes of raiment 17 257 Samson is denied his imfe. JUDGES, 15, 16. His feats of strength. 1 blameless in regard of gram gram, 4 cleft CHAPTER 15. 1 Samson is denied Ms wife. 3 He hurneih the Philistines'' com with foxes and fir e- hrands. 6 His wife and her father are hnrnt by the Philistines. 7 8amson smiteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philis- tines'. 14 He Mlleth them vnth a jawbone. 18 God maketh the fountain Eii-hakkore for him in Lehi. BUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson 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 U And Samson said concerning them. Now shall I be ^ more blame- less than the Philistines, though 1 do them a displeasure. 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took fire- brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst be- tween two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the stand- ing ^corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing ^ corn , with the vine- yards and olives. 6 U Then the Philistines said, Who hath done thisl And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philis- tines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 U And Samson 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 "^to^ of the rock Etam. 9 U Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us 1 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 Judah went to the ^ top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Know- est thou not that the Philistines are rulers over usl what is. this that thou hast done unto usi And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 1 2 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me your- selves. 13 And they spake unto him, saying, No ; 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. 1 4 U And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines 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 therewith. 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 1 7 And it came to ijass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place *Ila- math-lehi. 18 IT And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliver- ance into the hand of thy servant : and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncir- cumcised % 19 But God clave ^an hollow place that tvas in 'the_jaw, and there came water thereout ; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived : wherefore he called the narne thereof t En- hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. CHAPTER 16. 1 Samson at Gaza e,scapeth; aitd carrieth atoay the gates of the city. 4 Delilah., cor- rupted, by the Philistines, enticeth Samson. 6 Thrice she is deceived. 15 At last she overcometh him,. 21 The Philistines take him., and put out his eyes. 22 His strength renewing., he pulleth down the house upon the Philistines, and dieth. THEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gazites, say- ing, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid ■•• That is, The hill of the jawbone. t That is, The well of him that called. 5 as they met him : m 6 the 7 Lehi, 258 Samson is betrayed JUDGES, 16. by Delilah 1 uew cords 2 cords, ^ wherewith no work hath heen done, y \ 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 Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, 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 car- ried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 4 U And it came to pass after- ward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name luas Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her. Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we 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 U And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her. If they bind me with seven ^ green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven ^ green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now there tvere men lying in wait, abiding with her in the cham- ber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he break the ^ withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. , So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Sam- son, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou might- est be bound. 1 1 And he said unto her. If they bind me fast with new ropes ^ that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him. The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah 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 pm, and said unto him, The Philis- tines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15^ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me^ thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 1 6 And it came to pass, when 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 Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 1 8 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Phi- listines, saying. Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 1 9 And she made him sleep upon her knees ; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head : and she be- gan to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 Andshe said, The Philistines 5e upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he ^wist not that the Lord was departed from him. 21 ^ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass ; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philis- tines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice : for they said. Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god : for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the de- stroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they 4 knew 259 Samson^ s death. JUDGES, 17, 18. Micah's Levite. 1 he leaned on them, the one 2 the other 3 the hill country of 4 did St utter an adjura- tion, said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house ; and he made them sport : and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand. Suffer me that I may feel the pillars where- upon 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 Philistines tvere there ; and there were upon the roof about three thou- sand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, re- member me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and ^ on which it was borne up. of the one with his right hand, and "^ of the other with his left. 30 And Samson said. Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upion all the people that ivere therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they \7hich he slew in his life. 3 1 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Esh- taol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. CHAPTER 17. 1 Of the money that Mlcah first stole, then restored, his mothermaketh images, 6 and he ornaments for them. 1 Be hireth a Levite to be his priest. ND there was a man of " mount Ephraim, whose name teas Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother. The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou ^ cursedst , and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me ; I took it. And his mother said. Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the 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. A 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother ; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image : and they were in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that ivhich was right in his own eyes. 7 U And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the fa- mily of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a -place : and he came to ^mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he jour- neyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou 1 And he said unto him, I a,7n a Levite of Beth- lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 10 And Micah said unto him. Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of axjijarel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite ; and the young man be- came his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 1 3 Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. CHAPTER 18. 1 The Panites send five men to seek out an inheritance. 3 At the luyiise of Mi(Mh they consult 'with Joiuithun, and, are en- couraged in their way. 7 They search Laish, and hring hack news of good hope. 11 Six hundred men are sent to surprise it. 14 In Vie xoay they rob Micah of his priest and his conseo-ate things. 27 Tliey win Laish; and call it Dan. 30 They set up idolatry, wherein Jonatlian inherited the priesth'Ood,. IN those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their ^ coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the 3 the hill country of 5 whole number, 260 le Danites seize JUDGES, 18. the Levite and images. 1 the hill country of 2 doest 3 girded land, and to search it ; and they said unto them, Go, search the land : who when they came to ^ mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite : and they turned in thither, and said un- to him. Who brought thee hither % and what ^ makest thou in this place ? and what hast thou here 1 4 And he said unto them. Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace : before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 7 U Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that ivere therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure ; and there tvas no magisti^ate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing ; and they ivere far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye % 9 And they said. Arise, that we may go up against them : for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good : and are ye still % be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land : for God hath given it into your hands ; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 1 1 II And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men '^ appointed with weapons of war. 12 And. they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Ju- dah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day : behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 1 3 And they passed thence unto ^ mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 14 H Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their breth- ren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and tera- phim, and a graven image, and a molten image 1 now therefore con- sider what ye have to do. 1 5 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men ^ appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 1 7 And the five men that went to spy_ out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten im- age : and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were '^appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved im- age, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye 1 1 9 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 bet- ter for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel'? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven im- age, 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 ^ And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the chil- dren of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the chil- dren of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company 1 24 And he said. Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away : and what have I more 1 and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee "? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him. Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy house- hold. 26 And the children of Dan went their way : and when Micah saw that they ivere too strong for hhii, he turned and went Imck unto his house. girded 4 goods 261 A Levite cometh JUDGES, 19. to lodge in Qibeah. 1 * Moses, 2 the hill country of 3 harlot 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came un- to Laish, unto a people that ivere at quiet and secure : and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no dehverer, because it tvas far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man ; and it was in the valley that liethhy }^eth-rehoh. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel : howbeit the name of the city tvas Laish at the first. 30 H And the children of Dan set up the graven image : and Jona- than, the son of Gershom, the son of ^ Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. CHAPTER 19. 1 A Levite goeih to Beth-lehem to fetch home hifi wife. 16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 The Giheoniies alnune Mh concubine to death. 29 He dii^ideth her into twelve pieces, to send them to the twelve tribes. AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of ^ mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem- judah. 2 And his concubine played the ^ whore against him, and went away trom him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his Servant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house : and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father in law, the dam- sel's father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 H 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. Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did * Or, eat and drink both of them to- gether : 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 \yhen the man rose up to depart, 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 depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Be- hold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night : behold, 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 may- est go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and de- Earted, and came over against Je- us, which is Jerusalem ; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Je- bus, the day was far spent ; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 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 Israel ; we will pass over to Gibeah. 1 3 And he said unto his servant. Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 1 4 And they passed on and went their way ; and the sun went down upon them luhen they were by Gi- beah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 1 5 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city : for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 1 6 U And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of ^ mount Ephraim ; and he sojourned in Gibeah : but the men of the place vjere Benjamites. 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 him, We are 2 the hill country of "^^2 Outrage at Giheah. JUDGES, 20. The Levite's complaint. 1 the hill country of 2 base fellows, passing from Beth-lehem-judah to- ward the side of ^ mount Ephraim ; from thence am 1 : and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am noiu going to the house of the Lord ; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses ; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handrnaid, and for the young man ivhich is with thy ser- vants : there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said. Peace be with thee ; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me ; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses : and they washed their feet, and^ did eat and drink. 22 U JS'oiu as they w^ere making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain '^ sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying. Bring 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 breth- ren, iiay, I pray you, do not so wick- edly ; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do_ not this folly. 24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine ; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them ; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the 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 luas, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way : and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door 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 ujp upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 U 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 Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. CHAPTER 20. 1 The Levite i7i a general assemhly declareth his tvrong. 8 The decree of the asnemhly. 12 The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand. 26 They destroy by a siraiage-in all the Benjarnites, except six hundred. THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congrega- tion was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, pre- sented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness 1 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that helongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me : and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel : for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. 8 ^ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall he the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we ivill go up by lot against it; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred ot a thousand, and a thousand out oi ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when ■^ limb by limb, 4 borders 263 The Israelites seek JUDGES, 20. vengeance on Gibeah. 1 base fellows, 2 Beth-el, they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit to- gether as one man. 12 ^ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wicked- ness is this that is done among you 1 1 3 Now therefore deliver us the men, the ^ children of Belial , which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel : 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. 1 5 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which wei'e numbered seven hundred chosen men, 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all these ivere men of war. 18 U And the children of Israel arose, and went up to ^ the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said. Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin 1 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and en- camped against Gibeah. 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin ; and the men of Israel put them- selves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and de- stroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put them- selves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the chil- dren of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said. Go up against him.) 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men ; all these drew the sword. 26 ^ Then all the children of Is- rael, and all the people, went up, and came unto '^ the house of God , and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 27 And the children of Israel en- quired of the Lord, (for the ark of tne covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Elea- zar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying. Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease "? And the Lord said, Go up ; for to morrow I will . deliver them into thine hand. 29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began to smite of the peo- ple, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to '"^ the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said. They are smitten down before us, as at tne first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the high- ways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put them- selves in array at Baal-tamar : and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. 34 And there came against Gi- beah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore : but they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And the Lord smote Benja- min before Israel : and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benja- 2 Beth-el, 264 The Benjamites smitten. JUDGES, 21. Destruction of Jabesh-(jilead. 1 at Menu- hah, as far as I 2 cattle, mites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men : all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten : for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because .they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah ; and the liers in wait drew themselves^ along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin be- gan to smite and kill of the men of Israel 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 pil- lar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed : for they saw that evil was come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness ; but the battle overtook them ; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thtos they inclosed the Ben- jamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down ^ with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men ; all these ivere men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled to- ward the wilderness unto the rock of Bimmon : and they gleaned of them in the highways five thou- sand men ; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin vrere twenty and five thousand men that drew the SAvord ; all these were men of valour. 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Bimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benja- min, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the ^ beast, and all ■"vrow the - ^1 sworn 'here shall that came to hand : also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. CHAPTEB 21. 1 T7ie people heicail ike desolation of Be.ii- jmnin. 8 By the destrtiction of Jaheah- gilead they provide them four hundred wives. 16 They advise them to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh. men of Israel had in Mizpeh, saying, not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to ^ the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore ; 3 And said, O "^ Lord God of Is- rael, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel 1 4 And it came to pass on the morroAv, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. 5 And the children of Israel said. Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Loed 1 For they had made a great oath con- cerning him that came not up to the LoED to Mizpeh, saying. He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the children of Israel re- pented them for Benjamin their brother, and said. There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives 1 8 H And they said. What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord % And, behold, there canie none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there ivere none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded theni, saying. Go and smite the inhabi- tants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. 1 1 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall * utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any 3 Beth-el, ^ Lord, God the * Ileb. devote. 265 Surprise of Sliiloli. JUDGES, 21. Mahlon and Chilion. 1 proclaim peace male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that ivere in the rock Rimmon, and to ^ call peaceably unto them. 14 And Benjamin came again at that time ; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead : and yet so they sufficed them not. 1 5 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 16 H Then the elders of the con- gregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin 1 17 And they said. There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Is- rael. 18 Hqwbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters : for the children of Israel have sworn, saying. Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said. Behold, thei^e is a feast of the Loed in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vine- yards ; 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daugh- ters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them. Be favourable unto them for our sakes : because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war : for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 23 And the children of Benja- min did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel de- parted thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days the7'e tvas no king in Israel : every man did that ivhich was right in his own eyes. THE BOOK OF RUTH CHAPTER 1. 1 Elimelech driven hy famine into Moab, dieth there. 4: Mahlon and. Chilion, having married wives of Moal), die also. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 dissnadeth her two daughters in law from going with her. 14 Orpah leaveth her, hut Ruth, tvith great constancy aecompanieth her. 19 They two corns to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received. NOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem- judah went to sojourn in the coun- try of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrath- ites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's hus- band died ; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab ; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth : and they dwelled there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them ; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. 6 % Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab : for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law. Go, return each to her mother's house : the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The Lord grant you that ye 266 Rutli's constancy to Naomi. EUTH, 2. Boaz sJieiveth her kindness. » may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them ; and they hfted up their voice, and wept. 1 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. 1 1 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters : why will ye go with me 1 are there yet a7iy more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands 1 1 2 Turn again, my daughters, go your way ; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an hus- band also to night, and should also bear sons ; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown 1 would ye stay for them from having husbands'? nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. ^14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again : and Orpah kissed her mother in law ; but Kuth clave unto her. 15 And she said. Behold, thy sis- ter in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods : return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Euth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go • and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy peo- ple sihall 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 51 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi % 20 And she said unto them. Call me not *Naomi, call me tMara : for the Almighty hath dealt very bit- terly with me. 211 went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call j^e me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me'? 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter inlaw, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab : and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest. That is, Pleasant. t That is, Bitter. CHAPTER 2. 1 Eut/i gleaneth in the, fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz taking knowledge of her, 8 liheiceth her great favour. 18 That which she got, she carr ieth to Naomi. AND Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elime- lech ; and his name toas Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, 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 reap- ers : and her hap was to light on a part of the field helongingwn^jof^odJL, who wa& of the kindred of Elime- lech. 4 % And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reap- ers, The Lord he with you. And they ginswered him. The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that Avas set over the reapers. Whose damsel is this % 6 And the servant that was set ovQr the reapers answered and said, It^'stheMoabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab : 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reap- ers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, ^ that she tar- ried a little in the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter] Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : 9 Let thine eyes he on the field that they do reap, and go thou af- ter them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee % and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him. Why have I found grace in thine ej^'es, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I ann a stranger "? 1 1 And Boaz answered and said unto her. It had fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband : and how tliou 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 1 save that 267 Ruth daimeth Boaz EUTH, 3. for a kinsman. 1 the Lord, the God ^ gram, 3 left thereof. work, and a full reward be given thee of ^ the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 1 3 Then she said, Let me find fa- vour in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine hand- maidens. 14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched ^ corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and ^ left. 1 5 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not : 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned : and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 H 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 sufficed. 19 And her mother in law said unto her. Where hast thou gleaned to day*? and where wrough test thou'? blessed be he that did take know- ledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said. The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Kuth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Buth her daughter in law. It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the mai- dens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat har- vest ; and dwelt with her mother in law. CHAPTER 3. 1 By NaornVs instruction, 5 Ruth lietk at Boaz's feet. 8 Bodz acknowledgetJi the right of a kinsman. 14 lie sendeth her away with six oneasures of barley. rpHEN Naomi her mother in law X said unto her. My daughter, shall I not seek '^ rest for thee, that it may be well with thee I 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast 1 Behold, he winnoweth bar- ley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor : but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her. All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 ^ And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end or the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 ^ And it came to pass at mid- night, that the man was ^ afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said. Who art thou 1 And she answered, I am Buth thine handmaid : 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 followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not ; I will do to thee all that thou requirest : for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 1 2 And now it is true that I am thy ne'd,r kinsman : howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well ; let him do the kins- man's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth : lie down until the morning. 1 4 U And she lay at his feet until ^ a resting place 5 startled, 6 one that hath the right to redeem. 268 lie next of kin. EUTH, 4. Boaz marrieth Ruth. Idiscern the 3 Ho"w hast thou fared, * take thou my right of redemption on thee ; the morning : and she rose up be- fore one could ^ know another. And he said, Let it not be known that ^ a woman came into the floor. 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he mea- sured six measures of barley, and laid it on her : and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, ^ Who art thou, my daughter 1 And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said, These six mea- sures of barley gave he me ; for he said to me. Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 18 Then said she. Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be in rest, until he have fi- nished the thing this day. CHAPTER 4. 1 Boas cnlleth into judgment the ne^jct kins- man. 6 He refuseth the redemption ac- cording to the manner in Israel. 9 Boaz l>VAjeth the inheritance. 11 He marrieth RiUh. 13 She heareth Ohed the grand- father of David. 18 The genercition of Pharez. THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there : and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by ; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one ! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a par- cel of land, which luas our brother Elimelech's : 4 And ^ I thought to advertise thee, saying. Buy it before the in- habitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if thou wilt not re- deem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I avi af t^r thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Na- omi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 H And the kinsman said, T can- not redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance : "^ redeem thou my right to thyself ; for I can- not redeem it. 7 Now this was the iiuinner ^ in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning chang- 269 mg, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked ofi' his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this vms a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 ^ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that tvas Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moab- itess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up thp 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 witnesses this day. 1 1 And all the people that vjere in_ the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the wornan that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel : and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth- lehem : 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. 13 H So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed he the Lord, which hath not left thee this day with- out a kinsman, ^ that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of th\j life, and a nourisher of thine old age : for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne them. 1 6 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neigh- bours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi ; and they called his name Obed : he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 ^ Now these a;re the genera- tions of Pharez: Pharez begat Hez- ron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nah- shon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 5 and let his uame /^ Elkanali's two wives. I. SAMUEL, 1. The birth of Samuel. 1 the hill country of 2 double 3 rival ^ the door post THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIEST BOOK OF THE KIE'GS CHAPTER L 1 ElTcanaTi a Levite, having two wives, wor- sMppeth yearly at Shiloh. 4 He cherisheth Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in grief pray eth for a child. 12 Eli firs.t rebulcing her, after- wards blesseth her. 19 Hannah having borne Samuel, stayeth at home till he be weaned. 24 She presenteth him, accord- ing to her vote, to the Lord. "XTOW there was a certain man of xM Ramathaim-zophim, of ^ mount Ephraim, and his name W(2s""Elka- nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite : 2 And he had two wives ; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh, And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there. 4 H And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Penin- nah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions : ♦ 5 But unto Hannah he gave a ^ worthy portion ; for he loved Han- nah: but the Lord had shut up her womb. 6 And her ^ adversary also pro- voked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her ; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her hus- band to her, Hannah, why weepest thou '? and why eatest thou not 1 and why is thy heart grieved*? am not I better to thee than ten sons 1 9 U So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by ^ a post of the temple of the Lord. 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard : there- fore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken 1 put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said. No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful sioirit : I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a ^ daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 17 Then Eli answered and said. Go in peace : and the God of Israel 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, and her countenance was no more sad. 1 9 II And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped be- fore the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah : and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name * Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. *■ That is. Asked of God. s wicked woman : 270 1 i lannali's thanksg iving. I. SAMUEL, 2. Tlie sin of EWs sons. ^ returned 2 have rest ; 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up ; for she said unto her husband, / ivill not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LoED, and there abide for ever. 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her. Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him ; only the Lord esta- blish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24 ^ And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh : and the child was young. 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I ain the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my peti- tion which I asked of him : 28 Therefore also I have ^ lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be ^ lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. CHAPTER 2. 1 irannah''s song in thankfulnefts. 12 The sin of EWs sons. 18 SaimoePs ministry. 20 By EWs lylessin/j Hannah is mot'e, fruit- ful. I'l Eli reproveth his sons, 'i'^i A pro- phecy against EWs house. AND Hannah prayed, and said. My _ heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord : my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies ; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for ^^e7'e^s none beside thee : neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5 They that tuere full have hired out themselves for bread ; and they that were hungry " ceased : so that the barren hath borne seven ; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth down to * the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lirteth up. ^, S He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beg- gar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set t he wuild upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness ; for by strength shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces ; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them : the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 1 1 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12^ Now the sons of Eli ivere ^ sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. 1 3 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant 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 Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest ; for he will not have ^ sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man said unto him, ^ Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth ; then he would answer him, Nay ; but thou shalt give *^ me now : and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord : for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 ^ But Samuel ministered be- fore 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. *IIeb. Sheol. 3 base men ** boiled 5 They will surely robe, 27; Prophecy against Eli's Jiouse. I. SAMUEL, 3. God calleth JSantuel. 1 did service '^ tent of meeting. •^ the Lord, the God of Israel, 4 the affliction of 20 U And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said. The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the Lord visited Han- nah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daugh- ters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. 22 U Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel ; and how they lay with the women that ^assembled at the door of the '"^ tabernacle of the congrega- tion. '2'6 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things'? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this peo- ple. 24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report that I hear : ye make the Lord's people to transgress. 25 If one man sin against an- other, the judge shall judge him : but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall in treat for himi Not- withstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, be- cause the Lord would slay them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. 27 ^ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pha- raoh's house J 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to he my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod be- fore me*? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel % 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sa- crifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation ; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief est of all the offerings of Israel my people % 30 Wherefore " the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house 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 de- spise 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 m my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel : and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, luhom I shall not cut off frorn mine altar, shall he to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart : and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall he a sign unto the^-, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas ; in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, !5/ia^ shall do accord- ing to tJtat which is in mine heart and in my mind : and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine a.nointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that everj^ 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. CHAPTEPt 3. 1 Hoio the v'ord of the Lord ii^cn^ first re'cealed to S<(rnuel. 11 God telleth Samuel the de- fiiruclAon of Eli' H house. 15 Samuel, though loth, telleth Eli ihemiiioii. 19 Samuel grow- eth in credit. AND the child Samuel minis- tered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was ^ precious in those days; there was no '' open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when ^Xiivas laicfdown in his place, 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 ivas, and Samuel was laid down to sleejy; 4 That the Lord called Samuel : and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not ; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son: lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said. Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Sa- 5 rare 6 frequent I I 272 Samuel a j^rojjJiet. I. SAMUEL, 4. TJie Philistines defeat Israel. muel, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord ; for thy servant hear- eth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak ; for thy servant heareth. 11 U And the Lord said to Sa- muel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken 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 iniquity which he knoweth ; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the ini- quity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 1 5 51 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Sa- muel feared to shew Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he an- swered. Here am l7 1 7 And he said. What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee 1 I pray thee hide it not from me : God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.^ 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said. It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. 19 H And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did. let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh : for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. CHAPTEH 4. 1 The Israelites are overcome ty the Philis- tines at Ehen-ezer. 3 Theij fetch the arh unto the terror of the Philistines. 10 They are smitten again, the ark taken, llophni and Phinehas are slain. 12 Eli at the news, falling ^ backward, hreaketh his neck. 19 Phinehas'- wife, d.iscouraged in her tra- vail with I-chabod, dieih. AND the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to bat tie, and pitched beside Eben-ezer : and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put them- selves in array against Israel : and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines : and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 11 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines 1 Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it Cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth be- tiveen the ^ cherubims : and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, ivere there with the ark of the cove- nant of God. 5 And when the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the He- brews'? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp, 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said. Woe unto us ! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Woe unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods 1 these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong, and quit j^ourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that j^, be not servants unto the I^ebrewg^;^ as they have been to 3''Ou : q^^ yourselves like men, and fightyy^ 10 II And the Philistines fo/fht, and Israel was smitten, andAhey fled every man into his tQf/ '■ and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel tlyrty thou sand footmen. 11 And the ark ^'.7i doton and cut in pieces, and they of Asa- K^d (^r)iiite7i with eirverods. 8 So God dealeth i^Hi thevi of Gath, xvhen it ivas Oro'wght thttlti-,,- lo a7id so with them of Ekron, when iir;,<^as brought thither. AND the Philistines took the ark ot God, anv^ brought it from Eben-ezer unto i?^^hdod. 2 When the Phii^^stines took the arl^ot God, they brought it into -V * That is, There is Xo glory. the house of Dagon, and set it Ijy Dagon. 3 l^f And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon ivas fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Da- gon ivas fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Loed ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off" upon the threshold ; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Da- gon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with ^ emerods, even Ashdod and the ^ coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our God. 8 They sent therefore and ga- thered all the lords of the Philis- tines unto them, and said. What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel '? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great ^ destruction : and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and '^ they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 II Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 1 1 So they sent and gathered to- gether all the lords of the Philis- tines, and said. Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to ^ his own place, that it slay us not, and our people : for there was a deadly ^ destruction through- out all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the '^ emerods : and the cry of the city went up to heaven. 1^ 1 tumours, 2 borders 3 discom- fiture : * tumours brake out upon them. II I Sits 6 discom- fiture '^ tumours 274 Tlie ark sent hack I. SAMUEL, 6. to BetJi-shemesh. lits 2 tumours, . 3 its own I border CHAPTER 6. 1 After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send haek the ark. 10 They bring it on a 7ieio cart %oith an offering unto Beth-shemesh. 19 The people are smit- ten for looking into the ark. 21 They send to them of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it. AND the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the PhiKstines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord I? tell us wherev/ith we shall send it to ^his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty ; but in any wise re- turn 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 be the trespass offering which we shall return to him % They answered, Five golden '"^ emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines : for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your '^ emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: perad venture he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts'? when he had wrought wonder- fully among them, did they not let the people go, and they de- parted 1 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there_ hath come no yoke, and tie, the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart ; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a cof- fer by the side thereof ; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of ^ his own coast to Beth-she- mesh, then he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then we shall know that ^'^ is not his hand that smote us ; it was a chance that hap- pened to us. ion And the men did so ; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home : 11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer Avith the mice of gold and the im- ages of their ^ emerods. 1 2 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went 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 Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth- shemesh. 13 And_ theij of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley : and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and re- joiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there luas a great stone : and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that ?f as with it, wherein the jew- els of gold were, and put them on the great stone : and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offer- ings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord. 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they re- turned to Ekron the same day. 17 And these are the golden ^ emerods which the Philistines re- turned. for a trespass offering unto the Lord ; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one ; 18 And the golden mice, accord- ing to the_ number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging^ to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord : which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth- shemite. 19 IT And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men : and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before ^ this holy Lord God % and to whom shall he go up from us % 21 U And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying. The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord ; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. 4 tumours. 5 tumours 6 the Lord, this holy God? 275 Tlie ark at Kirjath-jearim. I. SAMUEL, 7, 8. Ehen-ezer. ithe Ashtaroth 2 the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, " a whole burnt offer- ing CHAPTER 7. 1 They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark, into the house of AMnada'b,^ and sanctify Ele- azar his son to keep it. 2 After twenty years 3 the Israeliten, by BamuePs means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh. 7 While Sa- muel prayeth and saGrificeth, the Lord, discomfiteth the Philistines by thunder at Ehen-ezer. 13 The Philistines are subdued. 15 Samuel peaceably and religiously judg- eth Israel. AND the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the tim.e was long ; for it was twenty years : and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. 3 51 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and ^ Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only : and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away ^Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Loj?d. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there. We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Is- rael in Mizpeh. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 HAnd Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for ^ a burnt offering wholly unto the' Lord : and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel ; and the Lord heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philis- tines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discom- fited them ; and they were smitten before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth -car. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it * Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 13 51 So the Philistines were sub- dued, and they came no more into the ^ coast of Israel : and the hand of the Lord was against the Phi- listines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Phi- listines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the ^ coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amor- ites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gil- gal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 1 7 And his return ivas to Ramah ; for there tvai^ his house ; and there he judged Israel ; and there he built an altar unto the Lord. CHAPTER 8. 1 By occasion of the ill government of Sa- rnueVs sons, the Israelites ask, a king. 6 Samuel praying /« grief, is comfoi-ted by God: 10 he telleth the manner of a king. 19 God. willeth Satmoel to yield unto the importunity of the pteople. AND it came to pass, when Sa- muel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel, _ 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel ; and the name pf his se- cond, Abiah : they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him. Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways : now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 51 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said. Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said unto Sa- muel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected 276 * That is, The stone of help. 4 border The people ask a king. I. SAMUEL, 9. Scml the son of Kish. plow 2 perfumers, ,