THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEWi TESTAMENTS; TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, AND WVITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. NEW YORK; AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, INSTITUTED IN THE YEAR IlDCCCXVI.,859. LDiamaoldl 32mo ] NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITB THE NUMIBER OF CHAPTERS IN EACH BOOK. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Chapters. Chapters. ChapterGenesis..... 50 II. Chronicles. O..G T Daniel..... 1" Exodu...... 40 Ezra...... 10 Hosea...... 1 Leviticllus...... 27 Nehemiah.... 13 i Joel...... 3 Numbers..... 3G Esther.... O. 0 Amos...... 9 Deuteronomy... 34 Job...... 42 j Obadiah..... 1 Joshua,..T... 2i Psalms.....15 Jona.....J. 4 Judges..... 21 Proverbs.... 31 Micah..... 7 Ruth...... 4 Ecclesiaste... 2 Nahum. I. Samuel.. 31 Song of Solomon.. Iabakkuk... II. S uel.... Isaiahll.. G Zephaniahll... I. Kings.. 2... 2 Jcremiah..... 5 IIa i..... 2 I. K-ings... 25 Lamcntations... 5 Zcchariah.... 14 I. Chronicles.. 29 Ezekiel..... 48 Malachi..... 4 THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMIENT. Chapter. Cha1LIter Chapters. MIatthew..... 2S Ephesians.... 6 Hebres..... 1 MIarl..... 16 Philippians... 4 I James.. 5 Luke...... 2 Colossians.... 4 I. Peter.. 5 John...... 21 I. Thessalonins.. II. Peter.... 3 The Acts... 2S II. Thessalonians. 3 I. John.. Romans..... 1 IT othy. Tim. II.Jo..... 1 I. Corinthiansi... 1G II. Timothy.. 4 I. John.... 1 II. Cointhians.. 13 Titus...... 3 Judo...... 1 Galatians.... 6 Philemon.. 1 Revelation.... 22 15th EDITION. THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENES IS. CHAPTER I. er light to rule the night: he emade the stars The creation, of heavea ald ea th, 3 of the light, 6 also. and of the firmlanet. 9 Tle earth separated 17 And God set them in the firmament of fion the watees,, ll atcl made jcittfl. 14 The the heaven to give light upon the earth, cratto~ of the sl loon, anad stas, 20 of fish acldf-I'24 of best-se, a0, ae, 2 ofj h d 18 And to rule over the day and over the in the imnage of God. 29 Also the appoitntment night, and to divide the light from the darkoffood. ness: and God saw that it was good. TN the beginning God created the heaven 19 And the evening and the morning were and the earth. the fourth day. 2 And the earth was without form, and 20 T And God said, Let the waters bring void; and darkness was upon the face of forth abundantly the moving creature that the deep. And the Spirit of God moved up- hath life, and fowl that may fly above the on the face of the waters. earth in the open firmament of heaven. 8 I And God said, Let there be light: and 21 And God created greatwhales, and every there was light. living creature that moveth, which the waters 4 And God saw the light, that itz as good: brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and God divided the light from the dark- and every winged fowl after his kind: and ness. God saw that it was good. 5 And God called the light Day, and 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitthe darkness he called Night. And the ful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the evening and the morning were the first seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. day. 23 And the evening and the morning were 6 q And God said, Let there be a firma- the fifth day. ment in the midst of the waters, and let it 24 h And God said, Let the earth bring divide the waters from the waters. forth the living creature after his kind, cat7 And God made the firmament, and di- te, and creeping thing, and beast of the vided the waters which weere under tle firm- earth after his kind: and it teas so. ament from the waters which were above the 25 And God made the beast of the earth firmament: and it was so. after his kind, and cattle after their kind, 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. and every thing that creepeth upon the And the evening and the morning were the earth after his kind: and God saw that it second day. was good. 9 1 And God said, Let the waters under 26 ~ And God said, Let us make man in the heaven be gathered together unto one our image, after our likeness: and let them place, and let the dry land appear: and it have dominion over the fish of the sea, and was so. over the fowl of the air, and over the cat10 And God called the dry land Earth; tie, and over all the earth, and over evand the gathering together of the waters ery creeping thing that creepeth upon the called he Seas: and God saw that it was earth. good. 27 So God created man in his 0own image, 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth in the image of God created he him; male grass, the herb yielding seed, andel the fruit and female created he them. tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose 28 And God blessed them, and God said seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and Was so. replenish the earth, and subdue it: and 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the over the fowl of the air, and over every livtree yielding fruit, whose seed wVas in itself, ing thing that moveth upon the earth. after his kind: and God saw that it was 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you good. every herb bearing seed, which is upon the 13 And the evening and the morning were face of all the earth, and every tree, in the the third day. which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; 14 t And God said, Let there be lights in to you it shall be for meat. the firmament of the heaven to divide the 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to day from the night; and let them be for every fowl of the air, and to every thing signs, and for seasons, and for days, and that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there years': is life, I have given every green herb for 15 And let them be for lights in the firm- meat: and it was so. ment of the heaven to give light upon the 31 And God saw every thing that he had earth: and it was so. made, and, behold, it was very good. And 1G And God made two great lights; the the evening and the morning were the sixth greater light to rule the day, and the less- day. 3 Garden of Eden. GENESIS. Fall of man. CHAPTER II. fowl of the air; and brought them unto The flst sabbath. 4 The history of tAe reati on. Adam to see what he would call them: and 8 Thejolatltn tg of the yande of Eden, 10 aOd whatsoever Adam called every living'creathe rivel thhereof 17 Thie toee of koledge onlty ture, that was the name thereof. foeliUddel,. 19'The otooning ofthe oeaoto2es. 21 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, The creation of dhomaln, and the institution of n to the fowl of the air, and to every taltRiange. beast of the field; but for Adam there woas THUS the heavens and the earth were not found a help meet for him. finished, and all the host of them. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep 2 And on the seventh day God ended his sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and work which he had made; and he rested on he took one of his ribs, and closed up the the seventh day from all his work which he flesh instead thereof. had made. 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and taken from man, made he a woman, and sanctified it: because that in it lie hd rest- brought her unto the man. ed from all his work which God created and 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of made. my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall 4 I These are the generations of the heav- be called Woman, because she was taken ens and of the earth when they were created, out of man. in the day that the LORD God made the earth 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and the heavens, and his mother, and shall cleave unto his 5 And every plant of the field before it was wife: and they shall be one fesh. in the earth, and every herb of the field 25 And they were both naked, the man before it grew: for the LORD God had not and his wife, and were not ashamed. caused it to rain upon the earth, and there CHAPTER II. vas not a man to till the ground. e sert deeiveth Ev. 6 Tefall of man. 9 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, God al.rraigoeth thetm. 14 ie setrpent is ctrsed. and watered the whole face of the ground. 15 The promied seed. 16 The p,..ishment of 7 And the LORD God formed man of the -anklind. 21 Their first clothing. 22'hey are dust of egod,nd ethed into his divenfom ehearde, tof den. nostrils the breath of life; and man became I OW the serpent was more subtile than a living soul. any beast of the field which the LORD 8 V And the LORD God planted a garden God had made. And he said unto the woeastward in Eden; and there he put the man, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat man whom be had formed. of every tree of the garden? 9 And out of the ground made the LORD 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, God to grow every tree that is pleasant to We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the the sight, and good for food; the tree of garden: life also in the midst of the garden, and the 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in tree of knowledge of good and evil. the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye 10 And a river went out of Eden to water shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, the garden; and from thence it was parted, lest ye die. and became into four heads. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 11 The name of the first is Pison: that is e shall not surely die: it which compasseth the whole land of Havi-5 For God doth know that in the day ye lah, where theore is gold; eat thereof, then your eyes shall be open12 And the gold of that land is good: ed; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good there is bdellium and the onyx stone. and evil. 13 And the name of the second river is 6 And when the woman saw that the Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the tree was good for food, and that it was whole land of Ethiopia. pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired 14 And the name of the third river is to make one wise, she took of the fruit Hiddekel: that it is which goeth toward the thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her east of Assyria. And the fourth river is husband with her; and he did eat. Euphrates. 7 And the eyes of them both were open15 And the LORD God took the man, and ed, and they knew that they veroe naked; put him into the garden of Eden to dress and they sewed fig leaves together, and made it and to keep it. themselves aprons. 16 And the LORD God commanded the 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD man, saying, Of every tree of the garden God walking in the garden in the cool of thou mayest freely eat: the day: and Adam and his wife hid them17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good selves from the presence of the LORD God and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in amongst the trees of the garden. the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, surely die. and said unto him, Where art thou? 18 IS And the LORD God said, It is not 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the good that the man should be alone; I will garden, and I was afraid, because I zuas make him a help meet for him. nakede and I hid myself. 19 And out of the ground the LORD God 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou formed every beast of the field, and every wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, 4 Their punisihmzet. GENESIS. Murder o.f Abel. whereof I commandedthee that thou should- 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstest not eat? lings of his flock and ol the fat thereof. 12 And the man said, The woman whom And the LORD had respect unto Abel and thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of to his offering: tlhe tree, and I did eat. 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had 13 And the LORD God said unto the wo- not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and man, What is this that thou hast done? his countenance fell. And the woman said, The serpent beguiled 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art me, and I did eat. thou wroth? and why is thy countenance! 14 And the LORD God said unto the ser- fallen 7 pent, Because thou hast done this, thou lat 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be cursed above all cattle, and above every accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of desire, and thou shalt rule over him. tiy life: 8 ~ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and it came to pass, when they were in the and the woman, and between thy seed and field, that Cain rose up against Abel his her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and brother, and slew him. tlou shalt bruise lis heel. 9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is 10 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; Asm I my brother's keeper in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me le shall rule over thee. from the ground. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou 11 And now ar't thou cursed from the earth, last hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy,nd hast eaten of the tree, of which I con- brother's blood from thy hand. manded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in of thy life; the earth. 18 lThorns also and thistles shall it bring 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb punishment is greater than I can bear. of the field. 14 Bellold, thou hast driven me out this 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou day from the face of the earth; and from eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fufor out of it wast thou taker: for dust thou gitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it eat, and unto dust shalt thou return. shall come to pass, that every one that find20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; eth me shall slay me. because she was the mother of all living. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD thcm.' set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him 22 ~ And the LORD God said, Bellold, should kill him. tile man is become as one of us, to know 1G ~ And Cain went out from the presence good and evil: and now, lest he put forth of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, his hand,'and take also of the tree of life, on the east of Eden. and eat, and live for ever: 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she con23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth ceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a from the garden of Eden, to till the ground city, and called the name of the city, after fiom whence he was taken. tle name of his son, Enoch. 2-1 So he drove out the man: and lie placed 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, Irad begat Mlehujael: and Mlehujael begat and a flaming sword which turned every way, Methusael: and Iethusael begat Lamech. to keep the way of the tree of life. 19 And Laemech took unto him two wives: the name of the one twas Adah, and the CHAPTER IV. name of the other Zillah. Thie totuut e and ccntio t,f Cart Al 0tbel. 3 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father Thi6uioffoioooo oo i-bo. to10.ooo-,dooof f Abel. 11 Thei cro-se of Cail 17 His son Enoch, of such as dwell in tents, and of seach ad onl tlhefist city. 19 I. amech anld his two wives. have cattle. 25 The biiAth of Seth, 26 ato d l os. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he A ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she was the father of all such as handle the conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I harp and organ. have gotten a man from the LORD. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. an instructor of every artificer in brass and And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain tvas Naawas a tiller of the ground. mall. 8 And in process of time it came to pass, 23 And Lanech said unto his wives, Adah that Cain brought of the fruit of the groundd d Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lnan offering unto the LORD. mech, hearken unto my speech: for I have 5 Geealogo y of GENESIS. ttwe pntrlsrchs. slain a man to my woounding, and a younz begat MIetbuselah three hundred years, and man to msv hurt. b begat sons and daughters: -o4 If Cai sllall be avenged sevenfold,truly 23 And all the daysl of Enoch were three Lamiechl sevenrty and sev-enfold. hundred sixsty and five ycars: 05' And daLm lkew l- is wrife ngain; and 2-L And Enocll nwalked with G-od: and lie ste bare t SOl, anld called his3 name Sethl: lcst noO; for God took lliiln. For God, lid slbe, hath appointed me an- 23 And alethuselah lived a hundred eighty othler seed instead of bel, whomn Cain slew. an-d seven years, and begat Lamecl: 6o And to Seth, to hli also thlere as born 25 And Mlethuselal lived after ie begat a soil; and he called his name Enos: then Lanech seven hulldred eiglty and two years, beoan men to call upon the name of the and begat sons and daughters: LOD,. 27 And all thle days of Ietlnselahl were CHATPTER V. nine hundred sixty and nine yearsa: and lie T,; ~/:elalol,'::i, catdl Z)y d-ttdL of te;n:iacZ,, dlied. from.,,o. oa, f1 4YAc ile trc, dad 3 oLcIL 28 And Lamecll lived a hundred eighty and o/ L oocL,. twvo years, and begat a sons: HIS is the book of the generations of a 9 And he called liis name Noall, anvinz, aAdam. TIn tle day tlhat od created This stame shall comfort us concernin or.r nlan, in the likeness of God made hle him.; -vork and toil of our lallds, because ot the 2 toale and female created lie thlem; and o round whlich tilte LoOID llth crsed. blessed them, and called tlheir nale Adan, 30 And Loanech lived after le be-gat Ronh in the caty whenll they were created. five h lncred ninety anld fiv-e ears, and bleo And Adaln lived a hunlred and thirty gat sons and daughters: years, and begat (t so in lhis own like- 31 And all the days of Lameel vere seven less, after his imcage; and called his namle hundred seventy and seven years: and lie Sechll: died. 4 Ald the days of Adam after te hlad be- 2 Anld Noall oas five hundred years old: gotten Seth wvere eight hundred years: and and Nolal begat Shem, Ham, and Japhleth lie begat SOIlS and daulghters: CHIaPTER VrI A lld all thle days tlats Adam lived were Te li f l God nine hlundred alnld tllirty years: and lle died. zt.rtth, (>,,.. co,,sod /l~e I l oo! 8 No'odLd,llltiL G And Sethl lived a hluundred and five years, yrace. 11 Tle ortel, fomt ", a f ~llf t/ e *tv. anto b1eat Enos:, A D it came to paso, lwhen ten betan to 7 o nd Seth lived after lio beg t Ello eioht I multiply on the face of the oartl, and hlundred and seven years, and begat solns dangliters were born unto tl!em, anld daughters: 2 That thle sons of aGod sav the daughters 8 o nd all tle days of Seth were nine hun- of men that tlhey oere fair; and thle took drl nlld twelve ycarst: tolld le died. them lwives of all alich tley cllose. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat 3 And thle LORD snaid, lTy lSplirit slhall not Cainan: a lshays strive with marn, for thlat lie also is 10 Andc Enos lived after he begat Cninau flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat ttvelnty years. sons and dlughters: 4 There f ere giants in the earth in those 11 And all the d ays of Enos were nine hun- days; and also after tlat. w!Ien the solls of dred and ive,ears: and le died. God camne in unto the daughliters of metl, and 12 And Cainlan lived seventy ears, and they bare childlret to them, the sa-le bcbegat Maiialaltldeel: cmlne mlighty men cwhich zwc'e of old, ILeni of 13 And Cailanallived after lhe begat yImaha- renown. Il!eel eibht h tudred and folty years, ald 5nd t d GOD saw that the wicledness of begat solns ald daugllters: man cdto s graeat in tile earth, andl t!clt every 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine imaginatiol of tile tloughts of his leart o za!ndred anlld ten -ears: anctlle e died. only evil conhtilually. 15 Anld 5r[ahalaleel lived sixty and five G Anlld it repented the LOPD thlat be hand y.ars,,and begat Jared: marde man on the eartlh, and it grieved lhim'l0 And Iahlalaleel lived after hlie begrat Ja- at his hleart. red eight hundred alld t!lirty years, and be- 7 And the LORD said, I will dlestrov nlan grtt solls aend dauglters:'whllom I lanve created from tho faice of the 17 And all the days of MIahalaleel were eartll,; boCill man, nd beast, alld tile crceeisht hundred loinety nnd five yer:; anod he ing t iiigy noal tl:e fols of tle air t for it died. repenteth me that I have mande them. 18 And Jared lived a dre sity anld 8 B13ut Noah found grace in the eyes of the two years, and lie begat Ellocio: LO b.D. 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enochll O These cre thle generations of Noah: eifllt hulndred years, and 1begat sons and Noah was a just mnan otl o perfect in his gend:ughllters: erations, I~ Noal oaolkesd itl (od. 0 Atnd all the days of Jared were nine 10 Auld Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, hundredl sixty and two years: and lie died. Iand Japheth.'1 Alnd E)noch lived sity allnd five years, 11 The earth also w as corrupt tefore God; nlld bemas lIethinslc}_:,and the earth was filled wvitsi v-o'crcce b2 Abll Eonoch walked with God after he 12 And God looyked upon the earth, anal 6 Noah in the ark. GENESIS. Flood of waters. behlold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are corrupted his way upon the earth. not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing 13 And God said unto Noah, TIe end of that creepeth upon the earth, all flesh is come before me; for the earth is 9 There went in two and two unto Noah filled with violence through them; and, be- into the ark, the male and the female, as hold, I will destroy them with the earth. God had commanded Noah. 14 ~ Maike thee an ark of gopher wood; 10 And it came to pass after seven days, rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt that the waters of the flood w ere upon the pitch it within and without with pitch. earth. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt 11 I In the six hundredth year of Noah's make it of: The length of the ark shall be life, in the second month, the seventeenth three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty day of the month, the same day were all the cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. fountains of the great deep broken up, and 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, the windows of heaven were opened. and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty'and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the days and forty nights. side thereof; uith lower, second, and third 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and stories shalt thol make it. Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, of his sons with them, into the ark; wherein is the breath of life, from under 14 They, and every beast after his kind, heaven; and every thing that is in the earth and all the cattle after their kind, and every shall die. creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth 18 But with thee will I establish my cove- after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, ~nant; and thou shalt comle into the ark, every birdof every sort. thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy 15 And they went in unto Noah into the sons' wives with thee. ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, breath of life. two of every sort shalt thou bring into the 16 And they that went in, went in male and ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall female of all flesh, as God had commanded.be male and female. him: and the LOPD shut him in. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle' 1 And the flood was forty days upon the.after their kind, of every creeping thing of earth; and the waters increased, and bare the earth after his kind; two of every 80so up the ark, and it was lifted up above the shall come unto thee, to keep thtemeo alive. earth. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that 18 And the waters prevailed, and were inis eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; creased greatly upon tle earth; and the ark and it shall be for food for thee, and for went upon the face of the waters. tthem. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that upon the eath; and all the high hills, that God commanded him, so did he. were under the whole heaven, were covered. CHAPTER VII. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the -waters oah, with hisfamily, ad t,e livi ceatres, prevail; and the mountains were covered. ete i,,to the art. 17 The Bei,?Ltile, icrease, 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the andl coatiuance of the flood. 21 All flesh de- earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, ar.d of stroyed. beast, and of every creeping thing that creepA D the LORD said unto Noah, Come eth upon the earth, and evcry man: thou and all thy house into the ark; 22 All in whose nostrils wtas the breath of for thee have I seen righteous before me in life, of all that teas in the dry landc, died. this generation. 23 And every living substance was de2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to stroyed which was upon the face of the thee by sevens, the male and his female: ground, both man, and cattle, and the and of beasts that ae- not clean by two, creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; the male and his female. and they v;ere destroyed from the earth: 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the and Noah only remained alive, and they that male and the fedale; to keep seed alive we-e woith him in the ark. upon the face of all the earth. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to a hundred and fifty days. rain upon tho earth forty days and forty ays fo nights; and every living substance that I CHAPTER VIII. have made will I destroy from off the face of Te ters 4 Ie et. oe 7 The eooe, osr the love. - 15 0Vh, beig lot e the earth. mnaded, 18 qoetho forth out of the arlk. 20 e 5 And Noah did according unto all that tuilde1than ltar, d-ldoffereth sacrifice, 21 which the LORD commanded him. o- acceptetah, and proriseth to cuse the earth 0 And Noah wacts six hundred years old Lo 1ore0 when the flood of waters was upon the A SD God remembered Noah, and every earth. -- living thing, and all the cattle that was 7 5 And Noah went in, and his sons, and with him in the ark: and God made a wind his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into to pass over the earth, and the waters asthe ark, because of the waters of the flood. suaged. 7 The waters assuage. GENESIS. God blesseth Noah. 2 The fountains also of the deep and the sake; for the imagination of man's heart vwindows of heaven were stopped, and theis evil from his youth: neither will I again rain from heaven was restrained. smite any more every thing living, as I have 3 And the waters returned from off the done. earth continually: and after the end of 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and the hundred and fifty days the waters were harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and abated. winter, and day and night shall not cease. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon CHAPTER IX. the mountains of Ararat. God blesseth noah. 4 MIdrder and the eaitg of 5 And the waters decreased continually un- ood are forbidden. 8 God's covenant wtith Noah. 13 Tlhe'ailoe a loken thereof. 18 Tahe til the tenth month: inthe tenth nontth, on _,,of eoah 20IL aeolal teth a ettaei-yd, is tile first day of the month, were the tops of d,,,,en, anl mockd by Ham. 25 Be cutetha the mountains seen. Caaa,, 26 blesseth Shem anI Jal1heth, 29 a-d 6 ~ And it came to pass at the end of forty dieth. days, that Noah opened the window of the ND God blessed Noah and his sons, and ark wllich he had made: Al said unto them, Be fruitful, and mul7 And he sent forth a raven, which went tiply, and replenish the earth. forth to and fro, until the waters were dried 2 And the fear of you and the dread of up from offthe earth. you shall be upon every beast of the earth, 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that if the waters mere abated from off the face moveth upon the earth, and upon all the of the ground. fishes of the sea; into your hand are they 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of delivered. her foot, and she returned unto him into the 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be ark; for the'waters were on the face of the meat for you; even as the reen herb have whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, I given you all things. and took her, and pulled her in unto him 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is into the ark. the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 10 And le stayed yet other seven days; 5 And surely your blood ofyour lives will I an again he sent for the dove out of the reqire: at the anda of every beast will I ark. require it, and at the hand of man; at the 11 And the dove came in to him in the even- hand of every man's brother will I require ing, and, lo, in her mouth uase an olive leaf tile life of man. plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters 6 W hoso sheddeth man's blood, by man were abated from off the earth. shall his blood be shed: for in the image of 12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and G made he man. sent forth the dove, which returned not again 7 And you, b e e fruitful, and multiply; unto him any more. bring forth abunlantly in the earth, and 13 ~ And it came to pass in the six hun- multiply therein. dredth and first year, in the fistt Ionath, the 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his first day of the month, the waters ere drieds ons it h him, s awith hi g, up from off the earth: and Noah removed 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant the covering of the ark, and looked, ad, be- awith -ou, and swith your seed after -you; hold, the face of the ground was dry. 10 And with every living creature that is 14 And in te second month, on the seven with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of and twentieth day of the month, was the every beast of the earth mwith you; from all earth dried. that go out of the ark, to every beast of the 15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, earh. 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, 11 And I will establish my covenant with and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. you; neither shll all flesh be cut off any 17 Bring forth w sith thee every living thing more by the waters of a flood; neither shall that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, there any more be a food to destroy the and of cattle, and of every creeping thing earth. that creepeth upon the earth; that they may 12 And God said, This is the token of the breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruit- covenant which I make between me and you, ful, and multiply upon the earth. and every living creature that is with you, 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and for perpetual generations: his awife, and his sons' wives with him: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud,n and it 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and shall be for a token of a covenant between every fowvl, ad whllatsoever creepeth upon me and tile earth. the earth, after their kinds, went forth out 14 Ad t shall come to pass, when I bring of the ark. a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be 20 ~ And Noah builded an altar unto the seen in the cloud: LORD; and took of every clean east, and 1 And I will remember my covenant, which of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offer- is between me and you and every living ings on the altar. creature of all fleshl; and the naters shall 21 And the LORD smelled a, sweet sasour; no more become a flood to destroy all siesh. and the LORD said in lis heart, I will not 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and again curse the ground any more for man's will look upon it, that I may remember 8 Death of Noah. GENESIS. Generations of Noah. the everlasting covenant between God and 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was every living creature of all flesh that is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, upon the earth. in the land of Shinar. 17 And God said- unto Noah, This is the 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and token of the covenant, which I have estab- builded Nineveh, and the city Reloboth, and lished between me and all flesh that is upon Calah, the earth. 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Ca18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth lah: the same is a great city. of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Ja- 13 And Wizraim begat Ludim, and Anapheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. mim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 19 These a-re the three sons of Noah: and 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of of them was the whole earth overspread. whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and he planted a vineyard: and Heth, 21 And he drank of the wine, and was 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and drunken; and he was uncovered within his the Girgasite, tent. 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw Sinite, the nakedness of his father, and told his two 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, brethren without. and the Hamathitc: and afterward were the 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, families of the Canaanites spread abroad. and laid it upon both their shoulders, and 19 And the border of the Canaanites was went backward, and covered the nakedness fiom Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto of their father; and their faces zuere back- Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom, and Goward, and they saw not their father's naked- morrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto ness. Lashn. 24 And Noah a oke from hisine, and 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their knew what his younger son had done unto families, after their tongues, in their counhim. tries, andl in their nations. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a serv- 21 ~ Unto Shem also, the father of all the ant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God elder, even to him were chiltdrel n born. of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and As27 God shall enlarge Japhetb, and he shall shur, and Arploxad, and Lud, and Aram. dwell in the tents of Shem; and Calaan 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and shall be his servant. Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Sahundred and fifty years. lah begat Eber. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hun- 2 And unto Eber were boro nm. -ons: the dred and fifty years: and he died. name of one oas Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's CHAPTER X. name was Joktan. The eelerations of 3noah. 2 The sonJs f Japheth. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and She6 iThe sns of riam. 8 Nimtrod a nmighty /Lunter. leph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21 Tl, sonts of Sam. 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, N OW these as-e the generations of the 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Ja- 20 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: pheth: and unto them were sons born after all these oveJ-e the sons of Joktan. the flood. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as 2 ~ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Ma- thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. gog, and MBadai, and Javan, and Tubal, and 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their Ilesheeh, and Tiras. families, after their tongues, in their lands, 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and after their nations. Riphath, and Togarmah. 32 These are the families of the sons of 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Noah, after their generations, in their naTarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. tions: and by these were the nations divid5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles ed in the earth after the flood. divided in their lands; every one after his tonage, after their families, in their nations. HAPTER XI. 6 1 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and 6sl. o I1 e onftsloe 1 of tOt lue. 0Tile iel'Mizraim, and Phut, and Cnanaa. atios of Shem. 7 Tle qene'a!ions of Tenrh the 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havi- fanier of Abram. 31 Terakh oeh g hfrom Ur to lab, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabte- Haran-. cliah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and ND the whole earth was of one lanDedan.. gufage, and of one speech. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed a mighty one in the earth. from the east, that they found a plain in 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let mighty hunter before the LORD. us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. 9 Conefusion of tongues. GENESIS. Call of Abram. And they had brick for stone, and slime had rah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Hathey for mortar. ran; and Haran begat Lot. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a 28 And Haran died before his father Terah city, and a tower whose top mzay -each unto in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the heaven; and let us make us a name, lest Chaldees. we be scattered abroad upon the face of the 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: mhole earth. the name of Abram's wife veas Sarai; and 5 And the LORD came down to see tethe henameof Nahor's wife, MSilcah,the daughcity and the tower, which the children of men ter of Haran, the father of Alilcah, and builded. the father of Iscah. 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. is one, and they have all one language; 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and and this they begin to do: and now nothing Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai will be restrained from them, which they his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; have imagined to do. and they went forth with them from Ur of 7 Go to, let us go down, and there con- the Chaldees, to go into the land of Cafound their language, that they may not un- naan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt derstand one another's speech. there. 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from 32 And the days of Terah were two hunthence upon the face of all the earth: and dred and five years: and Terah died in Hathey left off to build the city. ran. 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; CHAPTER XII. because the LORD did there confound theGod calteth Abram, and blesseth him. 3 The promlanguage of all the earth: and from thence ie i Iin. 4 Atinm l leoalcteh with Lot froen did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the ca'; le gjot,i tetl tih,-gh tr la'L qf Cacaa,c, 7 c hich is,,omised him i icc a c co,. face of all the earth. 10 He is dorivet by achfanile into Egypt, lere he 10 IT These are the generations of Shem: feineththat Sarai is is sister 14 Pharaoh Shem teas a hundred years old, and begat'faketl /Ae f om him; 17 but is competled by Arphaxad two years after the flood: Ilagues to Xestore 1e ~. 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad o X'W the LORD had said unto Abram, five hundred years, and begat sons and Get thee out of thy country, and from daughters. thy kindred, and from thy father's house, 12 And Arphasad lived five and thirty unto a land that I will shew thee: years, and begat Salah: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Sa- and I will bless thee, and make thy name laht four hundred and three years, and begat great; and thou shalt be a blessing: sons and daughters. 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat and curse him that curseth thee: and in Eber:thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had lulldred and three years, and begat sons spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and daughters. and Abram as seventy and five years old 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, when he departed out of Haran. and begat Peleg: 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot 17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four his brother's son, and all their substance hundred and thirtyyears, andbegat sonsand that they had gathered, and the souls that daughters. they had gotten in Haran; and they went 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat forth to go into the land of C anaan; and into Rcu: the land of Canaan they came. 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two 0 And Abram passed through the land unto hundred and nine years, and begat sons and the place of Sichem, unto the plain of 3Iodaughters. reh. And the Canaanite zeas then in the 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and land. begat Serug: 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two and said, Unto thy seed will I give this hundred and seven years, and begat sons land: and there builded he an altar unto and daughters. the LORD, who appeared unto him. 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat 8 And he removed from thence unto a Nallor: mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and two hundred years, and begat sons and Hai on the east: and there lie builded an daughters. altar unto the LORD, and called upon the 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, name of the LORD. and begat Terah: 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still to25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a ward the south. hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons 10 And there mas a famine in the land: and daughters. and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn G And Terah lived seventy years, and there; for the famine 2'as grievous in the begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. land. 27 1 Now these are the generations of Te- 11 And it came to pass, w hen he was come 10 Abram in Egypt. GENESIS. God's promise to him. near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto right; or if thou dlpcort to the right hand, Sarai his wif, Belhold now, I know that then I will go to the left. thou art a fair woman to look upon: 10 And Loc lifted up his eyes, and beheld 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when ll the plain of Jordan, that it uwas well wathe Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall tered every where, before the LORD destroysay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, ed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the ga'obut they will save thee alive. den of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: thou comest unto Zoar. that it may be well with me for thy sake; 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of and my soul shall live because of thee. Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they 14 And it catme to pass, that, when Abram separated themselves the one from the wtas come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld other. the woman that she Zvt8s very fair. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and and commended her before Pharaoh: and pitched his tent toward Sodom. the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 13 But the men of Sodom waer'e wicked and 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sinners before the LORD exceedingly. sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he 14 A And the LORD said unto Abram, aftasses, and menservants, and maidservants, er that Lot was separated from him, Lift and she asses, and camels. up now thine eyes, and look from tle place 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and where thou art northward, and southward, his house with great plagues, because of Sa- and eastward, and westward: rai, Abram's wife. 15 For all the land which thou seest, to 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. What is this that thou hast done unto me? 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust why didst thou not tell me that she was thy of the earth: so that if a man can number wife? the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I also be numbered. might have taken her to me to wife: now 17 Arise, walk through the land in the therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go length of it and in the breadth of it; for I thy way. will give it unto thee. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men con- 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came cerning him: and they sent him away, and and dwvelt in the plain of Iamre, twhichil i in his wife, and all that he had. Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. CHAPTER XIII. L Abram antd Lot ret, rot out of Eylpt. 7 Becate CHAPTER XIV. of the disagreement betueer their herdmener, they The tattle of foour kingst aqlst five. 12 Lot is part as61tder. 10 Lot clooseth the plai of Jor- taket,-isoner. 14 bral, re.sclreth him,. 18 daol. 14 God reoeleth the lpromnise to Abram,. JMfrchizetde blesteth Abram. 20 ebram b,giveth 18 He t'emoleth to dietbott, aldl thete bildeth an hi, tites,. 22 Thle rest of the spoil, his )a7t,aleo' Canaltar. fri nd tdheir potoots, hoe oestoretth to the A ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, il'o of Sodom. L and his wife, and all that he had, and A ND it came to pass in the days of Amr — Lot with him, into the south.. phel king of Shinar, Arioch king of El2 And Abram wtas very rich in cattle, in lasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tisilver, and in gold. dal king of nations; 3 And he went on his journeys from the 2 Tth htthese made war with Bera king of south even to Beth-el, unto the place where Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, his tent had been at the beginning, between Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king Beth-ol and Hai; of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he Zoar. had made there at the first: and there Abram 3 All these were joined together in the vale called on the name of the LORD. of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 5 [ And Lot also, which went with Abram, 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, had flocks, and herds, and tents. and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 6 And the land was not able to bear them,5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorthat they might dwell together: for their sub- laomer, and the kings that woere with him, stance was great, so thatthey could not dwell and smote the Replhaim in Ashteroth Kartogether. naim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim 1 7 And there was a strife between the herd- in Shaveh Kiriathaim, men of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of 6 And the Horites in their mount Ser, Lot's cattle: and tie Canaanite and the unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 7 And they returned, and came to En8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, the country of the Amalekites, and also and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tafor we be brethren. mar. 9 Is not the whole land before thee? sep-8 And there went out the king of Sodom, arate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of evilt take the left hand, then I will go to the Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the. Peiait dfltthn nth lnd Ad he rtrnii adcae o11 Abram rescueth Lot. GENESIS. Canaan is promised. king of Bela, the same is Zoar; and they Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; thy exceeding great reward. 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, 2AndAbram said,Lord GoD, what iltthou and with Tidai king of nations, and Amra- give me, seeing I go childless, and the Stewphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of El- ard of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? lasar; four kings with five. 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of given no seed: and, lo, one born in my slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Go- house is mine heir. morrah fled, and fell there; and they that 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came remained fled to the mountain. unto him, saying, This shall not be thine 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom heir; but he that shall come forth out of and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and thine own bowels shall be thine heir. went their way. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and 12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, stars, if thou be able to number them: and and departed. he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 13 I And there came one that had escaped, 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt counted it to him for righteousness. in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these that brought thee out of Ur of the Chalwere confederate with Abram. dees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother 8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall Vws taken captive, he armed his trained s8cv- I know that I shall inherit it? ants, born in his own house, three hundred 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer and eighteen, and pursued tLhem unto Dan. of three years old, and a she goat of three 15 And he divided himself against them, years old, and a ram of three years old, and he and his servants, by night, and smote a turtledove, and a young pigeon. them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which 10 And he took unto him all these, and is on the left hand of Damascus. divided them in the midst, and lhiid each 16 And lhe brought back all the goods, piece one against another. but the birds and also brought again his brother Lot, divided he not. and his goods, and the women also, and 11 And when the fowls came down upon the people. the carcasses, Abram drove them away.; 17 ~ And thle king of Sodom went out to 12 And when the sun was going down, a meet him, after his return from the slaugh- deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horter of Chedorlaomer and of the kings that or of great darkness fell upon him. were with him, at the valley of Slaveh, 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a which is the king's dale. surety that thy seed shall he a stranger in 18 And Melchizedck king of Salem brought a land that is not theirs, and shall serve forth bread and wine: and he was the priest them; and they shall afflict them four hunof the most high God. dred years; 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed 14 And also that nation, whom they sllall be Abram of the most high God, possessor serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they of heaven and earth: come out with great substance. 20 And blessed be the most high God, which 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And he gave him tithes of all. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, come hither again: for the iniquity of the Give me the persons, and take the goods to Amorites is not yet full. thyself. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, sun vent down, and it was dark, behold a i have lifted up mine hand unto the LORD, smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that the most high God, the possessor of heaven passed between those pieces. and earth, 18 In the same day the LORD made a cove23 That I will not ttke from a thread even nantwith Abram, saying, Unto thyseed have to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take 1 given this land, from the river of Egypt any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest unto the great river, the river Euplrates: say, I have made Abram rich: 10 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and 24 Save only that which the young men the Kadmonites, have eaten, and the portion of the men 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and lwhich went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and the Rephaim, Mamre; let them take their portion, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, CHAPTER XV. and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. God encourageth Abl 2Abra rnm conplaineth for CHAPTER XVI. -n at is qfin t. 4 Gold pooniseth himto ao n O nd SOi gilet n HaaIsr to dAboanl; 6 sio,feeisg f reom a wmLneous seed. 6 Abaln is just iJiel by,ai th. her mistress, 7 is selt back by an anygel. 1.5 Ish7 Ca-aaa is pvomisedl a.ai,, a.Ld coIfi,,nedl by a a is 0. FTEsign tt ad ion. the L^i TO\V Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no A TER thoese tlings tihe word of the LaO RD children: and she load lhandmaid, an came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 12 Birth of Ishmael. GENESIS. Circumcision instituted. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: talked with him, saying, I plray thee, go in unto my naid; it may be 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with tliat I may obtain children by her. And thee, and thou shalt be a father of many Abram hearkenled to the voice of Sarai. nations. 8 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar 5 Neither shall thy name any more e callher maid the Egyptian, after Abram had ed Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and for a father of many nations have I made gave her to her husband Abram to be his thee. wife. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she con- and I will make nations of thee, and kings ceived: and when she saw that she had con- shall come out of thee. ceived, her mistress was despised in her 7 And I ill establish my covenant between eyes. me and thee and thy seed after thee in their 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, Mly wrong he generations, for an everlasting covenant, to upon thee: I have given my maid into thy be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. bosom; and when she saw that she had con- 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed ceived, I was despised in her eyes: the after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranLORD judge between me and tlee. ger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlast6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy ig possession; and I will be their God. maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth 9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou thee. And when Saraidealthardly withher, shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, she fled from her face. and thy seed after thee in their generations. 7 -[ And the angel of the LORD found her 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall by a fountain of water in the wilderness, keep, between me andyou and thy seed after by the fountain in the way to Shur. thee; Every man child among you shall be 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, circumcised. whence anmest thou? and hither wilt thou 11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your go? And she said, I flee from the face of foreskin; and it shall be a token of the my mistress Sarai. covenant betwixt me and you. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, 12 And lie that is eight days old shall be Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself circumcised among you, every man child in under her hands. your generations, he that is born in the house, 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto or bought with money of any stranger, which ler, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly,is not of thy seed. that it shall not be numbered for multi- 13 He that is born in thy house, and le tude. that is bought with thy money, must needs 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto be circumcised: and my covenant shall be her, Behold, thou art with child, and slhalt in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; 14 And the uncircumcised man child whose because the LORD hath heard thy affiction. flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand soul all be cut off from his people; he will be against every man, and every man's ath broken my covenant. hand against him: and he shall dwell in the 15 [ And God said unto Abraham, As for presence of all his brethren. Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name 13 And she called the name of the LORD Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a for she said, Have I also here looked after son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and him that seeth me? she shall be a mother of nations; kings of 14 Wherefore the well was called Beer- people shall be of her. lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and ored. laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child 15 And Hagar bare Abram a on: and be born unto him that is a hundred years Abram called his son's name, which Hagar old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years bare, Ishmael. old, bear? 16 And Abram zas fourscore and six years 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. Ishmael might live before thee I CHAPTER XVII. 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall d i' t iconr i*rnobear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call Sod reweaewf's coven^ant. 5!The ~lame of Aibra a ia e~dl ie cTsl,,. of heott sse of Ait — lhis oname Isaac: and I will establish my cuetcisiot isistsittecd. Th^e Srneof Saal i covenant with him for an everlasting cove-: cLanged. 16 A son is,orlhel oto her. 23,Ab- nnt, anld with his seed after him. hand, all is hootsehold are cicuci.sed. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: A ND when Abram was ninety years old Behold, I have blessed him, and will make and nine,the LORD appeared to Abram, him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedand said unto him, I anm the Almighty God; ingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I Balk before me, and be thou perfect. will make him a great nation. 2 And I will make my covenant between me 21 But my covenant will I establish with and thee, and will multiply thee exceed- Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at ingly. this set time in the next year. 13 Isaac promised. GENESIS. Sodom threatened. 22 And he left off talking with him, and 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, God went up from Abraham. Therefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I 23 ~ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, of a surety bear a child, which ao m old? and all that were born in his house, and 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? all that were bought with his lmoney, every At the time appointed I will return unto male among the men of Abraham's house; thee, according to the time of life, and Saand circumcised the flesh of their foreskin rah shall have a son. in the selfsame day, as God had said unto 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed him. not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; 24 And Abraham swas ninety years old and but thou didst laugh. nine, when lie was circumcised in the flesh 16 [ And the men rose up from thence, of his foreskin. and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham 25 And Ishmael his son wocas thirteen years went with them to bring them on the way. old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from his foreskin. Abraham that thing which I do; 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham cir- 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely becumcised, and Ishmael his son. come a great and mighty nation, and all 27 And all the men of his house, born in the nations of the earth shall be blessed in the house, and bought with money of the him? stranger, were circumcised with him. 19 For I know him, that he will command CHAPTlER T III. his children and his household after him, Th!e loed p-as seCt oA STiEoll e, 2 e ste.- and they shall keep the wvayof the LORD, to taineth lthee st'antres. 9 Sarah is re)redfo do justice and judgment; that the LORD laseginly at God's promise. 17 The destrucatio may bring upon Abraham that whichhe bath of Sodom is realmld to Abraham; 23 who make/th spoken of him. intercessio.fo e the en tleeeof. 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry ND the LORD appeared unto him in the of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and be-. plains of MIamre: and he sat, in the cause their sin is very grievous, tent doorin the heat ofthe dlay; 21 will no down now, and see -whether 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, they have done altogether according to the' and, lo, three men stood by him: and when cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, lie saw them, lie ran to meet them from the I will know. tent door, and bowed himself toward the 22 And the men turned tlieir faces rom ground, thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abra3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found ham stood yet before the LORD. favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray 23 s And Abraham drew near, and said, thee, from thy servant: Wtilt thou also destroy the righllteous with the 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, wicked? and wash your feet, and rest yourselves un- 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous der the tree: within the city: wilt thou also destroy and 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and not spare the place for the fifty righteous comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall that are therein? pass on: for therefore ar e e come to your 25 That be far from thee to do after this servant. And they said, So do, as thou last manner, to slay the righteous with the wicksaid. ed; and that the righteous should be as tho 6 And Abrahamhastened into the tent unto icked, that be far from thee. Shall not Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three the Judge of all the earth do right? measures of fine meal, knead it, and make 26 And the LORD said; If I find in Sodom cakes upon the hearth. fifty righteous within the city, then I will 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and spare all the place for their takes. fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it 27 And Abraham answered and said, Deunto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. hold now, I have taken upon me to speak 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the untotheLord, which am but dust and ashes: calf which he had dressed, and set it before 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the them; and he stood by them under the tree, fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the and they did eat. city for lack of five? And he said, If I find 9 ~ And they said unto him, Where is Sa- there forty and five, I will not destroy it. rah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and tent. said, Peradventure there shall be forty found 10 And ihe said, I will certainly return unto there. And he said, I will not do it for forthee according to the time of life; and, lo, ty's sake. Sarah thy ife shall have a son. And Sarah 30 And lie said?unto hiln, Oh let not the heard it in the tent door, which uas behind Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradvenhim. ture there shall thirty be found there. And 11 Now Abraham and Sarah wtere old and he said, I will not do it, if I fnd thirty there. well stricken in age; anst it ceased to be 31 And ie said, Behold now, I have taken,with Sarah after the manner of women. upon me to speak unto the Lord: Perad12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, venture there shall be twenty found there. saying, After I am waxed old shall I have And he said, I will not destroy it for twenpleasure, my lord being old also? ty'e sake. 14 Lot sent out of Sodom. GENESIS. Sodom is destroyed. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his angry, nnd I will speak yet but this once: sons in lan, which married his daughters, Peradventure ten shall be found there. and said, Up, get you out of this place; for And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's the LORD will destroy this city. But ho sake. seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as law. he had left communing with Abraham: and 15 And when the morning arose, then the ~ Abraham returned unto his place. angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; CHAPTER XIX. lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the Lot entertainteth tolo oagels. 4 The en of Sodom city. tar stricet ih blidloes. 12 Lot is coanotod- 1 And while he lingered, the men laid hold ed tofee lutl Ihis fanlily. 18 Hl6 is le)nitied togee, te mendlot go iwto Zooa. -Sooln0 a Otl0 Gomnorah nae de- upon hi t hand, and upon the hand of his stlroied. Lott's wife becomethl pillar ofsalt. wife, alld upon the hand of Iis two daugh30 Lot dwellelh i, a cave. 31 Tlhe origin of,oe- ters; the LORD being merciful unto him: ab and AmmoL. and they brought him forth, and set him ND there came two angels to Sodom at without the city. even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sod- 17 t And it came to pass, wlen they had om: and Lot seeing the?. rose up to meeot rought tliem forth abroad, thlat he said, them; and he bowed himselfwith his face Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, toward the ground; neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn the mountain, lest thou be consumed. in, I pray you, into your servant's louse, 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and my lord: ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. 19 Bellold now, thy servant hath found grace And they said, Nay; but we will abide in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy in the street all night. mercy, whllich thou hast shevfed unto me in 3 And lhe pressed upon them greatly; and saving my life; and I cannot escape to the they turned in unto him, and entered into mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: hisalouse; and he made them a feast, and 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee undid bake unleavened bread, and thy did eat. to, and it is a little one: oh, let me escape 4 But before they lay down, tle men of the thither, (is it not a little:one?) and my soul city, eve thlle men of Sodom, compassed tle shall live. liouse round, both old and young, all the 21 And he said unto him, See, I have acpeople froml every quarter: t ceptod tlhee concerning this thing also, that 5 And they called unto Lot, and saidnto toI will not overthrow this city, for the which blim,Where are the men whlich came in to thee thou hast spoken. this night? bring them out unto us, that we 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I canmay know them. not do any thing till thou be come thither. 6 And Lot ent out at the door unto them, Therefore the name of the city was called and shut the door after him, Zoar. 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not 28 The sun was risen upon the earth when so wickedly. Lot entered into Zoar. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which 24 Then tlhe LORI) rained upon Sodom and have not knowt n man; let me ray yo, upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the bring them out unto you, and do ye to them LORD out of heaven; as is good in your eyes: only unto theso men 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all do nothing; for therefore came they under tle plain, and all the inhabitants of the citthe sliadow of my roof. ics, and that lwich grew upon the ground. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they 26 But his wife looked back from behind said again, This one felloso came in to so- hlim, and she becamne a pillar of salt. journ,.nd ioe till needs- be a judge: now 27 Anhod Abraham gat up early in tle will we deal worse with thee, than with them. morning to the place where he stood before And they pressed sore upon the man, even the LORD: Lot, and came near to break the door. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Go10 But the men put forth their hland, and morrnh, and toward all the land of the plain, pulled Lot into tle htouse to them, and shut and belleld, and, lo, tle smoke of the counto the door. try nwent up as the smoke of a furnace. 11 And they smote the men that ivere at 29 Anid it came to pass, when God destroythe door of the house with blindness, both ed the cities of the plain, that God rememsmall and great: so that they wearied them- bered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the selves to find the door. midst of the overthrow, wrhen he overthrew 12 s And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou the cities in the which Lot dwelt. here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, () And Lot went up out of Zoar, and and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughin the city, bring them out of this place: ters with him; for he feared to dwell in 13 For we will destroy this place, because Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his the cry of. them is waxen great before the two daughters. face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, us to destroy it. Our father is old, and there is not a man in 15 Abimelech and Abraham. GENESIS. The birth of Isaac. the earth to come in unto us after the man- a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me ner of all the earth: that ought not to be done. 32 Come, let us make our father drink 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, wine, and we will lie with him, that we may What sawest thou, that thou hast done this' preserve seed of our father. thing? 33 And they made their father drink wine 11 And Abraham said, Because I thouglt, that night: and the firstborn went in, and Surely the fear of God is not in this place lay with her father; and he perceived not and they will slay me for my wife's sake. when she lay down, nor when she arose. 12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that is the daughter of my father, but not the the firstborn said unto the youncr Behl, daughter of my mother; and she became my I lay yesternight with my father let us make wife. him drink oine this night also; and go thou 13 And it came to pass, when God caused in, and lie with him, that we may preserve me to wander from my father's house, that I seed of our father. said unto her, This is thy kindness which 35 And they made their father drink ine thou shalt shew unto me; at every place that night also: and the younger arose, and whither we shall come, say of me, He is my lay with him; and lie perceived not when she brother. lay down, nor wlhen she arose.14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot and menservants, and womenservants, and witl child by their father. gave them unto Abraham, and restored him 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called Sarah his wife. his name Mioab: the same is the father of 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land the MIoabites unto this day. is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have and called his name Ben-ammi: the same given thy brother a thousand pieces of silis the father of the children of Ammon unto ver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the this day. eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with CHAPTER XX. all other: thus she was reproved..6bo-hat sojouneth it Ge. 2 e etII eths 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God swife, and Abimnelech takhth hem. 3 ibimelch i, healed Abimelech, and his wife, and hismaida lsrean i. conmandel lto e.stor e he, 9 I, s' e- servants; and they bare chlildre. biketh Ablrahaml 1 restloretlh Sarah,. 1, aill e- 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the p0Vetls he. 17 Gol healetlAlillech'faelwily. ombs of the house of Abimelech, because A ND Abraham journeyed from thence to-of Sarah, Abraham's wife. ward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesll and Shur, and sojourned in CHAPTER XXI. Ge. The birth of Isaac. 4 He li circohecisedl. 6Sarah's joy. 9 Hla/ar anal.slhmael ale cast fmot/. 1.5 2 And Abraham said of Sarahl his wife, aa i ist ress. 17, anyel comnfortetlh e. She is omy sister: and Abimelech king of 22 Abimeleoch's covenant with Abahlan at sBeerGerar sent, and took Sarah. saeba. 3 But God came to Abimelelh in a dream ND the LORD visited Sarah as he had by night, and said to him, Bellold, thou art said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as but a dead man, for the woman which thou he had spoken. hast taken; for she is a man's wife. 2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: a son in his old age, at the set time of wlhicl and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a God had spoken to him. righteous nation? 3 And Abraham called the name of his son 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to and she, even she herself said, He is my him, Isaac. brother: in the integrity of my heart and 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac innocency of my hands have I done this. being eight days old, as God had commndG And God said unto him i a dream, Yea, ed him. I know that thou didst this in the integrity 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from when his son Isaac was born unto him. sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee 6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to not to touch her. laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; me. for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for 7 And she said, Who would have said unto thee, and thou shalt live: and if thourestore Abraham, that Sarah should have given chilher not, know thou that thou shalt surely dren suck? for I have borne higo a son in die, thou, and all that aere ine. lis old age. 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the 8 And the child grew, and was weaned: morning, and called all his servants, and and Abraham made a great feast the same told all these things in their ears: and the day that Isaac was weaned. men were sore afraid. 9 ~ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abrasaid unto him, What hast thou done unto ham, mocking. us? and what have I offended thee, that 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast thou last brought on me and on my kingdom out this bondwoman and her son: for tile 16 Hacyar sent away. GENESIS. Abraham's faith trldl. son of this bondwoman slhall not be heir with be a witness unto me, that I lave digged this my son, eze-C wvith Isaac. well. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abra- 31 Wherefore he called that place Beerhar's sight because of his son. sheba; because there they sware both of 12 And od said unto Abraham, Lrt it nottthem. be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, 32 Thus they made a covenant at Eeer-sheand because of thy bondwvoman; in all that ba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto the chief captain of his host, and they reher voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be turned into the land of the Philistines. called. 33 And Ablrieham planted a grove in Beer13 And also of the son of the bondwoman sheba, and called there on the name of tle mill I make a nation, because lie is thy seed. LORD, the everlasting God. 14 AedAebrallam rose up early in the inor- 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philising, and took bread, and a bottle of ater, tines' land many days. and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her aay: CHAPTER XXII. and she departed, ald wandered in the eil- b ence. t 11 T A,o lt e f the Le'..Hietfi derness of Beer-sheba. hi-., 13 A?is s i st e I sae. 1t 15 And tile water was spent in the bottle, the,lace is callel JeeolalL-ji;,eC. 1.5.rtea/ael is and she cast the child under one of the lesseej aeain. 20 The childen of f'ator. shrubs. A ND it came to pass after these things, that 16 And she went, and sat her down over -A God did tempt Abraham, and said unto against him a good way off, as it were a lim, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the I an. death of the child. And she sat overagainst 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine hiet, and lifted up her voice, and wept. only soee Isaac, whom thou lovest, and ge t 17 And God heard the voice of tile lad; thee into the land of tloritle; and offer lhim and the angel of God called to Hagar out of there for a burnt offering upon one of the heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, mountains which I will tell t!ce of. Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the 3 And Abraham rose up early in the mornvoicee of the lad llere le is. ing, alnd saddled lis ass, and took t:uo of lhis 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in young men with him, and Isaac his sonI, and thine hand; for I will make him a great na- clave the wood for the burnt offerinlg,:nd tion. rose up, and cvent unto the place of which 19 And God opened her eyes, and se saw Cod hlad told imn. a well of water; and she went, and filled the 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. his eyes, and sae v thle place afltr off. 20 And God was with the lad; and le 5 And Abraham said unto his young men, grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and be- Abide ye here with the ass; and I and tle came an archer. lad mill go yonder and worship, and come 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: again to you. and his mother took him a wife out of the 0 And Abraham took the wood of the burlt land of Egypt. offering, and laid it upon Isaac his soI; and 22 A And it came to pass at that time, that le took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and Abimelech and Phichol thehief captain of they ent bth of them together. lis host spake unto Abraham, saying, God 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his fais with thee in all that thou doest: ther, and said, Sly father: and le said, 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by Here am I, my son. And he said, Bellold God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, the fire and the wood: but lwhere is te nor with my son, nor withll my son's son: lamb for a burnt offering? but according to the kindness that I have 8 And Abraham said, MIy son, God will prodone unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and vide lhimself a lamb for a burnt offering: co to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. they went both of them together. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 9 And they came to the place which God 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech be- had told him of; and Abraham built an altar cause of a well of water, which Abimelech's there, and laid the wood in order, and bound servants had violently taken eway. Isaac hlis son, and laid him on the altar 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath upon the wood. done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. and took tile knife to slay lis son. 27 And Abraham took sheep and en d o 11 And the Angel of tle LORpD called unto gave them unto Abimelech; andbothll of them him out of heaven, and said,.braham, made a covenant. brallam: and lhe said, Here aoe l I. 28 And Abrahame set seven ewe lambs of 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the flock by themselves. the lad, neither do thou anly tlhing unto him: 29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, for now I know that thou ferest God, seceWhat mean these seven ewe lambs which ing thou has t not withheld thy son, thine thou Ilast set b themselves? only soet from me. 30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs 1 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and shalt thou take of my hand, that they may looked, and behold behind hiim a ram caught 2 17 Death of Sa-rah. GENESIS. Machapelah purchased. in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham That lie may give me the cave of SIachpewent and took the ram, and offered hin up lab, which lie hath, whieh is in the.end of his for a burnt offering in tile stead of his son. field; for as much money as it is worth he 14 And Abraham called the name of tlhat shall give it me for apossession of a buryingplace Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, place amongst you. In the mount of the LORD it sllall be seen. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children 15 7 Andthe Angel of the LORD called unto of Heth: and Eplhron the Hittite answered Abraham out of leaven tile second time, Abrnllham in tlie audience of the children of 1G And said, By myself have I sworn, saith Heth, even of all that went in at the gate the LORD, for because thou hast done this of his city, saying, tlling, and hast not withheld tliy son, thine 11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I ollly son, thee, andi tle cave that is therein, I give it 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in thee; in the presence of the sons of my peomultiplying I will multiply thy seed as the pie give I it tiee: bury thy dead. stars of te heaven, and as the sand wlicll 12 And Abrahsm bowed down himself beis upon the sea sleore; and thy seed shall fore the people ofthe land.' possess thie gate of his enemies: 13 And lie spase unto Ephron in the audi18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of ence of the people of the land, saying, But if the earth be blessed; because thou hast thou ilt gie it, I pray thee, hear, me: I obeyed my voice. will give thee money for the field; take it of 19 So Abralham returned unto his young me, and I will bury my dead there. men, and they rose up and went together to 14 And Ephron answaered Abraham, saying Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer- unto him, sheba. 15 lMy lo-d, hearken unto me: the land is 20 5 And it came to pass after these things, woroth four ihandred shekels of silver; what that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore Milcah, site hath also borne children unto thy dead. thy brother Nahlor; 1 d And Abralanm hearkened unto Ephron; 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, and Kemuel the theather of Aram,: which he had named in the audience of the 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, and Jidlaph, and Betlhuel. currena t snsony with tile merchant. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these 17 And the field of Ephron, which wVas in eiglht MIilcah did bear to Nastor, Abraham's?Itachpelah, lwhlichl icas before lamre, tile brother. field, and the cave which zvas therein, and 24 And llis concubine, whose name zsas all the trees that sterse in the field, that avere Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaiham, in all the borders round about, were made and Thahash, and SIaachah. sure 18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the CHAPTER XXIII. presence of the children of Heth, before all The aye and death of Sar ah. 3 The p1rchas.e of tat ent in ct the gate of his city. Machpelah, 19 where Sarah was biied. - aham buried Sarah lachpealai, 191,esS-rsh?asuaJ blc-iet. 19 And after thils,.brallam buried Sarah A ND Sarah was a hundred and seven and his wife in the cave of tle field of,ncllahpelah a. twenty years old: these zere the years before Mnamre: the same is Hebron in the of the life of Sarah. land of Canaan. 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the 20 And the field, and the cave that is theresame is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and in, were made sure unto- Abraham for a Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to possession of a buryingplace by the sons of weep for her. Heth. 3 And Abraham stood up from before his CHAPTER XXIV. dead, and spake unto tale solns of Heth, say- Ablam sesdssth his se,. vanlt to XIt a.cfe for hfst ^I ng,.d a."saac. 15 His issleetilsth Reekah ~a t the 14 I aa a stranger and a sojourner with o"sl!. 29 Lasa sa ete taislwth eim. 3, tac se h youa: give me a possession of a buryingplace an telet'Ltl his -e,-assd, 50 asd obtaimleth deaek.als. wvith you, that I may bury my dead out of 62 Isaace eetethher'. my sight. D A TD Abraham was old, aCad well stricken 5 And the children of Heth answered Abra- 1. in age: and the LORD had blessed ham, saying unto him, Abraainm in all things. 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty 2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servprince among us: in the choice of our scp- ant of his house, tllat ruled over all that he nlelres bury thy dead; none of us shall lad, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thigh: thou inayest bury thy dead. 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed him- the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, self to the people of the land, ueen to the that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son clhildren of Heth. of the daughters of the Canaanites, among 8 And he communed with them, saying, If vwhom I dwell: it be your mind that I should bury my dead 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son to Ephron the son of Zohar, Isaac. 18 Rebekah at the well. GENESIS. Abraham's servant. 5 And the servant said unto him, Peradven- 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had tule the womaan will not be willing to follow done drinking, that the man took a golden me unto this land: must I needs bring thy earring of half a shekel weight, and two saon gain unto the land from whence thou bracelets for her hands of ten shelels weilht camest? of gold; 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? that thou bring not my son thither again. tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy 7 The LORD God of heaven, wliich took me father's house for us to lodge in? from my father's house, and from the land 24 And she said unto him, I at the daughof my kindred, and which spake unto me, ter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, ewhich she and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy bare unto Nahor. seed will I give this land; lie shall send 25 She said moreover unto him, WVe have his t angel before thee, and thou shalt take both straw and provender enough, and room a wife unto my son from thence. to lodge in. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to 26 And the man bowed down his head, and follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from wnorshipped the LORD. thismy oath: only bring not my son ththther 27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God again. of my master Abraham, who hath not left;9 And the servant put his hand under the destitute my master of his mercy and his thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to truth: I being in the way, the LORD led him concerning that matter. me to the louse of my master's brethren. 10 And the servant too ten camels of the 28 And the damsel ran, and told theme of camels of his master, and departed; for all her mother's house these things. the goods of his master were in his hand: 29 ~ And Rebelah had a brother, and his and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, name eats Labal: and Laban ran out unto unto the city of Nalhor. thle mael, unto the ntell. 11 And lie made his camels to kneel down 30 And it came to pass, when he saw the without the city by a well of water at the earring, and bracelets upon his sister's time of the evening, eveni the time that o- hands, and awhen he heard the words of men go out to draw etater. Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the 12 Asud lie said, O LORD God of my master mall unto me, that te camte unto tile man; Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed and, behold, he stood by the camels at the this day, and shew kindness unto my master well. Abraham. 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of wa- the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? ter; and the daughters of the men of the I e ve prepared the house, and room for city come out to draw water: the camels. 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel 32 And the man came into te house: and to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I lhe ungirded his camels, and gave straw and pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall provender for the camels, and water to tash say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink his feet, and the men's feet that tere with also: let the sa;ze be she that thou hast ap- him. pointed for thy servant Isaac; and there- 33 And there was set mcstt before him td by shall I know that thou hast shewed kind- eat: but he said, I will not cat, until I have ness unto my master. told mine errand. And le said, Speak on. 15 ~ And it came to pass, before he had 3 And hesaid, I am Abraham's servant. done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master out, who was born to Bethuel, son of 5Mil- greatly, andlie is become great: and hehath cal, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and with her pitcher upon her shoulder. gold, and menservants, and maidservants, 16 And the damsel Nvas very fair to look and camels, and asses. upon, a virgin, neither -had any man known 36 And Srah my master's wife bare a son her: and she went down to the well, and to mymaster when she was old: and un'to filled her pitcher, and came up. him hath he given all that he hath. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and 37 And my master made me swear, saysaid, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little wa- ing, Thou shalt not take a wife to rey soil of ter of thy pitcher. the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she land I dwell: hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, hand, and gave him drink. and to my kindred, and take a wife unto 19 And when she had done giving him drink, my son. she said, I will draw water for thy camels 39 And I said unto my master, Peradvenalso, until they have done derinking. ture the awoman will not follow me. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitch- 40 And le said unto me, The LORD, before er into the trough, and ran again unto the whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, well to draw water, and drew for all his and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take camels. a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my 21 And the man wondering at her held his father's house: peace, to wit whetlher tlhe LORD had made 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my his journey prosperous or not. oatt, when thou comest to my kindred; and 19 Laban and Bethucl. GENESIS. Isaac meeteth Rcbeka.h. if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear ter, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, from my oath.; nd his men. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, unto her, Thou art our sister; be thou the if now thou do prosper my way which I go: motheer of thousands of millions, and let 43 Belold, I stand by the well of water; thy seed possess the gate of those which hate and it shall come to pass, that when the vir- them. gin cometh forth to draw tvater, and I say 61 ~ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water and they rode upon the camels, and followof thy pitcher to drink; ed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and and went his way. I will also draw for thy camels: let the same 62 And Isaac came from the way of the be the woman whom the LORD hath appoint- well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south ed out for my master's son. country. 45 And before I had done speaking in 63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth field at the eventide: and he lifted up his with her pitcher on her s; oulder; and she eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels ciere went don- unto tile ell, and drew acater: coming. and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and thee. when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the 46 And she made haste, and let down her camel. pitcher from her shouldcr, and said, Drink, 65 For she had said unto the servant, What and I will give thy camels drink also: so I man is this that walketh in the field to meet drank, and she made the camels drink also. us? And the servant had said, It is my 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose master: therefore she took a vail, and covdaughter art thou? And she said, The ered herself. daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom MIil- 66 And the servant told Isaac all things cah bare unto him: and I put the earring that he had done. upon her face, and the bracelets upon her 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother lands. Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and sle be48 And I bowed domn my head, and wor- came his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac shipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD was comforted after his mother's death. God of my master Abraham, which had led me in tie right way to take my master's CHAPTER XXV. brother's daughter unto his son. The tls of Acaa7 lb ietzrah. 5 sle diislnt oyh;~.qoods. 7H'slaeeaezddeath. 9Hieli'cOl 49 And now, if ye will deal kindly, and 12 Tie Ientleraio s of Ishmael. 17 lis ace arl truly with my maseter, tell me: and if not, death.'21 Isadc rayeth for RebeLkah. 24 The tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, birth of Esal and Jacob. 27 Their difetrensce of or to tile left. chLaacte. 29 Esaul sellth hAs birthri1jht. 50 Then Laban andBethuel answered and THEN again Abraham took a wife, and said, Tile thing proceedeth from the LORD:. her name swas Keturah. we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 2 And she bare himn Zimran, and Jok51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee; take shal, and ledan, and iddian, and Ishbak, her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's and Shuah. wife, as the LORD hath spoken. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abra- And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and lam's servant heard their words, lie mor- Letuslim, and Leummim. shipped the LORD, bowing himself to the 4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and earth. Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and El53 And the servant brought forth jewels daah. All these eve,.e the children of Ketuof silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, rah and gave themC to Rebekah: he gave also 5;o And Abraham gave all that he had to her brother and to her mother precious unto Isaac. tlhings. But unto the sons of the concubines, 54 And they did eat and drink, le and the which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, men that?cere with him, and tarried all and sent them away from Isaac his son, night; and they rose up in tle morning, and while lie yet lived, eastward, unto the east he said, Send me away unto my master. country. 55 And her brother and her mother said, 7 And these are the days of the years of Let the damsel abide with us a few days, Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred at the least ten; after that she shall go. threescore'and fifteen years. 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, 8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; died in a good old age, an old man, and send me away that I may go to my master. full of years; and was gathered to his 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, people. and inquire'at her mouth. o Ah-nd his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried 58 And they called Rebekah, and said him in the cave of Machpelah, in tie field of unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which she said, I will go. is before IMamre; 59 And they sent away Rebckah their sis- 10 The field which Abraham purchased of 20 Generations of Islhmael. GENESIS. Jacob and Esau. the sons of Heth: there was Abraham bur- I am faint: therefore was his name called ied, and Sarah his wife.i Edom. 11 And it cane to pass after tle death of 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; birthright. and Isaac dwvelt by the well Lahai-roi. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I na at the 12 ~ Now these are the generations of Ish- point to die: and what profit shall this birthmael, Abraiam's son, whom Hagar thle Egyp- right do to me? tian, Saralh's handmaid, bare unto Abra- 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; ham: and he svare unto him: and lie sold his 13 And these are the names of the sons of birthright unto Jacob. Isllmacl, by their names, according to their 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and potgenerations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Neba- tage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, jeth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mib- and rose up, and went his way. Thus Esau sam, despised his birthright. 14 And MLishma, and Bumah, and Mhassa, CHAPTER SX 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and C 1'ed rem a I 1fsaac becautse of famnlte goeth to (;'eas'. 2 God onssructeth -a, bLlessset hi,. 7 e s reprovee' by 16 Tiese ae the sons of Ishmael, and these Abimlecth fotil Aeni,, hs loife 12 He gsooeth s be their names, by their towns, and by -,Ach 18 elsio'etAs the tels Eoek, Sitabh, and their castles; twelve princes according to leh/oboth.'26obliminelech,akethl acovenati-t ith their nations. hiA at. B eer-seha 34 Ea' wuives. 17 And these are the years of the life of A ND there was a fanine in the land, beIshmael, a bsundred and thirty and seven A side the first faminle that was i the years: and he gave up the ghost and died, days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto and was gathered unto Iis people. Abimelech king of the Plilistines unto Ge18 And they dwvelt from Havilah unto Shur, rar. that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and Assyria: and he died in the presence of said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the all his brethren. land which I shall tell thee of. 19 ~ And these are the generations of 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat tllee, and will bless tllee; for unto thee, and Isaac: unto tlly seed, I mill give all these countries, 20 And Isaac was forty years old when le and I will perform the oath which I sware took Rebekah to wife, tlhe daughter of Be- unto Abraham thly father; thuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as to Laban the Syrian. the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy 21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his seed all these countries; and in thy seed oife, because she zvas barren: and the LORD shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, conceived. and kept my cllarge, my commandments, my 22 And the children struggled together statutes, and my laws. within her; and sie said, If it be so, wly 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. am7 I thus? And she went to inquire of the 7 ~ And the men of the place asked him7 LORD. of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: 23 And the LORD said unto her, Two na- for l:e feared to say, S/he is my wife; lest, tions a'e in thy womb, and two manner of said he, the men o[ the place should kill me people shall be separated from thy bowels; for Rebekah; because she zvas fair to look and the one people shall be stronger than upon. the other people; and the elder shall serve 8 And it came to pass, when le had been the younger. there a long time, that Abimelecll king of the 24 And when her days to be delivered were Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, fulfilled, behold, thers'e wes'c tlwins in her and, bellold, Isaac lvas sporting with Rewomb. bekah his wife. 25 And the first came out red, all over like 9 Adld Abinmelech called Isaac, and said, a hairy garment; and they called lhis name oBehold, of a surety she it; thy mife: and how Esau. saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac 26 And after that came his brother out, and said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for his hand took ol on Esu's Ieelo and his htoer. name wascalledJacob: and Isaac was three- 10And AAbimelech said, What i this thou score years old wen She bare tlhem. hast done unto us? one of the people might 27 And the boys grew: and Esau. was a! lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou cunning hunter, a man of the field; andi shouldest have brought guiltiness upon Jncob vas a plain man, dwelling in tents. I us. 28'And Isaac loved Esau, because he did 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, eat of his ovnison: but Rebekah loved Ja- saying, HIe that touchel'. this man or his cob. i wife shall surely be put to death. 29 o' And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reCame frot the field. and te soan faint: ceived in the same 5ear a hundredfold: and 30 And Esau slid to Jacob, Feed me, I the LORD blessed him. pray thee, weith that same red pottag c; for 13 And the man waxed great, and went 21 Isaac ci.nd Abcmelech. GENESIS. Isaac an: Esau). forward, and grew until he became very lIsaac's servants came, and told him congreat: cening the well which they had digged, and 14 For he had possession of flocks, and said unto him, We have found water. possession of herds, and great store of serv- 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the ants: and the Philistines envied him. name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this 15 For all the wells which his father's day. servants had digged in the days of Abraham 3 And Esau was forty years old when he his father, the Philistines hadstopped them, took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri and filled them with earth. the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from of Elon the Hittite: us; for thou art much mightier than we. 35 Which Mere a grief of mind unto Isaao 17 ~ And Isaac departed thence, and pitch- and to Rebekah. ed his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dweltAPTER XXVII. th ere. CHAPTER XXVII. 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of wa- saac 1ilt0sinlt to El - s,n s-,thimf veoito~. 5 Jacob, itStr1Cted byt lebe ilich, 18 obiatnter, which they had digged in the days of etht/ele6tssitq. 30 Esalcert1,oet, 3His 6it. Abraham his father; for the Philistines had te, grief. 37 He obtaineth ao ble.ig.t 41 J1e stopped them after the death of Abraham: thlreaetelth Jacob's life 43 ebeLka sendstlh Jhand he called their names after the names cob to Laba, by which his father had called them. ND it came to pass, that when Isaac 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the val- A. was old, and his eyes were dim, so ley, and found there a well of springing that he could not see, he called Esau his eldwater. est son, and said unto him, My son: and lie 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive said unto lim, Behold, here aot I. with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is 2 And he said, Belold now, I am old, I ours: and he called the name of the well kllow not the day of my death: Esek; because they strove witllhlhim. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy 21 And they digged another well, and weapons, thy quiver andthy bow, and go out strove for that also: and he called the name to the field, and take me some venison; of it Sitnah. 4 And make me savoury meat, such as 1 2~ And he removed from thence, and dig- love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; ged another well; and for that they strove that my soul may bless thee before Idie. not: and he called the name of it Rello- And Rebekah heard llen Isaac spake to both; and lie said, For now the LORD hath Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to made room for us, and we shall be fruitful hunt for venison, and to bring it. in the land. 6 ~ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her 23 And he went up from thence to Beer- son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak slleba. unto Esau thy brother, saying, 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury same night, and said, I atnt the God of meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before Abraham thy father: fear not, for I amn with the LORD before my death. thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice acseed for my servant Abraham's sake. cording to that which I command thee. 25 And he builded an altar there, and 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from cnlled upon the name of the LORD, and thence two good kids of the goats; and I will pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's make them savourymeat for thy father, such servants digged a well. as he loveth: 2G6 Then Abimelech went to him from Ge- 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, ra, and Alluzzath one of his friends, and that he may eat, and that he may bless thee Phichol the chief captain of his army. before his death. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore 11 And Jacob said to Rebekahl his mother, come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have Beold, Esau my brother is a hairy man; sent me away from you? and I aemt a smooth man: 28 And they said, We saw certainly that 12 My father peradventure will feel me, the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and there be now an oath betwixt us, ever, be- I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a twixt us and thee, and let us make a cove- blessing. nant with thee; 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we e thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, have not touched thee, and as we have doe and go fetch me them. unto thee nothing but good, and have sent 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought thee away in peace: thou annt now the bless- theo,, to his mother: and his mother made ed of the LOD. savoury meat, such as his father loved. 30 And he made them a feast, and they 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of' did eat and drink. her eldest son Esau, whiclh 7ee with her in 31 And they rose up betimes in the morn- the house, and put them upon Jacob her ing, and sware one to another: and Isaac younger son: sent them away, and they departed from 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the him in peace. goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth 32 And it came to pass the same day, that of his neck: 22 Isaac blesseth Jacob. GENESIS. Esau hateth,acob.17 And she gave the savoury meat and the 36 And he said, Is not he rightly lnaed bread, which she had prepared, into the Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these hand of her son Jacob. two times: le tookaway mybilthright; and, 18 ~ And he came unto his father, and behold, now he hath taken away my blesssaid, My father: and he said, Here am I; ing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved who art thou, my son? a blessing for me? 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I a 3' And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Esau thy firstborn; I have done according Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit his brethren have I given to him for servand eat of my venison, that thy soul may ants; and with corn and wine have I sus bless me. tained him: and- hat shall I do now unto 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How ist tthee, my son? that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast And he said, Because the LORD thy God thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, brought it to me. even me also, 0 my father. AndEsau lifted 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, up his voice, and ept. I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, 9 And Isaac his father answered and said lwhether thou be my very son Esau or not. unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his fatness of theearth, and ofthe dewofheaven father; and he felt him, and said, The voice from above; is Jacob's voice, but the hands a-e the 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and hands of Esau. shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come to;2 And he discerned him not, because his pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's thou shalt break his yoke from oflthy neck. hands: so he blessed him. 41 a And Esau hated Jacob because of the 24 And he said, Art thou my very son blessing swherewith his father blessed him: Esau? And he said, I a. and Esau said in his heart, The days of 25 And lie said, Bring it near to me, and I mourning for my father are at hand; then ewill eat of my son's venison, that my soul will I slay my brother Jacob. may bless thee. And lie brought it near to 42 And these words of Esau her elder son him, and he did eat: and he brought him were told to Rebekah: and she sent and swine, and lie drank. called Jacob her younger son, and said unto 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching Come near now, and kiss me, my son. thee, doth comfort himself, J)urlJositg to 27 And lie came near, and kissed him: kill thee. and he smelled the smell of lis raiment, and 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to son is as the smell of a field which the LORD Haran; hath blessed: 44 And tarry with him a few days, until 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of thy brother's fury turn away; heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away plenty of corn and wine: from thee, and he forget that which thou 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow hast done to him: then I will send, and downto thee: be lord over thy brethren, fetch thee from thence: why should I be and let tby motler's sons bow down to thee: deprived also of you both in one day? cursed be every one that curseth thee, and 4( And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary blessed be tie that blesseth tee. of my life because of the daughters of teth: 30 T And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Ja- Beth, such as these whicich are of the daugll cob was yet scarce gone out from the pres- ters of the land, what good shall my life do ence of Isaac his father, that Esau his me? brother came in from his hunting.CHAPTER XXVIII. 31 And he also had made savourymeat, and s aac blesseth Jacnh, oand senleth him lo Padabrought it unto his father, and said unto his aarl 6' Esaru etarretlo tihedaughterof Ishmaet father, Let my father arise, and eat of his 10 Jacob's v.sio, of a ladder. 18 The stone of son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. Beta-si 20 Jacob's vo,. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Whlo art thou? And he said, I am thy son, - and charged him, and said unto him, thy firstborn, Esau. Thou slhalt not take a wife of the daughters of 83 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, Canaan. and said, Who? where is he that bath taken 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take of all before thou canmest, and have blessed thee a wife from thence of the daughters of him? yea, and he shall be blessed. Laban thy mother's brother. 34 And when Esau heard the words of his 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make father, he cried with a great and exceeding thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless mayest be a multitude of people; me, even me also, 0 my father. 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, 35 And he said, Thy brother came with to thee, and ito thy sed with thee; that subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou 23 Jacob's vis7ion tmd1 vow. GENESIS. He meeiclh with Rachelart a stranrer, which God gave unto Abra- CHAPTER XXIX. holm. Jcolb cometh fo tie thel of Ha9an. 9 He m.eleth And Isaac sent Jo: went aday Jaco 13 a,/d b. etbtynJotaolt hy LHans. 18 1et to Padanle-aram unto Labab, son oio 0thhucl vcouoe,/a1eth - Iache, 23 Lbt is deceived,vith tec Syrian, the brother ot Itebkall, Jacob's Leuh. 28 S e marri etl atso Raclt, and sevletlI and Esau's mother. f',,- he se vo tee oe. 32 Lcal beaotet/l/ ie6 Wien Esau saw that Isaac had blessed bt, Sineoa, Lev, a1o Judah. Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to MHEN Jacob went on his journey, and take him a wcife from thence; and that as lie - came into the land of the people of the blessed him lhe gave him a charge, saying, east. Tlou shalt not take a wife of the daughters 2 And le looked, and behold a well in tihe of C wnaan; o field, and, lo, there vere three ocks of sheep 7 And that Jacob obeyed Clis father and his lying by it; for out of that well they watered mothel, and was gone to Pad.n-aram; the flocks: an a a great stone uts upon the S And Esau seeing that the daughters of well's mouth. Canaan pleased not Isaac Iis father; 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael and took, and they rolled the stone from the well's unto tile ives wllich he had, iIahalath tile mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the daugiiter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sis- stone again upon tlle well's mouth in isplace. tec of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 4 And Jacob said unto them, Mly brethren, 10C [And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, -whence be ye? And they said, Of HIara and went toward Haran. are we. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban tarried there all night, because tie sun was ts e son of Nahor? And they said, We know set; and he took of the stones of that place, hi/m. and put them for his pillows, and lay down 0 And lie said unto them, Is lie well? And in that place to sleep. they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel 12 Andl Ihe dreamed, and behold a ladder 1his daughter comet!l with the sheep. set up on the earth, and the top of it reached 7 And le said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither to heaven: and bellold tihe angels of God is it time that the cattle should be gathered ascending and descending on it. together: water ye the sheep, and go anl 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, feed them. and said, I am the LOR) God of Abraham 8 And they said, We cannot, until all the thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land flocks be gathered together, and till they whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and roll the stone from the well's mouth; then to thy seed; we water the sheep. 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of tihe 9 And while lhe yet spake with them, earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to the Rachel came with her father's sheep: for west, and to tlhe east, and to the northi, and she kept them. to the south: and in thee and in thy seed 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw shall all the families of tile earth be blessed. Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's 15 And, belhold, I am/ with thee, and will brother, and the slleep of Laban his mother's keep thee in all places whitler thou goest, brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled and will bring thee agsain into tlis land; the stone from the well's mouth, and watered for I will not leave thee, until I have done the flock ot Laban his mother's brother. that which I have spoken to thee of. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up 10G And Jacob awaked out of' tis sleep, lis voice, and wept. and he said, Surely the LORD is in this 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her place; and I knew it not. father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's 17 And he was afraid, and said, How son: and she ran and told her father. dreadful is tllis place! t1his is lone other 18 And it came to pass, when Laba/n learcd but the house of God, and this is the gate of the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that heaven. he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, kissed lim, and brought him to his house. and took the stone that lie had put for his And Ie told Laban all these things. pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and pour- 14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art ed oil upon the top of it. my bone and my flesh. And he abode with - 19 And he called tilo name of that place him the space of a month. Beth-el: but tle name of that city wzas call-15: And Laban said unto Jacob, Because ed Luz at the first. thou art my brother, shouldest thou there20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God fore serv e e for nought? tell me, what will be with me, and will keep me in this shall thy wages be? way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, 16 And Laban had two daughters: the and raiment to put on, name of thle elder ttas Leah, antd the name 21 So that I come again to my father's house of tie younger was Rachel. in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 17 Lealh was tender eyed; but Rachel was 22 And this stone, wllicil lhave set for a beautiful and wvell ffoullred. pillar, shall be God's house: and of ail that 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I thou shalt give me I will s.arely give the tenth will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy unto thee, younger daughtter. 24 Jacob's wives. GENESIS. Josei::h's birth. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give Rachel; and he said, Am7 I in God's stead, her to thee, thlan that I should give her to who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the another man: abide with me. womb.? 2O And Jacob served seven years for Ra- l And she said, Belold my maid Bilhah, chelo; ald tlhcy seemcod unto tlm bout a fe go in unto her; and ste sha3ll bear upon my days, fo tle lcove he latld to her. knees, tllhat I may also ave children by her. 21 T And Jacob said unto Iaban, Give?me 4 And she gave lim Billiah ler hanldmid my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may to wife: and Jacob went in unto ler. go in unto her. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a 22 And L'tban gathered together all the son. men of the place, and made a feast. 0 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that and hath also heard moy voice, and latll givtle too Leahll his daughter, and brought her en me a son: therefore called she hlis name to hiim; and le vent in unto her. Dan. 24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah 7 And Bilbah Rachel's maid conceived Zilpahl hlis mnaid or a lhandmaid. agaitn, and bare Jacob a second son. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings bellold, it oas Leahl: and le said to Laban, have I wrestled witll my sister, nd I have What is tilis thou lbast done unto me? did prevailed: and slhecalled his name Naplhtali. not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore 9 When Leall saw that she had left bearing, then hast thou beguiled me? she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Ja26 And Laban said, It must not be so done cob to wife. in our country, to give thle younger before 10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a tlle firstborn. son. 7 Fulfl loer week, and woe ill give tlee 11 And Leah said, A troop cometl: and this also for the service which tlou shalt slle called his name Gad. serve with me yet seven other years. 12 And Zilpall Leah's maid bare Jacob a 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled ler week: second son. ald lie gave him Rachel his daughter to wife 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the also daughllters'ill till a e blessed: aoond she call29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter ed his name Asher. illlahll lis hallndmaid to be her maid. 14 t ind Reuben went in the days of whlleat'30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, le loved also Rachel more tlhan Leah, and and brolught them unto lis motler Leah. served with him yet seven other years. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray 1 q And whllen the LORD saw that Leah thee, of thy son's mandrakes. cvws hated, he opened her womb: but Ra- 15 And she said unto her, Is it a small clcll was barren. matter that thou hast taken my husband? 32 And Leah conceived, and baoe a son; and wouldest thou take away my son's manand slle clled his name Reuben: for she drakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore said, Surely the LoRD hath looked upon lhe shall lie with thee to night for tlhy son' my aftliction; now therefore my hlusbtand manldrakes. will love me. 16 And Jacob came out of the field in the L3 And she conceived again, and bare a son; evecing, and Leah went out to meet lim, and and said, Becauso tle LORPD hat h head said, Thou mustcome il unto me; forsurely tlcat I wzas lhted, Ilc lath therefore given I lhave lired thee with my son's mandrakes. inc this son also: and she called rhis name And lhe lay ith her that night. Simeon. 17 Anti God hearkened ulnto Leah, and she 34 And she conceived again, and bare a conceived, and bare Jncob te fifth son. son; and said, Now this time will my ulus- 18 And Leah said, God hath giveo me my oand be joined unto me, because I have hire, because I have given my maiden to my borne him three sons: therefore was chis lhusband: and she called his name IEsaniame called Levi. char. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a 19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jason; and she said, Now oill I praise the cob the sixtlt son. Lol'D: therefore slhecaledllisnameJusdahl; 20 And Leah said, God hath encdued me and left bearing. with a good dowry; now will my husband dwvell with me, becasce I have borne hlim six CHAPTER XXX. sons; and s hle called his name Zebulhn. oacheligvesLh o lhat l lle1, t,ls I uct"o Jscob. 5 Sile 21 And aftervwards she bare a daughter, h-rsw eld, cc oot,. 00ad1. a oln Aso. iuth 1L1,h and called her name Dinall. ber~e h l.sachr, eLgSollo. 7 o od',loh. L221'ahel 2o 2 Ando God remembered Rachel, and earotb Joseprlh'2 JCobl dceliheth tlo elact. 27 Godo earkened ot her, and openedl her omb. Ialbatt stay/el hiom oL a, elu covelat. 37 Jo- 23 And she conceived, and bale a son; and c,0's oIltc!, helel,'ly /e h iecaut, rich. said, God iathl talcen away my leproach: A'D w llen Rlqcei saw thlat she bare Ja- 21 And sle called his noome Joseph; and scob nll clhildrell, lRactll envied her sis- said, The LOasD shall add to me another tcr; nld said untoJacob, Give me children, sool. or else I die.. 2i And it came to pass, whllen lacbel ad 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against borne Josepi, toiat Jacob said unto Laban, 25 Jacob and Laban GENESIS. Jacob departeth. Send me anay, that I may go unto mine tiem not in: so tile feebler were Laban'3, own place, and to my country. and the stronger Jacob's. 26 Give a. my wives and my clildren, for 43 And the man illcrease.d exceedingly, and whom I have served thee, and letme go: for had much cattle, and maidservants, andi thou knowest my service which I have done menservants, and camels, and asses. thee. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, CHAPTER XXXI. if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry.Jacb epartetl sc.ely i L. L9 ahe s1etnlpe he, fathe-'fs i 2nlg es. 2 Laban pVefor I have learned by experienc e tha the, e Jacob, 26 and comleaitcth of the tleoy. LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 34 Rachel's)olicy to hide the images. 3;.Jacob'.i 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, conitlat of Laban. 43. The covenant of Laoatn and I Vill give it. atl Jacob at Galeed. 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest A ND le heard the ords of Laban's sons, how I have served thee, and how thy cattle -JL saying, Jacob hath taken away all thab was Vith-me. was our father's; and of that which was 30 For it inas little which thou hadst before our father's hath he gotten all this glory. I came, and it is now increased unto a mul- 2 And: Jacob beheld the countenance of titude; and the LORD hath blessed thee Laban, and, behold, it was not toward hin since my coming: and now, when shall I as before. provide for mine own house also? 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kinAnd Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any drcd; and I will be with thee. thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and will again feed and keep thy flock. Leah to the field unto his flock, 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, 5 And said unto them, I see your father's removing from thence all the speckled and countenance, that it is not toward me as bespotted cattle, and all the brown cattle fore; but the God of my father hath been among the sheep, and the spotted and speck- with me. led among the goats: and of such shall be 6 And ye know that with all my power I my hire. have served your father. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for 7 And your father hath deceived me, and me in time to come, i hen it sliall come for changed my wages ten times; but God sufmy hire before thy face: every one that is fered him not to hurt me. not speckled and spotted among the goats, 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be and brown among the sheep, that shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: counted stolen nith me. and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall 34 And Laban said,' Behold, I would it be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringmight be according to thy word. streaked. 35 And he removed that day the he goats 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of tlat nere ringstreaked and spotted, and all your father, and given thene to me. the she goats that were speckled and spot- 10 And it came to pass at the time that the ted, and every one that had some white in cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, it, and all the brown among the sheep, and and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams gave then into the hand of his sons. swhich leaped upon the cattle were: ring30 And lie set three days' journey betwixt streaked, speckled, and grizzled. himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in of Laban's flocks. a dream, saying, Jacob: and I said, Here 37 ~ And Jacob took him rods of green amI. poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; 12 And he said, Lift up now thine:eyes, and and pilled white streaks in them, and made see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle the white appear lwhich teas in the rods. are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto before the flocks in the gutters in the water- thee. ing troughs when the flocks came to drink, 13 I an the God of Beth-el, where thou that they should conceive when they came to anointedst the pillar, aitd nhlere thou vowdrink. edst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, from this land, and return unto the landof and brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speck- thy kindred. led, and spotted. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said 10 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and unto him, Is tlerei yet any porltion or inset the faces of the flocks toward the ring- leitance for us in our father's house? streaked, and all the brown in the flock of 15 Ae we not counted of him strangers? Laba n; and he put his own flocks by them. for he hath sold us, and hath quite devour. selves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. ed also our money. 41 And it came to pass, hllensoever the 1G For all the riches which God hath taken stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid from our father, that is ours, and our chiltle rods before the eyes of the cattle in the dren's: now then, whatsoever God hath said gutters, that they might conceive among the unto thlee, do. rods. 17 ~ Then Jacob rose up, andset his sons 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put and his wives upon camels; 26 Laban pursueth him. GENESIS. Jacob's complaint. 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and 36 IS And Jacob was wroth, and chode with all his goods which lie had gotten, the cattle Laban: and Jacob answered and said to of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan- Laban, What is my trespass? what is my aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? land of Canaan. 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: what hast thou found of all thy household and Rachel had stolen the images that were stuff? set it here before my brethren and her father's. thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt 20 And Jacob stole away unawares to La- us both. ban tho Syrian, in that he told him not that 38 This twenty years have I been with lie fed. thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he cast their young, and the rams of thy flock rose up, and passed over tle river, and set have I not eaten. his face towatd the mount Gilead. 39 Tha twhich was torn of beasts I brought 22 ~ And it was told Laban on the third not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my day, that Jacob was fled. hand didst thou require it, whether stolen d23 And he took his brethren with him, by day, or stolen by night. and pursued after him seven days' journey; 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought conand they overtook him in the mount Gilead. sumed me, and tie frost by night; and my 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep departed from mine eyes. a dream by night, and said unto him, Take 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy heed that thou speak not to Jacob either house: I served thee fourteen years for thy good or bad. two daughters, and six years for thy cat25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Ja-tile; and thou hast changed my wages ten cob had pitched his tent in the mount: and times. Laban with his brethren pitched in the 42 Except the God of my father, the God mount of Gilead. of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast been with me, surely thou hadst sent me thou done, that thou hast stolen away una- away now empty. God hath seen mine afwares to me, and carried away my daugh- fliction and the labour of my hands, and ters, as captives taken with the sword? rebuked thee yesternight. 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, 43 ~ And Laban answered and said unto and steal away from me; and didst not tell Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, me, that I might have sent thee away with and these children are my children, and mirth, and with songs, with tabret,.and with these cattle ase my cattle, and all that thou harp? seest is mine: and what can I do this day 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my unto these my daughters, or unto their chilsons and my daughters? thou hast now done dren Chich they have borne? foolishly in so doing. 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a hurt: but the God of your father spake unto witness between me and thee. me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that 45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. fo a pillar. 30 And now, tthoug thou wouldest needs 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, be gone, because thou sore longedst after Gather stones; and they took stones, and thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou made a heap: and they did eat there upon. stolen my gods? the heap. 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradven- but Jacob called it Galeed. ture thou wouldest take by force thy daugh- 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witters from me. ness between me and thee this day. There32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, fore was the name of it called Galeed, let him not live: before our brethren dis- 49 And: lizpah; for he said, The LO RD cern thou what is thine with me, and take it watch between me and thee, when we are to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel absent one from another. had stolen them. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and thou shalt take othetr iives beside my daughinto Leah's tent, and into the two maidserv- ters, no man is with us; see, God is witness ants' tents; but he found them not. Then betwixt me and thee. went lie out of Leah's tent, and entered into 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this Rachel's tent. heap, and behold this pillar, which I have 34 3Now Rachel had taken the images, and cast betwist me and thee; p-t them in the camel's furniture, and sat52 This heap be wit, and and this pillar be upon them. And Laban searched allthetent, witness, that I will not pass over this heap but found themot not. I to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over 85 And she said to her father, Let it not this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. displease my lord that I cannot rise up be- 53 The God of Abrallam, and the God of fore thee; for the custom of women is upon Nahor, the God of their father, judge beme. And he searched, but found no the twist us. And Jacob sware by the fear of images. his father Isaac. 27 Jacob's vision. GENESIS. Present to Esaue. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the me, and put a space betwixt drove and mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: drove. and they did eat bread, and tarried all night 17 And he commanded the foremost, sayin tile mount. ing, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and asketh thee, saying, Whhose art thou? and kissed his sons and his daulghters, and and whither goest thou? and whllose ae these blessed them: and Lahan departed, and re- before thee? turned unto his place. 18 Then thou shalt say, Theybe thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my CJaco's HAPTER XXXII. o lord Esau: and, behold, also lle is behind us. Eslu. 6i etS is afaid oe SEu's oing J. 9 He 19 And so commanded lie the second, and pra/eth fo l deeliverance. 1 He selndcth tl presett the third, and all that followed the droves, to Esau 2i4 le rlestetli, at'eiet, anld is call- saying, On this mann:er slall ye speak unto ed Israel. 31 He lhaltelh cpon s hil tii. Esau, when ye find him. A ND Jacob went on his way, and the an- 20 And say ye moreover, Belold, thy serv11 gels of God met him. ant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I ill 2 And twen Jacob saw them, he said, This appease him with the present that goeth beis God's host: and he called the name of fore me, and afterward I will see his face; that place Mahnanaim. peradventure he will accept of me. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to 21 So went thle present over before him; Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the and himself lodged that night in the corcountry of Edom. pany. 4 And lie commanded them, saying, Thus 22 And he rose up that night, and took his s!hall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy serv- two wives, and his two wolenservants, and ant Jacob saitll thus, I lave sojourned with this eleven sons, and passed over the ford Laban, and stayed there until now: Jabbok. 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and 23 And he took them, and sent them over menservants, and womenservants: and I ttie brook, and sent over tllat he had. have sent to tell my lord, that I may find 24 q' And Jacob was left alone; and there grace in thy sight. wrestled a man witll im until the breaking G And the messengers returned to Jcobh, of the day. saying, We came to thy brotler Esau, and 25 And when he saw that le prevailed not also lie cometh to meet thee, and four hlun- against him, lhe touched the hollow of his dred men with him. thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and dis- out of joint, as he wrestled withl him. tressed: d nd he divided the people that zeas 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee camels, into teo ebahds; go, except thou bless me. 8 And snid, If Esau come to the one com- 2, And lie said unto him, Vhat is thy name? pany, and smite it, thel tle other company And le said, Jacob. which is left shall escape. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called 9 ~ And Jacob said, 0 God of my father no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the hast thou power with God and with men, LORD which saidst unto me, Returln unto and hast prevailed. thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will 29 And Jacob asked hien, and said, Tell deal well withl tee: mee, I pray thee, ttly name. ~ And le said, 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my mercies, and of all the truth, whichl thou name? And lie blessed him there. hlast sheoed unto tly servanlt; for with my 80 And Jacob called the name of the place staff I passed over this Jordan; and no I Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, am become two bands. and my life is preserved. 11 Deliver me, I pray tlee, from thie hand 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I rose upon him, and he halted upon his fear him, lest he till come and smite me, thigh. atl the mother with the children. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee of the sinesw whieh shrank, which is upon good, and make thy seed as the sand of the the hollow of the thigh, unto tlis day; besea, which cannot be numbered for multi- cause he touched tle hollow of Jacob's thigh tude. in the sinew that shrank. 13 ~ And lie lodged there that same night and took of that lwhich came to his hand a CHAPTER XXXIII. present for Esau his brother; The ki,,iles of.Jacob ai,.l.EsaiL nt heis ineet'nq. 14 Twvo lundrled sd e goat and tenty he 17 Jaoleb coet.L to Shcotlh. 18 At Shales he goats, two hlulndred ewees and twenty rams, bleehl, afielSd, acdt beuilelt aee altear. 15 Thirty milch camels with tlieir colts, A N' Jacob lifted up his eyes, and lookforty kine and ten bulls, twenty she asses cs ed, and, behold, Esau came, and with and ten foals. him four hundred men. And he divided the 16 And lie delivered them into the hand of children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and his servants, every drove by tllemselves; unto tle two handmaids. and said unto is servants, Pass over before 2 And he put the handmaids and their 28 Esau meeteth Jacob. GENESIS. Shechemr defileth Dinah. children foremost, and Leah and her chil- CHAPTER XXXIV. dren after, and Rachel and Joseph hinder- Dinh is lefled b Slclehn. t Ie slelds lo ma-rry 5mos. le,,. 13 le sos of Jacob oie tie conditio, of 3 And he passed over before them, and Ci,'cisioCiiO l teo ti he hemites. 20 lamsn ald bowed himself to the ground seven times, Shechel, eI's.al teI leL to accelct it. 25 sos. until he came near to his brother. ofJacob 1 eo),L thalt aclantae slay ] el-, 27 atle 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and em- e oplitheircity. Y30 Jacob epoveth Silneonantd braced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed Les. him: and they wept. AND Dinah the daughter of Leal, which 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the - she bare unto Jacob, went out to see women and the children, and said, Who are thedaughters of the land. those with thee? And he said, The chil- 2 And when Shechem the son oflHamor the dren which God hath graciously given thy Hivite prince of the country, saw her, lie servant. took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daugh- and their children, and they bowed them- ter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and selves. spake kindly unto the damsel. 7 And Leah also with her children came 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hanear, and bowed themselves: and after came mor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dithemselves. nah his daughter: now his sons were with 8 And he said, What meanest thou by his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his all this drove which I met? And eo said, peace until they were come. Tihese are to find grace in the sight of my 6 ~ And Hamor the father of Shechem lord. went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the brother; keep that thou hast unto thy- field whllen they heard it: and the men w ere self. grieved, and they were very wroth, because 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with now I have found grace in thy sight, then Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to receive my present at my hand: for tllere- be done. fore I have seen thy face, as though I had 8 And Hamor communed with them, say- seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased ing, The soul of my son Shechem longCetl for with me. your daughter: I pray you give her him to 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is wife. brought to thee; ecause God hath dealt gra- 9 And make ye marriages with us, and ciously with me, and because I lave enough. give your daughters unto us, and take our And he urged him, and he took it. daughters unto you. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the and let us go, and I will go before thee. land shall be before you; dwell and trade 13 And he said unto him, MIy lord knoweth ye therein, and get you possessions therethat the children are tender, and the flocks in. and herds with young are with me; and if 11 And Shechem said unto her father and men should overdrive them one day, all the unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your flock will die. eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over be- give. fore his servant; and I will lead on softly,12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, according as the cattle that goeth beformeme and I ill give according as ye shall say unto and the children be able to endure, until I me: but give me the damsel to wife. come unto my lord unto Seir. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered She15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with chem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and thee some of the folk that are with me. And said, because he had defiled Dinah their sislie said, What needeth it? let me find grace ter: in the sight of my lord. 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do 16 ~ So Esau returned that day on his way this thing, to give our sister to one that is unto Seir, uncircumcised; for that szere a reproach 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and unto us: built him a house, and made booths for his 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If cattle: therefore the name of the place is ye will be as we be, that every male of you called Succoth. be circumcised; 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of 1G Then will we give our dauhliters unto Shecllem, hlich is in the land of Canaan, you, and we will take your daughters to us, lwhen he came from Padan-aram; and pitch- and we will dl ell ith you, and we will beed Iris tent before the city. come one people. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be he had spread his tent, at the hand of the circumcised; then will we take our daughchildren of Hamor, Shechlem's father, for a ter, and we will be gone. lutldred pieces of money. 18 And their words pleased Hamor and 20 And he erected there an altar, and call- Shechom Hamor's son. ed it El-Eloie-lIsael. 19 And the young man deferred not to do 29 The Shcchemites slain. GENESIS. God blesseth Jacob. the thing, because le had delight in Jacob's 3 And let us arise,-and go up to Beth-el; daughter: and he icas lore hlonourable than anld I will make tere -an altar unto God, all the house o' iis father. vho answered me in tle day of my distress, 20 l And HtLmnr and Shecllem his son came and was vith me in the way which I nent. unto tie gate of their city, and communed 4 And they gave unto Jncob all the strae with the men of their city, saying, gods which w ere in their hand, and cal thei, 21 Tlheseen e peaceable vit h us; tlere- earrings wheichl aere in teir ears; and Jafore let them dwell in the land, and trade cob hid them under the oak which wans by tlerein; for thle land, behold, it is large Shlechem. enough for then; let us take t;ieir daughtcrs 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of to us for wives, and let us give them our God Was upon the cities that tcre round daughters. about them, and'they did not pursue after 22 Only herein will thle men conseit unto thle ons:of Jacob. us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if G So Jacob came to Luz which is in tlhe every male among us be circumcised, as they land of Canaan, tlat is, Beth-el, he and all are circumcised. the people tha t oe e woith him. 23 Shtll not their cattle and their sub- 7 And lie built there an altar, and called s2ance and every beast of their be ours? the place El-betl-el; because there God ad ponly let us consent unto them, and they will poared unto'tiim, when he fled from te face dwlell ith us. Iof hi brother. 24 And unto Hnamor and unto Shechem 8 But Deborall Rebehah's nurse died, and his son henrkened all that went 0ou of tie she was buried benent!h Bet-el under al gate of his city; and every male was circum- oak: and the name of it was called Alloncised, all that went out of the gate of his btchuth. city. 9.T And God appeared unto Jacob agail, 2o And it came to pass on the third day, Avhen he came out of Pidan-aram, and blesswhlen they were sore, that-two of the sons of ed him. Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethllen, 10 And God said unto himi, Ty name is took each mann his sword, and came upon Jacob: th y name shall not be called any the city boldly, and slew all tlhe males. more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name 26 And they slew Hamor and Shlehem his and he called his name Israel. son with the edge of the sword, and took 11 Ande'od said unto him, I a7etl od AlDinahll out of Shechepi's house, and, went milghty: be fruitful and multiply; a laout. tion and a company of nations shall Ie of 27 The sons ofJacob came upon the slain, thee, and kings shall come out of tly loins.; and spoiled thle city, because thlly hatd de- 12 And tlhe land which I gave Abrahai ad filed their sister. Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed' 28 They took tieir sheep, and their oxen, after thee cvil I give tie land. and their asses, and that l hichl e at in the 13 And God went up from him in the place city, andt that which i as in the field, lhere he ntalked wnith him. 29 And all their wealth, and all their little 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place ones, and their wives took they captive, and whllere le talked with him, even a pillar of spoiled even all that wan in t hle ouse. stone: and lhe pouled a drink offering theretO ABd Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, on,nandhe poured oil thereon. Ye have troubled me to mare me to astink 1 And Jacob called the name of the place among tle inhabitants of te lannd, among where God spake with him, Beth-el. the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I 1 To And they journeyed from Beth-el; betizg few in number, tley shall gather them- and there was but a little way to come to selves together against mc, and slay me; Epllrath: and Racheltravailed, and she hald and I shall be destroyed, I and my hlouse. lard labour. 31 And they said, Should -he deal with our 17 And it came to pass, when she wans in sister as witI a harlot? lard labour, that tihc midwife said unto lier, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. CHAPTER XXXV. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in o.seedtt Jao to Ietd-el. 2 c, 1luttetah anroon departingc, (fori ste died,) tlhat she called lis t/e ns!lt7e rloz, a foe, hnstl-,.eol. e dtn,1aild- ane en-oni: but his father called him blessett Jnco) at lelth-el. 16 Reactel atlte.te Benljamin. cith Bejnlmic, anl lth'!tlh i, i-he llay teo fleh-le- 19 And Rachel died, and was buried ill Iem. 23 The sots of Jtecob. 27 Jco/l coneath to the oway to Eplhrath, which is Beth-lehem. Jea-c at 2e6rot. n2 PL, age, -teath, 7ant ileeiat 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: afl-ac. tllat is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto A ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up this day. to Bet-el, and dwell there: and Inaa 21' And Israel journeyed, and spread his tllhere an altar unto God, that appeared unto tent Icyond the tower of Edar. thee whvllen thou fleddest from the face of 22 And it came to pass, whnen Israel dwelt Esau tlly brother. in that land, that Reuben went and lay 2 Then Jacob said unto his lousehold, and wvitlh Bilhah his father's concubine: and Isto all that erne With hien, Put alvay the racl leard it. Nrow the sons of Jacob were strange gods tllat nare among you, and be twelvec: clean, ad cange your garmenonts: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's 30 The death of Isaac. GENESIS. The dukes of Edonm. firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, tle daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeand Issacllr, and Zebllun: on, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Je24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Ben- ush, and Jaalam, and Korall. jamin: 15 i Thlese Vwere dukes of the sons of 25 And tle sons of Bilhlah, Rachel's hand- Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son nmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: o Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke 2G And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's hand- Zepho, duke Kenaz, maid; Gad, and Asher. These as e tle solns l lDuke Koral, duke Gatam, and duke of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan- Amalek: these arc the dukes that canze of ar0r0. Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these overe 27 Ahond Jacob came unto Isaac his father the sons of Adah. unto iManire, unto tle city of Arba, which 17 And tlese are the sons of Reuel Esau's is Hebron, where Abrahlam and Isaac so- son; duke Nahath, duke Zerall, duke Sihamjourned. maoh, duke Blizzalh: tliese aoe the dukes 28 And thle days of Isaac were a hundred tiat came of Reuel in the land of Edon: and fourscore years. these a)'e the sons of l3ashemath Esau's wifo. 20 Anhd Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, 18 And these arce thle sons of Aholibamall and was gatheredl unto lois people, being Esou's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, old and full of days: and his sons Esau and duke Korah: tlhese were te dukes thatI Jacob buried him. canec of lAholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. CHAPTER XXXVI. 19 These a-ae the sons of Esau, who is Esat'sfatit io C'aoasao. (j He'efltl, eth to oolElt oEdom, and these a?-e their dukes. Sei.. 9 lis de.scetndanlts inl Sei. 2t) Th, sn. 20 1 These a e tlhe sons of Seir the HIoadtI dukes of Sei. 31 Th/e ki'I of Edom, 40 rite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and The duktes tat dlescentsetl o.lsal. Slobal, and Zibeon, and Anah OWT tlhese a0'e the generations of Esau, t1 And Dishlon, and Ezer, and Disllan: - m who is Edom. thes te aC tlhe dukes of tile IIorites, the cllil2 Esau took his wives of tle daughters of dren of Seir in tle land of Edom. Canaan; Adall thle daughter of Elon tile 22 And lthe children of Lotan were Hori and Hlittite, andi Atholibamahl ttle daughlter of Heo oam; ald Lotan's sister sas Timoea. Anah the dauglter of Zibeon tle HIiite, 3 And thle clfildren of Shobal 7veo'e these; 3 And Bashlemath Ishmael's daughter, sis- Ahlan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shlepho, ter of Nebajoth. and O'naml. 4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and 24 And these a-'e the children of Zibeon; Bashemathl bare Reuel; botll Ajah, and Anahl: this was that Anahl 5 And Ahllolibamahll bare Jeus, and Jaa- tlat fould thle mules il theo wilderness, as lam, and Korah: these e are the sons of Esau, le fed the asses of Zibeon his father. which were born unto hlim in the land of Ca- 25 And thle clhildren of Anah eo'ec these; naan. Dishon, and Ahlolibamah the daughter of GAAnd Esau took his wives, and his sons, Analh. and his daughters, anld all tlhe persons of 26 And these ae-e the children of Dishon; his house, and hlis cattle, and all lis beasts, Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheand all his substance, which lfe lad got in ran. tile land of Canaan; and wvent into thle 27 The children of Ezer a'e these; Billan, country from the face of his brother Ja- and Zaavan, and Akan. cob. 28 Tlie children of Dishan a,e these; Uz, 1 For their riches were more than that. antd Aran. they might dwell together; and tlhe land 20 Tllese are the duess that cane of tle twherein they were strangers could not bear Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke them because of their cattle. Zibeon, duke Anah, 8 Thus dlwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau 30 Duke Dishont, duke Ezer, duke-Dishan: is Edom. theso ar'e thle dukes that cc0ame of lHoi, 9 ~ And these are- the generations of Esau among their dukes in the land of Seir. the fatler of the Edomites in inount Seir: 31, Anld these a?oe te kings tlhat reignel 10 Tllese a'e thie names of Esau's sons; in the lanld of Edom, before th!ere reigned Eliphlaz tile son of Adall thle wife of Esau, any king over thle clhildren of Israel. Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Esau.I Edom; and the name of his city 6as Dinhit11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, ball. Omar, Zeplio, and Gatam, and IKenaz. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab tle son of Ze12 And Timna,was concubine to Eliphaz rah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. Esau's son; and sle bare to Eliplhaz Ama- 34 And Jobab died, and Iushanm of tl0e lek: these cwere the sons of Adall Esau's land of Teonani reioned in his stead. wife, 35 And Hlusham died, and Iadad the son 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Na- of Eedad, wlo smote aidian in tle field of lhath, and Zerah, Shahmmah, and Mlizzah: d feloda, roillcld i is stead: and the fame these were ere te sons of Bashemath Esou's I of his city oas Avith. wife. f 3G And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masre14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, kah eigned in his stead. 31t The history of Joseph. GENESIS. HIe is sold Into Egypt. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth 11 And his brethren envied him; but his by the river reignled in his stead. father observed the saying. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-llanan the son 12 qT And his brethren went to feed their of Achbor reigned in his stead. father's flock in Shechem. 39 And Baal-hananl the son of Achbor died, 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not and Hadar reigned in his stead: and tle thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? name of his city twas Pau; and his wife's come, and I will send tlee unto them. And name was Mehletabel, the daughter of Ma- lie said to him, Here am I. tred, the daughter of Mezahab. 14 And lie said to him, Go, I pray thee, 40 And these tare tlhe names of the dukes see whetlier it be well with tly brethtfat came of Esau, according to tleir fatmi- ren, and well with the flocks; and bring lies, after their places, by their names; me word again. So lie sent him out of tlic duke Timahil, duke Alvah, duke.J etletl, vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 41 Duke Aholibamall, duke Elah, duke Pi- 15 And a certain man found him, and, benon, hold, he was wandering in the field: and 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke SIibzar, the man asked him, saying, What seekest 43 Duke \Iagdiel, duke Iram: these be the tou? dukes of Edoml, according to their habita- 1t And lhe said, I seek my brethren: tell tions in the land of their possession: he is me, I pray thee, where they feed their Esau tle fatler of the Edomites. flocks. 17 And the man said, They are departed CHAPTER XXXVII. hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Joselis ratel cl fi brIcetlhren. 5l fitwo dreams. Dothan. And Joseph ewent after his breth13 Jacob soletl hil to visit his b etthte. 18 }fis tleeth'i. cl~ie i cleetl. e21 itelbet sav1 ren, and found them in Dothan. ethhin. 2t'leysellhim to the shmaelites. 31 18 And when they saw him afar off, even tilfathel, deceived eby tle bloodtl coat, mu11 beth before lhe came near unto them, they confoh bi. ( liHe is sold to l'otilpar i'yit. spired against h.im to slay him. ND Jacob dwelt in thle land wherein his 19 And they said one to another, Behold, A father was a stranger, in the land of this dreamer cometh. Canaan. 20 Come now thlerefore, and let us slay 2 These ase the generations ofJacob. Jo- lim, and cast him into some pit, and we scph, being seventeen years old, was feed- ewill say, Some evil beast hath devoured ing the flock with his brethren; and thle him; and wee shall see what will become of lad twas mithl thle sons of Bilhah, and with his dlealns. the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and 21 And Reuben heard it, and lie delivered Joseph brought unto his father their evil re- him out of their hands; and said, Let us not port. kill lim. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no his children, because lhe was the son of his blood, but cast him into this pit that is in old age: and lie made him a coat of ezany the wilderness, and lay no hand upon himt; colours. that lie might rid him out of their hands, to 4 And when his brethren saw that their fa- deliver him to his father again. ther loved him more than all Iis bretlren, 23 Ai And it came to pass, when Joseph they hated him, and could not speak peace- was come unto his brethren, that they stripably unto him. ped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many 5 T And Joseph dreamed a dream, and lce colours that was on him; told it his brethrene: and they hated hlim 24 And they took him, and cast him into a yet the more. pit: and tile pit twas empty, there vacs no 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray ater in it. you, this dream which I have dreamed: 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and 7 For, behold, we we re binding sheaves in they lifted up their eyes and looked, and. the field, and, lo, my shleaf arose, and also belhold, a company of lshmaelites came from stood upright; and, bellold, your sheaves Gilead, withl their camels bearing spicery stood round about, and made obeisance to and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down my sheaf. to Eypt. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed What profit is it if -e slay our brother, and have dominion over us? And they hated lim conceal elis blood? yet the more for his dreams, andforhiswords. 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishma9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and elites, and let not our hand be upon him; told it his brethren, and said, Behold, Ihave for lie is our brother and our flesh: and dreamed a dream more; and, belhold, the his brethren were content. sun and the moon and the eleven stars made 28 Then there passed by Midianites merobeisance to me. chantmen; and they drew and lifted up Jo10 And he told it to his father, and to his sepll out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the brethren: and his fatler rebuked him, and Islmaelites for twenty pieces of silver i and said unto him, What is this dream that thou they brought Joseph into Egypt. hast dreamed? Shall I and tly mlotler ancd 29 5 And Reuben returned unto the pit; tlhy brethren indeed come to bow down our- and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and selves to thee to the cartl? he rent his clothes, 32 Er marrieth Tamar. GENESIS. She decezvelh JAuda/,. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and 13 And it was told Tnmar, saying, Belold, said, The child is-not; and I, whither shall thy father in law goeth up to Timnlath to I go? shear his sheep. 81 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed 14 And she put her widow's garments off a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in from her, and covered her with a vail, and the blood; wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, 32 And they sent the coat of any colours, which is by the way to Timnath; for she and they brought it to their father; and saw that Shelah was grown, and she was said, This have we found: know now whether not given unto him to wife. it be thy son's coat or no. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be 33 And lie knew it, and said, It is my son's a harlot; because she had covered her face. coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Jo- 16 And he turned unto her by the way, seph is without doubt rent in pieces. andsaid, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in 81 And Jacobe rent his clothes, and ptt unto thee; for he knew not that she was sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his daughter in law. And she said, What his son many days. wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in 35 And all his sons and all his daughters unto me? rose up to comfort him; but he refused to 17'And he said, I will send thee a kid be comforted; and he said,' For I will go from the flck. And she said, Wilt thou down into the grave unto my son mourning. give ime a pledge, till thou send it? Thus his father wept for him. 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh'sa, rad bracelets, antd thy staff that is in thine captain of the guard. hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. CHAPTER XXXVIII. 19 And she arose, and went away, and Judah beaelteith E, Ontan, andShelah. 6 Ermar- laid by her vail from her, and put on the riesh Tamar. 8 The trespa.s of Onao,. 11 T- garments of her widowhood. onar waitethfo, Shelab. 13She deceiveth Judath. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of 27 She bie eae tolsils, Pharez ant Zaralh. his friend the Adullamite, to receive his A ND it came to pass at that time, that pledge from the woman'shand: but ho found 11 Judah ent down from his brethren, her not. and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose 21 Then he asked the men of that place, name wtas Hirah. saying, Where is the harlot, that was open2 Arid Judah saw there a daughter of a lyby the way side? And they said, There certain Canaanite, whose name oas Shuah; was no harlot in this place. and he took ler, and went in unto her. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I 3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and cannot find her; and also the nen of the he called his name Er. place said, that there was no harlot in this 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; place. and she called his name Onan. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, 5 And site yet again conceived, and bare a lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, son; and called his name Shelah: and he and thou hast not found her. was at Chezib, when she bare him. 24 And it came to pass about three months O And Judah took a Wife for Er his first- after, that it was told Judab, saying, Tamar born, whose name zvas Tamar. thy daughter in law hath played the har7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, as wicked lot; and also, behold, she is with child by in the sight of the LORD; and the LOIeD whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her slew him. forth, and let her be burnt. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto 25 When she owas brought forth, she sent to thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise her father in.law, saying, By the man, whose up seed to thy brother. these are, am- I with child: and she said, 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the be his; and it came to pass, wlien he went signet, and bracelets, and staff. in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it 26 And Judah acknowledged themn, and on the ground, lest that he should give seed said, She hath been more righteous than I; to his brother. because that I gave her not to Shelah my 10 And the thing which he did displeased son. And he knew her again no more. the LOPoD: wwherefore he slew him lso. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter travail, that, behold, twins zere in her in law, Remain a widow at thy father's womb. house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his that the on put out his hand: and the brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt midwife took and bound upon his hand-a in her father's house. scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 12 Aind in process of time the daughter 29 And it came to pass, as ho drew back of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judahhis hand, that, behold, his brothercame out: was comforted, and went up unto his sleep- and she said, How hast thou broken forth? shearers to Timnath, he and his friendI irahthis broach beb upon thee: therefore his the Adulluamite name was called Pharez. 3 33 Joselph falsely accused. GENESIS. He is cast into p2rison. 30 And afterward came out his brother, 17 And she spake unto him according to that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, and his name was called Zarah. which thou hast brought unto us, came ill unto me to mock me: CHAPTER XXXIX. 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my Joseph, advanced il Potiphar's house, 7 resistet voice and cried, that he left his garment hitistresn' tenmtatiost. 13EI isfaletyoaccusesl, with me, and fled out. 20 and cast into prison. 21 God ist itl him 19 And it came to pass, when his master I/~tlr~~~ere. -heard the words of his wife, which she spako ND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; unto him, saying, After this manner did thy and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought 20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which him into the prison, a place where the king's had brought him down thither. prisoners Wtere bound: and he was there in 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he the prison. vas a prosperous man; and he was in the 21' e But the LORD was with Joseph, and house of his master the Egyptian. shelved him mercy, and gave him favour in 3 And his master saw that the LORD at s the sight of the keeper of the prison. with him, and that the LORD made all 22 And the keeper of the prison committhat lhe did to prosper in his hand. ted to Joseph's hand all the prisoners tllat 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, zwere in the prison; and whatsoever they and he served i nd e e himm and h e ma de him ov doer of it. seer over his house, and all that h adh e had he 23 The keeper of the prison looked not, to put into his hand. any thing that woas under his hand; because 5 And it came to pass from the time that the LORD was with him, and that which he he had made him overseer in his house, and did, the LORD made it to prosper. over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; CHAPTER XL. and the blessing of the LORD was upon all The?L tls ake ofe Psaraoh i d isoo,.'t4 Jo-ht ^t h'd^8 he e r~h'nt seph hath charge of them. 5 He i"tefiehl that he had in the house, and in the field. theil, rlrams, 20 uhicht comne to pass acco.e(i' l 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's to tis interprietatiot. 23 The inoratitstde of hand; and he knew not aught he had, save the butler. the bread which he did eat. And Joseph iND it came to pass after these things, was a goodly person, and well favoured. l 1 that the butler of the king of Egypt 7 ~ And it came to pass after these things, and his baker had offended their lord tie that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Jo- king of Egypt. seph; and she said, Lie with me. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two cf 8 But he refused, and said unto his mas- his officers, against te ciefof the butlers, ter's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not and against the chief of the bakers. what is with me in the house, and lhe hath 3 And lihe put them in ward in the house aommitted all that he hath to my hand; of the captain of the guard, into the prison, 9 T/hee is none greater in this house than the place where Joseph 7ocas bound. I; neither hath he kept back any thing 4 And the captain of the guard charged from me but thee, because thou ac-t his Joseph withthem, andhe served them: and wife: how then can I do this great wicked- they continued a season in ward. ness, and sin against God? 5 And they dreamed a dream both of 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to theo, each man his dream in one night, eacl Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not man according to the interpretation of his unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. dream, the butler and the baker of the king 11 And it came to pass about this time, of Egypt, nwhich oerse bound in the prison. that Joseph w ent into the house to do his 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the business; and tilerse'as none of the men of morning, and looked upon them, and, bethe house there within. hold, they were sad. 12 And she caught him by his garment, say- 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that wsere ing, Lie with me: and he left his garment wvith him in the ward of his lord's house, in her hand, and fled, and got him out. saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed he had left his garment in her hand, and a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. vas fled forth, And Joseph said unto them, Do not inter14 That she called unto the men of her pretations belong to God? tell me thei, I house, and spake unto them, saying, See, pray you. he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Jomock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, seph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, and I cried with a loud voice: a vine uas before me; 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that 10 And in the vine vee three branches: I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left and it uwas as though it budded, and her his garment with me, and fled, and got him blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereout. of brought forth ripe grapes: 16 And she laid up his garment by her, 11 And Pharaoh's cup sas in my liand: until his lord came home. and I took the grapes, and pressed them into 34 Pharaoh's two dreants. GENESIS. He sendeth for Joseph. Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pha- 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the raoh's hand.seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh 1'2 And Joseph said unto him, This is the awoke, and, behold, it zas a dream. interpretation of it: The three branches 8 And it came to pass in the morning that are three days: his spirit was troubled; and he sent and 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh called for all the magicians of Egypt, and lift up thine head, and restore thee unto all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told thy place; and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's them his dream; but there was none that cup into his hand, after the former man- could interpret them unto Pharaoh. neor hen thou wast his butler. 9 [ Then spake the chief butler unto Pha14 But think on me when it shall be well raoh, saying, I do remember my faults this with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, day: unto me, and malce mention of me unto Pha- i0 Pharaoh was wroth -with his servants, ruoc, and bring me out of this house: and put me in ward in the captain of the 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: land of the Hebrews: and here also have I 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, done nothing that they should put me into I and he; we dreamed each man according the dungeon. to the interpretation of his dream. 11 When the chief baker saw that the inter- 12 And there tvas there with us a young pretation eas good, he said unto Joseph, I man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of also was in my dream, and, behold, I had the guard; and we told him, and he interthree white baskets on my head: preted to us our'dreams; to each man ac17 And in the uppermost basket tlhere was cording to his dream he did interpret. of ll manner o bakemeats for Pharaol; 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted and the birds did eat them out of the basket to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine upon my head. office, and him lie hanged. 18 And Joseph answered and said, This 14 l Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, is the interpretation thereof: The three and they brought him hastily out of the dunbaskets arc three days: geon: and lie shaved himself, and changed - 19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.'lift up thy head from offt thee, and shall 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat dreamed a dream, and there is none that thy flesh from off thee. can interpret it: and I have heard say of 20 And it came to pass the third day, swhich thee, that thou canst understand a dream Was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made ato interpret it. feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, the head of the chief butler and of the chief It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh baker among his servants. an answer of peace. 21 And he restored the chief butler unto 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my his.butlership again, and he gave the cup dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the into Pharaoh's hand; river: 22 But lie hanged the chief baker: as Jo- 18 And, behold, there came up out of the seph had interpreted to them. river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well favour23 Yet did not the chief butler remember ed; and they fed in a meadow: Joseph, but forgat him. 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill fayoured and CHAPTER XSL. lean-feslled, such as I never saw in all the Pharao7h's dreams, 8,wich the tnagicians couldot land of Eeypt for badness itet',?et. 9 Joeph is 6t-oqjht from c sct, 2.5 Tand ite7,reete 3 t celc t Ie giv2et liaitaohL 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine coutsel, 38 and is set over the tt d. 4 He ath- did eat up the first seven fat kine: ereth up foo. 50 The birth of lanasaeh and 21 And when they had eaten them up, it E-hlrasi. 53 Thefcamiceie ic.inneth. could not be known that they had eaten A ND it came to pass at the end of two the; but they ure still ill favoured, as at - full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, the beginning. So I awoke. behold, he stood by the river. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, 2 And, behold, there came up out of the seven ears came up in one stalk, full and river seven w'ell favoured kine and fat- good: fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up andl blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them out of the river, ill favoured and after them: lean-fleshed; and stood by the otler kine 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven upon the brink of the river. good ears: and I told this unto the magi4 And the ill favoured and lean-fleshed cians; but there was none that could dekine did eat up the seven well favoured and dare it to me. fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 2 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The 5 And he slept and dreamed the second dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewtime: and, behold, seven ears of corn came ed Pharaoh what he is about to do. up upon one stalk, rank and good. 26 The seven good bine a-s seven years 6 And, beliold, seven thin ears and blasted and the seven good ears arse seven years wit th e east wind sprung up after th th the dream is one. 35 Joseph's interpretation. GENESIS. The famine beginneth. 27 And the seven thin and ill favoued kine raoh, and went throughout all the land of that came up after them acre seven years; Egypt. and the seven empty ears blasted with the 47 And in the seven plenteous years the cast wind shall be seven years of famine. earth brought forth by handfuls. 28 This is the thing which I have spoken 48 And he gathered up all the food of the unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he seven years, which were in the land of sheweth unto Pharaoh. Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: 29 Behold, there come seven years of great the food of the field, which wtas round about plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: every city, laid he up in tie same. 30 And there shall arise after them seven 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand years of famine;. and all the plenty shall be of the sea, very much, until he left numberforgotten in the land of Egypt; and the fam- ing; for it owas without number. ine shall consume the land; 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons 31 And the plenty shall not be known in before the years of famine came: which Asthe land by reason of that famine following; enath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of for it shall be very grievous. On bare unto him. 32 And for that the dream was doubled 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstunto Pharaoh twice;it is because the thing born MIanasseh: For God, said he, hath is established by God, and God will shortly made me forget all my toil, and all my fabring it to pass. ther's house. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a 52 And the name of the second called lie man discreet and wise, and set him over the Ephraim:. For God hath caused me to be land of Egypt. fruitful in the land of my affliction. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him ap- 53 ~ And the seven years of plenteousness, point officers over the land, and take up the that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven 54 And the seven years of dearth began to plenteous years. come, according, as Joseph had said: and 85 And let them gather all the food of the dearth was in all lands; but in all the those good years that come, and lay up corn land of Egypt there was bread. under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them 55 And vwhen all the land of Egypt was famkeep food in the cities. ished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: 36 And that food shall be for store to the and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, land against the seven years of famine, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. which shall be in the land of Egypt; that 56 And the famine was over all the face the land perish not through the famine. of the earth: and Joseph opened all the 37 ~ And the thing was good in the eyes storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his serv- and the famine waxed sore in the land of ants. Egypt. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, 57 And all countries came into Egypt' to Can we find such a.onle as this is, a man Josepl for to buy co n; because that tihe in whom the spirit of God is? famine was so sore in all lands. 30 And Pharaoh said.unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there CHAPTER XLII. is none so discreet and wise as thou art: Jacb sendeth his t: one t buy corn in Eg t. 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and ac- It Tey oae i-priote- tcdby Jophca spies, 18 but are set at liberty. oconditgo,- hat they Ling cording unto thy word shall all my people Benjamin,. 21 Their remorse on accout- of Jobe ruled: only in the throne will I be greater se/. 24 Simeon is ept as a plelde. 2.5 Theyrethan thou. tcrc home with cotn. and icith their money. 29: 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I Their reot to Jacob. 36 Jacob efLseth o send have set thee over all the land of Egypt. Beojaml. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his NTO, V when Jacob saw tht there was corn hand, and put it upon Joseph's lhand, and -L in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and do yelook one upon another? put a gold chain about his neck; 2 Ad lihe said, Behold, I have heard that 43 And he made him to ride in the second there is corn in Egypt: get you down thitllchariot which lhe had; and they cried before er, and buy for us from thence; that we lim, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler may live, andonot die. over all the land of Egypt. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I amt buy corn in Egypt. Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob lift up his hand or foot in all the land of sent not with his brethren; for he said, Egypt. Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name 5 And tile sons of Israel came to buy corn Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife among those that came: for the famine was Asenath the daughter. of Poti-pherah priest in the land of Canaan. of On. And Joseph went out over all the 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land of Egypt. land, andl he it was that sold to all the peo46. And Joseph wias thirty years old when pie of the land: and Joseph's brethren he stoodbeforePharnohkingofEgypt. And came, and bowed down themselves before Joseph went out from the presence of Pha- him with their faces to the earth. 36 Jacob's sons imprisoned. GENESIS. They return home. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he money is restored; and,.lo, it is even inmy knew them, but made himself strange unto sack: and their heart failed them, and they them, and spake roughly unto them;. and lie wereafraid, saying one to another, What is sotid unto them, Whlence come ye? And they this that God hath done unto us? said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 29 ~ And they came unto Jacob their father 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they unto the land of Canaan, and told him all tknetv not him. that befell unto them; saying, 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which 80 The man, who is the lord of the land, le dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye spoke rouglyto us, and took us for spies of are spies; to see the nakedness of the land the country. ye are come. 31 And we said unto him, We are true 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, men; we are no spies: but to buy food are thy servants come. 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our fall We arse all one man's sons; we are true ther; one is not, and the youngest is this men, thy servants are no spies. day with our father in the land of Canaan. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see 33 And the man, the lord of the country, the nakedness of the land ye are come. said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve are true men?; leave' one of your brethren brethren, the sons of one man in the land of here with me, and take fool for the famine Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this of your households, and be gone: day with our father, and one is not. 34 And bring your youngest brother unto 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, that I spakeunto you, saying, Ye are spies: but that ye are true slenl: so will I deliver 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life you your brother, and ye shall traffick in of Pharaoh.ye shall not go forth hence,-ex- the land. copt your youngest brother come hither. 35 And it came to pass as they emptied 10 Send one of you, and-let him fetch your their sacks, that, behold, every man's bunbrother, and ye shall be kept in prison, die of money was in his sack: and when tlat your words may be proved, whether both they and their father saw the bundles thlee be any truth in you: or else by the of money, they were afraid. life of Pharaoh surely ye arc spies. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, 17 And he put them all together into ward Me have ye bereaved of myr children: Jothree days. seph is not, and Simeon is not;and ye will 18 And Joseph said unto them the third take Benjamin away: all these things are day, This do, and live; for I fear God: against-me. 19 If ye beo true ten, let one of your breth- 937 And Reuben spake unto his father, sayreol be bound in the house of your prison: ing, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to go ye, carry corn for the famine of your thee: deliver him into my land, and I -will houses: bring him to thee again. 20 But bring your youngest brother unto 38 And he said, SMy son shall not go down me; so shall your words be verified, and ye with you; for his brother is dead, and he shall not die. And they did so. is left alone: if mischief befall him by the 21 1 And they said one to another, We way in the which ye go, then shall ye sbring are verily guilty concerning our brother, in down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; there- CHAPTER XLIII. fore is this distress come upon us. Jacob is hardly persutaded to send Benjamin. 15 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Josep h eaineth his brethen. 31 te ma1eth Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not- sin thes afest. against the child; and ye would not hear? A ND the famine was sore in the land. therefore, behold, also his blood is required. L. 2 And it came to pass, when they had 23 And they knew not that Joseph under- eaten up the corn which they had brought stood thesm; for he spake unto them by an out of Egypt, their father said unto them, interpreter. Go again, buy us a little food. 24 And lie turned himself about from them, 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The and wept; and returned to them again, and man. did solemnly protest unto us, saying, comnmuned with them, and took from them Ye shall not see my face, except your brothSimeon, and bound him before their eyes. er be with you. 25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we sacks with corn, and to restore everyman's will go down and-buy thee food: money into his sack, and to give them pro- 5 But if thou wilt not send himo, we will not vision for theay: and thus did he unto go do: for the man said unto us, Ye shall them. not see my face, except your brother be with 26 And they laded their asses with the you. corn, and departed thence. 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill 27 And as one of them opened his sack to with me, as to tell the man whether ye had give his ass provender in the inn, he espied yet a brother? his money; for, behold, it was in his saek's 7 And theysaid, The man asked us straitly mouth. of our state, anls of our kindred, saying, Is 28 And he said unto his brethren, My your fatheryet alive? have yeo notterbroth37 Jacob sendeth BenjCamin. GENESIS. Joseph antd Benjiamin. er? and we told him according to the tenor Joseph came at noon: for they heard that of these words. Could we certainly know they should eat bread there. that lie would say, Bring your brother down? 26 T And when Joseph came home, they 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, brought him the present which woas in their Send the lad with me, and we will arise and hand into the house, and bowed themselves go; that we may live, and not die, both we, o imto o the earth. and thou, and also our little ones. 27 And he asked them of their- welfare, 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt and said, Is your fatler well, the old man thou require him: if I bring him not unto of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? thee, and set him before thee, then let me 28 And they answered, Tiy servant our bear the blame for ever: fatle6 is in good health, he is yet alive. 10 For except we had lingered, surely now And they bowed down their heads, and made ve had returned this second time. obeisance. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his If it must be so now, do this; tak fte of t e brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and best fruits in the land in your vessels, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom carry down the man a present, a little balm, ye spake unto me? And he said, God be and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts gracious unto thee, my son. and almonds: 30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels 12 And take double money in your hand; did yearn upon his brother: and he sought and the money that was brought again in where to weep; and he entered into his thle mouth of your sacls, carry it againin chamber, and wept there. your hand; peradventure it was an over- 31 And he washed his face, and went out, sight. and refrained himself, and said, Set on 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go bread. again unto the man: 32 And they set on for him by himself, and 14 And God Almighty give you mercy be- for them by themselves, and for the Egypfore the mant, that he may send away your tians, which did eat with him, bythemselves: ote other brother, and Benjamin. If I be be- because the Egyptians might not eat bread reaved of my children, I am bereaved. with the Hebrews; for that is an abomina15 ~ And the men took that present, and tion unto the Egyptians. they took double money in their hand, and 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to according to his birthright, and the youngest BEgpt, and stood before Joseph. according to his youth: and the men mar16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with velled one at another. them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring 34 And he took ant sent messes unto them these menllome, and slay, and makeready; from before him: but Benjamin's mess was for these men shall dine with me at noon. five times so much as any of theirs. And 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and they drank, and were merry with him. the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they CHAPTER XLIV. -vere brought into Joseph's house; and they Joseph', eplioy to stay his, 6,ethren. 14 J7eaOh's said, Because of the money that was return- mble sp1pliatiO, to Joeph. ed in our sacks at the first time are we A ND he commanded the steward of his brought in; that he may seek occasion.-A house, saying, Fill the men's sacks ith against us, and fall upon us, and take us for food, as much as they can carry, and put bondmen, and our asses. every man's money in his sack's mouth. 19 And they came near to the steward of 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the Joseph's house, and they communed with sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn him at the door of the house, money. And he did according to the word 20 And said, O sir, twe came indeed down that Joseph had spoken. at the first time to buy food: 3 As soon as the morning was light, the 21 And it came to pass, when we came to men were sent away, they and their asses. the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, be- 4 And when they were gone out of the hold, every man's money tas in the mouth city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto of his sack, our money in full weight: and his steward, Up, follow after the men; and we have brought it again in our hand. when thou dost overtake them, say unto 22 And other money hae we e rought down them, Wherefore have ye renarded evil for in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell good? wlho put our money in our sacks. 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, 23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have your God, and the God of your father, hath done evil in so doing. given you treasure in your sackls: I had G And he overtook them, and he spake unto your money. And he brought Simeon out them these same words. unto them. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith 24 And the man brought the men into Jo- my lord these words? God forbid that thy eeph's house, and gave th.em nwater, and servants should do according to this thing they washed their feet; and he gave their 8 Behold, the money, which we found in asses provender. our sacks' mouths, oe brought. again unto 25 And they made ready the present against thee out of the land of Carnaan: how then 38 JotdaAz's szpplclictton. GENESIS. Joseph m7ade known. should we steal out of thy lord's house silver mischief befall lhim, ye shall bring down my or gold? gray hairs with soerow to the grave. 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be 30 Nowv therefore rwen I come to thy servfound, both let him die, and we also will be ant my father, and the lad be not vith us; my lord's bondmen. seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's 10 And he said, Now also let it be according life; unto your words: he with whom it is found 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that shall be my servant; and ye shall be blame- the lad i3 not with-us, that he will die: and less. thy servants shall bring down tile gray hairs 11 Then they speedily took down every man of thy servant our father with sorrow to the his sack to the ground, and opened every grave. man his sack. 32 For thy servant became surety for the 12 And lie searched, andc began at the old- lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him cst, and left at the youngest: and the cup not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to was found in Benjamin's sack. my father for ever. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servevery man his ass, and returned to the city. ant abide instead of the lad a bondman to 14 And Judah and lhis lIbrelren came to my lord; and let the lad go up witll is brethJosepll's louse; for hle zas yet there: and rcn. they fell before him on the ground. 31 For how shall I go up to my father, and 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I is ithis that ye have done? ot ye not that see the evil that shall come on my father. such a man as I can certainly divine? 16( And Judah said, What shall ee say unto CHAPTER XLV. my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall Jodselh- lnaeh im.ef nle^e to islr rthre; 5 we clear ourselves? God liath found out the sender ee,eo. est etleei 16 1od' esovidoee If ee iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are it. 21 Josep,, furisheiethe efleol their j'urtey, my lord's servants, both we, and he also enel exhohtoeb tes e teo cocord. 25 Jacob ia re-with whom the cup is found. Lsved eithie le sews. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should TIIEN Joseph could not refrain himself do so: but the man in whose hand the cup before all them that stood by him; and is found, he shall be my servant; and as he cried, Cause every man to go out froe for you, get you up in peace unto your me. Anld there stood no man w eith llim, fatller. lwhile Joseph made himself known unto his 18 qJ Then Judah came near unto himn, and brethren. said, 0 my lord, let thy servant, I pray 2 And lhe wept aloud: and the Egyptians thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and and the house of Pharaoh heard. let not thine anger burn against thy serv- 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I ant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. ant Joseph; doth my father yet live? And 19 SIy lord asked hLs servants, saying, his brethren could not answer hlim; for they Have ye a father, or a brother? were troubled at lis presence. 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come father, an old man, and a child of his old near to me, I pray you. And they came age, a little one; and his brother is dead, near. And he said, I am Joseph your and lie alone is left of his mother, and his brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. f:tlher loveth llim. 5 Now therefore be note grieved, nor angry 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, with yourseles,, that ye sold me hither: for BIring him down unto me, that I may set God did send me before you to preserve life. mine eyes upon him. 6 For these tewo years hath the famine lbes. 22 And:e said unto mylord, The lad cannot in the land: and yet these ale five years, in leave Iis father: for if he should leave his the which thee shalls neither be earing nor f:tther, his father would die. harvest. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Ex- 7 And God sent me before you to preserve capt your youngest brother come down with you a posterity in thie earth, and to save your you, ye shall see my face no more. lives by a great deliverance. 24 And it came to pass when we came up 8 So now it lqas not you that sent me unto thy servant my father, we told him the hither, but God: and he hath made me a words of my lord, father to Pharaoh, and lord of all is louse, 25 And our father said, Go again, antd and a ruler throughout all the land of Eypt. Buy us a little food. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and 23 And we said, We cannot go down: if our say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, youngest brother be with us, then will we go God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down: for we may not see the man's face, dowen unto me, tarry not: except our youngest brother be with us. 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Go27 And thy servant my father said unto us sher, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: and thy children, and thy children's clil28 And the one went out from me, and I dren, and thy flocks, and tey herds, and all said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw that thou hast: him not since: 11 And there ewill I nourish thee; for yet 29 And if ye take this also from me, and there arc five years of fanmine; lest thou, 39 Jacob zs revived. GENESIS. He cometh into Egypt. and thy household, and all that thou hast, offered sacrifices unto the God of his father come to poverty. Isaac. 12 And, belold, your eyes see, and the 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob: and mouth that speaketh unto you. he said, lere cam I. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my 3 And he said, I amo God, the God of thy glory in Egypt, and ofall that ye have seen; father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for and ye shall haste and bring down my fa- I ill there makkeof thee a great nation. ther hither. 4 will go down with thee into Egypt; and 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's I will also surely bring thee up again: and neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. his neck. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: 15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their cwept upon them: and after that his breth- father, and their little ones, and theirwives, ren talked with him. in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to 16 ~ And the fame thereof was heard in carry him.. Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren 6 And they took their cattle, and their are come: and itpleased Pharaoohwell, and goods, which they had gotten in the land of his servants. Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto all his seed with him: thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, 7 Hlls sons, and his sons' sons with him, his and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all 18 And take your father and your house- his seed brought he with him into Egypt. hIolds, and come unto me: and I will give 8 T And these are the names of the clilyou the good of the land of Egypt, and ye dren of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob shall eat the fat of the land. and hi s sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and take you wagons out of the land of Egypt Phallu, and Hczron, and Carmi. for your little ones, and for your wives, and 10 d d the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and bring your father, and come. Jamin, and Oad, and Jachin, and Zohar, 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. of all the land of Egypt is yours. 11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Ko21 And the children of Israel did so: and hath, and Merari. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the 12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, commandment of Pharoh, and gave them and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarash: but provision for the way. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 22 To all ofthem he gave each man changes And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three Hamul. houndred pices of silver, and five changes 13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and of raiment. Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 23 And to his father he sent after this 14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and nLanner; ten assesladen with thegoodthings Elon, and Jahleel. of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she and bread and meat for his father bythe way. bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons departed: and he said unto them, See that and his daughters were thirty and three. ye fall not out by the way. 16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Hag25 ~ And they went up out of Egypt, and gi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob Areli. their father, 17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and 20 And told him, saying, Josepis is yet Ishuah, and I and and Beriah, and Serah alive, and he is governor over all the land their sister: and the sons ofBeriah; eeber, of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for andMalchiel. he believed them not. 18. These are. the sons of Zilpah, whom 27 And they told him all the words of Jo- Laban gave to Leah.his daughter; and these seph, which he had said unto them: and she bare unto Jacob,even sixteen souls. when he saw the wagons which Joseph had 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Josent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their seph, and Benjamin. faother revived, 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt 28 And Israel said, It.is enough; Joseph were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whlich my son is yet alive: I will go and see him Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest before I die. of On bare unto him. CHAPTER XLVI. 21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, Jacob i comforted by God at Bee,-seba. Tlece and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naahe,with his lhorushcold goet into Egypt. 8 The man, Ehi, and Rosh, IMuppim, and Hup-,nbeer of his fanily thaet ent into lgypt. 28 pim, and Ard. Joseph neeteth Jacob. 31 Ie instrzecteth is 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which ibss-ee.e 1Lose to anscsrl so p'llioh. -were born to~Jacob: all the souls vsere fourA ND Israel tookl his journey with all that teen. -A he lhad, and came to Beer-sleba, and 23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 40 Joseph meeteth hint.. GENESIS. Jacob blesseth Pharaoh. 24 And the sons of Naphtali; JahzecI, 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. Thy father and thy brethren are come unto 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which thee: Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and 6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the site bare these unto Jacob: all the souls best of the land make thy father and brethwere seven. ren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let 26 A11 the souls that came with Jacob into them dwell:- and if thou knowest any men Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides of activity among them, then make them Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls weroe three- rulers over my cattle. score and six; 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, 27 And the sons of Joseph -which were and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob borne him in Egypt, oete two souls: all blessed Pharaoh. the souls of the house of Jacob, which came 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old into Egypt, veree threescore and ten. art thou? 28 I And he sent Judah before him unto 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred they came intthehe land of Goshen. and thirty years few and evil have the 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and days of the years of my life been, and have went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, not attained unto the days of the years of and presented himself unto him; and he the life of my fathers in the days of their fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a pilrimage. good while. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went 0 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let out from before Pharaoh. me die, since I have seen thy face, because 11 And Joseph placed his father and his thou aret yet alive. brethren, and gave them a possession in the 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in unto his father's house, I will go up, and the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had comshowe Pharaoh, and say unto Ilim, iIy breth- manded. rcn, and my father's house, which were in 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and thle land of Canaan, are come unto:me; his brethren, and all his father's household, 32 And the men are shepherds, for their with bread, according to their families. trade hath been to feed cattle; and they 13 ~ And thtere oas no bread in all the have brought their floks, and t heir herds, land; for the famine was very sore, so that and all that they have. the land of Egypt and all the land of Ca33 And it shall come to pass, whlen Pharaoh naan fainted by reason of the famine. shall call you, and shall say, What is your 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money occupation? - that was found in the land of Egypt, and in 84 Tllat ye shall say, Thy servants' trade the land of Canaan, for the corn which they hlath been about cattle from our youth even bought: and Joseph brought the money into until now, both we, andet also our fathers: Pharaohl's house. that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; 15 And-when money failed in the land of for every slepherd is an abomination unto Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the the Egyptians. Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in CHAPTER XLVII. thy presence? for the money failetl. Joseph7esenteth five of his brethren, 7 and hffa- 10 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and ithale befoe'haraoh. 11 le otivel h thm hahftt- I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. E13yptiaes' oLey, 16 their cutie, 18 and their 17 And they brought their cattle unto Jolanlst for Phariaoh 22 The ptiests' latd was notseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exbolnhit. 23 tIe letteth out the ld Lfor a fifth chaenge for horses, and for the flocks, and )nit. 28 JacoLe's age. 29 e swveareth JoseILh to for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; e6Ly.tMn -uitdh Iefs fathe.s. and lie fed them with bread for all their THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, cattle for that year. and said, MIy father and my brethren, 18 When that year was ended, they came nd their flocks, aheifl s, their herds, and all unto him the second year, and said unto that they have, are come out of ti e land of him,- We will not hide it from my lord, how Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land that our money is spent; my lord also hath of Goshen. our herds of cattle; there is not aught left 2 And he took some of his brethren, even in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. our lands: 8 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, 19 Wherefore shallwe die before thine eyes, What is your occupation? And they said both we and our land? buy us and our land unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, for bread, and we and our land will be servboth we, and also our fathers. ants unto Pharaoh: and give ets seed, that 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For we may live, and not die, that the land be to sojourn in the land arwewe come; for thy not desolate. servants have no pasture for ei fl 20 And Jo b t their flland of Egypt for the famine is sore in ts land of Ca for Pharaoh; for the sEgyptians sold every naan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy man his field, because the famine prevailed servants dwell in the laud of Goshen. over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. 41 Jacoob's sickness. GENESIS. Joseph visiteth htm, 21 And as for the people, hle removed them t land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into to cities from o1ol end of the borders of Egypt, tae mine; as Reuben and Simeon, Egypt even to the other- end thereof. tlev shall be ine. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he 0 And thy issue, which thou eegottest aftnot; for the priests had a portion assign- er them, shall he tthine, acnd shall be called cl theon of Pharaoh, and did eat their por- after the name of their brethren in their tion which Pharaoh gave them: lwherefore ilnheritance. they sold not their lands. 7 And as fo me, when I came from Padan, 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Be- Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan hold, I have bought you this day and your in the oway, when yet there was but a little land for Plaraoh: lo, here is seed for you, way to come unto Ephratlh and I buried and ye shall sow the land. her there in thle way of Ephrath; the same 24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, is Beth-lehem. that! y shall give the fifthlpart unto Phara- 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and oil, and four parts shall be your own, for said, Who are these? seed of the field, and for your food, and for 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They them of your households, and for food for are my sons, loom God hath given me in your little ones. this place. And lie said, Bring them, I 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. lives: let us find grace in the sight of my 10 Nowtlhe eyes of Israel were dim for age, lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants, so that he could not see. And he brought 26 Anl Joseph made it law ot er the land them near unto him; and lte kissed them, of Egypt unto this day, that Plhraoh shoul oand embraced them. have the fifth part; except the land of the 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not priests only, ziowich became not Pharaoh's. thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath 27 q] And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, showed me also thy seed. in the country of Goshen; and they had pos- 12 And Joseph brought them out from besessions therein, and grew, and multiplied tween his knees, and he bowed himself with exceedingly. his face to the earth. 28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and as a hlundred forty and seven years. Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's 29 And thetime drew nigh that Israel must t right hand, and brought theoo near unto die: and he called his son Joseph, and said him. unto him, If now I have found grace in thy 14 And Israel stretched out his right liand, sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who cast tlligh, and deal kindly and truly wito me; the younger, and his left hand upon Manasbury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: seh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for'`0 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou Manasseh tzas the firstborn. shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me 15 Po And he blessed Joseph, and said, in their buryingplace. And he said, I ill God, before whom my fathers Abraham and do as thou hast said. Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my 31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he life long unto this day, sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all upon the bed's head. evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers CHAPTER XLVIII. Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into Ji,,lh with his sons visiteth hli sick father. 2 Ja a multitude in the midst of the earth. coi!t.etlthenelh hiselto bles tiketn. 3 He rie- 17 And when Joseph saw that his father'eotatorb ooeo, roise. 5 1e taketh Ephraimo and iatnasseh as Itis ow,. 7 Hie tellethi Joseph ofhi aid his right hand upon the head of Eptiraonother's yrave. 8 He blesseiht Ephaim and fa- im, it displeased him': and he held up his oa-seo. 17 ieep,'efereth the t yo —oe, befo re the father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's elder. 21 le pohesieth their retri^, to Canlaan. head unto Ianasseh's head. AND it came to pass after these things, 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not that one told Joseph, Behold, thy fa- so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put ther is sick: and he took with him his two thy right hand upon his head. Eons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, it, my son, I know it: he also shall become thy son Joseph cometh untothee: and Israel a people, and he also shall be great: but strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. truly his younger brother shall be greater 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Al- than he, and his seed shall become a multimighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land tude of nations. of Canaan, and blessed me, 20 And he blessed them that day, Saying,, And said unto me, Behold, I n-ll make In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he make of thee a multitude of people; and will set Ephraim before IManasseh. give this land to thy seed after thee for an 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I verlasting possession. die; but God shall be with you, and bring 5 ~ And now thy two sons, Ephraimo anOd gyou again unto the land of your fathers. IM.nasseh, which were horn unto tee the i the 22 oreover I have given to thee one por42 Jacob's prophecy. GENESIS. His death. tion above tLy brethren, which I took out of 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth tile hand of the Amorite wvith my sword and goodly words. with my bow. 22 Joseph is a fruitful ough, even a fruitCHAPTER XLIX. ful bough by a well; whose branches run Jacob calleth his soos Lefoe him. 3 He foretelleal over thie wall: what will efeall ach of ihem inthelast lays, and 23 Tie archers have sorely grieved him, Iessel he. 29 Jis charge to tem concesi and shot at him, and ated ht im: his ic-il. 33 Hlisdle th. 24 But 1is bowh abode in strength, and the AND Jacob called unto his sons, and arms of his hands were e m strong by the said, Gather yourselves together, that I hands of the mighty C6od of Jacob; (from nry tell you that which shall befall you in thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel;);ie last days. 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall 2 Gatlhci yourselves together, and hear, ye help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall;ons of Jacob; and hlearen unto Israel bless thee with blessings of heaven above, 0'our father. blessings of the deep that lieth under, bless3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, ings of the breasts, and of the womb: md the beginning of my strength, the excel- 26 The blessings of thy father have prevail-,.ccy ofdignity, andlthe excellencyofpower: ed above the blessings of my progenitors 4 nstable as water, thou shalt not excel; untohe utmost bound of the everlasting bIecause thou wentest up to thy father's hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, led; then defiledst thou it: he went up to and on the crown of the head of him that cioy couch. was separate from his brethren. 6 Bimeon and Levi are brethren; instru- 27 Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the ments of cruelty are ido their hlabitations. morning lie shall devour the prey, and at G 0 my soul, come not thou into their se- night he shall divide the spoil. c-.et; unto their assembly, mine hoLour, be 28 X All these are the twele t tribes of Isnot thou united: for in their anger they slew rael: and this is it that their father spake a man, and in their selfwill they digged down unto tlem, and blessed them; every one aca woall. cording to his blessing he blessed them. i Cursed be their anger, for it vas fierce; 29 And he charged them, and said unto ard their wrath, for it was cruel: I will them, I am to be gaheered unto my people: divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in bury me with my fathers in the cave that is Israel. in tile field of Ephron the Hittite, 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machshall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck pelah, which is before Malmre in the land of lthine enemies; thy father's children shall of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the low down before thee. field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, of a buryingplace. my son, thou art gone up: he stoopod down, 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah lie couched as a lion, and as an old lion; his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rewholshall rouse him up? bekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Ju- 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave dah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, that is thereinwas from thechildrenof Heth. until Shiloh come; and unto him shalo the 33 And when Jacob had made an end of gathllcing of the people be. commanding his sons, he gathered up his 12 Binding his foal unto tie vine, and iis feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed and was gathered unto his people. l.is garments in wine, and his clothes in the CHAPTER L. biood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red witk wine, and he nortoinf cor Jacob. 4 JoseiL/etteth Iave of lis teeto wit is l t. 7Thet-,,-O. 10 lis teeth vito vitll mil li. ] J'haraoh to go and b6tryLhi. 7 Shekterm al. 15 Joasph fcooT' oofoteh oisb oet,.. "h. caved his 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of tho ardei. 2 Hisag 23eHeeththe t thild egsea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; seratin of his sons. 2-1 le rophlcsetrh tto his and his border shall be unto Zidon. retlhroen of their reetur to Ca-nan; 25 a ld tak1I Issacbar is a strong ass couching down eth an oah of ten to caroy sp has 6boes. 2 lbetween two burdens: me dieth, and is enbalmd. 15 And he saw that rest woas good, and the A ND Joseph fell upon his father's face, Innd that it izas pleasant; and bowed his I — and wept upon him, and kissed him. shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto 2 And Joseph commanded his servants til tribute. physicians to embalm his father: and the 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of physicians embalmed Israel. the tribes ofIsrael. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an for so are fulfilled the days of those which adder in the path, that biteth the horse's are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. for him threescore and ten days. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. 4 And when the days of his mourning oere 19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but past, Joseph spake unto the house of Phal.e shall overcome at the last. raoh, saying, If now I have found grace in 20) Out of Asher lis bread shall be fat, cd your eyes, sspeak, I pray you, in the cars of hlC shall yield royal dainties. Pharaoh, saying, 43 Jacob's funeral. EXODUS. Joseph's death. 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I peradventure hate us, and will certainly redie: in my grave which I have digged for quite us all the evil which -we did unto me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou him. bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, pray thee, and bury my father, and I will saying, Thy father did command before he come again. died, saying, 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I father, accordin aas he made thee swear. pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, 7 X And Joseph went up to bury his father and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and with him went up all the servants of and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the of the servants of the God of thy father. elders of the land of Egypt, And Joseph wept when they spake unto 8 And all the house of Joseph, and hishim. brethren, and his father's house: only their 18 And his brethren also went and fell little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, down before his face; and they said, Behold, they left in the land of Goshen. we be thy servants. 9 And there went up with him both char- 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: iots and horsemen: and it was a very great fore am I in the place of God? company. 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against 10 Aeld they came to the threshingfloor of me; but God meant it unto good, to bring Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and there to pass, as it is this day, to save much peothey mourned with a great and very sore pie alive. lamentation: and he made a mourning for 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourhis father seven days. ish you, and your little ones. And he com11 And wllen the inhabitants of the land, forted them, and spake kindly unto them. the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the 22 ~ And Joseph dwelt in-Egypt, he, and floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous his father's house: and Joseph lived a hunm rourning to the Egyptians: whlerefore te dred and ten years. name of it was called Ahel-mizraim, which 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of is beyond Jordan. the third geteeration: the children also of 12 And his sons did unto him according as leachir the son of MIanasseh were brought he commanded them: up upon Joseph's knees. 13 For his sons carried him into the land of 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I Canaan, and buried hlin ill the cave a of te die; and God will surely visit you, and bring field of Maclpelalh, which Abraham bought you out of this land unto the land which he with the field for a possession of a burying- sware to Abrahlam to Isaacj and to Jacob. place of Eplhrn the Hittite, before \amnre. 23 And Joseph took an oath of the chil14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, dren of Israel, saying, God will surely visit and his brethren, and all that went up with you, and ye shall carry up my bones from him to bury his father, after he had buried hence. his father. 26 So Joseph died, beintg a lhundred anl 15 ~ And when Joseph's brethrn saw that ten years old: and they embalmed him, and their father was dead, they said, Joseph will he was put in a coffin in Egypt, THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED EXODUS. CHAPTER I. 7 And the children ef Israel were fruitful, TIehildrtofd Iseawl I iuyafterJaoseph'slea and increased abundantly, and multiplied, 8 Ihe motle they t e pess t aby a l i, tide ndwaxed exceeding mighty;. and the land moere theey meltipy. l5 The midwiveis feat ltod as filled with them. and sade the met c,'hlree alive. 22 It'/aon h 8 e Now there arose up a new king over commandtrlth the mnale chilren to be ast into the Egypt, which knew not Joseph. rivert 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, N OW these are the name the names of the chil- the people ofthe children of Israel awe more dN dren of Israel, which came into Egypt; and mightier than we: every man and his household came with Ja- 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; cob. lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, when there falleth out any war, they join also 8 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, unto our enemies, and fight against us, and 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 0o get them up out of the land. 5 And all the souls that came out of the 11 Therefore they did set over them taskloins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Jo- masters to afflict with their burdens. seph -was in Egypt already. And they built for Pharaoll treasure-cities, 6 And Joscplt died, and all his brethren, Pitllom and Raamses. and all that generation. 1i But the more they afflicted them, the 44 Birth of Moses. EXODUS. Hc fleeth into Midlian. more they multiplied and grew. And they ter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of were grieved because of the children of Is- the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the rael. child for thee? 13 And the Egyptians made the children of 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. Israel to serve with rigour: And the maid went and called the child's 14 And they made their lives bitter with mother. hard bondage, i mortar, i and in brick, and 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, in all manner of service in the field: all their Take this child away, and nurse it for me, service, wherein they made them serve, was and I will give thee thy wages. And the with rigour. woman took the child, and nursed it. 15 ~ And the king of Egypt spake to the 10 And the child grew, and she brought Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the himunto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became one was Shiphrah, and the name of the her son. And she called his name Moses: other Pualh; and she said, Because I drew him out of the 1t And he said, When ye do the office of water. a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see 11 i And it came to pass in those days, theo uponthetools,ifit be a son, the n ye when Moses was grown, that he went out shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then unto his brethren, and looked on their burshe shall live. dens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a 17 But the midwives feared God, and did Hebrew, one of his brethren. not as the king of Egypt commanded them, 12 And he looked this way and that way, but saved the men children alive. and when lie saw that there zeaso no man, 18 And the king of Egypt called for the he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in tle midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye sand. done thisthing, and have saved the men 13 And when he went out tle second day, children alive? behold, two men of the -Hebrews strove to19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, gether: and he said to him that did the Because the Hebrew women are not as the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? Egyptian women; for they are lively, and 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince are delivered ere the midwives come in unto and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill them. me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And 20 Therefore God dealt well with the mid- Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is wives: and the people multiplied, and wax- known. ed very mighty. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he 21 And it came to pass, because the mid- sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from wives feared God, that he made them houses. the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, of IMidian: and he sat down by a well. saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven into the river, and every daughter ye shall daughters: and they came and drew water, save alive. and filled the troughs to water their father's CHAPTER II. fock. Moses is born, 3 and placed itn atek damnong Ihe17 And the shepherds came and drove flags ofi theiver. i He tsfooiold, and 0htp them away: but Moses stood up and helped t! Phara3oh's laugsiter. 11 He sioeth1ano'S- them, and watered their flock. lia,s. 13 ie'eprioveth Hebrdesw. 15 sletsesth into ltidia,,. 21 He arrieth Zipporah. t22Ge- 18 And when they came to Reuel their fashom is bort. 23 God c especteth rie Israelites' ther, he said, How is it that ye are come so cry soon to day? A ND there went an man of the house of 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered n Levi, and took to wife a daughter of us out of the hand of the shepherds, and Levi. also drew water enough for us, and watered 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a the flock. son: and when she saw him that he wpas a 20 And he said unto his daughters, And goodly child, she hid him three months. where is he? why is it that ye have left 3 And when she could not longer hide him, the man? call him, that he may eat bread. she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and 21 And aIoses was content to dwell with the daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put man: andghe gave Moses Zipporah his daughthe child therein; and she laid it in the ter. flags by the river's brink. 22 And she bare him a son, and he called 4 And his sister stood afar of, to wit what his name Gershom: for he said, I have been would be done to him. a stranger in a strange land. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down 23 ~ And it came to pass in process of ttowash herself at the river; and her maid- time, that the king of Egypt died: and the ens walked along by the river's side: and children of Israel sighed by reason of the when she saw the ark among the flags, she bondage, and they cried, and their cry came sent her maid to fetch it. up unto God by reason of the bondage. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the 24 And God heard their groaning, and God child: and, behold, thebabe wept. And she remembered his covenant with Abraham, had compassion on him, and said, This is with Isaac, and with Jacob. onic of the Hebrews' children. 25 And God looked upon the children of 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daugh- Israel, and God had respect unto them. 45 God appearocth to Moses. EXODTUS. God's;message to Israel. CHAPTER III. rael, The LORD God of:our fathers, the Mfoses keooetlh Jetllo's flock. 2 God aoplearoeh to God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the him in, ot brniog ls.'o; i) and sende-ti, hi;- to te-God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:. this liter ls1ao. 14 The -,-ae of U'ol. 15 its iros- is my nans e for ever, and this is my memosage to Isael. rial unto all generations. N OW BMoses kept the flock of Jethro his 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel tofather in law, the priest of MIidian: gether, and say unto them, The LORD God and lie led the flock to the back side of the of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of desert, and came to the mountain of God,Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, s:ayeven to HIoreb. oing, I have surely visited you, and seetn that 2 And the Angel of the LORD appeared which is done to you in Egypt: unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst 17 And I have said, I will bring you Up of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land bush burned with fire, and the bush vas of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and tho not consumed. Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hi3 And iMoses said, I will now turn aside, vites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing and see this great sight, why the bush is with milk and honey. not burnt. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: 4 And when the LORD saw that he turned and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of aside to see, God c d called unto him out of the Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall midst of the bush, and said, Mloses, Moses: say unto him, The LORD God of the Itcand he said, Here tam I. brews hath met with us: and now let us go, 5 And le said, Draw not nigh hither: put wee beseech thee, three days' journey into off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the whereon thou standest is holy ground. LORD our God. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt father, the God of Abraham, the God of will not let you go, no, not by a mighty Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Mioses hand. bid lois face; for he was afraid to look upon 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and God. smite Egypt with all my wonders whichl I 7 And the LORD said, 1 lave surely seen Eill do in the midst thereof: and after that the affliction of my people which ar-e in he will let you go. Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason 21 And I will give this people favour in of thei ttaskmasters; for I know their sor- thesight of the Egyptians: anditshallcome rows; to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go 8 And I am come down to deliver them empty: out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to 22 But every woman shall borrow of her bring them up out of that land unto a good neighbour, and of her that soourneth in her land and a large, unto a land flowing with louse, jewels of silver, and jeels of gold, milk and honey; unto the place of the Ca- and raiment: and ye shall put them, upon naanites, and the Hilttites, and the Amuo- your sons, and upon your daughters; and rites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, ye shall spoil the Egyptians. and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the chil- CHAPTER IV. dren of Israel is come unto me: and I haveOSeS o is tued ino a seelt. 6 is ha-1 also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyp- becomethie o s 0e loaho be ef. 1 e Aafo,; is appointed to assist himn. 18 Mose5 dletians oppress thepm. partethf fro Jethro. 21 God's?neosage to Pha10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee aoh. 24 Zippovah circuci-seth Iher son. 27 Aounto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forthl 0o is sent o meet o oses. 31 The leoplle ellievmy people the children of Israel out of Egypt. th tem. 11 ~ And BIoses said unto God, Who 0a A NSD looses answere ad and said, But, beI, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I _L hold, they will: not believe me, nor should bring forth the children of Israel out hearken unto my voice: for they will say, of Egypt? The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with 2 And the LORD said unto him, What thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. that I have sent thee: When thou hast 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And broughlt forth the people out of Egypt, ye he cast it on the ground, and it became a shall serve God upon this mountain. serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, ihen 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth I come unto the children of Israel, and shall thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he say unto them, The God of your fathers hath put forth his hand, and caught it, and it besent me unto you; and they shall say to me, came a rod in his hand: Whatislhisnamewhatshalllsayuntothemn? 5 That they may believe that the LORD 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT God of their fathers, the Gd of Abraham, I Ao: and he said, Tlus shalt thou say the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, unto the children of Israel, I AMI hath sent hath appeared unto thee. me unto you. 6 And the LORD said furthermore unto 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Is. And he put his hand into his bosom: and 46 Aaron's appointmcent. EXODUS. Aaron mleeleti Moses. when lhe took it out, behold, his hand as 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that leprousn as snow. he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bo- him go, behold, I will slay thy son, ever som again. And put s nd put is hand into his thy firstborn. bosom again; and plucked it out of his bo- 2j And it came to pass by the way in the som, and, behold, it was turned again as inn, that the LORD met him, and sought his other flesh. to kill him. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of cut off the foreskin of lere son, and cast it at the first sign, that they will believe the voice his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband of the latter sign. art thou to me. 9 And it shall come to pass, ifthey will not 26 So he let him go: then she said, A believe also these two signs, neither hearken bloody husband thoo art, because of the unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the circumcision. water of the river, and pour it upon the dry 27 ~[ And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into cldn: and the water which thou takest out the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, of the river shall become blood upon the dry and met him in the mount of God, and Iland. kissed him. 10 1 And Moses said unto the LORD, 0 my 28 And MIoses told Aaron all the words of Lord, I aom not eloquent, neither heretofore, the LORD who had sent him, and all the nor since thou hast spoken unlo thy servant; signs which he had commanded him. but I am slow of speech, andofa slowtongue. 29 And Moses and Aaron went and iath11 And the LORD said unto him, Who ered together all the elders of the children hath made man's mouth? or who maketh of Israel: the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the 30 And Aaron spake all the words which blind? have not I the LORD? the LORD had spoken unto iloses, and did 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with the signs in the sight of the people. thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt 31 And the people believed: and when say. they heard that the LORD had visited the 13 And he said, 0 my Lord, send, I pray children of Israel, and that he had looked thee, by the hand of him wzhoa thou wilt upon their afflition, then they bowed their send. heads and worshipped. 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against MIoses, and he said, Is not Aaron CHAPTER V. the Levite thy brother? I enoni that he can Pharaoe chied tloeat tft aeaon for thesi. en speak well. And also, behold, he cometh fle deidet their o mtsaints 20 l The y cr too forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, eaaiist loses ant A-alon. 22 oses comoilaiolrh he will be glad in his heart. to God. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put A ND afterward Moses and Aaron went words in his mouth: and I mill be with t 1hy - in, and told Plaraoh, Thus saith tho mouth, and mith his mouth, and will teach LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that you what ye shall do. they may hold a feast unto me in the wil16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the derness. people: and he shall be, even le shall be to 2 And Pharaoh said, W1ho is the LORD, thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? to him instead of God. I know not the LORD, neither will I let Is17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine rael go. hand, wherewitl thou shalt do signs. 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrew s 18 T And Moses went and returned to Je- hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, thro his father in law, and said unto him, three days' journey into the desert, and sa.cLet me go, I pray thee, and return unto my rifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall brethren wliich axre in Egypt, and see heth- upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. er they be yet alive. And Jethro said to 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Moses, Go in peace. Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the 19 And the LORD said unto Ioses in Mid- people from their works? get you unto your ian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men burdens. are dead which sought thy life. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of 20 And Bloses took his wife and his sons, the land noo arse many, and ye make them and set them upon an ass, and he returned rest from their burdens. to tle land of Egypt: and Moses took the 6 ~ And Pharaoh commanded the sane rod of God in his hand. day the taskmasters of the people, and their 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whenoficers, saying, thou goest to return into Egypt, see that 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, make brick, as heretofore: let them go and which I have put in thine hand: but I will gather straw for themselves. harden his heart, that he shall not let the 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they people go. did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus ye shall not diminish atghlt thereof: for saitl the LORD, Israel is my son, even my they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let firstborn: us go and sacrifice to our God. 47 ,Israel's task increased. EXODUS. God's promise renewed. 9 Let theree more work be laid upon the God Almighty; but by myname JEHOVAH men, that they may labour therein; and let was I not known to them. them not regard vain words. 4 And I have also established my covenant 10 And the taskmasters of the people went with them, to give them the land of Canaan, out, and their officers, and they spake to the the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will were strangers. not give you straw. 5 And I have also heard the groaning ot 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians it: yet not aught of your work shall be di- keep in bondage; and I have remembered minished. my covenant. 12 So the people were scattered abroad 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Isthroughout all the-land of Egypt to gather ael, I ais the LORD, and I will bring you stubble instead of straw. out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, say- and I will rid you out of their bondage, and ing, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, when there was straw. and with great judgments: 14 And the officers of the children of Is- 7 And I will take you to me for a people, rael, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set and I will be to you a God: and ye shall over them, were beaten, and demanded, know that I at the LORD your God, which Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in bringeth you out from under the burdens making brick both yesterday and to day, as of the Egyptians. heretofore? 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, 15 Then the offcer t he the children of Is- concerning the which I did swear to give it rael came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy serv- will give it you for a heritage: I aem the ants? LORD. 16 There is no straw given unto thy serv- 9 And Moses spake so unto the children ants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, of Israel: but they hearkened not unto sIobelold, thy servants are beaten; but the ses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondfault is in thine own people. age. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: 10 ~ And the LORD spake unto Ioses, therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice saying, to the LORD. 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of 18 Go therefore now, anc work; for there Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye de- out of his land. liver the tale of bricks. 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, say19 And the officers of the children of Israel ing, Behold, the children ot Israel have not did see that they were in evil case, after it hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh was said, Ye shall not minish aught from hearme, who as of uncircumcised lips? your bricks of your daily task. 13 And the LORD spake unto MIoses and 20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto stood in the way, as they came forth from the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh Pharaoh: king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel 21 And they said unto them, The LORD out of the land of Egypt. look upon you, and judge; because ye have 14 ~ These be the heads of their fathers' made our savour to be abhorred in'the eyes houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and to put a sword in their hand to slay us. Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, 15'And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and'Zohar, entreated this people? why is it that thou and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: hast sent me? these are the families of Simeon. 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak 16 And these are the names of the sons in thy name, he hath done evil to this peo- of Levi according to their generations; Gerpie; neither hast thou delivered thy peo- shon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the pie at all. years of the life of Levi vere a hundred'CHAPTER VI. thirty and seven years. God reneteth his paomise by his n ame JEIOVAH.. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shi10 IHe sesleth fosee s to Pharaoh. 14 lthe leseal- mi, according to their families. ogy of Rfeuben, 1.5 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, of wohn 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and caneL foses ald Arotn. Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the THEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now years of the life of Kohath were a hundred shalt thou see what I will do to Phara- thirty and three years. oh: for with a strong hand shall he let them 19 And the sons of MIerari; MIahali and go, and with a strong hand shall he drive Mlushi: these are the families of Levi acthem out of his land. cording to their generations. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his faunto him, I am the LORD: ther's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto and Moses: andtheyearsofthelifeofAmram Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of were a hundred and thirty and seven years. 48 Moses sent to Pharaoh. EXODUS. Water turzed to blood. 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and 10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Nepheg, and Zichri. Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD nhad 22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod Elzaphan, and Zithri. before Pharaoh, and before his servants, 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter and it became a serpent. ofAmminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Elea- and the sorcerers: now the magicians of zar and Ithamar. Egypt, they also did in like manner with 24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and their enchantments. Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the fam- 12 For they cast down every man his rod, ilies of the Korhites. and they became serpents: but Aaron's 25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him oe rod swallowed up their rods. of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that bare him Phineha: these are the heads of he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD the fathers of the Levites according to their had said. families. 14 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pha26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to raoh's heart is hardened: he refuseth to let whom the LORD said, Bring out the chil- the people go. dren of Israel from the land of Egypt ac- 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; cording to their armies. lo, he goeth out unto tile water; and thou 27 These are they which spake to Phara- shalt stand by the river's brink against he oh king of Egypt, to bring out the children come; and the rod which was turned to a of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. and Aaron. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The 28 0 And it came to pass on the day wohel LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me the LORD spake unto Moses in the land unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that of Egypt, they may serve me in the wilderness: and, 29'That the LORD spake unto Moses, say- behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. ing, I amn the LORD: speak thou unto Pha- 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt raoh king'of Egypt all that I say unto thee. know that I am, the LORD: behold, I will 30 And Bloses said before the LORD, Be- smite with the rod that is in mine hand hold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how upon the waters which aore in the river, and shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall iD.Iose1'seYC IAfPTER Lt V ~II. c.die, and the river shall stink; and the 8 XHi, od is t.l..ed iLto.. a.ent. 11 I' The: Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the wacerers do the. like. 13 Phlaraoh's h.ear t is haed-ter of the river. eied. 14 GdO's oes.toge to Pharaoh. 19 The19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say rivet is tzurned into /Lood. unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out \ ND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon have made thee a god to Pharaoh; and their streams, upon their rivers, and upon Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. their ponds, and upon all their pools of 2 Thou shalt speak ll that I command water, that they may become blood; and thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak that there may be blood throughout all the unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and Israel out of his land. in vessels of stone. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and 20 And Mtosea and Aaron did so, as the multiply my signs and my wonders in the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the land of Egypt. rod, and smote the waters that were in the 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and sight of his servants; and all the waters bring forth mine armies, and my people that wsere in the river were turned to the children of Israel, out of the land of blood. Egypt by great judgments. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I amand the river stank, and the Egyptians the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand could not drink of the water of the river; upon Egypt, and bring out the children of and there was blood throughout all the land Israel from among them. of Egypt. - And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with commanded them, so did they. their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart 7 And Moses wzas fourscore years old, and was lardened, neither did he hearken unto Aaron fourscore and three years old, when them; as the LORD had said. they spake unto Pharaoh. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his 8 V And the LORD spake unto fIoses and house, neither did he set his heart to this unto Aaron, saying, also. 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, 24 And all the Egyptians digged round saying, Shew a miracle for you: the ththou about the river for water to drink; for they shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and could not drink of the ater of the river. cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that a serpent. the LOoD had smitten the river. 4 49 The plague of frogs. EXODUS. The _laogue of flies. CHAPTER VIII. dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land oos esy ro th. 1 Thre becnme lice throughout all the land of 1Uoses bla braiyer ~ emove1z thhm aiay. t(h T-eE dstz is turned into lice, uilch the nagyicoias Egypt. could Lot do. 20 Tte as mof fies. 2.5lha- 18 And the magicians did so with their raohl inclinel to le the t eotle go, 32 Lbt yt y is enchantments to bring forth lice, but they hardenled. could not: so there were lice upon man, A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, Go and upon beast.. unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, saith the LORD, Let my people go, that This is the fnger of God: and Pharaoh's they may serve me. heart was thrdened, and he herkened not 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, unto them; as the LORD had said. I will smite all thy borders with frogs: 20 ~ And the LORD said unto loses. eise 8 And the river shall bring forth frogs up early in the morning, and stand before abundantly, which shall go up and come in- Pharaoh; lo, lie comcth forth to the water; to thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy Let my people go, that thcy may serve servants, and upon thy people, and into me. thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, 4 And thefrogs shall come up both on thee, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon and upon thy people, and upon all thy serv- thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy ants. people, and into thy houses: and the houses 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say of the Egyptians shall he lull of swarms unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with of flies, and also the ground wl.ereon they thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, cate. and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come 22 And I will sever in that day the land up upon the land of Egypt. of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that 6 And Aaron stretched out his handnover no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came thou mayest know thlat I ant the ]LORD in up, and covered the land of Egypt. the midst of the earth. 7 And the magicians did so with their 23 And I will put a division between my enchantments, and brought up frogs upon people and thy people: to morrow shall the land of Egypt. this sign be. 8 Then Pharaoh called forMIoscs and Aaron, 24 And the LORD did so; and there came and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may a grievous swarm of flies into the house of take away the frogs from me, and fiom my PhaPlaoll, and into his servants' honses, and people; and I will let the people go, that into all the land of Egypt: the land was they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your for thy servants, and for thy people, to de- God in the land. stroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, 26 And loses said, It is not meet so to that they may remain in the river oDnl? do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination 10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, B it accordingto thyword; that thou may- shall we sacrifice the abomination of the est know that there is none like unto the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they LORD our God. not stone us? 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, 27 We will go three days' journey into the and from thy houses, andfrom thy servants, wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our and from thy people; they shall remain in God, as he shall commad us. the river only. 28 And Pharaoh said, I Mill let you go, that 12 And Moses and Aaron went out from ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD thee wilderness; only ye shall not go very because of the frogs which he had brought far awoay: entreat for me. against Pharaoh. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from 13 And the LORD did according to the word thee, and I will entreat the LOED that the of Moses; and the frogs died out of the srarms of flies may depart from lharaoh,, houses, out of the villages, and out of the from his servants, and from his people, to fields. morrow but let not Plaraoh deal deceit14 And they gathered them together upon fully any more in not letting the people go heaps; and the land stank. to sacrifice to the LORD. 15 But when Plaraoh saw that there was 30 And Mloses went out from Pharaoh, and respite, he hardened his heart, and heark- entreated the LORD. aned not unto them; as the LORD had said. 81 And the LORD did according to theo word 1G ~ And the LORD said unto MIoses, Say of Mosso; and lie removed the swarms of unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite flies from Plarabh, from his servants, and the dust of the land, that it may become lice from his people; there remained not oue. throughout all the land of Egypt. 32 And Pharaoh lardened his heart at 17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched this time also, neither would he let the peo. out his hand with his rod and smote tile pe o.:u The plague of boils. EXODUS. The plague of hail. CHAPTER IX. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my'he murrain of bests. 8 lTe p'!ale of boils and people, that thou wilt not let them go? blatms. 13 The nesas about thle hitl. 22 ThA 18 Behold, to morrow about this time I ill pylase of hall. 27 Pharaoh su-eth to 2~oses, 35 cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such " but yet if hardened, as hath not been in Egypt since the foundaTHEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go tion thereof even until now. J in unts Pharnoh, and tell him, Thus 19 Send therefore now, aocsZ gather thy saith the LORD God of the Hlerews, Let cattle, and lll that thou hast in the field; my people go, that they my serve me. for upon every man and beast which shall 2' For if thou refuse to let them go, and be found in the field, and shall not be brought wilt hold them still, home, the hail shall come down upon them, 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon and they shall die. thy cattle wlich is in the field, upon the 20 He that feared the word of the LORD horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, among the servants of Pharaoh made his upon the oxen, and upon tihe seep: there servants and his cattle flee into the houses: hall be a very grievous murrain. 21 And he that regarded not the word of 4 And the LORD shall sever between the the LORD left his servants and his cattle cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and in the field. there shall nothing die of all that is the 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch children's of Israel, forth thine hand toward heaven, that there 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, say- may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon rig, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing man, and upon beast, and upon every herb in the land. of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 6 And the LORD did that thing on the mor- 23 And MIoses stretched forth his rod torow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but wvard heaven: and the LORD sent thunder of the cattle of the children of Israel died and hail, and the fire ran along upon the not one. ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the A:nd Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there eas land of Egypt. not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, the hil, ery grievous, sueh as there was and he did not let the people go. none like it in all the land of Egypt since it 8 ~ And the LORD said unto Moses and became a nation. unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes 25 And the hail smote throughout all the of the furnace, and let sMoses sprinkle it land of Egypt all that Luas in the field, both toward the heaven in the sight of Pha- man and beast; and the hail smote reery raoh. herb of the field, and brake every tree of the 9 And it shall become small dust in all the field. land of Egypt, and shall be a boil break- 26 Only in the land of Goshen, lhere the ing fortlh witeh blains upon man, and upon children of Israel swere, was there no hail. beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses 10 And they took ashes of the furnac, and and Aaron, and said unto them, I have Stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, it up toward heaven; and it became a boil and I and my people are wicked. breaking forth with blains upon man, and 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) upon beast. that there be no mtore mighty thunderings 11 And the magicians could not stand be- and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall fore Moses because of the boils; for the boil stay no longer. was upon the magicians, ant upon all the 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as Egyptians. I am gone out of the city, I till spread 12 And the LORD hardened the heart of abroad my hands unto the LORD; andt the Pharaoh, and lie hearkened not unto them; thunder shall cease, neither shall there be as the LORD had spoken unto MIoses. any more hail; that thou mayest know how 13 I And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise that the earth is the LORD'S. up early in the morning, and stand before 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the know that ye will not yet fear the LORD LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people God. go, that they may serve me. 31 And the fax and the barley was smit14 For I will.t this time send all my ten: for the barley was in the ear, and the plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy serv- flax tas boiled. ants, and upon thy people; tha t thou may- 32 But the wheat and the rye were not est know that there is none like me in all smitten: for they were not grown up. the earth. 33 And Moses went out of the city from 16 For now I will stretch out my hand, Pharaoih, and spread abroad his hands unthat I may smite thee and thy people with to the LORD: and the thunders and hail pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. the earth. 1G- And in very deed for this cause have 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain I raised thee up, for to shev in thee my i and the hail and the thunders were ceased, power;'and that my name may be declared he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, throughout all the earth. I he and his servants. 51 Pharaoh is threatened. EXODUS. The plague of locusts. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was harden- and all that night; and when it was morned, neither would he let the children of Is- ing, the east wind brought the locusts. rael go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. 14 And the locusts went up over all the Rland of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts od tr CHtete RAPTER X. of Egypt: very grievous were they; befbre by ih e^, ats, iicieti o let the eraeites go. them there were no such locusts as they, 12 The plagte of the locutsts. 16 Pharaoh setlh neither after them shall be such. to Moses. 21 The plagt e of darXkess, 24'ha- 15 For they covered the face of the whole raoh ntheoh a nai? unto Peoses, 27 but yet is herd- earth, so that the land was darkened; and ened. they did eat every herb of the land, and A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in all the fruit of the trees which the hail had A unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened left: and there remained not any green his hleart, and the heart of his servants, thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the that I might shen these my signs before field, through all the land of Egypt. him: 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I against theLORD yourGod, and against you. have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray tllee, my I have done among them; that ye may know sin only this once, and enentat the LORD how that I cam the LORD. your God, that he may take away from me 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto this death only. Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt entreated the LORD. thou refuse to humble thyself before me? 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong let my people go, that they may serve me. west wind, which took away the locusts, and 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, cast them into the Red sea; there remainbehold, to morrow will I bring the locusts ed not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. into thy coast: 20 But the LORD hardened Pharnoh's 5 And they shall cover the face of the heart, so that he would not let the children earth, that one cannot be able to see thie of Israel go. earth: and they shall eat the residue of 21 t And the LORD said unto Moses, that which is escaped, which remaineth unto Stretch out thine loand toward heaven, that you from the hail, and shall eat every tree there may be darkness over the land of which gronethl for you out of the fieldd: Egypt, even darkness Vhic/tC may be felt. 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand tohouses of all thy servants, and the houses ward hleaven; and there was a thick darkof all the Egyptians; which neither thy fa- ness in all the land of Egypt three days: thcers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, 23 They saw not one another, neither rose since the day that they were upon the earth any from his place for three days: but all unto this day. And lhe turned himself, and tile children of Israel had light in their went out frol Pharaoh. dwellings. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, 24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and IIo; long shall this man be a snare unto said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your us? let the men go, that they may serve the flocks and your herds be stayed: let your LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that little ones also go with you. Egypt is destroyed? 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. serve the LORD your God: but who are 2(i Our cattle also shall go with us; there they that shall go? shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof 9 And iIoses said, We will go with our must we take to serve the LORD our God; young and cith our old, with our sons and and we know not with what we must serve vith our daughters, with our flocks and with the LORD, until we come thither. our herds will we go; for we munt hold a 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's feast unto the LORD. heart, and he would not let them go. 10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee be so with you, as I will let you go, and your from me, take heed to thyself, see my face little ones: look to it; for evilis before you. no more; for in that day thou seest my face 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and thou shalt die. serve the LOoED; for that ye did desire. 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, And they were driven out from Pharaoh's I will see thy face again no more. presence. CHAPTER XI. 12 P And the LORD said unto Moses, God'st essage to the Israelites to Oorro, jsitel. of Stretch out thine hand over the land of theai eigehbotrs. 4iloses.threateneth Ph1aaoh Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up ili th ite dtlah of thefistbor,. upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb ND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will of the land, even all that the hail hath left. AL I bring one plague mote upon Pharaoh, 13 And hMoses stretched forth his rod over and upon Egypt; afterwards e will let you the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought go hence: when he shall let you go, he an east wind upon the land all that day, shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 52 The passover instituted. EXODUS. Rite of the passover. 2 Speak now the ofthpepld t itn the tiarsi pot of the people, and let every lmal borrow of his neighbour, and upper doorpost of the houses, ewherein they every woman othler neighbour, jewels of sil- shall eat it. ver, and jewels of gold. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, 3 And the LORD gave the people favour roast with tire, and unleavened bread; and in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, with bitter herbs they shall eat it. the man Maoseos t very great in the land 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with of Egypt, in the sight of Plaraoh's servants, water, but roast wiith fire; his head with and i lthe sight of the people. his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.'4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain About midnight'will I go out into the midst until the morning; and that which remainof Egypt: eth of it until the morning ye shall burn 5 And all the firstborn in the land of with fire. Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pha- 11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your raolh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and the firstborn of the maidservant that is be- your staff in your Land; and ye shall eat it hind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. in haste: it is the LORD's passover. 6 And there shall be a great cry through- 12 For I will pass through the land of out all the land of Egypt, such as there was Egypt this night, and will smite all thefirstnone like it, nor shall be like it any more. born in the land of Egypt, both man and 7 But against any of the children of Israel beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I shall not a dog move his tongue, against will execute judgment: I atm the LORD. man or beast: that ye may kno how that 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token the LORD doth put a difference between the upon the houses where ye are: and when I Egyptians and Israel. see the blood, I will pass over you, and the 8 And all these thy servants shall come plague shall not be upon you to destroy down unto me, and bow down themselves yot, when I smite the land of Egypt. into me, saying, Get thee out, and all the 14 And this day shall be unto you for a people that follow thee: and after that I memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to ill go out. And he entoutfrom Pharaoh the LORD throughout your generations: ye in great anger shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for 9 And the LORD said unto IIoses, Pha- ever. raoh shall not hearken unto you; that my Ir T Seven days shall ye eat unleavened wonders may be multiplied in the land of bread; even the first day ye shall put away Egypt. leaven out of your houses: for whosoever 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these eateth leavened bread from the first day wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD until the seventh day, that soul shall be hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would cut off from Israel. not let the children of Israel go out of his 16 And in the first day tlere shall be a land. holy convocation, and in the seventh day CHAPTER XII. there shall be a holy convocation to you; no Tt bOejiynnig afoheta yos ie es-,gd.3 Tch e manner of work shall be done in them, save oese is istittttesd. 1 The 4'teof the io:sse that which every man must eat, that only 15 The even days of tznleavened bread. 29 Tloe ay be done of you. firstboo.r are slain. 31 The Israelites aoe drivetn 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unout of ite la,,d. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 leavened bread; for in this selfsame day PThe ordicnaee of thoe hassover. have I brought your armies out of the land A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this Aeron in the land of Egypt, saying, day in your generations by an ordinance for 2This month saltll be unto you the be- ever. ginning of months: it ehall be the first 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth'month of the year to you. day of the month at even, ye shall eat un3 ~ Speak ye unto all the congregation of leavened bread, until the one and twentieth Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this day of the month at even. month they shall take to them every man a 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven lamb, according to the house of their fa- found in your houses: for lwhosoever eateth thers, a lamb for a house; that which is leavened, even that soul shall 4 And if the l ousehold be too little for the be cut off from the congregation of Israel, lamb, let lhim and his neighbour next unto wlethher he be stranger, or born in the land. his house take it according to the number 20 Ye shall eat nothling leavened; in all of the souls; every man according to lis your habitations shall ye eat unleavened eating shall make your count for the lamb. bread. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a 21 1 Then Moses called for all the elders male of the first year: ye shall take it out of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out from the sheep, or from the goats: and take you a lamb according to your 6 And ye shall keep it p until the four- families. and kill the passover. teenthl day of the same month: and the 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, thole assembly of the congregation of Israel and dip it in the blood that is in tile basin, shall kill it in the evening. and strike the lintel and the two side posts 7 And they shall take of the blood, and with the blood that is in the basin; and 53 Firstbotrn are slain. EXODUS. Ordmncace of the passoiver. none of you shall go out at the door of his the dough which they brought forth out of house until the morning. Egypt, fotbr it was not leavened; because 23 For the LORD w'11 pass through to smite they were thrust out of' Egypt, and could the Egyptian3; and when heseeth the blood not tarry, neither had they prepared for upon the lintel, and on the tsvo side posts, themselves any -ictuals. the LORD will pass over the door, and will 40 qT Now the sojourning of the children of not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your Israel, who dwhelt in Egypt, ovas four hunhouses to smite you. dred and thirty years. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for 41 And it came to pass at the end of the an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for four hundred and thirty years, even the ever. selfsame day it came to pass, that all the 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be hosts of the LORD went out from the land come to the land which the LORD will give of Eypt. you, according as he hath promised, that 42 it is a night to be much observed unto yo shall keep this service. the LORD for bringing them out from the 20 And it shall come to pass, when your land of Egypt: this is that night of the children shall say unto you, What mean ye LORD to be observed of all the children of by this service? Israel in their generations. 27 That ye shall- say, It is the sacrifice 43 5 And the LORD said unto Moses and of the LORD'S passover, who passed over Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passthe houses of the hildren oft Israel in Egypt, over: there shall no stranger eat thereof; when lie smote the Egyptians, and delivered 41 But every man's servant that is bought our houses. And the people bowed the head for money, wlen thou lhast circumcised him, and worshipped. then shahl lee eat thereof. 28 And the children of Israel went away, 45 A foreigner and a hired servant shAll and did as the LORD had commanded 3o- not cat thereof. ses and Aaron, so did they. 4 In one house shall it be eaten; thou 29 ~ And it cione to pass, that at midnight shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad the LOR D s:noto ill the firstborn in the land otat of the house; neither shall ye break a of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that bone thereof. eat on his throne unto the firstborn of the 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep captive thatl wias in the dungeon; and all it. the firstborn of cattle. 40 And when a stranger shall sojourn with 80 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, thee, and willkeep the passover to the LORD, and all his servants, and ail the Egyptians; let all his males be circumcised, and then and there twns a great cry in Egypt: for let him come near and keep it; and he shall there oWas not a house where there was not be as one that is born il tile land: for no one dead. uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 31 And lie called for Moses and Aaron by 49 One law shall be to him that is homenighlt, and said, Rise up, an get you forth born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth front amono, my people, botl ye and the chil- among you. dren of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as as yo have sid. the LORD commanded toses and Aaron, so 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, did they. as ye have said, and be gone; and bless 51 And it came to pass the selfsme day, me also. that the LORD did bring the children of 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon Israel out of the land of Egypt by their the people, that they might send them out armies. of the land in haste; for they said, We be CHAPTER XIII. all dead mnct. Thte fi,stor, aet to be anitiJOed to God. 3 Thc 34 And tlie people took their dough before se o'ed for a nemoil. 11 T it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs be-.iiseies oflel.qs ale to et a0tar. 17 Ole sraeliest to ott of EeSfyp. et000 car0y Jofese' ing bound up in their clothes upon their bones lilh ten. 20 Tey come to Etham,. 21 shoulders. God quideth them by a pillar of a cloud, and a 35 And the children of Israel did according pillar offie. to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saythe Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels oaf, ing, of gold, and raiment: 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, what30 And the LORD gave the people favour soever openeth the womb among the children in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is lent unto them such thzngs as they rCqoir- mine. el: and they spoiled the Egyptians. 3 [ And Moses said unto the people; Re37 ~ And the children of Israel journeyed member this day, in which yo came out from from Ramosc3 to Sucoth, about six hun- Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for dred thousand on foot that wuere men, be- by strength of hand the LORD brought you side children. out from this Iplac: there shall no leav38 And a mixed multitude went up also cned bread be eaten. withs them; and focks, and herds, even very 4 This day cme ne out in the month Abib. much cattle. 5 And it shall be when the LORD shall 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, 54 27ec Isrcaei'ts EXODUS. leave Egypt. and thle LIittices, and the tA\moritos, and tie |21 And the LORD nct bCefore (Ithem Ly HIivites, and thie Jcbusites, which he sware day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead thlem the unto thy fathers to give tllec, a lnd flowing way; and,y night in a pillar ot fire, to give v-ith Ilk ald honey, thllt thou tt halt lieep theml light; to go 3y day all liight. this service in this ontlh. 22 ie took rot away the pillar of the cloud 6'even days thou lshalt eat unleavened byl day, nor the pillar of fire by night, froon Iread, and in the seventh daoy'hatl be n before thle people. feast to the L00D. 7 Unleav-ened bread shall be eaten seven CHAPTER XIV. hays; and there shall reo lcvl-ened breadr jotoe. 5 be seen vitll the, neitber shllal there be t3';t- l' Clf2;zt./fl 1 1l ave nn see l )with tlhee ill all illy quarters. _i_.... 1:e 1!- 0-/le' lll l. 1r/ e ld S And thou slhalt sieow thy soll il ttat day, tie ctAn, 21 T'le.,aditsed j-es tlrotl i t/e saying, This'is tdoe leonause of that!oticA Re! t,,a. 23 TlhJe Egyptia0, 0lndstti,- tl'e.' a:'e hlie L.Doo did unto me when I came fortch d ronled o t ofo oiE pt. AjND the LORD spake unto Mioses, say9 And it. shall be for a sign unto thece in, upon thine hand, and for a menorinl bc- 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that tween thine eyes, that the Lor.D's law may they turn and encamp before Pi-lalirooh, l'e in thy mouthl: for itlh a strong hland betw-ecn 3igdol and the sea, over against Lath the LOR0D brought thee out of Egypt. aal-zcephon: before it shlall ye crncamp by 10 Tho'a shalt therefoo t eep thi3 ordi- the sea. nce iln hiso season from year to year. 3 For Pharaolo h will say of the children of 11 A tnd it slhall te whlen te LorD shall Israel, They are entangled in the land, the:l'in]n thee illto tle laud of thle Canaanitos, wnilderness hath shut them il..S lhe swasre unto tlle and to thy fathers, 4 And I will harden Pharaolh's lcart, that and shall give it thee, he slall follow after tlhen; and I will be 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD honoured upon Pharaooh, and upon all his all tlhat openeth l thle m atrix, nnd every first- host; that the Egyptians may know that I ling that csetth of a beast which thou hast; a)n the LOID. l.nd they did so. the male shalt be tlhe LOILD'S. D j Aond it wa0s told thle kil of Egypt tlat 13 Anld every firstling of a ass thou shalt the people o fed: and tl:e l eart of lPharaoh redec- w oith a ]aillb; alld if thou nilt not and of lis3 servants voas turned against the rccledn it, then tlhou slhalt break his neck: people, and they said, Vhy LIave we done and all thle firstborn of man among thy cllil- tlis, tlat we lhave lot Israel go from servdren sh0!t thou redeem. ing us? 14 Aold it slhall be hen thy son asketh 6 Anld lie made eadvy his charlot, and took tlee in tiLne to come, sing, ing, t is this? his people with him: that thou shalt say unto rim, By strenglh 7 And he took six hundred closen chariof hand thle LoRe brouolit us out from oos, and all the cthariots of Egypt, and capEgypt, from tl louse of londage: tains o er oter o one of thet-. 15 And it came to p'ss, when Pharaoh 8 And the LOR)D lhardened tlhe )cart of would hllrdly let us go, that the LOPD slew Pharaoh king of Elgypt, and l:e pursued till t:.e firstborn in the land of Etypt, both after the children of Israel: and tle chilthe firsborn of man, and the firstborn of drcn of Israel went out witll a hii o h and. beast: therefore I sacrifice to tile IORD all 9 But thle Egyptians pursued after tlhem, that opencth the matrio, beingt males; but all the horses andt chlariots of Plaraoh, and all tlo firstborn of my children I redeem. his lorsetmen, and li3 nrmy, and overtook 1i And it shall be for a token upon tlile Io the. ecampintg by thle sea, beside Pi-ahihatnd, and for frontlets between thine eyes: roth, before Baal-zeplon. for by strength of hand the LORD brought 10 tAolid hatn Poharaoo h drew nighl, tlhe cltilus forth out of Egypt. dren of Istael lifted up their c-es, nd, bc17 T And it came to pass, wthen Pharaoh hold, the Egypt'ans marched after theng; had let the peoplt go, that God led them not and they were sore afraid: atd thel children throuch to e way of Eo:e land of tlhe Phlilis- of Israel cried out unto tile LORD. tines, although that zeas near; for God said, 11 And they said unto 3Ioses, Because Lost peradventure the people repent when theroe oere no graves in Egypt, hast thou they see 0ar, and hey return to Eypt taken s to Egyp t e taken a to ie i e ildrnes? 18 But God led tle people about, ihrough wherefore l!ast thou dealt tthus itt us, to the way of tile ilderness of the Red sea: carry us forth out of Egypt? od tLie children of Israel went tp harness- 12 Is not this the word that we did tell ed out of the land of Egypt. thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone. thlai 19 Atlnd oses took the bones of Joseph we may serve ttle Egy)tians? For ttohat( with him: for he had straitlv soworn thle 7be better for us to serv-e the EgyLptians, chlildre of Israel, saving, God will surely than that we shoult dtie in the o wilde'ncss. visit you; and ye sh1ll carry up m0 y sones 13 And C Ioses said unto the people, Fear away hence with you. ye not, stand still, and see tile salvation of 20 And they tookl their journey from Suc- thle LORD, Wlich lte will sleho v ot oo to dny: eoth, and encamped in E5th-am, in the edge for the Egyptianls whomt ye have seen to day, of the wilderness. y shoall se0 thcom again no mor0 for ever0 55 I C The EgyJptzans EXODUS, are drowned. 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day shall holdyour peace. out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Is15 IV And the LORD said unto Moses, rael saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea'herefore criest thou unto me? speak unto shore. the children of Israel, that they go forward: 31 And Israel saw that great wkork which 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch the LORD did upon the Egyptiians: and the out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: people feared the LORD, and believed the and the children of Israel shall go on dry LORD, and his servant iloses. grounl through the midst of the sea. CHAPTER X 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts Tre song of loses, 20 amtl of Miriam 22.The of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: people fjid lo watere. 23 The Wittelr aters at and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, tartah ale sweeteeLd. 27 The people come to and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and Elim. upon his horsemen. mH-EN sang MIoses and the children of 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I I Israel this song unto the LORD, and an the LORD, when I have gotten me hon- spale, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, our upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse upon lis his horsemen. and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 19 ~ And the Angel of God, which went 2 The LORD is my strength and Eong, and before the camp of Israel, removed and ent he is become my salvation: lie is my God, behind them; and the pillar of the cloud and I will prepare him a habitation; my went from before their face, and stood be- father's God, and I will exalt him. hind them: 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD'20 And it came between the camp of the is his name. Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it 4 Pharaol's chariots and his host tlath he was a cloud and darkness to them, but it cast into the sea: his chosen captains also gave light by night to these: so that the are drowned in the Red sea. one came not near the other all the night. 5 The depths have covered them: they 21 And BIoses stretched out his hand over sank into the bottom as a stone. the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become globack by a strong east wind all that night, rious in pover: thy right hand, 0 LORD, and made the sea dry lanl, and the waters hath dashed in picoes the enemy. were divided. 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency 22 And the children of Israel went into thou hast overthrown them that rose up the midst of the sea upon the dry grouncd: against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, and the waters wtere a wall unto them on whiich consumed them as stubble. their right hand, and on their left. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the 23 I And tie Egyptians pursued, and went waters were gathered together, the floods in after them to the midst of the sea, even stood upright as a heap, and the depths all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his were congealed in the heart of the sea. horsemen. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will 24 And it came to pass, that in the morn- overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust ing watch the LORD looked unto the host shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire my sword, my hand shall destroy them. and of the cloud, and troubled the host of 10 Thou didst blow -ith thy wind, the sea the Egyptians, covered them: they sank as lead in the 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that mighty waters. they drave them heavily: so that the Egyp- 11 Who is like unto thee, 0 LORD, among tians said, Let us flee from the face of Isra- the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiel; for the LORD fighteth for them against ness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? the Egyptians. 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the 2G And the LORD said unto Ioses, Stretch earth swallowed them. out thine hand over the sea, that the waters 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the may come again upon the Egyptians, upon people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast their chariots, and upon their lorsemen. guided thelb in thy strength unto thy holy 27 And MIoses stretched forth his hand habitation. over the sea, and the sea returned to his 14 The people shall hear, and oe afraid: strength when the morning appeared; and sorrow shall take Lold on the inhabitants the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD of Palestina. overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be nmazsea. ed; the mighty men of Mhoab, trembling 28 And the waters returned, and covered shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitthe chariots, and the horsemen, and all the ants of Canaan shall melt away. host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; them; there remained not so much as one of by the greatness of thine arm they shall he' them. as still as a stone; till thy people pass 29 But the children of Israel walked upon over, 0 LORD, till the people pass over, dry land in the midst of the sea; and the which thou hlast purchased. waters zoee a wall unto them on their right 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and'plant hand, and on their left. them in the mountain of thine inheritance, 56 Bitter waters sweetened. EXODUS. Quails and manna sent.; in the place, 0 LORD, which thou hast 4 v Then said the LORD unto Moses, Bemade for thee to dwell in; in the sanctu- hold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; ary, O Lord, which thy hands have estab- and the people shall go out and gather a lished. certain rate every day, that I may prove 18The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. them, whether they will walk in my law, 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with or no. his chariots and with his horsemen into the 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sea, and the LORD brought again the wa- sixth day they shall prepare that which they ters of the sea upon them; but the children bring in; and it shall be twice as much as of Israel went on dry land in the midst of they gather daily. the sea. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister children of Israel, At even, then ye shall of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and know that the LORD hath brought you out all the women went out after her with tim- from the land of Egypt: brels and with dances. 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth to the LORD, for he hath triumphed glo- your murmurings against the LORD: and riously: the horse and his rider hath he what are we, that ye murmur against usl? thrown into the sea. 8 And Moses said, T/is shall be, when 22 1 So Moses brought Israel from the Red the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh sea, and they went out into the wilderness to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; of Shur; and they went three days in the for that the LORD heareth your murmurings wilderness, and found no water. which ye murmur against him: and what 23 And when they came to AIarah, they are we? your murmurings arc not against could not drink of the waters of Marah, for us, but against the LORD. they were bitter: therefore the name of it 9 And SMoses spake unto Aaron, Say unto was called Marah. all the congregation of the children of Is24 And the people murmured against Mo- rael, Come near before the LORD: for he ses, saying, What shall we drink? hath heard your murmurings. 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake LORD shetved him a tree, wevhich when he unto the whole congregationa of the children had cast into the waters, the waters were of Israel, that they looked toward the wilmade sweet: there he made for them a derness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD statute and an ordinance, and there he appeared in the cloud. proved them, 11 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently heark- saying, en to the voice of the LORD thy God, and 12 I have heard the murmurings of thb wilt do that which is right in his sight, and children of Israel: speak unto them, saywilt give ear to his commandments, and ing, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the keep all his statutes, I will Dut none of these morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye diseases upon thee, which I have brought shall know that I am the LORD your God. upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD 13 And it came to pass, that at even the that lealeth thee.' quails came up, and covered the camp: and 27 And they came to Elim, where wzere in the morning the dew lay round about the twelve wells of water, and threescore and host. ten palm trees: and they encamped there 14 And when the dewv that lay was gone by the waters. up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness CHAPTER XVI. there lay a small round thing, as small as.h Si.. S Tq. tthe hoar frost on the ground. The lariteso to oasttin. ttartealaeftfor o15 And when the children of Israel saw ant f bfed. 4 Gal,,ret.erta a 1- radnartfra. hreat,,. 11 Qatai areaelta 1 atd natila. f it, they said one to another, It is manna: Directio.s..oncr-ztil a e 0 n-l. a5 to e of for they mist not Blat it ates. And Mores it fotl cn I te atbbath. 32 A, omer of it is said unto them, This i8 the bread which the peslerved. LORD hath given you to eat. A ND they took their journey from Elim, 10 This is the thing which the LORD hath and all the congregation of the children commanded, Gather of it every man acof Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, cording to his eating, an omner for every which is between Elim and Sinai, on the man, acco-rding to the nunlber of your fifteenth day of the second month after their persols; take ye every man for them which departing out of the land of Egypt. are in his tents. 2 And the whole congregation of the clil- 17 And the children of Israel did so, and dren of Israel murmured against Moses and gathered, some more, some less. Aaron in the wilderness: 18 And when they did mete itt with an 3 And the children of Israel said unto omer, he that gathered much had nothing them, Would to God we had died by the over, and he that gathered little lnd no hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, lack; they gathered every man according when we sat by the -fesh pots, and when to his eating. we did eat bread to the full'; for ye e ave And Moses said, Let no man leave of brought us forth.into this wilderness, to kill it till the morning. this whole assembly with hunger. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not 57 Manna to be preserved. EXODUS. The people mnurmur. unto Moosos; but someofthem left of it un- to the commandment of the LORD, and til the morning, and it bred worms, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no stank: and Moses was -roth with them. water for the people to drink. 21 And they gathered it every morning, 2 Wherefore the people did chide with every man according to his eating: and Moses, and said, Giveus water that wemay when the sun waxed hot, it melted. idrink. And Moses said unto them, Why 22 ~ And it came to pass, that on the sixth chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt day they gathered twice as much bread, the LORD? two omers for one tan: and all the rulers 3 And the people thirsted there for water; of the congregation came and told Moses. and the people murmured against MIoses, 23 And he said unto them, This is that and said,Wherefore is this that thou hast which the LORD hath said, To morrow is brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: our children and our cattle with thirst? bake that which ye will bake to day, and 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, sayseethe that ye will seethe; and that which ing, What shall I do unto this people? they remaineth over lay up for you to be kept be almost ready to stone me. until the morning. 5 And the LORD said unto Bloses, Go on 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as before the people, and take with thee of the MIoses bade: and it did not stink, neither elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith was there any worm therein. thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for and go. to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there ye shall not find it in the field. upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt 20 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the smite the rock, and there shall come water seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it out of it, that the people may drink. And there shall be none. Moses did so in the sight of the elders of 27 And it came to pass, that there went Israel. out sooloe of the people on the seventh day 7 And he called the name of the place for to gather, and they found none. Massah, and Meribah, because of the chid28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How ing of the children of Israel, and because long refuse ye to keep my commandments tley tempted theLORD, saying, Isthe LORD and my laws? among us, or not? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you 8 ~ Then came Amalek, and fought with the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the Israel in Rephidim. sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us every man in his place, let no man go out out men, and go out, fight with Amalek to of his place on the seventh day. morrow I will stand on the top of the hill 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. with the rod of God in mine loand. 31 And the louse of Israel called thene name 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, thereof Manna: and it wa8 like coriander and fought with Amalek: and Ioses, Aaseed, white; and the taste of it was like ron, and Hur went up to the top of the lill. wafers sade with honey. 11 And it came to pass, when Boses held up 32 ~ And Moses said, This is the thing his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omcr lie let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. of it to be kept for your generations; that 12 But Moses' hands ivere heavy; and they may see the bread wherewith I have they took a stone, and put it under him, fed you in the wilderness, when I brought and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur you forth from the landof Egypt, stayed up his hands, the one on the one 33 And loses said unto Aaron, Take a side, and the other on the other side; and pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, his hands were steady until the going down and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept of the sun. for your generations. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his 34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so people with the edge of the sword. Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to 14 And the LORD said unto Moses,Write be kept. this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse 35 And the children of Israel did eat man- it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterna forty years, until they came to a land ly put out the remembrance of Amalek from inhabited: they did eat manna, until they under heaven. cameunto the borders ofthe landof Canaan. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an the name of it Jehovah-nissi: ephah. 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath CHAPTER XVII. sworn that the LORD wiill have war with The people rml7enel for water at Rephi(lim. 5 God Amalek from generation to generation. sen(tdeh them fol ater to the 10ock itt Hores. 8 Atnalek is overcome duaitlg tile hioldint vi of CHAPTER XVIII. jIVsea' hands, 15 loses tbuildeth tht altar de- JetAho bringeth to Moses his wife ad twso sons. 7 hovae-niXssi. - Moses ntsertaisteth him. 13Jethr o's counae to AND all the congregation of the children M[oses. 27 Jethlrodeparteth. of Israel journeyed from the wilder- THEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moness of Sin, after their journeys, according Y ses' father in law, heard of all that God 58 J ethro coatzseltet7 Mltrscs. EXODUS. The saeoilVe at Sznaa. had donle for'Moses, and for Israel lis peo- Be thou for thle people to Cod —ard, that pie, (t4,td thlat tile LORlD had brought Israel thlou mayest ring tile causes UlltO God: out of Egpt; 2() And thou slalt teach thllem ordinances 2 Thlen Jethlro, Ioses' father in law, took and laws, and, atlt stlea tilea the t ay Zipporahll, Moses' ife, afccr le had sent hliereit tley mnust walk, and the work that her back, thev must do. 3 And her two sons; of which the name 21 3oreover thou sllalt provide out of all of tte one 7qclva Gielrshoml; for lie said, I t:e people able en, sucll ts fear God, ruen hatve been all a tien it a stra nge land: of trath, ha tita, tootousaess; and place 4 And t!te name of ttle otlher e.tts Eliezer; suclt over tiem, to be rulers of thousaads, for the God of ny father, lsaid le, waCa mine titt rulers of lhundreds, rulers of fitties, lel)p, and delivered alle frola the sword of and rulers of tells: Pharaoh: 22 And let thlem judge the people at all 5 Atnd Jethro, Moses' father in lav, came seaons: and it shall be, tlat ecrvery great with his solns and his vife unto Mloses illto matter ticy shall bring unto the, but every the wailderness, here le encampcd at tlae small inatter thea shlall judge: so shall it mount of God: be easier for th saelf, and they shall bear t And lie said unto oses, I thy fathler in t ae Cburden vitllh thee. Ina Jetlhro ali come unto tlee, alld thly ife, 2 If thou shalt do thist thlin, sald God and ler two sons wit llIcer. comnmand thee so, tlhen thou shalt be able 7 And Iaoses went out to meet his ftlher to endlure, ald all tlis t)eople shall also go in law, and did obeisance, and kissed hlim; to tlheir place in peace. and tev nsled elacl othler of theiri welfare 24 So loses lhearkened to the voice of and the tt cnle itot taentt. ais father in latw, and did all that he had 8 And tl oses told hlis father in Inaw all t hat said. tile LOI'D) had done unto Pharaohl and to tie 25 And MIoses cl!ose able men out of all Egyptians for Israel's sake, atl all the Israel, and made them lheads oer the pcotravail that lhad comne upotn tlem by the ple, rulers of thlousands, rulers of hundreds, way, and tott tile LotD deliivered them. rulers of fifties, and rulers of tells. 9 And Jetl.ro rejoiced for all thle goodness 26 And tley judged tlhe people at all seawrhiclh the LoR) had done to Israel, whom sons: the hard causes tlhey brought unto le had delivered out of tle hand of the loses, but every small matter tlhey judged Egyptians. tilemsclves. i) And Jethro said, Blessed he the I,ORD, 27hi Ad M3oses let his father in law depart; who hath delivered ou out of tile hanld of and he went his way into lls owt n land. the Eyaptians, and out of ttle hand of Pilaraoh;; who hatla delivered tle aeople from CItAPTER XIX. under thle hanld of tile Egyptian.s. Te a;e' ce t Sl 3t(l' tle ii at to tta l o h,ol,, t aat ttteir 11 Now I know ti i ate t ate J aD,s g r eatr than all aods: for in tl the tit wherein they tl,e ti,rt!ay. 12 rla,tnvtt i,,, to &e to'ctal&t. dealt proudly h e vas nabo-ve tiem. I1(; The Lo-l d,schttdc/t 1t-,Ot tie mloltrt. 12 And Jethlro, Iosest' father in lat, tooak TN til thtird moutl, when the chaildren of a burnt offering and sacritfices for od: and Israel were onle forlt out of tthe land Aaron came, and all tile elders of Isracl, to of Egypt, the same da y camae tley aito the eat bread with lioscs' father in law before wilderncss of Sinai. Caod. 2 For they were departed fom Rephlidim, 13 l~ And it came to pass on the lmorrow,i' and ere come to tile desert of Sinai, and that MIoses sat to judge the people: and t aile had pitched in the wilderness; ilad there people stool by Maoses from tile morning Israel canped before the mounit. unto the eaenintg. 3 And tloses went up unto God, and the 14 And ahen MIoses' father in law saw all LOID) called auto him out of the niountain, (hat he did to tlhe people, le said, tWhiat is saying, Tllus slalt thou say to the house of this tling tlat thou doest to the people? Why J cob, and tell tle chlilden of Israel; sittest thlou thself alone, and all tlhe people 4 Ye hav-e seen lat I did unto the:Egyp8tand by tlee froln molrling unto evenll? tians, and luoec I bale -ou onl cagles' wings, 15 And lioses said ullto is father in law, and blrought you unto yself. Because the people come unto me to in- 5 Now thlleleforc if ye v;ill obey my voie quire of God: indeed, anld keepl) my covenanl th iell e shall 16 ihlen tl:ey have a matter, they come be a peculiar treasure udto ica above all unto mI; and I a udgae betwc.l oie ald people: for all the tartlI is nainle: anotaher, al I (lo Inake t.t.. kno. tl tle Ad yo sall be unto le a kintdom of statutes of God, aIet htis laws. paicstst and a holy nation. Tlhese are tlhe 17 And ltoses' father ill Inw said' nto him, words alhical tlou shalt speak unto the chilTile thing thi at thlo doest \is not 1ool. di en of t ael. 18 Thou w ilt surely wear ay, t, t h An dd Mioses came nd called ror tle and this people tt is at tht i ee: for tls elders of the p'eoldle, and l.id th}efote their thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not faces ail:lles wods' ~blic tile LORD cornable to petlform it tlyself alone. mandd iam. 19 EIearken l nol I'tll"o a voice, I will ivYe S Antd all tl'e people nlIer together, thee counsel, and Gold sall Lbe ith thce; and said, All thalt tile LOL.D hath apoLta 59 God's fearful presence. EXODUS. The ten commandments. we will do. And MIoses returned the words 25 So Moses went down unto the people, of the people unto the LORD. and spake unto them. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I CHAPTER XX come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the Te ten commeanlenets yivn. 18 The peoe at e people may hear when I speak nith thee, afraid. 20 Moses comJotetsthten. 22 dolatrel and believe thee for ever. And Moses told is fobidde,. 24 The manner of btilding an the words of the people unto the LORD. altar. 10 And the LORD said unto Ioes, Go A ND God spake all these words, saying, unto the people, and sanctify them to day -- 2 I am the LORD thy God, which and to morrow, and let them wash their have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, clothes, out of the house of bondage. 11 And be ready against the third day: for 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. the third day the LORD will come down in 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any gravthe sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. en image, or any likeness of any thing that 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the is in heaven above, or that is in the earth people round about, saying, Take heed to beneath, or that is in the water under the yourselves, that ye go not up into the earth: mount, or touch the border of it: whoso- 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, ever touclhth the mount shall be surely nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God put to death:t am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity:of 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he the fathers upon the children unto the third shall surely be stoned, or shot through; and fourth generatiot of them that hate whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: me; when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of come up to the mount. them that love me, and keep my command14 And Moses went down from the mount ments. unto the people, and sanctified the people; 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the and they washed their clothes. LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready not hold him guiltless that taketh his name against the third day: come not at your in vain. wives. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it 16 T And it came to pass on the third day holy. in the morning, that there were thunders 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the thy work: mount, and the voice of the trumpet ex- 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of ceeding loud; so that all the people that the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do as inl the camp trembled. any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh17 And Moses brought forth the people ter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, out of the camp to meet with God; and they nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is stood at the nether part of the mount. within thy gates: 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven smoke, because the LORD descended upon and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended and rested the seventh day: wherefore the as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowmount quaked greatly. ed it. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, that thy days may be long upon the land Ioses spake, and God answered him by a which the LORD thy God giveth thee. voice. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the nont: and the 15 Thou shalt not steal. LORD called IMoses sIp to the top of the 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against mount; and Moses went up. thy neighbour. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's down, charge the people, lest they break house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's through unto the LORD to gaze, and many wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidsereoof them perish. ant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing 22 And let the priests also, which come that is thy neighbour's. near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest 18 ~ And all the people saw the thunderthe LORD break forth upon them. ings, and the liglhtnings, and the noise of 23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: people cannot come up to mount Sinai: and when the people saw it, they removed, for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds and stood afar off. about the mount, and sanctify it. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou 24 And thle LORD said unto him, Away, with us, and we will hear: but let not God getthee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, speak with us, lest we die. and Aaron twitth thee: but let not the priests 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear and the people break through to come up not: for God is come to prove you, and unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon that his fear may be before your faces, them. that ye sin not. 60 An altar to be made. EXODUS. Laws and ordinances. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Mo- 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon ses drew near unto the thick darkness wh re his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou God vas. shalt take him from mine altar, that he may 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus die. thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, la And he that smiteth his father, or his ye have seen that I have talked with you mother, shall be surely put to death. from heaven. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and sell23 Ye shall not make with me gods of eth him, or if he be found in his hand, he silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods shall surely be put to death. of gold. 17 And he that curseth his father, or his 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto mother, shall surely be put to death. me, and shalu sacrifice thereon thy burnt 18 And if men strive together, and one offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and thine oxen: in all places where I re- and he die not, but keepeth his bed, ebrd my name I will come unto thee, and I 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon will bless thee. his staff, then shall he that smote him be 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of quit: only he shall payfoi the loss of his stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: time, and shall cause hin,, to be thoroughly for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast healed. polluted it. 20 And if a man smite his servant, or his 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto maid, with a rod, and Iie die under his hand; mine altar, that thy nakedness be not dis- he shall be surely punished. covered thereon. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day CHAPTER XXI. or two, he shall not be punished: for he Lals for the setting free of - nesrervants, 7 and of is his money. maidseervants. 12 tls against muderl ald 22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with mantslaelgter; 1.5 and aaitestsundry other acts child, sO that her fruit depart from her,:of itjucy alE abuse. 28 The ox that goreh. and yet no mischief follow, he shall be sureNTOW these are the judgments which ly punished, according as the woman's husthou shalt set before them. band will lay upon him; and he shall pay 2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years as the judges determine. he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou go out free for nothing. shalt give life for life, 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for out by himself: if he were married, then hand, foot for foot, his wife shall go out with him. 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, 4 If hia master have given him a wife, and stripe for stripe. she have borne him sons or daughters; the 20 And if a man smite the eye of his wife and her children shall be her master's, servant, or the eye of his maid, that it and he shall go out by himself. perish; he shall let him go free for his 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I eye's sake. love my master, my wife, and my children; 27 And if he smite out his manservant's I will not go out free: tooth, or his maidservant's toot!.; he shall 6 Then his master shall bring him unto let him go free for his tooth's sake. the judges; he shall also bring him to the 28 0 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that door, or unto the doorpost; and his master they die, then the ox shall be surely stoned, shall bore his ear through with an a and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the and lie shall serve him for ever. owner of the ox shall be quit. 7 [ And if a man sell his daughter to be 29 Butiff the ox were wont to push with a maidservant, she shall not go out as the his horn in time past, and it hath been testimenservants do. fled to his owner, and he lnath not kept him 8 If she please not her master, who hath in, but that he hath killed a man or a wobetrothed her to himself, then shall lie let man; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange also shall be put to death. nation he shall have no power, seeing he 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, hath dealt deceitfully with her. then he shall give for the ransom of his life 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his rhatsoever is laid upon him. son, he shall deal with her after the manner 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have of daughters. gored a daughter, according to this judg10 If he take him another woife, her food, ment shall it be done unto him. her raiment, and her duty of marriage, 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a'shall lie not diminish. maidservant, he shall give unto their master 11 And if he do not these three unto thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be her, then shall she go out free without stoned. *money. 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a 12 ~ He that smiteth a man, so that he man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an,die, shall be surely put to death. o or an ass fall therein; 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, God deliver 7,t into his hand; then Iwill and give money unto the owner of them; appoint thee a place whither lie shall flee. and the dead beast shall be his. 61 Laws and ordinances. EXODUS. Laws and ordinances. 35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, hour, and itbe hurt, or die, the owner therethat he die, then they shall sell the live ox, of being not with it, he shall surely make it and divide the money of it; and the dead good. ox also they shall divide. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath shall not make it good: if it be a hired used to push in time past, and his oan- thing, it came for his hire. er hath not kept him in, he shall surely 16 ~ And if a man entice a maid that is pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall own. surely endow her to be his wife. CHAPTER - X tII. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her Lw CHASPTER XXII. 5 - unto him, lie shall pay money according to Laws concerning theft: 5 dlamage; 7i ilpasses; i donwr nfvirin * La.o. etis Morrglft 16 fotlnc 7s;;8npss t the dowry of virgins. 14 boraowing; 16 ~ornientioe; 18 ltwte/terai, bestinlitl, a;n idolalty; 21 vexing the strange, 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. afflicling the tidow ani fatherless; e5 lendig 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely money; 28 reviling m 2agistrates; 291 hh p first- be put to death. fruits: 31 antthe eating of flesh torn, bl beasts. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save TF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly deL and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore stroyed. five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor sheep. oppress him: for ye were strangers in the 2 It a thief be found breaking up, and be land of Egypt. smitten that he die, there shall no blood 22 Ye shall not affict any widow, or fa-' be shedl for him. therless child. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, thee shall 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and be blood shed for him; for lie should make they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear full restitution: if he have nothing, then he their cry; shall be sold for his theft. 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will 4If thetheftbe certainlyfoundin hishand kill you with the sword; and your wives alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; shall be widows, and your children fatherhe shall restore double. less. 6 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard 25 t If thou lend money to any of my to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not shall feed in another man's field; of the best be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay of his own field, and of the best of his own upon him usury. vineyard, shall hie make restitution. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's rai6 h If fire break out, and catch in thorns, ment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto so that the stacks of corn, or the standing him by that the sun goeth down: corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; 27 For that is his covering only, it is his ho that kindled the fire shall surely make raiment for his skin: wherein shall he restitution. sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he 7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I aer money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out gracious. of the man's house;'if the thief be found, 28 ~ Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor let him pay double. curse the ruler ofthy people. 8 If the thief be not found, then the mas- 29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first ter of t oseshllbe htn he hof thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the judges, to see whether he have put his hand firstborn of thy sons slialt thou give unto me. unto his neighbour's goods. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, be with his dam; on the eighth day thou or for any manner of lost thing, which an- shalt give it me. other challengeth to be his, the cause of 31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: both parties shall come before the judges; neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn and whom the judges shall condemn, he of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the shall pay double unto his neighbour. dogs. 10 If a man deliver unto Iis neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to CHAPTER w III. keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven l coernilader, fTle unsa ad r tiality; 4chariable,less; 10 a.- fhe'est of the away, no man seeing it; seeith year. 1t ite sabbath. 14 The thre 11 Then shall an oathof the LORD bebe- feasts. 18Theooandfat ofte actifice. 20 tween them both, that he hath not put his A, An.el is promised, nith a Llesaing, if they hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the Oe1 him. owner of it shall accept thereof, and he FHOU shalt not raise a false report: put shall not make it good. T not thine hand with the wicked to be 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall an unrighteous witness. make restitution unto the owner thereof. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to dlo 13 If it be torn in pieces, theo let him n evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to bring it for witness, and he shall not make decline after many to wrest judgment: good that which was torn. 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor 14 And if a man borrow aught of his neigh man in his cause 62 R|est of thie seventhA year. EXODUS. A covenant witi Israel. 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass the littites, and the Perizzitos, and the going astray, thlou shalt surely bring it back Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites to lhim again. nd I eill cut them off. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth 24 Tholl slalt not bow down to their gods, thee ly'ig under his burden, and wouldest nor serve thiem, nor do after their works: forbear to ielp him, thou shalt surely help ]ut thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and with hlim. quite break down tleir images. C6 TIe.o shalt not wrest the judgment of thy 25 And ye shall serve tile LORD your God, poor in his cause. and le slhll bless thy bread, and tly water; 7 Keep thee far from ae false matter; and and I will take sickness anway fromn the midst the innocel anld righteous slay thou not: of thee. for I will not justify tile wicked. 2G C[ There shall nothing cast their young, 8 And tleou shalt take no gift: for the gift nor be barren, in thy land: the number of blindetl thie wise, and pervertetl the words thy days I will fultil. of the righteous. 27 I will send my fear before thee, and 9 Also thou shalt no- oppress a strang.er: will destroy all the people to whom thou for ye know the ieart of a stranger, seeing shalt comee; and I will make all thine encye were strangers in tile land of E gypt. mies turn their backs unto thee. 10 Anlld sei years thou shalt sow tly land, 28 Anld I will send horlets before thee, and shaiit gat'ler in tle fruits thiereof: which shall drive out tIhe iivite, the Ca11 But tile seventh yeac thou slalt let it naalite, and the Hittite, from before thee. Test and lie still; thcat'he poor of thy peo- 2' I will not ie rive them out flolnc belcfore pie may eat: and het they leave te bests thee in one year; lest the land beco of the field shall eat. In like manner thlou desolate, and'the beast of the field multishalt deal ithe thy vineyard, ctie with thy pl aaill3t thee. olivevard. 301 B little nd little I will drive them out 12 six days thou shalt do thly work, ad from before tlee, until thou be increased, on the seventll day thou shalt rest: that and inherit the land. thine o' and thine as ay rest, andel the 31 And I will set the bounds froe l the Rod son of thy Ilhandmnaid, and thle stranger, may sea even unto the sea of the lPhilistines, and be refreshed. from thle desert unto teie river: for I evill 13 And in all tehiTal/s that I have said unto deliver the inhabitants of the land into your you be circumspect: and make no inention hand; and thou shalt drive them out beof the name of other gods, neither let it be fore thee. hoeard out of ty mouth. 32 Thou shalt nlake no covenant itll tem, 14t I e Three times thou shalt keep a feast nor with tleir gods. unto me in tile year. 33 Tley shiall not dwell in ty land, lest j 15''llou shlal keep the feast of unleav- tieey make thee sin againlst me: for if thou cued bread: thou shalt eate unleavened serve their gods, it will surely be a snare bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in unto thee. the time appointed of tile month Abib; for CHAPTER SXIV. in it thiou cmnest out from Egypt: and none shlall appear before mic empty: Iro-, i, CIE 117 ),2 to t,,e,72-tWt. 3 he1r7e 1 And tile fest e feast oharvest, te firstfruits eeee'. ][e,.:eL,',/ tr o, ~ of thy latours, wchiech thou hast soewn i tie eel. in t'e c ii y of ce field: and the feast of ingatheringe, twhich ao, e c: thr,, e -ople. is in the end of thle year, e hllen thou least li5 Ml-oe' "eh iel', t elhe c lgatllereed in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy mles ND ie said unto MIoses, Come up unto shall appear before the Lord GOD. A the LORD, thou, and caron, Nadlab,, 13 TnoU shalt not offer the blood of my and Abihu, and seventy of tile elders of sacrifice with en e bred; neither shll Israel; nr o hip ye afr off. tle fat of my sacriic re in until te remain until te 2 And Ioses alon sal come ner the morningt. LORD: but they shall not comen nig; neither 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land shall the people go up with him. thou shalt bring into the house of tlle LORlD S' And ieoses cemne and told the peopli thy God. Tilol shalt not seethee a kid in all the words of tle LORD, and all tile judghi3 mothier's n;lk. mcnts: and all the peop!'e anwreec with 20 Bellold, I send an Angel before thee, one voice, on vo iand said, All te ords hi'h to keep thee in tlhe wna, and to bring thee the LonR) hiath said till vwe do. into the place which I have prepared. 4 Andl Ioses wrote all the wordi of the 2h1 Bewvre of leim, and obey his voice, pro- LORD, and rose up early in the inorning, voke him not; for lie will not pardon your and builded an altar under the hill, and tranllsressions: for my name i. in him. twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes 22 But. if thou shalft ideed obey his voice, of Israel. and do all tltit I speak; then I will be al 5 hnd ile sent young men of the children enemy unto thine enemies, and an adver- of Ie;racl, which offered burnt offerings, and sary unto tline adversaries. sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the 2: For mine Angel shall go before thee, LORD. and bring thee ie unto the Acmorites, and 6 And h loses took hialf of the blood, and 63 Moses in the mount. EXODUS. The ark and mercy seat. put it in basins; and half of the blood he the pattern of the tabernacle, and the patsprinkled on the altar. tern of all the instruments thereof, even so 7 And he took the book of the covenant, shall e make it. and read in the audience of the people: and 10 s And they shall make an ark of shitthey said, All that the LORD hath said will tim wood: two cubits and a half siall be we do, and be obedient. the length thereof, and a cubit and a half 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half it on the people, and said, Behold the blood the height thereof. of the covenant, which the LORD hath made 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure with you concerning all these words. gold, within and without shalt thou overlay 9 T Then went up Moses, and Aaron, it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the round about. elders of Israel; 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and it, and put them in the four corners therethe'c ouas under his feet as it were a paved of; and two rings shall be ill tile one ide work of a sapphire stone, and as it were of it, and two rings in the other side of it. the body of heaven in his clearness. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim 11 And upon the nobles of the children of wood, and overlay them with gold. Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the God, and dil eat and drink. rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark 12 t And the LORD said unto Moses, may be borne with them. Come up to me into the mount, and be 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the there: and I will give thee tables of stone, ark: they shall not be taken from it. and a law, and commandments which I have 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the written; that thou mayest teach them. testimony which I shall give thee. 13 And Mlosesoses up, and his minister 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of Joshua, and BIoses went up into the mount pure gold: two cubits and a half shaol be of God. the length thereof, and.a cubit and a half 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye the breadth thereof. here for us, until we come again unto you: 18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them,. if any man have any matters to do, let him in the two ends of the mercy seat. com nto e. 9Ad e untehe o the e cherub on the one end, 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and and the other cherub on the other end: a cloud covered tile mount. even of the mercy seat shall ye make the 10 And the glory of the LORD abode upon cherubim on the two ends thereof. mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six 20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth days: and the seventh day he called unto theiro wings on ligh, covering the mercy Moses out of the midst of the cloud. seat with their wings, and their faces shall 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD look one to another; toward the mercy seat weas like devouring fire on the top of the slall the faces of the cherubim be. mount in the eyes of the children ofIsrael. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat 18 And Iloses went into the midst of the above upon the ark; and in the ark thou cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. MIoses was in the mount forty days and 22 And there I will meet with thee, and forty nights. I will commune with thee from above the CHAPTER XXV. mercy seat, from between the two oheruGet the Iseostes n1t slie fote Is of's blot whim which are upon the ark of tile testimoth0, tseoIsde. 10i Tisfee-r ofthle arg, any, of all things which I will give thee in alercy seat,. oit the scenltm,. 23 Tie tale, commandment unto the children ofIsrael. with ftelitre t-nereof. 31 Thie caldlestici, 23 S Thou shalt also make a table of shituitl, the inotLstuments the-,eof. tim wnod: two cubits shall fbe the length A ND the LORD spake unto BMoses, saying, thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof,.1 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that and a cubit and a half the height thereof. they bring me an offering: of every man that 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure giveth itwillinglywith hisheart ye shalltake gold, and make thereto a crown of gold my offering. round about. 3 And this 2 i the offering which ye shall 2 And thou shalt make unto it a border take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, of a handbreadth round about, and thou 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and shalt make a golden crown to the border fine linen, and goats' hai, thereof round about. 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings skins, and shittim wood, of gold, and put the rings in the four cor6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, ners that are on the four feet thereof. and for sweet incense, 27 Over against te sh t he border shall the rings 7 Oiyx stones, and stones to be set in the be for places of the staves to bear the table. ephod, and in the breastplate. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, I may dwell among them. that the table may be borne with them..9 According to all that I shew thee, after 29 And thou shalt make the dishes there64 The golden candlestick. EXODUS. Curtains of the tabernacle. of, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure and couple the curtains together with the gold shalt thou make them. taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table 7 ~ And thou shalt make curtains of goats' shewbread before me always. hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: 31 V And thou shalt make a candlestick eleven curtains shalt thou make. of pure gold: of beaten work shall the 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty candlestick be made: his shaft, and his cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four branches, his bowls, his knops, and his cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all flowers, shall be of the same. of one measure. 32 And six branches shall come out of the 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by sides of it; three branches of the candle thllemselves, and six curtains by themselves, stick out of the one side, andthree branches and shalt double the sixth curtain in the of the candlestick out of the other side: forefront of the tabernacle. 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the Vitb knop a end aftwer in one branch; and edge of the one one curtain that i outmost in three bowls made like almonds in the other the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of branch, aWith a knop and a flower: so in the the curtain hicbl coupleth the second. six branches that come out'of the candle- 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of stick. brass, and put the taches into the loops, 34 And in the candlestick shall be four and couple the tent together, that it may bowls made like unto almonds, with their be one. knops and their flowers. 12 And the remnanthat remaineth of the 35 And tlere shall be a knop under two curtains of the tent, the half curtain that branches of the same, and a knop under remaineth, shall hang over the back side of two branctes of the same, and a knop un- the tabernacle. der two branches of the same, according to 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cuthe six branches that proceed out of the bit on the other side of that which remaincandlestick.th in t length of th e leg f curtains of the tent, 36 Their knops and their branches shall it shallhang over the sides of the tabernacle, be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten on this side and on that side, to cover it. work of pure gold.' 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a coverthereof: andtheysballlightthelamps there- in above of badgers' sleins. of, that they may give light over against it. 15' And thou shalt make boards for the 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff- tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a 39 Of a talent of:pure gold shall he make board, and a cubit and a half shall be the it, with all these vessels. breadth of one board. 40 And look that thou make them after 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, their pattern, which was shewed thee in the set in order one against another: thus shalt mount. thou make for all the boards of the taberCHAPTER XXVI. nacle. ITheatem t corteit of the eta e. 7 The eleven 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the crtains of goats' haito. 14'he covering of tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side rams' skins 15 The boards of the taberlacle, southward. with thei, sockets and bant. 31 The vail for the 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of -ak. 36 Tihe hanegilgfth o. lver under the twenty boards; two sockets r OREOVER thou shalt make the tab- under one board for his two tenons, and ernacle with ten curtains of fine two sockets under another board for his two twined linen, and blue, and purple, and tenons. scarlet: oith cherubim of cunning work 20 And for the second side of the taberlalt thou make them. nacte on the north side there rshall be 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight twenty boards, and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one 21 And their forty sockets of silver; two curtain four cubits: and every one of the sockets under one board, and two sockets curtains shall have one measure. under another board. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled to- 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle gether one to another; and other five cur- westward thou shalt make six boards. tains shall be coupled one to another, 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. the edge of the one curtain fiom the selvedge 24 And they shall be coupled together bein the coupling; and likewise shalt thou neath, and they shall be coupled together make in the uttermost edge of aother cur- above the head of it unto one ring: thus tain, in the coupling of the second. shall it be for them both; they shall be for 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one the two corners. curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in 25 And they shall be eight boards, and the edge of the curtain that is in the coup- their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; ling of the second; that the loops may take two sockets under one board, and two sockhold one of another. ets under another board. 5 65.~~~~~~~~~~~6 The vail of the ark. EXODUS. Court of the tabehrnacle. 26 ~ And thou shalt make bars of shittim 6 And thou shlt make staves for the alwood; five for the boards of the one side of tar, staves of shittim wvood, and overlay the tabernacle, them with brass.'27 And five bars for the boards of the 7 And the staves shall be-put into the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars rings, and the staves shall be upon the tvwo for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, sides of the altar, to bear it. for the two sides westward. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the as it was shewed thee in the mount, so boards shall reach from end to end. shall they make it. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with 9 i And thou shalt make the court of the gold, and make their rings of gold for tabernacle: for the south side southward' places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay there shall be hangings for the court of fine the bars with gold. twined linen of a hundred cubits long for 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle one side: according to the fashion thereof which was 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their shewed thee in the mount. twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks 31 a And thou shalt make a vail of blue, of the pillars and their fillets shall be of and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined silver. linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall I1 Andlikewise for the north side in length it be made. there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits 32 And thou shalt hlang it upon four pil- long, and his twenty pillars and their twenlars of shittim zwood overlaid with gold: ty sockets ofbrass; thehooks ofthepillars their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four and their fillets of silver. sockets of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under west side soall be hangings of fifty cubits: the taches, that thou mayest bring in thith- their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. er within th vail the ai t rk of the testimony: 13 And the breadth of the court on the east and the vail shall divide unto you between side eastward shall be fifty cubits. the holy place and the most holy. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate' 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat shcal be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, upon the ark of the testimony in the most and their sockets three. holy place. 15 And on the other side shall be hang35 And thou shalt set the table without ings fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and the vail, and the candlestick over against their sockets three. the table on the side of the tabernacle to- 16 And for the gate of the court shall b'o ward the south: and thou shalt put the a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and; table on the north side. purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, 86 And thou shalt mnake a hanging for the wroughst with needleworks: and their pillars door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and shall be four, and their sockets four. scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with 17 All the pillars round about the court, needlework. shall be filleted with silver; their hooksu 37 And thou shalt make for the slanging shall be of silver, and their sockets ofbrass. five pillars of shittim woood, and overlay 18 The length of the court shall be a liun- them with gold, and their hooks shall be of dred cubits, and the breadth fifty every gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of where, and the height five cubits of fine brass for them. twined linen, and their sockets of brass. CHAPTER XXVII. 19 All the vessels of the tabern cle in all the' IPhe altar of but ofering, wih th ese tie- eice thereof, and all the pins thereof, and of. 9 The cottt of tie taLeortacle ictiosetl with all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. haegings aned pillars. 18 Tihe measure of the 20 t And thou shalt command the chilcourt.'20 Th oil jor the lmp. dren of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil nA D thou shalt make an altar of shit- olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp -X tim wood, five cubits long, and fiveto burn always. cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare, 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation and the height thereof shall be three cubits. without the vail, which is before the tes2 And thou shalt make the horns of it up- timony, Aaron and his sons shall order it on the four corners thereof: his horns shall from evening to morning before the LORD: be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it it shall be a statute for ever unto their with brass. generations on the behalf of the children of 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive Israel. j is ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, CHAPTER XXVIII and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all. d H l t;he vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.Aaro ar hs sons are set q art fo? t he pi es 4 And t hou shalt make for it a grate of e)hol. 15 Thte btestplate. 30 Thie Uri- aId network of brass; and upon the net shalt Tssmlr.im 31 The robe of the ephod. 36 The thou make four brazen rings in the four i'tla'eofthesnit. 39Thesembroideexlcoat. 40 corners thereof.he gametsutt aoL's so'5 And thou shalt put it under the compass i ND take thou unto thee Aaron thy of tlie altar beneatil, that the net may be - brother, and his sons with him, from even to tlhe midst of the altar. among the children of Israel, that he may i ____ 00__ "____65 Garments of the priests, EXODUS. Robe of the ephod. minister unto m in the priest's office, even onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ith- gold in their inclosings. amrar, Aaron's sons. 21 And the stones shall be withthe names 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for of the children of Israel, twelve, according Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. to their names, like the engravings of a 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are signet; every one with his name shall they wise hearted, whom I have filled with the be according to the twelve tribes. spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aa- 22 And thou shalt make upon the breastron's garments to consecrate him, that he plate chains at the ends of wreathen work may minister unto me in the priest's of- of pure gold. doe. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breast4 And these are the garments which they plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen and a girdle: and they shall make holy gar- chains of gold in the two rings which are ments fbr Aaron thy brother, and his sons, on the ends of the breastplate. that he may minister unto me in the priest's 25 And the other two ends of the two office. wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and two ouches, and put tlheml on the shoulderpurple, and scarlet, and fine linen. pieces of the ephod before it.. 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and tine and thou shalt put them upon the two ends twined linen, with cunning work. of the breastplate in the border thereof, 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces which is in the side of the ephod inward. thereof joined at the two edges thereof; 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt and so it shall be joined together. make, and shalt put them on the two sides 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, of the ephod underneath, toward the foretWhich is upon it, shall be of the same, ac- part thereof, over against the other coupcording to the work thereof; even of gold, ling thereof, above the curious girdle of the of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine ephod. twined linen. 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod and grave on them the names of the chil- with a lace of blue, that it may be above dren of Israel: the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the 10 Six of their names on one stone, and breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. tha other six names of the rest on the other 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the stone, according to their birtl. children of Israel in the breastplate of judg11 With the work of an engraver in stone, ment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou the holy place, for a memorial before the engrave the two stones with the names of LORD continually. the children of Israel: thou shalt make 30 ~ And thou shalt put in the breastthem to be set in ouches of gold. plate of judgment the Urim and the Thum12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon mim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, the shoulders of the ephod for stones of when he goeth in before the LORD: and memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of tile chilAaron shall bear their names before the dren of Israel upon his heart before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a me- LORD continually. morial. 31 And thou shalt make the robe of the 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; ephod all of blue. 14 And two chains of pure gold at the 32 And there shall be a hole in the top of ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make It, in the midst thereof: it shall have a them, and fasten the wreathen chains to binding of woven work round about the hole the ouches. of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon,.15 ~ And thou shalt make the breastplate that it be not rent. of judgment with cunning work; after the 33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou work of tie ephod tlou shalt make it; of shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of gold,of blue,nd of purple, andof scalet, purple, and ofscarlet, round about the hem andof fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. thereof; and bells of gold between them 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; round about: a span shall be the length thereof, and a 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a span shall be the breadth thereof. golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, hem of the robe round about. even four rows of stones: the first row shal 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this and his sound shall be heard when he goeth shall be the first row. in unto the iholy place before the LORD, and 18 And the second row shall be an em- when he cometh out, that he die not. erald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 36'J And thou shalt make a plate of pure 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings and an amethyst. of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.'20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, 67 Sacrifice and ceremonies. EXODUS. Ram of the consecration. that it may be upon the mitre; upon the brought before the tabernacle of the congreforefront of the mitre it shall be. gation; and Aaron and his sons shall put 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, their hands upon the head of the bullock.. that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before holy things, which the children of Israel the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it the congregation. shall be always upon his forehead, that they 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of may be accepted before the LORD. the bullock, and put it upon the horns of 89 ~ And thou shalt embroider the coat the altar with thy finger, and pour all the of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre blood beside the bottom of the altar. of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that of needlework. covereth the inlwads, and the caul that is 40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make above the liver, and the two kidneys, and coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, the fat that is upon them, and burn them and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for upon the altar. glory and for beauty. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with thy brother, and his sons with him; and fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and 15 t Thou shalt also take one ram; and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Aaron and his sons shall put their hands me in the priest's office. upon the head of the ram. 42And thou shalt make them linen breech- 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou es to cover their nakedness; from the loins shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round even unto the thighs they shall reach: about upon the altar. 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and up- 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, on his sons, when they come in unto the and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, tabernacle of the congregation, or when and put thene unto his pieces, and unto his they come near unto the altar to minister head. in the holy place; that they bear not in- 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram iquity, and die: it shall be a statute for upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto ever unto him and his seed after him. the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. CHAPTER XXIX. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram; Th sacrice and cesmonies ofonecratiss lhe and Aaron and his sons shall put theiri priests. 38 Thle continual biarnt o dferileg. 45 hands upon the head of the ram. God's l.omise to dwell amnolg the childen of 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take srael. of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the AND this is the thing that thou shalt do right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the e unto them to hallow them, to minister right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb unto me in the priest's office: Take one of their right hand, and upon the great toe young bullock, and two rams without blem- of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood ish, upon the altar round about. 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes un- 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that leavened tempered with oil, and wafers un- is upon the altar, and of tlhe anointing oil, leavened anointed with oil: of vhleaten and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his flour shalt thou make them. garments, and upon his sons, and upon the 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, garments of his sons with him: and he and bring them in the basket, with the bull- shall be hallowed, and his garments, and ock and the two rams. his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- and the rump, and the fat that covereth the gregation, and shalt wash them with wacter. inwards, and the caul above the liver, and 6 And thou shalt take the garments, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of them, and the right shoulder; for it is a the ephod, and the ephllod, and the breast- ram of consecration: plate, and gird him with the curious girdle 23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of the ephod:of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his basket of the unleavened bread that is behead, and put the holy crown upon the fore the LORD: mitre. 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. shalt wase them for a wave offering before 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put the LORD. coats upon them. 25 And thou shalt receive them of their 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, hands, and burn thema upon the altar for 4 Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the on them: and the priest's office shall be LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou the LORD. shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it 68 Continual burnt offering. EXODUS. The altar of incense. for a wave offering before the LORD: and the LORD, where I will meet you, to speak it shall be thy part. there unto thee. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of 43 And there I will meet with the children the wave offering; and the shoulder of the of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be saneheave offering, which is waved, and which tified by my glory. is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of even of that which is for Aaron, and of the congregation, and the altar: I will that which is for his sons: sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to 28 And it shall b Aaron's and his sons' minister to me in the priest's office. by a statute for ever from the children of 45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel; for it is a heave offering: and it Israel, and will be their God. shall be a heave offering from the children 46 And they shall know that I am the of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace of- LORD their God, that brought them forth ferings, even their heave offering unto the out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell LOD. among them: I am the LORD their God. 29 0[ And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed CHAPTER XXX. therein, and to be consecrated in them. heatar of ncete. 11 Thernsomofsoul. 17 30 And that sonthat is priest in his stead The raz ave 22 The holy anointing oil. sheall put them on seven days, when lie com- 34 dhe om eonitiote of the permefe. eth into the tabernacle of the congregation A ND thou shalt make an altar to burn to minister in the holy place. L. incn pe n: of shittim wood shalt 31 ~ And thou shalt take the ram of the thou make it. consecration, and seethe his flesh in the 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and holy place. a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the shall it be, and two cubits shall be the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in height thereof: the horns thereof shall be the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of of the same. the congregation. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 33 And they shall eat those things where- the top thereof, and the sides thereof round with the atonement was made, to consecrate about, and the horns tereof; and thou shalt and to sanclify them: but a stranger shall make unto it a crown of gold round about. not eat thereof, because they are holy. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to 34 And if aught of the flesh of the conse- it under the crowvn of it, by the two corcrations, or ot the bread, remain unto the ners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt morning, then thou shalt burn tile remain- thou make it; and they shall be for places der with fire: it shall not be eaten, because for the staves to bear it withal. it is holy. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shit35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and tim wood, and overlay them with gold. to his sons, according to all things which 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that I have commandedllthee: seven days shalt is by tile ark of tie testimony, before the thou consecrate them. mercy seat that is over the testimony, where 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bull- I will meet with thee. ock for' a sin offering for atonement: and 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet inthou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou cense every morning: when lhe dresseth the hast made an atonement for it, and thou lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atone- even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perment for the altar, and sanctify it; and it petual incense before the LORD throughout shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever your generations. toucheth the altar shallbe holy. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense there38 I Now this is that which thou shalt on, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. year day by day continually. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement 39 Thle one lamb thou shalt offer in the upon the horns of n i once a year with morning; and the other lamb thou shalt the blood of the sin offering of atonements; offer at even: once in the year shall he make atonement 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of upon it throughout your generations: it is flour mingled with the fouth h part of a hin mot holy unto the LORD. of beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin 11 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, of wine fo- a drink offering. saying, 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at 12 When thou takest the sum of the chileven, and shalt do thereto according to the dren of Israel after their number, then shall meat offering of the morning, and according they give every man a ransom for his soul to the drink offering thereof, for a seet unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; sayour, an offering made by fire unto the that thee he nbeo plague among them, when LORD. tholz nlnberest themn. 42 This shall be a continual burnt offer- 13 This they shall give, every one that ing tllroughout your generations atthe door passeth among them that are numbered, ofthe tabernacle of the congregation before half a shekel after the shekel of the sanc69 The holy anointing oil. EXODUS. Bezaleel and Aholiad. tuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) a half 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, 14 Every one that passeth among them shall even be cut off from his people. that are numbered, from twenty years old 34 d And the LORD said unto Moses, and above, shall give an offering unto the Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and LORD. onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices 15 The rich shall not give more, and the with pure frankincense: of each shall there poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, be a like weight:' when they give an offering unto the LORD, 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a to make an atonement for your souls. confection after the art of the apothecary, 16 And thou shalt take the atonement- tempered together, pure and holy: money of the children of Israel, and shalt 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very appoint it for the service of the tabernacle small, and put of it before the testimony in of the congregation; that it may be a me- the tabernacle of the congregation, where morial unto the children of Israel before theI will meet with thee: it shall be unto you LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. most holv. 17 V And tie LORD spake unto Moses, 37 And as for the perfume which thou saying, shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, according to the composition thereof: it and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. and thou shalt put it between the taber- 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, nacle of the congregation and the altar, and to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from thou shalt put water therein. his people. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their CHAPTER XXXI hands and their feet thereat.Bealed and Aetiab are cled and qaifdf 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the the wokf ofthe tabenacle. 12 The observance of congregation, they shall wash with water, the sabhaih is aaitr commanded. 18 Mosesrethat they die not; or when they come near celveth the r tables. to the altar to minister, to burn offering AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saymade by fire unto the LORD. A. ing,. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their 2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the feet, that they die not: and it shall be a son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of statute for ever to them, even to him and Judah: to his seed throughout their generations. 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of 22 ~ Moreover the LORD spake unto Mo- God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and scs, saying, in knowledge, and in all manner of work23 Take thou also unto thee principal manship, spices, of pre myrrh five hundred sekels, 4 To devise cunning works, to work in and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even gold, and in silver, and in brass, two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, and in carving of timber, to work in all 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, manner of workmanship. after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil 6 And I, behold, I have given with him olive a hin: Aholib, the son ofAhisamach, of the tribe 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are ointment, an ointment compound after the wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they art of the apothecary: it shall be a holy may make all that I have commanded thee; anointing oil. 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat of the congregation therewith, and the ark that is thereupon, and all the furniture of of the testimony, the tabernacle, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and 8 And the table and his furniture, and the the candlestick and his vessels, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and altar of incense, the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they 10 And the clothes of service, and the holy may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth garments for Aaron the priest, and the garthem shall be holy. ments of hi sons, to minister in the priest's 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his office, sons, and consecrate them, that they may 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet in; minister unto me in the priest's office cense for the holy place: according to all 31 And thou shalt speak unto the chil- that I have commanded thee shall they dren of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy do. anointing oil unto me throughout your 12 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, generations. saying, 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be pour- 13 Speak thou also unto the children of ed, neither shall ye make any other like Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall it, after the composition of it: it is holy, keep: for it is a sign between me and you and it shall be holy unto you. throughout your generations; that ye may 70 The molten calf. EXODUS. Moses destroyeth it. know that I an the LORD that doth sane- seen tlis people, and, behold, it is a stifftify you. necked people: 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my for it is holy unto you. Every one that de- wrath may wax hot against them, and that fileth it shall surely be put to death: for I may consume them: and I will make of whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul thee a great nation. shill be cut off from among his people. 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, 15 Six days may work be done; but in the and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Ilot against thy people, which thou hast LORD: whosoever doetL any work in the brought forth out of the land of Egypt with sabbath day, he shall surely he put to death. great power, and tith a mighty hand? 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath and say, For mischief did he bring them throughout their generations, for a per- out, to slay them in the mountains, and to petual covenant. consume them from the face of the earth? 17 It is a sign between me and the chil- Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of dren of Israel fcr ever: for in six days thehis evil against thy people..ORD made heaven and earth, and on the 13 Remember Abraham. Isaac, and Is Eeventh day hlie ested, and was refreshed. tael, thy servants, to ewhom thou swarest 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I made an end of communing with him upon will multiply your seed as the stars otf heavmount Sinai, two tables of testimony, ta- On, and all this land that I have spoken of bles of stone, written with the finger of God. will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. CHAPTER XXXII. 14 And the LORD repented of the evil The pesole, in the absence of o.ses, cause Aaron which he thought to do unto his people.: osnko a calf 7 Gol is nl^en,7e". re,, e 11 15 it And /loses turned, and went down Mnoses en-recttet himn il'beir behalf. 1 5'oses. colnetl doe with the lables. 19 He ickea from the mount, and the two tables of the thlem. W0 He destsoyeth the calf. 22 Aaron's testimony zvere in his hand: tile tables Cexcse 25 loses calseth the idolaters to Se wee written on both their sides: on the stain. 30 iH 2,ayetfor the Aeople. one side and on the other ssere ther written. A ND when the people saw that Moses 1 And the tables evere the work of God, - delayed to come down out of the and the writing ztas the writing of God, lnount,.tie people gathered themselves to- graven upon the tables. gother unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the make us gods, fllich shall go before us; people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, or as fosd this MIoses, the man that brought Tlhere is a noise of war in the camp. uos up out of the land of Egypt, we eot not18 And he said, It is not the voice of them v'hat is become of him. that shout for mastery, neither is it the 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the voice of them that cry for being overcome; Rolden earrings, which areo in the ears of but the noise of them tltat sing do I Lear. sour wives, of your sons, and of your daugh- 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came cres, and bring teem unto me. nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, 3 And all the people brake off the golden and the dancing: and MIoses' anger waxed earrings whichll 2ver in their ears, and hot, and he cast tie tables out of his hands, eroulght thems unto Aaron. and brake them beneatll the mount. o And ihe received thems at their hand, 20 And he took the calf which they had and fashioned it with a graving tool, after made, andburnt it in the fire, and ground he iad made it a molten calf: and they it to powder, and streced it upon tie wasaid, These be thy gods, 0 Israel, which ter, and made the children of Israel drink brought thee up out of the land ofEgypt. of it. 5 And,vhen Aaron saw it, he bttilt an altar 1 And Moses said unto Aaron, Wesat did before it; and Aaron made proclamation, this people nto thee, that thou hast brought and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. So great a sin upon them? 0 And they rose up early on the morrow2, 22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of and offered burnt offerings, and brought my lord wax hot: thou knowest the peopeace offerings; and the people sat down pie, that they ae set on mischief. to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, 17 And the LORD said unto Ioses, Go, which shall go before us: for as for this get thee down; for thy people, which thou Moses, the man that brought us up out of broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have the land of Egypt, we wot not what is becorrupted themeelves: come of him. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath the way which I commanded them: they any gold, let them break it off. So they have made them a molten calf, and have gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and norshipped it, and have sacrificed thre re- eecame olt this calf. unto, and said, These be thy gods, 0 Is- 25 ~ And when Moses saw that the people rael, which have brought thee up out of the were naked, (for Aaron had made them land of Egypt. onaked unto their shame among their ene9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have mies,) 71 The idolaters slan. EXODUS. The prayer of Moses. 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the themselves oftheir ornamentsby the mount camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S Horeb. side? ethi a come unto me. And all the 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and sons of Levi gathered themselves together pitched it without the camp, afar off from unto him. the camp, and called it tile Tabernacle of 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the the congregation. And it came to pass, LORD God of Israel, Put every man his that every one which sought the LORD sword by his side, and go in and out from went out unto the tabernacle of the congregate to gate throughout the camp, and slay gation, which wcas without the camp. every man his brother, and-every man his 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went companion, and every man his neighbou.r out unto the tabernacle, that all the people 28 And the children of Levi did according rose up, and stood every man at his tent to the word of Moses: and there fell of the door, and looked after Moses, until he was people that day about three thousand men. gone into the tabernacle. 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate your- 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered selves to day to the LORD, even every man into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar deupon his son, and upon his brother; that scended, and stood at the door of the taberhe may bestow upon you a blessing this day. nacle, and the L ORD talked with Moses. 30 ~ And it came to pass on the morrow, 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar that Moses said unto the people, Ye have stand at the tabernacle door: and all the sinned a great sin: and now I will go up un- people rose up and worshipped, every man to the LORD; peradventure I shall make in his tent door. an atonement for your sin. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face 31 And MIoses returned unto the LORD, to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. and said, Oh, this people have sinned a And le turned again inao the camp; but his great sin, and have made them gods of gold. servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their man, departed not out of the tabernacle. sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, 12 lj And Moses said unto the LORD, See, out of thy book hicll thou hast written. thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Who- and thou hast not let me know whom thou soever hath sinned against me, him will I wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I blot out of my book. know thee by name, and thou hast also 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto found grace in my sight. theplace of which I have spoken unto thee 13 Noaw therefore, I pray thee, if I have behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: found grace in thy sight, show me now thy nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will way, that I may know thee, that I may find visit their sin upon them. grace in thy sight: and consider that this 35 And the LORD plagued the people, be- nation is thy people. cause they made the calf, which Aaron made. 14 And he said, My presence shall go with CHAPTER XXXIII. T thee, and I will give thee rest. e ort efL to itheR XXXI. l4 T And lie said unto him, If thy presence ple Lom theeeat. 7 Tirae taeacle is T eled go not 2it ttme, ccarry us not up hence. out of theccamp. 9 The Lol talkthface to face 1G For wherein shall it he known here eithal/oses. lloses epaylethLforGod'se resence, that I and thy people have found grace in 18 tnd tesirletl to see his yloray. thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with AND the LORD said unto Moses, De- us? So shall we be separated, I and thy part, and go up hence, thou and the people, from all the people that are upon people which thou hast brought up out of the face of the earth. the land of Egypt, unto the land which I 17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to do this thing also that thou hast spoken: Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and 2 And I will send an Angel before he I thee I kno thee by name. and I will drive out the Canaanite, the 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, thy glory. the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 19 And he said, I will make all my good3 Unto a land flowing with milk and hon- ness pass before thee, and I will proclaim ey: for I will not go up inthe midst of the midst of the name of the LORD before thee; and thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, lest I consume thee ill the way. and will shew mercy on whom I will shew 4 And when the people heard these evil mercy. tidings, they mourned: and no man did put 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my on him his ornaments. face: for there shall no man see me, and 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say live. unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff- 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a necked people: I will come up into the place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a midst of thee in a moment, and consume rock: thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments 22 And it shall come to pass, while my from tlee, that I may know lwhat to do glory passeth by, that I will put thee in unto thee. a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee 6 And the children of Israel stripped with my hand while I pass by: 72 The tables renewed. EXODUS. Covenant woith Israel. 23 And I will take away mine hand, and 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the thou shalt see my back parts; but my face inhabitants of the land, and they go a shall not be seen. whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and CHAPTER XXXIV. thou eat of his sacrifice; TRe tabe are renewed. 5 Ithe nme of the LORD 16 And thou take of their daughters unto proclaimed. ose entreato- God to go with thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring repe.tiny ceta detties of tsat ilet tabe 28 after their gods, and make thy sons go a Moses, after beilg foa'ty days iS the muntt, whoring after their gods. cometh dow, with the tables. 29 Hi face shin- 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. -. eth, and l e covereth it tith a vail. 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unthee two tables of stone like unto the leavened bread, as I commanded thee, in first: and I will write upon these tables the the time of the month Abib: for in the words that were in the first tables, which month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. thou brakest. 1) All that openeth the matrix is mine; 2 And be ready in the morning, and come and everyfirstling among thy cattle, wvhethet' up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and ox or sheep, that is atle. present thyself there to me in the top of 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt the mount. redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem 3 And no man shall come up with thee, him not, then shalt thou break his neck. neither let any man be seen throughout all All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt rethe mount; neither let the flocks nor herds deem. And none shall appear before me feed before that mount. empty. 4 And he heoed two tables of stone like 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the unto the first; and loses rose up early in seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, and in harvest thou shalt rest. as the LORD had commanded him, and took 22 And thou shalt observe the feast of in his hand the two tables of stone. weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and the feast of ingathering at the year's and stood with him there, and proclaimed end. the name of the LORD. 23 5 Thrice in the year shall all your men 6 And tile LORD passed by before him, children appear before the Lord GOD, the and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God of Israel. God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, 24 For I will east out the nations before hnd abunddant in goodness and truth, thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving any man desire thy land, when thou shalt iniquity and transgression and sin, and that go up to appear before the LORD thy God will by no means clear the gyuilty; visiting thrice in the year. the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my and upon the children's children, unto the sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacthird and to the fourth generation. rifice of the feast of the passover be left 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his unto the morning. head toward the earth, and worshipped. 26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land 9 And lie said, If now I have found grace thou shalt bring unto thehothe house of the LORD in thy siht, 0 Lord, let my Lord, I pry thy tGod. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in thee, go among us; for it is a sEffnecked his mother's milk. people; and pardon our iniquity and our 27 1I And the LOPD said unto ioses, sin, and take us for thine inheritance. Write thou these words: for after the tenor 10 I And he said, Behold, I make a cove- of these words I have made a covenant -with nant: before all thy people I will do mar- thee and with Israel. vels, such as have not been done in all the 28 And he was there with the LORD forty earth, nor in any nation: and all the people days and forty nights; he did neither eat among which thou art shall see the work of bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I the tables the words of the covenant, the will do with thee. ten commandments. 11 Observe thou that which I command 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came thee this day behold, I drive out lefore down from mount Sinai with the two tables thee the Arnlorite, and the Canaanite, and of testimony in Moses' hand, when lie came the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hi- down from the mount, that Moses wist not vite, and the Jebusite. that the skin of his face shone while he'12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make talked with him. a covenant with the inhabitants of the land 30 And when Aaron and all the children whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his in the midst of thee: face shone; and they were afraid to come 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break nigh him. their images, and cut down their groves: 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aa14 For thou shalt worship no other god: ron and all the rulers of the congregation for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is returned unto him: and Ioses talked with a jealous God. them. 73 Free gifts for EXODUS. the tabernacle. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins came nigh: and he gave them in command- of tile court, and their cords; ment all that the LORD had spoken with 19 The clothes of service, to do service in him in mount Sinai. the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron 83 And till Moses had done speaking with the priest, and the garments of his sons, to them, he put a vail on his face. minister in the priest's office. 34 But when Moses went in before the 20 ~ And all the congregation of the chilLORD to speak with him, he took the vail dren of Israel departed from the presence off, until he came out. And he came out, of Moses. and spake unto the children of Israel that 21 And they came, every one whose heart which he was commanded. stirred him up, and every one whom his 35 And the children of Israel saw the face spirit made illing, anld they brought the of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: LORD'S offering to the work of the'aberand ioses put the vail upon his face again, nacle of the congregation, and for all his until he went in to speak with him. service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, CHAPTER XXXV. as many as were willing hearted, and brought The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tab20 The'eadineas of tihe people tooffer. 30 Beal- lets, all jewels of gold: and every man that eel and Aholiab are called to the Work. offered, offered an offering of gold unto the AND Moses gathered all the congrega- LORD. tion of the children of Israel together, 23 And every man, with whom was found and said unto them, Those are the words blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linwhich the LORD hath commanded, that ye en, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, ehould do them. and badgers' skins, brought them-,. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the 24 Every one that did offer an offering of seventh day there shall be to you a holy silver and brass brought the LORD'S offerday, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoso- ing: and every man, with whom was found everdoe twork thereinshall beputtodeath. shittim wood for any work of the service, 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your brought it. habitations upon the sabbath day. 25 And all the women that were wise 4 ~ And MIoses spake unto all the con- hearted did spin with their hands, and gregation of the children of Israel, saying, brought that which they had spun, both of This is the thing which the LORD command- blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of ed, saying, fine linen. 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto 26 And all the women whose heart stirred the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; 27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, gold, and silver, and brass, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and the breastplate; fine linen, and goats' hair, 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and 7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' for the anointing oil, and for the sweet inskins, and shittim wood, cense. 8 And oil for the light, and spices for an- 29 The children of Israel brought a willointing oil, and for the sweetn ense, inn g offeing unto the LORD, every man and 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for woman, whose heart made them willing to the ephod, and for the breastplate. bring for all manner of work, which the 10 And every wise hearted among you LORD had commanded to b.e made by the shall come, and make all that the LORD hand of Moses. hath commanded; 30 ~ And Moses said unto the children of 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his cov- Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name ering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, Bezaleel.the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of his pillars, and his sockets; the tribe of Judah; 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with 31 And he hath filled;him with the spirit the mercy seat,and the vail of the covering; of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in 13 The table, and his staves, and all his knowledge, and in all manner of workmanvessels, and the shewbread; ship; 14 The candlestick also for the light, and 32 And to devise curious works, to work in his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for gold, and in silver, and in brass, the light; 33 And in the cutting.of stones, to set them, 15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and in carving of wood, to make any manand the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, per of cunning work. and the hanging for the door at the entering 34 And he hath put in his heart that he in of the tabernacle may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son 16 The altar of burnt offering, with his of Aiisamach, of the tribe of Dan. brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of the laver and lis foot; heart, to work all manner of work, of the 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, engraver, and of the cunning workman, and and their sockets, and the an ging for the of the embroiderer, in blue, andin purple, in door of the court; scarlet, and in fine linen, and ofithe weaver, 74 The curtains, the EXODUS. bars, and the vail. even of them that do any work, and of those cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of that devise cunning work. one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. CtIAPTER XXXVZI. t10 Ae nd i he coupled five curtains by themflte offerinos ao'e deivered to l ho t oa.knero. 5 Thie liberality ofthto ]eople is.e.traield. 8 Thlec,1 selves, and six curtains by themselves. itotns ith cherubim. l4 The rcutails of gotls' 17 And he made fifty loops upon the utterMhais.. 19 The ove-rilt of skins. 20 Tle ocls most edge of the curtain in tie coupling,.wilt their sockets. 31 The bais. 35 The vail. and fifty loops made he uponh e e edge of the 37'TIe IanLgiJfort e, door curtain which coupleth the second. f IEN wrought Bezaleeland Aholiab, and 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to every wise hearted man, in whom the couple the tent together, that it might be LORD put wisdom aon understanding to one. know how to work all manner of work for 19 And he made a covering for the tent the service of the sanctuary, according to of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of all:that the LORD had commanded. badgers' skins above that. 2t And MIoses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, 20 ~ And he made boards for the taberand every wise hearted man, in whose heart nacle ofshittim wood, standing up. the LORD had put wisdom, even every one 21 The length of a board twas ten cubits, whose heart stirred him up to come unto and the breadth of a board one cubit and a the work to do it: half. 3 And they received of Moses all the of- 22 One board had two tenons, equally disforing, which the children of Israel had tant one from another: thus did he make brought for the work of the service of the for all the boards of the tabernacle. sanctuary, to make it withal. And they 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle brougllt yet unto him free offerings every twenty boards for the south side southward: morning. 24 And forty sockets of silver he made 4 A[ And all the wise men, that wrought all under the twenty boards; to sockets unthe work of the sanctuary, came every man der one board for his two tenons, and two from his work which they made; sockets under another board for his two 5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The tenons. people bring much more than enough for the 25 And for the other side of the tabernaservice of the work, which the LORD con- cle, which is toward the north corner, he manded to make. made twenty boards, 6 And Moscs gave commandment, and they 26 And their forty sockets of silver; two caused it to be proclaimed throughout the sockets under one board, and two sockets camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman under another board. make any more work for the offering of the 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle estsanctuary. So the people were restrained ward e made six boards. from bringing. 28 And two boards made ie i for the corners 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for oft th abernacle in the two sides. all the work to make it, and too much. 29 And they were coupled beneath, and.8 I And every wise hearted man among coupled together at the head tereof, to one them that wrought the work of the taberna- ring: thus he did to both of them in both cle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, the corners. and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with 30 And there were eight boards; and their cherubim of cunning work made he them. sockets oere sixteen sockets of silver, un9 The length of one curtain zas twenty der every board two sockets. and eight cubits, and the breadth of one 31 And he made bars of shittim wood; curtain four cubits: the curtains owere all five for the boards of the one side of the of one size. tabernacle, 10 And he coupled the five curtains one 32 And five bars for the boards of the unto another: and the other five curtains other side of the tabernacle, and five bars he coupled one unto another. for the boards of the tabernacle for the 11 And lie made loops of blue on the edge sides westward. of one curtain from the selvedge in the 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot coupling: likewise he made in the utter- through the boards from the one end to the most side of another curtain, in the coup- other. ling of the second. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and made their rings of gold to be places and fifty loops made he in the edge of the for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. curtain which was in the coupling of the 35 ~ And he made a vail of blue, and second: the loopsheld one curtaic to an- purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: other. toith cherubim made he it of cunning work. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and 30 And he made thereunto four pillars of coupled the curtains one unto another with shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: the taches: so it became one tabernacle. their hooks owere of gold; and he cast for 14- And he made curtains of goats' hair them four sockets of silver. for the tent over te tabernacle: eleven cur- 37 And he made a hangring for the tabertains he made them. ncle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 15 The length of one curtain toas thirty and fine tined linen, of needlework; 75 The ark and mercy seat. EXODUS. The altar of incense. 38 And the five pillars of it with their thereof; three branches of the candlestick hooks; and he overlaid their chapiters and out of the one side thereof, and three their fillets with gold: but their five sockets branches of the candlestick out of the other we nfe of brass. side thereof: CHAPTER XXXVII 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of *T' fi TeeetRe eteibtrk rI. 11nealmonds in one branch, a knop and a Te ar-k. 6 Te -nerey seat with tIheeherMu~i. 10 The table witch t, vessels. 17 The candlestick flowe; and three bowls made like almonds witn its ilaEln alcl isterumeetns. Isle al.tar in another branch, a knop and o floner: so of inceae. 29 The ani ointig il and seet in- throughout the six branches going out of the telse. candlestick. A ND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls w ood: two cubits and a half was the made like almonds, his knops, and his length of it, and a cubit and a half the flowers: breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the 21 And a knop under two branches of the height of it: same, and a knop under two branches of 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within the same, and a knop under two branches and without, and made a crown of gold to it of the same, according to the six branches round about. going out of it. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to 22 Their knops and their branches were be set by the four corners of it; even tewo of the same: all of it eas one beaten work rings upon the one side of it, and two rings of pure gold. upon the other side of it. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his 4 And he made staves of shittim eood, and snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. overlaid thelm with gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and 5 And he put the staves into the rings by all the vessels thereof. the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 25 ~ And he made the incense altar of 6 t And he made the mercy seat of pure shittim wood: the length of it wase a cubit, gold: two cubits and a half was the length and the breadth of it a cubit; itt tas fourthereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth square; and two cubits was the height of thereof. it; the horns thereof were of the same. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold, 26 And lie overlaid it with pure gold, both beaten out of one piece made he them, on the top of it, and the sides thereof round the two ends of the mercy seat; about, and the horns of it: also he made 8 One cherub on.the end on this side, unto it a crown of gold round about. and another cherub on the other end on 27 And le made two rings of gold for it that side: out of the mercy seat made he under the crown thereof, by the two corners the cherubim on the two ends thereof. of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be 9 And the cherubim spread out their wings places for the staves to bear it withal. on high, aCm covered with their wings over 28 And he made the staves of shittim the mercy seat, with their faces one to an- wood, and overlaid them with gold. other; even to the mercy seat-ward were 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, the fades of the cherubim. and tle pure incense of sweet spices, ac10 T And he made the table of shittim cording to the work of tle apothecary. wood: tco cubits was the length thereof, CHAPTER XXXVIII and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit ite altar of buret ofering 8 Th e iave, of 6,as and a half the height thereof: 9 ie court. 21 The sum of what the people of11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and fered. made thereunto crown ofgold round about. A ND he made the altar of burnt offer12 Also he made thereunto a border of a - ing of shittim wood: five cubits was handbreadth round about; and made a the length thereof, and five' cubits the crown of gold for the border thereof round breadth thereof; it wnas foursquare; and about. three cubits tie height thereof. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and 2 And he made the horns thereof on the put the rings upon the four corners that four corners of it; the horns thereof nere wetre in the four feet thereof. of the same: and hle overlaid it rithll brass 14 Over against te deer the border ere the rings, 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the places for the staves to bear the table. the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, 15 And he made the staves of shittim and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the vessels thereof made he of brass. the table. 4 And lhe made for the altar a brazen grate 16 And he made the vessels hich ere f network, under tecompass thereof, upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, beneath unto the midst of it. and his bowls, and his covers to cover with- 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends al, of pure gold. of the grate of brass, to be places for the 17 ~ And lie made the candlestick of pure staves. gold: of beaenc w aork made lie the candle- 6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, stick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, and overlaid them with brass. his hnops, and his flowers, were of the 7 And hle put the staves into the rings on sae: the sides of the altar, to bear it ithal he 18 And six branches going out of the sides made the altar hollow with boards. 76 The laver of brass. EXODUS. The holy garments. 8 And he made the laver of brass, and talents, and a thousand seven hundred and the foot of it of brass, o the lookingghtsses threescore and fifteen shekels, after the of tile V o7sae. assembling, which assem- shekel of the sanctuary: bled at the door of the tabernacle of the 2i A bekah for every man, that is, half congregation. a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, 9 i And he made the court: on the south for every one that went to Le numbered, side southward the hangings of the court flomn twenty years old and upward, for six were of fine twined linen, a hundred c- hundred thousand and three thousand and bits: five hundred and fifty lten. 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their 27 And of the hundred talents of silver brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and pillars and their fillets were of silver. the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets 11 And for the north side the hangings of the hundrled talents, a talent foe a socket. were a hundred cubits, their pillars were 28 And of the thousand seven hundred twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, silver. and filleted them. 12 And for the west side were hangings of 2t And the brass of the offering twae sevfifty oubits, their pillars ten, and their sockl- enty talents, and two thousand and four ets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their hundred shekels. fillets of silver. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to 13 And for the east side eastward fifty the door of the tabernacle of the congregacubits. tion, and the brazen altar, and the brazen 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, wc7e fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and 31 And the sockets of the court round their sockets three. about, and the sockets of the court gate, 15 And for the other side of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all on this hand and that hand, were hangings the pins of the court round about. of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER XXXIX. their sockets three. ITt sthst ef i teed ttlj-.-t,. 2 ts The clothes of serv/ice aid l holy grsmenets. 2 Ths 16 All the hangings of the court round phtod. 8 The breastlate. 22 Thie obe of the about vere of fine twined linen. ephod. 27 The coats, -nitre, and girdle of fne 17 And the sockets for the pillars weree of linen. 30 iThe plate of the holy coun. 32 ill brass; tie hooks of the pillars and their ithipisdlted ald a,,oved abyoses fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their A ND of the blue, and purple, and scarilcapiters of silver; and all the pillars of Li1. let, they made clothes of service, to the court were filleted with silver. do service in the holy place, and made the 18 And the hanging for the gate of the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD court was needlework, of blue, and purple, commanded Moses. and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, twenty cubits was the length, and the and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined height in the breadth was five cubits, linen. answerable to the hangings of the court. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin 19 And their pillars were four, and their plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarand the overlaying of their chapiters and let, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. their fillets of silver. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and couple it together: by the two edges swas of the court round about, weste of brass. it coupled together. 21 h This is the sum of the tabernacle, 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it zas upon it, was of the same, according to vats counted, ccording to the command- tile work thereof; ofgold, blue, and purple, ment of Moses, foo the service of the Le- and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the ites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron LORD commanded Moses. the priest.6 iAnd they arought onyx stones inclosed 22And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that graven, with the names of the children of the LORD commanded Moses. Israel. 23 And with him eas Aholiab, son of Ahis- 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the amach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, ephod, that they shouald be stones for a and a cunning workman, and an embroid- memorial to the children of Israel; as the crer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, LORD commanded Sloses. and fine linen. 8, And he made the breastplate of cun24-All the gold that was occupied for the ning work, like the work of the ephod; of work in all the wolrk of the holy place, even gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine fine twined linen. talents, and seven hundred and thirty sheks- It was foursquare; they made tile breastels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. plate double: a span seas the length there25 And the silver of them that were num- of, and a span the breadth thereof, being bered of the congregation was a hundred doubled. 77 Robe of the ep7od. EXODUS. The tabernacle finished. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: writing, like to the engravings of a signet, the first row twas a sardius, a topaz, and HOLINESS TO THE LORD. a carbuncle: this s the first row. 81 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to 11 And the second row, an emerald, a, sap- fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the phire, and a diamond. LORD commanded Moses. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, 32 Thus was all tie work of the tabernacle and an amethyst. of the tent of the congregation finished: and 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, the children of Israel did according to all and a jasper: they weere inolosed in ouches that the LORD commanded Moses, so did of gold in their inclosings. they. 14 And the stones were according to the 33 i And they brought the tabernacle unto names of the children of Israel, twelve, Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his according to their names, like the engrav- taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, ings of a signet, every one with his name, and his sockets; according to the twelve tribes. 34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed 15 And they made upon the breastplate red, and the covering of badgers' skins, chains at the ends, of wreathen work of and the vail of the covering; pure gold. 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and thereof, and the mercy seat; two gold rings, and put the two rings in the 35 The table, and all the vessels thereof, two ends of the breastplate. and the shewbread; 17 And they put the two wreathen chains 37 The pure candlestick, owith the lamps of gold in the two rings on the ends of the thereof, even twith the lamps to be set in breastplate. order, and all the vessels thereof, and the 18 And the two ends of the two wreathen oil for light; chains they fastened in the two ouches, and 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing put them on thie soulderpieces ofthe ephod, oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging before it. for the tabernacle door; 19 And they made two rings of gold, and 3D The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, put them on the two ends of thebreastplate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver upon the border of it, which was on the side and his foot; of the ephod inward. 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, 20 And they made two other golden rings, and his sockets, and the hanging for the and put them on the two sides of' the ephod court gate, llis cords, and his pins, and all underneath, toward the forepart of it, over the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, against the other coupling thereof, above for the tent o te e the congregation; the curious girdle of the ephod. 41 The clothes of service to do service in 21 And they did bind the breastplate by the holy place, and the holy garments for his rings unto the rings of the ephod with Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, a lace of blue, that it might be above the to minister in the priest's office. curious girdle of the ephod, and that the 42 According to all that the LORD combreastplate might not be loosed from the manded Moses, so the children of Israel ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. made all the work. 22 i And he made the robe of the ephod 43 And Moses did look upon all the work, of woven work, all of blue. and, behold, they had done it as the LORD 23 And there iwas a hole in the midst of had commanded, even so had they done it: the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with and Ioses blessed them. a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. CHAPTER XL. 24 And they made upon the hems of the Moses is commandedl to set Lp the tahernacle, Sand robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and to aeeoit it: 13 and to.coleete atoet a,,d scarlet, ned twined einen. tee -e.16 Mieer.or neefe eeC tatit, aort25 And they made bells of pure gold, and i 1ly. A1 cowle lcoveseth the taterace. put the bells between the pomegranates ND the LORD spake unto Moses, sayupon the hem of the robe, round about be- A ing, tween the pomegranates; 2 On the first lay of the first month shalt 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of pomegranate, round about the hem of the the congregation. robe to minister in; as the LORD cor- 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of manded Moses. the testimony, and cover the ark with the 27 And they made coats of fine linen of vail. woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and 28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly set in order the things that are to be set bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in of fine twined linen, the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle- the incense before the ark of tlletestimony, wprk; as the LORD commanded Moses. and put the hanging of the door to the tab30 t And they made the late othehe holy ernacle. Crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a 6 And thou shalet setthe altar of the burnt y9 Moses anointeth it. LEVITICUS. A cloud covereth it. offering before the door of the tabernacle of 22 And he put the table in the tent of the the tent of the congregation. congregation, upon the side of the taber7 And thou shalt set the laver between nacle northward, without the vail. the tent of thecongregation and the, etthe altar,23 And le set th brad i order upon it and shalt put water therein. before the LORD; as the LORD had com8 And thou shalt set up the court round manded MIoses. about, and hang up the hanging at the 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent court gate. of the congregation, over against the table, 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, on the side of the tabernacle southward. and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is 25 And he lighted the lamps before the therein, aid shalt hallow it, and all the ves- LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. sels thereof: and it shall be holy. 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of theof the congregation before the vail: burnt offering, and all his vessels, and 7l And le burnt sweet incense thereon; sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar as the LORD commanded Moses. most holy. 28 And he set up the hanging at the door 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and of the tabernacle. his foot, and sanctify it. 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the the congregation, and offered upon it the congregation, and wash them with water. burnt offering andthehe meat offering; as the 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy LORD commanded Mioses. garments, and anoint him,: and sanctify 30 And lie set the laver between the tent him; that he may minister unto me in the of the congregation and the altar, and put priest's office. water there, to wash wit2hal. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons clothe them with coats: ashed their and t he i hd d their feet thereat: 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou 32 When they went into the tent of the didst anoint their father, that they may congregation, and when they came near un2minister unto me in the priest's office: for to the altar, they washed; as the LORD their anointing shall surely be an everlast- commanded Moses. ing priesthood throughout their generations. 83 And he reared up the court round about 10 Thus did Moses according to all that the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the the LORD commanded him, so did he. hanging of the court gate. So Ioses finish17 7J And it came to pass in the first month ed tile ork. in the second year, on the first clay of the 34 q Then a cloud covered the tent of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. congregation, and the glory of the LORD i18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, filled the tabernacle. and fastened his sockets, and set up the 35 And ioses was not able to enter into boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, the tent of the congregation, because the and reared up his pillars. cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the LORD filled the tabernacle. tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent 36 And when the cloud was taken up from above upon it; as the LORD commanded over the tabernacle, the children of Israel tMoses. ent onward in all their journeys: 20 And he took and put the testimony 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, into the ark, and set the stave the the ark, then they journeyed not till the day that it and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: was taken up. 21 And he brought the ark into the taber- 8 For the cloud of the LORD was upon nacle, and set up the vail of the covering, the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by and covered the ark of the testimony; as night, in the sight of all the house of Isthe LORD commanded Moses. rael, throughout all their journeys. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED LEVITICUS. offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and CHAPTER I. of the flock. Tlhe burnt offerings of the herd; 10 of ths flok,; 3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the 14 and of the fol. herd, let him offer a male without blemish: AND the LORD called unto Moses, and be shall offer it of his own voluntary will at LL spake unto him out of the tabernacle the door of the tabernacle of the congregaof the congregation, saying, tion before the LORD. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 4 And lie shall put his hand upon the head say unto them, If any man of you bring an of the burnt offering; and it shall be acoffering unto the LOlD, ye lhall bring your cepted for him to make atonement for him. 79 The burnt offerings. LEVITICUS. The meat offerings. 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the 3 And the remnant of the meat offering LORD: andthe priests,aron's sons, shall shall be Aaron's and his sons': it i as bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood thing most holy ofthe offerings ofthe LORD round about upon the altar that is by the made by fire. door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat G And he shall flay the burnt offering, and offering baken in the oven, it shall be uncut it into his pieces. leavened cakes of fine flour mingled with 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood 5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering in order upon the fire: baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour 8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay unleavened, mingled dwith oil. the parts, the head, and the fat, in order 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour upon tie wood that is on the fire hich is oil thereon: it is a meat offering. upon the altar: 7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering 9 But his inwards and his legs shll he baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of ash in water: and the priest shall burn fine flour with oil. all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering offering made by fire, of a sweet savour that is made of these things unto the LORD: unto the LORD. and when it is presented unto the priest, 10 a And if his offering be of tle flocks, he shall bring it unto the altar. namlely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a 9 And the priest shall take from the meat burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn without blemish. it upon the altar: it is an offering made 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. altar northward before the LORD: and the 10 And that which is left of:the meat ofpriests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his fering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is blood round about upon the altar. a thing most holy of the offerings of the 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with LORD made by fire. his head and his fat: and the priest shall 11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring lay them in order on the wood that is on the unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: fire which is upon the altar: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, 13 But he shall wash t i d ad he inards and ffe the any offering of the LORD made by fire. legs with water: and'the priest shall bring 12t As for the oblation of the firstfruits, it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of they shall not be burnt on the altar for a a saeei ssaour unto the LORD. sweet savour. 14 d And if the burnt sacrifice for his of- 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering fering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall shalt thou season with lalt; neither shalt bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy pigeons. God to be lacking from thy meat offering: 16 And the priest shall bring it unto the with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. altar, and wring off his head, and burn it 14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be firstfruits un ththe LORD, thou shalt offer wrung out at the side of the altar: for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green 10 And he shall pluck away his crop with ears of corn dried by the fire, evae corn his feathers, and cast it beside the altar beaten out of full ears. on the east part, by the place of the ashes. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: offering. and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, 16 And the priest shall burn the memoupon the wood that is upon the fire: it is rial of it, psait of the beaten corn thereof, a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, and part of the oil thereof, with all the of a sweet savour unto the LORD, frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. CHAPTER II. The neat o ffein of iou th l anld incense, 4 CHAPTER III. take, i n the osean 5 or ol a plate, 7 or il a fry- The peace offer-ig of the herd; 6 of the lock; 7 ingpan. 12 T ie oblation of the fratfrit. either a lamb, 12 or a goat. Fhedccait oftheme t if,{t.t, A NiD if his oblation be a sacrifice of AND when any will offer a meat offer- A peace offering, if he offer it of the ing unto the LORD, his offering shall herd, whether it be a male or female, he be of fine flour; and he shhall pour oiupon sll ffer it without blemish before the it, and put frankincense thereon. LORD. 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the the priests: and he shall take thereout his head of his offering, and kill it at the door handful of the flour ereof, and oth ehe tabernacle ofh e ol teteale the congregation: and thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the and the priest shall burn e ial o lodp the memorial o upon the altar round about. it upon the altar, to be an offering made by 8 And he shall offer of tie sacrifice of the tire, of a eweot savour unto the LORD: peace offering an offering made by fire unto 80 The peace offerings, LEVITICUS. Sin of ignorance. the. LORD; the fat that covereth the in- to: be done, and shall do against any of wards, and all the fa that is pon the in- them; wards, 3 If tho priest that is anointed do sin ae4 And the two kidneys, and tie fat that is eording to the sin of the people; then let on them, which ia by the flanks, and the him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it a young bullock without blemish unto the shall he take away, LORD tbr a sin offering. 5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is up- door of the tabernacle of the congregation on the wood that is on the fire: it is an of- before the LORD and shall lay his hand fering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock the LORD. before the LORD.. 6 T And if his offering for a sacrifice of 5 And the priest that is anointed shall peace offering unto the LORD bli Ohe fofk take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to male or female, he shall offer it without the tabernacle of the congregation: blemish. 6 And the priest:shall dip his finger in the 7.If he offer a lamb for his offering, then blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times shall he offer it before the LORD. before the LORD, before the vail of the 8 And he-shall lay his hand upon the head sanctuary. of his offering, and kill it before the tab- 7 And the priest shall put some of the ernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round incense before the LORD, which is in the about upon the altar. tabernacle of the congregation; and shall 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the pour all the,blood of the bullock at the peace offerin o ffeoffering made by fire unto bottom of the altar- of the burnt offering, the LORD; the fat thereof, andl the whole which is at the door of the tabernacle of the rump, it shall he take off hard by the back- ongregation.. bone; and the fat that covereth the in- 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat wards, and all the fat that is upon the in- of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat wards, that covereth the inwards, and all the fat 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that that is upon the inwards, is upon them, which is by the flanks, and 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, upon them, which is by the flanks, and the is shall he take away. caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it 11 And the priest shall burn it upon the shall he tale away, altar: it is the food of the offering made 10 As it was taken off from the bullock by fire unto the LORD. of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the 12 A And if his offering be a goat, then priest shall burn them upon the altar of the he shall offer it before the LORD. burnt offering. 13. And he shall lay his hand upon the 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron his inwards, and his dung, shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry altar round about. forth without the camp unto a clean place, 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, where the ashes are poured out, and burn even an offering made by fire unto the him on the wood with fire: where the ashes LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, are poured out shall le be burnt. and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 13 ~ And if the whole congregation of Is15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that rael sin through ignorance, and the thing is upon them, which is by the flanks, and be hid from the eyes of.the assembly, and the caul above the liver, seith the kidneys, they have done somewhat against any of it shall he take esay tiee commandments of the LORD COeserCe16 And the priest shall burn them upon ing thinges which should not be done, and the altar: it is the food of the offering made are guilty; by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is 14 When the sin, which they have sinned the LORD'S. against it, is known, then the congregation 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and generations throughout all your dwellings, bring him before the tabernacle of the conthat ye eat neither fat nor blood. gregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation CHAPTER IV. shall lay their hands upon the head of the Tile offserit for the sitLs of igt1 ace: 3 fe1 the bullock before the LORD; and the bullock priest 13 for the col,rsgaiol; 22 for the rl shall be killed before the LORD. er; 2adf or aty ofthepeople. 16 And the priest that is anointed shall A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- bring of the bullock's blood to the tabers ing, nacle of the congregation: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in ing, If a soul shall sin through ignorance some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven against any of the commaudments of the times before the LORD, even before the vail. LORD conscersein things which ought no 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon 6 1S Sin of ignorance. LEVITICUS. The trespass offering. the horns of the altar which is before the 34 And the priest shall take of the blood LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the con- of the sin offering with his finger, and put gregation, and shall pour out all the blood it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offerat the bottom of the altar of the burnt offer- ing, and shall pour out all the blood thereing, which is at the door of the tabernacle of of at the bottom of the altar: the congregation. 35 And he shall take away all the fat there19 And he shall take all his fat from him, of, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from and burn it upon the altar. tie sacrifice of the pence offerings; and the 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he priest shall burn them upon the altar, acdid with the bullock for a sin offering, so cording to the offerings made by fire unto shall he do with this: and the priest shall the LORD: and the priest shall make an make an atonement for them, and it shall atonement for his sin that he hath commitbe forgiven them. ted, and it shall be forgiven him. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock C PTE witlout the camp, and burn him ashe burn- Fo divers off encesthere sal l. esrpass qffer, ed the first bullock it it a sin offering for ofthe flock, 7 offoauls, 11 o of fl-o. 14 Tle the congregation. t.esass ofeaina for esacrilee, 17 andfor ins of 22 9T When a ruler hath sinned, and done igtloance. someowhat through ignorance against any ND if a soul sin, and hear the voioo of the commandments of the LORD his God- I- of swearing, and is a witness, whether concerning things which should not be he hath seen or known of it; if he'do not done, and is guilty; utter it, then lae shall bear his iniquity. 23 Or if lis sin, wherein he hath sinned, 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, offering, a kid of the goats, a male without or a carlcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass blemish: of unclean creeping things, and if it be 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, head of the goat, and'kill it in the place and guilty. where they kill the burnt offering before the 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, LORD: it is a sin offering.,hatsoeveruncleanness itbe thatamanshall 25 And the priest shall take of the blood be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; of the sin offering with his finger, and put wlen he knoweth of it, then he shall be it upon the horns of the altar of burnt of'er- guilty. ing, and shall pour out his blood at the 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his bottom of the altar of burnt offering. lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the it be that a man shall pronounce with an, altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace oath, and it be hid from him; when he offerings: and the priest shall make an knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one atonement for him as concerning his sin, ofthese. and it shall be forgiven him. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty 27 1 And if any one of the common people in one of these things, that he shall consin through ignorance, while he doeth some- fess that he hath sinned in that thiing: shat against any of the commandments of 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering the LORD concerning things which ought unto the LORD for his sin lwhich he hath not to be lone, and be guilty; sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and come to his knowledge; then he shall bring the priest shall make an atonement for him his offering, a kid of the goats, a female with- concerning his sin. outblemish, for his sin hich hohathsinned. 7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb; 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the then he shall bring for his trespass, which head of the sin offering, and slay the sin le hath committed, two turtledoves, or two offering in the place of the burnt offering. young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a 30 And the priest shall take of the blood sin offeing, and the other for a burntlofthereof with his finger, and put it upon the fering. horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom who shall offer that vhich is for the sin ofof the altar. fering first, and ring off his head from his 31 And he shall take away all the fat neck, but shall not divide it asunder: thereof, as the fat is taken away from off 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and priest shall burn it upon tle altar for a the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at sweet s-.vour unto he LoD; and the the bottom of tle altar: it is a sin offering. priest shall make an atonement for him, 10 And he shall offer the second fo, a and it shall be forgiven him. burnt offering, according to the manner: 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, and the priest shall make an atonement le shall bring it a female without blemish. for him for his sin waiich he hath sinned, 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head and it shall Le forgiven him. of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offer- 11 But if he be no h able to bring two ing in the place where they kill the burnt turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then le offering. that sinned shall bring for his offering the 82 The trespass offering. LEVITICUS. T7ie burnt offering. tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin thereto, and give it unto him to whom it offering; he shall put no oil upon it, net- ppertaineth, in the day of his trespass thor shall he put anly frankincense thereon: offering. for it is a sin offering. 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering 12 Then shallihe bring it to the priest, and unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out the priest shall take his handful of it, even of the flock, with thy estimation, for a treaa memorial thereof, and burn it on the pass offering, unto the priest: altar, according to the offerings made by 7 And the priest shall make an atonement fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. for him before the LOR D: and it shall be 13 And the priest shall make an atone- forgiven him for any thing of all that he ment for him as touching his sin that he hath done in trespassing therein. hath Sinned in one of these, and it shall be 8 ~ And the LORD spake unto lioses, forgiven him: and the rem7tatt shall be saying, the priest's, as a meat offering. 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 14 sJ And the LORD spake unto Moses, This i8 the law of the burnt offering: It is saying, the burnt offering, because of the burning 15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin upon the altar all night unto the morning, through ignorance, in the holy things of the and the fire of the altar shall be burning LORD; then he shall bring for his tres- i it. pass unto the LORD a ram without blemish 10 And the priest shall put on his linen out of the flocks, with thy estimation by garment, and his linen breeches shall he shekels of silver, after the shekel of the put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes sanctuary, for a trespass offering: which the fire ath consumed with the burnt 16 And he shall make amends for the harm offering on the altar, and he shall put them that he hath done in the holy thing, and beside the altar. shall add the fifth part thereto, and give 11 And he shall put off his garments, and it unto'the priest: and the priest shall put on other garments, and carry forth the make an atonement for him with the ram of ashes without the camp unto a clean place. the trespass offering, and it shall be for- 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be given him. burning in it; it shall not be put out: and 17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of the priest shall burn wood on it every mornthese things which are forbidden to bo ing, and lay the burnt offering in order updone by the commandments of the LORD; on it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of though he wis t not, yet is he guilty, and the peace offerings. shall bear his iniquity. 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the 18 And he shall bring a ram without blem- altar; it shall never go out. ish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for 14 0 And this is the law of the meat offera trespass offering, unto the priest: and ing: The sons of Aaron shall offer it bethe priest shall make an atonement for him fore the LORD, before the altar. concerning his ignorance wherein he erred 15 And he shalltake of it his handful, of and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven the four of the meat offering, and of the oil him. thereof, and all the frankincense which is 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath cer- upon the meat offering, and shall burn it tainly trespassed against the LORD. upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the CHAPTER VI. memorial of it, unto the LORD. Th,:<,e, t feio o doe i tt iglyo 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron fhe law of the bln.t offeritng, 14 ali d of the at and his sons eat: with unleavened bread oatietg. 19 Te offeliig at the conoeotation of shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the a.Piest. 24i Te law of the sil offeoing. court of the tabernacle of the congregation A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- they shall eat it. a ing, 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I 2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass hae given it g ztnto e thee? foo their portion against the LORD, and lie unto his eigh- of my offerings made by fire; it is most bour in that which was delivered him to holy, as is the sin offering, and as the treskeep, or in fellowship, or in a tiling taken pass offering. away by violence, or hath deceived his 18 All the males among the children of neighbour; Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a stat3 Or have found that whichll as lost, and ute for ever in your generations concerning lieth concerning it, and sneareth falsely; tle offerings of the LORD made by fire: in any of all these that a man doeth, sin- every one that toucheth them shall be holy. ning therein: 1 ~ And the LORD spako unto Moses, 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, saying, and is guilty, that he shall restore that 20'Tts is the offering of Aaron and of twhich he took violently away, or the thing his sons, which they shall offer unto the'which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that LORD in the day when he is anointed; the which was delivered him to keep, or the lost tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a thing which he found, meat offering perpetual, half of it in the 5 Or all that about which Ihe hath sworn morning, and half thereof at night. falsely; he shall even restore it in the 21 In a pan it s1all be made with oil; and principal, and shall add the fifth part more zhet it is baklen, thou shalt bring it in: 83 The trespiass offe:rig. LEVITICUS. The peace offering. and the baken pieces of the meat offering in the oven, and all that is dressed-in the shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the the LOPD. priest's that offereth it. 22 And the priest ofhis sons that is anoint- 10 And every meat offering, mingled with ed in hid stead shall offer it: it is a statute oil, and dry, shall all tle sons of Aaron for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly have, one as nzuch as another. burnt. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of 23 For every meat offering for the priest peace offerings, which he shall offer unto shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. the LORD. 24 IV And the LORD spake unto Moses, 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then saying, he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanks2t Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, say- giving unleavened cabke3 mingled with oil, ing, This is the la of the sin offering: In and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, the place where the burnt offering is killed and cakes mingled: with oil, of fine flour, shall the sin offering be killed before the fried. LOD D: it is most holy.: 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall offering leavened bread with the sacrifice eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.. in the court of the tabernacle of the congre- 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the gation. whole oblation for a heave offering unto 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh there- the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that of shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. oa the blood thereof upon an.y garment, thou 15 And the flesh of. the sacrifice of his shalt wash that.whereon it was sprinkled in peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be the holy place. eaten the same day that it is offered; he 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is shall not leave any of it until the morning. sodden shall be broken: and if it be sod- 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be den in a brazen pot, itshall beboth scoured, vow, or a voluntary. offering, it shall be and rinsed in water. eaten the same day that he offereth his sac29 All the males among the priests shall rifice; and on the morrow also the remaineat thereof: it is most holy. der of it shall:be eaten: 30 And no sin offering, whereof any of 17 But the remainder of the flesh of'-the the blood is brought into the tabernacle of sacrifice on.the third day shall be burnt the congregation to reconcile withatl in the withvfire. holy ilace, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt 1S And if any of the flesh of tle sacrifice in the fire. of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the CHAPTER VII. third day, it shall not be accepted, neither the laau of te et1SlaS off-eetg, 11 ndd fe the shall it be imputed unto him that offereth -aee oTeias, 12 it,hetel i0t be fo-r a thanai- it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul LigI,' 16 al' a votu, o,7- a fjeewtll offering. 22 that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. ThtJat, 25 atd the blood, af oridldert. 28 The 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unolean priesat' ipotion ti the peace oy.ials,. thinlg shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt LIKEWISE this is the law of the tres- with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be pas offering: it is most holy. clean shall eat thereof. 2 In the place where they kill-the burnt 20 But the soul that eateth ofthe flesh of offering shall they kill te trespass offering: the sacrifice of peace offerings, tlat pertain and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upround about upon tie altar. on him, even that soul shall be cut off from 3 And he shall offer of it all-the fat there- his people. of; the rump, and the fat that covereth 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any the inwards, - unclean thling, as the nLcleanness of man, ~ And the two kidneys, and the fat thais or any unclean beast, or any abominable on them, which is by the flanks, and the unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the caul that is above the liver, with the kid- sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain neys, it shall he take away: unto the.LoRD, even that Soul shall be cut 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the off from his people. altar for7 an offering made by fire unto the 22 I And the LORD spake unto Moses, LORD: it is a terspass offering. aying, 6 Every male among the priests shall eat 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saythereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: ing, Ye shall eat no manner of fat-, of ox, it is most holy. or of sheep, or of goat. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass 24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of offering: theite is one lawe for them: the itself, and the fat of that which is torn with priest that maketh atonement therewith beasts, may be used in any other use: but shall have it. ye shall in no wise eat of it. 8 And tlie priest that offeroth any man's 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the burnt offering, even the priest sllil have beast, of which men offer an offering made to himself the slin of the burnt offering by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that which he hath offered. eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 9 And ail the meat oaicrling that is baken 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of to~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The consecration of LEVITICUS. Aaro-,n anld his sons. blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in 5 And MIoses said unto the congregation, any of your dwelling3. This is the thing which the LoieD com27 Whatsoever soul it be that eatetsh any manded to be done. manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut 6 And Idoses brought Aaron and his sons, off from hiis people. and washed thenm waith water. 28'j And the LORD spake unto Moses,7 Annd he put upon him tie coat, and girdsaying, ed him with the girdle, and clothed him with 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and ing, Ht that offereth the sacrifice of his h girded him with the curious girdle of the peace offerings unto the LORD, shall bring ephod, and bound iit unto him tl!erewith. his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice 8 And he put the breastplate upon him: of his peace offerings. also he put in the breastplate the Urim and 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings the Thummim. of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the 9 And he put the mitre upon his head; breast; it shall he bring, that the breast also upon the mitre, event upon his foremay be waved for a wave offering before front, did he put tile golden plate, the holy the LORD. crown; as the LORD commanded eIoses. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon 10 And Ioses took the anointing oil, and the altar: t th b reast shall be Aaron's anointed the tabernacle and all that was and his sons'. therein, and snnctified them. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar unto the priest for a heave offering of the seven times, and anointed the altar and all sacrifices of your peace offerings.' his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to 33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offer- sanctify them. eth the blood of the peace offerings, and the 12 And he poured of the anointing oil fat,shallhavethe rightshoulderlfor hlispart. upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to 34 -For the wave breast and the heave snctifyhim. shoulder have I taken of the children of 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace. put coats upon them, and girded them with offerings, and have given them unto Aaron girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the the priest and unto his sons, by a statute LORD commanded Moses. for ever, from among the children of Israel. 14 And he brought the bullock for the 35 [ This is the ortion of the anointing sin offering: and Aaron and lis sons laid of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, their hnnds upon-the head of the bullock for out of the offerings of the LORD made by the sin offering. fire, in the day zvsuhe he presented themn 5 And he slew it; and Moses took the to minister unto the LORD in the priest's blood, and put it upon the horns of the office; altar round about with his finger, and puri-'36 Which the RD commaltarandd nd poured the blood at the given them of the children of Israel, in bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to tihe day that he anointed them, by a statute make reconciliation upon it. for ever throughout their generations. 16 And he took allthe fat that csas upon 37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the inwards, and the caul above the liver, of the meat offering, and of the sin offer- and the two kidneys, and their fat, and ing, and of the trespass offering, and of iMoses burned it upon the altar. the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his fesh, the peace offerings; and his dung, he burnt with fire witllout the 38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. mount Sinai, in the day that ho commanded 18 And he brought the ram for the burnt the children of Israel to offer their obla- offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their tions unto the LORD, in the wilderness of hands upon the head of the ram. Sinai.. 1 And hl e killedit; and lloses sprinkled CHAPTER VIII. the blood upon the altar round about. fosea cotsecateth AaroL and his s0on.. 14 Thir 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and sit oleriny. 18 Their bluart offeing. 22 The, oses burnt the head, and the pieces, and eatm of scossecratio. 31 The islace and time of the fat. thleir consecratiot.t 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- in vater; and lIoses burnt the whole ram ing, upon the altar; it; wt s a burnt sacrifice for 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, anda seet saour a ee and an offering made by firo the garments, and the anointing oil, and unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, Boses. and a basket of unleavened bread; 22 [ And he brought the other ram, the 3 And gather thou all the congregation to- ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons gether-unto the door of the tabernacle of laid their hands upon the head of the ram. the congregation.' 23 And he slew it; and Moses tool; of the 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded blood of it, and put it upon the tip of him; and the assembly was gathcred to- Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of gather unto the door of the tabernacle of his righlt hand, and upon the great toe of the congregation. his right foot. 861 Ram of consecration. LEVITICUS. The bzunt offering. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their theme before the LORD. right ear, and upon the thumbs of their 3 And unto the children of Israel thou right hands, and upon the great toes of shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of-the their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the goats for a Sill offering; and a calf and an blood upon the altar round about. lamb, both of the first year, without blem25 And he took the fat, and the rump, ish, for a burnt offering; and all the fat that was upon the inwards, 4 Also a bullock and ram for peace offerand the caul above the liver, and the two ings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoul- meat offering mingled with oil: for to day der: the LORD will appear unto you. 26 And out of the basket of unleavened 5 And they brought that which Moses combread, that soas before the LORD, he took manded before the tabernacle of the congreone unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled gation: and all the congregation drew near broad, and one wafer, and put themt on the and stood before the LORD. fat, and upon the right shoulder: 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which 27 And lie put all upon Aaron's hands, the LORD commanded that ye should do: and upon his sons' hands, and waved them and the glory of the LORD shall appear for a wave offering before the LORD. unto you. 28 And Moses took them from off their 7 And Mloses said unto Aaron, Go unto the hands, and burnt them on the altar upon altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy the burnt offering: they) woee consecrations burnt offering, and make an atonement for for a sweet savour: it is an offering made thyself, and for the people: and offer the by fire unto the LORD. offering of the people, and make an atone29 And Moses too the breast, and waved ment for them; as the LORD commanded. it fo? a wave offering before the LORD: foe 8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, of the ram of consecration it was Moses' and slew the calf of the sin offering, which part; as the LORD commanded 0Ioses. e2a8 for himself. 30 And Moses tool of the anointing oil, 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood and of the blood which owas upon the altar, unto him: and he dipped his finger in the and sprinklcd tt upon Aaron, aozd upon his blood, and put it upon the horns of the garments, and upon his sons, an upon is altar, and poured out the blood at thbotsons' garments with hin; and sanctificd tom of the eltar: Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the and his sons' garments with him. caul above the liver of the sin offering, he 31 t And loses said unto Aaron and to burnt upon the altar; as the LORD comhis sons, Boil the flcslh at the door of the manded Moses. tabernacle of the congregation; r.nd there 11 And tire flesh and the hide he burnt cat it with the bread that is in tie basket with fire without the camp. of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, 12 And he slew the Lulnt offering; and Aaron and his sons shall eat it. Aaron's ons presented unto him the blood, 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh which he sprinkled round about upon the and of the bread shall yoe burn ith fire. altar. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of 13 And they presented the burnt offering the tabernacle of the congregation tin seven unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the days, until the days of your consecration be head: and he burnt them upon tile altar. at an end: for seven days shall he conse- 14 And he did wash the inwards'and the crate you. legs, and burnt themt upon the burnt offer34 As he hath done this day, 80 the LORD ing on the altar. hath commanded to do, to make an atone- 15 ~ And he brought the people's offering, ment for you. and took tle goat, which 2tts8 the sin offer35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of ing for the people, and slew it, and offered the tabernacle of the congregation day and it for sin, as the first. night seven days, and keep the charge of 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am offered it according to the manner. commanded. 17 And he brought the meat offering, and 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things took a handful thereof, and burntt i upon whichl the LORD commanded by the hand the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the of ~moses. morning. CHAPTER IX. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram The fietst offeirgs of arotl,.f himself and Ihe for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which people. 8 T/e sia ofhie,l, 12 andf the bint of- was for the people: and Aaron's sons pref-erigfor l-imself 15 Te ofeyiygsfo the peo- sented unto him the blood, which he sprinpe. i23 loses and aao- bless tie ieople, 24 kled upon the altar round about, dile conethfrom Iohe Lortel oo the 9alta,. And the fat of the bullock and of the A ND it came to pass on the eighth day, ram, the rump, and that which covereth the that 5loses called Aaron and his sons, inwaods, and the kidneys, and the caul and the elders of Israel; above the liver: 2 And ho said unto Aaron, Take thee a 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for and ie burnt the fat upon the altar 86 Aaroni's sons slain, LEVITICUS Law conccrning ie,:s. 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons Aaron waved for a wave offering before that were left, Take the meat offering that the LORD; as MIoses commanded. remnaineth oe the offe.ings of the LORD made 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the the people, and blessed them; and came altar: for it is most holy. down from offering of the sin offering, and 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, bethe burnt offering, and peace offerings. cause it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tle sacrifices of the LORD made byfire: for tabernacle of the congregation, and came so I am commanded. out, and blessed the people: and t he glory 14 A nd t he wave breast and heave shoulof the LORD appeared unto all the people. der shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, end 24 And there came a fire out from before thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for the LORD, and consumed upon the altar they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which the burnt offering and the fat: which when are given out of the sacrifiens of peace offerall the people saw, they shouted, and fell ings of the children of Israel. on their faces. 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast CrTAPTd-i x. shall they bring wiql the offerings made by d nd l e X. t fire aS e of the fat, to wave it for a wave offercotnsted. 6 at' en hi i scc at'ae' tftirde,a ing before the LORD; and it shall be thine, to mournfor them. 8 t'hc e a,iets are forbiddel and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for wine when they go into the tacetnacle. 12 The ever; as the LORD hath commanded. laWt of eatiagthe holy things. 16 Aaaro's excuse 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat ofe tasgttessig tle) cteof. lof the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: A ND Nadah and Abihu, th e twas a ngry with Eleazar and Ithamar, A t eon, took either of theam his eenser, th e sons of Aaron which twere- left aive, and put fire therein, and put incense there- saying, on, andoffeliedstrange fire beforetheLORD, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin which he commanded them not. offering in the holy place, seeing it is most 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, holy, anodGod hath given it you to bear the and devoured them, and they died before iniquity of the congregation, to make atonethe LORD. ment for them before the LORD? 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought tt that the LORD spake, saying, I will be in within the holy place: ye should indeed sapnctifled in them that come nigh me, and have eaten it in the holy place, as I combefole all the people I will be glorified. manded. And Aaron held his peace. 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elza- this day have they offered their sin offering phan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aa- and the unle of A their burnt offering before the LORD; ron, and said unto them, Come near, carry and suchl things have befallen me: and if your brethren from before the sanctuary I had eaten the sin offering to day, should out of the camp. it have been accepted in the sight of the 5 So they went near, and carried them in LORD? their coats out of the camp; as Moses had 20 And when Moses heard that, he was said. content. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto,leazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Un- CHAPTER XI. cover not your heads, neithler rend your c Vhat e-y, ati h at a lty t be eatts, of beast, 9 clothee; lest ye die, and lest wrath come of ishes, i sai of fowls. 29 Theeeeltingthi,,ys upon all the people: but let your breth- tiic ac I en, the whole house of Israel, bewail the A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and to brning lwhich the LOeD bath ki.ndled. ~1 Aaron, saying unto them, 7 And ye shall not go out from the door 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, sacof the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ing, These are the beasts which ye shall ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD eat among all the beasts that are on the is upon you. And they did according to the earth.;ord of Moses. 3 Whatsoover parteth the hoof, and is 8. And the LORD spake unto Aaron, elovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among saying, the beast, that shall ye eat, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, 4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat of thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go them that chew the cud, or of them that diinto the tabernacle of the congregation, vide the hoof: as the camel, because lihe lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever echeweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; throughout your generations: he s unclean unto you. 10 And that ye may put difference be- 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the tween holy and unholy, and between un- cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean and clean; clean unto you. 11 And that ye may teach the children of 6 And the hare, because he chewoth the Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath cud, but divideth not the hoof; he i8s nspoken unto them by the hand of Moses. cleanunto you. 12 ~ And Mloses spake unto Aaron, and 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, 87 Meats clean LEVITICUS. and u2ncean. and be cloveniooted, yet he cheweth not the the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and cud; he is unclean to you. the tortoise after his kind, 8 Of their fles shall ye not eat, and their O0 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and carcass shall ye not touch they sio un- the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. clean to you. 31 These are unclean to you among all 9 Iq These shall ye eat of all that are in that creep: whosoever doth touot them, the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales vwhen they be dead, shall be unclean until in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, the even. them shall ye eat. 32 And upon whatsoever acty/ of them, 10 And all that have not fins and scales in when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, in the watersi and of any liing thing which or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever is in the waters, they shall be an abomina- vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it tion unto you: must be put into water, and it shall be nn11 They shall be even an abomination unto clean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any shall have their carcasses in abomination. of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in unclean; and ye shall break it. the waters, that shall be an abomination 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that unto you. on wahich such water cometh shall be ua13 1 And these are they twhich ye shall clean: and all drink that may be drunk in have in abomination among the fowls; they every such vessel shall be unclean. shall not be eaten, they are an abomina- 35 And every thitg whereupon any part tion: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; ospray, zwhethcr is't b oven, or ranges for pots, they 14 And the vulture, and the kite-after his shall be broken down: for they are unkind; clean, and shall be unclean unto you. 15 Every raven after his kind; 38 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, Zewherei? 16 And the owl, and the nighthawk, and there is plenty of water, shall be clean: the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, but that which toucheth their carcass shall 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, be unclean. and the great owl, 37 And if antycpart of their carcass fall 18 And the swan, and th pelican, and thepela upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, gier eagle, it shall be clean. 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, 38 But if act y water be put upon the seed, and the l the tpting, and the bat. and anly )aort of their carcass fall thereon, 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, it shall be unclean unto you. shall be an abomination unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, 21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying die; he that touchoth the carcass thereof creeping thing that goeth upon all four, shall be unclean until the even. which have legs above their feet, to leap 40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it withal upon the earth; shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until.22 Even these of them ye may eat; the the even: he also that beareth the carcass locust after his kind, and the bald locust of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, until the even. and the grasshopper after his kind. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth 23 But-all other flying creeping things, upon the earth shall be an abomination; it which have four feet, shall be an abomina- shall not be eaten. tion unto you. 42 W'hatsoever goeth upon the belly, and 24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsowhosoever toucheththe carcass ofthemshall ever hatt more feet among all creeping be unclean until the even. things that creep upon the earth, them ye 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the shall not eat; for they are an'abomination. carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and 43 Ye shall not make your selves abombe unclean until the oven. inable with any creeping thing that creep20 T/ih carcasses of every beast which di- eth, neither shall ye make yourselves unvideththhe hoof, and is not olovenfooted, nor clean with them, that ye should be defiled chewoeth the cud, as'e unclean unto you: thereby. every one that touoheth them shall be un- 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall clean. therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, be holy; for I an, holy: neither shall ye deamong all manner of beasts that go on c ll file yourselves with any manner of creeping four, those are unclean unto you: twhose thing that oreepeth upon the earth. toucheth their carcass shall be unclean un- 45 For I ca the LORD that bringeth you til the even. up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them ye shall therefore beoly, o holy, for I holy shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until 4 This is the law of the beasts, and of the the even: they are unclean unto you. fowl, and of every living creature that mov29 ~ These also shall be unclean unto you eth in the waters, and of every creature that among the creeping things that creep upon creepeth upon the earth: 88 Laws and tok-cls LEVITICUS. colzcerning i/pros. 47 To make a differcnce between the un- seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in clean and the clean, and between the beast his sight be at a stay, adnde the plague spread that may be eaten and the beast that may not in the skin; then the priest shall shut not be eaten. him up seven days more: 6 And the priest shall look on him again CHAPTER XII. the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague Thie pt'fieatn io qf e tnomm after childbirth. 6 be somewhat dark, and the plague spread Het offerings far /he, urifying. not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- him clean: it is bet a scalj: and he shall.t. ing, waslh his clothes, and be clean. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in lug, If a woman have conceived seed, and thlie skin, after that he hath been seen of borne a man child, then tshe shall be un- the priest for his cleansing, lie shall be seen clean seven days; according to the days of the priest again: of the separation for her infirmity shall she 8 And if the priest see that, behold, the be unclean. scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his shallpronounce him unclean: it i aleprosy. foreskin shall be circumcised. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, 4 And she shall then continue in the blood then he shall be brought unto the priest; of her purifying three and thirty days; she 10 And the priest shall see hinm: and, shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come behold, if the rising be white in the skin, into the sanctuary, until the days of her and it have turned tie hair white, and there purifying be fulfilled. be quick raw flesh in the rising; 5 But if she bear a maid child, then she 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his sall be unclean two eks, as in her sep- flesh, ndthe priest shalal pronounce him ration: and she shall continue in the blood unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he of her purifying threescore and six days. is unclean. 6 And when the days of her purifying are 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of shall bring a lamb of the first year for a him that hath the plague from iis head even burnt offering, and-a young pigeon, or a to llis foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto behold, if the leprosy have covered all his the priest: flesh, lie shall pronounce han clean that' Who shall offer it before the LORD, and hath the plague: it is all turned white: he maie an atonement for her; and she shall is clean. be cleansed from the issue of her blood. 14But when raw flesh appeareth in him, This is the law for her that hath borne a he shall b.e unclean. aale or a female 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, and pronounce him to be unclean: foa' the then she shall bring two turtles, or two raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. young pigeons; the one for the burnt offer- 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be ing, and the other for a sin offering: and changed unto white, he shall come unto the tne priest shall make an atonement for her, priest; and she shall be clean. 17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; CHAPTER XIII. then the priest shall pronounce him clean The laws antd tokets wh teeby the priest i to 6e tthat hati the plague: he i8 clean. guided itn diiceril tiseptslaa of lepeosy. 18 The fesh also, in which, even in the A ND the LORD spako unto IMoses and skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, Aaron, saying, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a 2 7When a matl shall lave in the skin of white rising, or a bright spot, mlite, and his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the and it be in the skin of his flesh like the priest; plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his it be in sight lower than the skin, and the sons th piests hairthereof be turned hit; the prieste ie 3 And the priest shall look on the plague shall pronounce hinu unclean: it it a plague in the skin of the flesh; and whonl,? the hair f leprosy broken out of the boil. in the plague is turned white, and the plague 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh,there be no hite hairs therein, and if it it is a plague of leprosy: and the priestbe not lower than the skin, but be somewhat shall look on him, and pronounce him un- dark; then the priest shall shut him up clean. seven days: 4 If the bright spot be white in the. s tin of 22 And if it spread much abroad in the his lesh, and in sight be not deeper than skin, then the priest shall pronounce him the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned unclean: it is a plague. white; then the priest shall shut up hina 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, tithat hatt the plague seven days: and spread not, it is a burning boil; and 5 And the priest shall look on him the the priest shall pronounce him clean. hI) Laws and tokens LEVITICUS. concerning leprosy. 21 ~ Or if there be any flesh, in the skin 40 And the man whoso hair is fallen off whereof there is a hot burning, and the his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.' quick flesh that burneth have a white bright 41 And he that hath his hair fallen of from spot, somewhat reddish, or white; the part of h's head toward his face, he is 25 Then the priest shallllook upon it: and, foreead-bald; yet is he clean. behold, if the hair in the bright spot be 42 And if there be in the bald head, or turned white, and it be in sight deeper than bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his burning: wherefore the priest shall pro- bald forehead. nounce him unclean: it is the plague of 43 Then the priest shalllook upon it: and, leprosy. behold, if the rising of the sore be white 26 But if the priest look on it, and, be- reddish in his bald head, or in his bald hold, there be no whlite hair in the bright forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, skin of the flesh; but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: shut him up seven days: the priest shall pronounce him utterly un27 And the priest shall look upon him the clean; his plague is in his head. seventh day: andt if it be spread much 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, abroad in the skin, then the priest shall his clothes shall be rent, and his headi bare, pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of and lie shell put covering upon his up leprosy. per lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, 46 All the days wherein the plague shall acid spread not in the skin, but it be some- be in him he shall be defiled; he is unwhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, clean: le shall dwell alone; without the and the priest shall pronounce him clean: camp shall his habitation be. for it is an inflammation of the burning. 47 IO The garment also that the plague oi 29 0 If a man or woman have a plague leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garupon the head or the beard; ment, or a linen garment; 30 Then the priest shall see the plague: 48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof, of and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than linen, or of woollen; *whether in a skin, or the skin, anct ther bbein it a yellow thin in any thintg made of skin; hair; then the priest shall pronounce him 49 And if the plague be greenish or redunclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy dish in the garment, or in the skin, either unon the head or beard. in the warp, or in the oof, or in any thing 31 And if the priest look on the plague f sin; it i a p of leprosy, and tile scall, and, behold, it be not in sight shall be shewed unto the priest: deeper than the skin, and that there is no 50 And the priest shall look upon the black hair in it; then the priest shall'shut plague, and shut up it that hath the plague up hin that hath the plague of the scallseven das: seven days: 51 And he shall look on the plague on the 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall seventh day: if the plague be spread in the look on the plague: and, behold, if the garment, either in the warp, or in the -oof, scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow or in a skin, or in any work that is made hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; than the skin; it is unclean. 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, lie not shave; and the priest shall shut up whether warp or woof, in woollen or in hieee that heath the scall seven days more: linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall shall be burnt in the fire. be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight 53 And if the priest shall look, and, bedeeperhn he the sin; then the priest sall hold, the plague be not pread in the garpronounce him cle a: and he shall wash ment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or his clothes, and be clean. in any thing of skin; 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin 54 Then the priest shall command that after his cleansing; they ash the thing whereln the plague is, 36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, and he shall shut it up seven days more: behold, if the scall be spread in t sin, nd the priest shall look on the plague, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; after that it is washed: and, behold, if the he is unclean. plague have not changed his colour, and the 37 But if the soall be in his sight at a stay, plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou and that there is black hair grown up there- shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, in; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the whethers it be bare within or wtithout. priest shall pronounce him clean. 56 And if the priest lookb and, behold, the 383 If a man also or a woman have in the plague be somewhat dark after the washskin of their flesh bright spots, even white ing of it; then he shall rend it out of the bright spots; garment, or out of the skin, or out of the 39 Then the priest shall look: and, beliold, warp, or out of the woof: if the bright spots in the skin oftheir flesh 57 And if it appear still in the garment, be darkish whi'e, it is a freckled spot thaiteither in the warp, or in the woof, or n any groweth in the skin: he is clean. thing of skin; i is a opreading;iaguo: 90 Rites and sacrifices LEVITICUS. in cleansing the leper. thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is sin offering is the priest's, so is the treswith fire. pass offering: it it most holy: 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, 14 And the priest shall take some of the or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which blood of the trespass offering, and the priest thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed shall put it upon the tip of the right ear from them, then it shall be washed the of him t is tl to be cleansed, and upon the second time, and shall be clean. thumb of his right hand, and upon the great.59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy toe of his right foot. in a garment of woollen or linen, either in 15 And the priest. shall take some of the the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it un- eon left hand: clean. 1G And the priest shall dcp his right finger CHAPTER XIV. in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall,le rites,and acriiced i,s cleaising the eper, 33 sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven. TLe sigs of leprosy is a house. 48 The cleas- times before the LORD: in. f ftt iouse. 17 And of the rest of he eoil the t is in his A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- hand shall the priest put upon the tip of e- ing, the riglht ear of him that is to be cleansed, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the and upon the thumb of his right hand, and day of his cleansing: He shall be brought upon the gieat toe of his right foot, upon unto the priest: the blood of the trespass offering: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in Camp; and the priest shall look, and, be- the priest's hand he shall pour upon tih iold, if the plague of leprosy behea healed inhead of him that is to be cleansed: and the leper; the priest shall make an atonement for him 4 Then shall the priest command to takebefore the LORD. for him-that is to be cleansed two birds 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offeralive and clean, and cedar vood, and scar- ing, and make an atonement for him that is let, and hyssop: to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and 5 And the priest shall command that one afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt ofover running -water. fering and the meat offering upon the altar: 0 hs for the living bird, he shall take it, and the priest shall malke an atonement for.and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and him, and he shall be clean. the hyssop, and shall dip them and the 21 And if e be poor, and cannot get so living bird in the blood of the bird that tat s much; then he shall take one lamb fors a lilled over the running water: trespass offering to be waved, to make an 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is atonement for him, and one tenth deal of to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offerand shall pronounce him clean, and shall ing, and a log of oil; let the living bird loose into the open field. 22 And two turtledoves, or two young pig8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash ons, such as he is able to get; and the one lis clothes, and shave off all his hair, and shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt iwash himself in water, that he may be clean: offering. and after that he shall come into the camp, 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto days.'the door of the tabernacle of the congrega9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that tion, before the LORD. Le'shall shave all his air off his hed and 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of lis beard and his eyebrows, even all his the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and hair he shall shave off: and le shall,ash the priest shall wave them for a wave ofhis clothes, also he shall wash his fesh in fering before the LORD: eater, and he shall be clean. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the tres10 And on the eighth day he shall take pass offering, and the priest shall take some two he lambs without blemish, and one e of the blood of the trespass offering, and lamb of the first year without blemish, and put it upon the tip of the right car of him three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat of- that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb fering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil: of lis right hand, andepon the great toe of 11 And the priest that maketh him clean his eight foot. shall present the man that is to be made 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into clean, and those things, before the LORD, t the palm of his own left hand: the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his tion. right finger some of the oil that is in his 12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, left hand seven times before the LORD: and offer him for a trespass offering, and 28 And the priest sllall put of the oil that thie log of oil, and wave them fo' a wave is in his hand upon the tip of the riglit ear offering before the LORD: of tlim that is to be cleansed, and upon the 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place thumb of his right hand, and upon the great lwere lie shall kill the sin oftering and the toe of hlis right foot, upon the place of the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the blood of the trespass offering: 91 Leprosy zn a house. LEVITICUS. Cleanszing the house. 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the all the while that it is shut up shall be unpriest's hand he shall put upon the head of clean until the even. him that is to be cleansed, to make an 47 And he that lieth in the house shall atonement for him before the LOD. w ash his clothes; and he that eateth in the 80 And ie shall offer the one of the turtle- house shall wash his clothes. doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he 48 And if the priest shall come in, and can get; look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one not spread in the house, after the Louse foe a sin offering, ad ote other fora burnt'was plastered;'then the priest shall prooffering, with the meat offering: and the nounce the house clean, because the plalge priest shall make an atonement for him is healed. that is to be cleansed before the LORD. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house 32 This is the law of hiit in whom is the two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to and hyssop; get that owhich pertainethb to his cleans- 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds ing. in an earthen vessel over running water: 33 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses and 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and unto Aaron, saying, the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living 34 When ye e come into the land of Ca- bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain naan, whicl I give to you for a possession, bird, and in the running mater, and sprinand I put the plague of leprosy in a house ke the house seven times: of the land of your possession;.52 And he shall cleanse.the house.with the 35 And he that owneth the house shall blood of the bird, and with the running come and tell the priest, saying, It seem- rater, and with the living bird, and with eth to me there is as it were a plague in the cedar wood, and with the Lyssop, and the house: with the scarlet: 3G Then the priest shall command that 53 But he shall let go the living bird out they empty the house, before the priest go of the city into the.open fields, and make into it to see the plague, that all that is an atonement for the house: and it shall be in the house be not made unclean: and clean. afterward the priest shall go in to see the 54 This is the law for all manner of plague house: of ieprosy, and scall,. 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and behold, if the plague bo in the walls of te of a Louse, house with hollow streaks, greenish or red- 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and dish, which in sight are lower than the for a bright spot: wall; 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when 38 Then the priest shall go out of the house it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. to the door of the house, and shut up the CHAPTER XV house seven days: Th nleannes of m fcoen isceces. 13 Their 39 And the-priest shall come again the cleatsitg. 19cs T ccenleaesa of wofmc in seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, thOsi issces. 28 Their cleansilcl. if the plague be spread in the walls of the ND the LOaD spake unto Moses and house,: 11 to Aaron, saying, 40 Then tho priest'shall command that 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and they take away the stones in which the say unto them, Whhen any man hath a runplague is, and they shall cast them into an: ning issue out of his flesh, beeassec of his unclean place without the.city: issue lie is unclean. 41 And hee shall. caue.the house to be.3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his scraped within round about, and they shall issue: whetheer his flesh run vith his issue, pour out the dust that they scrape off with- or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is out the city into an unclean place: - lia uncleannesso. 42 And they shall take. other stones, and 4 Every bed, whereon he.lieth that hath put thec in the place of those stones; and the issue, is unclean: and every thing, he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. the house. 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall 43 And ifthe plague come again, and break wash his clothes, and bathe himseclf in out in the:house, after. that he hath taken water, and be.unclean until the even. away the stones, and after he hath scraped 6 And he that sitteth on cacty thing wherethe house, and after it is plastered; on he sat that hath the issue shall wash his 44 Then the priest shall come and look, clothes,.and bathe himnself in water, and and, behold, if the plabu e ed tebe unclean until the even. house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: 7 And he that toucheth the fesh of him it is unclean. that hath the issue shall vash his clothes, 45 And he shall break down the house, the and bathe himself in water, and be unclean stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all until the even. the mortar of the house; and he shall carry 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon thcne forth out of the city into an unclean him ltat is clean.; then he shall wash his place. clothes, and )hatlioe hiiMself in water, and be 46 Ioreover, he that goeth into the house unclean until the even. 92 Rules for unclcanness. LEVITICUS. Qffering for uncleanness. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the that hath tile issue shall be unclean. days of her issue shall be unto her as the t10 And whosoever tducheth any thing that bed oa her separation: and whatsoever she evas under him shall bee unclean until the sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uneven: and hle that beareth any of those cleanness of her separation. things shall wash his clothes, and bathe 27 And whosoever toucheth those things himself in water, and be unclean until the shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, even. and bathe hibmself in water, and be un-'11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath clean until the even. the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in 28 But if shle be cleansed of her issue, water, lhe shall wash his clothes, and bathe then she shall number to herself seven days, iilmself in swater, and be unclean until the and after that she shall be clean. even. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take 12 And the vessel of earth, that he touch- unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, eth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and bring them unto the priest, to the door and every vessel'of wood shall be rinsed in of the tabernacle of the congregation. water. 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a 13 And when he that bath an issue is sin offering, and the other for a burnt offercleansed of is issue, then he shallnum- ing; and the priest shall make an atoneber to himself seven days for his cleansing, ment for her before the LORD for the issue and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in of her uncleanness. running water, and shall be clean. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to Israel from their uncleanness; that they him tvwo turtledoves, or two youain pigeons, die not in their uncleanness, when they deand come before the LORD unto the door of file my tabernacle that is among them. the tabernacle of the congregation, and give 32 This is the law of him that hath an them unto the priest: issue, and of higt whose seed goeth from 15 And the priest shall offer them, the him, and is defiled therewith; one fo a sin offering, and the other for a 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, burnt offering; and the priest shall make and of him that hath an issue, of the man, an atonement for him before the LORD for and of the woman, and of him that lieth his issue. with her that is unclean. 16 And if any man's seed of copulation go CHAPTER XVI. out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh ao e Atsh A esu,to e the haoy p,t. in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 The eil effOerinee'for hitself 15 The si, offer17 And every garment, and every skin, ing for the people. 20 The scapegoat. 29 The whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be yealty atoneaeaLt. washed with water, and be unclean until A ND the LORD spake unto ioses after the even. -.l the death of the two sons of Aaron, 18 The woman also with whom man shall when they offered before the LORD, and lie witth seed of copulation, they shall botha died; bathe themselves in water, and be unclean 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak until the even. unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not 19 ~ And if a woman have an issue, and at all times into the holy place within the her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be vail before the mercy seat, Mhich is upon the put apart seven days: and whosoever touch- ark; that he die not: for I will appear in eth her shall be unclean until the even. the cloud upon the mercy seat. 20 And every thinge that she lieth upon in 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy her separation shall be unclean: every thing place; with a young bullock for a sin offeralso that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. ing, and a ram for a burnt offering. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and wash his clothes, and bathe hiczself in lie shall bhave the linen breeches upon his water, and be unclean until the even. flesh, and shall be girded with a linen gir22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that die, and with the linen mitre shall he be she sat Upon shall wash his clothes, and attired: these are holy garments; therebathe himself in water, and be unclean fore shall he wash his flesh in water, and until the even. so put them on. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing 5 And he shall take of the congregation whereon slie sitteth, when he toucheth it, of the children of Israel tao kids of the he shall be unclean until the even. goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a 24 And if any man lie withl her at all, and burnt offering. her flowers be upon him, he shall be un- 6 And Aaron- shall offer his bullock of the clean seven days; and all the bed whereon sin offering, which is for himself, and make he lieth shall be unclean. an atonement for limself, and for his house. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her 7 And he shall take the two goats, and blood many days out of the time of her sep- present them before the LORD at the door aration, or if it run beyond the time of her of the tabernacle of the coanregation. separation; all the days of the issue of her 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two unclanlness shall be as thle days of her sep- goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other aration: she ahadl be unclean. lot for the scapegoat. 93 The sin offering. LEVITICUS. Yearly atonzement. 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon 23 And Aaron shall come into the taberwhich the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him nacl of the congregation, and shall put off fo- ai sin offering. the linen garments, which he put on ihen' 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be he wvent into the holy place, and shall leave the scapegoat, shall be presented alive be- them there: fore the LORD, to make an atonement with 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into in the holy place, and put on his garments, the wilderness. and come forth, and offer his burnt otfer11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the ing, and the burnt offering of the people, sin offering, which is for himself, and shall and make an atonement for himself, and' make an atonement for himself, and for his for the people. house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin 25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he offering which is for himself: burn upon the altar. 12 And he shall take a censer full of burn- 26 And he that let go the goat for the scapeing coals of fire from off the altar before the goat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense flesh in water, and afterward come into the beaten small, and bring it within the vail: camp. 13 And le shall put tlhe incense upon the 27 And the bullock for the sin offering, fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the and the goat for the sin offering, whose incense may cover the mercy seat that is blood was brought in to make atonement in upon the testimony, that he die not: the holy place, shall one carry forth with14 And he shall take of the blood of the out the camp; and they shall burn in the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon fire their skins, and their flesh, and their the mercy seat eastward; and before thedung. mercy seat slall he sprinkle of the blood 28 And he that burneth them shall wash with his finger seven times. his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, 15 t Then shall he kill the goat of the sin and afterward he shall come into the camp. offering, that is for the people, and bring 29 ~ And this shall be a statute for ever his blood within the vail, and do with that unto you: that in the seventh month, on blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and your souls, and do no work at all, vletherbefore the mercy seat: it be one of your own country, or a stranger 16 And he shall make an atonement for that sojourneth among you: the holy place, because of the uncleanness 30 For on that day shall the priest make of the children of Israel, and because of an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that their transgressions in all their sins: and ye may be clean froem all your sins before so shall he do for the tabernacle of the con- the LORD. gregation, that remaineth among them in 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, the midst of their uncleanness. and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute 17 And there shall be no man in the taber- for ever. nacle of the congregation when ie goeth in 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, to make an atonement in the holy place, and whom he shall consecrate to minister until he come out, and have made an atone- in the priest's office in his father's stead, ment for himself, and for his household, and shall make the atonement, and shall put for all the congregation of Israel. on the linen clothes, even the holy gar18 And lie shall go out unto the altar that ments: is before the LORD, and make an atone- 33 And lhe shall make a atonement for ment for it; and shall take of the blood of the holy sanctuary, and he shall nmake an the bullock, and of the blood of tile goat, atonement for the tabernacle of the congrcand put it upon the horns of the altar round gation, and for the altar: and lhe shall make about. an atonement for the priests, and for all the 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon people of the congregation. it with his finger seven times, and cleanse 34 And this shall be an everlasting statit, and lhallowv it from the uncleanness of ute unto you, to make an atonement for the the children of Israel. children of Israel for all their sins once a 20 T[ And when lie hath made an end of year. And he did as the LORD commandreconciling the holy 2place, and the taker- ed Moses. nacle of the congregation, and the altar, he CHAPTER XVII shall bring the live goat: All scrifices msst be offered fo the Lord at the door 21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands oJfte tabernacle. 7 Sacifies mLest ot ie eoffeed upon the head of the live goat, and confess to devils. 10 Tle eatinc of lood is forbitiet, over him all the iniquities of the children 15 ard of that whic. dieth of itself, or is torn. of Israel, and all their transgressions in all AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saytheir sins, putting them upon tle head of -- ling, the goat, and shall send him, away by the 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, hand of a fit man into the wilderness: and unto all the children of Israel, and say 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all unto them; This is thle thing which the their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: LORD hath commanded, saying, and he shall let go the goat in the wilder- 3 What man soev-c. there be of the louse ness. of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or; 94 Thie place of sacrifice. LEVITICUS. UnlaJfzul marriages. goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, CHAPTER XVIII. 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of The corruput doitgs of tihe eathln forbidde. 6 the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer Unlaowfoul ma.rrage. 19 Abominable tuts. an offering unto the LORD before the taber- A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saynacle of tile LORD; blood shall be imputed t -o ing, unto that man; he hath shed blood; ad 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and that man shall be out off from among his say unto them, I ant the LORD your God. people: 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, 5 To the end that the children of Israel wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after may bring their sacrifices, which they offer the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I in the open field, even that they may bring bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye them unto the LORD, unto the door of the walk in theirordinances. tabernacle of the congregation, unto the 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine priest, and offer them for peace offerings ordinances, to walktherein: I at the LORD unto the LORD. your God. 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and upon the altar of the LORD at the door of my judgments: which if a man do, he shall the tabernacle of the congregation, and live in them: I am the LORD. burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the 6 ~ None of you shall approach to any that LORD. is near of kin to him, to uncover their na7 And they shall no more offer their sacri- kedness: I amo the LORD. fices unto devils, after whom they have gone 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the naa Whoring. This shall be a statute for ever kiedness of thy mother, shalt thou not ununto them throughout their generations. covero: she is thy mother; thou shalt not 8 Q And thou shalt say unto them, What- uncover her nakedness. soever man there be of the house of Israel, 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt or of the strangers which sojourn among thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedyou, that offereth a burnt offering or sac-ness. rifice, 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daugh9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the ter of thy father, or daughter of thy mothtabernacle of the congregation, to offer it er, hethetr site be born at home, or born unto the LORD; even that man shall be abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt cut off from among his people. not uncover. 10 And whatsoever man theOe be of the 10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, house of Israel, or of the strangers that so- or of thy daughter's daughter, even their journ among you, that eateth any manner nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs of blood; I will even set my face against is thine own nakedness. that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him 11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's off from among his people. daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedand I have given it to you upon the altar ness. to make an atonement for your souls: for 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness it is the blood that maketh an atonement of thy father's sister: she is thy father's for the soul. near kinswoman. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness Israel, No soul of you shalleat blood, neither of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mothshall any stranger that sojourneth among er's near kinswoman. you eat blood. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 13 And whatsoever man there be of the of thy fatl er's brother, thou shalt not apchildren of Israel, or of the strangers that proach to his wife: she is thine aunt. sojourn amongyou, whicllh huntetlh and catch- 15 Thou shalt not not uncover the naliedness eth any beast or fowl that may be cateu; he of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's shall even pour out the blood thereof, and uwife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. cover it with dust. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 14 For it is the life of all flesh; the bloodof thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said nakedness. unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness blood of no manner of lesih; for the lifeo ofof a woman and her daughter,.neither shalt all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever thou take her son's daughter, or her daugheateth it shall bo cut off. ter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; 15 And every soul that eateth that whichI for they are her near kinswomen: it is died of itself, or that which was torn avith wickedness. beasts, zuhether- it be one of your own coun- 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her try, or a stranger, he shall both wash his sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedclothes, and bathe hioself in vater,nd d ness, besides the other in her life timle. be unclean until the even: then shall he be 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a clearn. woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as 16 But if he wash themt not, nor B;athe his she is put apart for her uncleanness. flesh; then he shll bear his iniquity. 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally 95 A repetition LEVITICUS. of sundroy laws. with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself neither shalt thou gather every grape of with her. thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed poor and stranger: I an, the LORD youo pass through the fire to MIolech, neither God. shalt thou profane the name of thy God: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, I am the LORD. neither lie one to another. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as 12 And ye shall not swear by my name with owomankind: it is abomination. falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast of thy God: I am the LORD. to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, voman stand before a beast to lie down neither rob hi?: thehe wages of him that is thereto: it is confusion. hired shall not abide with thee all night 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these until the morning. things: for in all these the nations are de- 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put filed which I cast out before you: astumblingblock before the blind, but shalt 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do fear thy God: I am the LORD. visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgland itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. ment; thou shalt not respect the person 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and of the poor, nor honour the person of the my judgments, and shall not commit any mighty: but in righteousness shalt, thou of these abominations; neither any of your judge thy neighbour. own nation, nor any stranger that sojourn- 16. Thou shalt not go up and down as a eth among you talebearer among thy people; neither shalt 27 (For all these abominations have the thou aintte blood of thy neighmen of the land done, which owere before hour: I amt the LORD. you, and the land is defiled;) 17 Thou shalt not.hate thy brother in thine 28 That the land spew not you out also, heart: thou shalt in any Nise rebuke thy when ye defile it, as it spewed out the na- neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. tions that uoere before you. 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these grudge against the children of thy people, abominations, even the souls that commit but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thythem? shall be cut off from among their self: I am the LORD. people. 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, not let thy cattle gender with a diverse that ye commit not any one of these abom- kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with inable customs, which were committed be- mingled seed: neither shall a garment fore you, and that ye defile not yourselves mingled of linen and woollen come upon therein: I tam the LORD your God. thee. 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a CHAPTER XIX. woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to A -eotitisot of sslletlry llus. a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- freedom given her; she shall be scourged: ing, they shall not be put to death, because she 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the was not free. children of Israel, and say unto them, Yo 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabertloly. nacle of the congregation, even a ram for a 3 Yo shall fear every man his mother, trespass offering. and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I 22 And the priest shallmake an atonement am the LORD your God. for him with the ram of the trespass offering 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to your- before the LORD for his sin which he hath selves molten gods: I 0am the LORD your done; and the sin which he hath done shall God be forgiven him. 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offer- 23 And when ye shall come into the land, ings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your and shall have planted all manner of trees own will. for food, then ye shall count the fruit there6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, of as uncircumcised: three years shall it and on the morrow: and if aught remain un- be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not til thethird day, it shallbc burnt in the fire. be eaten of. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD 8 Therefore eveary oe that eateth it shall uiithlal. bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that tie fruit thereof, that it may yield unto soul shall be cut off from among his people. you the increase thereof: I amt the LORD 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your your God. land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners 26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the blood, neither shall ye use enchantment, gleanings of thy tharvest. nor observe times. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, 27 Yo shall not round the corners of your 96 Divers laws LEVITICUS. and ordinances. heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners 9 For every one that curseth his father or of thy beard. his mother shall be surely put to death: he 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your hath cursed his father or his mother; his flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon blood shall be upon him. you: I amr the LORD. 10 And the man that committeth adul29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause tery with another man's wife, even he that her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whore- committeth adultery with his neighbour's dom, and the land becomefull of wickedness. wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall 30 Ye shall keep my sabbntls, a.d rover- sorely be put to death. once my sanctuary: I amr the LORD. 11 And the man that lieth with his fa31 Regard not them that have familiar spir- ther's wife hath uncovered his father's naits, neither seek after wizards, to he defiled kedness: both of them shall surely be put by them: I am the LORD your God to death; their blood shall be upon them. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in head, and honour the face of the old man, law, both of them shall surely be put to and fear thy God: I aml the LORD. death: they have wrought confusion; their 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in blood shall be upon them. your land, ye shall not vex him. 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with lieth with a woman, both of them lhave comyou shall be unto you as one born among initted an ahomination: they shall surely you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; be put to death; their blood shall be upon for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: them. I am the LORD your God. 14 And if a man take a wife and her 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judg- mother, it ti wickedness: they shall be ment, inmetevard, inweight, orinmeasure. burnt with fire, both hlie and they; that 36 Just balances, just weights, a just eplah, there be no eickedness among you. anda justhin,shallyehave: I ra the LRD 15 And if a man lie with a beeast, he shall your God, which brought you out of the land surely be put to death; and ye shall slay of Egypt. the beast. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my stat- 16 And if a woman approach unto any utes, and all my judgments, and do them: beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill I amr the LORD. the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be CHAPTER XX. upon them. The dtnlisrhetlt dentotuntced againlst htl fhat oer- e 17 Ad if a man shall take his sister, his etl/ his chidre, tao IMolec: s6 that consterth father's daughter, or his mother's daughuiza9crls; 9 t/at c hrseth his )a-retL 10 deand ter, and see her nakedness, and she see his iat committeth adrttery, incest, sodomy, and nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they other abomitnateions 22 Obedience is 1eqGrred. shall be cut off in tile sight of their people: AND the LORD spake unto loses, say- he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; A ting, he shall bear his iniquity. 2 Again, thou shalt say to the clildren of 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of having her sickness, and shall uncover her Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in nakedness; he hath discovered her fountIsrael, that giveth any of his seed unto Mo- ain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of lech; he shall surely be put to death: the her blood: and both of them shall be cut off people of the land shall stone him with from among their people. s'ones. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nn3 And I ill set my face against that man, kedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy and will cut him off from among his people; father's sister; for he nncovereth hlis near because he hath given of his seed unto lo- kin: they shall bear their iniquity. lech, to defile my sanctuary, and. to pro- 20 And if a man shnll lie with his uncle's fane my holy name. wife, he hath uncovered his unele's naked4 And if the people of the land do anyways ness: they shall bear their sin; they shall hide their eyes from the man, when he giv- die childless. ethofhis seeduntoMolech, and killhim not; 21 And if a man shall take his brother's 5 Then I will set my face against that man, wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath unand against his family, and will cut him off, covered his brother's nakedness; they shall and all that go a whoring after him, to corm- be childless. mit whoredom with Moleh, from among 22 Y'o shall therefore keep all my stattheir people. utes, and all my judgments, and do them: 6 And the soul that turneth after such as that the land, whither I bring you to dwell have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to therein, spew you not out. go a whoring after them, I will even set my 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners face against that soul, and will cut him off of the nation, which I cast out before you from among his people. for they committed all these things, and 7 ~ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be therefore I abhorred them. ye holy: for I ta, the LORD your God. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall in8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do lerit their land, and I will cive it unto you them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. to possess it, a land that flowveth with milk 7 97 Divcrs laws LEVITICUS. and ordinances. and honey: I amthe LRDyolr God, which profane, or a harlot, these shall he not have seprated you from other people. take: but he shall take a virgin of his own 05 Ye shall therefore put difference be- people to wife. tween clean beasts and unclean, and.be- 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among tween unclean fowls and clean: and ye his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. shall not'make your souls abominable by 16 l dh And the LORD spake unto Moses, beast, or by foool, or by any manner of liv- saying, ing thin s that creepeth on the ground, which 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever I have separated from you as unclean. he be of thy seed in their generations that 20 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I hath any blemish, let him not approach to the LORaD as7o holy, and have severed you offer the bread of his God. from other people, that ye should be mine..18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a 27 A mall also or woman that hath a fa- blemish, he shall not approach: a blind miliar spirit, or that is a izard, shll sure- man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, ly be put to death: they shall stone them or any thing superfluous, with stones; their blood shall be upon them. 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or broCHAPTER XXI. - kenhanded, Of the?iests' mornainy. G Of their holiness. 13 20 Or crookbaeked, or a dwarf, or that ofs tleio msaila1es. 10 Any oe that th h ath lh a bleish in his eye, or he scurvy, or lemish. must lot?ministir in the sanctuary. scabbed, or hath his stones broken; ND the LORD said unto Bloses, Speak 21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer say unto them, There shall none be defiled the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he for the dead among his people: hath a blemish; lie shall not come nigh to 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, offer the bread of his God. that is, for his mother, and for his father, 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both and for his son, and for his daughter, and of the most holy, and of the holy. for his brother, 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh nor come nigh unto the altar, because he unto him, lwhich hlath had no husband; for hath a blemish; that he profane not my her may he be defiled. sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify 4 But lie shall not defile himself, being a them. chief man among his people, to profane 24 And Ioses told it unto Aaron, and to himself his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner CHAPTER XII. of their beard, nor make any cuttings in Thtpoe s1stheisss1ssnseaso sssnsoos sbstaiIfrosd fesh.lly~~~~~~h oly thisgs. 0 Hos thesy shall bO cleansed. their flesh. 10 tWho of the iest's hostse as'y eat of the holy 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and thitgs. 17 he saorifces must bOe withlout lensnot profane the name of their God: for sh,'26 and of a eitai aye. s9 he law ofeatthe offerings of the LORD made by fire, asd ig the sacslice of thanoofassvilsg. tho bread of their God, they dooffer: there- AND the LORD spake unto Moses, sayfore they shall be holy. AL ing, 7 They shall not take a wife that is a 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that whore, or profane; neither shall they take they separate themselves from the holy a woman put away from her husband: for things of the children of Israel, and that he is holy unto his God. they profane not my holy name in those 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for things which they hallow unto me: I amL he offercth the bread of thy God: he shall the LORD. be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all sanctify you, am holy. your seed among your gerations, that 1 And the daughter of any priest, if she goeth unto the holy things, which the ohilprofane herself by playing the whore, she dren of Israel hallow unto the LORD, havprofaneth her father: she shall be burnt ing his uncleanness upon him, that soll with fire. shall be cut off from my presence: I am 10 S And he that is the high priest among the LO D. his brethren, upon whose head the anoint- 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron ing oil was poured, and that is consecrated is a leper, or hath a running issue; he to put on the garments, shall not cover his shall not eat of the holy things, until he head, nor rend his clothes; be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing 11 Neither shall hego into any dead body, that is unclean by the dead, or a man nor defile himself for his father, or for his iwhose seed goetih from him; mother; 5 Or whosoevoer tcucheth anycreepingthing, 12 Neither shall he go out of the sane- whereby he may be made unclean, or a man tuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his of whom he may take uncleanness, vhatsoGod; for the crown of the anointing oil of ever uncleanness lie hath; his God is upon him: I am the LORD. 6 The soul which hath touched any such 13 And he shall take a wife in her vir- shallbe unclean until even, and shall not ginity eat of the holy things, unless he wash his 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or flesl with water, 98 Of eating holy things. LEVITICUS. Feasts of the Lord. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be these; because their corruption is in them, clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy and blemishes be in them: they shall not things; because it is his food. be accepted for you. 8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn 26 sj And the LORD spake unto Moses, with beasts, he shall not eat to defile him- saing, self therewith: I aom the LORD. 27 T~hen a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordi- is brought forth, then it shall be seven nance, lest theybear sin forit, anddie there- days under the dam; and from the eighth fore, ifthey profane it: I the LORD do san- day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for tify them. an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy 28 And wthether it be cow or ewe, ye shall thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired not kill it and her young both in one day. servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at money, he shall eat of it, and lhe that is born your own will. in his house: they shall eat of his meat. 80 On the same day it shall be eaten up; 12 If the priest's daughter also be sear- ye shall leave none of it until the morrow:'iecl unto a stranger, she may not eat of I am the LORD. an offering of the holy things. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my command13 But if the priest's daughter hb a widow, ments, and do them: I ana the LORD. or divorced, and have no child, and is re- 32 Neitherlshall ye profane my holy name; turned unto her father's house, as in her but I will be hallowved among the children youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: of Israel: I atL the LORD which hallow but there shall no stranger eat thereof. you, 14 And if a man eat of the holy thing un- 33 That brought you out of the land of wittingly, then he shall put the fifth p2art Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. thereof unto it, and shall give it unto theAPTE XXIII. priest with the holy thing., ^ o/T o~ 1^.. priest with the holy thing. The feasts f ts Lo., 3 The sal6boat. 4 the 15 And they shall not profane the holy ove 9 The s of sfitfeoits. 15 The things of the children of Israel, which they feast of Penteost. 2'2Glealilys to be left for offer unto the LORD; the foor. 23 Fle feast of tlruts. U Thleday 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of of atoresent. 33 Trifeast of tabernacses. trespass, when they eat their holy things: A ND the LORD spoke unto MIoses, sayfor I the LORD do sanctify them. L- ing, 17 ~ And the LORD spake unto lMoses, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and saying, say unto them, Concerning the feasts of 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be unto all the children of Israel, and say un- holy convocations, even these are my feasts. to them, Whatsoever he be of the house of 3 Six days shall work be done: but the Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy will offer his oblation for all his vows, and convocation; ye shall dlo no work thesein: for all his freewill offerings, which they Willit is the sabbath of the LORD in all your offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; dwellings. 19 Ye shall qofe' at your own will a male 4 ~ These are the feasts of the LORD, without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, cven holy convocations, which ye shall proor of the goats. claim in their seasons. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month shall ye not offer: for it shall not be a- at even is the LORD'S passover. ceptable for you. G And on the fifteenth day of the same 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of month is the feast of unleavened bread unpeace offerings unto the LORD to accon- to the LORD: seven days ye must eat unplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beees leavened bread. or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accept- 7 In the frst day ye shall have holy ed; there shall be no blemish therein. convocation: ye shall do no servile work 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or hav- therein. ing a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall 8 But ye shalloffer an offering made by fire not offer these unto the LORD, nor make unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh an offering by fire of them upon the altar day is a holy convocation: ye shall do no unto the LORD. servile work thereiz. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath 9 And the LOID spake unto Moses, any thing superfluous or lacking in his saying, parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and offering; but for a vow it shall not be a- say unto them, When ye be come into the oepted. land which I give unto you, and shall reap 24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto cut; neither shall ye make any offering the priest: thereof in your land. 11 And he shall wave the sieaf before the 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall LORD, to be accepted for you: on the mowye offer the breat of your God of any of ro after thesabbaththe priest shall wave. 99 Feast of Pentecost. LEVITICUS. Feast of tabernatcles. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye it shall beaholy convocationuntoyou; and wave the sheaf a he lamb without blemish ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offerof the first year for a burnt offering unto ing made by fire unto the LORD. the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same 13 And the meat offering thereof shall be day for it is a day of atonement, to make two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with an atonement for you before the LORD your oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD God. for a sweet savour: and the drink offering 29 For wvhatsoever soul it be that shall not thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of be afflicted in that same day, he shall be a hin. cut off from among his people. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth parched corn, nor green ears, until the self- any work in that same day, the same soul same day that ye have brought an offering will I destroy from among his people. unto your God: it shall be a statute for 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall ever throughout your generations in all be a statute for ever throughout your genyour dwellings. erations in all your dwellings. 15 And ye shall count unto you from the 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, morrow after the sabbath, from the day that and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; day of the month at even, from even unto seven sabbaths shall be complete: even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh 33 5 And the LORD spake unto MIoses, sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye saying, shall offer a new meat offering unto the 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, sayLORD. ing, The fifteenth day of this seventh month 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they days unto the LORD. shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken 35 On the first day shall be a holy convowith leaven; they are the firstfruit unto cation: ye shall do no servile work therethe LORD. in. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering lambs without blemish of the first year, and made by fire unto the LORD; on the eighth one young bullock, and two rams: they shall day shall be a holy convocation unto you, befor a burnt offering unto the LORD, with and ye shall offer an offering made by fire their meat offering, and their drink offer- unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; ings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet and ye shall do no servile work therein. savour unto the LORD. 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which 19 Then y shall sacrifice one id of the ye hall proclaim to be holy convocations, goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of to offer an offering made by fire unto the the first year for a sacrifice of peace offer- LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, ings. a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing 20 And the priest shall wave them with the upon his day: broad of the firstfruits for a wave offering 38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and before the LORD, with the two lambs: they beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, shal be holy to the LORD for the priest. and beside all your freewill offerings, which 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame ye give unto the LORD. day, that it may be a holy convocation unto 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh you: ye shall do no servile work therein: mon at, hen ye hae athered in the fruit it shall be a statute for ever in all your of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the dwellings throughout your generations. LORD seven days: on the first day shall be 22 And when ye reap the harvest of your a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a land, thou shalt not make clean riddance sabbath. of the corners of thy field when thou reap- 40 And ye shall take you on the first day est, neither shalt thou gather any glean- the boughs of goodly trees, branches of ing of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, unto the poor, and to the stranger: I ant and willos of the brook; and ye shall rethe LORD your God. joice before the LORD your God seven 23 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, days. saying, 41 And ye shall keep t a feast unto the 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- LORD seven days in the year: it shall be ing, In the seventh month, in the first day a statute for ever in your generations; ye of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a shall celebrate it in the seventh month. memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy 42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; convocation. all that are Israelites born shall dwell in 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: booths: out ye shall offer an ofering made by fire 43 That your generations may know that unto the LORD. I made the children of Israel to dwell in 26 ~ And the LORD spake unto aioses,booths, when I brought them out of the land saying, of Eg.pt: I anm the LORD your God. 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh 44 And Moses declared unto the children month theres hall be a day of atonement: of Israel the feasts of the LORD. 100 Law of blahsphemy. LEVITICUS. The year ofjubilee. CHAPTER XXIV. neighbout; as he bath done, so shall it be The oilfor the tamps. 5 The sheubrea. 10 Sheo. done to him; mith's so blasphtmetlh 13 The law concerning 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth ilasphsemy; 17 asd concernislg m-rder and inl- for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a jiries. 23 The blasphemer it stoned. man, so hall it be done to him again. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say- 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall ing, restore it: and he that killeth a man, he 2 Command the children ofIsrael, that they shall le put to death. bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as light, to cause the lamps to burn continu- well for the stranger, as for one of your own ally. country: for I cam the LORD your God. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the 23 And Moses spake to the children of Istabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron rel, that they should bring forth him that order it from the eveninthe evening unto the morning had cursed out of the camp, and stone him before the LORD continually: it shall be a with stones: and the children of Israel did statute for ever in your generations. as the LORD commanded MIoses. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. CHAPTER XXV. 5 ~ And thou shalt take fine flour, and TsTle saath of the seleh yar 8 The jtoilte of d he.fiftieth yeas. 1 The b lesting epos ober.dincp. bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals 23 lhe'dem-ptio, e fleatd, 29 sl,,d of house. 35 shall be in one cake. Compassio, for he poor. 39 The law respectin 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six ibonmenl. 47 The redemption of ant israelite on a row, upon the pure table before the f.om service. LORD. A ND the LORD spake unto Iloses in 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense AL mount Sinai, saying, upon each row, that it may be on the bread Speak unto the children of Israel, and for a memorial, even an offering made by say unto them, When ye come into the land fire unto the LORD. which I give you, then shall the land keep 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order a sabbath unto the LORD. before the LORD continually, being taken 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and from the children of Israel by an everlasting six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, covenant. and gather in the fruit thereof; 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a saband they shall eat it in the holy place: for bath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, the LORD made by fire by a perpetual stat- nor prune thy vineyard. ute. 5 That which groweth of its own accord of 10 ~ And the son of an Israclitish woman, thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither whose father ivas an Egyptian, went out gather the grapes of thy vine elndressed: among the children of Israel: and this son foe it is a year of rest unto the land. of the Israelitish womante and a man of Is- 0 And the sabbath of the land shall be rael strove together in the camp; meat for you; for thee, and for thy serv11 And the Israelitish woman's son blas- ant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired phemed the name of thre LORD, and curs- servant, and for thy stranger that sojourned. And they brought him unto Moses: eth with thee, and lis mother's name was8 Shelomith, the 7 And for thy cattle and for the beast that daughteri of ir i thy l, ofll all the tincrease there 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of be meat. of the LORD might be shewed them. 8 5 And thou shalt number seven sab13 And the LORD spake unto Ioses, baths of years unto thee, seven times seven saying, years; aind the space of the seven sabbaths 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed with- ofyears shall be unto thee forty and nine out the camp; and let all that heard hiem years. lay their hands upon his head, and let all 9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the congregation stone him. the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children seventh month, in the day of atonement of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his shall ye make the trumpet sound throughGod shall bear his sin, out all your land. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, the LORD, he shall surely be put to death,and proclaim liberty throughout all the and all the congregation shall certainly land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it stone him: as well the stranger, as he that shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall is born in the land, when lie blasphemeth return every man unto his possession, and the name of thle LORD, shall be put to ye shall return every man unto his famdeath. ily. 17 And he that killeth any man shall 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto surely be put to death. you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that 18 And he that l;illeth a beast shall make which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the It good; beast for beast. grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his 12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy 101 Re(demption of landl. 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Law of bondcservice. unto you: ye shall oat the increase there- may be redeemed, and they shall go out in of out of the field. the jubilee. 13 In the year of tnis jubilee ye shall re- 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Leturn every man unto his possession. vites, and the houses of the cities of their 14 And it' thou sell aught unto thy neigh- possession, may the Levites redeem at any bour, or buycst augoht of thy ncighlbour's time. lland, yo shall not oppress one another: 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, 15 According to the number of years after then the house that was sold, and the city the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, of his possession, shall go out in the year and according unto the number of years of of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of tle fruits he shall sell unto thee: the Levites are their possession among the 1G According to the multitude of years children of Israel. thou shalt increase the price thereof, and 34 But the field of the suburbs of their according to the fewness of years thou shalt cities may not be sold; for it is their per, diminish the price of it: for according to petual possession. the number of the years of the fruits doth 35 3 And if thy brother be waxen I oor, he sell unto thee. and fallen in decay with thee; then thou 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one an- shalt relieve him: yea, though o he be a stranother; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I ger, or a sojourner; that he may live with am the LOKD your God. thee. 18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and 33 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: keep my judgments, and do them; and ye but fear thy God; that thy brother may live shall dwell in the lfnd in safety. with thee. 10 And the land shall yield her fruit, and 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in on usury, nor lend him thy victuals for insafety. crease. 20 And if ye shall say, hWhat shall we eat 38 I anm the LORD your God, which brought the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give nor gather in our increase: you the land of Canaan, an to be your 21 Then I will command my blessing upon God. you in the sixth year, and it shall bring 39 J And if thy brother that dwellbth by forth fruit for three years. thee be wasen poor, and be sold unto thee; 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and thou shalt not compel him to serve as a cat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; bondservant: until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the 40 But as a hired servant, anl as a soold sto c. journer, he shall be with thee, antd shall 23 ~ The land shall not be sold for ever: serve thee unto the year ofjubilee: for tle land is mine; for ye are strangers 41 And then shall he depart from thee, and sojourners with me. Loth he and his children with him, and shall 21 And in all the land of your possession return unto his own family, and unto the ye shall grant a redemption for the land. possession of his fathers shall he return. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and lath 42 For they are my seriants, which I sold away so snm of his possession, and if brought forth out of the land of Egypt: any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall they shall not be sold as bondmen. he redeem that which his brother sold. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rig2G And if the man have none to redeem it, our; but shalt fear thy God. and himself be able to redeem it; 44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, 27 Then let him count the years of the which thou shalt have,,shall be of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto heathen that are round about you; of them the man to whom he sold it; that he may shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. return unto his possession. 45 Ioreover, of the children of the stran28 But if he be not able to restore it to gers that do sojourn among you, of them hlim, th then tht hich is sold shall remain in shall ye buy, and of their families that are the hand of him that hath bought it until with you, which they begat in your land: the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it and they shall be your possession. shall go out, and lie shall return unto his 46 And ye shall take them as an inheritpossession. ance for your children after you, to inherit 29 And if a man sell a dwellinghouse in a then for a possession; they shall be your walled city, then he may redeem it within a bondmen for ever: but over your brethren owhole year after it is sold; wzithin a full the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one year may he redeem it. over another with sigour. 33 And if it be not redeemed within the 47 f And if a sojourner or stranger wax space of a full year, then tile house that is rich by thee, and thy brother that cdwellin the walled city shall be established for eth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto ever to him that bought it throughout his the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the generations: it shall not go out in the stock of the stranger's family; jubilee. 48 After that lie is sold he may be redeemed 31 But the houses of the villages which again; one ofhisbrethren mayredeem him: have no wall round about them shall be 40 Either his uncle, orhis uncle's son, may counted as the fields of the country: they redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto 102 Blessings promnsed. 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Plagues threatened. him of his family may redeem him; or if should not be their bondmen; and I have he be able, he may redeem himself. broken the bands of your yoke, and made 50 And lie shall reckon with him that you go upright. bought him from the year that he was sold 14 I But if ye will not hearken unto me, to him unto the year of jubilee: and the and will not do all these commandments; price of his sale shall be according unto the 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or number of years, according to the time of if your soul abhor my judgments, so that a hired servant shall it be With him. ye will not do all my commandments, but 51 If there be yet many years behind, ac- that ye break my covenant; cording unto them he shall give again the 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even price of his redemption out of the money appoint over you terror, consumption, and that he was bought for. the burning ague, that shall consume the 52 And if there remain but few years unto eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and yo the year of jubilee, then lie shall count with shall sow your seed in vain, for your cnehim, and according unto his years shall he mies shall eat it. give him again the price of his redemption. 17 And I will set my face against you, and 53 And as a yearly iired servant shall lie ye shall be slain before your enemies: they he with him: and the other shall not rule that liate you shall reign over you; and with rigour over lim in thy sight. ye shall lee when none pursueth you. 54 And if he be not redeemed in these 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken years, then he shall go out in the year unto me, then I will punish you seven times of jubilee, both he, and his children with moro for your sins. him. 19 And I will break the pride of your 55 For unto me the children of Israel are power; and I will make your heaven as servants; they are my servants whom I iron, and your earth as brass: brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I 20 And your strength shall be spent in am the LORD your God. vain: for your land shall not yield her inCHAPTER XXVI. crease, neither shall the trees of the land Idolatry forbiddect. 3 Blesias upon those that yield their fruits. keep ihe commaoadmelns. 14 Curses pon those 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and that reai them. 40 G'odpromiseta to rememwer will not hearken unto me; I:will bring seven thesm that repett. times more plagues upon you according to'VE shall make you no idols nor graven your sins. 1 image, neither rear you up a standing 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, image, neither shallye set up any image which shall rob you of your children, and of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: destroy your cattle, and make you few in for I am the LORD your God. number; and your highways shall be des2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and rever- elate. ence my sanctuary: I as the LORD. 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my by these things, but will walk contrary uncommandmants, and do them to me; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season,24 Then will I also walk contrary unto and the land shall yield her increase, and you, and will punish you yet seven times the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. for your sins. 5 tnd voer threshing hlall reach unto the 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, vintage,and the vintage shallreach unto the that shall avenge the quarrel of t ey covesowing time: and ye shall cat your bread iant: and when ye are gathered together to the full, and dwell in your land safely. within your cities, I will send the pesti6 And I will give peace in the land, and lence among you; and ye shall be delivered ye shall lie down, and none shall make you into the hand of the enemy. afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the 26 And when I have broken the staff of land, neither shall the sword go through your bread, ten women shall bake your your land. bread in one oven, and they shall deliver 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and yoet your bread again by weight: and ye they shall fall before you by the sword. shall at, and not be satisfied. 8 And five of you shall chase a hundred, 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken and a hundred ofou'shall put ten thousand unto me, but walk contrary unto me; toflight: and your enemies shall fall before 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you you by the sword. also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise 9 For I will have respect unto you, and you seven times for your sins. make you fruitful, and multiply you, and 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, establish my covenant with you. and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring 30 And I will destroy your high places, forth the old because of the new. and cut down your images, and cast your 11 And I will set my tabernacle among carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, you: and my soul shall not abhor you. and my soul shall abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will 31 And I will make your cities waste, and be your God, and ye shall be my people. bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and 13 1 am the LoRD your God, which brought I will not smell the savour of your sweet you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye odours. 103 Playjues threatened.. LEVITICUS. Laws respecting vows. 32 And I utill bring the land into desol- CHAPTER XXVII. tion: and your enemies which dwell there- Thee,nation ofapersooerated 9 bt, in shall be astonished at it. l14fena horl, 16 nd o/a field. 191'rec tsare. 33 And I will scatter you among the heath- pecting hre relemption of consecrated thing. en, and mill draw out a sword after you: 28 eo dlevoted dhilg may 6e redeemed. 32 The and your land shall he desolate, and your tithenay t e changed. cities waste. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, ing, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and your enemies' land; event then shall the say unto them, When a man shall make n land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. singular vow, the persons shall be for the 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; LORD by thy estimation. because it did not rest in your sabbaths, 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male when ye dwelt upon it. from twenty years old even unto sixtyyears 36 And upon them that are left alive of old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekyou I will send a faintness into their hearts els of silver, after the shekel of the sanein the lands of their enemies; and the sound tuary. of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they 4 And if it be a female, then thy estima. shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they tion shall be thirty shekels. shall fall when none pursueth. 5 And if it be from five years old even 37 And they shall fall one upon another, unto twenty years old, then thy estimation,s it were before a sword, when none pur- shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for sueth: and ye shall have no power to stand the female ten shekels. before your enemies. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, five years old, then thy estimation shall be and the land of your enemies shall eat you of the mnal five shekels of silver, and for up. the female thy estimtiion shall be three 39 And they that are left of you shall shekels of silver. pine away in their iniquity in your en- 7 And if it be from sixty years old and emies' lands; and also tn the iniquities of above; if it be a male, then thy estimation their fathers shall they pine away with shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female them.: ten shekels. 40 T If they shall confess their iniquity, 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their then he shall present himself before the trespass which they trespassed against me, priest, and the priest shall value him; acand that also they have walked contrary cording to his ability that vowed shall the unto me; priest value him. 41 And theat I also have'alked contrary 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring unto them, and have brought them into the an offering unto the LORD, all that any land of their enemies; if then their un- mane giveth of such unto the LORD shall be circumcised hearts be humbled, and they holy. then accept of the punishment of their in- 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a iquity; good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if 42 Then will I remember my covenant he shall at all change beast for beast, then nithl Jacob, and also my covenant with it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. Isaac, and also my covenant with Abra- 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of lhan will I remember; and I will remem- which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the her the land. LORD, then he shall present the beast be43 The land also shall be left of them, and fore the priest: shall envoy her sabbaths, while she lieth 12 And the priest shall value it, whether desolate without them: and they shall c- it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who cept of the punishment of their iniquity; art the priest, so shall it be. because, even because they despised my 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he judgments, and because their soul abhorred shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estisly statutes. mation. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in 14 ~ And when a man shall sanctify his the land of their enemies, I ill not cast e to be h et holy unto the LORD, then the them away, neither will I abhor them, to de- priest shall estimate it, whether it be good stroy them utterly, and to break my cov- or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so enant with them: for I am the LORD their shall it stand. God. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem 45 But I till for their sakes remember his house, then he shall add the fifth part the covenant of their ancestors, whom I of the money of thy estimation unto it, and brought forth out of the land of Egypt in it shall be his. the sight of the heathen, that I might be 10 And if a man shall sanctify unto the their God: I am the LORD. LORD some paw-tofafield of his possession, 46 These e are e statutes and judgments then thy estimation shall be according to and laws, which the LORD made between the seed thereof: a homer of barley seed him and the children of Israel in mount shall be valuedl at fifty shekels of silver. Sinai by the hand of Moses. 17 If he sanctify his ield from the year oi 104 The redemption of NUMBERS. consecrated things. jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall shall sanctify it, whether it be ox or sheep: stand. it is the LORD'S. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto he shall redeem it according to thine estihim the money according to the years that mation, and shall add a fifth part of i' remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it and it shall be abated from thy estimation. shall be sold according to thy estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified tlh field will 23 Notwithstanding, no devoted tiling, that in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the a man shall devote unto the LORD of ail fifth part of the money of thy estimation that he hath, both of man and beast, and of unto it, and it shall be assured to him. the field of his possession, shall be sold or 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or redeemed every devoted thing is most holy if he have sold the field to another man, it unto the LORD. shall not be redeemed any more. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the of men, shall be redeemed; but slall surely iubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as be put to death. a field devoted; the possession thereof shall 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether be the priest's. of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the 22 And if a mnan sanctify unto the LORD tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the a field which la bought, which is not LORD. of the fields of his possession; 31 And if a man will at all redeem aoghtt 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth the worth of thy estimation, even unto the part thereof. year of the jubilee: and he shall give thine 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth the LORD. under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto 24 In the year of the jubilee the field shall the LORD. return unto him of whom it was bought, 33 He shall not search whether it be good even to him to whom the possession of the or bad, neither shall he change it: and if land did belong. he change it at all, then both it and the 25 And all thy estimation shall be accord- change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be ing to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty redeemed. gerahs shall be the shekel. 34 These are the commandments, uhich 26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which the LORD commanded MIoses for the chilshould be the LORD'S firstling, no man dren of Israel in mount Sinai. THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS. CHAPTER I. 6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of ZuriGod commnodeth.los,es to b he people. shaddai. The trit tce of the tribes. 17 Th7e be, of Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Ammin. every tribe. 47 The LevTtes ars e not numbeed, adab. 6it are appointd for the Arvi of te tber,- 8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. tnaocl.9 Of Zebulun Eliab the son of Helon. AND the LORD spake unto Moses in 10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephrathe wilderness of Sinai, in the taber- im; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of nacle of the congregation, on the first day Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahof the second month, in the second year zur. after they were come out of the land of 11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of GideEgypt, saying, oni. 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishadof the children of Israel, after their families, dol. by the house of their fathers, with the num- 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. her of their names, every male by their 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. polls; 15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 3 From twenty years old and upward, all 16 These were the renowned of the conthat are able to go forth to war in Israel: gregation, princes of the tribes of their fathou and Aaron shall number them by their thers, heads of thousands in Israel. armies. 17 ~ And Moses and Aaron took these men I And with you there shall be a man of which are expressed by thoei, names: every tribe; every one head of the house of 18 And they assembled all the congregahis fathers. tion together on the first day of the second 5 ~ And these are the names of the men month, and they declared their pedigrees that shall stand with you: of the tribe of after their families, by the house of their Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. fathers, according to the number of the 105 Number in each tribe, NUMBERS. exclusive of the Levites. names, from twenty years old and upward, house of their fathers, according to the by their polls. number of the names, front twenty years 19 As the LORD commanded Mioses, so he old and upward, all that were able to go numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. forth to war; 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's 35 Those that were numbered of them, eldest son, by their generations, after their even of the tribe of Manasseh, avere thirty families, by the house of their fathers, ac- and two thousand and two hundred. cording to the number ofthe names, bytheir 36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and generations, after their families, by the upward, all that were able to go forth to house of their fathers, according to the war; number of the names, from twenty years 21 Those that were numbered of them, old and upward, all that were able to go even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and forth to war; six thousand and five hundred. 37 Those that were numbered of them, 22 Of the children of Simeon, by their gen- even of the tribe of Benjamin, veree thirty erations, after their families, by the house and five thousand and four hundred. of their fathers, those that were numbered 38 Of the children of Dan, by their generaof them, according to the number of the tions, after their families, by the louse of names, by their polls, every male from ten- their fatllers,, according to the number of ty years old and upward, all that were able the names, from twenty years old and upto go forth to war; ward, all that were able to go forth to war; 23 Those that were numbered of them, 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and even of the tribe of Dan, vere threescore nine thousand and three hundred. and two thousand and seven lundred. 24 Of the children of Gad, by their genera- 40 Of the children of Asher, by their genertions, after their families, by the house of ations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- the names, from twenty years old and uptard, all that were able to go forth to war; ward, all that were able to go forth to war; 25 Those that were numbered of them, 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, wcre forty and even of the tribe of Asher, tere forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. one thousand and five hundred. 26 Of the children of Judah, by their gen- 42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout erations, after their families, by the house their generations, after their families, by of their fathers, according to the number the house of their fathers, according to the of the names, from twenty years old and number of the names, from twenty years upward, all that were able to go forth to old and upward, all that were able to go var; forth to war 27 Those that were numbered of them, 43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore even of the tribe of Naphtali, wvere fifty and fourteen thousand and six hundred. and three thousand and four hundred. 28 Of the children of Issachar, by their 44 These are those that were numbered, generations, after their families, by the which lioses and Aaron numbered, and the house of their fathers, according to the num- princes of Israel, being twelve men: each ber of the names, from twenty years old and one was for the house of his fathers. upward, all that were able to go forth to 45 So were all those that were numbered war; of the children of Israel, by the house of 29 Those that were numbered of them, their fathers, from twenty years old and even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and upward, all that were able to go forth to four thousand and four hundred. war in Israel; 30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their 46 Even all they that were numbered were generations, after their families, by the six hundred thousand and three thousand louse of their fathers, according to the num- and five hundred and fifty. berof the names, from twenty years old and 47 1 But the Levites after the tribe of upward, all that were able to go forth to their fathers were not numbered among wvar; them. 31 Those that were numbered of them, 48 For the LORD had spoken unto MIoses, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and saying, seven thousand and four hundred. 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Ephraim, by their genera- the children of Israel: tions, after their families, by the house of 60 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over their fathers, according to the number of the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the names, from twenty years old and up- the vessels thereof, and over all things that ward, all that were able to go forth to war; belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, 33 Those that were numbered of them, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty minister unto it, and shall encamp round thousand and five hundred. about the tabernacle. 34 Of the children of Manasselh, by their 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forgenerations, after their families, by the ward, the Levites shall take it down; and 106 LThe order of the NUMBERS. tribes in? their tents. when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the 15 And his host, and those that were numLevites shall set it up: and the stranger bered of them, were forty and five thousand that cometh nigh shall be put to death. and six hundred and fifty. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch 16 All that were numbered ill the camp of their tents, eeroy man by his own camp, Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty andeveryman by his own standard, through- and one thousand and four hundred and out their hosts. fifty, throughout their armies: and they 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about shall set forth in the second rank. the tabernacle of testimony, that there he 17 Then the tabernacle of the congregano wrath upon the congregation of the clil- tion shall set forward with the camp of the dren of Israel: and the Levites shall keep Levites in the midst of the camp: as they tho charge of the tabernacle oftestimony. encamp, so shall they set forward, every 54 And the children of Israel did accord- man in his place by their standards. ing to all that the LORD commanded Mlo- 18 On the west side shall be the standses, so did they. ard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons CHAPTER II. of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Thleorder of the tribes itl their tent. Anomihud. ND the LOD spake unto Moses and 19 And his host, and those that were num-. unto Aaron, saying, bered of them, were forty thousand and five 2 Every man of the children of Israel hundred. shall pitch by his own standard, with the 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Maensign of their father's house: far off about nasse: and the captain of the children of the tabernacle of the congregation shall they Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of pitch. Pedahzur. 3 And on the east side toward the rising 21 And his host, and those that were numof the sun shall they of the standard of bered of them, were thirty and two thousand the Camp of Judah pitch throughout their and two hundred. armies: and Nahshlon the son of Ammina- 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the dab shall be captain of the children of Ju- cptain of the sons of Benjamin shall be dah. Abidan the son of Gideoni. 4 And his host, and those that were num- 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, oere threescore and fourteen bered of them, were thirty and five thousand thousand and six hundred. and four hundred. 5 And those that do pitch nest unto him 24 All that were numbered of the camp of shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Ne- Ephraim were a hundred thousand and thaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of eight thousand and a hundred, throughout the children of Issachar. their armies: and they shall go forward in 6 And his host, and those that were num- the third rank. lered thereof, wvere fifty and four thousand 25 ~ The standard of the camp of Dan and four hundred. shall be on the north side bv their armies: 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab and the captain of the children of Dan shall the son of Helon shall be captain of the be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. children of Zebulun. 26 And his host, and those that were num8 And his host, and those that Mere num- bered of them, were threescore and two bered thereof, were fifty and seven thou- thousand and seven hundred. sand and four hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall ie 9 All that were numbered in the camp of the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the Judah wer0e a hundred thousand and four- children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of score thousand and six thousand and four Ocran. hundred, throughout their armies: these 28 And his host, and those tat were numshall first set forth. bered of them, were forty and one thousand 10 t On the south side 8haZl be the stand- and fi hundred. ard of the camp of Reuben according to 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the their armies: and the captain of the chil- captain of the children of Naphtalishall be dren of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Ahira the son of Enan. Shedeur. 30 And his host, and those that were num11 And his host, and those that were num- bered of them, were fifty and three thoubored thereof, were forty and six thousand sand and four hundred. and five hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the 12 And those which pitch by him shall be camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the fifty and seven thousand and six hundred: children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the they shall go hindmost witl their standards. son of Zurishaddai. 32 ~ These are those which were num13 And his bost, and those that were numr- bered of the children of Israel by the house bered of them, weree fifty and nine thousand of their fathers: all those that were numand three hundred. bered of the camps throughout their hosts 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain were six hundred thousand and three thouof the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son sand and five hundred and fifty. of Reuel. 33 But the Levites were not numbered 107 Of the tribe of Levi. NUMBERS. The Levites numbered. among the children of Israel; as the LORD every male from a month old and upward commanded Moses. shalt thou number them. 34 And the children of Israel did accord- 16 And Moses numbered them according ing to all thtthhe LORD commanded Mo- to the word of the LORD, as he was comses: so they pitched by their standards, manded. and so they set forward, every one after 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their families, accordingtothehouso of their their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and fathers. Merari. CHAP'TER III. 18 And these are the names of the sons The son of Aaron. 5 The Leites are gieen to lte of Gershon by their families; Libni, and priests Jbr the f slvico of Ihe taberntace, 11i- Shimei. stead of the JilJbon.. 1 Toe Levitee are lm- 19 And the sons of Kohath by their fambered by iLe;r famiie.. 21 The ftmiies, ~utmber, ald chaIge of the Gershoite 27 of th ilies ram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Kio.athites. 33 aini of tlh Mel arieso. 5 The Uzziel. place and charge of jdcsse antd -Aa-o., 40'he 20 And the sons of MIerari by their famLevites are takern instead of the firstbor. 4i The ilies; MIahli, and Mushi, These are the overplus of thejistboino aloe reenleol. ofamilies of tile Levites according to the T IESE also are the generations of Aaron house of their fathers. and Moses, in the day that the LORD 21 Of Gershon oas the family of the Lib. spake with Moses in mount Sinai. nites, and the family of the Shimites: these 2 And these are tha names of the sons of are the families of the Gershonites. Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, 22 Those that were numbered of them, acEleazar, and ithamar. cording to tnhenumber of all the males, from These are the names of tile sons of a month old and upward, even those that Aaron, the priests which were anointed, were numbered of them wvere seven thouwhom he consecrated to minister in the sand and five hundred. priest's office. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the pitch behind the tabernacle westward. LORD, wlhen they offered strange fire before 24 And the chief of the house of the fath er the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the they had no childreno: and Eleazar and son of Laeol. Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon the sight of Aaron their father. in the tabernacle of tle congregation shall 5 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, be the tabernacle, and the tent, the coversaying ing thereof, and the hanging for the door of G Bring the tribe of Levi near, and pre- the tabernacle of the congregation, sent them before Aaron the priest, that 26 And the hangings of the court, and they may minister unto him. the curtain for the door of the court, which 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round charge of the whole congregation before the about, and the cords of it, for all the servtabernacle of the congregation, to do the ice thereof. service of the tabernacle. 27 I And of Kohat t was the family of 8 And they shall keep all the instruments the Amramites, and the family of the Izeof the tabernacle of the congregation, and harites, and the family of the Hebronites, the charge of the children of Israel, to do and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the service of the tabernacle. the families of the Kohathites. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto 28 In the number of all the males, from a Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly month old and upward,ivere eight thousand given unto him out of the children of Israel. and six hundred, keeping the cnarge of the 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sanctuary. sons, and they shall wait on their priest's 29 The families of the sons of IKohath office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle shall be put to death. southward. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, 30 And the chief of the house of the father saying, of the families of the Kohathites shall be 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levi'es Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. from among the children of Israel instead 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix tle table, and the candlestick, and the alamong the children of Israel: therefore the tars, and the vessels of the sanctuary whereLevites shall be mine; with they minister, and the hanging, and all 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; the service thereof. for on the day that I smote all the first. 32 AndEleazar the son of Aaron the priest born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and have the oversight of them that keep and beast: mine they shall be: I am the the charge of the sanctuary. LORD. 33 ~ Of Merari wvas the family of the Mah14 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses lites, and the family of the 5Mushites: these in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, are the families of Merari. 15 Number the children of Levi after the 34 And those that were numbered of them, house of their fathers, by their families: according to the number of all the males, 108 The firstborn redeemed. NUMBERS. The Levites' service. from a month old and upward, weere si I took he the money; a thousand three hunthousand and two hundred. dred and threescore and five shekels, after 35 And the chief of the house of the father the shekel of the sanctuary: of the families of Mierari zvas Zuriel the 51 And Moses gave the money of them son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his side of the tabernacle northward. sons, according to the word of the LORD, 38 And usde' the custody and charge as the LORD commanded Moses. of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and CHAPTEl IV. the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, The age and tie of the Leite' service. 4 The and all the vessels thereof, and all that taske, doft, the 16ioacnat^ies, le, tis re have servetll thereto, Eleaar. 17 The ofice of the priests. 21 The 37 And the pillars of the court round about, service of the G'erhoites, c29 and of the e,saand their sockets, and their pins, and their rite. 34 The umlber of the Kohathitee, 38 of cords. the Gershoteites, 42 and of the Maes.aeit. 38 ~ But those that encamp before the tab- AND the LORD spake unto Moses and ernacle toward the east, even before the unto Aaron, saying, tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, among the sons of Levi, after their families, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for by the house of their fathers, the charge of the children of Israel; and 3 From thirty years old and upward even the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put until fifty years old, all that enter into the to death. host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, congregation. which Moses and Aaron numbered at the 4 This shall be the service of the sons of commandment of the LORD, throughout Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregatheir families, all the males from a month tion, about the most holy things. old and upward, zvere twenty and two thou- 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aasand. eron shall come, and his sons, and they shall 40 ~ Andke do the said nto ses, t covering vail, and cover the Number all the firstborn of the males of ark of testimony with it: the children of Israel from a month old 6 And shall put thereon the covering of and upward, and take the number of their badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a names. cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for staves thereof. me (I atm the LORD) instead of all the 7 And upon the table of shewbread they firstborn among the children of Israel; and shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the cattle of the Levites instead of all the the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, firstlings among the cattle of the children and covers to cover withal: and the conof Israel. tinual bread shall be thereon: 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth commanded hlim, all the firstborn among of scarlet, and cover the same with a coverthe children of Israel. ing of badgers' skins, and shall put in the 43 And all the firstborn males by the num- staves thereof. her of names, from a month old and up- 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and ward, of those that were numbered of them, cover the candlestick of the light, and his were twenty and two thousand two hundred lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and threescore and thirteen. and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, they minister unto it: saying, 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels 45 Take the Levites instead of all the first- thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, born among the children of Israel, and the and shall put it upon a bar. cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; 11 And upon the golden altar they shall and the Levites shall be mine: I am the spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a LORD. covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to 46 And for those that are to be redeemed the staves thereof: of the two hundred and threescore and thir- 12 And they shall take all the instruments teen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, of ministry, wherewith they minister in the which are more than the Levites; sanctuary, and put thems i a cloth of blue, 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece and cover them with a covering of badgers' by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary skins, and shall put themn on a bar. shalt thou take thenm: (the shekel is twen- 13 And they shall take away the ashes from ty gerahs:) the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 48 And thou shalt give the money, where- 144And they shall put upon it all the veswith the odd number of them is to be oe- sels thereof, wherewith they minister about deemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. it, eveor the censers, the fleshhooks, and the 49 And osess took the redemption-money shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of of them that were over and above them that the altar; and they shall spread upon it a were redeemed by the Levites: covering of badgers' skins, and put to the 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel staves of it. 109 Number of NUMBERS, the Kohathites. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have according to all their service in the tabermade an end of covering the sanctuary, and nacle of the congregation; the boards of all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp tle tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and is to set forward; after that, the sons of the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, Kohath shall come to bear it: but they 32 And the pillars of the court round shall not touch any holy thing, lest they about, and their sockets, and their pins, die. These things are the burden of the and their cords, with all their instruments, sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the con- and with all their service: and by name ye gregation. shall reckon the instruments of the charge 10 And to the office of Eleazar the son of of their burden. Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the 33 This is the service of the families of light, and the sweet incense, and the daily the sons of Merari, according to all their meat offering, and the anointing oil, nd service, in the tabernacle of the congregathe oversight of all the tabernacle, and of tion, under the hand of Ithamar the son of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in Aaron the priest. the vessels thereof. 34 ~ And Moses and Aaron and the chief 17 And the LORD spake unto Mloses and of the congregation numbered the sons of unto Aaron, saying, the Kohathites after their families, and 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families after the house of their fathers, of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 35 From thirty years old and upward even 19 But thus do unto them, that they may unto fifty years old, every one that entereth live, and not die, when they approach unto into the service, for the work in the taberthe most holy things: Aaron and h:s sons nacle of the congregation: shall go in, and appoint them every one to 36 And those that were numbered of them his service and to his burden: by their families were two thousand seven 20 But they shall not go in to see when hundred and fifty. the holy things are covered, lest they die. 37 These mrere they that were numbered 21 ~ And the LORD spake unto Ioses, of the families of the Kohathites, all that saying, might do service in the tabernacle of the 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Ger- congregation, which Moses and Aaron did shon, throughout the houses of their fathers, number according to the commandment of by their families; the LORD by the hand of Moses. 23 From thirty years old and upward un- 38 And those that were numbered of the til fifty years old shalt thou number them; sons of Gershon, throughout their families, all that enter in to perform the service, to and by the house of their fathers, do the work in the tabernacle of the congre- 39 From thirty years old and upward even gation. unto fifty years old, every one that entereth 24 This is the service of the families of the into the service, for the work in the taberGershonited, to serve, and for burdens: nacle of the congregation, 25 And they shall bear the curtains of 40 Even those that were numbered ofthem, the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the throughout their families, by the house of congregation, his covering, and tile cover- their fathers, Rere two thousand and six ing of the badgers' skins that is above upon hundred and thirty. it, and the hanging for the door of the tab- 41 These are they that were numbered of ernacle of the congregation, the families of the sons of Gershon, of all 26 And the hangings of the court, and the that might do service in t the tabernacle of hanging for the door of the gate of the court, the congregation, whllom 3Ioses and Aaron which is by the tabernacle and by the altar did number according to the commandment round about, and their cords, and all the of the LORD. instruments of their service, and all that is 42 And those that were numbered of the made for them: so shall they seros. families of the sons of lIerari, throughout 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his their families, by the house of their fathers, sons shall be all the service of the sons of 43 From thirty years old and upward even the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and unto fifty years old, every one that entereth in all their servic: and yo shall appoint into the service, for the work in the taberunto them in charge all their burdens. nacle of the congregation, 28 This is the service of the families of the 44 Even tothose that were numbered of them sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the after their families, were three thousand congregation: and their charge shall te un- and two hundred. der the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron 5 These be those that were numbered of the priest. the families of the sons of herari, whom 29 1 As for the sons of ierari, thou shalt Bioses and Aaron numbered according to number them after their families, bythe the word of the LOR'D by the hand of tioses. house of their fathers; 46 All those that were numbered of the 30 From thirty years old and upward even Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, chief of Israel numbered, after their famevery one that entereth into the service, to ilies, and after the house of their fathers, do the work of the tabernacle of the congre- 47 From thirty years old and upward even gation. unto fifty years old, every one that came to 31 And this is the charge of their burden, do the service of the ministry, and the serv110 The trial in a NUMBERS. case of jealousy. ice of the burden in the tabernacle of the the priest, and he shall bring her offering congregation, for her, the tenth part of an ephah of bar48 Even those that oe-e numbered of ley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor them, were eight thousanandnd five hundred put frankincense thereon; for it is an offerand fourscore. ing of jealousy, an offering of memorial, 49 According to the commandment of the bringing iniquity to remembrance. LoRD they were numbered by the hand of t1 And the priest shall bring her near, MIoses, every one according to his service, and set her before the LORD: and according to his burden: thus were 17 And the priest shall take holy water in they numbered of him, as the LORD con - an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is manded Moses. in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water. CHAPTER V. 18 And tile priest shall set the woman beToe ttuleon Ae o o be denoe,-d aolt oftlre -smp. *5 fore the LORD, and uncover the woman's. estittttio is tl te o te ittcae of trespla. It head, and put the offering of memorial in T/t fo-roof ttial it f Ctseo-J -yeaIolols. hoer hands, which is the jealousy offering: AND the LORD spake unto iIoses, say- and the priest shall have in his hand the A ing, bitter water that causeth the curse. 2 Command the children of Israel, that 19 And the priest shall charge her by an they put out of the camp every leper, and oath, and say unto the woman, If no man every one that hath an issue, and whoso- have lain with thee, and it thou hast not ever is defiled by the dead: gone aside to uncleanness qoith another 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, instead of thy husband, be thou free from without the camp shall ye put them; that this bitter water that causeth tile curse: they defile not their camps, in the midst 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another whereof I dwell. instead of thy husband, and if thou be de4 And the children of Israel did so, and filed, and some man have lain with thee put them out without the camp: as the besides thine husband: LORD spoke unto Moses, so did the chil- 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman dren of Israel. with an oath of cursing, and the priest 5 ~ And the LORD spake unto lIoses, shall say unto the woman, The LOPRD make saying, thee a curse and an oath among thy people, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When when the LORD doth make thy thigh to a man or woman slall commit any sin that rot, and thy belly to swell; men commit, to do a trespass against the 22 And this water that causeth the curse LOoD, and that person be guilty; shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly 7 Then they shall oonfess their sin which to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the they have done: and he shall recompense woman shall say, Amen, amen. his trespass with the principal thlereof, and 23 And the priest shall write these curses add unto it the fif;h part thereof, and give in a book, and le shall blot theim out with it unto himt against whom he hath tres- the bitter water: passed. 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink 8 But if the mant have no kinsman to rec- the bitter water that causeth the curse: ompense the trespass unto, let the trespass and th 0 water that causetl the curse shall be recompensed unto the LORD, oerOt to enter into her, and become bitter. the priest; beside the ram of the atone- 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy nent, wiLereby an atonement shall be made offering out of the woman's hand, and shall for him. wave the offering before the LORD, and of9 And every offering of all the holy things fer it upon the altar: of the children of Israel, which they bring 26 And the priest shall take a handful of unto the priest, st:all be his. the offering, even the memorial thereof, 10 And every man's hallowed things shall and burn it upon the altar, and afterward be hist: whatsoever any man giveth the shall cause the woman to drink the water. priest, it shall be his. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the 11 ~ And the LORD spake unto MIoses, water, then it shall come to pass, if she be saying, defiled, and have done trespass against her 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and- husband, that the water that causeth the say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, urse shall enter into her, alnd becomne bitand commit a trespass against hlim, ter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh 13 And a manl lie with her carnally, and shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and among her people. be kept close, and she be defiled, and there 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be no witness against her, neither she be be clean; then she shall be free, and shall taken with the oanner; conceive seed. 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she wife goeth aside to another instead of her be defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy come husband, and is defiled; upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh she be not defiled: upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto and shall set tho woman before the LORD, 111 The law of NUM BERS. the Nazarite and the priest shall execute upon her all oil, and their meat offering, and their drink this law. offerings. 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from 16 And the priest shall bring them before iniquity, and this woman shall bear her the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, iniquity. and his burnt offering: CHAPTER VI. 17 And he shall offer the ram for a saoriThe law of the Saza'ite. 22 The fo,mn of blling fice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the peopl. the basket of unleavened bread: the priest AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say-shall offer also his meat offering, and his ing, drink offering. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head say unto them, When either man or woman of his separation at the door of the tabershall separate themselves to vow a vow of nacle of the congregation, and shall take the a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto hair of the head of his separation, and put the LORD; it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of 3 IHe shall separate himself from ine the peace offerings. and strong drink, and shall drink no vine- 19 And the priest shall take the sodden gar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, cake out of the basket, and one unleavened nor eat moist grapes, or dried. wafer, and shall put them upon the hands 4 All the days of his separation shall he of the Nazarite, after the hair of his sepaeat nothing that is made of the vine tree, ration is shaven: from the kernels even to the husk. 20 And the priest shall wave them for 5 All the days of the vow of his separation a wave offering before the LORD: this is there shall no razor come upon his head: holy for the priest, with the wave breast until the days be fulfilled, in the which he and heave shoulder: and after that the separateth himselfunto the LORD, he shall Nazarite may drink wine. be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair 21 This s the law of the Nazarite who hath of his head grow. vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD 6 All the days that he separateth himsself for his separation, besides that, that his unto the LORD he shall come at no dead hand shall get: according to the vow which body. he vowed, so he must do after the law of his 7 He shall not make himself unclean for separation. his father, or for his mother, for his brother, 22 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, or for his sister, when they die: because the saying, consecration of his God is upon his head. 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, 8 All the days of his separation he is holy saying, On this wise ye shall bless the chilunto the LORD. dren of Israel, saying unto them, 9 And if any man die very suddenly by 24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: him, and he hath defiled the head of his 25 The LORD make his face shine upon eonsecration; then he shall shave his head thee, and be gracious unto thee: in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh, 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon day shall heshave it. thee, and give thee peace. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring 27 And they shall put my name upon the two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the ohildren of Israel, and I will bless them. priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: CHAPTER VII. 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a The oJfing of the princes at the dedication of the sin offering, and the other for a burnt offer- tabertacle. 10 Their everal offrings at the deding, and make an atonement for him, for icatios of the alta 89 God spiaketh to Moses that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow fro the -ercy seat his head that same day. A ND it came to pass on the day that 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD ol Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, the days of his separation, and shall bring and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and a lamb of the first year for a trespass offer- all the instruments thereof, both the altar ing: but the days that were before shall be and all the vessels thereof, and hao anointed lost, because his separation was defiled. them, and sanctified them; 13 And this is the law of the Nazarite: 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the when the days of his separation are ful- house of their fathers, who ere the princes filled, lie shall be brought unto the door of of the tribes, and were over them that were the tabernacle of the congregation: numbered, offered: 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the 3 And they brought their offering before LORD, one he lamb of the first year withoutthe LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve. blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and lamb of the first year without blemish for for each one an ox: and they brought them. a sin offering, and one ram without blemish before the tabernacle. for peace offerings, 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say15 And a basket of unleavened bread, ing, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and Take it of them, that they may be to do wafers of unleavened bread anointed with the service of the tabernacle of the congre112 The offerings NUMBERS. of the princes. gation; and thou shalt give them unto the Le- 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: vites, to every man according to his service. 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs and gave them untothe Levites. of the first year: this wasce the offering of 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave un- Eliab the son of telon. to the sons of Gershon, according to their 80 On the fourth day Elizur the son of service: Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave did offer: unto the sons of Merari, according unto 31 His offering was one silver charger of their service, under the hand of Ithamar tie weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, the son of Aaronl the priest. one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full none: because the service of the sanctuary of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat ofbnclonging unto them twas that they should fering: bear upon their shoulders. 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full 10 And the princes offered for dedicating of incense: of the altar in the day that it was anointed, 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb even the princes offered their offering be- of the first year, for a burnt offering: fore the altar. 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They 35 And for a sacrifice of pence offerings, shall offer their offering, each prince on his to oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs day, for the dedicating of the altar. of the first year: this wlas the offering of 12 ~ And he that offered his offering the lizur the son of Shedeur. first day was Nahshon the son of Ammin- 36 ~ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son adab, of the tribe of Judah: of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of 13 And his offering wars one silver charger, Simeon, did offer: the weight whereof was a hundred and thir- 37 His offering was one silver charger, the ty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy sllek- weight whereof was a hundred and thirty els, after the slekel of the sanctuary; both shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, of them uerae full of fine flour mingled with after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of oil for a meat offering: them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of meat offering: incense: 88 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb incense: of the first year, for a burnt offering: 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:of the first year, for a burnt offering: 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: two oxen, five rams, five lie goats, five lambs 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, of the first year: this was the offering of two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs Nahshon the son of Amminadab. of the first year: this was the offering of 18 ~ On the second day Nethaneel the son Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 42 ~ On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of 19 He offered for his offering one silverDeuel, prince of the children of Gad, ofcharger, the weight whereof wtas a hundred fe ed: and thirty shehels, one silver bowl of seven- 43 His offering was one silver charger of ty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; tie weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, both of them full of fine flour mingled witha silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the oil for a meat offering: shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of of fine flour mingled with-oil for a meat ofincense: fering: 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of of the first year, for a burnt offering: incense: 22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, of the first year, for n burnt offering: two oxen, five rams, five lihe goats, five 4 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: lambs of the first year: thiswas the offering 47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, of Netllneel the son of Zuar. two oxen, fie ra, f five he goats, five lambs 24 ~ On the third day Eliab the son of of the first year: this was the offering of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, Eliasaph the son of Deuel. did offer: 48 ~ On the seventh day ElisLama the son 25 His offering was one silver charger, the of Ammihud, prince of the children of teighti hereof was a hundred and thirty Ephraim, offered: shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 49 His offering was one silver charger, the after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of weight whereof wsas a hundred and thirty them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, meat offering: after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a incense: meat offering: 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 50 One golden spoon often shekels, full of of the first year, for a burnt offering: incense: 8 113 The offerings NUMBERS. of the princes. 51 One young bullock, one tam, one lamb 74 One golden spoon often shekels, full-of of the first year, for a burnt offering: incense: 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, ofthe first year, for a burnt offering: - two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:: of the first year: this eeas the offering of 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, Elishama the son of Ammihlud. two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs 54 i On the eighth day offered Gamaliel of the first year: this was the offering of the son of Pedahnur, prince of the children Pagiel the son of Ocran. of Ianasseh: 78 j On the twelfth day Ahira the son of 55 His offering vas one silver charger of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, offcred: -, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the 79 His offering was one silver charger, the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full weight lwhereof was a hundred and thirty of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat of- shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, fering: after the shekel of the sanctuary; jboth of 51i One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a incense: meat offering: 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 80 One golden spoon often shekels, full:of of the first year, for a burnt offering: incense: -:: 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 50 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, of the first year, for a burnt offering: two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs 82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: of the first year: this wtCs the offering of 83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, Gamaliel the son of Pedahznir. twno oen, five rams, five he goats,five Inabs 60) 5 On the ninth day Abidan the son of of the first year: this wias the offering of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, Ahira the son of Enan. offered: 81 This nvas the dedication of the altar, 61 His offering was one silver charger, the in the day wheln it was anointed, by the eight whereof uwas a hundred and thirty princes of Israel: twelve clhargers of silver, snhekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 85 Each charger of silver weighing a them full of fine flour mitigled with oil for a hundred and thirty shekels, each borl meat offering: seventy: all the silver vessels weighed tYo 62 One golden spoon often shekels, full of thousand and four hundred shekels, after incense: sthe shekel of the sanctuary: 63 One young bullock, on, one am on Te lamb 8 T golden spoons ere twelve, full of of the first year, for a burnt offering: incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, the spoons a a hun ndred and twenty two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs shekels. of tie first year: this wa8o the offering of 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were Abidan the son of Gideoni. twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs 66 5 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of of the first year twelve, with their meat oAmmishaddai, prince of the children of fering: and the kids of the goats for sin Dan, offered: offering twelve. 67 His offering was one silver charger, the 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty pece offerings i ere twenty and-four bullshekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, ocks, the ramns sixty, the he goats sixty, the after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of lambs of the first year sixty. This ni as. the them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a dedication of the altar, after that it -as ment offering: anointed. 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 89 And when Moses n was gone into tie tabincense: ernacle of tie congregation to speak with 9 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb him, then he heard the voice of one speakh of the first year, for a burnt offerin: ingn unto him from off the mercy seat that 7C One kid of the goats for a sin offering: woas upon the ark of testimony, from bc71 And for a sacrifice ot peace offerings, tween the two cherubim: and hespakeunto t c oxen, five rams, five h goats, five lambs him. of the first year: this was the offering of CHAPTEtR VIII. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. fihe i;htinn of the tamsn. 5 The oise-reat;oni'o/ 71 ~ On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of the Lviteu.'2l3 Ie ane d time of th!ei eLrve Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, of- ic. fered: A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say73 tis oftering wna one silver charger, the 1A. ing, weiglt whereof wvas a hundred and thirty 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto hil, shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, When thou lightest the lamps, tie seven after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of lamps shall give light over against the 6an; them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a destick. meat offering: 3 And Aaron did so.; he lighted the lamps 114 The consecration NUMBERS. of the Levites. thereof over against the candlestick, as the gregation of the children of Israel, did to:LORD commanded Meoses. the Levites according unto all that the LORD *: 4 And this work of the candlestick was of commanded Moses concerning the Levites, beaten gold; unto the shaft thereof, unto so did the children of Israel unto them. the flowers thereof, was beaten work: ac- 21 ind the Levites were purified, and cording unto the pattern which the LORD they washed their clothes; and Aaron oflhad shewed Moses, so he made the candle- fered them as an offering before the LORD; stick. o and Aaron made an atonement for them to 5 ~ And the LORD spake unto Mioses, say- cleanse them. Take the Levites from among the chil- do their service in the tabernacle of the dren of Israel, and cleanse them. congregation before Aaron, and before his 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying concerning the Levites, so did they unto.upon them, and let them shave all their tlem.:flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and 23 ~ And the LORD spake unto Boses, s o:mako themselves clean. saying, 8 Then let them take a young bullock with 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Le-.his meat offering, even fine flour mingled vites: from twenty and five years old and with oil, and another young bullock shalt upward they shall go in to wait upon the thou take for a sin offering. service of the tabernacle of the congrega9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before tion: the tabernacle of the congregation: and 25 And from the age of fifty years they thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the shall cease waiting upon the service therechildren of Israel-together. of, and shall serve no more::10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before 2G But shall minister with their brthren the LORD: and the children of Israel shall in the tabernacle of the congregation, to put their hands upon the Levites: keep the charge, and shall do no service. 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites be- Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touchfore the LORD for an offering of the chil- ing their charge. dren of Israel, that they may execute the CHAPTER IX. Service of tile LORD. Th o oa. ( A secnd:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands passovet lovwed fl o themil at were utcleasn or upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou absent. 15 The!o td guigesth thie emovins and'shalt offer the one for a sill offering, and ntcaslettgo of the Isaeites. the other for a burnt offering, unto the A ND the LORD spake unto Moses in the LORD, to make an atonement for the Le- 1 wilderness of Sinai, in the first month vites. of the second year after they were come out 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before of the land of Egypt, saying,.Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the for an offering unto the LORD. passover at his appointed season. * 14Thius shalt thou separate the Levites 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at;from among the children of Israel: and the even, ye shall keep it in his appointed seaLevites shall cn mine. son: according to all the rites of it, and nc15 And after that shall the Levites go in cording to all the ceremonies thereof, shall to do the service of the tabernacle of the ye keep it. congregation and thou shalt cleanse them, 4 And Moses spake unto the children of and offer them for an offering. Israel, that they should keep the passover. 1G6 For they are whlolly given unto me from 5 And they kept tile passover on the fouramong the children of Israel; instead of teenth day of the first month at even in the such as open every womb, even instead of wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the firstborn of all the children of Israel, the LORD commanded Mloses, so did the shave I taken them unto me. children of Israel. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of 6 ~ And there were certain men, who were Israel are mine, both man and beast: on defiled by the dead body of a man, that tie day that I smote every firstborn in the tlley could not keep the passover on that land of Egypt I sanctified them for my. day: and they came before Moses and be. sell. fore Aaron on that day. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the 7 And those men said unto him, We are firstborn of the children of Israel. defiled by tie dead body of a man: where- 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift fore are we kept bacl, that vte may not offer to-Aaron and to his sons from among the an otfering of the LOeiD in ]i3 appointed children of Isracl, to do the service ot' the season among the children of Israel? children ol Israel in the tabernacle of the 8 And Moscs said unto them, Stand still, congregation, and to make an atonement and I will hear what the LORD will comn for the children of Israel: that there be no mand concerning yosu. plague among tlie children of Israel, when 9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saythe children of Israel come nigh unto the ing, sanctuary. if) Speak onto the lchildren of Israel, sayp -20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the con- ing, If any man of you or of your posterity 115 The guiding cloud. NUMBERS. The szlver trumpets. shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, CHAPTER X. or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep The use of the.,ilver trumpts. 11 The Israellt the passover unto the LORD. Peooveoo 5oo Sirloi to Sono. 14 He oider of 11 The fourteenth day of the second monthl th.,r. 209 Iolab is ellt,'ate y M oses oio at even they shall keep it, it, d eat it with eave them. 3:5 T'he.:layer of 1oses at the tunleavened bread and bitter hetbs. movino a-to rtesling ofthe ao - 12 They shall leave none of it unto the A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saymorning, nor break any bone of it: no- L ing, cording to all the ordinances of the passover 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a they shall keep it. whole piece shalt thou make them: that 13 But the man that is clean, and is not thou mayest use them for the calling of in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the the assembly, and for the journeying of the passover, even tile same soul shall be cut camps. off from among his people: because h e 3 And when they shall blow with them, brought not the offering of the LORD in all the assembly shall assemble themselves his appointed season, that man shall bear to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the his sin. congregation. 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, you, and will keep the passover unto t then the princes, which are heads of the LORD; according to the ordinance of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves passover, and according to the manner unto thee. thereof, so shall lie do: ye shall have one 5 Weon ye blow an alarm, then the camps ordinance, both for the stranger, and for that lie on the east parts shall go forward. him that as3 born in the land. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, 1i ~ And on the day that the tabernacle then the camps that lie on the south side was reared up the cloud covered the taber- shall take their journey: they shall blow nncle, namely, the tent of the testimony: an alarm for their journeys. and at even there was upon the tabernacle 7 But when the congregation is to be as it were the appearance of fire, until the gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye morning. shall not sound an alarm. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, by day, and the appearance of fire by shall blow tith the trumpets; and they night. shall be to: you for an ordinance for ever 17 And when the cloud was taken up from throughout your generations. the tabernacle, then after that the children 9 And if ye go to war in your land against of Israeljourneyed: and in the place where the enemy that oppressoth'you, then ye the lou abode, thethe lo bo, he he children of Israel shall blow an alarm twitl the trumpets;and pitched their tents. ye shall be remembered before the LORD 18 At the commandment of the LORD the our God, and ye shall be saved from your children of Israel journeyed, and at the enemies. commandment of the LORD they pitched: 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and as long as the cloud abode upon the taber- in your solemn days, and in the beginnings nacle they rested in their tents. of your months, ye shall blow with the 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the tabernacle many days, then the children the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and they may be to you for a memorial before journeyed not. your God: I anl the LORD )'our God. 20 And so it was, vhen the cloud was a 11 T And it came to pass on the tnentieth few days upon tle tabernacle; according to clay of the second month, ill the second year, the commandment of the LORD they abode that the cloud was taken up from off the in their tents, and according to the cor- tabernacle of the testimony. mandment of the LORD they journeyed. 12 And the children of Israel took their 21 And so it was, wlen the cloud abode journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; from even unto tle morning, and that the and the cloud rested in tle wvilderness of cloud was taken lip in the morning, then Paran. they journeyed: lwether it f was by day or 13 And they first took their journey aoby night that the cloud wvas taken up, they cording to the commandment of the LORD journeyed. by the hand of Moses. 22 Or whether' it oere two days, or a 1L Il tho first place went the standard montoh, or a year, that the cloul tarried of the camp of the children of Judah: nc upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the cording ito tleir armies: and over 1his host children of Israel abodo in their tents, and ovas Nalhshon the son of Amminadab;. journeyed not: but when it was taken up, 15 And over the host of the tribe of the they journeyed. children of Issachar wvas Nethaneel the sono 23 At the comnmanlmtnen t o y of Zuar. rested in their tents, andl at tle command- 1G And over the host of the tribe of thb ment of the LOlDu they journeyed: they children of Zebulun wUas Eliab the son of kept the charge of tle LORD, at the corn- Helon. mandment of the LORD by the hand of 17 And the tabernacle wa0 taken down; Moses. and the sons of Gershon and the sons of 116 Order of march. NUMBERS. Moses' complaint. Merari set forward, bearing the taber- CHAPTER XI. ~~~nacle. ~ ~T~he fire at Taberah qeentched at the prayer of >,o18 And tlle standard of the camp of Reu- Th c 4 he eol stT t ffiesh, n lotirtehe hen set forward according t their armies: ma. 10 Noses opatietl of the bt'le of and over his host was Elizur the son of his charge. li Seventy elders. are ppointed to Shodeur. 6ear it with hitna, 31 uails aregiven at Kibroth19 And over the host of the tribe of the aaavah children of Simeon tvas Shelumiel the son ND 2Vhen the people complained, it disof Zurishaddai. A pleased the LORD: and the LORD 20 And over the host of the tribe of the heard it; and his anger was kindled; and children of Gad was Eliasash the son of the fire of the LORD burnt among them, Deuel. and consumed theml that zere in the utter21 And the Kohathites set forward, bear- most parts of the camp. ing the sanctuary: and the others did set 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and Up the tabernacle against they cme. shen Moses prayed unto the LORD, the 22 And tile standard of the camp of the fire was quenched. children of Ephraim set forward according 3 And he called the name of the place to their armies: and over his host was Taberah: because the fire of the LORD Elishama the son of Ammilhud. burnt among them. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the 4 And the mixed multitude that toaa children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son among them fell a lusting: and the chilof Pedahzur.dren of Israel also wept again, and said, 24 And over the host of the tribe of the Who shall give us flesh to eat? children of Benjamin was Abidan the son 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat of Gideoni. in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the 21 And the standard of the camnp of the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and children of Dan set forward, Zhich tas the the garlic: rearward of altlle camps throughout their e But now our t oul is dried away: there hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the is nothing at all, besides this manna, beforo son of Ammishaddai. our eyes. 26 -And over the host of the tribe of the chil- 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, dreneof Asher uas Pagiel the son of Ocran. and the colour thereof as the colour of 27 And over the host of the tribe of the bdellium. children of Naphtali zwas Ahira the son of 8 And the people went about, and gathered Enan. it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a 28 Thus er the journeyigs the ooegs he chil- mortar, and baked it in pans, and made dren of Israel according tothi ie, e fitdtheir armies,cakes f it: and taste of it was as the when they set forward. taste of fresh oil. 29 ~ And Mioses said unto Hobab, the son 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp of Raguel the Mlidianite, Mioses' father in in the night, the manna fell upon it. law, We are journeying unto the place of 10 Then Moses beard the people weep which the LORD said, I will give it you: tl rou.ghout their families. every man in the come thou with us, and we will do thee door of'lis tent: andtho anger of tle LORD good: for the LORD hath spoken good con- was kindled greatly; Moses also was discerning Israel. pleased. 30 And lie said unto him, I will not go; 11 And Moses said unto the LOD, Wherebut I will depart to mine own land, and to fore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and my kindred. wherefore have I not found favour in thy 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray tiee; sight, that thou layest the burden of all this forasmuch as thou khnovest how we are to people upon me? encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest 12'Hare I conceived all this people? have be to us instead of eyes. I begotten them, that thou shouldest say 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a it shall be, that what goodness the LORD nursing father beareth the sucking child, shall do unto us; the same will we do unto unto the land which thou swarest unto their thee. fathers? 33 ~ And they departed from the mount 13 Whence should I have flesh to give of the LORD three days' journey: and the unto all this people? for they weep unto ark of the covenant of the LORD went be- me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. fore them in th tthree days' journey, to 14 I am not able to bear all this people search out a resting place for them. alone, because it is too heavy for me. 34 And the cloud of the LORD oas upon 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, them by day, when they went t o of the I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found facamp. your in thy sight; and let me not see my 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set wretchedness. forward, that MIoses said, Rise up, LORD, 1G6 And the LORD said unto Moses, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let Gather unto me seventy men of the elders them that hate thee flee before thee. of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the eld36 And when it rested, he said, Return, ers of the people, and officers over them; 0 LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. and bring them unto the tabernacle of the 117 Elders appointed. NUMBERS. Mirzam's leprosy.. congregation, that they may stand there round about the camp, and as it were two with thee. cubits high upon the face of tle earth. 17 And I will come down and talk with 32 And the people stood up all that day, thee there: and I will take of the spirit and all that night, and all the next day, which is upon thee, and will put it upon and they gathered the quails: he-that gath-: them; and they shall bear the burden of ered least gathered tel homers: and they the people with thee, that thou bear it not spread them aall abroad for themselves round thyself alone. about the camp. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify 33 And while the flesh was yet between yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall their teeth, ere it weas chewed, the wrntll of eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD was kindled against the people, the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh and the LORD smote the people with a very to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: great plague. therefore'the LORD will give you flesh, and 34 And he called the name of that place ye shall eat. Kibrotihhattaavah: because there they bur19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, ied the people that lusted. nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty 35 And the people journeyed from Kibdays; roth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode 20 But even a whole month, until it come at Itazeroth. out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised CHAPTER XII. the LORD which is among you, and have ai lt no ltiet f s ast it wept before him, saying, Why cam e e forth 13'he prayea, of.Moses for her. 14 God coout of Egypt? madeth her to be shut ost fromn the.camp seven 21 And Moses said, The people, among days. whom I am, are six hundred thousand foot- ND Miriam and Aaron spake againsts men; and thou hast said, I will give them - t Moses because of the Ethiopian woflesh, that they may eat a whole month. man wllom he had marriebd: for he had 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain married an Ethiopian woman. for them, to suffice them? or shaall ll the 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed fish of the seabe gathered together for them, spoken only by MIoses? hath he not spokto suffice them? en also by us? And the LORD heardit. 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the 3 (Now the man aMoses a las very meek, LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see above all tie men which vesre upon the face, now whether my word shall come to pass of the earth.) unto thee or not. 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto io24 And Moses went out, and told the peo- ses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriamj pie the ords of the d LORD, and gathered Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the seventy men of the elders of the people, the congregation. And they three came and set them round about the tabernacle. out. 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar and spake unto him, and took of the spirit of the cloud, and stood in the door of thle that was upon him, and gave it unto the tabernacle, and called Sharon and liriam: seventy elders: and it came to pass, tht, and they both came forth. when the spirit rested upon them, they 6 And e said, Hear now my words: If prophesied, and did not cease. therbebe a prophet among you, Ithe LORD 26 But there remained two of the men in will make myself known unto him in a visthe camp, the name of the one was Eldad, ion, and will speak unto him in a dream. and the name of the other 3Iedad: athe he 7 8Iy servant Moses is not so, who is faithspirit rested upon them; and they tetre of ful in all mine house. them that were written, but went not out 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied even apparently, and not in dark Epeechin the campes athe cams; he similitude of the LORD shall 27 And there ran a young man, and told le behold: wherefore then were ye not Moses, and said, Eldad and MIedad do afraid to speak against my servant IMoses? prophesy in the camp. 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled, 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant against them; and he departed. of Mloses, one of his young men, answered 10 And the cloud departed from off the and said, MIy lord sIoses, forbid them. tabernacle; and, behold, MIiriam became 29 And Ioses said unto hlim, Enviest thou leprous, eshite as snows: and Aaron looked for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S upon Miriam, and, behold, she twas leprous. people were prophets, anSd that the LORD 11 And Aaron said unto MIoses, Alas, my would put his spirit upon them! lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon 30 And 1Moses gat him into the camp, he us, wherein we have done foolishly, and and the elders of Israel. wherein we have sinned. 31 5 And there went forth a wind from 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whome the LORD, and brought quails from the the flesh is half consumed when he cometh sea, and let themt fall by the camp, as it out of his mother's womb. were a day's journey on this side, and as 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, sayIt were a day's journey on the other side, ing, Heal her now, 0 God, I beseech thee. 118 Names of the spies. NUMBERS. Their evil report. 14 And the LORD said unto M,oses, If her from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as father had but spit in her face, should she men come to Hamath. not be ashamed seven.days? let her be 2 And they ascended by sede the south, and shut out from the camp seven days, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Shcafter that let her be received in again. shai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, 15 And Miiriam was shut out from the were. Now Hebron was built sevenyears camp seven days: and the people journeyed before Zoan in Egypt. not till MIiriam was brought in again. 23 And they came unto the brook of Esh16And afterward the people oemoved from col, and cut down from thence a branch IIazerothj and pitched in the wilderness of with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it Paran; between two upon a staff; and they brought CHAPTER XIII. of the pomegranates, and of the figs. ft n r;Z r fi1orellce. your aoig, fo,- a llenve o2feu l ge n3 Zye do 30B ile'/,6e);r,~ l'&] 2,:,es'e;,[ Tt,;i.. 3'if / rl/- thle heave offerling of tlhe thlres.!ingfloor, so fathSi:e' i5:!o0el. 37.'riil.rs ol t/ici7,ar- slall ye heave it. nelnts. ]21 Of tl e first of your d(ough ve shall give A I) tie Lo.aD spaoke unto Mloses, say- unto tle LORD a heave offeriln in your _t. -icuCCii iccn-i, i aaigenerations. 2 Speaak unto the children of Israel, and 22 c[ Aad if ye lhave er-ed, and not obsay unto tliein, When -e e ciine into tile scrved all these coimnldtlents, nwhic h the l alld of your Labitatios, whvich i give unto LO1iD hatl i spoken ulito ioses, you, a2 vceit all tlhat the LORtD h lathi com mandAind will imakle an offcring by fire unto ed you y tcie land of iJoses, foiom tile day the LOtD, a llburn offering, or a sacrifice tlat tile LO D cominanlcded c cisc, and in performing a voni, or in a freewill offte- henceforwiar ai no;ng youir genercationcs; ina, or ill your solemn feasts, to m Iailg e a 24 TliCe it shall be, if auz/t ibe committed s~(eet savour uato the LORD, of the lierd, lby ignorace witlhout tile knowledge of the or of tle lock: colngregatioin, that all the conregi atioL shall 4 Thlen slitall lhe that o..Treth hlls offering offer onle youtll bullock fol a bu,:lit offering, unto tile LORD binlg a miieat offering of ic for a weect sivour unlto t e LORD, witl lis tenth denl of flour, mingled with tle fourth ll ment offeriilg, nlld lis dillr.; oiferhill, acyart of i a hlil of oil. coiidilg to thle nalnler, anld one kid of the 5 Aind tile four tlh pi)ca of a hlin of wiLe for oats for a sill offering. a drink ofering siidlt tou prepai e w vith the I' And thle priest shall make an atoneburnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. ment fo; all thle conml'egation of thle children 6 Or for a amn, thou shalt plepare for of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for a meat oferinlg t,'o tenth leals of flour, it is ignolatce: and they s}]all bring their mingled iithl thlc thiid i rt of a hin of oil, offcring, a saicrifice imade y fire unto the 7 Aid for ii drlk offerini tlou shalt offer LORD, cnd tcleir sir l offerii before the the third par~t of a hlin of wine, for a sweet Lo. v for their ignoramce: saour unllto tle LorD. i26 And it shall eh forgiven all the congie8 Alid cvlen thiou repaiyest ic bullock for gation of thle children of Israel, ald the a bunt offeriig, or for a sacrifice in per- stiniger thait so'jouraiethii nmogi them; sceforming a vow, or peace offerings unto thei iiig all thle people iveri e in ignorance. LOP.D; 27 And if auy soul sin throulicl ignorancc, 9 Then slhall hie brig iwith a bIullock a Ithen he shall rilng' a slhe goat of tci e firsb meat off'ering of t!iee tenthl dceal of flour, year fo' a sill offerling. mingled witil lalf a lliLi of ili. 28'" d the priest shall mi e npl Rtone10 And thou shalt jring for a drink offer ae m t for the soul that silleth ignorantly, j1I Rebellion of Korah, NUMBERS. pathan, and Abiram. when he sinneth by ignorance before the against Moses and against Aaron, and said LORD, to make an atonement for him; and unto them, 1oe take too much upon you, it shall be forgiven him. eeing all the congregation tre holy, every 29 Ye shall lave one law for him that one of them, and the Ln is among them: sinneth through ignorance, both foe him wherefore ttlen lift ye up yourselves above that is born among the children of Israel, the congregation of the LoRD? and for the stranger that sojourneth among 4 And when hoses heard it, he fell upon them. his face: 30 But the soul that doeth ayegt pre- O And le spake unto Korah and unto all 5umptuously, uhetheL r be be born ein the his company, saying, Even to morreow the land, or a stranger, the same repronchbeth LORD will show who ale his, and a e'io i8 the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off holy; and will cause hlim to come near from among lis people. unto him: eveen hi ewhom le hath chosen 31 Becsuso e he hat despised the lord of ill e cause to come near unto hinl. the LORD, and llath broken his command- 6 Tlis do; Take you censers, iorah, and ment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his all his company; iniquity shall be upon him. 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in 32 S And while the children of Israel were them before the LORD to morroow: and it in the wilderness, they found a mar that shall be that the mall lwom the LORD doth gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much 33 And they that found him gathering upon you, ye sons of Levi. sticks brought him unto Moses and Anron, 8 And MBoses said unto Kornh, Hear, I and unto all the congregation. pray you, ye sons of Levi: 34 And they put him in ward, because it 9 Seen.etle it but a small thing unto you1 n-as not declared what should be done to that the God of Israel lath separated ou him. from the congregation of Israel, to bring 35 And the LORD said unto Mloses, The yol near to himself to do the eervice of the man shall be surely put to death: all the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand becongregation shll stone him with stones fore the congregation to inister unto then? wnihout the camp. 10 And hle hath brought thee near to hit, 86 And all the congregation brought him and all thy bretlren tile sons of Levi with without the camp, and stoned him wvith thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? stones, and he died; as the LORD cone- 11 For Ahich cause botll thou and all thy manded MIoses. company are gathered together against the 37 ~ And the LORD spake unto Mloses, LORaD: and what is Aaron, that ye mursaying, tnur against him? 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 12 And TNoses sent to call Datban and bid them that they make them fringes in Abiram, the nons of Eliab; which said, We the borders of their garments, throughout will not come up: their generations, and that they put upon 1 lIs it a small tlingthattLou least brought tlhe fringe of the borders a ribland of blue: us up out of a land that foweth with milk 89 And it shall be unto you f0or a fringe, and loney, to kill us in the nilderness, etthat ve may look upon it, and remember all cept thou make thyself altogether a prince the comlmandments of the LORD, and do over us? tlhem; and that ye seek not after your oen 14 Mloreover, thou hast not brought us into heart and your own eyes, after which ye a lead that floneth with milk and honey, use to go a whoring: or gilen us inheritnnce of fields and vine40 That ye may remember, and do all elly yards: nilt tlou put out the eyes of these colmmlaudments, and be holy unto your God. men? ne nill not come up. 41 I am the LORD your God, twhich brought 13 And hloses was very wroth, and said you out of the land of Egypt, to be your unto tle LORD, Respect not tlou tileir God: I am the LORD your God. offering: I hove not taken one nss from thenm, neither have I hurt one of them. CHAPTER XVI. 16 And MIoses said unto Iorneh, Be thou Thet tetlliot, of Keolen, oa)neh,, and ASlam. 23 anld all thy company before the LORqD, fotessetaaf nteth thei teole fol thle'ebel' telt. thou, and they, and Aaron, to mer ow: 31 Thle eath snlaIlo-etoh ua Ioh trab 70 17- At lb taanLy; ae d atl collloe,ettl, e eotheee,. 36 l7Lei. 17 And take every man his censer, and cetses,tsed to co1 the. tlo. 41 Fo.teen put incense ill them, and bring ye before thousatIla idsevenh!tldcelnesai byanlague tile LORD every man his censer, two lhunfaeo ln ciemgi angaeltt.losett atnd Aacoe,. 46 dred aud fifty censers; tLou also, and Aaitc)tec.qt- i stynd. ron, each of yoe his censer. -NOW Horah, the son of Izbar, the son 18 And they took every man his censer, of Kolhath, the soI of Levi, andc Dathan and put fire in them, and laid incense tLereand Abiram, thle soes of Eliab, and Onl, the onl. and stood in the door of the talbenacle son of Peleth, solns of Reuben, took ne,: of thle congregation with DIoses and Aarcn. 2 Acd they rose up before tIoses, with 19 And Koreh gathered nll the congregacertain of the children of Israel, tewo iun- tion against them unto the door of the talerdred and fifty princes of tlle assembly, fa- nacle of the congregation: and the glory mous in the congregation, men of renowvn: of tlie LORD appeared unto all the congre3 And they gathered themselves together gation. 12 Punzshment NUMBERS. of the rebels. 20 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses and 39 And Eleatzr the priest took the brazen into Aaron, saying, censers, wherewith they that were burnt 2l Separate yourselves from among this had offered; and they were made broad,ongregation, that I may consume them in plates for a covering of tile altar: i moment. 40 To be a memorial unto the children of 22 And they fell upon their faces, and Israel, that no stranger, which is not of said, 0 God, the God of the spirits of all the seed of Aaron, come near to offer inlesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be cense before the LORD; that he be not as vroth with all the congregation? Korah, and as his company: as the LORD 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, said to him by the hand of Moses. aying, 41 ~ But on the morrow all the congre24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, gation of the children of Israel murmured let you up from about the tabernacle of against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Koral, Dathan, and Abiram. Ye have killed the people of the LORD. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Da- 42 And it came to pass, when the congrethan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel gation was gathered against Moses and ellowed him. aginst Aaron, that they looked toward the 2G And he spako unto the congregation, tabernacle of the congregation: and, besaying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents hold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of these wicked men, and touch nothing of of the LORD appeared. theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the 27 So they gat up from e tber e of tabern acle of the congregation. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, and Dathan and Abiram came out, and saying, stood in the door of their tents, and their 43 Get you up from among this congregawives, and their sons, and their little chil- tion, that I may consume them as in a modren. - ment. And they fell upon their faces. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a that the LORD hath sent me to do all these censer, and put fire therein from off the works; for I have not dont e heo of mine altar, and put on incense, and go quickly own mind. unto the congregation, and make an atone29 If these men die the common death of ment for tem: for there is wrath gone out all men, or if they be visited after the visit- from the LORs; the plague is begun. ation of all men; then the LORD hath not 47 And Aaron took as Mes commanded, sent me. and ran into the midst of the congregation; 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and, behold, the plague was begun among and the earth open her mouth, and swallow the people: and lie put on incense, and them up, with all that appertain unto them, made an atonement for the people. and they go down quick into the pit; then 48 And he stood between the dead and the ye shall understand that these men have living; and thie plague was stayed. provoked the LORD. 49 Now they that died in the plague were 31 And it cae to pass, as he had made fourteen thousand and seven hundred, bean end of speaking all these words, that the sides them that died about the matter of ground clave asunder that tas under them: KIorah. 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and 50 And Aaron returned unto Msoses unto swallowed them up, and their houses, and the door of the tabernacle of the congregaall the men that appertaincd unto Korah, tion: and the plague was stayed. and all their goods. CHAPTER XVII. 33 They, and all that appertained to Godcocmanrteth the tiebe to brif,their rods. 8 them, went down alive into the pit, and the Aa,on's eest 6eosort'eth. 10 It is ke1,t for a token earth closed upon them: and they perished noaiat the rebels. from: among the congregation. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, say34 And all Israel that ziere round about. ing, them fled at the cry of them: for they said, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and Lest the earth sallow us up also. take of every one of them a rod according 35 And there came out a fire from the to the house of their fathers, of all their LORD, and consumed the two hundred and princes according to the house of their fafifty men that offered incense. thers, twelve rods; write thou every man's 36 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, name upon his rod. saying, 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the the priest, that he take up the censers out head of the house of their fathers. of the burning, and scatter thou the fire 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the taberyonder; for they are hallowed. nacle of the congregation before the testi38 The censers of these sinners against mony, where I will meet with you. their own souls, let them moake them broad 5 And it shall come to pass, that the plates for a covering of the altar: for they man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blosoffered them before the LORD, therefore som: and I will make to cease frol mo they are hallowed: and they shall be a the murmurings of the children of Israel, sign unto the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you, 123 Aacrons rod fitourisheth. NUTMBERS. 7T'e priests' ZPortion. G And Aioses spale unto the children of and the stranger that cometh nigh slhall be Israel, and every one of their princes gave put to death. him a. rod apiece, tor each prince one, c- 8 And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, Decording to tihoir fathces' ihouses, Ve, " velve lold, I also lihve given tliee tise c i.r.e of rods: and tile rod of Aaron -ts n ong l mine lieave olfcri-ns of all the hallowed their rods. things of the children of Israel; unto thee 7 And Aioses laid up the rods before the ihave I given thenm by reason of tle anointLORD in tlhe tabernacle of witness. itg, and to tIy sons, by an ordinallce for 8 And it came to pass, that ol tile morroe w ever. MIoses went into tle tabernacle of sitness; 9 Tlis shall be thine of the most holy and, behold, tlIc rod of Aaron for tile hliouse things, esere from the fire: every oblaof Levi was budded, and brough lt foith lbuds, t.ion of tleirs, every meat offering cof theirs, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded ahnonls, and every sin offering of tleirs, and every 9 And iloses brouhlt out all the rods from trespass offerin of theirs, whlich they shall before tle LORD utnto all the chiildren of render unto me, ecall be most holy for thee Israel: nd tliey lookeid, acd toot every and fo tly sons. man hiis rod. 1( In the most holy pilce shalt thou eat 10 Acd tlhe LOPD staii unto t oseas, sBring it; every male shall ean it: it shall be holy Aaron's rod again before the testimrony, to unto thee. be kept for a token against tile rebels; and 11 And this is thine; thle lheave offering thou shalt quite take awcay their murmur- of their gift, witli nll the wave offerings of ings froalm i, thlat thie die not. the clildren of Israel: I have given tliem 11 And lioscs did oo: as tle LORD com- unto thee, and to thlly sons and to thy dnuhmanded litt, so dlihe. ters ccitlh thee, by a stettute for eses: ev ery 12 And tle childrell o Israel spake unto one that is clean in thy holse shall eat of it. tIoses, saySig,;Bellold, T;e die, we perish, 1'2 All thle best of the oil, and all the best we all perish. of the wine, and of tle I~ileat, the firstfruits 13 Wilosoever cometh any thing near unto oftllemw )chi tey sall offer unto thile LoD, the tabernacle of the LotD sihall dic: sholl tliem have I Fiven thee. we be consumced with dying 13 Atdl cwhatsoever is first ripe in the hind5, chichl they shall bring unto tie LORD, CHAPTER XVIII. shall be tline; every one thlat is clean in he choavfle oft eer'iests a ndtlntes. 8 T.ely,~ie~sr' t!,ine llonse sihall eat Gf it. tortiLor. [ J'lelfies'.!optlio 25T./efertte 14 Every thcing devoted ic Israel shall be oFe t'ily o ti e ir.iests to1t Ot'!hyLet et'l'te' 1i0eolo. thine. JND the LORD sail unto taron, Tiou 15 Every tiing tlhat openret thle matrix in and tly sons anld thy father's house i nll fle, liclsh they Bring unto thle LORD, witll thee shall bear tle iniquity of the sanec- whethler it be of men or easts, sh11all be tuary: and tiout and tly sons w ith thee sial thine: nevelrtheless the firstlorn of cnan bear the initslitv of your priesthood. i shalt tlou surlely redeem, and tlhe firstling 2 nd thy brethreu also of the tribe of of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. Levi, the tribe of tiy father, bring thiou 15 And those that are to be redeemed from with thee, that they may be ioined unto a month old shalt thou redee, according thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and i to thine estimanion, for the money of five thy sons with thee 8Ihalc. 7iiistet before sickeis, after the shelel of the sanctuary, the tabernacle of witnest. shlicil is twenty geralis. 3 And they sall kcep thly charge, and thle 17 But the firstlini of a cow. or the firstcharge of ali tile talcernacle: only they shall ling of a sieep, or the firstling of a toat, not cone nigel the vessels of the sanctuary thou shalt no i redeem; tleiy as-e holy: and tie altar, th neither they, nor ye also, tlhou shalt sprinklle thieir blood upon the die. altart. ann shaclt burn their fat fo-' an offer4 And they slltll e joined -ito thee, and [I lg cn'de by fire, for. svect s.vemr unto keep tlcrge f tie ge of tie tabernacle of tie te LORD. congregation, for ll the service of tie tab- 18 And the flesh of thlem sall be thine, as ernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigli tie wave breast and as tile right shoulder unto you. are tline. A5 tn ye shall lkeep tile charge of the 10 All the ieave offeringsoftie holy things, sanctuary, and tle charge of tle altar; vhic h tile chiildren of Israel offer unto the tilat there ic e no wratlh any more upon the ToD, he I ticTlthee, and tlhy sons and children of Israel. I ty caughters wsit thlee, by a statute for 6 And, belold, I hav-e taken your breth- ever: it is a covenant oi salt for ever beren the Levites fromn among the children of fore tile LORD unio thee and to thy seed Israel: to you thieys are given as a gift for sith thee. the LORD, to (do the service of tie taberna- 55 ~ And tcie hLtO spyle unto Aaron, cle of the conglegation. Thou shalt have no ineritantce in their 7 Thllerefore tlou and tiy sons with thee land, neitier slalt ttlou itle aly part shall keep your priest's office for every among teln: I c-mL thy part and thine inthinc of ihe altar, and within the vail; hcritance amon t he clildren of Israel. and ye shall serve: I lhave given your 21 And, behLld, i have given the chlildren priest's office uttoyol asc aserviceofgifti: of Lei all the tenth in Israel for au in1i4 The water NUMBERS. of separation. heritance, for their service whichthey serve, blood directly before the tabernacle of the ve the ervice of the tabernavce of the congregation seven times. congregation. 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his ~22 Neither must the children of Israel sight; her skin, and her fleshand her henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the blood, with her dung, shall he burn co ngregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, 23 But the Lcvites shall do the service and hysop, and scarlet, and cast it into of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the midst of the burning of thie heifer. they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, a statute for ever throughout your genera- and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and tions, that among the children of Israel afterward Le shall come into the camp, and they have no inheritance. the priest shall be unclean until the even. 24 But the tithes of the children of Is- 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his rael, which they offer as a heave offering clothes in water, and bathe hisfleshl in waunto the LOtD, I have given to the Levites ter, and shall be unclean until the even. to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up Among the children of Israel they shall tle ashes of the heifer, and lay them up have no inheritance. itlhout the camp in a clean place, and it 25 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, shall be kept for the congregation of the saying, children of Israel for a water of separa26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say tion: it is a purification for sin. unto them, When ye take of the children of 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the Israel the tithes which I have given you heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean from them for your inheritance, then ye until the even: and it shall be unto the shall oerp a effer up a eave offering of it for the children of Israel, and unto the stranger LORD, even a tenth leart of the tithe. that sojourneth among them, for a statute 27 And thias your heave offering shall be for ver. reckoned unto you, as though it iere the 11 IIe that toucheth the dead body of any corn of the threshingfloor, and as the ful- man shall be unclean seven days. ness of the winepress. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave offering third day, and on the seventh day he shall unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye be clean: but it he purify not himself the receive of the children of Israel; and ye third day, then the seventh day he shall not shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offer- be clean. ing to Aaron the priest. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every any mal that is dead, and purifieth not Leave offering of the LORD, of all the best himself, defileth the tabernacle ofthe LORD; thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: of it. because the water of separation was not 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; When ye have heaved the best thereof from his uncleanness is yet upon him. it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a as the increase of the threshingiloor, and tent: all that come into the tent, and all as the increase of the winepress. that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye days. and your households: for it is your revard 15 And every open vessel, which hath no for your service in the tabernacle of the covering bound upon it, is unclean. congregation. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is 32 And ye shall boar no sin by reason of slain with a sword in the open fields, or a it, when ye have heaved from it the best of dead body, or a bone of a man, or a gave, it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things s hall be unclean seven days: ofthe children of Israel, lest ye die. 17 And for an unclean pearson they shall take of the ashes of the burnl heifer of puriCIHAPTER XIX. fioation for sinm and running water shall be The watcr of ae)sopsan. 11 he latei o faeor se put thereto in a vessel: of It itt ltaa'eiCtciaaa. 18 IAnd a clean person shall take hyssop, AND the LORD spake unto Mioses and and dip it in tie water, and sprinkle it L unto Aaron, saying, upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and 2'his is tlhe ordinance of the law which upon the persons that were there, and upon the LORD hlath comlmanded, saying, Speak hlim that touched a bone, or one slain, or unto the children of Israel, that they bring one dead, or a grave: thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is 19 And the clean pe?8sont shall sprinkle no blemish, andc upon which never came upon the unclean on the third day, and on yoke. the seventh dclay; and onil te seventh day he.3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, priest,' that he may bring her forth with- and bathe himself in water, and shall be out the camp, and one shall slay her beforec at even. his face: 20. But the man that shall be unclean, and 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her shall not purify hlimself, that soul shall be blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her cut off from among the congregation, be125 Death of Miriam. NUMBERS. Death of Aaron. cause he hath defiled the sanctuary of the 14 ~ And Moses sent messengers from KaLORD: the water of separation hath not desh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. brother Israel, Thou khnowest all the trav21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto ail that hath befallen us: them, that he that sprinkleth the water of 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, separation shall washa his clothes; and lie and we have dwelt in Egypt a longtimeo; and that touo!ieth the water of separation shall the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: be unclean until even. 16 And bhen we cried unto the LORD, he 22 And whatsoever the unclean person heard our voice, and sent an angel, and toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, that toucheth it shall be unclean untl even. behold, we are in Kadesh, a city inathe CHBAPTER XX. uttermost of thy border. Tihe hild-n of Iael come to Zin, her-e V;am 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy dseth. 2 They nelosmls fol s.ea,,t of ovate,. 7 country: we will not pass the fields, roes sia e tha ie sock sat e.i6ah, an( twate or through the vineyards, neither willowe coneth forth. 14 Moses at Kalet.h dereth a drink of the tTater of the wells: we -will go passage through Edlo, which is deied. 22 Aa- by the king's high way, we will not turn to ron dieth at onot bHot. the right hand nor to the left, until we have THEN came the children of Israel, even passed thy borders. the whole congregation, into the desert 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt of Zin in the first month: and the people not pass by me, lest I come out against thee abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, with the sword. and was buried there. 19 And the children of Israel said unto 2 And there was no water for the congre- him, We will go by the highway: and if I gation: and they gathered themselves to- and my cattle drink of thy water, then I gether against Moses and against Aaron. ill pay for it: I will only, without doing 3 And the people chode with Moses, and any thing else, go through on my feet. spoke, saying, Would God that we had 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. died when our brethren died before the And Edom came out against him with much LORD! people, and with a strong hand. 4 And why have ye brought up the con- 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel pasgregation of the LORD into this wilder- sage through his border: wherefore Israel oess, that we and our cattle should die turned away fromhim. there 1 22 ~ And the children of Israel, even thie 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh; up out of E.ypt, to bring us in unto this ond me unto mount Hor. evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the there any water to drink. land of Edom, saying, 6 AndMoses and Aaronwent from the pres- 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his peo. ence of the assembly unto the door of the pie: for he shall not enter into the land tabernacle of the congregation, and they which I have given unto the children of Isfell upon their faces: and the glory of the rael, because ye rebelled against my word LORD appeared unto them. at the water of Meribah. 7 And tie LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 25 Tale Aaron and Eleazar his Son, and 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the as- bring theln up unto mount Hor: sembly togetller, thou and Aaron thy broth- 26 And strip Anron of his garments, and er, and speak ye unto the rock before theirput them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and shall be gathered unto his people, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of shall die there. the rolk: so thou shalt give the congrega- 27 And Moses did as the LORD commandtion and their beasts drink. ed: and they went up into mount Hor in 9 And Moses took the rod from before the the sight of all the congregation. LORD, as he commanded him. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his gar10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the ments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; congregation together before the rock, and and Aaron died there in the top of the lie said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down must we fetch you water out of this rock? from the mount, 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with 29 And when all the congregation saw that his rod le smote the rock tice: and tile Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron water came out abundantly, and the con- thirty days, even all the house of Israel. gregation drank, and their beasts also. 01 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and E, PTER XXI. Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanc- T Israeltc. destsro, y le Cannaite.r ato lomah. 4 Thepeopolentre...., asdoaepla,s-ued lithfiae'y tify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,,,,see,. 7 The/ repena, aosd are hea!ed li cooitherefore ye shall not bring this congrega- icy e1P thie zesa sopent. 10 Sn-?7,y jostl.tion into the land which I have given tlem. le!/ of the lsraelite; 21 Sihon is overcome, 33 13 This is the water of Meribah; because a'd also Os. tie children of Israel strove with the LORD, ND ruhen king Arad the Canaanite, and he was sanctified in them. - which dwelt in the south, heard tell 1-26 The brazen serpent. NUMBERS. Sihon is overcome. that Israel came by the way of the spies; 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is then he fought against Israel, and took 8aoe in the country of MIoab, to the top of Pisa of them prisoners. gah, which looketh toward Jeshimonn. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, 21 ~ And Israel sent messengers unto and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver thisSihon king of the Amorites, saying, people into my hand, then I will utterly 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will destroy their cities. not turn into the fields, or into the vine8 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of yards; we will not drink of the waters of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; the well: but we will go along by the king's and they utterly destroyed them and their high way, until we be past thy borders. cities: and he called the name of the place 23 And Sillon would not suffer Israel to Hormah. pass through his border: but Sihon gath4 V And they journeyed from mount Hor ered all his people together, and went out by:the way of tile Red sea, to compass the against Israel into the wilderness: and he land of Edom: and the soul of the people came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. twas much discouraged because of the way. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge 5 And the people spake against God, and of the sword, and possessed his land from against MIoses, Wherefore have ye brought Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? of Ammon: for the border of the children forthere ii no bread, neither is there any of Ammon oaos strong. water; and oursoulloathlth this light bread. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Anothe people, and they bit the people; and rites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages mnucll people of Israel died.; thereof. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, 20 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the and said, We have sinned, for We have kingoftlleAmorites, hllohad fougiltagainst spoken against the LORD, and against thee; the former king of Mioab, and taken all his pray unto the LORD, that he take aay land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. the serpents from us. And tMoses prayed 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs for the people. say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make Siton be built and prepared: thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a polo; 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, and it shall come to pass, that every one a flame from the city of Sihon: it lath conthat is bitten, when he looketh upon it, sumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the shall live. high places of Arnon. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, and put it upon a pole; and it came to 0 people of Chemosh: lie hath given his pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, sons that escaped, and his daughters, into when he beheld the serpent of brass, he captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. lived. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is 10' And the children of Israel set for- perished even unto Dibon, and we have ward, and pitched in Oboth. laid them waste even unto Nophah, which 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and reacheth unto Medeba. pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the which is before Motob, toward the sunrising. Amnorites. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched 32 And MIosea sent to spy out Jazer, and in the valley of Zered. they took the villages thereof, and drove out 13 Fromt thence they removed, and pitched the Amorites that uwere there. on the other side of Arnon, which is in tile 83 And they turned and went up by wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the way of Basllan: and Og the king of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of ashan went out against them, he, and all Moab between MSoab and the Amorites. his people, to the battle at Edrei. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the 34 And the LORD said unto Mioses, Fear wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red him not: for I have delivered him into thy sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,' hand, and all his people, and his'land; and 15l And at the stream of the brooks that thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at lieth upon the border of Moab. H eshbon..16 And from thence they.went to Beer: 36 So they smote him, and his sons, and that is the well whereof the LORD spake all his people, until there was none left him unto Moses, Gather the people together, alive: and they possessed his land. and I will give them water. CHAPTER XXII. 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, t osfoteeT t to 0 well; sing ye unto ito. 15 He sonleth again, and obtaineth him. "18 The princes digged the well, the nobles 22 The angel of the Lor-d wotd tl ave slain.aof the people digged it, by the direction of laam, if his as. had iot turned aside. 36 B1ala the lawgiver, with their staves. And from e-tertaineth Balaam. the wilderness they event to Mattanahl: t A ND the children of Israel set forward, 19 And from Mlttanah to Nahaliel: and A. and pitched in the plains of Moab on from Nahaliel to Bamoth: this side Jordan by Jericho. 127 Balak sendeth NUMBERS. for Balaaam. 2 And Balak the son of Zipper saw all 10 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye that Israel had done to the Arnorites. also here this night, that 1 may know lwwhat 3 And Moab -was sore afraid of the peo- the LORD will say unto me more. ple, because they ewere many: and ioab 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, was distressed because of the children of and said unto him, If the men come to call Israel. thee, rise up, tndl go with them; but yet 4 And Mtoab said unto the elders of Mid- the word which I shall say unto thee, that ian, Now shall this company lick up all shalt thou do. that are round about us, as tie ox licketh 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, up the grass of the field. And Balak the and saddled his ass, and went with the son of Zipper wtas king of the Moabites at princes of Moab. that time. 22 And God's anger was kindled because 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Ba- he went: and the angel of thie LORD stood laam the son of Beor to Pethllor, which is in the way for an adversary against him: by the river of the land of the children of Now lhe waos riding upon his ass, and his his people, to call him, saying, Behold, two servants wcere with Lim. there is a people come out from Egypt: be- 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD hold, they cover tie face of the earth, and standing in the way, and his sword drawn in they abide over against hne. his hand; and the ass turned aside out of 6 Como now therefore, I pray thee, curse the way, and went into tle field; and Balaam me this people.; for they ares too mighty for smote the ass, to turn her into the way. me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a may smite them, and that I may drive them path of the vineyards, a wall eing on this out of the land: for I wot tlat he whom thou side, a a wall on that side. blessest is blessed, and he whom thou curs- 25 And whsen the ass sasw tl.e angel of the cst is cursed. LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and 7 And the elders of Mfoab and the elders of crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and MIidian departed with the rewards of div- he smote ler again. ination in their hland; and they came unto 2G And the angel of the LORD went furtler, Balaam, and spake unto him the words of and stood in a narrow place, whlere tcas no Balak. way to turn either to the right hand or to 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this the left. night, and I will bring you word again, as 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the thle LORD sihall speak unto me: and the LOwD, she fell down under Balsam: and princes of Moab abode with Balaam. Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, the ass with a staff. What men are these with thee? 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What son of Zipper, king of MIoab, hath sent have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitunto me, scaying, ten me these three times? 11 Behold, there is a people come out of 2D And Balaani said unto tile ass, Because Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: thou hast mocked me: I would there vere come now, curse me them; peradventurea sword in mine hand, for now would I I shall be able to overcome them, and drive kill thee. them out. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not I thie ass, upon which thou hast ridnot go with them; thou shalt not curse the dcn ever since 1 2sns taine unto this day? people: for they are blessed. was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, le said, Nay. and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of into your land: for the LORD refuseth to Balaam, and he saw tho angel of the LOtD give me leave to go with you. standing in the way, and his sword drawn 14 And the princes of MIoab rose up, and in his hand: and le bowed down his head, they went unto Balak, and said,-Balaam and fell flat on his face. refuseth to come with us. 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto 15' And Balak sent yet again princes, him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass more, and morle lonourable than tley. these three times? Behold, I went out to 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse him, Thus saith 3Blak the son of Zipper, befoie me i Let nothiing, I pray thee, hinder thee from 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from coming unto me: me these three times: unless shle had turned 17 For I will promote thee unto very great from me, surely now also I had slain thee, lonour, and I will do whatsoever thou say- and saved her alive. est unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the curse me this people. LORD, I have sinled; for I knew not that 18 And 13alaam answered and said unto thou stoodest in the wray against me: now the servants of Balak, If Balak would give therefore, if it displease thee, I Vill get me me his hlouse full of silver and gold, I can- back again. not go beyond the word of the LORD my 3 And the ange t he e the LORD said unto God, to do less or more. Balaam, Go with the men: but only the 128 Balak's sacrifices. NUMBERS. Balaaml's parables. word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou take heed to speak that which the LORD shalt speak. So Balaam went with the hath put in my mouth? princes of Balak. 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray 533 And when Balak heard that Balaam thee, with me unto another place, from wa ceomc, he went out to meet him unto a whene thou mayest see them: thou shalt city of iMoab, which is in the border of Ar-see but the utmost part of them, and shalt non, which is in the utmost coast. not see them all: and curse me them from 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I thence. no earnestly send unto thee to call the e? 14 l? And he brought him into the field of whereofor camest thou not unto me? am Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built sevr I not able indeed to promote thee to hon- en altars, and offered a bullock and a ram our? on every altar. 3i3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by come unto thee: have I now any power at thy burnt offering, while I meet the L0R D all to say any thing? the word that God yonder. putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 16 And lthe LORD met Balaam, and put -3 And Balaam went with Balak, and they a word in his mouth, and said, Go again comn unto Kirjath-huzoth. unto Balak, and say thus. 4') And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and 17 And when he came to him, behold, he sent to Balaam, and to the princes that stood by his burnt offering, and the princes w1re' with him. of Moab with him. And Balak said unto 41 And it came to pass on tile morrow, him, What hath the LORD spoken? that Balak took Balaam, and brought him 18 And he took up his parable, and said, up into the high places of Baal, that thence Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto he might see the utmost part of the people. me, thou son of Zippor: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neiCHAPTER XXIII. ther the son of man, that he should repent: Balak's sacrifices and Balaan's paroles. hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath A ND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me he spoken, and shall he not make it good?.A here seven altars, and prepare me here 20 Belold, I have received commandrlent seven oxen and seven rams. to bless: and he hath blessed; and I can2 And Balak did as Balaar hand spoken; not reverse it. and Balak and Balaam offered on every 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, altar a bullock and a ram. neither hath he seen perverseness in Is3 Aud Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by rael: the LORD his God is with him, and thy burnt offering, and I will go: perad. the shout of a king is among them. venture the LORD will come to meet me, 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he and wiatsoever he sheweth me I will tell hath as it were the strength of a unicorn. thee. And he went to a high place. 23 Surely there is no enchantment against 4 And God met Balasm: and he said unto Jacob, neither is there any divination him, I have prepared seven altars, and I against Israel: according to this time it have offered upon every altar a bullock shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What and a ram. hath God wrought! 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and great lion, and lift up himself as a young thus thou shalt speak. lion: he shall not lie down until lie eat of 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. stood by -his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither princes of Moab. curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak the king of Moab hath brought me Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that from Aram, out of the mountains of the the LORD speaketh, that I must do? east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and 27 I And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, come, defy Israel. I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another 8 How shall I curse, chom God hath not place; perndventure it will please God that cursed? or how shall I defy, rhoaon the thou mayest curse me them from thence. LORD hath not defied? 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. and from the hills I behold him: lo, the.29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me people shall dwell alone, and shall not be here seven altars, and prepare me here sevreckoned among the nations. en bullocks and seven rams. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and the number of the fourth peat of Israel? offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. Let me die the death of the righteous, and CHAPTER XXIV let my last end be like his! CHAP R Balaamforetellethh ha uppin-es o Ia.l11 And Balak said unto Ialanm, What ini,0tc aneer dipmlsseth e ofl. 10 a-ophesi hast thou done unto me? I took thee to of the Stay of Jacob, ald of the destructioa of curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast s.et.y neoatiodns. blessed themr altogether. A ND when Balaam saw that it pleased 12 And he answered and said, Must I not the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, 9 1t9 Balaam is dismissed. NUMBERS. Israel's wickedness. as at other times, to seek for enchant-also shall be possession for his enemies; ments, but he set his face toward the wil- and Israel shall do valiantly. derness. 19 Out ot Jacob shall come he that shall 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he have dominion, and shall destroy him that saw Israel abiding itl his tents according remaineth of the city. to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came 20 And when ihe looked on Amalek, he upon him. tools up his parable, and said, Amalek was 3 And he took up his parable, and said, the first of the nations; but his latter end Balsam the son of Beor hath said, and the shall be that ihe perish for ever. man whllose eyes are open hath said: 21 And he looked on the enites, andti took 4 He hlath said, ztich heard tile words of p his parable, and said, Strong is thy God, which saw t isio te Almighty, dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in falling into a trance, but having his eyes a rock. open: 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wast5 How goodly are thy tents, 0 Jacob, and ed, until Asshur shall carry thee away capthy tabernacles, 0 Israel tive. 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as 23 And he took up his parable, and gardens by the river's side, as the trees of sail, Alas, who shall live when God doetl lignaloes which the LORD hath planted, (and tlis! as cedar trees beside the waters. 24 And ships shtal come from the coast of 7 He shall pour the water out of his buck- Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall ets, and his seed shall be in many wates, afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for and his king shlall be higher than Agag, ever. and his kingdom shall be ealted. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; returned to lis place: and Balak also went he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn: his way. he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce CHAPTEP, XXV. ac'ld ].bo oetiueo ct -Shiatl. co'mmit -ohooeolomslsloo theml tlrough wvith his arrowvs. ic1ol.-yt., 6 Ph-, - a ille fh Zi-i,,,d, 9 He couched, he lay down as n lion, and lt Golt t herefotoe oioth cism tle (. coonont ot at,, as a great lion: whlo shall stir him upn soolaooibooipsthooot 10Tn5tlidiani'toao sto Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed b veses'. is he that ursetll thee.,A ND Israel abode in Shittim, and the 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against.L people began to commit whoredom with Balaam, and he smote his hands together: the daughters of MIoab. and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee 2 And. they called the people unto the sacto curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou rifices of their gods: and the people did eat, hast altogether blessed them?, these three and bowed down to their gods. times. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: peor: and the anger of the LORD was kinI thought to promote thee unto great on- died against Israel. our; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take from honour. all the heads of the people, and hang them 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake up before the LORD against the sun, that I not also to thy messengers which thou th e fierce anger of the LORD may be turnsentest unto me, saying, ed away from Israel. 13 If Balak would give me his house full 5 And Ioses said unto the judges of Israel, of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the Slay ye every one his men that were joined commandment of the LORD, to do either unto Baal-peor. good or bad of mine own mind; but what 0 And, behold, one of the children of Isthe LORD saith, that -ill I speak? rael came and brought unto his brethren 14 [ And now, behold, I go unto my peo-a Midianitish woman in tie sight of Moses, pie: come therefore, and I will advertise and in the sight of all the congregation of thee what tlhis people shall do to th ople pl e children of Israel, who twere weeping in the latter days. before the door of the tabernacle of the 15 And he took up his parable, and said, congregation. Balaam tie son of Beor hath said, and the 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleaman whose eyes are open olth said: zar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he 10 tHe hath said, which heard the words of rose up from among the congregation, and God, and knew the knowledge of the Most took a javelin in his hand; High, wihich saw the vision of the Almighty, 8 And he went after the man of Israel into falling into a trance, but having his eyes the tent, and thrust both of them through, open: the man of Israel, and the woman through 17 I shall see him, but not no: I shall her belly. So the plague wvas stayed from behold him, but not nigh: there shall come the children of Israel. a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall 9 And those that died in the plague wero rise out of Israel, and shall smite the cor-twenty and four thousand. ners of Moab, and destroy all the children 10 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, of Sheth. saying, 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son 130 Nu7mber of all NUMBERS. Israel taken. of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and away from the children of Israel, while he swallowed them up together with Korah, was zealous for my sake among them, that when that company died, what time the fire I consumed not the children of Israel in devoured two hundred and fifty men: and my jealousy. they became a sign. 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah my covenant of peace: died coot. 13 And he shall lave it, and his seed aft- 12 The sons of Simeon after their families: er him, even the covenant of an ererlast- of Ncmnel, the family otheh Nermuolites: ing priesthood; because he was zealous for of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of hiE God, and made an atonement for the Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: children of Israel. 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhiites: 14 Now the name of the Israelite that as of Shaul, the family of the Bhaulites. slain, even that was slain with the lIidian- 14 These a e the families of the Simeonitish wocnan, oas Zimori, the son of Salu, a ites, twenty and two thousand and two hunprince o a chief' house among the Simeon- dred. ites. 15 Tlhe children of Gad after their fam15 And tle name of the Midianitish aw- ilies: of Zephon, tle family of the Zephman that was slain tut8 Cozbi, the daughl- onites: of Ilnggi, the family of the Hagter oi Zur; he was head over a people, gites: of Shuni, the family of tie Shunites: awl of a chlief house ii Midian. 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: 16 And the LORD spake unto MIoses, say- of Eri, the family of the Erites: ing, 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: 17 Vex the Ilidianites, and smite them: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 For they vex you with their wiles, where- 18 These are thie families of the children with-they have beguiled you in the matter of Gad according to those fthit were numof Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the berod of them, forty thousand and five hundaughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, dred. which was slain in the day of the plague for 19 The sons of Judah ocere Er and Onan: Peor's sake. and Er and Onan died in the land of CaCHAPTER XXVI. naan. TheO 7 f a s L - t,I,fi 20 And the sons of Judah after their famaob. 5- Tfhe laccd is tlo e li ided by- lo. 7 ilies were; of Shelah, the family of tle She~ cfaccilies and n.?.tmbeI. of the Levite. 63 Of lanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharal c the men ntcmbe'ed at Siptai, o ay CJ'ale and zites: of Zerah, the family of tile Zarhites. Joshua are left. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of HezND it came to pass after the plague, ron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hathat the LORD spake unto Moses and mul, the family of the Hamulites. unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, 22 These are the families of Judah acsaying, cording to those that were numbered of 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and the children of Israel, from twenty years five ihundred. old and upward, throughout their fathers' 23 Of the sons of Issachar after their famhouse, all that are able to go to war in Is- ilies: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: rael. of Pua, the family of the Punites: 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubwith them in the plains of Moab by Jor- ites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimdan near Jericho, saying, ronites. 4 Take the sun of tile people, fromtwen- 25 These are the families of Issnchar acty years old and upward; as the LORD cording to those that were numbered of commanded Moses and tile children of Is- them, threescore and four thousand and rael, which went forth out of the land of three hundred. Egypt. 20 Of the sons of Zebulun after their 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the families: of Sered, the family of the Sarchildren of Reuben; Hanoch, of lhoma dites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: cometh the family of the Hanochites: of of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. Pallu, the family of the Palluites:- 27 These are the families of the Zebulon6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: ites according to those that were numbered of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. of them, threescore thousand and five hon7 These are the families of the Reubenites: dred. and they that were numbered of them'ere 28 The sons of Joseph after their families forty and three thousand and seven hundred eere Manasseh and Epihraim. and thirty 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of iMahir, 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. the family of the Mlachirites: and Machir 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and begat Gilead: of Gilead cone the family of Dathan,andAbiram. This is thatDathan the Gileadites. and Abiram, vhich wvere famous in the con- 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeegregation, who strove against Moses and zer, the family of the Jeezerites: of lelek, against Aaron in the company of Korah,the family of the Helekites: when they strove against the LORD: 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asriel131 Israel numbered in NUMBERS. the plains of noab. ites: and of Shochem, the family of the dren of Israel, six hundred thousand and a Shechemites: thousand seven hundred and thirty. d2 And of Shemida, the family of the She- 52 ~ And the LORD spake unto Moses, midaites: and of Hepher, the family of the saying, Hepherites. 53 Unto these the land shall be divided 83 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had for an inheritance according to the number no sons, but daughters: and the names of of names. tie daughters of Zelophehad voere Mahlah, 54 To many thou shalt give the more inand Noah, Hoglah, 5ilcah, and Tirzah. heritance, and to few thou shalt give the 34 These are the families of Manasseh, less inheritance: to every one shall his inand those that were numbered of them, fifty heritance be given according to those that and two thousand and seven hundred. were numbered of him. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be ditheir families: of Shuthelah, tile family of vided by lot: according to the names of the the Shuthalllites: of Becher, the family of tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. t:e Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the 56 According to the lot shall the posses. Tahanites. sion thereof be divided between many and 35 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: few. of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 57 ~ And these are they that were num37 These arc the families of the sons of bered of the Levites after their families: of Ephraim according to those that were num- Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of bored of them, thirty and two thousand and Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of five hundred. These are the sons of Jo- Merari, the family of the MIerarites. seph after their families. 58 These are the families of the Levites 8d The sons of Benjamin after their fam- the family of the Libnites, the family of the ilies: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of family of the Mushitos, the family of the Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 39 01' Shupham, the family of the Shu- 59 And the name of Amram's wife was phamites: of Hupham, the family of the Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her Huphamites. mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and bare unto Amram, Aaron and Moses and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ard- Miriam their sister. ites: and of Naaman, the family of the (0 And unto Aaron was born Nadab and Naamites. Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they their families: and they that were number- offered strange fire before the LORD. ed of them zwsre forty and five thousand 62 And those that were numbered of them and six hundred. ere twenty and three thousand, all males' 42 These are the sons of Dan after their from a month old and upward: for they families: of Shuham, the family of the Shu- were not numbered among the children of hamites. These are the families of Dan Israel, because there was no inheritance after their families given them among the children of Israel. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, ao- 63 ~ These are they that were numbered cording to those that were numbered of by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numthem, were threescore and four thousand bored the children of Israel in the plains and four hundred. of Moab by Jordan tear Jericho. 44 Of the children of Asher after their 64 But among these there was not a man families: of Jimna, the family of the Jim- of them whom oses and Aaron the priest nites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: numbered, when they numbered the children of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. of Israel in the ilderness of Sinai. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the 5 For the LORD had said of them, They family of the Heberites: of 5Ialchiel, the shall surely die in the wilderness. And family of the Malchielites. there was not left a man of them, save 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua was Sarah. the son of Nun. 47 These are the families of the sons of CHAPTER XXVII. Asher according to those that wer - Te num-T hester of Zlophehad pleadfor at ineritbered of them; owho were fifty and three a 6tce, 6 The law of inheritantces, 12 Moes, thousand and four hundred. being told of his ideath, 1payeth foo a sccessor. 48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their fam- 18 Joslhu is apointedl to succeed him. ilies: of Jahzeel, the family ofthe Jahzeel- THEN ceme the daughters of Zelophetes: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: -L had, the son of Iepher, the son of Gil49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezeritos: cad, the son of lMaclhir, the son of Manasof Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. seh, of the families of Manasseh the son of 50 These are the families of Naphtali ac- Joseph: and these are the names of his cording to their families: and they that daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and were numbered of them werse forty and five Milcah, and Tirzah. thousand and four hundred. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before 51 These zuere the numbered of the chil- Eleazar the priest, and before the princes 132 Joshua appozntcd NUMBERS. MIoses' successor. and all the congregation, by the door of the his word shall they go out, and at his word tabernacle of the congregation, saying, they shall come in, both he, and all the chil3 Our father died in the wilderness, ad dren of Israel with him, even all the conhe was not in the company of them that gregation. gathered themselves together against the 22 And Moses did as the LORD commandLORD in the company o Xorahll; but died ed him: and he took Joshua, and set him in his own sin, and had no sons. before Eleazar the priest, and before all 4 Why should the name of our father be the congregation: done away from among his family, because 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and he hath no son? Give unto us therefore gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded a poesession among the brethren of our fa- by the hand of MIoses. ther. 5 And Moses brought their cause before CHAPTER XXVIII. the LORD. Off eigsare to be oiservcl. 3 The cosn o asl bzurt 6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, say- otre'il. 9 The o sfferig ol t/e sabbath, 1 oo, ng, the first day o0f Jhe notlhs, 18 at t/e Iassover, 20 7 The daughters ofZelophehad speak right: ad to tie day ofirtfaios. thou shalt surely give them a possession of ND the LORD spake unto Moses, sayan inheritance among their father's breth- L ing, ren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance 2 Command the children of Israel, and say of their father to pass unto them. unto them, Miy offering, a0nl my bread for 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to unto me in their due season. pass unto his daughter. 3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is 9 And if he have no daughter, thi. ye shall the offering made by fire which ye shall offer give his inheritance unto his hrethren. unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye without spot day by day, for a continual shall give his inheritance unto his father's burnt offering. brethren. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the 11 And if his father have no brethren, then morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer ye shall give his inheritance unto his kins- at even; mnan that is next to him of his family, and 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth children of Israel a statute of judgment, part of a bin of beaten oil. as the LORD commanded Moses. 6 It is a continual burnt offering, which 12 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Get was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet thee up into this mount Abarim, and see savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the the land which I have given unto the chil- LORD. dren of Israel. 7 And the drink offering thereof s7all be 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also the fourth part of a in for tle one lamb: shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aa- in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong ron thy brother was gathered. wine to be poured unto the LORD for a 14 For ye rebelled against my command- drink offering. mont in the desert of Zin, in the strife of 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at the congregation, to sanctify me at the water even: as the meat offering of the morning, before their eyes: that is the water of AIer- and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt ibah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet 15 And MIose spako unto the LORD, savour unto the LORD. saying, 9'~ And on the sabbath day two lambs of 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits the first year without spot, and two tenth of allflesh, set a man over the congregation, deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled 17'Which may go out before them, and with oil, and the drink offering thereof: which may go in before them, and which 10 T/de is the burnt offering of every may lead them out, and which may bring sabbath, beside the continual burnt offerthem in; that the congregation of the LORD ing, and his drink offering. be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 11 And in the beginnings of your months 18 And the LORD said unto iMoses, Take ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the thee Joshua the son of Nun, a manl in LORD, two young bullocks, and one ram, whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand seven lambs of the first year without spot; upon him; 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bulland before all the congregation; and give ook; and two tenth deals offlour fo' a meat him a charge in their sight. offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; 20 And thou shalt put somae of thine hon- 13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled our upon him, that all the congregation of with oilfo' a meat offering unto one lamb; the children of Israel may be obedient. for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the sacrifice made by fire un'o the LORD: priest, who shall ask cotnsel for him after 14 And their drink offerings shall be half the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at a bin of wine unto a bullock, and the third 133 The solemn feasts NUMBERS. and their offerings. part of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth paort 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a of a hin unto alamb: this is the burnt offer- sweeet savour unto the LORDo; one young ing of every month throughout the months bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the of the year. first year without blemish: 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offer- 3 And their meat offering shall be of four ing unto the LORD shall be offered, beside mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a the continual burnt offering, and his drink bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, offering. 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, through-,16 And in the fourteenth day of the first out the seven lambs: month is the passover of the LORD. 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offer17 And in the fifteenth day of this month ing, to make an atonement for you: is the feast: seven days shall unleavened 6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, bread be eaten. and his meat offering, and the daily burnt 18 In the first day shall be a holy convo- offering, and his meat offering, and their cation; ye shall do no manner of servile drink offerings, according unto their manwork therein: ner, for a sweet sayour, a sacrifice made by 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; 7 T And ye.shall have on the tenth day two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven of this seventh month a holy convocation; lambs of the first year: they shall be unto and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not you without blemish. do any l-ork therein 20 And their meat offering shall be of flour 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye the LORD for a sweet savour; one young offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the a ram first year; they shall be unto you without 21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for blemish. every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 9 And their meat offering shall be of flour 22 And one goat for a sin offering, to mingled with oil, three tenth deals to abullmake an at tforyon. oek, to tethdeals to oneen ram, 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt 10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, offering in the morning, which is for a on- throughout the seven lambs: tinual burnt offering. 11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, beside the sin offering of atonement, and throughout the seven days, the meat of the the continual burnt offering, and the meat sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour offering ofit, and their drink offerings. unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside 12 1 And on the fifteenth day of the sevthe continual burnt offering, and his drink enth month ye shall have a holy convocaoffering. tion; ye shall do no servile wsork, and ye 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile days: work. 13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a 26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, to the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two after your weeks be out, ye shall have a holy rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; convocation; ye shall do no servile ork: they shall be without blemish: 27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for 14 And their meat offering shall be offlour a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two year; tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, 28 And their meat offering of flour mingled 15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullook, of the fourteen lambs: two tenth deals unto one ram, 16 And one kid of the goats foe a sin 29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, offering; beside the continual burnt ofthroughout the seven lambs; fering, his meat offering, and his drink of80 And one kid of the goats, to make an fering. atonement for you. 17 And on the second day ye shall offer 81 Ye shall offer themnbeside the continualtwelve young bullocks, -to rams, fourteen burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they lambs of the first year without spot: shall be unto you without blemish,) and 18 And their meat offering and their drink their drink offerings. offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their CHAPTER XXIX. number, after the manner: The offering at the feast of to umnets, 7 ot the day 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offerof aJlictig tlhei- sous, d12 ditg te t in beside the continual burnt offering, days of thsfeast of tabelacles. and the meat offering thereof, and their ND in the seventh month, on the first drink offerings. 1 day of the month, ye shall have a holy 20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, convocation; ye shall do no servile work: two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto without blemish: you. 21 And their meat offering and their drink 134 Feast of tabernacles. NUMBERS. Vows not to be broken. offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and CHAPTER XXX for the lambs, shall be according to their Vos o to te broke,. 3 he Tow of.om id 6 o number, after the manner:. e 9 f oid.., atd of r t, lat di22 And one goat for a sin offering; beside voced. the continual burnt offering, and his meat ND Moses spae unto the heads of the offering, and his drink offering. A tribes concerning the children of Is23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rael, saying, This is the thing which the rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year LORD hath commanded. without blemish: 2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or 24 Their meat offering and their drink offer- swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; ings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for he shall not break his word, he shall do acthe lambs, shall be according to their num- cording to all that proceedeth out of his ber, after the manner: mouth. 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offer- 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the ing; beside the continual burnt offering, LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being his meat offering, and his drink offering in her father's house in her youth; 20 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two 4 And her father hear her vow, and her rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, without spot: and her father shall hold his peace at her; 27 And their meat offering and their drink then all her vows shall stand, and every offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and bond wherewith she hath bound her soul for the lambs, shall be according to their shall stand. number, after the manner: 5 But if her father disallow her in the day 28 And one goat for a sin offering'; beside that he heareth, not any of her vows, or of the continual burnt offering, and his meat her bonds wherewith she hath bound her offering, and his drink offering. soul, shall stand; and the LORD shall 29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, forgive her, because her father disallowed two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first her. year without blemish: 6 And if she had at all a husband, when 30 And their meat offering and their drink she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and wherewith she bound her soul; for the lambs, shall be according to their 7 And her husband heard it, and held his number, after the manner: peace at her in the day that he heard it; 31 And one goat for a sin offering; beside then Iher voes shall stand, and her bonds the continual burnt offering, his meat offer- wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. ing, and his drink offering. 8 But if her husband disallowed her on 32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, the day that he heard it, then he shall make two rams, anel fourteen lambs of the first her vow which she vowed, and that which year without blemish: she uttered with her lips, wherewith she 33 And their meat offering and their drink bound her soul, of none effect; and the offerings for the bullocks, tor the rams, and LORD shall forgive her. for the lambs, shall be according to their 9 But every vow of widow, and of her number, after the manner: that is divorced, wherewith they have bound 34 And one goat for a sin offering; beside their souls, shall stand against her. the continual burnt offering, his meat offer- 10 And if she vowed in her husband's ing, and his drink offering. house, or bound her soul by a bond with an 35 On the eighth day ye shall have a sol- oath; emn assembly: ye shall do no servile work 11 And her husband heard it, and held his thercio: peace at her, and disallowed her not; then 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a all her vows shall stand, and every bond sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. unto the LORD: one bullock, one rain, 12 But if her husband hath utterly made seven lambs of the first year without blem- them void on the day he heard theml; then ish: whatsoever proceeded out of her lips con37 Their meat offering and their drink of- cerning her vows, or concerning the bond ferings for the bullock, for the ram, and for of her soul, shall not stand: her husband the lambs, shall be according to their num- hath made them void; and the LORD shall her, after the manner: forgive her. 33 And one goat for a sin offering; beside 13 Every vow, and every binding onth to the continual burnt offering, and his meat afflict the soul, her husband may establish offering, and his drink offering. it, or her husband may make it void. 39 These thinys ye shall do unto the LORD 14 But if her husband altogether hold his in your set feasts, beside your vows, and peace at her from day to day; then he esyour frcewill offerings, for your burnt offer- tablisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, ings, and for your meat offerings, and for which are upon her: he eonfirmeth them, your drink offerings, and for your peace because he held his peace at her in the day offerings. that he heard tlhem. 40 And Moses told the children of Israel 15 But if he shall any ways make them void according to all that the LORD commanded after that he hath heard tohem; telin he Moses. shall bear her iniquity. 135 The l lidianites spozled. NUMBERS. The pIrey divided. 16 These are the statutes, whichll the LOaD 17 Now therefore kill every male among commanded Moses, between a man and his the little ones, and kill every woman that wife, between the father and his daughter, hath known man by lying with him. being yet in her youth in her father's 18 But all the women-children, that have house. not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. CHAPTER XXXI. 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven The Mhilianites arespoilel, anl Balaam. slain. 13 days: whosoever hath killed any person, Moses tis e troth. itlL tlhe odie s fol ying t he and lwhosoever hath touched any slain, puuomnen alive. 19) How1 ti e soldie,s, with teicaptivee and alsoil, aro e iturified. 25 The rify both yourselves and your captives oi proportlio i, tL'h tle Prey is to bbedivided,. the third day, and on the seventh day. 48 The voluntary oblation unto tho treasry of 20 And purify all your raiment, and all the lo,-. that is made of skins, and all work of goats' A ND the LOaD spakhe unto iosesay- hair, and all things made of wood. A ing, 21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Mid- men of war which went to the battle, This ianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered is the ordinance of the law which the LORD unto thy people. commanded Moses; 3 And Moses spake unto the people, say- 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, ing, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, the iron, the tin, and the lead, and let them go against the MIidianites, and 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye avenge the LORD of Midian. shall make it go through the fire, and it 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be puall the tribes of Israel, shlle send to the rifled witthehe water of separation: and all war. that abideth not the fire ye shall make go 5 So there were delivered, out of the thou- through the water. sands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the twelve thousad armed for a. sevethdousy,and ye shall be clean, and aft6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thou- erward ye shall come into the camp. sand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the 25 3 And the LOeD spake unto Moses, son of Eleazar the priest, to the mar, with saying, the holy instruments, and the trumpets to 2G Take the sum of the prey that was taken, blow in his hand. both of man and of beast, thou, and Elea7 And they warred against the PMidianites, zar the priest, and the chief fathers of the as the LORD comma nded Moses; and they congregation: slew all the males. 27 And divide the prey into two parts; 8 And they slew the kings of Iidian, beside between them that took the -war upon them, the rest of them that were slain; namely, who went out to battle, and between all the Evi, and Rlkem ad, and Hur, and congregation. Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also 28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of te son of Beer they slew with the swvord. the men of Mar which.went out to battle: 9 And the children of Israel took all the one soul of five hundred, both of the perwomen of Midian captives, and their little sons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and of the sheep: and all their flocks, and all their VDods. 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein Eleazar the priest, for a heave offering of they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with the LOtD. fire. 30 And of the children of Israel's half, 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the prey, both of men and of beasts. persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of 12 And they brought the captives, and the the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and prey, and the spoil, unto Moses and Eleazar give them unto the Levites, which keep the the priest, and unto the congregation of the charge of the tabernacle of the LOpD. children of Israel, unto the camp at the 31 And Ioses and Eleazar the priest did plains of Moab, which tare by Jordan near as the LORD commanded Moses. Jericho. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the 13 ~ And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, prey which the men of war had caught, was and all the princes of the congregation, six hundred thousand and seventy thousand went forth to meet them without the camp. and five thousand sheep,'14 And Moses was wroth with the officers 33 And threescore and twelve thousand 6f the host, iithk the captains over thou- beeves, sands, and captains over lundreds, which 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, came from the battle. 5o And thirty and two thousand persona 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye in all, of women that had not known man saved all the women alive? by lyinu with him. 16 Behold, these caused the children of 80 And the half, whiich tvas the portion of Israel, through the counsel of Balaatm, to them that went out to war, wvas in number commit trespass against the LOtD in the tlthree hundred thousandand seven and thirmatter of Peer, and there wans a plague tythousandandfive lundred sheep: among the congregation of the LOtD. 37 And the LOlD'S tribute of the sheep 136 Request made NUMBERS. by the Reubenetes. was six hundred and threescore and fif- land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, teen. behold, the place wtas a place for cattle; 38 And the beeves were thirty and six 2 The children of Gad and the children of thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and mwas threescore and twelve. to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes 39 And the asses iwere thirtythousand and of the congregation, saying, five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and uas threescore and one. Nimrah, and Heshnon, and Elealeh, and 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, of which the LORD'S tribute ZIwa thirty and 4 Even the country which the LORD smote two persons. before the congregation of Israel, is a land 41 And Moses gave ttie tribute, which wase for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found the priest, as the LORD commanded Mo- grace in thy sight, let this land be given ses. unto thy servants for a possession, and 42 And of the children of Israel's half, bring us not over Jordan. which Moses divided from the men that 6 And Mooses said unto the children of Gad warred, and to the children of Reuben, Shall yo;r 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? congregation Was three hundred thousand 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart and thirty thousand an(l seven thousand of the children of Israel from going over and five hundred sheep, into the land which the LORD hath given 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, them? 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hun- 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them dred, from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 46 And sixteen thousand persons,) 9 For when they went up unto the valley 47 Even of the children of Israel's half, ofEshcol, andsawtheland, theydiscouraged Moses took one portion of fifty, both of the heart of the children of Israel, that they man and of beast, and gave them unto the should not go into the land which the LORD Levites, which kept the charge of the taber- had given them. nacle of the LORD; as the LORD command- 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the ed Moes, same time, and he swnare, saying, 48 A And the officers which were over thou- 11 Surely none of the men that came up sands of the host, thecaptains of thousands, out of Egypt, from twenty years old and and captains of hundreds, came near unto upward, shall see the land which I snwae Moses: unto Abrham, nto Isaac, and unto Jacol; 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants because they have not wholly followed me: have taken the sum of the men of war which 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephuinleh the are under our charge, and there lacketh Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for not one man of us. they have wholly followed the LORD. 50 Woe Iave therefore brought an oblation 13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled for the LORD, what every man hath got- against Israel, and he made them wander ten, of jewels of gold, chains, and brace- in the wilderness forty years, until all the lets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make generation, that had done evil in the sigLt aln atonement for our souls before the of the LORD, was consumed. LORD. - 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your 61 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, the gold of them, even all wrought jew- to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORI els. toward Isrlel. 52 And all the gold of the offering that It For if ye turn away from after him, he they offered up t tothe LORD, of the captainsn ill yet again leave them in the wilderness; of thousands, and of the captains of hun- an d ye shall destroy all this people. dreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred 16 /V And they came near unto him, and and fifty shekels: said, We will build sheepfolds here for our 63 For the men of war had taken spoil, cattle, and cities for our little ones: every man for limself. 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took before the children of Israel, until we have the gold of the captains of thousands and brought them unto their place: and our litof hundreds, and brought it into the taber- tle ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, kcnacle of the congregation, for a memorial cause of the inhabitants of tle land. for the children of Israel before the LORD. 18 We will not return unto our houses, CHAPTER XXXII. until tie children of Israel have inherited Shl e-elttit', c'tito -ite h for theeir herit- every man his inheritance: ane ot the e ast of Joreae. tl.osec ieerotert 19 For we will not inherit with them on the,. 16 They ofer satisfactory colitont, 33 yonder side Jordan, or forward; because ad he arsiyzethe thle Ind. 39 They tae our inheritance is fallen to us on this side eOnseesiot of it. Jordan enastward. \TOOW the children of Reuben and the 20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will.N children of Gad had a very great nul- do this tiing, if ye ill go armed before the titude of cattle: and iwhen they saw the LORD to war. 137 Inherltance of the NUMBERS. Reubenites andt Gadites. 21 And will go all of you armed over Jor- 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went dan before the LORD, until he hath driven and took the small towns thereof, and called out his enemies from before him, them Ilavoth-jair. 22 And the land be subdued before the 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and LORD; then afterward ye shall return, the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, and be guiltless before the LORD, and be- after his own name. fore Israel; and this land shall be your CHAPTER XXXIII. possession before the LORD. lTo asi forty jornheys of the Israelites. 50 /he23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have Canaanites are to be destoyed. sinned against the LORD: and be sure THESE are the journeys of the children your sin will find you out. of Israel, which went forth out of the 24 Build you cities for your little ones, land of Egypt with their armies under the and folds for your sheep; and do that which hand of Moses and Aaron. hath proceeded out of your mouth. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out accord25 And the children of Gad and the chil- ing to their journeys by the commandment dren of Reuben spoke unto MIoses, saying, of the LORD: and these are their journeys Thy servants will do as my lord command- according to their goings out. eth. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, first month, on the fifteenth day of the first and all our cattle, shall be there in themonth; the he morrow after the passover cities of Gilead: the children of Israel went out with a high 27 But thy servants will pass over, every hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. man armed for war, before the LORD to 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstbattle, as my lord saith. born, which the LORD had smitten among 28 So concerning them Moses commanded them: upon their gods also the LORD exEleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of ecuted judgments. Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of 5 And the children of Israel removed from the children of Israel: Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 29 And Moses said unto them, If the ohil- 0 And they departed from Succoth, and dren of Gad and the children of Reuben pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of will pass with you over Jordan, every manthe wilderness. armed to battle, before the LORD, and the 7 And they removed from Etham, and land shall be subdued before you; then ye turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is be-: shall give them the land of Gilead for a pos- fore Baal-zephon: and they pitched before session: ligdol. 30 But if they will not pass over with you 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiarmed, they shall have possessions among roth, and passed through the midst of the you in the land of Canaan. sea into the wilderness, and went three days' 31 And the children of Gad and the ehil- journey in the wilderness of Etham, and dren of Reuben answered, saying, As the pitched in Marah. LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will 9 And they removed from ityarah, and vee do. came unto Elim: and in Elim awere twelve 32 We will pass over armed before the fountains of water, and threescore and ten LORD into the land of Canaan, that the palm trees; and they pitched there. possession of our inheritance on this side 10 And they removed from Elim, and enJordan nay be ours. camped by the Red sea. 33 And Moses gave unto them, eve to 11 And they removed from the Red sea, the children of Gad, and to the children of and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manas- 12 And they took their journey out of the seh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophking of the Amorites, and the kingdom of kahl. Og king of Basihan, the land, mith the cities 13 And they departed from Dophkah, and thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the encamped in Alush. country round about. 14 And they removed from Alush, and en-, 34 i And the children of Gad built Dibon, camped at Rephidim, where was no water and Ataroth, and Aroer, for the people to drink. 35 An AAtroth, Shophan, and Jazer, and 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and Jogbehah, pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 36 And Beth-nimurah, and Beth-haran, 16 And they removed from the desert of fenced cities; and folds for sheep. Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-liattaavah. 37 And the children of Reuben built Hesh- 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hatbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, taavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, their names 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and being changed, and Shibmah: and gave oth- pitched in Rithmah. er names unto the cities which they builded. 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and 39 And the children of Machir the son of pitched at Rimmon-parez. Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and 20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, dispossessed the Amorite which zoas in it. and pitched in Libnah. 40 And lIoses gave Gilead unto tMachir 21 And they removed from Libnah, and the son of Ianasseh; and he dwelt therein. pitched at Rissah. 138 Israel's journeys. NUMBERS. Borders of the land. 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and pitched in Kehelathah. say unto them, Then ye are passed over 23 And they went from lehelathah, and Jordan into the land of Canaan; pitched in mount Shapher. 52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabit24 And they removed from mount Shapher, ants of the land from before you, and deand encamped in Haradah. stroy all their pictures, and destroy all their 25 And they removed from Haradah, and molten images, and quite pluck down all pitched in Makheloth. their high places: 26 And they removed from Plakheloth, and 3 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants encamped at Tahath. of the land, and dwell therein: for I have 27 And they departed from Taiath, and given you the land to possess it. pitched at Tarah. 54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for 28 And they removed from Tarah, and an inheritanceamongyourfamilies; acd to pitched in 1fithcah. the more ye shall give the more inheritance, 29 And they went from Mtithcah, and and to the fewer ye shall give the less inpitcllhed in Hasmonah. heritance: every man's inhleritance shall 30 And they departed from iashmonah, be in the place where his lot falleth; acand encamped at Moseroth. cording to the tribes of your fathers ye shall 31 And they departed from MIoseroth, and inherit. pitched in Bene-jaakan. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabit32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, ants of the land from before you; then it and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. shall come to pass, that those which ye let 33 And they went from I-Ior-hgidgad, and remain of them shall be pricks in your pitched in Jotbathah. eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall 84 And they removed from Jotbathah, and vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. encamped at Ebronah. 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto encamped at Ezion-geber. them. 36 And they removed from Ezion-geber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which CHAPTER XXXIV. is Kadesh. The loedes of the po nised iantd. 16 The names 37 And they removed om adh d of thre oe appoited to divide it. pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the ND the LORD spake unto Moses, sayland of Edom. ing, 38 And Aaron the priest went up into 2 Command the children of Israel, and say. mount Hor at the commandment of the unto them, When ye come into the land of LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year Canaan; this is the land that shall fall unafter the children of Israel were come out to you for an inheritance, even the land of of the land of Egypt, in the first clay of the Canaan with the coasts thereof: fifth month. 3 Then your south quarter shall be from 39 And Aaron wzas a hundred and twenty the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of and three years old when he died in mount Edom, and your south border shall be the Hor. outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: 40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which 4 And your border shall turn from the dwcelt in the south in the land of Canaan, south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass heard of the coming of the children of Israel. on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall 41 And they departed from mount Hor, be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and and pitched in Zalmonah. shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and to Azmon: pitched in Punon. 5 And the border shall fetch a compass 43 And they departed from Punon, and from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and pitched in Oboth. the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 44 And they departed from Oboth, and 6 And as for the westerh border, ye shall pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab. even have the great sea for a border: this 45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched shall be your west border. in Dibon-gad. 7 And this shall be your north border: 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and from the great sea ye shall point out for encamped in Almon-diblathnaim. you mount Her: 47 And they removed from Almon-dibla. 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your thaim, and pitched in the mountainsof Aba- border unto the entrance of Hamath; and rim, before Nebo. the goings forth of the border shall be to 48 And they departed from the mountains Zedad: of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab 9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, by Jordan near Jericho. and the goings out of it shall be at lIazar419 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth- enan: this shall be your north border. jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains 10 And ye shall point out your east border of loab. from Hazar-enan to Shllepham: 50 ~ And the LORD spake unto Mtoses in 11 And the coast shall go down from Shethe plains of ioab by Jordan znear Jericho, pham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; saying, and the border shall descend, and shall 139 The.cztes of NUMBERS. the Levztes. reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell eastward: in; and the suburbs of them shall be for 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, their cattle, and for their goods, and for all and the goings out of it shall e at te salt their beasts. sea: this shall he your land wi t the coasts 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which yeo' thereof round about. shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from 13 And Moses commanded the children of the wall of the city antl outward a thousand Israel, saying, This is the land which ye cubits round about. shall inherit by lot, which the LORD cor- 5 And ye shall measure from without the manded to give unto the nine tribes, and to city on the east side two thousand cubits, the half tribe: and on the south side two thousand cubits, 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben and on the west side two thousand cubits, according to the house of their fathers, and and on the north side two thousand cubits; the tribe of the children of Gad according and the city shall be in the midst: this shall to the house of their fathers, have received be to them the suburbs of the cities. their inheritance; and half the tribe of 6 And among the cities which ye shallgive Manasseh have received their inheritance: unto the Levites titere shall be six cities 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the received their inheritance on this side Jor- manslayer, that lie may flee thither: and dan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun- to them ye shall add forty and two cities. rising. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to 1t I And the LORD spake unto Moses, the Lcvites shall be forty and eight cities: saying, them shall ye give with their suburbs. 17 These are the names of the men which 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the be of the possession of the children of Ispriest, and Joshua the son of Nun. rael: from them that hlave many ye shall 18 And ye shall take one prine o of every give many; but from themn that have few tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. ye shall give few: every one shall give of 19 And the names of the men are these: his cities unto the Levites according to his Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of inheritance which he inheriteth. Jephunnech. 9 And the LORD spake unto Ioses, 20 And of the tribe of the children of Sime- saying, on, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the say unto them, When ye be come over Jorson of Chislon. dan into the land of Canaan, 22 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be dren of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, flee thither, which killeth any person at ulifor the tribe of the children of Manasseh, awares. HIanniel the son of Ephod. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for 24 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- refuge from the avenger; that the mandren of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiph- slayer die not, until he stand before the tan. congegation in judgment. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the ebil- 13 And of these cities which ye shall give, dren of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Par- six cities shall ye have for refuge. nach. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side 26 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in tlhe dren of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. land of Canaan, which shall be cities of 27 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- refuge. dren of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both 28 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- for the children of Israel, and for the strandren of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Am- ger, and for the sojourner among them; that mihud. every one that killeth any person unawares 29 These are they whom the LORD com- may flee itither. manded to divide the inheritance unto the 16 And if he smite him with an instrument children of Israel in the land of Cannan. of iron, so that he die, lie s a murderer: CHAPTER XXXV. the murderer shall surely be put to death...Eigtsv -vlfoto ~eith fhoi-e-bto-'Oeo l 17 And if he smite him with throwing a iven to te Levites. 6 Si ofthenltobeciti3 of 1tone, wherewith lie may die, and he die, r. fuge 9'The lals concernitgurdter aind an- he is a murderer: the murderer shall sureslaying. 31 ito satisfactio,; to be take, for the ly be put to death. life of thie murderer. 18 Or if he smite him with a hand weapon A ID the LORD spake unto Moses in the of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, Ai plains of 3Ioab by Jordan near Jeri- he is a murderer: the murderer shall surecho, saying, ly be put to death. 2 Command the children of Israel, that 19 The revenger of blood himself shallslay they give unto the Levites, of the inheritancethe murderer: hen he meetoth him, he of their possession, cities to dwell in; and shall slay him. ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl for the cities round about them. at him by laying of wait, that he die; 140 Laws concerninzg murder. NUMBERS. Inheritance of daughters. 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, I chir, the son of Man.sseh, of the famthat hle die: lhe that smote hiat shall surely | ilies of the sons of Joseph, came near, be put to death; for he is a murderer: the I and spake before Moses, and before the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, princes, the chief fathers of the children of when he meeteth him. Israel: 22 But if he thrust him suddenly nithout 2 And they said, The LORD commanded enmity, or have cast upon him any thing my lord to give the land for an inheritance emithout laying of wait, ay lot to the children of Israel: and my 23 Or witll any stone, vherewith a man may lord was commanded by the LORD to give die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, l the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother that lie die, and waas ot his enemy, nleither unto his daughters. sought his harm; 3 And if they be married to any of the sons 21 Then the congregation shall judge be- of the other tribes of the children of Israel, tneen the slayer and the revenger of blood then shall their inheritance be taken from according to these judgments the inheritance of our fathers, nnd shall be 25 And the cosgregation shll deliver the put to the inheritancea of tle tribe vhereslayer out of the hand of the revenger of unto theyare received: so shall it be taken blood, and tile congregation shall restore from the lot of our inheritance. him to the city of his refuge, whither lie was 4 And when the jubilee of the children of ed: and lhe shall abide in it unto the death Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance of the high priest, which was anointed with be put unto the inheritance of the tribe the holy oil. whereunto they are received: s sl sall their 26 BIut if tle slayer shall at any time come inheritance be talen aavy from the inheritaitlout the border of the city of his refuge, ance of the tribe of our fathers. lwhither le was fled; | 5 And Mloses commanded thle children of 27 And the evenger of a loo id lim a Israel according to thle word of the LORD, without tle borders of thle city of his refuge, s ying, The tribe of th e sons of Joseph hath anld the revenger of blood lcll the slaver; said well. h shall not be guilty of lood: 6 0 This is the thin g owhicl the LOaD doth 28 Because lie slould have remained in command concerning the daughters of Zcthe city of his refuge until the death of the loplhe ad, sayina, Let them marry to whom iigli priest: but after the death of the high they think best; only to the family of the priest the slayer shall return into the land tribe of their fatler slall they marry. of Ihis possession. 7 So shall not tie inheritace of the chil29 So these things shall be for a statute ren of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: of judgment unto yo thlroughout your gen- for every one of tte children of Israel shall rnations in all your dwellings. keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe 30 Whoso killetll any person, the murderer of hlis fathers. shall be put to deatlh by the mouth of vit- 8 And every dauglltcr, that possesseth an nesses: but one witnless shall not testify inleritance it any tribe of the children of aainst any person to cause hims to die. Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family b1 MIoreover e shall takl;e no satisfaction of the tribe of hler father, that thle children for the life of a murderer, ohich is guilty of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritof dath: buthe s all be surelyput to deat. anco of lis fathers. 32 Anld ye shall take no satisfaction for 9 Neitler shall the inheritance remove from hlim that is fled to the city of his refuge, that one tribe to another tribe; but every one lie should come again to dwell in thle lad, of the tribes of the children of Israel shall until the death of the priest. keep himself to his oa n inheritance. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land whercin 10 Even as thle LOaD commanded Maoses, ye atcs: for blood it detileth tle land: and so did the daughters of Zelophlehad: the nd cannot be cleansed of te blood of te blood 11 For Iahlah, Tirza, and olah, and that is shed therein, but by the blood of TIilalh, and Noah, the daughtera oC Zelohim that shed it. plelhad, waere married unto their father's 34 Defile not therefore thie land ahich ye brothers' sous: slall inllabit, whereinc I dwell: for I tle 12 And they were mnarried into tlle famLORD dwvell among the children of Israel. ilies of thle sons of Manasseh the son of JoCttAPTER XXXVI. seph, and their inheritance remained in the Tha isrhe,itaitce os (alrsqhte; s ecurel o tlzeirs o1t,,t tribe of the family of their father. t-1't1~ b dt5i1 7 s;' sf o slgy i7 tl ttt trbe. 10 1.3 These are the commandments ald the IThe.1 sltes oflZesohehadnart y theiav.fateba"s judgments, shllich the LORI) commanded, bla otae s' sona. by the hand of MIoses, unto the chlildren of A ND thle chief fathers of the families of lIsrael i the plains of aIoab by Jordan,sar the children of Gilcad, tlle son of Ma- Jericho 141 THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY. CHAPTER I. over hundreds, and captains over fiffies, odet' sppec7,_cr the end of thesofsteih yea*: i/ and captains over tens, and officers among,,hic /e ]s his/t 1bsc/,lsett, 1he s os- nltse of Godi; your tribes. 13 tle a;iosiselst ot' s orici' d afoi t/en: i he 10 And I charged your judges at that time, enslssisgf t' thle sjis* o each f/e tn-llh l. 34 at!sd saviug, IHear tlhe ccztses between your 6'od'gs ale,' as the /ncredv.dity aedt.s.olse/estce slethren, andl judge rigiteously between of ithleoles every msllan and his brother, aled the stranTHESE be the words whiicah Moses spake ger that is wsith him. unto all Israel on this side Jordan in 17 le shall not respect persons in judgtie wilderness, ill the plain over against ment; blst ye shall hear the small as 3vell the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. face of man; for the judgment is God's: 2 Thcee ase eleven days' jotre2ey from anld the cause that is'too hard for you, ioreb by the way of mount beir unto ia- bring it unto me, and I -will hear it. dlesll-bnrnea. a18 Ands I eommanded you at that time all 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, the things which ye should do. ilu the eleventl month, on the filrst dasj of 19 e And when wve departed from Horeb, ithe month, that MIoses spake unto thle chil- e Lent through all that great and terridren of Israel, according unt o all tiat the ble w ilderness, which ye sasw by the agy of LORD thad given Iim in commandment un- tie mIountain of the Amorites, as the LORD to them: our God commanded us; andl we came to'i After leo lead slain Sihon the ing of the K adesh-barnea. Amorites, hich dwelt i Iteslhbon, and Og 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the king of Bashan, vhich dwvelt at Astaroth the mountain of the Amiorites, which the in Edrei: LORD our God doth give unto us. 5 On this side Jordan, ill thle land of sIoab, 21 Beold, the LORD thy God liath set the began Aoses to declare this law, saying, land before thlee: go up and possess it, as 6 Thie LOaD our God spake unto us in the LoraD God of thl fathlers hath said unto toreb, saving, Ye havbe dwelt long enough thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. in this mount: 22 And ye came near unto nme every one of 7 Turn ysou, asd tase your joulney, and you, and said, W e will send men before us, go to the mount of tlle Anorites, and unto and they shall search us out tle and, and all the 3laces nilgh thereunto, in the plain, bring us word again by what way sle must in tle hills, and in the vale, and in the go up, and into what cities we shall come. south, and by the sea side, to the land of 23 And the saying pleased me well; and the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto tle I toolk twelve men of you, one of a tribe: great river, the river Euphlrates. 24 And they turned and w vent up into the 8 Behold, I have set the land before you:t mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshgo in and possess thle land whlih the LORD col, and searched it out. sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, 23 And they took of the fruit of the land in and Jacob, to give unto them ad to their their hands, and brought it doan unlto us, seed after them. and brouglt us word again, and said, It is 9 And I spake unto you at that time, say- a good land swhich tie aLORD our God doth i1g, I an noa able to bea r ysou myself alone: give us. 10) The LORD your God hateh multiplied 23 Notwithstanding ye awould not go up, you, and, behold, ye aec this day as the but rebelled against the commandment of stars of heaven for sultitude. the LOaaD your God: 11 (The LORD God of your fathers malke 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and you a thousand times so many more as ye said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath ac, anld bless you, as he hath )romised hrought us forth out of the Innd of Egypt, you:) to deliver u3 into the land of the Amorites, 12 How can I myself alone blear your cum- to destroy us. brance, anld your burden, ansd your strife? 28 Whither shall ae go up? our brethren 13 Take you Nise men, andunderstauding, have discouraged our heart, saying,'Tie and known among your tribes, and I will people is grereter and taller tlhan we; the make them rulers over you. cities are great and wsaled up to heaven; 14 And ye answered me, and said, The and moreover we have seen the sons of the thinsg which thou hast spoken is goodfor its Anakim there. to do. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, nei15 So I took thle cief of your tribes, mise ther be fraid of tllem. men, alndknown, and made themeheads over 3) The LORD your God whichl goeth beyou, captains over thousands, ansd captains fore you, he shall fight for you, according to 142 A reeltition of DEUTERONOMY. former thzngs. all that he did for you in Egypt before your Red sea, as the LOERD spake unto me: and eyes; me corpassed mount Seir many days. 31 And in tle w. ilderness, fhere thou tast 2 And the LORD spale ut me saving, seen how that the LORD tly God bare 3 Ye have compasped this mountain long thee, as a Inan cott bear his.sn, in all.enouagl: turn you.orth..nard. the way that ye went, until ye came into 4 And command thou the people, saying, this place. Ye are to pass through the coast of your 32 Yet il this thing ye did not believe tile brethren the clildren of Esau, which dwell LOItD your God, in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: 33 Whio went in the way before you, to take yegoodheed unto yourselves therefore: search you out a place to pitcl your tents 6 lIcddle not with them; for I will not in, in fire by nigllt, to ishei you by what give you of their lnnd, o, not so much as way ye should go, and in a cloud y day. a foothreadtl; because I have given mount 34 And thle LORD heard t he voice of your Seir ueto Esau for a possession. words, and wa3 wroth, and sware, saying, 6 Ye slhll buy meat of them for money, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy waof tlis evil generation see that good land, ter of them for moeey, that ye may drink. wlich I sware to give unto your fathers, 7 For the LOtD thy G od hatlh blessed thee 36 Save Caleb the son of Jcpllunneh; hle in all the workls of tlly hand: he knoweth shall see it, and to ehim ill I give the land thy walking through this great wilderness: that he hath trodden upon, and to his chil- these forty years the LOLO D thy God hatfl dren, because lhe hath wholly followted the bee wvith thee; thou hast lacked nothing. LonD. 8 And whlen we passed by from our breth37 Also the Lor.D was angry with me for re the children of Esau, whllich dwelt in your sakes, sayilg, Tlou also shlalt lot go Seir, throurgh the p.ay of thle plain frot in tllithler: Elath, and from Ezion-gebcr, we turned 38 Bet, Joshual the son of Nun, which and passed by the way of the wilderness of stafedeth before thee, he shall go in thlither: Ioab. encourage him; for he shall cause Israel 9 And the LRnD said unto me, Distress to inherit it. nolt the IIoalbites, neither contend with them 39 Ioreover your little ones, t hich ye in battle: for I will not give thee of their said should be a prey, and your childree, landfo a possession; because I have given hich ino that day aed no knowledge Ie-.Ar unto the children of Lot for a postween good and evil, they shall go in thither, session. and unto them will I give it, and they shall 10 The Eemim dwelt tllerein in times past, possess it. a people great, and many, and tall, as the 40 But as for' you, turn you, and take ealn;im; your journey into the ewilderness by the way 11 Ilich also were accounted giants, as the of the Red sea. Anakim; but the BIoabites call them Emim. 41 Tllec ye ensecred and said unto me, 12 Tlle Horim also dwelt in Seir beforeWe leave sinned against the LORD, we will time; but the children of Esau succeeded go up and fight, according to all that the them, when they had destroyed them from LOE'D our God commanded us. And when before them, and dwelt in their stead; as ye had girled on every man his fweapons Israel did unto the land of his possession, of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. whiclh the LORD gave unto them. 42 And thle LoiaD said unto tme, Say unto 13 Now rise upid, I, and get you over them, Go not up, neither fight; for I cat the brook Zered. And me eent over the not among you; lest ye be smitten before brook Zered. your enemies. 14 Anld the space in wchicll we came from 43 So I spake unto you; eand ye would not Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the lear, bultrebelled against the commandment brook Zered, ocas thirty and eight years; of tlhe LoraD, and. went presumptuously up until nll the generation of the.en. of war into the hill. were wasted out from among tile host, as 44 And the Ainorites, which dwelt in that tle LORD scare unto tlem. ountain, came out against you, an chased ased 5 For indeed the hand of the LOPD nas you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, against them, to destroy them from among cveaz unto Hormah. the hlost, until they were consumed. 46 And ye returned and wept Before the 16' So it came to pass, -hen all the men LOPD; but the LORD would not hearken of war were consumed and dead from among to your voice, nor give ear unto you. tlhe people, 4d So ye abode in KIades many days, ac- 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saycording unto the days that ye abode thlere. ing, 18 Thou art to pas3 over through Ar, the CHAPTER II. coast of Iloab, this day: Isael' isto! cotltiellel: They ctere co teo fned- 19 And Wlhen thou comest nligh over against dle vith )e Erloitc: 9n e oi th tohLe Jfoobite,: the children of Ammon, distress them not, 17 or eeltth tlhe.ltleoiies 2 bt Siho tce tnor meddle with them: for I will not give c-iO1ite et!ac steoccttl by t teen. thlee of the land of the cleildren of Ammon THEN we turned, aed took our journey anl/ possession; because I have given it into the wilderness by the way of the unto the children of Lot for a possession. 143 Sihoz overthrown. DEUTERONOMY. Conquest of Og. 20 That also was accounted a land of gi- of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in ants: giants dwelt therein in oldtime; and the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the the Ammonites call them Zamzummim; LORD our God forbade us. 21 A people great, and many, and tall, asAPTR the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them Cheh HAPTERo fk f s., before them; and they succeeded them, and the last of the elat12 t2Te distriztion of the dwelt in their stead: lands beyonl Jordan to the to tribes and a half. 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which 23 Moses' prayer to enter into the lant, 26' rhic dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Ho- le is pelritted only to see. rim from before them; and they succeeded THEN we turned, and went up the way them, and dwelt in their stead even unto 1 to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan this day: came out against us, he and all his people, 23 And the Avim which dwelt in HEzerim, to battle at Edrei. even unto Azzab, the Caplltorim, which 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him cnme forth out of Caphltor, destroyed them, not: for I t will deliver him, and all his pooand dwelt in their stead. ple, and his land, into thy hand; and thibu 24 i Rise ye up, take your journey, and shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have king of the Amorites, whichl dwelt at Heshgiven into thine hand Sihon the Amnorite, bon. king of Heshbon, and his laud: begin to 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our possess it, and contend with him in bat- hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all tie. his people: and we smote him until none 25 This day will I begin to put the dread was left to him remaining. of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations 4 And we took all his cities at that time, that are under the whole heaven, who shall there was not a city which we took not from hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and them, threescore cities, all the region of Arbe in anguish because of thee. gob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 20 And I sent messengers out of the wilder- 5 All these cities uere fenced with high nesa of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Hesh- walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled bon with words of peace, saying, towns a great many. 27 Let me pass through thy land: I ill 0 And we utterly destroyed them, as we go along by the highway, I will neither turn did unto Sihon king of Hesllbon, utterly unto the right hand nor to the left. destroying the men, tomen, and children, 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that of every city. I may eat; and give me water for money, 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the that I may drink; only I will pass through cities, e took for a prey to ourselves. on my feet: 8 And we took at that time out of the hand 29 As the children of Esau which dwell in of the two kings of the Amorites the land Heir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, that twas on this side Jordan, from the river did unto me: until I shall pass over Jord of Areno unto mount Hermon; into the land which the LORD our God giv- 9 lWhich Hermon the Sidonians call Sireth us. ion; and the Amorites call it Shenir; 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gillet us pass by him: for the LORD thy God cad, and all Bashan, unto Salehah and Edlhrdened his spirit, and made his heart ob- rei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. stinate, that lie might deliver him into thy 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained hand, as appeareth this day. of the remnant of giants; behold, his bed81 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I stead eatsc a bedstead of iron; is it not in have begun to give Sihon and his land be- Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine fore thee: begin to possess, that thou may- cubits wias the length thereof, and four cuest inherit his land. bits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a 32 Then Sihon came out against us, lie man. and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 12 And this land, which ve possessed at 83 And tlie LORD our God delivered him that time, from Aroer, which is by the before us; and we smote him, and his sons, river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and and all his people. the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reuben34 And we took all his cities at that time, ites and too he Gadites. and utterly destroyed the men, and the 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, women, and the little ones, of every city, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the te left none to remain: half tribe of Manassehl; all the region of 35 Only the cattle ve took for a prey unto Argob, with all Bashan, lhich was called ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which the land of giants. we took. 14 Jair the son of Mlanassel took all the 8G From Aroer, chicht is by the brink of country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshthe river of Arnon, and from the city that uri and Maachathi; and called them after is by tie river, even unto Gilead, there was s is on name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this not one city too strong for us: the LORD day. our God delivered all unto us: 15 And I cave Gilead unto Ilachir. 37 Only unto the land of the children of 1G And unto the Reubenites and unto the Ammon thou cames not, or unto anyplace Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the 144 Exhortation DEUTERONOMY. to obcdtience. river Aenon half the valley, and the border followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath even unto the river Jabbok, which is the destroyed them from among you. border of the children of Ammon; 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the your God are alive every one of you this day. coast thereof, from Chinnereth even un-5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, judgments, even as the LORD myv God conmunder Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. manded me, that ye should do so in the 18 And I commanded you at that time, land whither ye go to possess it. saying, The LORD your God hath given you 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is this land to possess it: ye shall pass over your wisdom and your understanding in the armed before your brethren the children of sight of the nations, which shall hear all Israel, all that are meet for the ar. these statutes, and say, Surely this great 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and nation is a wise and understanding pcoyour cattle, (for I know that ye have much pe. cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I 7 For hat nation is there eo great, who have given you; hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto our God is in all thinge that we call upon your brethren, as well as unto you, and n- him for? til they also possess the land which the 8 And what nation is there so great, that LORD your God hath given them beyond hath statutes and judgments so righteous Jordan: and then shallye return every man as all this law, which I set before you this unto his possession, which I have given you. day? 21 ~ And I commanded Joshua at that 9 Only take heed to tllyself, and keep thy time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that soul diligently, lest thou forget the things the LORD your God hath done unto these which thine eyes have seen, and lest they two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all depart from thy heart all the days of thy the kingdoms whither thou passest. life; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD sons; your God lie shall fight for you. 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest 23 And I besought the LORD at that time, before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when saying, the LORD said unto me, Gather me the 24'0 Lord GOD, thou hast begun to slte peopletogether, and I will make them hear thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty my words, that they y may learn to fear me hand: for what God is there in heaven or all the days that they shall live upon the in earth, that can do according to thy works, earth, and that they may teach their chiland according to thy might? dren. 25 1 pray thee, let me go over, and see the 11 And ye came near and stood under the good land that is beyond Jordan, that good- mountain; and the mountain burned with ly'mountain, and Lebanon. fire unto the midst of heaven, with dark26 But the LORD was wroth with me for ness, clouds, and thick darkness. your sakes, and would not hear me: and 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of speak no more unto me ofthis matter. the words, but saw no similitude; only ye 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, heard a voice. and lift up thine eyes westward, and north- 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, ward, and southward, and eastward, and which he commanded you to perform, even behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt ten commandments; and he wrote them not go over this Jordan. upon two tables of stone. 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, 14 And the LORD commanded me at that and strengthen him: for he shall go over time to teach you statutes and judgments, before this people, and he shall cause them that ye might do them in the land whither ye to inherit the land which thou shalt see. go over to possess it. 29 So we abode in the valley over against 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourBeth-peor. selves; for ye saw no manner of similitude CHAPTER IV. on the day that the LORD spake unto you An ex hortatiot to obetience. 41 Moses appointeth in Horeb out of the midst of the fire; the three cities ofrefuge on the eastof Jordan. 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make OW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto you a graven image, the similitude of any N the statutes and unto the judgments, figure, the likeness of male or female, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the may live, and go in and possess the land earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that which the LORD God of your fathers giveth flieth in the air, you. 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I on the ground, the likeness of any fish that command you, neither shall ye diminish is in the waters beneath the earth: aught from it, that ye may keep the com- 19 And lest thou lift up thiae eyes unto mandments of the LORD your God which I heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and command you. the moon, and the stars, even all the host 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship because of Baal-peor: for all the men that them, and serve them, which the LORD thy 10 145 Exhortation DEUTERONOMY. to obedience. God hath divided unto all nations under terrors, according to all that the LORD thle whole heaven. your God did for you in Egypt before your 20 But the LORD ]lath taken you, and eyes? brought you forth out of the iron furnace, 15 Unto thee it was sehowed, thllat thioumightcves oat of Egypt, to:e to o him a people est know that tle LORD lie is God; there of inheritanc, as ye are thlis day. i noneo else beside.ini. 1 F'urthermore the LORD was angry witl Si Out of heaven he tade thee to lear me for your sakes, and snare that I shiould his voicc, that lie might instruct thee: and not go over Jordan, and tiat I should not upon earth Ie shiwed thee his great fire; go in unto that good land, which tlhe LORD and thou heardest his words out of the midst thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: of the fire. 22 But I must die in this land, I must 37 And because h e loved thy fathers, therenot go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, fore lie close their seed aftr them, and wand possess that good land. brought thee out il his sight with his mighty 23' Take hled unto yourselves, lest ye for- po ter out of Egypt; get tl;e coenant of tilhe LORD -our God, i8i To dri-e out nations from tLefore thee which lie made -with you, alid make you a greater and mightier tllan thoua?t, to bring graven image, or thle likehess of aiy thing, thee in, to give thee their land'foar an inwhicl te LOIaD thy God iath forbiddo i heritance, as it is this day. thee. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider 24 For the LORD thy God is a' consuming it in thine heart, tht ththe LORD he is'God clildren's children, and ye shall have re- 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, rnoined long in the land, and shall corrupt and his commandmnentsa, which I command loz osceves, and makle a gratven imag, or thee this day, that it may go well with tlee, the likeness of any tlhing, and shall do evil and with thy children at'ter thee, and tllat in tle sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke thou mayest prolong thy days upon the him to anger; earth, which the' LORD thy God giveth thee; 2G I call heaven and earth to witness for eer. against you this day, thatye shall soonutter- 41 ~ Then MIoses severed three cities on ly perish from off tle lald vhercunto ye go this side Jordantoward the sunrisiing; over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not pro- 42 That the slayer migit flee tthite r, whiecl lsng your days upon it, but shall utterly be should koll bis neighbllour unatares, and destroyed. hated him not in times past; and that fee27 And the LORD shall scatter you among' ing unto one of these cities he might live: the nations, andye shall beleftfew in nulm- 4 iNamelyl, Bezer in the N ilderness, in ler amnolg tie heathen, whither the LORD tile plain country, of the tReubenites; and shall lead you. Rabeotlo in aGilead, of the Gadites; and Go28 And there ye shall servo gods, the work lan ion Bashan, of thle Ianassites. of men's hands,'ood and stone, whicli nei- o 44 Aond tflis is'te lan wich inroses set ther see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. before th e clhildren of Israel: 29 But if from thence thou sbalt seek the 45 These are tile testimonies, and the statLORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou utes, and the judgments, siiiolh ilose s spahe seek him with all thy heat and mithi allty unto tlte children of Israel, after they came soul. fortlh out of Egypt, 30 WVhn thou art in tribulation, and all 46 On tils side Jordan, in the valley over tlese things are come upon thee, eveni inl against Beth-peor, in the land of Siton ing tile latter days, if thou turn to the LORD of tile Aniorites,'vio dwlelt at HcesObon, thy God, and shtalt be obedient unto his Whom 3loses and the children of Istael 0oice; smote, after tiey were' come forth out of 31 lFor the LORD thy God is a merciful LEgit:, God;) lhe ill not forsake thee, ueither de- 17 tAnd tlley possessedlhis land, atndthe stroy thee, nor forget the cov-enant of thy land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of fathers, which Ile sware unto tlem. tOle Amooites, lwhich owe'e on this side Jor32 For ask now of tle days that are ypast, dan. toward the sunrising; whichli ere before thee, since tile day that 48 From Aroer, wlhieh is by tlhe bank of God created Illan upon the earth, and sk tile river Arnon, even unto mount Zienio: froi t het one ide of heaven unto the other, ohiclh is Hermeni, whletlher tllert hiath been aty stuch tohint 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan as thills great thing is, or hath been hleard eastward, even unto tlIe seta of the plain, like it? under the springs of Pisgah. 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God CHAPTER V. speaking out of theomidst of te' fire, as.tiou The 7 0 tol oflte coteotot itt tore: 60 of ote givhIast leoard, anld live? t lo of 0ie ten cotmandlnelts 22 a0td of 31oset 34 Or toatit God assayed to go ond take,eceilto oth elolt y'fotn6'odli,; elaltf. the',eo loim a nation from tole midst of anothe? na- pie. tion, by temptations, by signs, and by wfon- AND Mioses called ill Israel, and said der3, and by war, and, y a mighty nd, L_ unto them, Hear, 0 Israel, the statantid lya stretched out arm, and by great Iutes and judgments which I speak in youa 146 The ten DIEUTERONOMY. commandmenlts. Oers this day, that ye may learn them, and your assembly in the mount out of thle midst keep and do themn. oft te fire, of thle cloud, and of the thick 2 The LORD our God made a covenant darkness, with a great voice; and he added Wvith us in Horeb. no more. And he wrcte t eheO ill two tables 3 The LORD inade not this covenant with of stone, and delivered them unto me. oulr fathers, but with us, evet, us, who ace 23 And it came.to pass, when ye heard all of us hero alive this day. the voice out of the midst of tile darkness,,t The LORD talked with you face to faco for the mountain did burnl with fire, that ye in tell mount out of theo midst of the fire, came near unto me, evetr all the hleads of 5 (I stood between the LORD anld you at your tribes, and your elders; that time, to shew you the word of the LORD; 24 And yo said, Behold, the LORD our God for ye owere afraid by rectson of the fire, and hath slleed us his glory and his greatness, went not up into the mount,) sayiing, and we have lead hlis voice out of the midst 6 I ato tlhe LORD thy God, which brolght of tlhe fire: we have seen this day that God thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house doth talk with man, and he liveth. of bondage. 25 Now therefore why should -we die? for 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before this great fire will consume us: if fwe llear I nie. Ithe voice of the LORD our God any lore, 8 Thou shalt not make thee oany graven then wo shall die. image, or any likeness of any thinl tthat is 20 For who is there of all flesh, that hath in heaven above, or that is in the earth be- heard the voice of the living God speaking neath, or that is in the waters beneath the out of thl midst of the fire, as we have, and ea.rt.h: lived?' Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the thtn{i, nor serve them: for I tlle LORD thy LOXD our God shall say; and speak thlou God trib a jealous God, visiting the iniqui- unto us all that the LORD our God shall ty of tile fathers uponl the children unto the speak unto thee; and we twill hear it, and thlird and fourth eneratiot of them that do it. late Imei 28 And tho LORD heard the voice of your 10 And sheoing mercy unto thousands of words, when ye spake unto me and the tlhem hat love me and keep my command- LORD said unto me, I lhave leard tile voice ments, of the owords of this people, which they have 11 Thiou slialt not take the name of tlhe spoken ullto thee: they have well said all LOR' thy God iln ain. for thle LORD will that they have spoken. not hold' him guiltless that takethl his name 29 0h that there e ere such a heart in in vain. tltem, that they would fear me, and keep 12 Keep the sabbati day to sanctify it, as all my commandments always, that it might tloe LORD thy God hattl commanded tee. be ell with them, d th the, d ih eir children -18 Six days tlou shalt lahour, and do all for ever! tlhy work: )0 Go say to them, Get you into your tents 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of again. the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- aned I will speak unto thee all tlhe commandter, nor thy manservant, nor thy Itaidserv- mente, and tile statutes, and the judget nte, ait, nor thine ox, nor tlline ass, nor any of hic thou shalt teach them, that itey may thy cattle, nor thly stranger that is oithioi do theml in the land hiclh I give them to thly gates that thy manservant and thly possess it. maidoservant may rest as at hou. 2 e sall observe to do therefore as the 15 nd remnember thlat to t t as a serv- LORD your God ao th commanded you: ye ant in tlie land of Egypt, and that tile LORD shall not turn aside to the right hand or to tiy God brought thee out thence througlh a the left. mIigty hand and by a stretched out arm: 33 Ye shall walk in all the woays which therefore the LORD thy God commauded the LORD your God hath commanded you, hee to keep tile sabbatlh day. that ye may lie, ad that it nday be well 6 Honour thyf father and thly otler, as with you, and that ye may prolong yoLr ttle LORD thy God hath commanded thee; days in the land wihiclh ye shall possess. that thy days may be prolonged, and that CHAPTER VI. itomay go well with thlee, il the land which tto eholtntioe to otoy 1o loou, sotO to feac& is tloe LotRD thy God giveth thee. dilgenotly to t']e' ch l,e,. 17 Thout shalt not kill.' NTOW these are the commandments, the 18 Neitther s hlett toou commit adultery. I. e statutes, and thle judgments, which the 19 Neithler shalt thou steal. LORD your God commanded to teacht you, 20 Neither slalt thou bear false witness that ye miglt do thlem in tle land vwhither a2Niteat thy neighbour. ye go to possess it: 21 Neitheei slhalt thou desire thy neiglh 2 Tlhat thou mightest fear the LORD thy boulr's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy God, to keep all liis statutes and llis comncighbo's our's ous, i field, or ehis mna- mandments, vohich I command thlee, thou, servant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his and thy son, and thy son's son, all tile days 0as, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. of tly life; and that thy days may be pro22 ~ These words the LORD spake unto all longed, 147 An exhortation DEUTERONOMY. to obedience. II3 iar therefore, 0 Israel, and observe Phara hoh, and upoe alld is lousehold, before to do it; that it may bo well with thee, our eyes: and that ye may iilgreaso mightily, as the 23 And he brought us out from thence, LORD God of thy fathers hath promised that lie might bring us in, to give us the thee, in the land that floweth with milk and land which he sware unto our fathers. honey. 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all 4 Hear, 0 Israel: The LORD our God is these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, one LORD: for our good alays, thllat he might preserve 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God us alive, as it is at tlis day. with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we and with all thy might. observe to do all these commanlldments beo And these words, which I command thee fore tile LORD our God, ors he hath comthis day, shall be in thine heart: manded us. 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently HAPTER VII unto thy children, and shalt talk of them Al iteorse,ih heRaios of CaILnan f when thou sittest in thine house, and when blidle, 4 /r fetr of idonnttly, (J to n,,onote the thou nalkest by tle way, and when thou ihoninessofienneope I, 9 al tosecurte.t avori'r liest donn, and when thou risest up. of ild. 17 A,,omi-e.t',icory oe thoe nn8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign tions, 25 Tlei ilot t. 6e deiirnyed. upon thine hand, and they shall be as front- ATHEN the LORD thy God shall bring lets between thine eyes. V thee into the land whither thou goest 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts to possess it, and hath cast out many of thy house, and on thy gates. nations before thee, thle Hittites, and the 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy Girgaslites, and the Amnorites, and the God shall have brought thee into the land Canaanites, and tile Perizzites, and the whllillch he snvare unto thy fathers, to Abra- Iilnites, and the Jebusites, seven nations Lam, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thlee greater and mightier than thou; great and goodly cities, which thou build- 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deedst not, liver them before thee; thou shalt smite 11 Anid houses full of all good thinf/s, them, anct utterly destroy them; thou shalt which thou filledst not, and wells digged, make no covenant vith them, nor shew merwhich thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive cy unto them: trees, wllicli thou plantedst not; when thou 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with shalt have eaten and be full; them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto 12 Then hbelwre lest thou forget the LORD, his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take which brought thee forth out of the land of unto thy son. Eeypt, fromn the house of bondage. 4 For they will turn away thy son from folla Tlhou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and lowing me, that they may serve teher gods: serve him, and shalt swear by his name. so will the anger of the LORD be kindled 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the against you, and destroy thee suddenly. gods of the people which are round about 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye you; shall destroy their altars, and brealk down 15 For the LORD thy God is a jealous God their images, and cut down their groves, amlongl you; lest the anger of the LORD and burn their graven images with fire. thy God be kindled against thee, and de- G For thou art a hloly people unto the stroy thee from off the face of the earth. LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath 10 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, chosen thee to be a special people unto limnas ye tempted him in MlIassah. self, above all people that are upon the face 17 Te shalnl diligently keep the command- of the earth. ments of the LORD your God, annd his testi- 7 TIhe LORD did not set hislove upon you, monies,.nd his statutes, which Ihe hath nor choose you, be'cause ye sere mlore in commanded tllee. number than any people; for ye were the 18 And thou shalt do that Zvwich is right fewest of all people: and good in the sight of tile LORD; that it 8 Blut because thle LORD loved you, and may be well with thee, and that thou mayest because lhe would keep the oath whicll he go in and possess the good land which the had swvornl unto your fathers, hath the LORD LORD sware unto thy fathers, brought you out with a mighty land, and 19 To cast out all thiine enemies from be- redeemed you out of thle house of bondmen, fore thee, as the LORD hath spoken. from the hand of Pharaoh hiung of Egypt. 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, to come, saying, What meanl tle testimo- lhe is God, the faithful God, which keepnies, and tlhe statutes, and the judgments, eth covenant and mercy mith them that love which the LORD our God hath commanded him and keep his commandments to a thouyou? sand generations; 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We 10 And repayeth them that hate him to were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and their face, to destroy them: lie will not be the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a slack to him that hateth him, he will repay mighty hand: him to his face. 22 And the LORD shewed signs and won- 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the comders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon mlandments, and the statutes, and the judg148 Reward of obedience. DEUTERONOMY. EZxhortation Viereto. ments, which I command thee this day, to do CHAPTEP VIII. them. A. e ehor-tio-, to obedie,-ce in ielu of (c;od' mercy 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass,.if ye and noodntess to them. 19'he Ienaty of dishearken to these judgments, and keep and obedience. do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep ALL the commandments which I comunto thee tile coenant and the mercy which - oaud thee this day shall ye obserne h]e sware unto thy fathers: to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and 13 And lhe ill love thee, d thee o i ad possess tlhe land which the LORD and multiply thee: lie will also bless the srare unto yoelr fathers. fruit of thy womb, andthe fruit ofthy land, 2 And thou shalt remember all the way thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the which the LORD thy God led thee these increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy forty years in the wilderness, to humble sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy thee, ctatl to prove thee, to know what was fathers to give thee. in thine heart, whlleter thou wouldeat keep 14 Thou shalt be blessed abo e all people: his commandments, or no. thert shall not be nmale or fele or female barren 3 And lie liumbed tllec, and suffered thee among you, otr among your cattle. to hlunger, and fed thee wittI manna, which 15 And the LORD ill take away from thee thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers all sickness, and will put none of the evil knowv; tlat lie might make thee know that diseases of Egypt, whicel thouknowest, upon man dotI, not live by bread only, hut by thee; but will lay thenm upon all them that every word that proceedeth out of the mouth hate thee. of tihe LORD doth man live..16 And thou shalt consume all the people 4 Thy raiment raxed not old upon thee, which the LORD tlly (od shall deliver thlee; neither did thly foot swell, these forty years. thine eye shall hlave no pity upon them: 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine iieart, neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that that, as a man chasterieth his son, so the will be a snare unto thee. LORD thy God choastenetll tee. 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These G Therefore thou shalt keep the commandnations Li'-e more tlan I; hlow can I dis- ments of the LORD thy (God, to walk in his possess them? ways, alnd to fear him. 18 Thou shal nt not be afraid of tlhem: but 7 For tlhe LORD thy God bringeth thee inshalt well remember whlnat tile LORD thy to a good land, a land of brooks of water, God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; of founltains and depths tihat spring out of 19 The areat temptations which thine eyes valleys and hills; sawr, and tile signs, and tile toder, and t8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, the mighty hand, andthe stretched out arm, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land rwhereby tile LORD tly God brought thee of oil olive, and honey; out: so sha ti LO tl d oll LOD ty God do unto ll A land wheein tou shallt eat ead the people of vwhom thou art afraid. ewitlout scarceness, thou shalt not lack any 20 MIoreover the LORD thy God will send thing in it; a land -whose stones are iron, the lornlet among them, until they that are and out of whose hills thou mayest dig left, and hide themselves from thee, be de- brass. stroyed. 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: then thou slhalt bless the LORD thy Goed for the LORD thy God is among you, a for the good land which he hath given tnighty God and terrible. tlee. 22 And thie LORD thy God will put out 11 Benware tlat thou forget not the LORD those nations btefore tthee by little and lit- thy God, ill notkeeping iis commandments, tie: thou mayest not consume them at once, and his judgments, and his statutes, which lest thebeasts of thlefieldincrease uponthiee. I conueand thee tlOis day: 23 But the LORD tiy God shall deliver 12 Lest when thou Ilast eaten and art full, them n unto thee, anlc shall destroy them and hast built goodly louses, and dwelt with i mighty destruction, until they be de- therein; stroyed. 13 And ilwhene thy heeds and thy flocks mul24 And lhe shall deliver their kinge into tiply, and tlly silver and thy gold is multithine hand, and thou shalt destroy their plied, and all that thou Itast is multiplied;:c name from under t:eao-en: tllere sllhall no 14 Then tlhine hneart be litted up, and thou man be able to stand before thee, until thou forget tlne tLOtRD thy God, which brought oave destroyed them. thee folrtl out of the land of Egypt, from the 25 The graven inmages of their gods shall ihouse of boldage;'ye burn with fire: thou sihalt not desire 15 Who led thee tihrough that great and tie silver or gold thait i8 o il em, nor take terrible ewilderness, wherein n wderte iery it unto thee, lest thou be stnared therein: serpents, and scorpions, ald drought, lwhere for it is an abomination to tihe LORD thy there cnes no water; Twho brought thee God. forth water out of the rock of flint; 26 Neither shalt thou bring an albomination 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness vith into thine hlouse, lest thou be a cursed thing manna, which thy fathers knew not, that like it: but thou slhalt utterly detest it, and lie might humble thee, and that he might thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a curs- prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter cd thing. end; 149 The ireDe/lions DEUTEIONOT() MY, o Iisracel. 17 And thou say in thine heart, Mty pooer 10 And the LonD dclo'erd Unto me two and tile might of hine hand hath gotten me tabies of stone written wit the finger of this wealth.'' Godl; and 311 thmlc!n ts u'it'tiz accordin;, 18 But thou shialt lemember thle LORD thy to'all tile ords hichi tloe Lo t, spake t vittl God: for it is he thlat givet thee povwer to you in the mount, out of tle mnildst of the get wcalth, that hie nay establish Iiis cove- fire, in thle d:y of th' assembloy. nant w[ichl hle slvare unto thy fathers, as it 11 And it came to pass at thle end of forty'is tllis dy. days a/ d forty niyghts, th/t the LOIRD gave 19 Antd )t shall be, if thou do at all forget ne tlhe two tables of stone, even7 the tables the L()oD thy God, and walk after otlicr oftiic covenant. gods, anld serve tlhem, and worship thei, 12 Andl tle LORD said unto ine, Arise, I testit/, against yoa this day that ye shall get thee down quickly front lhence; for t/ly surely perish. people which thou hast broueglit forl out or' 20 As tile nations which the LOltD destroy- Egypt have corrupltel t!dc,ise ivto; thle etlh before your face, so siallye perisl; be- are qu.cl!y turned aside t at of ttle wat cause ye Would not be lobedient unto tle which I conllanded tllem; tlhey have made voice of the LORD your God. theit. a molten ilntge. CiH-hPT~ER IX. 1i Furthermore tlic LOtD spake unto t me,.ltose., 4I;slseadte~l*!('el/irol, self~'filteCotlntea.. b, psayilng, I lave seei tlib Ipeople, and, betrehlea~'iW tleil' rebeilionts*.?G His Irla!He fo' holdl, it is. stiffilucelted people: 1-1 Lt ome alone, that I man destroy them. T EAR, O Israel: Thou ctrt to ps3s over andl blot out tllchir lame fo011 u:llnder hleav Jordan this day, to to in to posses3 eon: lan I will make of tihec a nation mightnatiols greater and mlightier thial thysel', icr and greater than tlley. citie great and feonced upt to hieaven 1I So tI turned ano d came doo froio tlhe 2 A. people great and tall, the children of mount, anl tle mlount burned w;ith fire the Anaklm, whom thou kinowest, and tf' dl tire two tables of tie covenant wer' e i whom, tlhoa hast heard so?, Who. cani stanld inyo th) ands. before tie chi/ldren of Anak 16 A:uie I ooked, nd, a beol/l, e ye had 3 Understand therefore this day, that the sinned against the LORD your G;od, alnd LORD thy God 8s he whlich goeth over Le- Iad made yoa la molten calft: yc lid turne( fore thee; asn a consuming fire tie shall de- aside quickly out of the way which the stroy thiem, and hie shall britng them down LORD thad conmandled you. before thly face: so shlilt thou drive them 17 And I took t te to tables, and cast out, antd destroy them quickly, as the LORD them out of my to tanlds, and brake thiem hatht said unto thee. before your eyes. 4 Speak not tho in tine hieart, af:er tlat 18 iAn I fell down before the LORD, as thle LORD thy God hath cast them eut from i at t first, forty days and forty nigits: be/iore tliee, sayin/, For edy riglteousnei did nither eat bread nor dril//nk twner, bethe LoiRD ath brought me.n to possess cause of all your sins p/ hichl ve siined, in this lallnd: but for thle wickedness of these doing wvickedly in tle sight of the Lol-:D, to natious thi LOitD doth drive them out from provo!ke liim to an/ger. before thee. 19 For I was afraid of t'ie anger and liot 5 Not for tlhy righteousness, or for the up. dtispleasuwre, wlervith tile LOYD was wroth rightness f thine heart, dos tho t go to po- aaist ou to destroy ou. IBut tile Lomt sass their land but for ttie wtickedness of hearkcned unto me at that time:ts0. these nationl tile LOlt thy God doth dr-e 20;) And tile LO(1D was v-ery angry twith tlletn out fliom before the, and tett lie may Aarol to hav-e destroyed h:n'r and I prtyedl perform theo ord wlhich the LoXID saare for Aaron also t!he same t emo, untlo thy iathers, A1rallam, Isaac, and Ja. 21 And I took yaour si!-, he calf which ye cobi. Ihad nol-deo, antd birnt it with fir-t, and stamp-, LTndersdml- l therefore, thiat tle I.oR;, thiy el i;, cts- l,'oulll,,-ei"y s'n!l, cu.'z* lltii God giveth thee noti tis good lend to possess it wai as stilnll as du. 0 and I cast the dust it for t!iy rghtireousness; tor ttlou art a thereof inlto the brooktl:a, descended )ut oi sti1fnecked p eople. the mount. 7 Rememnber. actl forget not, howr thou 22 And at Tberah,.tnd at lMa3soh anld at provoked.tr, the LORD thy God to Norath in Kilbroth-hattttaavahi, 0e provoked the LOman tile wilderness: from the day1 that theo di-lst to wrath. detpat out of thle land of Egypt, until ye 2' LikeLhtse ohotn iho LoT, sclt You frotIi tot iratn, sO that thile Lo ) n, s angry withl iOitD your Gohl, n l ytie l eloced hiom liot you to ta'e estroied yoiu. nor lehrkened to l /s voice. 9 \chen T m as gone up unto ie mount to 24 Ye lave neen rebellious ag inst the recei//s thle talles of stone/ eeLn tile ttbles LOPD/ flol tie dai at Itnt/ I t n ewLo, oftlhc covenant whwich tle LorD Inniatd withl 25 Thlus I fell dowen ieforn thle Lon Foryou, then I/ aide n tille. oui t fortv dlvs ty days nd forty i Shts ns I fhell orown tt and forty hlights; I neither did eat bread ithe firt L because the LO11D he d said he nor drink ater: t ould destroy eOt. 150 God's merci.s DEUTERONOMY. towards Israel. * 0G I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and take thy journey.before the people, that said, 0 Lord GoD, destroy not thy people they may go in and possess thle lad, which and thine inheritance, wllicl thou hast rc- I aware unto their fathers to gihe unto thenl. deemed throutgh thy greatness, which thou 12 Ald ia no, Israel, whlat dot h thie loDtr hast broughlt fortl out of Egypt witll a thy God require of thee, but to fear the mighty hand. LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, 27. Remember thy servants, Abraham, and to love him, and to serve the LoR.) Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto tie stub- thy Gotd lith all thy heart and with all thy boriuless of this people, nor to their wick- soul, edness, nor to their si: - 13 To keep thle commanldmlents of the 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest LOooD, rind his statutes, which I command us out say, Because the LORD was not able thee this day for thy good? to bring them into the land which le prom- 14 Behold, tile heaven and the heaven of ised them, antd because he hated them, ie heavens is thle LORD'S thy God, the earth hath brought them out to slay them ill the also, with al thallt tilerein is. wilderness. 15 Only thle LORD had a delight in thy 29 Yet they ore thy people and thine in- fathers to love them. and Ile chlose their seed lheritance, w hich thlot broulghtest out by thy after them, cven yoIl above all people, as it otighty power and bytity stretched out arm. is this day. 10 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of * CHAPTER X. your heart, and be no more stiffiecked. tiohe;ristory of (;ol', t'erc! i:t iestoln; the uo 17 For tho LORD your God is God of gods,.t atlet; U. in cotntiir! thet priestlood * 8 it land Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, selatatil thie tite of L.evi I) 10and i htrkeo- ant a terrible, which Tegardeth not persons, itl mtao the t'(tt tf Mlosedfol theole. 120 nor taketh oreoard: Aoi echolatioo to olboieie. t18 Ho doth execute the judgment of the:T T that time the LORD said unto me, fatherless and wvidovo, and loveth tile stranHII te te two tables o of stono like unto ger, in giving him food and raiment. the first, and come up unto inc ilto the 19 Loooe ye therefore tlc sirangoo: for ye mount, and Inake thlee an ark of wood. were strangers in the land of Egypt. 2, AndI will write on the tables the words 20 Thou shalt fear tlho L ORD thy God; that wore in the first tables'which thou him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou brakest, and tllou shalt put them in thle arkl. cloave, tnd svear.by his nnme.: 3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and 21 Ile is thy praise, and.he is thy God. Ilwed two tables of stone like unto the first, that hathl done for tlhee these great and and went up into tile mount, laving tlhe terrible htlings, which tine eyes.llave sen. two tables in mine hand.' 22 Thly fathers went down into Egypt 4 Anhd le wrote on the tables, according with threescore and ten persons; anod nodo to the first writing, t the ten commandments, te LoRD ty God hlatl' made thee a3 the twhich the LORD spake unto you in the stars of heaven for multitude. mount, out of the midst of tie fire, in t he CH hPTER X day of thle assembly: and the LORD gave CHAPER I. tzl. m unto me. T~cl]FChe le are exko,ted to o ebrldielc, 2 by threi, owffrr them unto me. otioo.f ott 2to0U ht ex derl'ence of (],,' rEnt,t~o,'k.*: 8 b!q tat?,,',m-,5 And I turned myself and came down ye6oo G'or' sopflcial blessitl't. ll( adl i. vitw of f'omn tlhe mount, and put ttle tables in tle 1tis oilstrtnett. 100.Tte.e torls to tote lal uo t it ark which I hadl madc.; and there they be, theb. earts, alltaot t/it to theii clhildrel,. i.A as:the LORD commanded me.: itilot aoo a cltoe oto Oefooe tit. 6 And the children of Israel took their TIEREFORE tlou shalt love tle LORo journey from Beeroth of the ochildren of 1 thy God, and keep hit charge, and Lris Jaakan to.Moser.a: tlOere Aaron died, and statuteand his judglents, and l comtllere heotas buried; and Eleazar bis tsol maldmerits, abltry. ministered in lthe priest's office in olia stel.l. 2 A nld know ye this day: for I speak tot 7 Fror ta tence teyjourneyed unto Gud- with your children whichl lave not known, godah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbatll, and whicoh hav not seen tile.cstisenent land of rivers of waters. of tile LoRaD your God, his greatness, his 8 At that time tlle LORD separated the mighty hand, and hiis stretcled outarm, tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of tlhe co- A3 Aid.his miracles,.and lis tacts, lwhich enant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh to minister unto him, and to bless in l:is the king of Eypt, and unto all his land; name, unto this day. 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, 9 Wherefore Levi hlath no part nor inher. unto their horses, a.nd to'tieir.chariots; itance with his brethren;l the LOR).is o is hi lowl le made tle water of the Roed sea to inheritance, according as the LORD thy God overflotw.then as they pursued after you, promised him. tand hoot, the LORD hatll destroyed them 10 And I stayed.in the.mount, according unto.this day; to the first time, forty days and forty nights;; And whlat he did unto you in. the wilderand the Loalto earkened unto me at that ness, until ye colnoo into tlis place; time also, anl the LORD would not destroy 6 And wht lie did unto Dathan and Abithee. ram, theosons of Eiab, the son of Reuben: 11 And the LORpD said unto me, Arise, how tie Cartll opened hler mouth, and swal151 Exi7irortation DEUTERONOMY. to obedience. lowed them up, and their households, and 24 Every place whereon the soles of your their tents, and all the substance that uwas feet shall tread shall be yours: from the in their possession, in the midst of all Is- wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the rael: river Eupherates, even unto the uttermost 7 But your eyes have seen all the great sea shall your coast be. acts of the LORD which he did. 25 There shall no man be able to stand be — 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the command- fore you: for the LORD your God shall lay, ments which I Command you this day, that the fear of you, and tile dread of you upon ye may be strong, and go in and. possess all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he the land, whither ye go to possess it; h hath said unto you. 9 And that ye may prolong your days in 2G Behold, I set before you this day a blessthe land, whichll the LORD sware unto your ing and and curse; fathers to give unto them and to their seed, 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commanda land that foweth biwh milk and honey. ments of the LOR1D your God, whlich I comn10 For the land, whither thou goest in to mand you this day: possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy commandments of the LOalD your God, Lut seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a turn aside out of the way which I command garden of herbs: you this day, to go after other gods, which 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess ye have not known. it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drink- 29 And it shall come to pass, when the eth water of the rain of heaven: LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto 12 A land which the LORD thy God the land whither thou goest to possess it, careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God that thou shalt put the blessing upon are always upon it, from the beginning mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount of the year even unto the end of the year. Ebal. 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, hearlcn diligently unto my commandments by the way -llwere the e sun goeth down, in which I command you this day, to love the the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in LoRD your God, and to serve him with all the ehamnpaigr over against Gilgal, beside your heart and with all your soul, the plains of Morelh - 14 That I will give you the rain of your 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in land in his due season, the first rain and to possess the land whichl the LOREn your the latter rain, tlat thou mayest gather ill God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. and dwell therein. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for 82 And ye shall observe to do all the statthy catletle tht thou mayest cat and be full. utes and judgments which I set before.you 16 Take heed to yourselves, that our heart this day. be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and CHAPTER XI serve other gods, and worship them; 17 And then tile LORD'S wratth be kindled Ale -monmsleetls fe tol leo.e tl io dtea cecoes., against you, and he shut up the heaven, ofd. 17 toly til,gsm, stbeeatl, ie tho e ol that there be no rain, and that the land place 20 Esceetlion.t 29 The rites of id6latiy. yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish totto beigulre inlto. quickly from off the good land which the 1HESE are the statutes and judgments, LORD givetlt you. L which ye shall observe to do in the land,18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my ords whllich the LORD God of thy fathers giveth in your heart and in your soul, nid bind thee to possess it, all the days that ye live them for a sign upon your hand, that they upon the earth. may be as frontlets between your eyes. 2 Ye slall utterly destroy all the places, 19' And ye shall teach them your children, lwherein the nations which ye shall possess speaking of them wheni thou sittest ill thine served their gods, upon the higll mountains, house, and when thou walkest by the' way, and upon the hills, and under every green when thou liest down, and when thou ris- tree est up. 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and 20 And thou shalt write them upon the break their pillars, and burn their groves doorposts of thine house, and upon thy with fire; and ye shall hew down the graveln gates: images of their gods, and destroy the names 21 That your days may be multiplied, and of them out of that place. the days of your children, in the land which 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your the LORD sware unto your fathers to give God. them, as the days of heaven upon the caith. 5 But unto the place which tile LORD your 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these God shall choose out of all your tribes'to commandments chich I command you, to do put his name there, even unto his babitnthem, to love the LORD your God, to walk tion shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt in all lhis wavs, and to cleave unto lim; come: 23 Thlen will the LORD drive out all these 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt nations from before you, and ye shall po- offering, and ur sacrifices, snd your sess greater nations and mightier than tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, yourselves. and your vows, and your freewill offerings, 1'52 Place of DEUTERONO IY. God's service. and the firstlings of your herds and of your 21 If the place lwhich the LORD thy God flocks: hath chosen to put his name tlere be too far 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD from thee, ten thtou shalt kill of thy herd your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that and of tiy flock, which tle LO1D hlattl given ye put your hand unto, ye and your house- thlee, as I ave commanded tliee, and thou holds, wherein the LORD thy God hath shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul blessed thee. lusteth after. 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that 22 Even as te roebuck and thee d hart is we do here tlhis day, every man whatsoever eaten, so thou shalt eat themn: tile unclean is right in his owntt eyes. and the clean shall eat of them alike. 9 For ve are not as yet come to the rest 23 Only be sure tlat thou eat not the and to lthe inheritance, which the LORD blood: for the blood is the life; and thou your God giveth you. maoyest not eat thle life wir" th iehtsh. 10 But whzet ye go over Jordan, and do'ell 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour in the land which thle LORD your God gilethl it upon tloe earth as water. you to inherit, and whoe he giveth you rest 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go from all your enemies round about, so that well with thee, and Nith tly children after ye dwell in safety; t lee, when thou sthalt do thtt zo' uict is 11 Then there sotall be a place wlich the right in the sigh t of tile LtorI). LORD your God shall choose to cause his 2 Ai Only thy holy thlins wl)ich. thou hast, name to dwell thle e; thither shall ye bring and thy vows, tiou shalt tlae, and go unto all that I com nand ou; your burnt offer- the place tlpich tile LORD shall clhoose: irig2, and your sacrifices, your tittles,,ad 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerthe heave offert i of your land, and all is, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar your choice vows which ye vow unto the of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy LORDo: sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD oE the LoRD thy God, and thou shlalt eat your God, ye, antd your sons, and your the flesh. daughters, and your menservants, and your 28 Otserve and hear all these words which msaidseraants, and the Levite that is witlin I command tlee, that it may go well witli your gates; forasmnuch as lhe hath no part thee, and with thy chlildren a'ter tlee for nof inhleritance Ivi.h you. e;er, nhllen thou doest that which is good 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not and right in the sight of tie LORD thy thy burnh t offerings in every place that thou God. senet: 29 [I When the lolt, thy God shall cut 14i Eut in the place which the LORD shall off the nations fromn before tl ee, whiter choose in one of thy tribes, ttere thou shalt thou goest to possess them, and tlou sucoffer thy burnt offerings, and there thou cedest tihem, anid dtiellest ii their i],lnd slalt do all that I command thee. 30 Take lield to thyself that thou be not 15 Notwithstanding, tiou mayest kill and snared by following tlhemr, after that they eat flesh il all thy gates, whatsoever thy be destroyed floom before ttee; and that soul lusteth after, according to the blessing thou inquire not after tioeir gods, saying, of tohe IO1s.D tlty God whiith he hoath given lloiw did these nations serve their gods? thee: thle ucleanl and the clean may eat even so wvill I do likew ise. thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the 31 Tlou shalt not do so unto thle LORD hoart. tlhy God: for every abomination to the 1G Only ye shall not eat thle blood; ye LORD which lhe hateth have they done unto shall pour it upon tle earth as water. tlheir gods; for even thleir sonst and their 17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates daughters they have burhnt in the fire to their the fithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of gods. thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds of of 32 Whato thing soever I command you, obthy flock, nor any of thy vowvs wh-ich tholl serve to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, vovwest, nor thy freewill offerings, or hleave nor diminish from it. offering of thine hand: 18 But thou Iust eat them before the CHAPTER XIII. LORD tfly God ill tile place which the LORD Entiees to idoloort,,; evet otne's,,lavet kiodedtt, tly God s!hall choose, thou, and thy son, 9 ae to be stoitvi to death. 12 Idldatrts citiet and thy dauglhter, and thy mallservant, and ae trt to be sparedl. tloy maidacrnntt, and tle Levite tlo t ti TIF there arise among you a proplet, or a within thy gates: and thou slhalt rejoice dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a before the LooRD thy God in all that thou sign or a wonder, puttest thine lhands unto. 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, 19 Take hteed to thyself that thou forsake whereof he spake unto thlee, saying, Let us not the Levite as long as thou livest upon go after other gods, lwhich thou hast not tile earth. known, and let us serve them; 20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words thy border, as lie hath promised thee, and of that prophiet, or that dreamer of dreams: thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy for tihe LORtD your God proveth you, to soul longethl to eat flesh; thou mayest eat know whethler ye love the LORD your God flesh, whatsoever thy soul lustetll after. with all your heart and with all your soul. 153 Enticers to idolatry. DEUTERONOMY. Meats clean 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, mandments which I command thee this day, and fear him, and keep his commandments, to do that w2hich is right in the eyes of the. and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, LORD thy God. and cleave unto ehim. 6 And that prophet, or that dreamer of CHAPTER XIV. dreams, shall be put to death; because he Ged' hirldet n.e 3et to haisae themseelves is hath spoken to turn youl away from the,sot b eaten4f bea, o tf e i hes, l anld ofs LORD your God, which brought you out of fowls. 2l Tiat which:ieeh of stself mJlay ot ie the land of Egypt, andredeemed you out of eaten.'3'sites antd Jirstli.ys to be eate.n befo.e the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of tlheLotl. 28 The third year's tithe apointwl the way which the LORD thy God command- fs' actsi. ed thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the V.E are the children of the LORD your evil away from the midst of thee.'. Goda: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor 6 -C If thy brother, the son of thy mother, make any baldness between your eyes for, or thy son, or thy daughter, or e fe the wife of dead. thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine 2 For thou art a holy people unto the own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let LORD thy God, and the LORD hasth chosen us go and serve other gods, whicli thou hast thee to be a peculiar people unto himself,; not known, thou, nor thy fathers; above all the nations that are upon the 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which earth.' are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far 3 5 Thou shalt not eat any abominable off from thee, from the one end of the earth thing. even unto the other end of the earth; 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor the ox, thesheep, and the goat, hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the falpity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither low deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, shalt thou conceal him: and the wild ox, and the chamois. 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine.6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, hand shall be first upon him to put him to and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, andc death, and afterwards the hand of all the cllewetb the cud among the beasts, that ye people. shall eat. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stoes, 7 Nevertheless these ye slhll not eat, of that lie die; because he hath'sought to them that clhe the cud, or of them that dithrust thee away from the LORD thy God, vide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the which brought thee out of o e, a they cney: for they chew tlic from the house of bondage. cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, theyare unclean unto you. and shall do no more any such wickedness 8 And the svine, because it divideth the as tliis is among you. hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean 12 e If thou shalt hear say in one of thy unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesb, cities, which the LORD thy God hath given nor touch their dead carcass. thee to dwell there, saying, 9 These ye shall eat, of all that are in 13 Certaina men, the children of Belial, the waters: all that have fins and scales are gone out from among you, and have siall ye eat: withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, say-.10 And whatsoever hath not fins and ing, Let us go and serve other gods, which scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto ye have not known; you. 14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make 11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat. search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if 12 But.these are they of which ye shall it be truth, and the thling certain, tat such not eat: the eagle,.and the ossifrage, and abomination is wrought among you; tie spray, 15 Thoushalt.ses ely smite tae inhabitants l3 And the glede,.and the kite, and the of that city with the edge of the sword, de- vulture after.his kind, stroying it utterly, and all that is therein, 14 And every raven.after his kind, and tlie cattle thereof, with the edge of the 15 And the owl, and the nightiawks, and sword. the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 16 And thou.shalt gather all the spoil of it 10 The little owl, and the great owle, and into the midst of the street thereof, and the swan, shalt burn with fire the city, and all the'17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy tle cormorant, God: and it shall be a heap for ever; it.18 And the stork, and the heron after her shall not.be built again. kind, and the lapwing, and the hat. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is cursed tigtthine hand: that the RDunlean unto you: they ulshall not be eaten, may turn from.the fierceness of bIis anger, 20But'of all clean fowls ye may eat. and shew tlee.mercy, and.have compassion 21 Ye.shall not eat of.any.thing that dietl upon tlhee, and multiply thee, as he hath of itself: thou slalt give it unto the stransworn unto thy fathers; ger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; 18 WhVen thou shalt hearken to the voice or thou mayest sell it unto.an alien: for of the LORD thy God, to keep all his orn- thou art a holy people.unto the LORD thy 154 and unclean. DEUTERONOMY. Year of release. God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his he promised theo: and thou shalt lend unto mother's milk. many nations, but thou shalt not borrov; 22 ql Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase and thou shalt reign over many nations, of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth but they shall not reign over thee. year by year. 7 If tlere bbeamong you a poor man of one 23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD of thy brethren within any ot thy gates in tlhy God, in the place which lie shall choose thy land which the LORD thy God giveth to place his name there, the titlhe of thy thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor corn, of thy wine, and of ahine oil, and the shut tline hand from tcly poorabrotloer: firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that 8 But thou slalt open thline hand wide unto thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for always. his need, in that swthich he wvaltetl. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so 9 Beware that there be not a thought in that thou art not able to carry it; or if thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the place be too far friom thee, whicll te thie year of release, is at lhand;and thine LORD thy God shall choose to set his name eye be evil against thy poor brother, and there; when the LORD thy God hath blessed thou givest him nought; and he cry unto tlieet; the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and tlee. bind up the smoney in ahine hand, and sllalt 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine go unto the place which the LORD thy God heart shall not be grieved when thou givest shall choose: untlo him: because that for tlhis thing the 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for LORD thy God shall bless tibee in all thy whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, works, and in all that thou puttest thine or for sheep, or for wille, or for stron drink, hand unto. or for nwhatsoever thy soul desiretl: and 11 For the poor shall never cease out of thou shalt eat tilere before tile LORD thy the land: therefore'I command thee, sayGod, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine ing, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto household, thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; in thy land. thou shalt not forsake him: for.he hath no 12 4 And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, part nor: inheritance ith thee.' or a 3Iebrew woman, be sold unto tllce, an, 28 At the end of three years thou shalt serve thee six years; then in tile seventh bring forth all tlle tithe of thine increase tloe year thou shlalt let him go free from thee. same year, and shalt lay it up within thy 13 And when thou sendest him out free gates: from thee, thou shalt not let him go away 29 And the Levite, because he hath no empty: part nor inheritance with thee, and the 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of stranger, and thie'ftllerless,'and tle widow, thy flock, and out of thy.floor, and out of which are within thy gates, slall come, and thy winepress: of that whlerewith tlhe LORD shall eat and be satisfied; t the at the thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give thy God may bless tlle in all the ork of unto Isim. thine hand which thou doest. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou vast a bondlnan in the land of Egypt, and CHAPTER XV. the LORD thy God redeemed thlee: thereTAeeno lqf te oeolLol oeo a ntisr of eleasefot tse fore I command thee ttis thing to day. 1oo. 7 This muaost eto lest to ten o o ivistt. i And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I fAt rttt nisetto t ese ofstt yea toles oe, oteto svill not go a way from thee; because h'en aio6. 19 All firstliH miales of the cattle are loveth thee and thine house, because lie is: to be onlecrate d t6to thie Lod. w ell with thee; T the end of every seven years thou'17 Then thou shalt take an anl, and thrust shalt nmake a release. it through his ear unto the door, anl le 2 And this is the manner of the release: shall be thy servant for ever. And also Every creditor thhat leldeto aughot unto unto tly maidservant thou shalt do lilkeise. his neighbour shall release'it; le shall not 18'It shall not seem hard unto thee, evle exact it of Iis neighbour, or of his broth- thou sendest him away free from thee; for or,; because it is called the LORD'S re- he lath been worth a double hired servant lease. to thlee, in serving thee six years: and the'.3 f a foreigner thou mayest exact it LORtD thy God shallbiess thee in all that agctit: but that which is thine with tty thou doest. brother tline hand shall release; 19 ~ All the firstling males that come of thy 4 Save when there slall be no poor among herd and of thy flock thou shalt salctify unto you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee tile LORD thy God: thou shalt do no nork in.the land alwich the LORD tihy God giveth with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear thee for an inlheritance to possess it: the firstling.of tly sheep. 3 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the 20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy voice of tle LORD thyfGod, to observe to do God year by' year in thle place whicl the all these commandments whllich I command LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. thee this day. 21 And if there be any blemisll thlerein, 6 For the LORiD thy God blessetl thee, as as ift be;'lame, or blind, oi have a ny ill 155 T'I foea.sS DEUTERONOMY. of thte Lo'trd. blcisl, thou slhalt not sacrifice it unto the wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt Loinl) tiiy od. observe a ltl do tlhse statutes. 2" TlJou shalt cat it within thy gates: the 13 h Thou shtalt observe the feast of tabulclean and tile clean 1Jrooo shalft cat it ocracle sevein days, after tht: thou last alike, as tie roebuck, ant as the o art..gathiertl ill t.iv c.o.i a.1o ty'ille:nt 2. Only tlou shalt not eat thle blood there- 1 1 Andi thou shalt rejoiice in ty feast, of; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as thou, and thy son, anld tly dauTglter andl watcr. thy manservant, and tliy aiwidsCorv'nt, ant CHAPTER X~It. thoe Levite, the stroanger, and tloc fatherlless, Tefast ofj fthe o.sol,!)of fes, 13 ld of ab- and tile widow, tLi hat are withil tliy gates. eratclo.. 1f; o;'Lo.: iatelost oter s /,e i oahloe 15 Seven days slialt ti;ou keep a solemn at tIese t 1hfe fearsts 18(',m1ce,'tit?,;',tlr s nl(' feast nunto tile LOPD thy- God in tile place jdtrtice- 2l ro~e3 cul iles -d e o,(g, X1which tile LoORDo sliall chooce: because tleo B hSERVE tle nonth ot Abib, A and keep LORD ty God silhall bless theei in all titinc the p.ssoverun.to the LORD ty God: if.crese., and in all tte. ohks of thine for in thoe lontht of Abib the LORD tIy hands, tlhreoore thou sialt surely rejoice. Godl brought thee forth out of Egypt by lC, Three times in a year slbol all tiy males nighlt. appear before tie LOrD thly G;od il the 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice tile pass- place which tie shall choose; in tile feast of over unto tlie LOD thy God, of tile flock unleavened bread, and il tile feastof-eek', and the held, in tihe place whvlic tile LORD a tld in thie feastt of tabernacles: and tleoy shall choose to place his name there. shlalt not appear before thle LoOtD empty:. 3 Thou shlt eat no leavened bread with 17 Every mnan s8hait giv as I:e i; alle, acit; seven days shalt thlou eat unleavened cording to the blessing of tLeLOtD thiy God breaLd thlereith, even the bread of afttic- which ht hothl given thee. tion; for thou camest forthl out of tlhe land 1S Judges ad officers slhalt thou make of Egypt ih haste: that thou mayest re- thee in all thy gates, which the LORD tliy membier tIe day when thou camest forth God givethll tee, tlhroughioutothytribes: and out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy they shall iudgo the people oitoh just judglife. ment. 4 And there soall be no leavened o read i 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou seen with thlee in all thy coast seven days; shalt not respect persons, neither talok a neither shall thiere anty thing of thle flesi, gift: for, gift dotlh blind tle eyes offthe which thou sacrificedst tle first day at even, wise, and pervert tile words o' tle rightremain all ilighlt until tole morning. eous. 5 Thou mLtyest not sacrifice the passover 20 That which is altogethei just shalt thou within any of thy gates, which the LORD follow, that thou massot livec, anld inherit thy God giveth the:o the land which the LORD thy God giveto h 6 But at the place which the LORD tihy God tiee. shall choose to place his name in, there thou 21 Thou shalt not plant th!ee a 0rove oo sohalt sacriice tIhe passover at even, at thle any trees near unto the altar of lthe LORD going dot ol thle sun, at tile season that thy Tod, which thoue shalt makLe thee. thou camest forth out of Egypt. 22 Neither shalt thiou set thee up a0y 7 And thou solat roast and cat it in the image; which the LORD tly Gotd hoeth. place lwhichl the LORI thy God sthall choose: and thiou shalt turn in the morning, and go tCHAPTER XVIIt. unto thy teOlits.g iceo e t 0,0o0 l 21i oh'nl.00 8 Six days thou sihalt cat unleavened o1.e to te oloil.; lol-,! imat't..s o t'cotiroue., bread; anlld on the seventhi day sltall be a a re tobe Jtebm irrine 1./t e lire.~'., a,13 ji'(l/e& 1'2 solemn assembly to the LoloD thy (tod: e c'oio oo o i, tlcioiool h t 14 tilou shalt do no'Yorok thoecein. Tloectioo, o 16;l tyr;r. t9'even o v.eo;s sellt thoo Ioohbo.r uno TIIOU s.It not s.crificc o'to' tlc L.OR thee: begin to number teo seven weeks T thy God atoy bullock, or sheep, wherefrom tch tiiCme as thou b)eginnest to i;t int is blemish, or anly ev\ilfavoulrc'llle: for the sickle to tie corn. that isf an abomination unto tle LORD thv 10 And tIlo shalt keep the feast of weeks God. unto the LOltD thy Got withl a tribute of o a 2 If the're be found amongo you, ithlin any freewill offering of thine hand, which thou of thty gates lhichl tie Lollro thy God giveth shalt give 0,0nto the LORID thy (orl, ac- thee, man or woman, that hath oorought cording as the LORD thy God hatih blessed wickedness in the sigit of thle Loo.D thy thee: God, in transgressing his covenant, 11 And tilou shalt rejoice before tie IORD 8 Andl hat gone and serv-ed other gods thy God, tlhou, and thly son, and tly darugh:- and worshlipped them, eithier the sun, or ter, and tly manservant, and tiy nmaid- moon, or any of tp e loo, of hofeven, lhich servant, and the Levite that is within thy I have not colmmanded; gates, and tie stranger, anid the fathierless, 4 And it be told thee, and thou ast henard and tie widow, that are among you, in tie of it, onrd inquired diligentlt y and, behlold, place whvlich te LORD thy God hath ciiosen it be true, anEl tile tlhint certain, that such to place his name there. abonination is wrouLght in Israel; 12 And t shalt reember thou shalt 5remmber Then shalt thou bring forth that man or 156 Of controversy. DEUTERONOMY. The priest's 1orttion. that woman, which have committed that may learn to fear the LoD his God, to wicked thing, unto thy sates, cvea that man k eep all tie words of this law and these or that woanan, and shalt stone them wLith! statutes, to do tlem: stones, till they die. 20 Tlhat his heart be not lifted up abov d At tlhe louthi of to mitnesses, or tlree lis brethren, and that lie turn not aside itnesses, shall le that is aorthy of death from the commandment, to th, ilt hanld. be put to death; but at the mou th of one or to the left: to the eald tht lie may prowitness lie shall not be put to death. long Iis days in his kingdom, he, and his. The lbands oF thle itnesses saall be first clildren, in tile midst of Israel. upon him to put him to death, and after- CHI PTER XVIII. ward thle hands of all tile people. t e hou slalt put the evil away from among you. l e. 3 a ib ptl ti' t ca' ris,' awd tc/ the 8 i If thire aise. ma'ltter too hard for,ete, 9 /,e t.lr 0.. -ing - ar at. thee in judgent, between blood and blood, to e avol. 15.t iole s i;orLiael to Dsbetween pica and plea, and between stroke ac 0 Tease,,e o r and stroke, bi ly matters of controversy rp HIEpriests the Levites, atzlall the tribe aithin thy gates; t hen sl ou arise, of Levi, shall have no part nor inherand get thee ul ) into the place whaich the i tance ih Israel: they shall eat the offerLORD thy God shall choose; ills of the LO made hb fire, and hlis in9 And thou slhalt come nto the priests heritance. thle Levites, and unto the judge that slall 2 Thlerefore shall they have no inheritance Le in thlose days, and inquire; and they anmong tiheir brethlren: the LORD i their shall shlw thee the sentence of judgment: inheritance, as h e lath said unto tiem. 10 And tou slalt do accorling to thle And this shaall be the priest's due from sentence, wlich they of tiat place lwhich the people, fom th em that offer a sacrifice, thle LoRD sall choose shall she thee; and wbether it be ox or sheep; and they shall thou shalt observe to do according to all give unto the priest the shoulder, and the that they inform tlaa t: to cecks, and the nmaw. 11 According to the sentence of the law 4 The firstfruit also of tly corn, of thy -hicll tlley shall teacl thee, alad according wine, and of tline oil, and the first of the to the judgment which they sall tell theb, fleece of thy sheep, salt tlaou give hlim. thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from 5 For the LOI1D thy God hath chosen him the sentence hichl they slall sheaw thee, to out of all thy tribes, to stand to n inister the arigt hand, nor to the left. in the name of the LOPaD, him and his sons 12 And the man that will do presumptu- for ever. ously, and will not hearken unto the priest 6 And if a Levite come from any of thy that standeth to minister there before the gates out of all Israel, whlere le sojournOa, D thy God, or nto tlhe judge, even ed, and come withl all the desire of his that man shall die: and thou shalt put lmind unto the place which the LORD shall away thae evil from Israel. choose; 13 And all tle people shall hear, and fear, 7 Then lie shall ministel in the name of amd do no more presumptuously. the LORD his God, as all his brethren the 14 \TWhen taou art come unto the land Levites do, which stand there before the which tle LORD tlhy God giveth thee, anld LOaD. shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beand shalt say, I will set a king over me, sides that which cometh of the sale of his like as all tie nations thlat ae about mea; patrimaony. 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king 9 l~ When thou art come into the land over thee, lwhoa the LORD thy God shall which the LORD thy God givetl tllee, thou choose: oe from among thy brethlren shlaalt shalt not learn to do after the abominations thou set king ov-er thee: thou mayest not of those nations. set a stranger over thee, awhich is not thy 10 There shall not be found among you y ny brothler. oaei tlhat makethl his son or his daughter to 1Gi But le shall not multiply hlorses to him- pass through the fire, or that usethl divinself, nor cause the people to return to ation, o? an observer of times, or an enEgypt, to thle end that lhe should multiply chanter, or a witch, horses: forasmtiluc as the LotD iaath said 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter witl famiullto ou, Ye shall henceforth return no liar spirits, or a`izard, or a necromancer. aiora tlalat 11. 12 For all that do tlese things Cre an 17 Neither shall lae mnltiply ives to him- abomination unto the LOs 1Da: ana d because self, tlhat his heart turn not away: neitier of tlaese abominations the LOaD thy God shall he greatly multiply to himself silver doth dorive them out from Ilefore thlee. aad gol]d. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD 18 Alnd it shall be, slien he sitteth upon thy God. the throne of his kingdom, that he shall 14 For tlese nations, wlhich thou shalt write hin a coi)y of this law in a book out I possess, hearkened unto observeb s of times, of tIhat tahic is before the priests the anad unto diviners: but as for thec, the cavites: LOPRD thy God hath not suffered thee so tD And it shall be aRith him, and he shall to ro. read therein all the days of his life; that he 1I 5 The LOD thly God will raise up unto 157 A Prophiet promised. DEUTERONOMY. Manslayer's sefetye. thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shalt separate three cities for thee. shall hearken; And if the LORD thy;od enlarge thy. 16 According to all that thou desiredst of coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of and give thee all the land which he promthe assembly, saying, Let me not her again ised to give unto thy fathers the voice of the ILORD my God, neither let 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandme see this great fire any more,that I die ments to do them, Which I command thee not. this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to 17 And the LORD said unto me, They walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou have well spokeh S that which they have add three cities more for thee, beside these spoken. three: 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy among their brethren, like unto thee, and land,' which the LORD thy God giveth thee will put my words in his mouth; and he for an inlieritance, and so blood be upon shall speak unto them all that I shall com- thee. mand him. 11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and o1 And it shall come to pass, that who- lie in ait for him, and rise up ainst him, soever will not hearken ulto my words and smite hin mortally that lie die, and vohich he shall speak in my name, I will fieetl into one of thiese cities; require it of him. 12 Then the elders of his city shall send 20 But the prophet, which shall presume and fetch him thence, and deliver him into to speak a word in my name, which I have the hand of the avenger of blood, that he not commanded him to speak, or that may die. shall speak in the name of otler' gods, even 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thouo that prophet shall die. shalt put away the tgilt of innocent blood 21 And if thou say in thine heart, Ho from Israel, that it may go well with thee. shall we knomw the word which the LORD 14. Thou shalt not remove thy neigh-: hath niot spoken? our's landmark, h'lich they of old time., 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name have set in thine inheritance, which thou of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor shalt inherit in tile land that the LORD thy come to pass, that is the thing which the God giveth thee to possess it. LORD hath not spoken, blot the prophet 15 One witness shall not rise up against hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt man for any iniquity, or for y sin, it not be afraid of him. any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three mit?: CHAPTER XIX. nesses, shall the matter be established. The cities of 1.1ee. 4 T'le )iyoile thereoff or 16 If a false witness rise up against any the mansleaye. 14 Landtmarksnotobe removed. eman to testify against him that uetich i eo To iteses. r'equire d oo e.abltsh a matter. to. I 016 2e Tpoieinenl osf afalsOe tEitnes. 17 Then'both the men, between whom the HEN the LORD thy God hath cut off controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, the nations, whose land the LORD thy before the priests and the judges, wlhich God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, shall be in those days; nnd dwellest in their cities, and in their 18 And the judges shall make diligent inhouses;quisition: and, behold, if the witness be't 2 Thoushalt separate three cities for thee false witness, cand hath testified falsely in the midst of thy land, which the LORD against his brother; thy God giveth thee to possess it. 10 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had 3 Thou shalt prepare tihee a' way, and thought to have done unto his brother:: so divide the coasts of thy land, whieh the shalt tou put the evil awnayfrom among you. LOpD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into 20 And those which remain shall hears t!ree parts, that every sle ayer may flee and fear, and shall henceforth commit no thither. more any s.ch evil moeng you. 4 And this is the case of the slayer, which 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso shall go for life, eye for eye, toothfor tootlh l;ileth his neighhbour ignorantly, ehom he hand for hand, foot for foot. hated not in time past; 5 As when a man Goeth into the wood with CHAPTER XX, his neighbour to hew.wood, and his land The 1,iet's eholration totheo 1oet bfee attle. fetcheth a- stroke with the axe to cut down e,,,.. to e to o deal with the cities oiht accfpt the tree, and the head slippeth from the o, efcse he rt, clatlatlio of peace. 16' IWat helve, and ligliteth upon ohis neighbour, citiesl llttol bC estole F 19 le t treeso ot o'bi that lie die; Ihe shall flee unto one of those destroyed in the siee. cities, and live:' THEN thou goest out to battle against G Lest the avenger of the blood pursue V thine enemies, and scest horses, and the slayer, while his heartis hot, and over- cllariots, Id oa people more than thou. be take him, because the way is long, and slay not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God llim; wlereas he t was not worthy of death, is with thee, whicl brought thee up out of iasnuch as he hated him not in time past. the land of Egypt. 158 Regulations to be DEUTERONOMY. observed in war. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto their gods; so should ye sin against unto the battle, that the priest shall ap- the LORD your God. proach and speak unto the people, 19 When thou slalt besiege a city a long 3 Andl shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, time, is making war against it to take it, s aplroacll this day unto battle against thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by your enemies: let not your hearts faint, forcing an axe against them: for thou mayfear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye eat eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them territied because of them; down (for tlde tree of the field is man's 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth life) to employ theen in the siege: with you, to tight tor you against your one- 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that inies, to save you. they be not trees for meatj thou shalt de5 And the officers slall speak unto the peo- stroy and out them down; and thou shalt ple, saying, What man is there that hath build bulwarks against tle city that nmaketh built; nw hl ouse, and hatl not delicated war with thee, until it be subdued. it? lt hin go and return to his house, lest l;e die in the battle, and another man dod- CHAPTER XXI. icate oit. T ehe e lsl iatnots ltoe sltrler tae h cITe m s tlde,te is$'; And what man is he that hath planted a to infe. 1i5 Tfe fir.tb' n esot to be cte eritel vineya rd, and llath not yet ct.en of it? let for ihe eles of.le.thee s e i. 18. lini tlso go and return unto his house, lest sti,6), so, toe stes to lrel. 22 7'hie ly l le die in tile battle, a nd'aother ma eat'f.e hco naml st he eral iRglt,lne ree. osit. h at ais t one be found slain in the land which 7 And what man isL thyere tat Go ath l be- I tlhe LORD tiy God giveth tihee to possess trothed n ife, and nath not taken her? let it, lying in tlle field, and it be not known Iim go and return unto lis hlouse, lest lie vo nath slain him; die in the battle, and auotler man take iher. 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall And the officers shall speal further unto come forth, and they slall Mneasure unto the tlhe people, and they shall say, What man cities which are round about him that is is theeo that is fearful and fainthearted? slain let lin go and return unto his louse, lest 3 And it shall be, tlht tle city lhich e i liis brethren's leeart faint as well as his next unto tle slin man, even the elders of heart. tht city shall take a'heifer, lhich hath not 9 And it slall be, when the officers have been wrought with, and mwich lhath not nilad3 an end of speaking unto th!e people, dawn in tlihe yoke; thlatthey sall make ncptains of the armies 4 And the elders of that city shall bring sb lead tile people. down the heifer unto a rough valley, vwhich 10 T aTWhen then comest nigh unto city to is neither eared nor sown, and shlall strike figtt against it, then proclnaim peace unelto it. o! the heifer's neck tlere in tiie valley. 11 And it shall be, it it nhake thee auswer 5 Aind tile priests the sons of Levi shall o'peane, and open unto tlhee, then it shall come near; for them the LOleD thy God be, tlhat all the people teet is founld therein hath ctnosen to. inister unto him, and to shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall bless it tile name of tile LORD; and by serve thee. their word shall every controversy and every 12 And if it will make no peace with tliee, stroke be tried: but'will make war against thee, then thou 6 And all the elders of that city, that are slialt besiege it: next unto the slain ee ani, shall wash their 13 And lwhen tlne LORD thy God hath de- hainds over tlee heifer that is beheaded in livered it into tlline lhaneds, thou shalt smnite tile valley icery male thereof with tle edge of the 7Andethey shallansner andsay,eOurhnds ts onrde bethave not shed this blood, neither have our 14 But the nomen, and the little ones, and eyes seen it. tile cattle, and all that is in tl:e city, cvcen 8 Be merciful, 0: LO~D, unto thy people e.ll the spoil tl:ereof, slalt tllou take ulnto Israel, niloni tou hast redeemed, and lay tliyself; and thou slalt entthe spoil of thine not innocent blood unto tlly people of Ise nrmies, which the LORD thy God hatll rael's chcarge. And thle blood shall be forgiven tlee. iveen them. 15 Thus stialt tliou di unto all the cities 9 So shalt thou put away the gltilt of ineohich are very far off from thee, -which nae nocent blood from among you, when thou not of the cities of these nations. slaolt do that 2zhich is rigilt in the sight of 10 But of thle cities of these people, lwhich the LootD. tile LoRD thy God doth give thee for an 10 5 hen thou goest forth to war against ielleritanie, thou shalt save alive nothing thine enemies, and tile L(oeii) tl.y Cocl hlatli tilt breatheth: delivered them into thine hands, and thou 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; hlast taken thlem captive, raenely, the littites, and the Arnoeites, the 11 And seest amonn g the captives a beautiCanaanites, and the Perizzites, thelivites, ful womann, and lanst a desire unto hler, that and thle Jehusites; as the LORD thy God thou wouldest have her to thy swife; nllth comlmanded thee: 12 Then thou shalt bring her hIome to thine 18 Thattlley teach you not to do after all Iouse; and she shall shave her head, and tileir abominations, cnhich thecy lave done pare her nails; 159 Sundry laws DEUTERONOMY, and ordinances. 13 And she shall put tle raiment of her and with all lost things of thy brother's, captivity from off hler, and shall remain in wbich lie hath lost, and thou olast found, tlline ouse, and heovail her father and shlt thoudo likewise: thou mayest not hide lier mother a full month: and after that thyself. thou shalt go in unto her, and be her hus- 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or band, and she shall be thy wife. his os fall down by the way, and hide thy14 And it slall be, if thou have no delight self from t t: thou shalt surely help him in her, then thou shalt let her go whither to lift themo up again. she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all 5 The woman shall not wear that which fov money, thou shalt not make merchandise pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man of'her, because thou hast lumbled her. put on a woman's garment: for all that do 15 T If a man itave two wives, one beloved, so are abomination unto tle LoRt thy God. and another hated, and they have borne 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee lim children, lotho the beloved and tie hat- in tle way in any tree, or on the ground, ed; and if the firstborn son be hers that wether they be young oe, or eggs, and t7as lated; thq dam sitting upon the young, or upon 1t Then it shall be, owhen he maketh lis the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with sons to inlerit tohat which he hath, tht lle the young: may not make the son of the bbloyed first- 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam born before tle son of the lated, 2tich e is go, and talke the young to thee; that it may itldeed the firstborn: be well with thee, and that thou tmayest 17 But lhe shall acknowledge the son of the prolong thy days. hated for tile firstborn, by givintg him a 8 Whoen thou buildest a new house, then double portion of all tlat lie hath: for lie thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, is the beginning of his strength; the rigit that thou bring not blood upon thiine house, of the firstborn is his. if any man fall from thence. S s If a nlan latle a stubborn and re- 9 Thou shalt not sow tlhy vineyard with bellious son, which will not obey the voice divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed of his father, or the voice of his mothler, which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy and tthat, vhen they havechastened him, vineyard, be defiled. ill not hearken unto tlhem; 10 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay an ass together. holdonhim, andbring him outuntothe clders 11 Thoe shalt not wear a garment of divers of his city, and unto tlhe gate of his place; sorts, as of noollcn and linen together. 20 And they shall say unto the elders of 12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the his city, This our son is stubborn and re- four quarters of tly vesture, wherewitl bellious, he lill not obey our voice; l o is thou coverest thyself. a glutton, and a drunkard. 13 ~ If any man take a wife, and go in 21 And all tle men of his city shall stone unto lel, and hate her, him with stones that he dio: so shalt thou 1 And give occasions of speech against put evil away from among you; and all Is- her, and bring up an evil natme upon her, rel sllall hear, and fear. and say, I took this woman, and when I 22 b And if a man have committed a sin came to her, I found her not a naid; wortlly of death, and he be to be put to 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, death, and thou hang him on a tree; and her mother, take and bring forth the 23 His body shall not remlin all night upon tokenso of the damsel's virginity unto the the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury elders of the city in the gate: him thlt day; (for he that is anged is ac- 1 And te damsel's father slall say unto cursed of Godl;) that thy land be not defiled, thle elders, I gave my daughter unto this twhich the LOXD thy God giveth theefor an man to wife, and hte hateth her; inheritance. 17 And, lo, he hath given ocassions of speech agaitnst fher, sayitng, I found not CHAPTERI XXII. thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the fltrmanity tolarolbrethreat. 5 Thse.e-tot oeddis- tokens of ony daughlter's virinity. And tilgtuisel bq apllarel. fi The dlam. *ot to e taken ithl /her yonq ones. 8 Thie house mrtst they shall spreaad the cloth before tile elders h Iave,attlements. 9 Diver s th ing s to le alvoidle. of the city. 12r'inestct lot tlewvestott'e. 13 t'teatounishtnent lS And the elders of that city shall take ofltimt.t-hatt andleorett histoit. 22a,,againt that man and chastisc him; altltetty, 02 capte t28ornicftioat, (0tatlt imtcest, 19 And they slltil ameree hlim in a hundred THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or shekels of silver, and give toOhem7 unto the faI lhis shcep go astray, and lide thyself therof the damsel, because lie ]ath brought from them: thou sllalt in any case bring up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; them again unto thy brotler. and she shall be his oife: he may not put 2 And if thy broter be ot nigh unto thee, her away all his days. or if thou knlow him not, then thou shalt 20 But if tlis thinog be true, aodzl the tobring it unto thine owvn ouse, and it shall kenls of virginity be not found for the dambe witll thllee until ty brother seek after it, sol; and thou shalt restore it to him again. 21 Tlhen they shall bring out the damsel to 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his the door of her father's house, and ttle men ass; and so shalt thou do With his raiment; of her city shall stone her with stones that 160 Sundry laows DEUTERONOMY. and ordinanclcs. she die; because she hath verought folly in 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor Israel, to play the hore in her fathller's their prosperity all thy days for ever. house: so shalt thou put evil away from 7 Thou shalt not abhor tan Edomite; for amonog you. 1,e is thy brother: thou shalt not abhOr ano 22 If a man be found lying with a E oman o LoIttint; because thou wast a stranger in married to a husband, then they shall both his ilnd. of them die, both the man that lay with tile 8 Tile children that are begotten of them woman, and the womano: so shalt thou put shall enter into the congregation of the a.way evil from Israel. LORD in their third generation. 23 If a damsel that is a virgin he be-09 t When the host goeth forth against trothed unto a husband, and a man find ler tline enemies, then keep thee from every in the city, and lie withl her; owicked thing. 2-1 Then yo shall bring them both out unto 10 If there be among you any man, that the gate of that city, and ye shall stonethem is not clean by reason of uncleanness that vith stones that they die; te damsel, be- chlneeth im by nigh'rt, thllen shall lie go cause she cried not, being in tle city; and abroad out of the calp, he shall not come the ttan, because he hath humbled hllis neigh- witlin the camp: tour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh fromn among you. on, he slhall vwash himself ithl water; and 25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in when the sun is down, ihe shall come into the the field, and the man force her, and lie camp again. vith her; then the man only that lay with 12 Thou slalt have a place also without the lher shall die: campp, whither thou sllalt go forth abroad: 20 But unto the damsel thou shalt do noth- 13 And thou shalti.have a paddle upon thy ing; tlhere is i the damsel no sin uzort!ly weapon; and it shall be, vllen thou viit ot deatll: for as whllen a man riseth against ease thyself abroadl, thou shalt dig therelis nleighbour, and slayeth him, even so is with, and slhalt turn back and cover tlat tlhis matter: lwhlich cometlh from tiee: 27 For lie found her in the field, and the 14 For the LoRD thy God walkleth in the betrothled damsel cried, and thee va8 none midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to to save ler. give up thine enemies before thee; there28 If a man find a damsel thetis r virgin, tfre shall thly camp be holy: that le see no laich is not betrothed, and lay hold on ier, unclean thing in thee, and turn taay from ald lie vith lher, and they be found; thee. 29 Thent the man tllt Ivay ith Whr shall 15 ~ Thou slaht not deliver unto hlis oasgive unto tle damsel's father fifty 8hekels tor the servant swhich is escaped from his of' silver, and she shall b he is wife; be- master unto thee: eausc lie hath hlubled ler, he may not put 16 Ite shall dwell with thee, even among ler away all his days. you, ie tthat place hich lie shall cl!oose in o0 A mans stlall not take tis father's wife, one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: nor discover his fatlter's slirt. thou shalt not oppress hit. 17 There salll be no llore of thle daughCHAPTER XXIII. ters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of l7to nay ao l lwo/o ota, n olt todter into tet conoge- Israel. gIllt.!) *Unclat' es t to be avo-ed i the camlp l8 Thou shalt not bring tle hire of a rwhore, alt.s aitst lelllle,,S atoni;,e st. or thle price of a doe, into the ouse of the 1t1atl6t.tt.yll. 21 olttsa'e to eail. 2t1'.,ttt I.ORD thy God for ally vow: for even both a tna1t may take io /it eilsboU o't vtineyatrd ot' these are abomination unto the LORID thy fielOd. God. H E that is wounded in the stones, or hath 19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy his privy member cut oftf, shall not en- brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, ter into the congregation of the LORD. usury of any tlilg that is lent upon usury: 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congre- 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upgation of the LORD; even to his tentll gcel on usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt oration sllall he not enter into the congre- not lend upon usury: that the LOtD thy gation of the LORD. God may bless thlee in all tlhat thou settest 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter thine hand to in the land whither thou goest into the congregation of tlte LoeD; even to to possess it. their tenth gcceration shlall they not enter 21 W aen thou shalt vow a Yow unto the into the congregation of the LORD for ever: LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay 4 Because they met you not with bread it: for tle LORD tliy God wvill surely reand with owater in the way, lwhen ye came quire it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. forth out of Egypt; and because they hired 22 But if tlou shalt forbear to vow, it shall against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pe- be no sin in thee. thor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 23 That lwhich is gone out of thy lips thou 5 Nevertheless, thle LOnD thy God would stlalt keep and perform; ceven a freewill nlot hearken unto Balaaon; but the LORD offering, according as thou hlast vowed unto thy God turned the curse into a blessitng the LORD thy God, which thou hast promunto thee, because the LORD thy God loved ised with thy mooth. thee. 2t Wthen thou comest into thy neighbour's 11 i161 Concerning leprosy. DEUTERONOMY. Justice aznd charity. vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servfill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt ant that is poor and needy, vwhether he be not palt any in thy vessel. of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that atoe 25 When thou comest into the standing in thy land within thy gates: corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou neither shall the sun go down upon it; for shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's lie is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: standing corn. lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. CHAPTER XXIV. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death The lao of dl rlouce. 5 The tlel matled man. for the children, neither shall the children 7 lasteaters. 8 Loaw cotcertning leprosy, 10 be put to death for the fathers: every man pleoge, I1 the hite ofa seovant, 16 justice, 19 shall be put to death for his own sin. atl char ty.17 Thou shalt not pervert tle judgment of ATIttEN a man hath taken a wife, and the stranger, otr of the fatherless; nor take i married lher, and it come to pass that a widow's raiment to pledge: she find no favour in his eyes, because he 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast hath found some uncleanness in her; then a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy let him write her a bill of divorcement, and God redeemed thee thence: therefore I comgive it in her hand, and send her out of his mand thee to do this t.ing. house. t19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest 2 And when she is departed out of his in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the house, shle may go and be another man's field, thou shalt not go again to fetch i it wife. shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and and for the widow: that the LORD thy God write ler a bill of divorcement, and giveth may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. it in ler hand, and sendetlh her out of his 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, house; or if the latter husband die, which thou shalt not go over the boughs again: tool her to be his wife; it shall be for the stranger, for the father4 Hter former husband, which sent her less, and for the widow. away, may not take her again to be his 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy wife, after that she is defiled; for that is vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterabomination before the LORD: and thou ward: it shall be for the stranger, for the shalt not cause the land to sin, which the fatherless, and for the widow. LOuID thy God giveth thee for an inherit- 22 And thou shalt remember that thou anc. wIast a bondman in the land of Egypt: 5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he therefore I command thee to do this thing. shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged withl any business: but he shall be CHAPTER XXV. free at home one year, and shall cheer up Strips not to exeeed forty. 4 The ox not to be his wlife whiclh lie lath taken. nuzled. 50ftraising seed uto a b rother. 11 0 No man shall take the nether or the up- The immodest womoan1. 13 Uljtst weights. 17 per millstone to pledge: for he taketh a The meonoy of Asatek is to be 0lototl ott. man's life to pledge.F there be a controversy between men, 7 If a man be found stealing any of his t and they come unto judgment that the brethren of the children of Israel, and mak- jolges may judge thlem; then they shRoll eth merchandise of him, or sellethi him; justify the righteous, and condemn the th:en that thief shall die; and thou shalt wicked. put evil away from among you. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be 8 Take heed In the plague of leprosy, that worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall thou observe diligently, and do according to cause him to lie down, and to be beaten all that the priests the Levites shall teach before his face, according to his fault, by a you. as I commanded them, 80 ye shall ob- certain number. serve to do. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not 9 Remember what the LORD thy God did exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat unto Miriam by the onay, after that ye were himl above these with, many stripes, then come forth out of Egypt. thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 1) When thou dost lend thy brother any 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he thing, thou shalt not go into his house to treadeth out thle con. fetch his pledge. 5 ~ If brethren dwell together, and one 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man of them die, and have no child, the wife of to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the the dead shall not marry without unto a pledge abroad unto thee. stranger: her husband's brother shall go 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not in unto her, and take her to him to wife, sleep with his pledge: and perform the duty of a husband's brother 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the unto her. pledge again when the sun goeth down, that And it shall be, that the firstborn which he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless she beareth shall succeed in the name of thee: and it shall be rigllteousness unto his brother lvhich is dead, that his name thee before the LORD thy God. be not put out of Israel. 162 Divers measures. DEUTERONOMY. Third year's tithes. 7 And if the man like not to take his I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, brother's wife, then let his brother's wife that I am come unto the country which the go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, LORD sWmre unto our fathers for to give as. Miy husband's brother refuseth to raise up 4 And the priest shall take the basket out unto his brother a name in Israel, he will of thine hasd, and set it down before the not perform the duty of my husband's altar of the LORD thy God. brother: 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish and speak unto him: and if le stand to it, sas my father; and lie tvent down into land say, I like not to take her; Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto and became there a nation, great, mighty, him in the presence of the elders, and loose and populous: his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, face, and shall answer and say, So sllnall it and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard be done unto that man that will not build bondage: up his brother's house. 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. and looked on our affliction, and our labour, 11' When men strive together one aith and our oppression: another, and the wife of the one draweth 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of near for to deliver her husband out of the Egypt with a mitghty land, and with In outhand of him that smiteth him, and putteth stretched arm, and with great terribleness, forth her hand, and taketh him by the and with signs, and with woneders: secrets; 9 And he hiath brought us into this place, 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine and hath given us this land, even a land eye shall not pity her. that floweth with milk and honey. 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers 10 And now, bellold, I hase brought the weights, a great and a small: firstfruits of the land, which thou, 0 LORD, 14 Thou shalt not iave in thine louse hast given me. Alld thou shalt set it before divers measures, a great and a small: the LORD thy God, and worship before the 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just LORD thy God: weight, a perfect and just measure shalt 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thou have: tllat thy days may be lengthen- thinl which tile LORD thy God hath given ed in the land which the LORD thy God unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and giveth thee. the Levite, and the stranger that is among li For all that do such things, and all you. tlat do unrighteously, are an abomination 12 1~ When thou hast made an end of tithunto tie LORD thy God. ing all t tite s of tithes oftine increase the third 17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee year, which is the year of tithing, and lhast by the way, whllen ye were come forth out of given it unto te Levite, the stranger, the Egypt; fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat 16 How hie met thee by the way, and smote within thy gates, and be tilled; the hindmost of thee, even, all that owere 13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD feeble behind thee, when thou ast faint t thy God, I have brought away the hallowed and weary; and he feared not God. things out of otine house, and also have 1! Therefore it shall be, when tile LORD given them unto the Levite, and unto the thy God hath given thee rest from all thine stranger,to the fatherless, and to tle widow, enemies round about, in the land which the according to all thy comnmandment3s which LORD thy God givetl thee for an inherit- thou hat commanded me: I have not transauce to possess it, that thou shalt blot out gressed tlly commandments, neither have thle remembrance of Amalek from under I forgotten thetn. heaven; thou shalt not forget it. 14 I hae not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken avway aughlt thereCHAPTER XXVI. of for any unclean use, nor given aul ht TThe profe.ss'o of hi,,s that ofle ieth the basket of thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened firstf,:its. 12 The payet, of him tthat givethl his to the voice of the LORD my God, ant have thir 1lear'ss tithes. 16rThecovenant betieesr G'o done according to all that thou hast comand lite leosple manded me. A ND it shall be, when thou art come in 1G Look dosn from thy holy iahitation, unlto the land whicl the LORD thy from heavet, and bless thy people Israel, God giveth thee for an inheritance, ad and the land which tllou last given us, as possessest it, and dwellest therein; thou swsarest unto our fathers, a land that 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all floweth with milk and hloney. the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring 16 This day the LORD thy God hath comof thy land that tle LORD thly God giveth manded thee to do these statutes and judgtlee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt ments: thou shalt therefore keep and do go unto the place which the LORD thy God them with all thine heart. and with all thy shall choose to place his name there. soul. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that 17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day shall be in those days, and say unto him, I to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and 163 The law and DEUTERONOMY. its curses. to keep his statutes, andhis commandments, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any and his judgments, and to hearken unto his graven or molten image, aln abomination voice: unto tle LO1ED, the workl of thle iands of 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret day to be his peculiar people, as le ath place: and all the people shall answer and promised tee, alld that teot shouldest keep say, Amen. all his commandmenets; 1C Cursed be lt e that setteth light by his 19 And to make thee high above all na- father or his mother: and all the people tions which he hath made, in praise, and in shall say, Amen. name, and in honour; and that thou mayest 17 Cursed be le that removeth his neighbe a holy people unto the LORD thy God, bour's landmark: and all the people shall as he hatl spoken. say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to CHAPTER XXVII. wander out of the nay: and all the people Tha peo]le aNe corn,,lanle t to'th te tL lao pon shall say, Amen. sotlest; 5 (tl to btild ctt aet ofthole stltes. 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judg11t se thbes il'det ol'esizt atn d Ebl al. 14 ment of tihe stranger, fatherless, and widow: ithe cua7oses -l-acaaetlefaoe atztcnt dtalc. and all tile people shall say, Amen. ND 6 aoses w ith tie elders of Israel com- 20 Cursed be ihe tlhat lieth with his ather's manded thle people, saying, Keep all wife; because he uncovereth his father's the commandments willicl I command you skirt: and all the people slall say, Auen. tlhis day. 21 Cursed be hie that lieth with any man2 And it shall be, on the day when ye ner of beast: and all the people shall say, shall pass over Jordan unto the land which Amen. the LO. D thy God givett thee, that thou t 2 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, slhalt set thee up great stones, and plaster the daughter of his father, or te daughter them wfith plaster: of his mother: and all the people shall say, 3 And thlou shalt write upon them all the Amen.. words of this law, iwhen thou art passed 23 Cursed be he thatlieth with llis motler over, tllhat tlou mayest go in unto tie land in law: and all tle people shall say, Amen. whicha the LORD tly God giveth thee, a land 24 Cursed be le that smiteth his neighthat flowetlt witl tilk tnr d hloney; as tie bour secretly: and all the people shall say, LORD God of thy fathers hath promised Amen. thee. 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone an innocentperson: and allthe people slltl over Jordan, that ye shall set up these say, Amen. stones, which I command you this day, in 2d Cursed be he that contirmeth not all the mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them words of this law to do them: and all the with plaster. people shall say, Amen. 5 And there shalt thous buill an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou CHAPTER XXVIII. shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. The blessingsafoe obetiet,le. 15 The carsaesaor di6 Thou shalt build tile altar of tle LORD oandietct. thy God of whole stones: and thou s halOt A ND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt offer burnt ofterings thereon unto the LORD /1. hearken diligently unto the voice of the thy God: LORD thy God, to observe aetl to do all 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and his commandments which I command thee shllalt eat tere, and rejoice beforethe LORD thli day, that the LORD) thy God will set thy God. thee on highl above all nationts of the earthl: 8 And thou shalt write upon tle stones all 2 And all tlese blessings shail come on the words of this law very plainly. thee, and oerta;nke thee, if thllou shatl heark9 And aIoses anld tile priests the Lcvites en unto the voice of tle LOoD thy Go1d. spake unto all Israel, saying, Take iheed, 3 lBlessed shalt thou be in the city, and and hearken, O Israel this day thou art blessed shalt thou be in the field. become the people of the LORD tly God. 4 Blessed sehll bei tile fruit of thy body, 10 Thou shalt therefore obey tie voice of and the fruit of tly ground, and tl e fruit tie LORD tlly God, and do hiis command- of thy cattle, the incrense of thy kine, and ments antd his statutes, which I command the flocks of tly sheep. thee thil dey, 5 Blessed ealtl bt thy basket and thy 11 ~ And Mloses charged the peop:e the stote. same day, saying, 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim in, and blessed shalt thou be lwhen thou to bless the people, when ye are come over goest out. Jordan * Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that Issachar, and Josepl, and Benjamin: rise up against thee to be smitten before thy 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal face: they shall come out against thee one to culrse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and way, and flee before thee seven ways. Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 8 The LORD shaltl commaned the blessing 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say upon thee in thy storehlouEes, and in ail that unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall 164 The cursesfor DEUTERONOMY. disobcdience. bless thee in the land which the LORD thy 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitGod giveth tlee. ten before thiine encemies: thou shalt go out 9 Tile LOID shall establish thee a holy one way against them, and flee seven ways people unto llitmself, as he hath sworn unto before them; and shalt be removed into all thee, if thou shalt keel) tile commandments tile kingdoms of the earth. of the LORD thy (iod, and walk in his 2G And thy carcass shall be meat unto all ways. fowls of tle air, and unto the beasts of the 1I And all people of the earth shall see earth, and no Iman lsiatll fray them away. that thou art called by tile name of the 27 The LORD will smite thee with tile botch LOtD; and they shall be afraid of thee. of Egypt, and with the emcrods, andl with 11 And thle Lol:D shall make thee plente- the scab, and with tle itch, whereof thou ous in goods, in tile fruit of thy body, and oanst not be healed. in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madof thy ground, in the land which tihe LOD ness, and blindness, and astonishment of sware unto thy fathers to give thee. teart: 12 The LoitD shall open unto thee his 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as good treasure, thle heaven to give tile rain tile blind gropethl ill darkness, and thou unto thy land in his season, and to bless shalt not prosper in thy way3: and tlou all tile work of thine hand: amd thou shalt slhalt be only oppressed and spoiled everlend unto many nations, and thou shalt not more, and no man shall save thtee. borrow. 30 Thou shalt betrotl a witfe, and another 13 And the LORD shall make thee the man shall lie with her: tlhou shalt build a head, ant not thle tail; aid thou salt be louse, and thou slhalt not dwell therein: above only, ant thou shalt not be beneathl; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not if that thou Ilearken unto the command- gather the grapes thereof. ments of the LORD thy God, lwhich I coni- 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine mand thee this day, to observe and to do eyes, and thlou shalt not eat thereof: thine theICm: ass shall he violently taken away from be14 And thou shalt not go aside from any fore thy face, and shall not be restored to of thle ords wvich I command thee this day, thee: thy slleep shall be given unto thine to the right hlaund, or to tile left, to go after elcmies, and thou shalt have none to rescue other gods to serve thller. tyahem. 15 r But it shall come to pass, if thou 32 Thy sons and thy daughters 8hall be wilt not hlearken unto tle voice of tile LOtD given unto anotller people, and thine eyes thy God, to observe to do all llis command- shall look, and fail with lonlyiny for them ments and cris statutes lwhich I command all tle day long: and theote shall oe no thee this day; that all these curses shall might in thine hoand. come upon thee, and overtake thee: 133 Tile fruit of thy land, and all ty la1t Cursed shlt thou be in the city, and bours, shall a nation which thou ktnowest cursed shalt tlou be in the field. not eat oup; and tlou shalt be only oppressed 17 Curoed thall be thy basket and thy store. and clusled alvnay: 18 Cursedl shal be tle fruit of thy body, 34 So that thou shalt be a mad for the sight and the fruitof ty land, tle increase of thy of thine eyes which tlou shalt see. kine, and thle flocks of thy sheep. 35 Tihe LORD shall smite tlle in the 19 Cursed shattlt thou be hllen a t hou comest knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou tat cannot be iealed, from the sole of thy goest out. foot unto tle top of thy head. 2( The LORD shall send upon thee cur.- G3 Tie LORD shall bring thee, and thy ing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou king which thou shaltt set over thee, unto a settest thine land unto for to do, until nation which neither thou nor thy fathers thou be destroyed, and until thou perish ha-e known; and there shalt thou serve quickly; because ot tle wickedness of thy otlher gods, wood and stone. doings, whllereby thou hast forsaken me. 37 And thou shalt become an astonish21 The LOPD shall make tile pestilence ment, a proverb, and a byword, among cleave unto thee, until lhe have conlsumed all nations wvhither the LORD shall lead thee from of tlhe land, whither thou goest thee. to possess it. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into 22 Tleo LORD shall smite thee witll a con- tile field, and shalt gather batt little in; for sumption, and with a fever, antd avith an in- the locust shall colnsume it. flammation, and with an extreme burning, 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress and witll tl svord, and with blastilg, atd to1CL, but sealt neither drink of the wine, with mildewv; and thley shall pursue thee nor gather thie goapes; fortile worms shall until thou perish. eat them. 23 And thy hoeaven that is over thy hlead 40) Thou shalt have olive trees tthroughout shall be brass, and tlhe earth tllat is under all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thee shtall be iron. thyself with the oil; for thline olive shall 24 Tle LORD sthall make the rain of thy cast his fotuit. land powder and dust: from heaven shall 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, it come down upon thee, until thou be de- but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall stroyed, go into captivity. 165 The curses for DEUTERONOMY. disobedience. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall children which she shall bear: for slle sill the locust consume. eat them for want of all thiilys secrotly in 43 The stranger that i8s ithin thee shall the siege and straitness, vheresnith tlline get up above thee very high; and thou shalt enemy shall distress thee in tly gates. come adov.n very low. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the 44 lie shall lend to thee, and thou shalt words of this law that are written in this not lend to him: lie shall be the ihead, and bookl, that thou mayest fear this glorious thou sialt be the tail. and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 45 Moreover all these curses shall come 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and over- wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, cvet take thee, till thou be destroyed; because great plagues, and of long continuance, and thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. LORD thy God, to keep his commandments d6 MaIoreover, he will bring upon thee all and his statutes which lie commanded thee: the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast 46 And they shall be upon tliee for a sign afraid of; and they shall cleave unto tlee. and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, ever. whllich is not written in thle bool of this law, 47 Because thou servedst not tlh; LORD thlem ill the LORD bring upon thee, until thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness thou be destroyed. of heart, for the abundance of all things; 02 And ye shall be left few in number, 48 Therefore shalt thou serve tlline enc- whereas ye were as tlhe stars of heaven for mies, ewhicll the LORDs shall send against multitude; because thou wouldest not obey thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in naked- the voice of the LORD thy God. ness, and in want of all thiigss: and he 63 And it slihall come to pass, that as the shall put a yol;e of iron upon thy neck, un- LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and til le ihave destroyed thlee. to multiply you; so the LORi) wVill rejoice 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against over you to destroy you, and to bring you to thee from far, from tle end of the earth, nought; and ye shall be plucked from off as szuift as the eagle flieth; a ntion whllose the land whitler thou goest to possess it. tongue thou shalt not understand; 64 And tile LORD siall scatter tlee among 50 A nation of fierce countenance, whicl all people, from tle one end of tlhe erth shall not regard the person of the old, nor even unto the otler; and thiere tlou shalt sheow favour to the young: serve other gods, whicll neither thou nor thy 51 And lie shall at the fruit of thy cattle, fathers have known, even wood and stone. and the fruit of thy land, until thou be de- 65 And among these nations shalt thou find stroyed: vwhich also shall not leave thee no ease, neither shall thle sole of thy foot cithers corn, wine. or oil, or the increase of have rest: but the LORD shall give thee thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until lie there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, have destroyed thee. and sorrow of mind: 52 And lhe shall besiege thee in all thy OG And tlly life shall hang in doubt before gates, until thy high and fenced walls come thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, doens, wherein thou trustedst, througlout and shalt have none assurance of thy all thy land: and le shall besiege thee in life: all thy gates throughout all thy land, lwhicll 7 In the morning thou shalt say, Would the LORD thy God lath given thee. God it were even! and at even thou shale 53 And thou sllalt eat the fruit of tline say, Would God it were morning! for the own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt daughters, which the LORD thy God hath fear, and for the sight of thine eyes iwhich' given thee, in the siege, and in the strait- thou shalt see. ness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into thee: Egypt again ith ships, by the way whereof 54 So that the man that is tender among I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil more again: and there ye shall be sold untoward his brother, and toward the wife of to your enemies for bondmen and bondhis bosom, and toward the remnant of his women, and no man shall buy you. children which he shall leave: 55 So tllhat lie ill not give to any of them CHAPTER XXIX. of the flesh of his children whom lie sh ll.saett Ih seeAll M.,e - hs reestei h ore eat: because lie hath nothilg left him in tee Loid to e,tte, i',to coivedtt;t titn.' 18 the siege, and in tile straitncess, wherewith The Iretat'rath!hich shall cone oe hii that thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy tlattereth hitselft i his ickedltLess. 29 Secret gates. tl i..ls belongy tunto God 56 The tender and delicate woman among fpHESE are the words of the covenant, you, which would not adventure to set the -i which the LORD commanded Moses to sole of her foot upon the ground for deli- make with the clildren of Israel in the land cateness and tenderness, her eye shall be of Mloab, besides the covenant which lhe evil toward the husband of her bosom, and made oithl them in Horeb. toward her son, and toward her daughter, 2 And Mloses called unto all Israel, and 57 And toward 1her young one that cometh said unto them, Ye have seen all that the out from between her feet, and toward her LORD did before your eyes in the land of 166 The disobedient DEUTERONOMY arc threatened. Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his serv- upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his ants, and unto all his land; nanme from under hicanen. 3 The great temptations which thine eyes 21 And the LORD shall separate him unliave seen, the signs, and those great mir- to evil out of all tile tribes ot Israel, accordacles: ing to all the curses of the covenant that 4 Yet the LORD hath not given you a are written in this book of the law: heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and cars 22 So that the generation to come of your to hear, unto this day. children that shall rise up after you, and 5 And I have led you forty years in the tle stranger that shall come from a fr land, wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old shall say, when they see the plagues of that upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old land, and the sicknesses which the LORD upon thy foot: hath laid upon it; ( Ye have not eaten bread, neither have 23 And ttht the whole land thereof is ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye brimstone, and salt, andi burning, that it might knonw that I ant the LORD your God. is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass 7 And when ye came unto this place, groweth therein, like the overthrow of SodSihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king omn and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, whicl the LORD overthrew in his anger and and we smote them: in his wrath: 8 And Nye took their land, and gave it for 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to hath the LORD done thus unto this land? the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Mat - what meaneth the heat of this great annassell. ger? 9 Keep therefore the words of this cove- 25 Then men shall say, Because they have nant, and do them, that ye may prosper forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of in all that ye do. their fathers, which lie made witil them when 10 Ye stand this day all of you before the he brought them forth out of the land of LORD your God; your captains of your Egypt: tribes, your elders, and your officers, vith 2t6 For they went and served other gods, all the men of Israel, and norshipped them, gods whom they knew 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy not, and wahonb he had not given unto them: stranger that is in thy camp, from the 27 And the auger of the LORD was kindled hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy against this land, to bring upon it all the water: curses that are written in this book: 12 That thou shouldest enter into cove- 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their nant with the LORD thy God, and into his land inl anger, and in wrath, and in great oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with indignation, and cast them into another thee this day: land, as it is this day. 13 That he may establish thee to day for 29 The secret things bclong unto the a people unto himself, and that he may be LORD our God: but those thicngs?.Vhich unto thee a God, as le hath said unto thee, are revealed belong unto us and to our and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to children for ever, that tec may do all the Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. words of this law. 14 Neither with you only do I make this CHAPTER XXX. covenant and this oath; iercies eroni, ted to insraetl eno,e iene1tacle. a1 15 But with hint that standethl here with in e snntnetle cnt nis nf. ii Lifea us this day before the LORD our God, and dleath are set bfore them. also with him that is not here with us this iND it shall come to pass, when all these day: A things are come unpon thee, the bless1( (For ye know how we have dwelt in the ing and the curse, which 1 have set before land of Egypt; and how we camethrogh through thee, and thou shalt call thehi to mind the nations which ye passed by; among all the nations, whlither the LORD 17 And ye have seen their abominations, thy God hath driven thee, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy gold, which tvere among them:) God, and shalt obey his voice according to 18 Lest there should be among you an, all that I command thee this day, thou and or woman, or family, or tribe, ehose heart thy children, with all thine heart, and with turneth away this day from the LORD our all thy soul; God, to go and serve the gods of these na- 8 That then the LORD thy God will turn tions; lest there should be among you a thy captivity, and have compassion upon root that bearetl gall and ormlvood; thee, and will return and gatler thee ftom 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth all the nations, whither the LORD thy God the words of this curse, that he bless him- lath scattered thee. self in his heart, saying, I shall have 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the peace, though I walk in the imagination of outmost parts of heaven, from thence will mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: the LORD thy God gather thee, and from 20 The LORD will not spare ihim, but then thence will he fetch thee: the anger of the LORD and his jealousy 5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee shall smoke against that man, and allthe into the land which thy fathers possessed, curses that are writtea in this ook shall lie and thou shalt possess it; and he will do 167 Life and deatal DEUTER.ONOMY. The Lord caileth thee good, and multiply thee above thy CHAPTER XXXI, fathers. oses ecourageth tle people. M andh Joshua. 9 He 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise dlveeth the la canto Ie re.ts t. b/ thine heart, and the hteart of thy seed, to Meve-y evenJth yla te the tale,i a1cte 1 Heth love the LORD thy God with all thine heart,,vet them a song to testfy a/al.t th e eopl and with all thy soul, that thou mayest 23Jos/lAta ecelvetha caare 24Nlosesdeliveelh live. the book of the la t to a et,ite. to keel, 28 tle 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these com.nleth to gather all the etlds t t.to hi,,l. curses upon thine enemies, and on them ND Moses went and spake these awords that hate thee, whichl persecuted thee.. -A unto all Israel. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice 2 And he said unto them, I amt a hundred of the LORD, and do all his commandments and twenty years old this day; I can no which I command thee this day. more go out and come in: also the LORD 9 And the LORD thy God will mike thee hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over plenteous in every work of thine hand, in this Jordan. the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy 3 The LORD thy God, he will go over bec cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for fore thee, and he will destroy these nations good: for the LORD will again rejoice over from before thee, and theo shalt possess thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fa- them: ancl Joshua, he shall go over before thers; thee, as the LORD hath said. 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as the LORD thy God, to keep his command- he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the ments and his statutes zilich are written Amorites, and unto the land of them, who'in this book of the law, if thtou turn he destroyed. unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, 5 And the LORD shall give them up before and with all thy soul. your face, that ye may do unto them accord11 For this commandment which I comn- ing unto all the commandments which I have mand thee this day, it is not hidden from commanded you. thee, neither is it far off. G Be strong and of a good courage, fear 12 It is not in heaven, that thou should- not, nor be afraid of them for the LORD est say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. and do it? d7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said 13 Neither it it beyond the sea, that thou unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for strong and of a good courage: for thou us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear must go with this people unto tle land whict it, and do it? the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in give them; and thou shalt cause them to thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou may- inherit it. est do it. 8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go be15 See, I have set before thee this day fore tehee; he will be ith thee, lie ill not life and good, and death and evil; fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, 10 In that I command thee this day to love neither be dismayed. the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, 9 8 And Moses wrote this law, and deand to keep his commandments, and his livered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, statutes, and his judgments, that thou may- which bare the ark of the covenant of the est live and multiply: and the LORD thy LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. God shall bless thee in the land whither thou 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, goest to possess it. At the end of eve-y seven years, in tIe 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that solemnity of theyear of release, in the feast thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, of tabernacles, and vorship other gods, and serve them; 11 VWhen all Israel is come to appear be18 I denounce unto vou this day, that ye fore the LORD thy God in the place which shall surely perish, ancl that ye shall not lhe shall choose, thou shalt read this law prolong youe days upon tile land, whither before all Israel in their hearing. thou passest over Jordan to go to pos- 12 Gather the people together, men, and sess it. women, and children, and thy stranger ttat 19 I call heaven and earth to record this is within thy gates, that they may hear, and day against you, that I have Bet before you that they may learn, and fear the LORD life and death, blessing and cursing: there- your God, and observe to do all the words fore choose life, that both thou and thy seed of this law: may live: 13 And that their children, lwhich have now 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy known any thing, may hear, and learn to God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live and that thou mayest cleave unto him; for in the land whither ye go over Jordan to he is thy life, and the length of thy days; possess it that thou mayest dwell in the land which 14 l And the LORD said unto Moses, Bethe LORD sware unto thy fathers, to hold, thy days approach that thou must die: Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give call Joshua, and present yourselves in the them. tabernacle of the congregation, that I may 168 for Joshzia. DEUTERONOMY. MlIoses' song. give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua 28 Gkather unto me all tle elers of your went, and presented ternselves in tile tab- tribes, and your otticers, that I may speak ernacle ofthe congregation, these wvords ill their ears, and call heaven 15 And tlch LoItt appeared in the taber- and earth to record against thenm. nacle in n pillar of a cloud: anlld the pillar 29 For I knonw that after nmy death ye will of the cloud stood over the door of the tab- utterly corrupt youtrselves, and turh aside ernacle fro!m the wat vhich I have commanded you; 1G6 nd thile LO oDaidunto loses, Behold, and evil wiil befallyou in tile latter days; thou shlait sleep with tlhy fathers; an'd this Lecause ye will do evil ill the sight of the people will rise up, and go a whoring after ILORI), to provoke him to anger through the the gods of the strangers of tile lad, whith- work of your hands. er tlhey go to be amolg theo, anld will for- 30 And 3Ioses spake in tle ears of,ll the sake ine, and break my coverant which I congregation of Israel tlhe words of this tavoe m asde witl toem song, until they werc ended. 17 Then rno anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake tlhemn, CHAPTER XXXII. and I will liide mr face from tenem, and they tltoseo' soo, itL,ll C1, he.etteh fo't G'od's t, t e' cy slhall be devourel, and many evils and actl etare 46 e clH'te; te to lt it troubles Sllall befall thiem; so that l ey ] eats teo18 Go,ellefh hl i,,10 to will say in that day, Are not these evils, t Jee e, a lie. come upon us, because our God is not {IVE ear, heens, yc eave, and I ill tmong, us/? " speak; and heatr, 0 earth, the wores 18,oodo I will surely thide my face in tlhat of my mouth. day for all the evils which tey shall havie 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my wrouglht, in that tley are turned unto other speeclh shall distil as the dewv, ns tle small gods. rain upon the tender herb, nnd as the 19 Now therefore write ye this sons for showers upon thle grass: you, and teach it the children of Israel. put 3 Because I tvil] publish the name of the it in their months, that this song inaty be a LOno: ascribe e canes unto our od. eeitness for me oaainst tle chillren of I3 4 is ths te Rock, his work is perfect; for raelt all is w\-ays aoe judigment n Cod( ot truthi () For when I shall have )rought them into and oitlout iniquity, just ind right is hle. the laod which I sware Unto thleir fittloeos, 5 They have corrupted theimselves, their that flowetlh with millk and l]oney; and they spot is not tie spot of lis children- thley shall llave eaten and filled themselves, and are a perverse antd crooked geleratieo. txen fat; tlhen will thlev turn unto other 6 Do ye tlus requite tile LORD, 0 foolish gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and people and unwise? is not he thy Iather break ony covenant. thct hath t ought theee? hath he not made 21 And it shall comte to pass, when many thee, and established thlee? evils and troubles are befallen tern, thlat 7 Remember the days of old, consider the this song sllall testify against thlem as a years of many generations: lsk thyl father, witness; for it shall lot be forgotten out of and lhe will shew thee; thy elders, and they the moutlis of their seed: for 1 know their will tell thee. imaination t whichl they go about, even now, 8 When the iIost High divided to the nabefore I have brought them into the land tious tleir inheritance, when e,, separated wltich I sware. the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the 22 3Ioses therefore wrote this song tthe people according to the number of the clilsame day, and taught it the children of Is- dren of Israel. rael. 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; 23 And lie gave Joshua the son of Nun a Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. charge, and said, Be strong and of a eood 10 He found him in a desert land, and in courage: for tlou shalt bring the clildtren the waste howlino ilderness; Ie led hii of Israel into the land whlich I sware unto about, le instructed him, he kept himll as themt: anct I ill e wvith thlee. the apple of i his eve. 24 A,tnd it came to pass, when Moses 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fulthad made an end of writing the words tereth over her young, spreadeth abroad of this lan in a book, until they were her'ings, taketh them, beareth them ot finished, ler nines; 25 Tllat Itoses commanded tho Levites, 12 So the LORD alone did lead him nand which bare the ark of the covenant of the thet-e otas no strange god vitll him. LoRD, saying, 13 He made him ride eon tile higi places 26 Take this book he, and put it in of the eth,that te lat iglt at the ine ease the side of the ark of the covenant of the of the fields; and le made him to suck LORD your God, that it may be there for a oncey out of the rock, and oil out of the witness aganist thee. flinty rock; 27 For I know thy rebellion, th y thy stiff 14 Butter of kine, and mill; of sheep, with neck: behold, while I am yet nlive -with you fo t of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bathis day, ye have been rebellious against shant, and o oats, wvith tle fat of kidneys the LOcRD; and hon much more after my of llheat; and thou didst drink the pure death? blood of the grape. 169 Song of Moses. DEUTERONOMY. Song of Moses. 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: ompense; their foot shall slide in due time: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, for the day of their calamity iC at hand, and thou art covered with fatness; then lie the things that shall come upon them make forsook God which made him, and lightly haste. esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 83 For the LORD shall judge his people, 16 They provoked him to jealousy with and repent himself for his servants, when strange yods, with abominations provoked ie seeth that their power is gone, and thare they him to anger, is none shut up, or left. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; 37 And he shall say, Where are their to gods vwhom they knew not, to new gods gods, their rock in whom they trusted, that came newly up, whom your fathers s 8 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, feared not. and drank the wine of their drink offer18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art ings? let them rise up and help you, and unmindful, and hast forgotten God that be your protection. formed thee. 39 See now that I, even I, am hle, and 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhor- there is no god with me: I kill, and I red thne, because of the provoking of his make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither sons, and of his daughters is there anty that can deliver out of my 20 And he said, I will hide my face from hand. them, I will see what their end shall be: 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and for they are a very froward generation, say, I live for ever. children in whom is no faith. 41f f I whet my glittering sword, and mine 21 They have moved me to jealousy with hand take hold on judgment; I will render that ethich is not God; they have provoked vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward me to anger with their vanities: and I will them that hate me. move them to jealousy with those zhich are 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with not a people; I will provoke them to anger blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; with a foolish natione and that with the blood of the slain and of 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and the captives from the beginning of revenges shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall upon the enemy. consume the earth with her increase, and 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: set on fire the foundations of the mountains. for he will avenge the blood of his servants, 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will and ill render vengeance to his adverspend mine arrows upon them. saries, and will be merciful unto his land, 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and and to his people. devoured with burning heat, and with bitter 44 And Moses came and spake all the destruction: I will also send the teeth of words of this song in the ears of the people, beasts upon them, with the poison of ser- he, and EIoshe the son of Nun. pents of the dust. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all 25 Tie sword without, and terror within, these words to all Israel: shall destroy both the young man and the 6 4And lie said unto them, Set your hearts virgin, the suckling also with the man of unto all the words which I testify among gray hairs. you this day, which ye shall command your 26 I said, I would scatter them into cor- children to observe to do, all the words of ners, I would make the remembrance of this law. them to cease from among men: 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; be27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of cause it is your life: and through this the enemy, lest their adversaries should be- thing ye shall prolong your days in the have themselves strangely, and lest they land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD it. hath not done all this. 48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that 28 For they asye a nation void of counsel, selfsame day, saying, neither is there any understanding in them. 40 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, 29 Ohl that they were wise, that they un- Znto mount Nebo, which is in the land of derstood this, that they would consider their Moab, that is over against Jericho; and latter end! behold the land of Canaan, which I give 30 How should one chase a thousand, and unto the children of Israel for a possestwo put ten thousand to flight, except their sion: Rock had sold them, and the LORD had t0 And die in the mount whither thou goest shut them up? up, and be gathered unto thy people; as 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and our enemies themselves being judges. was gathered unto his people: 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, 51 Beceuse ye trespassed againstme asnong and of the fields of Gomorrahc: their grapes the children of Israel at the waters of eIcriare grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: ball-adesh, in the wilderness of Zin; be33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and cause ye sanctified me not in the midst of tile cruel venom of asps. the children of Israel. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee. and sealed up among my treasures? but thou shalt not go tlither unto the land 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and rec- which I give the children of Israel. 170 T'he blessinls of DEUTERONOMY. the several tribes. CHAPTER XXXIII. they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and Moses' blesin.q. 2 The onajesty of God. G The they ar te thetousands ofanasseh. bles tings of the several t'ibes. 26 T'he excellency 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebof Israel's God. ulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in AND this is the blessing, wherewith Io- thy tents. ses the man of God blessed the children 19 They shall call the people unto the of Israel before his death. mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices 2 And he said, The LORD came from Si- of righteousness: for they shall suck of the nai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid shined forth from mount Paran, and ie in the sand. came with ten thousands of saints: from 20 And of Gad le said, Blessed bee le that his right hand went a fiery law for them. enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and 3 Yea, lie loved the people; all his saints teareth the arm with the crown of the arc in thy hand: and they sat down at thy head. feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 21 And he provided the first part for him4 Moses commanded us a la3, eveCc the self, because there, inc a portion of the lawinheritance of the congregation of Jacob. giver, eaes he seated; and he came mitll 5 And lie was king in Jeshurun, when the the heads of the people, he executed the heads of the people ancrt the tribes of Israel justice of the LORD, and his judgments were gathered together. with Israel. 6 L Let Reuben live, and not die; and let 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's not his men be few. whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 7 And thiis s the blessing of Judah: and 23 And of Naphtali he said, 0 Naphtali, he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judahll, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessand bringc him unto his people: let his hands ing of the LORD, possess thou the lb est and be sufficient for him; and be thou a help to the south. hcicct from his enemies. 24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be 8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim blessed with children; let him be acceptand thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom able to his brethren, and let him dip his thou didst prove at Massallh, andl with whom foot in oil. thou didst strive at the waters of Ieriball; 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and 9 Who said unto his fatlier and to his as thy days, so shall thy strength be. mother, I have not seen him; neither did 26 There is none like unto the God of he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his Jeshurun, eho rideth upon the heaven in own children: for they have observed thy thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. word, and kept thy covenant. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and un10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgmenats, derneath are- the everlasting arms: and he and Israel thy law: they shall put incense shall thrust out the enemy from before thee before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon and shall say, Destroy them,. thine altar. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land the work of his hands: smite through tle of corn and wine; also his heavens shall loins of them that rise against him, and of drop doewn dee;. them that hate him, that they rise not 29 Happy art thou, 0 Israel: wvho is like again. eunto thee, 0 people saved by the LORD, the 12 Alcl of Benjamin lie said, The beloved shield of thy help, and who is the seeord of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; of thy excellency e and thine enemies shall and the LORD shall cover him all the day be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt long, and he shall dwell between his shoul- tread upon their high places. ders. 13 And ofJoseph he said, Blessed of the CHAPTER XXXIV. LORD be his land, for the precious things Moses froe e olc t s'ebo vietetah the lateL. 5 His of heaven, for the dew, and for tle deep dceiti atel birtacl. 7 Ilis age. 8 Thle people that coucietil beinh eath a*nor hiii thirty dsa!s. 9 Joshua suecceedet/ 14 And for the precious fruits brought hi Tlelief5o forth by the sun, and for the precious ND Moses went up from the plains of things put forth by the moon, A lMoab unto the mountain of Nebo, to 15 And for the chief things of the ancient the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jermountains, and for the precious things of iicho: and the LORD shewed hism all the the lasting hills, land of Gilead, unto Dan, 16 And for the precious things of the earth 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraand falness thereof, and for the good will im, and Manasseh, and all the land ofJuof him that dwelt in the bush: let the bless- dah, unto the utmost sea, i)ng come upon the head of Joseph, and upon 3 And the south, and the plain of the in of the valthe top of the head of him that was sepa- ley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto rated from his brethren. Zoar. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bul- 4 And the LORD said unto him, This is lock, and his horns are e lik te horns of the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto unicorns: with them he shall push the peo- Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give pie together to the ends of the earth: and it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see 171 Death of Moses. JOSHUA. His character. it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go 9 ~ And Joshua the son of Nun was full over thither. of the spirit of wisdom; for MIoses had laid 5 ~ So Moses the servant of the LORD died his hands upon him: and the children of there in the land of Moab, according to the Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the word of the LORD. LORD commanded Moses. G'And he buried him in a valley in the land 10 And there arose not a prophet since in of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD man knoweth of his sepulchr6 unto this day. knew face to face, 7 And Moses teas a hundred and twenty 11 In all the signs and the wonders which years old when he died: his eye was not the LORD sent him to do in the land of dim, nor his natural force abated. Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, 8 And the children of Israel wept for Mo- and to all his land, ses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the days of weeping and mourning for Mo- the great terror which Moses shewed in the ses were ended. sight of all Israel. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. CHAPTER I. 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers The Iord sppointeth Joshlta to succeed Moses. 3 of the people, saying, The extret of 1te isomised land. 5 Gol en- 11 Pass through the host, and command eounJetaeth ail setirtestl Joshea.t t 10Josh sea D ple'laetle the seople to i its- olte.7r. 12 the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; He putteslk tiei to tribes ad a halj'iemnd qt' for within three days ye shall pass over their promise to Moses. 16 They promise him this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, obedience. which the LORD your God giveth you to N OW after the death of Moses the serv- possess it. L ant of the LORD it came to pass, that 12 ~[ And to the Reubenites, and to the the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, Nun, Moses' minister, saying, spake Joshua, saying, 2 MIoes my servant is dead; now there- 13 Remember the word which Moses the fore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and servant of the LORD commanded you, sayall this people, unto the land which I do ing, The LORD your God hath given you give to them, even to the children of Is- rest, and hath given you this land. rael. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your 3 Every place that the sole of your foot cattle, shall remain in the land which Mtoshall tread upon, that have I given unto ses gave you on this side Jord n; but ye you, as I said unto eoses. shail pass before your brethren armed, all 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon the mighty men of valour, and help them; even unto the great river, the river Euphra- 15 Until the LORD have given your hrethtes, all the land of the Hittites, and unto ren rest, as he hath given you, and they the great sea toward the going down of the also have possessed the land which the sun, shall be your coast. LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall 5 There shallnot any man be able to stand return unto the land of your possession, before thee all the days of thy life: as I and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servwas with Moses, so I will be with thee: I ant gave you on this side Jordan toward will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. the sunrising. 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, unto this people shalt thou divide for an All that thou commandest us we will do, inheritance the land, which I sware unto and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will their fathers to give them. go. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses that thou mayest observe to do according to in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: all the law, which Moses my servant com- only the LORD thy God be with thee, as manded thee: turn not from it to the right he was with Moses. hand or to the left, that thou mayest pros- 18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against per whithersoever thou goest. thy commandment, and will not hearken 8 This book of the law shall not depart unto thy words in all that thou commandest out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate him, he shall be put to death: only be therein day and night, that thou mayest ob- strong and of a good courage. serve to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way CHAPTER II. prosperous, and then thou shalt have good Rahab receiveth and cotcealeh the two spies s en success. frot Shitti-. 8 Tilecovetnnt bttweeahe attt 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong them. 23 Teir retur, anel report. and of a good courage; be not afraid, nei- AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of ther be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy Shittim two men to spy secretly, sayGod is with thee whitbersoever thou goest. ing, Go view the land, even Jericho. And 172 Two spies sent out. JOSHUA. Their returnl a7.d report. they went, and came into a larlot's house, blameless ofhis thine oath which thou hast named Rllahab, and lodged there. made us swear. 2 And it was told the king of Jerihol, say- 18 Behold, cthen we come into the land, ing, Belhold, there came men in hither to thou shalt bind this line of scarlet tiread night of the children of Israel to search out in the window which thou didst let us down the country. by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, y oth, th y other and thy brethren, and all thy saying, BIring forth the men that are come fatler's household, home unto thee. to thee, which are entered into thine house: 19 And it shall be, that whlosoever shall go for they be come to search out all the coun- out of the doors of thy house into the street, try. his blood shall be upon his hiead, and we 4 And the woman took the two men, and ill be guiltless: and whosoever shall be lid them, and said thus, There came men with thee in the house, his blood shall be unto me, but I wist not wlence they ueerec: on our head, ift' ny halnd be upon him. 5 And it came to pass about the tiime of 20 And if thou utter this our business, then shutting of the gate, when it was ark, that we will be quit of thine oath which thou tile men went out; whither thle lmene ent, hast made us to swear. I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for 21 And se sai, According unto your ye shall overtake them. words, so be it. And shl;e sent them away, i But she lad brought them up to the roof and they departed: and she bound the scarof the house, nd hllld them with the stalks let line in the winedow, of flax, which she had laid in order upon 22 And they went, and oame unto the the roof. mountain, and abode there three days, un7 And tle men pursued after them the til tie ptursucrs eret returned: and tl the ay to Jordal unto tlhe fords: and as soon pursuers sought lthel theroughout all the as they whicl pursued after them were gone way, but found them not. out, they slhut the gate. 2 So the twlo men returned, and descended 8 And before they were laid down, she from the mountain, and passed over, and cnme upe unto them npon the roof; came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told 9 And slhe said unto tlte men, I know that him all tlinga that befell them: tle LORD flth given you the land, and that 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the your terror is fallen upon us, and that all LOPD lath delivered into our eands all the the inllabitnts of the land faint because land; for even all t he inhabitants of the of you. country do faint because of us. 10 For we hlave heard thow the LORD dried ull tlhe aeer of thle Red sea for you, when CAeTER ye catme out of Egypt; and lwhat ye did Tre c thete ho esit teto arte to ea s ove e ite. 7 Tie unto the two kings of the Amorites, that Lode elcouraeth Josh.r. 9 Jos.en encouc'seth were on tlhe other side Jordan, Sihon and the teoile. 14 Thie aters of Jorda- ore tliCg, ewhom ye utterly destroyed. r;dea l 11 And as soon as we had heard these A ND Joshua rose early in the morning; thieys, our t earts did melt, neither did d and thley removed from Shittier, and there remain any more courage in any man, came to Jordan, lhe and all the children of because of you: for tle LORD your God, Israel, and lodged there before they passed tle is God in heaven above, and in earth over. beneath. 2 And it came to pass after three days, 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto tlat the officers went tllrough the lhost me by thle LORD, since I have shlewed you 3 And they commanded tle people, saying, kinduess, that ye will also shew kindness Whlen ye see the ark of the covenant of the unlto my father's house, and give me a true LORD your God, and the priests the Levites token: bearing it, then ye shall remove from your 18 And that ye will sano alive my father, place, and go after it. and my mother, and my bretllren, and my 4 Yet there shall be a space between you sisters, and all that they have, and deliver and it, about two thousand cubits by mensour lives from death. ure: come not near unto it, tlat ye may 14 And the men answered her, Our life know tle way by lhiceh ye must go: for ye for yours, if ye utter not this our business. llave not passed this way heretofore. And it shall be, when the LOP.D hath given 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanecus the land, that nwe will deal kindly and tify yourselhes. for to morrowl thlo Lo1D truly with thee. will do vonders among you. 15 Then she let them down by a cord 6 And Josllua spake unto the pliests, saytlirough the window: for her house vucs ing, Take up the ark of the covevaont, ac.d upon tlee town weall, and she dwelt upon the pass over before the people. And they took tvall. up the ark of the corenant and went before 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the the people. mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and 7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This llide yourselves there tllree dcnys, until the day will I begin to magnify tlee in the sight pursuers be returned: and afterward may of all Israel, tllat they may kno tllhat, as I ye go your way. was with MIoses, so I Till be with thee. 17 And the men said unto her, We wtill be 8 And thou shalt command the priests that 173 The people )pass JOSHUA. over Jordan. ]ear thle ark of the covenant, saying, W hen man of you a stone upon his shoulder, ac-'e are come to the brinkl of e ate of cording unto the numbert of the tribes of Jorda', ye shall stand still in.Jordan. ta e children of Israel: a~Aaddashss~~~~~~ aiaThatlsh aa S this taay bo ola asa among yo thast 9 T And Joshua said unto the children s t o tis lnit be a, sign aong you, tloit Israel, Come hither, and hear thle words of wllhen your chilklrcn ask theii.faithers ill the LoRD your God. time to cone, saying, What aisea ye by 10 And Joslhua said, Ilerebyye shall know these stones? that tle living God is among you, and thatt 7 Then ye shall answer then, That the lie will withlout fail drive out from before waters of Jordan wcre cut off before tlhe svoa tle Canaanites, and tIe littites, and ark of the covenant of the LOllD; whcen i5 thle Iivites, and thle Perizzites, and the Gir- passed over Jordlan, the waters of Jordan gashites, and the Aorites, and the Jehu- were cut off: and tlhese stones shall be for a sites. memorial unto the children of Israel for 11 Behold, tile ark of the covenant of the ever. Lord of tll the earth passeth oer before 8 tnd the children of Israel did so as vou in0o Jlordan. Joshuat commanded, and took up twelve 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out stones out of tile midst of Jordan, as the of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a LORD spake unto Joshua, according to tile mall. numlberoftetrh of the tribes of the children of I13 ASnd it shall come to pass as soon as rael, and carried them over awit them unto the soles of the feet of the priests that blear the plaace vhere they lodged, and laid then the arsk oa tie h OLst thle LorI of all tle down there. earth, shall rest in the waters of Jotrdan, 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in tile at tile waters of Jordan siall e cut off midst otf Jordai, in thle place woilere the feet ft-oa tlse wasters ttasaa1 doa l faotf above a of thle priests whaica h tlare tle ara k of tl covand they Shall stand pOa i;aa. enat stoodl: and they are there unto this 14 And it came to pass, when the people day. aenovea frtom their tents, to pass over Jor- 10 For the priests which bare the ark stood dan, and tile priests bearina tale ark of the iu tale midst of Jorilan, untii every tilng cDvenan t before tle people; was finished tlat tle LORD coma andied 15 And as theyt that bare the ark wiere Johua to speak a unto tie people, according cosle unto Jordan, and the feet, of the to all that t1oses commanded Joshua: and priests that bare tile ark were dipped in tle Ithes people liasted and passed over. briSn of tohe wates, (for Jordaa overfloweth Ii And it cane to pass, when all the peoall his banks all the time of harvest,) ple were clean passed over, that tle ark of 16 Tiat tle waters which came doawn from the LORD passedt over, and the priests, in above stood anl rose atop Upo a teap very the presence of the people. far from the city Adam, that is beside Zar. 12 And the children of Reuben, and the etai sland those thatlat c ame down towarTd te clliildrcn ot Gad, antd half thle tribe of aIasea of lhe plain, avet the salt sea, failed, nasse, passedt over armed before the chilaed wsere cut off: and theL people passedt dren of Israel, as aIoses spake unto them: over right against Jericho. 13 Aout foty thousand prepared for war 17 Aud the plriests that bare the ark of passed over blefore the LORD unto battle, thle covenant of the LORtD stood hirm o dry to thle plains of J ericho. ground in tile mlidst of Jordan, and all the 1t4' O that day the LORD magnified Israelites p- sqed over oni dry gronad, until Joslas in the sight of all Israel; and they all the peoplea were passed clean ovserJordan, fearetd him, as they fearedl ioses, all the tbb~~flPR ~~~v. tais of Isis lite. CHAPTER IV. yso iIi o CT,, an' Eal adsV. 15 Snd tho LORD spake unto Joshua, t srl et St -f Jo Joan i t Tlved oatte, l.o dtep saing, stats —p sas a sa. 1 ngdoyasstao-pas s h p, e;nidst oj' Yd. 1Te peolT e 16 Command the priests titat bear the ark;a...., 1t ao nsllth JOp/ta. 20 2'/,e Of tile testimony, that they come up out of tt,., elte.~toet~s p't c/ e~ fL G'i. Jordan. D it crme to pass, when all the people 17 Joshua thereforecommandedthe priests, Att50 ss ere tle an i.ssed over Jordn, tOtt saaina, Coe ye up out of Jortan. the LoRp) spale unto Joshua, sayina, IS ohe. it came to passo hentllc priests 2 Talse you twelve men out of the pcople, that bare tile alrk of the covenant of the out of every trile a man, LORD were conie up out of tlhe aidst of 3 And commtand ve tlem, sayins, Take Jordan, ald tile soles of tie priests' feet you ieleo otut of tile midst of Jorclan, out aee lifted llp unto thle dry land, thlat the of tile pitce where tile priests' feet stood waters of Jordtan returned unto leir place, firmt, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them ald flowed over al his banks, as they dig ovser w ith you, and leave thlem in the lostinr before. p ace, where yo shall lod ge ti s nigit. 19 hDad tile people came up out of Jordan 4 Thlen Joshua called the ttwelve t-el, whom on tile tenth csay of tle first mosnth, and he had prepared of the children of Israel, secraped in Gilgal, in the east border of out of every tribe a man: Jerichlo. 5 And Josua said unto theo, Pass over 20 And those twelve stones, whichl they before thle rk of th e LORD your God into took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in the midst of Jordan, and talt you up everyas I ila. 174 The Canaanites afraid. JOSHUA. The manna ceaseth. 21 And he spake unto the children of Is- in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the rael, saying, When your children shall ask fourteenth day of the month at even in the their fathers in time to come, saying, What pltins of Jericho. mtean these stones? 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the 22 Then ye shall let your children know, land on ethee morro after the passover, unsaying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry leavened cakes, and parched corn in the land. selfsame day. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the 12 And the manna ceased on the morrow waters of Jordan from before you, until ye after they had eaten of the old corn of the were passed over, as the LORD your God land; neither had the children of Israel,did to the Red sea, which he dried up from manna any more; but they did eat of the before us, until we were gone over: fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 24 That all the people of the earth might 13 t And it came to pass, when Joshua know the hand of the LORD, that it is was by Jericho, that lie lifted up his eyes mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your and looked, and, behold, there stood a man God for ever. over against him with his sword drawn in his CHAPTER. dhand: and Joshua went unto him, and said CHAPTER V. The Canaantitesatjat. 2 Joshta c,cciseth the unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adverpeote,. 10 Tl/L pssover kept at Gilyat 12 Tie series? 7 -nato t ceaseth. 13 Ant angel aJlearetl, to 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of Joshua. the host of the LORD am I now come. And AND it came to pass, when all the kings Joshua fell on his face to tile earth, and did of the Amorites, wlhichl ere on the worship, and said unto him, What saith my side of Jordan westward, and all the kings lord unto his servant? of the Canaanites, whiclh tere by the sea, 15 And the captain of the LORD'S host teard that tile LORD had dried up the said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off waters of Jordan from before the children thy foot; for the place whereon thou standof Israel, until we were passed over, that est is holy. And Joshua did so. their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children CHAPTER VI. of Israel. Jericho is shut sc. 2 Goid Jstc, ctecttl Joshtta ht o 2 t At that time the LORD said unto to besiege it. 12 The city s cornpasd setve Josllua, ilake thee sharp knives, and cir- days. 20 The a fall rlotn. 21. All -t thi cumcise again the children of Israel the,y arc desto'yed,. except Kahab and her family.;second title.6 2t curse olwo the rebotildbitg ofJerclro. 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and NOW Jericho was straitly shut up be-,circl:ncised the children of Israel at tile 1 cause of the children of Israel: none hill of the foreskins. went out, and none came in. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did 2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, circumcise: All the people that came out I have given into thine hand Jericho, and of Egypt, that were males, cveec allt the king thereof, cant the mighty men of men of war, died in tile wilderness by the valour. way, after they came out of Egypt. 3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye 5 Now all the people that came out ere men of ar, anld go round about the city circumcised; but all the people that weac once. Thus shalt thou do six days. born in the wilderness by the way as they 4 And seven priests shall bear before the came forth out of Egypt, them they had not ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the circumcised. seventh day ye shall compass the city seven 6 For the children of Israel walked forty times, and the priests shall blow with the years in the wilderness, till all the people trumpets. that auee men of war, which camn out of u And it shall come to pss, that when they Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed make a long blast ith the ram's horn, and not the voice of the LORD: unto whllom the uwen ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all LORD aware that hle would not shew them the people shall shout with a great shout; the land, lhich the LORD aware unto their and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, fathers that lie would give us, a land that and the people shall ascend up every man floweth witlc milk and honey. straight before him. 7 And their children, ws om he raised up 6 J And Joshlua the son of Nun called the in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: priests, and said unto them, Take up the for they were uncircumcised, because they ark of the covenant, and let seven priests lad not circumcised them by thehe way. hbear seven trumpets of rams' horns before 8 And it came to pass, when they had the ark of the LORD. done circumcising all the people, that they 7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, abode in their places in the camp, till they and compass tile city, and let him tllat is were whole. armed pass on before the ark of the 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This LORD. day have I rolled away the reproach of 8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name spoken unto the people, that the seven of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' 10 And the children of Israel encamped horns passed on before the LORD, and blew 175 Jericho is taken JOSHUA. and destroyed. with the trumpets: and the ark of the cov- father, and her mother, and her brethren, enant of the LORD followed them. and all that she had; and they brought out 9 And the armed men went before the all her kindred, and left them without the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the camp of Israel. rearward came after te k, the rk, iests 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and going on, and blowing with the trumpets. all that Ewas therein: only the silver, and 10 AndJoshuahad commandedthe people, the gold, and the vessels of brass and of saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make ally iron, they put into the treasury of the house noise with your voice, neither shall any of the LORD. word proceed out of your mouth, until 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot the day I bid you shout; then shall ye alive, and her father's household, and all shout. that she had; and she dwelletll in Israel 11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the even unto this day; because she hid the city, going about it once: and they came messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out into the camp, and lodged in the camp. Jericho. 12 o And Joshua rose early in the morn- 26 ~ And Joshua adjured theeb at that ing, and the priests took up the ark of the time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD. LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city 13 And seven priests bearing seven trump- Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof ets of rams' horns before the ark of the in his firstborn, and in his youngest 8so LORD went on continually, and blew with shall he set up the gates of it. the trumpets: and the e armed men ent 27 So the LORD was withl Joslua; and before them; but the rearward cme after his fame was noised throughout all the the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, country. and blowing with the trumpets. CIAPTER VII. 14 And the second day they compassed the Achan's trespass. 2 The Jsraeltles are mitten at city once, and returned into the camp. So Ai. 6 OJcshta's ecendait. 10 God nstnrcteth they did six days. /eto whacto do. 1f Acetiun is takter by t/le lot. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, 1t lds cof'essioen. 24 lie and all he had are that they rose early about the dawning of the lestoyed m ihe valley of Achleo day, and compassed the city after the same T UT the children of Israel committed a manner seven times: only on that day they D trespass in the accursed tiling: for compassed the city seven times. Achan, thie son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, 1G And it came to pass at the seventh time, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took when the priests blew with the trumpets, of tie accursed thing: and the anger of the Joshlua said unto the people, Shout for tle LORD was kindled against the children of LORD hath given you the city. Israel. 17 And the city shall be accursed, even 2 And Joslua sent men from Jericho to it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: Ai, which ei beside Beth-aoen, on the east only Rallab the harlot shall live, she and all side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, syt halt are with her in the hose, because ing, Go up and view the country. And the she Sid the messengers that we sent. men went up and viewed Ai. 18 And ye, in any ise keep yourselves 3 And they returned to Joshua, and said from the accursed thing, lest ye make y/otr- unto him, Let not all the people go up; but selves accursed, lwhen ye tale of tle ac- let about two or three thousaned men go cursed thing, and make the camp of Israel up and smite Ai; anct make nlot all the a curse, and trouble it. people to labour thither; for they are but 19 But all tile silver, and gold, and vessels fewv. of brass and iron, are consecrated unto te 4 So there went up thither of the people LORD: they shall come into the treasury about three thousanpd ten; and they fled of thoe LORD. before the men of Ai. 20 So the people shouted when the priests 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about blew with the trumpets: and it came to thirty and six men: for they chased them pass, when the people heard the sound of froe before the gate event unto Shebarim, the trumpet, and the people shouted with a and smote them in the going down: wheregreat shout, that the wall fell down fat, so fore the hearts of the people melted, and that the people went up into the city, every became as water. man straight before him, and they took the 6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell city to the earth upon his face before thoe ark of ~lAnd they utterly destroyed all that coas the LORD until the eventide, hie and the in the city, both man and woman, young elders of Israel, and put dust upon their and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with heads. the edge of the sword. 7 And Joshua said, Alas, 0 Lord GOD, 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men wherefore hast thou at all brought this peothat had spied out the country, Go into the pie over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand blarlot's house, and bri::g out tence the of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to woman, and all that sloe hath, as ye sware God we had been content, and dwelt on the unto hler. other side Jordan! 23 And the young men that were spies 8 0 Lord, what shall I say, when Israel went in, and brought out Rahab, and her turneth their backs before their enemies! 176 Trespass of Achan. JOSHUA. His punishment. 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabit- 23 And they took them out of the midst of ants of the land shall hear of it, and shall the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, environ us round, and cut off our name from and unto all the children of Israel, and the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy laid them out before the LORD. great name? 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, 10 ~ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy and the garment, and the wedge of gold, face? and his sons, and his daughters, and his 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his transgressed my covenant which I cor- tent, and all that he had: and theybrought mended them for they have even taken of them unto the valley of Achor. the accursed thing, and have also stolen, 25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou trouband dissembled also, and they have put it led us? the LORD shall trouble thee this even among their own stuff. day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, 12 Therefore the children of Israel could and burned them with fire, after they had not stand before their enemies, but turned stoned them with stones. thei backs before thei r enemies, be cause 2 And thei eeiebe e y raised over him a great heap they were accursed: neither will I be with of stones unto this day. So the LORD turnyou any more, except ye destroy the ac- ed from the fierceness of his anger. Wherecursed from among you. fore the name of that place was called, The 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanc- valley of Achor, unto this day. tify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is all CHAPTER VIII. accursed thing in the midst of thee, 0 Isra- G'od secoculehdcst,. 0.. te. e tsoe Ai is ~a-en. 29 The kN,.j thereof ha-g-1. 30 el: thou canst not stand before thine ene- Joshta btildeth an altal, 32 writeth tAe lae, oI ries, until ye take away the accursed thing sto3,es, 34 antd,eonoutceth ilesstgs anteld cLrs from among you. izgs. 1- In the morning therefore ye shall be A ND the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear brought according to your tribes: and it.L not, neither be thou dismayed: take shall be, that the tribe which the LORD all the people of war with thee, and arise, taketh shall come according to the families go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand thereof; and the family which the LORD the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, shall take shall come by households; and and his land: the household which the LORD shall take 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as shall come man by man. thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only 15 And it shall be, that h1e that is taken the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, with the accursed thing shall be burnt with shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: fire, he and all that he hath: because he lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. liath transgressed the covenant of the LRD, 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people and because lie hath wrought folly in Israel. of mar, to go up against Ai: and Joshua 16 ~ So Joshua rose up early in the morn- chose out thirty thousand mightty men of ing, and brought Israel by their tribes; and valour, and sent them away by night. tihe tribe of Judah was taken: 4 And he commanded them, saying, lBe17 And he brought the family of Judah; hold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, and he took the family of the Zarhites: and evens behind the city: go not very far from he brought the family of the Zarhites man the city, but be e all ready: by man; and Zabdi was taken: 5 And I, and all the people that are with 18 And lie brought his household man by me, will approach unto the city: and it shall man; and Aelan, the son of Carmi, the son come to pass, when they come out against of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of us, as at the first, that we will flee before Judah, wvas taken. them, 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, 6 (For they will come out after us,) till we give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of have drawn them from the city; for they Israel, and make confession unto him; and will say, They flee before us, as at the first: tell me now what thou hast done; hide it therefore we will flee before them. not from ne. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, 20 And Aehan answered Joshua, and said, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God will deliver itinto your hand. God of Israel, and thus and thus have I 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the done: city, that ye shall set the city on fire: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly according to the commandment of the Babylonish garment, and two hundred shek- LORD shall ye do. See, I have commandels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty ed you. shekels weight, then I covete, d Josthem, and 9 Joshua therefore sent them forth; and took them; and, behold, they are hid in they went to lie in ambush, and abode bethe earth in the midst of my tent, and the tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of silver under it. Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they the people. ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid 10 And Joshua rose up early in the mornin his tent, and the silver under it. ing, and numbered the people, and went 12 177 - Ai is taken JOSHUA and destroyed. up, he and the elders of Israel, before the day, both of men and women, wvere twelve people to Ati. thousand, even all the men of Ai. 11 And all the people, even the people of 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, war that were e with him, went up, and drew wherewith he stretched out the spear, until nigh, and came before the city, and pitched he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants on the north side of Ai: now there zvas a of Ai. valley between them and Ai. 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that 12 And he took about five thousand men, city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth- according unto the word of the LORD which el and Ai, on the west side of the city. he commanded Joshua. 13 And when they had set the people, even 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a all the host that was on the north of the heap for ever, even a desolation unto this city, and their liers in wait on the west of day. the city, Joshua went that night into the 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree midst of the valley. until eventide: and as soon as the sun was 14 ~ And it came to pass, when the king down, Joshua commanded that they should of Ai sae it, that they hasted and rose up take his carcass down from the tree, and early, and the men of the city went out cast it at the entering of the gate of the against Israel to battle, he and all his peo- city, and raise thereon a great heap of ple, at a time appointed, before the plain; stones, that relaineeth unto this day. but he wist not that there were liers in 30 ~ Then Joshua built an altar unto the ambush against him behind tie city. LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if 31 As Mloses the servant of the LORD cornthey were beaten before them, and fled by manned the children of Israel. as it is writthe way ofhe e wilderness ten in the book of the law of Moses, an altar 16 And all the people that were in Ai were of whole stones, over which no man hath called together to pursue after them: and lifted up aluy iron: and they offered therethey pursued after Joshua, and Mere drawn on burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacaway from the city. rificcd peace offerings. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or 32 And he wrote there upon the stones a Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in they left the city open, and pursued after tle presence of the children of Israel. Israel. 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and 18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch officers, and their jdges, stood on this side out the spear that is in tly hand toward the ark and on that side before the priests Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And the Levites, which bare the ark of the covJoshua stretched out the spear that he had enant of the LORD, as well the stranger, in his hand toward the city. as le that was born among them; half of 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of them over against mount Gerizim, and half their place, and they ran as soon as he had of them over against mount Ebal; as A0ostretched out his hand: and they entered ses the servant of the LORD had commandinto the city, and took it, and hasted and ed before, that they should bless the people set the city on fire. of Israel. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind 34 And afterward he read all the words of them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the law, the blessings and cursings, accordthe city ascended up to heaven, and they ing to all that is written in the book of the had no power to flee this way or that way: law. and the people that fled to the wilderness 35 There was not a word of all that Moses turned back upon the pursuers. commanded, which Joshua read not before 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw all the congregation of Israel, with the wothat the ambush had taken the city, and men, and the little ones, and the strangers that the smoke of the city ascended, then that were conversant among them. they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. CHAPTER IX. 22 And the other issued out of the city Thie linys of the land cobine againtt Israel. 3 against them; so they were in the midst of The Gibeoites by craft obtain a Ieagte. 16 They Israel, some on this side, and some on that a e tcldemned to te1petual oonlaye. side: and they smote them, to that they ND it came to pass, when all the kings let none of them remain or escape. -which wueoe on this side Jordan, in the 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and hills, and in the valleys, and in all the brought him to Joshua. coasts of the great sea over against Leba24 And it came to pass, when Israel had non, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Camade an end of slaying all the inhabitants naanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein Jebusite, heard thereof; they chased them, and when they mere all 2 That they gathered themselves together, fallen on the edge of the sword, until they to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with were consumed, that all the Israelites re- one accord. turned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge 3 ~ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon of the sword. heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho 25 And so it was, that all that fell that and to Ai, 178 The Gibeonites craftily JOSHUA. obtain a league. 4 They did work wilily, and went and made cause of the oath which we sware unto as if they had been ambassadors, and took them. old sacks upon their asses, and winebottles, 21 And the princes said unto them, Let old, and rent, and bound up; them live; but let them be hewers of wood 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their and drawers of water unto all the confeet, and old garments upon them; and all gregation; as the princes had promised tle bread of their provision tas dry and them. mouldy.22 1 And Joshua called for them, and he 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far men of Israel, We be come from a far from you; when ye dwell among us? country: now therefore make ye a league 23 No therefore ye are cursed, and there with us. shall none of you be freed from being bond7 And the men oi Israel said unto the ment and hewers of wood and drawers of Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; water for the house of my God. and how shall we make a league with you? 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, 8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy Because it was certainly told thy servants, servants. And Joshua said unto them, Wlho how that tile LORD thy G(od commanded his are ye? and from whence come ye? servant Moses to give you all the land, and 9 And they said unto him, From averyfar to destroy all the inhabitants of the land country thy servants are come, because of from before you, therefore wo -ere sore the name of the LORD thy God: for we have afaidof or lives because of you, and have heard the fame of him, and all that he did done this tling. in Egypt, 25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: 10 And all that he did to the two kings of as it seemeth good and right unto thee to the Armorites, that were beyond Jordan, to do unto us, do. Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. them out of the hand of the children of Is11 Wherefore our elders and all the in- rael, that they slew them not. habitants of our country spake to us, say- 27 And Josllua made them that day hewing,' Take victuals with you for the jour- ers of wood and drawers of water for the ney, and go to meet them, and say unto congregation, and for the altar of tle LORD, them, We are your servants: therefore now even unto this day, in the place which he make yc a league with us. should choose. 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came CHAPTER X. forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is Five ktai,roar arantst Glbeon. 6 Joshtaorescueth dry; and it is mouldy:l. 10 Gorjirhtrleth arailst them olVth hailrotones. de~yt~an~d it etaealduy:12 Tire sta nd aoor sot and stla at itre taord of 13 And these bottles of wine, which we Josha. 16 Thefiveljys are shrtt 1, in acave. filled, were new; and, behold, they be 23 Thjey Le brought forth and,tlWtled. 28Seveo rent: and these our garments and our shoes otr ilg are oeolrtreretr. 43 Joshta aretlrnedh are become old by reason of the very long to Gilaf. journey. XT OW it Came to pass, when Adoni-zedek 14 And the men took of their victuals, and _ kingt of Jerusalem had heard hlow asked not counsel at the mouth of the Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly deLORD. stroyedit; as he had done to Jericho and 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and her king, so he had done to Ai and her made a league with them, to let them live:;ing; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon and the princes of the congregation smare had made peace with Israel, and were unto them. among them; 10 O And it came to pass at the end of 2 That they feared greatly, because Gibthree days after they had made a league eon zes a great city, as one of the royal with them, that they heard that they were cities, and because it was greater than Ai, their neighbours, and that they dwelt among and all the men thereof oere mighty. them. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusa17 And the children of Israel jourr.eyed, lem sent unto Hobam king of IIebron, and and camo unto their cities on the third day. unto Pirarm king of Jaromuth, and unto JaNow their cities were Gibeon, and Chephi- phia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king rah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. of Eglon, saying, 18 And the children of Israel smote them 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we not, because the princes of the congrega- may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace tion hlad sworn unto them by the LORD God witl Joshua and with the children of Israel. of Israel. And all the congregation mur- 5 Therefore the five kings of the Arnorites, mured against the princes. the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, 19 But all the princes said unto all the the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, congregation, We have sworn unto them by the'king of Eglon, gathered themselves tothe LORD God of Israel: now therefore we gether, and went up, they and all their may not touch them. hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and 20 This we will do to them; we ill even made war against it. let them live, lest wrath be upon us, be- 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua 179 The sun and JOSHUA. moon stand stzll. to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, thy hand from thy servants; come up to us the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, quickly, anld save us, and help us: for all and the king of Eglon. the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the 24 And it came to pass, when they brought mountains are gathered together against us. out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua 7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, lie, called for all the men of Israel, and said and all the people of war with him, and all unto the captains of the men of war which the migthty men of valour. went with him, Come near, put your feet 8 1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear upon the necks of these kings. And they them not: for I have delivered them into came near, and put their feet upon the thine hand; there shall not a man of them necks of them. stand before thee. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, 9 Joshua therefore came unto them sud- nor be dismayed, be strong and of good denly, and wvent up from Gilgal all night. courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all 10 And the LORD discomfited them before your enemies against whom ye fight. Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and at Gibeon, and chased them along the way slow them, and hanged them on five trees: that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them and they were hanging upon the trees unto Azekah, and unto MIakkedah. til the evening. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from 27 And it came to pass at the time of the before Israel, and were in the going down going down of the sun, that Joshua comto Beth-horon, that the LORD east down a mded, and they took themn down off the great stones from heaven upon them unto trees, and cast them into the cave wherein Azekale, and they died: tihey swerse more they had been hid, and laid great stones in which died with hailstones than they whom the cave's mouth, izhice sremainl until this the children of Israel slew with the sword. very day. 12 ~ Then spake Joshua to the LORD in 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, the day when the LORD delivered up the and smote it with the edge of the sword, and Amorites before the children of Israel, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, lie said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stanndand all tile souls that VCec therein; lie let thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Mloon, in none remain: and he did to the ling of Mnkthe valley of Aijalon. kedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon 29 Then Joshua passed from aIakkedah, stayed, until the people had avenged them- and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and selves upon their enemies. Is not this writ- fought against Libnah: tel in the book of Jasher? So the sun 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and stood stillin the midst of heaven, and hasted the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; not to go down about a whole day. and lie smote it with the edge of the sword, 14 And there was no day lilke that before and all the souls that were therein; lie let it or after it, that the LltD:hearkencd none remain in it; but did unto the king unto the voice of a man: for the LORD thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. fought for Israel. 31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and 15 S And Joshua returned, and all Israel all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and enwith him, unto the camp to Gilgal. camped against it, and fought against it: 10 But these five kings fled, and hid them- 32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into selves in:L cave at MIakkedah. the hand of Israel, which took it on the sec17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five ond day, and smote it with tlh edge of tie kings are found hid in a cave at MIakkedah. sword, and all the souls that verec therein, 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones up- according to all that he had done to Libnah. on the mouth of tile cave, and set men by 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to it for to keep them: help Laclish; and Joshuan smote him and 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your his people, until he had left him none reenemies, and smite the hindmost of them; maining. suffer them not to enter into their cities: 34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto for the LORD your dGod hath delivered them Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they into your lcand. encamped against it, and fought against 20 And it came to.pass, when Joshuan and it: the children of Israel had made an end of 35 And they took it on that day, and smote slaying them with a very great slaughter, it with the edge of the sword, and all the till they ere consumed, that the rest icsouls that e therein he utterly desthic sls tatthinheroyed remained of them entered into fenced cities. that day, according to all that he had done 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Lachish. to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and moved his tongue against any of the chil- all Israel w'.th him, unto Hebron; and they dren of Israel fought against it: 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of 37 And they took it, and smote it with the the cave, and bring out those five kings un- edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and to me out of the cave. all the cities thereof, and all the souls that 23 And they did so, and brought forth we-e therein; he left none remaining, acthose five kings unto him out of the cave, cording to all that he had done to Eglon; 180 Joshua taketh JOSHUA. all the land. but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof that zuere therein. with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was 38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel the head of all those kingdoms. with him, to Debir; and fought against it: 11 And they smote all the souls that twere 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, therein with the edge of the sword, utterly and all the cities thereof; and they smote destroying them: there was not any left them with the edge of the sword, and utter- to breathe: and lie burnt Hazor with fire. ly destroyed all the souls that tvere therein; 12 And all the cities of those kings, and he left none remaining as he had done to all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king smote them with the edge of the sword, and thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the to her king. servant of the LORD commanded. 40 So Joshua smote all the country of the 13 But as for the cities that stood still in hills, and of tie south, and of the vale, and their strength, Israel burned none of them, of the springs, and all their kings: he left save IIazor only; that did Joshua burn. none remaining, but utterly destroyed all 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel the cattle, the children of Israel took for a commanded. prey unto themselves; but every man they 41 And Joshua smote them from Kade3h- smote with the edge of the sword, until they barnea even unto Gaza, and all the coun- had destroyed them, neither left they any try of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. to breathe. 42 And all these kings and their land did 15 ~ As the LORD commanded Moses his Joshua take at one time, because the LORD servant, so did Moses command Joshua, God of Israel fought for Israel. and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel of all that tie LORD commanded IMoses. with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land CHAPTER XI. of Goshen, an a the valley, and the plain, Divers ings overcome at the waters of tfeom. 10 and the mountain of Israel, and the valley Hazot teak, atnd bur,,t. 16 All the cotel-y of the same; takest by Josheus. 21 The AlJktirs clet o. 17 EtYve, from the mount Halak, that goeth AND it came to pass, when Jabin king up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley A of Hazor had heard those tlhings, that of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all he sent to Jobab king of lMadon, and to their kings he took, and smote them, and the king of Shimron, and to the king of slew them. Achshaph, 18 Joshua made war a long time with all 2 And to the kings that ewere on the north those kings. of the mountains, and of the plains south 19 There was not a city that made peace of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the with the children of Israel, save the Hiborders of Dor on the west, vites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on they took in battle. the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hit- 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their tite, and the Perizzito, and the Jebusite in hearts, that they should come against Israel the mountains, and to the Hivite under in battle, that he might destroy them utterHermon in the land of Mizpeh. ly, and that they might have no favour, but 4 And they oent out, they and all their that he might destroy them, as the LORD hosts with them, much people, even as the commanded Moses. sand that is upon the seashore in multitude, 21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut with horses and chariots very many. off the Anakim from the mountains, from 5 And when all these kings were met to- Hebron, from Debir, frotm Anab, and from gether, they came and pitched together at all the mountains of Judah, and from all the waters of lerome, to figlt against Isracl. tile mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed G And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be them utterly with their cities. not afraid because of them: for to morrow 22 Tilere vesa none of the Aakshim left in about this time mill I deliver them up all the land of the children of Israel: only in slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there rehorses, and burn their chariots with fire. mained. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war 23 So Joshua took the whole land, accordwith him, against them by the waters of Me. ing to all that the LORD said unto Moses; rom suddenly; and they fell upon them, and Josllua gave it for an inheritance unto 8 And the LORD delivered them into the Israel according to their divisions by their hand of Israel, mwho smote them, and chased tribes. And the land rested from war. them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto tho valley of Miz- CHAPTER XII. peh eastward; and they smote them, until The tho tings on the east of Jordlat, lose coutnthey left them none remaining. trgieloes took and dtsposedl of. 7 The onte and 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD thtrty ktzgs on the west of Jotdan tvhom Joshua bade him: he houghed their horses, and smote. burnt their chariots with fire. "TO" these are the kings of the land, 10 ~ And Joshua at that time turned back, 1. which the children of Israel smote, 181 The iZungs twhom JOSHUA, Joshua subdued. and posessed their land on t h he other se 3 Te ng of Dor i the coast of Dor, Jordan toward tile rising of tie sun, from one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; the river Arnon unto mount Hiemou, and 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings all the plain onthe east: the east: thirty nd one. 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Hesllbon, anz ruled from Aroer, whiich is CI TER XIII. lpoIl tle balnk of tlhe riv-elr on, and from JieCh 1ld'let to bce o,.aessei 8 T'le ihElianhce tile middle of the river, and from half Gile- f e.e t,. e sacrt -f [4 ~'hs itheraance ad, even unto tile river Jabbok, ev/;ic/l i8 [emtcmce of l&ecat. o l'Bnln s/trot 24 Tle the border of the children of Acemon; c o'n, 2,a efl of the i"f tIe of 3 Ai nd from the plain to the sea of Chin- aaS neroth on the east, and unto the sea of the TCOW Joshua. was old and stricken in plain, evcc the salt sea on the east, the l years; and the LORD said unto him, way to Bethl-jeshimioth; and from the south, Tlhou art old ac.d striclien in years, and under Ashlldoth-pisgah: there remaineth yet very much land to ibe 4 And the coast. of Og king of Bashan, possessed. whiCh was of the remnant of the giants, 2 Thi is the land that yet renaincch: all that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, the borders of the Philistines, and all Gesh5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in uri, Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even of the Geshurites and the lIaac'nathites, unto the borders of Eliron nortlhward, hich and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of of Iteshbon. the Philistines; the Gazathites, and tle 6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the children of Israel smite: and MIoscs and tlhe Ekronites; also tlhe Avites: the servant of the LORD gave it for a pos- 4 From the south, all the land of the Casession unto the Reubenites, and the Gad- iiaannites, and earah that is beside the itesh and t gle half tribe of Manaasseh. Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the )orders of the 7 T And these ae the kings of the coun- A iorites: try which Joshua ant the clildren of Israel 5 And the land of the rGiblites, and all Lebsmote onl this side Jordan oln tlo west, front anllol toward tihe sunrising, from Baal-gad Baal-gad in the vallcy of Lebanon even unto under mount Hermon unto the enterilg into the mount Halak, tihat gocth Lp to Seir; Icameth. l ich Joslua gave unto the tribes of Israel 6 All the inlabitants of the hill country foi a possession according to their di- from Lebanon unto MIisrephoth-maii, n tl visions; *all tlhe Sidonians, tlhen will I drive ott from 8 In the mountains, aned i the valleys, beforo tie children of Israel: only divide and in the plains, and in the springs, and thou it by lot unto ttie israelites for nn inIn tie ilderness, and ill ttie south coun- heritanuc, as I have commanded thee. try; the Itittites, thle Amorites, and the 7 ct oi thlerefore divide this land for an Canaanites,the Perizzites, the Hivites, and inheritance unto the nine tribes, andl the the Jehusites: half tribe of Manasseh, 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of 8 With whom tile Reubenites and the GadAi, which is beside Bethl-el, one; ites lave t' eceived their inileritance, i'hich 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king Moses gaive them, beyond Jordan ecastard, of Iebron, one; cVcc' as Iioses the servant of tihe LOtD II The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of gave thiem; Lachish, oneI; 9 Froi Aor, that iS uipo the blank of 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of tle river Arnon, and tlie ciy that. i8 in tile Gezer, one; midst of the river, and all thic pltin of Med13 The king of Debir, one; the king of cesa unto Dibon Goider. one; 10).nd aIl tile cities of Silho kineg of the 14 Tihe king of lIcrmah, one; tlhe kinr.g of Anorites, whiich reigned in Hleshbollon, unto Arad, one; tlie border of tihe chiliidren of Amlon; 15 The king of Ihibnah, one; the king of 11 nd Gilead, and thie border of tile GetsiAdullaim, one; urites and iIaaclhatites, and all iount 1I Tle king of Icakkedah, one; the king HIermoll, anid all lBashan Into Sulcah; of Beth-el, one; 12 All tile ilngdom of Og in Bashan, which 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king rcirned ill llshtaroth and ill Edrei, who reof Itlepher, oe; e almnedt of the remnant of the [iants: for 13 The king of Aphek, one; the king of these did 3Ioscs smite, and cast tihemn oti i Lashaon, one; 13 Nevertheless tlhe children of Israel eI19 The ling of Miadon, one; the ling of ielIed niot tihe Geshuritcs, or the MaLnchiaIIazor, one; I thites: but tle Geslhurites anld tie.Iaacha20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the thites dwell nmodg the Israelites until this killng of Achshaph, olle; i dly. 21 Tihe knilg. o Tanlac., ole.; the ]iillg of 14 Only into the tihib of Lcei Lc gane i one Ilecidto, one; inhelit nce; the sacrifices oci tle le1'D oI 2 ThiC kingt of iKedesh, one; the king of oitf Israeol ndcl by fire c'e their inheritance, Jolneanl of Carmel, one; as le said unto them. 182 Reuben's izlheritance. JOSHUA. Caleb obtaineth Hebron. 15 ~ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the not any inheritance: the LORD God of Ischildren of Reuben inheritance according rael was their inheritance, as he said unto to their families. them. a 16 And their coast -was from Aroer, that CHAPTER XIV. is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the The nie,, tribes anl a half ae to have tieh et incity that is in the midst of the river, and /eitace by lot. 6 Casleb by favo-r obtainth all the plain by Medeba; Hebro. 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are A ND these are the countries which the in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and _A children of Israel inherited in the land Beth-baal-meon, of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and 18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, andMeph- Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of aath, the fathers of the tribes of the children of 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Za- Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. roth-shahar in the mount the t the valley, 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, commanded by the hand of Moses, for the and Beth-jeshimoth, nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, two tribes and a half tribe on the other side which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none smote with the princes of Mlidian, Evi, and inheritance among them. Itekem, andZur, andHeur, andReba, whichl 4 For the children of Joseph were two were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the coun- tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore try. they gave no part unto the Levites in the 22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the sooth- land, save cities to dwell in, with their sayer, did the children of Israel slay with suburbs for their cattle and for their subthe sword among them that were slain by stance. them. 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the 23 And the border of the children of Reu- children of Israel did, and they divided the ben was Jordan, and the border thereof. land. This was the inheritance of the children of 6 a Thell the children of Judah came unto Reuben after their families, the cities and Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of the v eJephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, 21 SAnd Moses gave inhe'itance unto the Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad unto Moses the man of God concerning me according to their families. and thee in Iadesh-barnea. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the 7 Forty years old was I when Moses the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the servant of the LORD sent me from Kachildren of Ammon, unto Aroer that is be- desh-barnea to espy out the land; and I fore Rabbah; brought him word again as it szas in mine 26 AndfromHeshbon untoRamath-mizpeh, heart. and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto 8 Nevertheless my bretethren that ent up the border of Debir; with me made the heart of the people melt: 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth- but I wholly followed the LORD my God. nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodJordan and his border, even unto the edge den shall be thine inheritance, and thy chilof the sea of Chinnereth on the other side dren's for ever, because thou hast wholly Jordan eastward. followed the LORD my God. 28 This is the inheritance of the children 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept of Gad after their families, the cities, and me alive, as he said, these forty and five their villages. years, even since the LORD spake this word 29 And Mloses gave inheritance unto the unto,Ioses, while the children of Israel half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, os8session of the half tribe of the children I ail this day fourscore and five years old. of Mlanasseh by their families. 11 As yet I amv as strong this day as I 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, swas in the day that Moses sent me: as my all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of strength 7was then, even so is my strength Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which now, for war, both to go out, and to come seae in Bashan, threescore cities: in. 81 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba- whereof the LORD spake in that day; for shan, were pertainintg unto the children thou heardest in that day how the Anakim of Iachir the son of Manasseh, oven to the seree there, and that the cities were great one half of the children of MIachir by their ancl fenced: if so be the LORD 2iEll be families. with me, then I shall be able to drive them 32 These are the countlries which Msoses out, as the LORD said. did distribute for inheritance in the plains 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jeri- Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an cho, eastward. inheritance. 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Ioses gave 14 Hebron therefore became the inherit1S3 Bordlers of Judah. JOSHUA. The cities aiod ance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the 12 And the eest border otas to the great Kenezite unto this day, because that he sea, and the coast thereof: this is the wholly followed the LOPD God of Israel. coast of the children of Judah round about 15 And the name of Hebron beforeo as according to their families. Kirjath-arba; athich Arba was a great man 13 ~ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunamong the Anakim. And the land had'iest neh he gave a part among the children of from war. Judah, according to the commandment of CHAPTER XV. the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba The bordtd of he lot of e l ofdah. 13 Cae6lb taktth the fathr of Anak, whioh city is Hebron. poSteeaoif i poioe. 10o f foeis hortit. 14 O e And Caleb drove thence the three sons vealou, hal Aisa, l aleb's daughter, to wife. of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Tal18 She ohtaintet a bileig of her father, 21 Tie mat, the children of Anak. cities of Judah. 63 Te Jetusites tt conquered. 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitFTr IS d then was the lot of the tribe of the ants of Dobir: and the name of Debir beJL children of Judah by their families; fore was Kirjath-sepher. even to the border of Edom the wilderness 16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth K-ir of Zin southward wasn the uttermost part of jath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I the south coast. give Aohsah my daughter to wife. 2 Andtheirsouthborderwas from theshore 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him southward: Achsah his daughter to wife. 3 And it went out to the south side to Ma- 18 And it came to pass, as she came tunto aleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and him, that she moved him to ask of her faascended up on the south side unto Kadesh- ther field: and she lighted off her ass; and barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; Karkaa: for thou hast given me a south land; give 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, me also springs of water. And he gave her and awent out unto iv o Ept; d the ppe, the river onether springs. the goings out of that coast were at the sea: 20 V Tlis is the inheritance of the tribe of this shall be your south coast. the children of Judah according to their 5 And the east border twas the salt sea, families. even unto the end of Jordan. And their 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of border in the north quarter was from the the children of Judah toward the coast of bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jor- Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, dan: and Jagur, 6 And the border went up to Beth-hoglah, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adaand passed along by the north of Beth-ara- dah, bah; and the border went up to the stone 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, of Bohan the son of Reuben: 24 Ziph, and Telern, and Bealoth, 7 And the border went up toward Debir 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, from the valley of Achor, and so northward, and Hezron, which is Hazor, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the go- 26 Amaon, and Shoma, and Stoladah, ing up to Adummim, which is on the south 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and side of the river: and the border passed Beth-palet, toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the 28 And Hazar-shual, andBeer-sheba, and goings out thereof were at En-rogel: Bizjothjah, 8 And the border went up by the valley 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of 30 And Eltolad, and Cbesil, and Hormah, the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and 31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Santhe border went up to the top of the mount- sannah, ain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, -estward, which is at the end of the valley and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and of the giants northward: nine, with their villages. P And the border was drawn from the top 33 ~ Andl in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoof the hill unto the fountain of the water reah, and Ashnah, of Nephtoah, and oent out to the cities of 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappumount Ephron and the border as drawn ah, and Enm, to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: 3S Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and 10 And the border compassed from Baal- Azekah, ah vestward unto mount Seir, and passed 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gealong unto the side of mount Jearim, which derah, and Goderothaim; fourteen cities is Chesalon, on the. north side, and vent witl their villages: down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to 37 Zcnan, and Hadashah, and igdal-gad, Timnah: 38 And Diloan, and MIizpeh, and Jok11 And the border went out unto the side theel, of Ekron northward: and the border was 33 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount l0 And Cabbon, aud Lahmam, and KithBaalah, and iwent out unto Jabneel; and lish, the goings out of the border were at the sea. 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Na184 villages of Judah. JOSHUA. Lot of Manasseh. amnh, and Manldedah; sixteen cities witlh And the border went out toward the sea their villages: to lichmethahl on tile north side; and the 42 Libnao, and Ether, andAshan, border wen about about eastard unto Taanath43 And Jiphtnh, annl.lslnah, and Nezib, shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Ja44 And Kieilah, and Achzib, and idIare- nohah; shah; nine cities with their villages: 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ata45 Ekron, with her towns and her vil- roth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, laoes: and went out at Jordan. 4 e From Eklron even unto the sea, all that 8 Tho border ent ot from Tappuah lay near Ashdod, with their villages: westward unto the river Kanah; and the 47 Ashdod with her towns and her vil- goings out thereof were athehe sea. This is lages; Gaza with her towns and her vil- the inheritance of the trf the tle children lages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great of Ephraim by their families. sea, and the border thee eof. 9 And the separate cities for the children 4d8' And in the mountains, Shamir, and of Ephraim were among tile inheritance of Jattir, and Socoh, the children of Manasaeh, all the cities with 49 And Dannah, and EKirjath-sannah, their villages. whicll s Deboir, 10 And they dravc not out the Canaanites 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, eleven cities with their villages: and serve under tribute. 52 Arab, and Dumah, and lshean, 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and CHAPTER XVII. Aphekah, The lot of elatnrsei. 7 Ilis c nat. 12 The Ca54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-aroho which nati'tes reot tieve;t ot. li ele Chil'ee f is Hcbron, and Zior; nine cities with their JosepJIh cei aLn additioeal lot. villages: ]qHERE was also a lot for the tribe of O55 Ieaon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, Iamnasseh; for lie lens the firstborn of 50 And Jezreel, and Jokdeamn, and Za- Joseph; to ivit, for IMachir the firstborn of noah, (Manasseh, tie father of Gilead: because he 67 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead witll their villages: and Cashan. 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the 59 And aaorath, and Beth-anoth, and El- children of Mianasseh by their families; for tekon; six cities with their villages: the children of Abiezer, and for tlh chil0O Iirjath-baal which is Kiirjath-jenrim, dren of Helek, and for the children of Asand Rabbah; two cities with their villages. riel, and for the children of Shechem, and 01 ~ In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Mid- for the clildren of Hepher, and for tho din, and Seacah, children of Shemnida: these neele the male 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by En-gedi; six cities witl their villages. tleir families. 63 j^ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the of Jerusalem, the children of Judaoh could son of Gilead, the son of 3Iachir, the Eon of not drive them out: but the Jebusites d;well SIanassell, had no sons, but daughters: andt with the children of Judah at Jerusalem these arie the names of his daughters, Iah — unto this day. lah, and Ncoah, Hoglah, Slilcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before Eleazar tl:c CHAPTER XVI. priest, and before Joshua the son of Nnn, fTe general borders of t ee sotn of Joseph. 5 The and before the princes, saying, The LORD border of e i,11:e0iace of Ic lL. 10 The commanded Ioeses to give us an inheritance C laaeeites eot e rineee ol:,. among our brethren. Therefore, according ND tlhe lot of tle children of Joseph to the commandment of thie LOnD, hle gaoe fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the them an inheritance among the brethren of water of Jericho on tle eastt, to the wilder- thlir falletrn ness that gothl up from Jericho throughout 5 And thee fel ten ortion to Ialnors eh, mount Beth-el, besides the land of Gilead and Basnhan, 2 And goeth out from Bneth-el to Luz, and tlhich zve on thle other side Jordane passeth along unto the borders of Archi to (6 lecause the daughters of Ilanlasseh had taroth, an inl:eritanee anmon his sons: anel thlc 3 And goeth down westwardto the eoast of rest of IManasseh's sons had the land of I Japlleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the Gilea d. nether, and to Gczer: and thle goings out 7 And the coast of Ianasseh -was from thereofarO at the sea. Asler to Iichmethah,, that lietl before 4 So the children of Joseph, MIanasseh Shechem; and tl.e border went along on the and Ephraim, took their inheritance. righ-t hand unto tle inhabitants of En-tap5 ~ And the border of the children of puah. Ephraiea accrciing to their faollic nwas I8 n 1w BiIanassell had the lanld of Tapthi.us: even the border of their inheritance puli: but Tappunh on tle!order ofBlanason the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto selh 7csou(sc. to the children of eIphaim; Beth-horon the ulppor; 9 nd tho coast descended unto th!e river 105 The tabernacle set up. JOSHUA. The lot of Ben3amin. Kanah, southward of the river: these cities shall rise, and go through the land, and of Ephraim tre among the cities of Manas- describe it according to the inheritance of seh: the coast of Ianassseh also was on the them; and they shall come again to me. north side of the river, and the outgoings of 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: it were at the sea: Judah shall abide in their coast on the 10 Southward it zausEphraim's, and north- south, and the house of Joseph shall abide ward it was ilaneasseh's, and the sea is his in their coasts on the north. border; and they met together in Asher on 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into the north, and in Issachar on the east. seven parts, and bring the descriptlion 11 And Manasseh had in Issaclar and in hither to me, that I may cast lots for you Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ib- here before the LORD our God. learn and her towns, and the inhabitants of 7 But the Levites have no part among you; Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of for the priesthood of the LORD is their En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabit- half the tribe of MIanasseh, have received ants of Megiddo and her towns, even three their inheritance beyond Jordan on the countries. cast, which iloses the servant of the LORD 12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not gave them. drive out the inhabitants of those cities; 8 And the men arose, and vent away: and but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Joshua charged them that went to describe 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children the land, saying, Go and walk through the of Israel were'waxen strong, that they put land, and describe it, and come again to the Canaanites to tribute; but did not ut- me, that I may here cast lots for you before terly drive them o the utthe LORD in Shiloh. 14 ~ And the children of Joseph spake 9 And the men went and passed through unto Joshua, saying, Why hast tlhou given the land, and described it by cities into me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seven parts in a book, and came again to seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Joshua to the host at Shiloh. the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be before the LORD: and there Joshua divided a great people, these get thee up to the wood the land unto the children of Israel accordcountry, and cut down for thyself there in ing to their divisions. - the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, 11 I And the lot of the tribe of the chilif mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. dren of Benjamin came up according to 16 And the children of Joseph said, The their families: and the coast of their lot hill is not enough for us: and all the Ca- came forth between the children of Judah naanites that dwell in the land of the valley and the children of Joseph. have chariots of iron, both they who are of 12 And their border on the north side was Beth-shean and her towns, and they who from Jordan; and the border went up to are of the valley of Jezreel. the Bide of Jericho on the north side, and 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of went up through the mountains westward; Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Mlanasseh, and the goings out thereof were at the wilsaying, Thou art a great people, and least derness of Beth-aven. great power: thou shalt not have one lot 13 And the border went over from thence only: toward Luz, to the side of Luz which is 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it Beth-el, southward; and the border deis a ewood, and thou shalt cut it don n: and scended to Ataroth-addar, near the hill that the outgoings of it shall.be thine: for thou lieth on the south side of the nether Bethshalt drive out the Canaanites, though they horon. have iron chariots, and though they be 14 And the border was drawn thence, and strong. compassed the corner of the sea southward, CHAPTER XVIII. fron the hill that lieth before Beth-horon The tabertacle is set up at Shiloh. 2 The remain,- southward; and the goingsout thereof were der of ihe laILeI is slilsdecl i,dto sever Aartts,, zhccisc at Iiirjath-baal which is Iirjath-jearim, a are listiLtel 1 lot. 11 The lot anl bor-del of city of the children of Judah: this weas the sBe2jami1. 21 Theiir citie. weet quarter. A ND the whole coneregation of the chil- 15 And the south quarter was from the end dren of Israel assembled together at of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the on the west, and went out to the well of congregation there: and the land was sub- waters of Nephtoah: dued before them. e1 And the border came down to the end 2 And there remained among the children of thle mountain that licth before the valley of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet re- of the son of Hinnom, anld which is in the ceived their inheritance. valley of the giants on the north, and de3 And Joshua said unto the children of Is- scended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side rael, -How long are ye slack to go to pos- of Jebusi on the south, and descended to sess the land, which the LORD God of your En-rogel, fathers hath given you? 17 And was drawn from the north, and 4 Give out from among you three men for went forth to En-shemesh, and sent forth each tribe: and I will send them, and they toward Geliloth, which is over against the 186 Lot of Sinmeon, JOSHUA. and of Issachar. going up of Adummim, and descended to sheth, and reached to the river that is bethe stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, fore Jokneam; 18 And passed along toward the side over 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward against Arabah northward, and went down the sunrising unto the border of Chislothunto Arabah: tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and 19 And the border passed along to the side goeth up to Japhia, of Beth-hoglah northwavrd: and the out- 13 And from thence passeth on along on goings of the border were at the north bay the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Ncah; this wtas the south coast. 14 And the border compasseth it on the'20 And Jordan was the border of it on the north side to Hannathbon: and the outgoings cast side. This tvas the inheritance of the thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimround about, according to their families. ron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the chil- cities with their villages. dren of Benjamin according to their families 16 This is the inheritance of the children were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the of Zebulun according to their families, these valley of Keziz, cities with their villages.. 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and 17 d Anld the fourth lot came out to IssaBeth-el, char, for the children of Issaohar according 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, to their families. 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Ana20 And Mlizpeh, and Chephirah, and MIo- harath, zah, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralfh, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi which haddah, and Beth-pazzez; is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; four- 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and teen cities with their villages. This is the Shahaznlmah, and Beth-shemesh; and the inheritance of the children of Benjamin ac- outgoings of their border were at Jordan: cording to their families. sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of CHAPTER XIX. the children of Issachar according to their The lot of Simeott, 10 of Zehiuln, 17 of Issachar, families, the cities and their villages. 21 ofAsher, 32 qf A'phtali, 40 at of Dan. -49 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe The childtre, of Israel give at inheritance to of the children of Asher according to their JoeSheta. families. A ND the second lot came forth to Simeon, 25 And their border was Helkath, and even for the tribe of the children of Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, Simeon according to their families: and 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and fIitheir inheritance was within the inheritance shal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, of the children of Judah. and to Shihor-libnath; 2 And they had in their inheritance Beer- 27 And turneth toward the sunrising to sheba or Slleba, and BMoladah, Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and 3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-mareaboth, and out to Cabul on the left hand, Hazar-susah, 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thir- and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; teencities and their villages: 29 And teite the coast turneth to Ramah, 7 Ain, Renmmou, and Ether, and Ashan; and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast four cities and their villages: turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings there8 And all the villages that were round of are at the seafrom the coast to Achzib: about these cities to Banlath-beer, RPamath 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: ofthe south. This is the inheritance of the twenty and two cities with their villages. tribe of the children of Simeon according to 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of their families. the'children of Asher according to their 9 Out of the portion of the children of Ju- families, these cities with their villages. dah zwas the inheritance of the children of 32 ~ Tile sixth lot came out to the children Simeon: for the part of the children of Ju- of Naphtaal, evCon for the children of Naphdah was too mucel for them: therefore the tali according to their families. children of Simeon had their inheritance 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from within the inheritance of them. Allen to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, 10 h And the third lot came up for the and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgochildren of Zebulun according to their fami- ings thereof were at Jordan: lies: and the border of their inheritance 34 And then the coast turneth westward was unto Sarid: to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence 11 And their border went up toward the to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the sea, and MIaralah, and reached t6 Dabba- south side, and reacheth to Asher on the 187 Lot of Dan. JOSHUA. Cities of refuge west side, and to Judah upon Jordan to- and give him a place, that he may dwell ward the sunrising. among them. 35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after and Hammath, Ralkhath, and Chinnereth, him, then they shall not deliver the slayer 36 And Adamall, and Ramah, and Hazeor, up into his hand; because he emote his 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and beforetime. Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until cities with their villages. he stand before the congregation for judg39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of ment, and untilthe death of the high priest the children of Naphtali according to their that shall be in those days: then shall the families, the cities and their villages. slayer return, and come unto his own city, 40 Atnd the seventh lot came out for the and unto his oen house, unto the city from tribe of the children of Dan according to whence he fled. their families. 7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee 41 And the coast of their inheritance was in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba which is He42 And Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jeth- bron in the mountain of Judah. lah, 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho 43 AndElon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wil44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Ba- derness upon the plain out of the tribe of alath, Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the 45 And Jehud, and Benc-berak, and Gath- tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of rimmon, the tribe of Manasseh. 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the 9 These were the cities appointed for all border before Japho. the children of Israel, and for the stranger 47 And the coast of the children of Dan that sojourneth among them, that whosoever went out too li!tle for them: therefore the killeth any person at unawares might flce children of Dan went up to fight against thither, and not die by the hand of the Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the avenger of blood, until he stood before the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and congregation. dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, CHAPTER XXI after the name of Dan their father. t an ia-ty i t oft e the 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of tibb,,,,ntohe Lte,,. 43 TLs God ave the the children of Dan according to their fam- lad, andSt rest unto the esaelites, accotding to ilies, these cities with their villages. his pomise. 49 ~ When they had made an end of di- HEN came near the heads of the fathers viding the land for inheritance by their 1J of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, coasts, the children of Israel gave an inher- and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto itance to Joshua the son of Nun among the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the them: children of Israel; 60 According to the word of the LORD they 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in gave him the city which he asked, even the land of Canaan, saying, The LOED Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he commanded by the hand of tloses to give cs built the city, and dwelt therein. cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof 51 These are the inheritances, which Ele- for our cattle. azar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the and the heads of the fathers of the tribes Levites out of their inheritance, at the comof the children of Israel, divided for an in- mandment of the LORD, these cities and heritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, their suburbs. at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- 4 And the lot came out for the families of gation. So they made an end of dividing the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the country. the priest, which wtere of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of CHAPTER XX. the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Six cities of,efuge are a2pointed. Benjamin, thirteen cities. THE LOED also spake unto Joshua, say- 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath ing, 7had by lot ot of the families of the tribe of 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and Appoint out for you cities of refuge, where- out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten of I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: cities. 3 That the slayer that killeth any person 6 And the children of Gershon hadt by lot unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and they shall be your refuge from the and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the avenger of blood. tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe 4 And when he that doth flee unto on o of of MIanasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. those cities shall stand at the entering of 7 The children of aIerari by their famithe gate of the city, and shall declare his lies hat out of the tribe of Reuben, and out cause in the ears of the elders of that city, of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of they shall take him into the city unto them, Zebulun, twelve cities. 188 The cities gzven JOSHUA. to the Levites. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal unto the Levites these cities with their sub- with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, urbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob of Mloses. with her suburbs; four cities. 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Keohildren of Judah, and out of the tribe of desh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a the children of Simeon, these cities which city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothare here mentioned by name, dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her 10 Which the children of Aaron, being suburbs; three cities. of the families of the Kohathites, who were 33 All the cities of the Gershonites accordof the children of Levi, had: for theirs was ing to their families were thirteen cities the first lot. with their suburbs. 11And they gave them the city of Arba the 34 ~ And unto the families of the children father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her subthereof round about it. urbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 12 But the fields of the city, and the vil- 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalalwith lages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of her suburbs; four cities. Jephunneh for his possession. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer 13 ~ Thus they gave to the children of Aa- with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her ron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to suburbs, be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Lib- 37 Kedemothwith her suburbs, and Mephnah with her suburbs, aath with her suburbs; four cities. 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Esh- 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth tomoa with her suburbs, in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir refuge for the slayer; and MIahanaim with with her suburbs, her suburbs, 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; four cities in all. her suburbs; nine cities out of those two 40 So all the cities for the children of Mertribes. ari by their families, which were remaining 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gib- of the families of the Levites, were by their con with her suburbs, Geba with her sub- lot twelve cities. nrbs, 41 All the cities of the Levites within the 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon possession of the children of Israel were wih her suburbs; four cities. forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, 42 These cities were every one with their the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs round about them: thus were all suburbs. these cities. 20 - And the families of the children of 43 I And the LORD gave unto Israel all Kohath, the Lovites which remained of the the land which he sware to give unto their children of Kohath, even they had the cities fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. therein. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her 44 And the LORD gave them rest round suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of about, according to all that he sware unto refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her their fathers: and there stood not a man of suburbs, all their enemies before them; the LORD 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and delivered all their enemies into their hand. Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. 45 There failed not aught of any good 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh thing which the LORD had spoken unto the with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her sub- house of Israel; all came to pass. urbs, 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon CHAPTER XXII.'with her suburbs; four cities. Joshua dlimisseth the wo tribes and a half with a 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, blessig. 10 They build a, altar of testimony by Taznach with her suburbs, and Gath-rim- Jordan. 11 T'heother tribesareofended thereat. mon with her suburbs; two cities. 21 Ai o esplati ois given, 30 uhi i is.tsfc26 All the cities were ten with their sub- toy. urbs for the families of the children of Ko- H EN Joshua called the Reubenites, and hath that remained. 1 the Gadites, and the half tribe of Ma27 ~ And unto the children of Gershon, nasseh, of the families of the Levites, out of the 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all other half tribe of Manasseh they gave that Moses the servant of the LORD comGolan in Bashan with her suburbs, to bemanded you, and have obeyed my voice in a city of refuge for the slayer, and Beesh- all that I commmrded you: terah with her suburbs; two cities. 3 Yo have not leftyour brethren these many 28 And out of the tribe of Issaehar, Kishon days unto this day, but have kept the charge with her suburbs, Dabareh itll her suburbs, of the commandment of the LORD your God. 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim 4 And now the LORD your God hath given with her suburbs; four cities rest unto your brethren, as he promised 189 An altar built JOSHUA. near Jordan. them: therefore now return ye, and get you 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, unto your tents, and unto the land of your from which we are not cleansed until this possession, owhich MIoses the servant of the day, although there was a plague illthe conLORD gave you on the other side Jordan. gregation of the LORD, 5 But take diligent heed to do the com- 18 But that ye must turn away this day mandment and the law, which iloses the from following the LORD? and it will be, seivant of the LORD charged you, to love seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, the LORD your God, and to walk in all his that to morrow he will be wroth with the ways, and to keep his commandments, and whole congregation of Israel. to cleave unto him, and to serve him with 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your all your heart and with all your soul. possession be unclean, then pass ye over 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them unto the land of the possession of the LORD, away: and they eent unto their tents, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, 7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Ma- and take possession among us: but rebel nasseh lloses had given possession in Ba- not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, shan: but unto the other half thereof gave in building you an altar besides the altar of Joshua among their brethren on this side the LORD our God. Jordan westward. And whlen Joshua sent 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah comthemn away also unto their tents, then he mit a trespass in the accursed thing, and blessed them, wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return and that man perished not alone in his inwith much riches unto your tents, and aaith iquity. very much cattle, with silver, andwitl gold,'21' Then the children of Reuben and the and with brass, and with iron, and with very children of Gad and the half tribe of lamuch raiment: divide the spoil of your en- nasseh answered, and said unto the heads e:nies with your brethren. of the thousands of Israel, 9 And the children of Reuben and the ohil- 22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God dren of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall returned, and departed from the children know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transof Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land gression against the LORD, (save us not of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gil- this day,) ead, to the land of their possession, whereof 23 That we have built us an altar to turn they were possessed, according to the word from following the LORD, or if to offer of the LORD by the hand of Moses. thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or 10 And when they came unto the borders if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, LORD himself require it; the children of Reuen n and the children of 24 And if we have not rather done it for Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built fear of this thing, saying, In time to come there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to your children might speak unto our chilsee to. dren, saying, What have ye to do with the 11 t And the children of Israel heard say, LORD God of Israel? Behold, the children of Reuben and the 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a bordchildren of Gad and the half tribe of Manas- er between us and you, ye children of Reuseh have built an altar over against the land ben and children of Gad; ye have no part of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the in the LORD: So shall your children make passage of the children of Israel. our children cease from fearing the LORD. 12 And when the children of Israel heard 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare of it, the whole congregation of the chil- to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, dren of Israel gathered themselves together nor for sacrifice: at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. 27 But that it inay be a witness between 13 And the children of Israel sent unto us, and you, and our generations after us, the children of Reuben, and to the children that we might do the service of the LORD of Gad, and to the half tribe of Mlanasseh, before him with our burnt offerings, and into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerof Eleazar the priest, ings; that your children may not say to our 14 And with him ten princes, of each chief children in time to come, Ye have no part house a prince throughout all the tribes of in the LORD. Israel; and each one was a head of the 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, house of their fathers among the thousands when they should so say to us or to our genof Israel. erations in time to come, that we may say 15 And they came unto the children of again, Behold the pattern of the altar of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the LORD, which our fathers made, not for the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, a witness between us and you. 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the 29 God forbid that we should rebel against LORD, What trespass is this that ye have the LORD, and turn this day from following committed against the God of Israel, to turn the LORD, to build an alta r for burnt ofaway this day from following the LORD, in ferings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, that ye have builded you an altar, that ye besides the altar of the LORD our God that might rebel this day against the LORD? is before his tabernacle. 190 Joshua's charge JOSHUA. unto Israel. 30 ~ And when Phinellas the priest, and 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: the princes of the congregation and heads for the LORD your God, he it is that fightof the thousands of Israel which uere with eth for you, as he hath promised you. him, heard the words that the children of 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourReuben and the children of Gad andthe chil- selves, that ye love the LORD your God. dren of Ianasseh spake, it pleased them. 12 Else, if ye do in any wise go back, and 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the cleave unto the remnant of these nations, priest said unto the children of Reuben, and even these that remain among you, and shall to the children of Gad, and to the children make marriages with them, and go in unto of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the them, and they to you: LORD is among us, because ye have not 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD committed this trespass against the LORD: your God will no more drive out any of now ye have delivered the children of Is- these nations from before you; but they rael out of the hand of the LORD. shall be snares and traps unto you, and 32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the scourges in your sides, and thorns in your priest, and the princes, returned from the eyes, until ye perish from off this good land children of Reuben, and from the children which the LORD your God hath given you. of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the 14 And, bellold, this day I aoo going the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, way of all the earth: and ye know in all and brought them word again. your hearts and in all your souls, that not 33 And the thing pleased the children of one thing hath failed of all the good things Israel; and the children of Israel blessed which the LORD your God spake concerning God, and did not intend to go up against you; all are come to pass unto you, and them in battle, to destroy the land wherein not one thing hath failed thereof. the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that 34 And the children of Reuben and the as all good things are come upon you, which children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it the LORD your God promised you; so shall shall be a witness between us that the LORD the LORD bring upon you all evil things, is God. until he have destroyed you from off this CHAPTER XXIII. good land which the LORD your God hlath Joshtias exhortatio-, to she c1hildren of srael it given you. AiS old age. 1i When ye have transgressed the coveAND it came to pass, a long time after nant of the LORD your God, which he comthat the LORD had given rest unto manded you, and have gone and served Israel from all their enemies round about, other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. then shall the anger of the LORD be kirdled 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and against you, and ye shall perish quickly for their elders, and for their heads, and from off the good land which ho hath given for their judges, and for their officers, and unto you. said unto them, I am old ancE stricken in CHAPTER XXIV. age: Josihm assemlleth the r sibes at Shecheo. and re3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your cit"eh dsooes to femo, lo oito-, ture. God llath done unto all these nations be- otl, 2.ellsetteth the coaestoat eotloee s ther- ad d ooO, 2ido itsth vs.ot-s 000 cause of you; for the LORD your God is of. 29Joshta's age, death, no lbu-iaT. 32 ThO lie that hath fought for you. ones of Joseph tburied it Shecihem. 33 The death 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot of Lleaza,-. these nations that remain, to be an inherit- AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of ance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all. tIsrael to Shechem, and called for the the nations that I have cut off, even unto elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for the great sea westward. their judges, and for their officers; and 5 And the LORD your God, he shall ex- they presented themselves before God. pel them from before you, and drive them 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, from out of your sight; and ye shallposses s Thus aith the LonD God of Israel, Your their land, as the LORD your God hath fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood promised unto you. in old time, even Terah, the father of AbraG Be ye therefore very courageous to keep ham, and the father of Nahor: and they and to do all that is written in the book of served other gods. the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside 3 And I took your father Abraham from therefrom to the right handor to the left; the other side of the flood, and led him 7 That ye come not among these nations, throughout all the lInd of Canaan, and multhese that remain among you; neither make tiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. mention of the name of their gods, nor cause 4 And I gave unto Isaac'Jncob- and Esau: to swear by thelo, neither serve them, nor and I gave unto Esau mount Se'r, to poshow yourselves unto them: seess it; but Jacob and his children went 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as down into Egypt. ye have done unto this day. 5 I sent 3Ioses also and Aaron, and I 9 For the LORD hath driven out from before plagued Egypt, according to that which I you great nations and strong: but asfor did among them: and afterward I brought you, no man hoath been able to stand before you oult. you unto this day. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: 191 God's goodness JOSHUA. unto Isael. and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyp- dwelt in the land: therefo'e will we also tians pursued after your fathers with char- serve the LORD; for he is our God. iots and horsemen unto the Red sea. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy he put darkness between you and the Egyp- God; he is a jealous God; he will not fortians, and brought the sea upon them, and give your transgressions nor your sins. covered them; and your eyes have seen 20 If ye forsake the LOD, and serve what I have done in Egypt: and ye dweltstrange gods, then he will turn and do you in the wilderness a long season. hurt, and consume you, after that he hath 8 And I brought you into the land of the done you good. Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jor- 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; dan; and they fought with you: and I gave but we will serve the LORD. them into your hand, that ye might possess 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Yo their land; and I destroyed them from be- are witnesses against yourselves that ye fore you. have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of And they said, IWe are witnesses. IMoab, arose and warred against Israel, and 23 Now therefore put away, Esaid he, the sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to strange gods which are among you, and incurse you: oline your heart unto the LORD God of Is10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; rael. therefore he blessed you still: so I deliver- 24 And the people said unto Joshua, Tho ed you out of his hand. LORD our God will we serve, and his voice 11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto will we obey. Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought 2i So Joshua made a covenant with the against you, the Amorites, and the Periz- people that day, and set them a statute and zites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, an ordinance in Shechem. and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your book of the la of God, and took a great hand. stone, and set it up there under an oak, 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. dlave them out from before you, eve?t the 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, two kings of the Amorites; blut not with Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto thy sword, nor with thy bow. us; for it hath heard all the words of the 13 And I have given you a land for which LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be ye did not labour, and cities which ye built therefore a itness unto you, lest ye deny not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards your God. and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every eat. man unto his inheritance. 14 d Now therefore fear the LORD, and 29 T And it came to pass after these serve him in sincerity and in truth; and things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the put away the gods which your fathers served servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and ten years old. and serve ye the LORD. 30 And they buried him in the border of 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is the LORD, choose you this day whom ye ill in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the serve; whether the gods which your fathers hill of Gaash. served that ewere on the other side of the 31 And Israel served the LORD all the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose days of Joshua, and all the days of the eldland ye dwell: but as for me and my house, ers that overlived Joshua, and which had wo will serve the LORD. known all the works of the LORD, that he 1e And the people answered and said, God had done for Israel. forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to 325 And the bones of Joseph, which the serve other gods; children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, 17 For the LORD our God, he it is. that buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of brought us up and our fathers out of the ground which Jacob bought of the sons of land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred and which did those great signs in our sight, pieces of silvet; and it became the inherand preserved us in all the ay wherein we itano of tile children of Josepl h. went, and among all the people through 33 And Eleazar the son ol Aaron died; and whom we passed: they buried him in a hill that pertained to IS And the LORD drove out from before Phinehas his son, which was given him in us all the people, even the Amorites which mount Ephraim, 192 THE BOOK OF JUDGES. CHAPTER I. gave her the upper springs and the nether The acts of JudLahandSimon. G6AdnI-b.ezekjust- springs. ly reguitel. 8Jerutalem taken. l0Hlebro, tak- 16 And the children of the Kenite, 3Moel. lO0thnietl at/i Aesahto uifefo takilg of ses' father in law, went up out of the city Drebtc. 16 he deKeniler dueltiecu.aod. 17 lye Dor'?. 1Ga, te l/e1t6e, eell ence 1/. I1.hepof palm trees with the children of Judah into ct of etjaint 22 of the house of Joseph 30 the wilderness ofJudah, which lieth in the of ZeiJulue; 31 of Ahets; 33 of Nnaphtai 34 south of Arad; and they went and dwelt adrfl oDeae. among the people. NTOW after the death of Joshua it came 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brothto pass, that the children of Israel er, and they slew the Canaanites that inasked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up habited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. toa us against the Canaanites first, to fight And the name of the city was called Horagainst them? mah. 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast behold, I have delivered the land into his thereof, and Ashkelon with the coast therehand. of, and Ekron with the coast thereof. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and Come up with me into my lot, that we may he draoe out the inhabitants of the mountfight against the Canaanites; and I lilke- an; but could not drive out the inhabitants wise will go with thee into thy lot. Soim- of the valley, because they had chariots of con went with him. iron. 4 And Judah went up; and the LORD de- 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as livered the Canaanites and the Perizzites Moses said: and he expelled thence the into their hand: and they slew of them in three sons of Anak. Bezek ten thousand men. 21 2 And the children of Benjamin did not 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jeruand they fought against him, and they slew salem; but the Jebusites dwell with the chilthe Canaanites and the Perizzites. dren of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this 6 But Adoni-bezek fled and they pursued day. after him, and caught him, and cut off his 22 And the house of Joseph, they also thumbs and eis great toes. went up against Beth-el: and the LORD 7 And Adoni-bezelc said, Threescore and cwas ith them. ten kings, having their thumbs and their 23 And the house of Joseph sent to degreat toes cut off, gathered their meaet scry Beth-el: now the name of the city beunder my table: as I have done, so God fore asth Lulz: hath requited me. And they brought him 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out to Jerusalem, and there he died. of the city, and they said unto him, Shew 8 Now the children of Judah had fought us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and and we will shew thee mercy. smitten it with the edge of the sword, and 25 And when he shewed them the entrance set the city on fire. into the city, they smote the city with the 9 And afterward the children of Judah edge of the sword; but they let go the man went down to fight against the Canaanites, and all his family. that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, 23 And the man went into the land of the and in the valley. Hittites, and built a city, and called the 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites name thereof Luz which is the name that dwelt in Hebron: now the name of thereof unto this day. Hebron before coas KIirjath-arba: and they 27 Neither did MIananseh drive out the slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, 11 And from thence he went against the nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabinhabitants of Debir: and the name name of De- iants of Dor and her towans, eno the inhabbirbefore was Kirjath-sepher: itants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kir- inhabitants of 3Iegiddo and her towns: but jath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Achsah my daughter to wife. 28 And it came to pass, when Israel was 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's strong, that they put the Cauanites to ribyounger brother, took it: and he gave him ute, and did not utterly drive them out. Achsah his daughter to wife. 29 Neither did Ephraim erive out the 14 And it came to pass, when she came to Canaanites that dwe!t in'ezer; but the him, that she moved him to ask of her fa- Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. ther a field: and she lighted from off her 30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt habitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of thou? Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among 15 And she said unto him, Give me a bless- them, and became tributaries. ing: for thou hast given me a south lend; 31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabgiveo also springs of water. And Caleb itantsofAccho,northeinhabitants ofZidon, 13 193 The dealings of JUDGES. God with Israel. nor of Ahlab, nor of Aohzib, nor of Helbah, the sight of the LORD, and served Baalnor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: im: 32 But the Asherites dwelt among the 12 And they forsook the LORD God of Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: their fathers, which brought them out ofthe for they did not drive them out. land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of 33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the in- the gods of the people that iere round about habitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabit- them, and bowed themselves unto them and. ants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among provoked the LORD to anger. the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-she- Baal and Ashtaroth. mesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot unto them. against Israel, and he delivered them into 34 And the Amorites forced the children thel ands of spoilers that spoiled them, and of Dan into the mountain: for they would he sold them into the hands of their enenot suffer them to come down to the valley: mies round about, so that they could not 35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount any longer stand before their enemies. Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, of the LORD was against them for evil, as so that they became tributaries. the LORD had said, and as the LORD had 36 And the coast of the Amorites was sworn unto them: and they were greatly from the going up to Akrabbim, from the distressed. rock, and upward. 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of CHAPTER II. those that spoiled them. An Ansdl.esul:eth the people at Bochim. 6 Tle 17 And yet they would not hearken unto,vickedness of the -ext generatio:.fteha Joshto. their judges, but they went a whoring after 14 ocl's lains ith them in jde!lnent and other gods, and bowed themselves unto mercy. 20 the'atzions leftto prol'e Crael. noea. 00 Tsoti-s lsftte o co. them: they turned quickly out of the way A ND an Angel of the LORD came up which their fathers walked in, obeying the -I- from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I commandments of the LORD; but they did made you to go up out of Egypt, and have not so. brought you unto the land which I snare 18 And when the LORD raised them up unto your fathers; and I said, I will never judges, then the LORD was with the judge, break my covenant with you; and delivered them out of the hand of their 2 And ye shall make no league with the enemies all the days of the judge: for it inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw repented the LORD because of their groandown their altars: but ye have not obeyed ings by reason of them that oppressed them my voice; why have ye done this? and vexed them. 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive 19 And it came to pass, when the judge them out from before you; but they shall be was dead, that theyreturned, and corrupted as thorns in your sides, and their gods themselves more than their fathers, in folshall be a snare unto you. lowing other gods to serve them, and to bow 4 And it came to pass, when the Angel of down unto them; they ceased not from their the LORD spaoe these words unto all the own doings, nor from their stubborn way. children of Israel, that the people lifted up 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot their voice, and wept. against Israel; and he said, Bccause that 5 And they called the name of that place this people hath transgressed my covenant Boohim: and they sacrificed there unto the which I commanded their fathers,and have LORD. not hearkened unto my voice; 6 ~ And when Joshua had let the people 21 1 also ill not henceforth drive out any go, the children of Israel went every man from before them of the nations which Joshunto his inheritance to possess the land. ua left when he died: 7 And the people served the LORD all the 22 That through them I may prove Israel, days of Joshua, and all the days of the whether they willkeep the way of the LORD elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen to walk therein, as their fathers did keep all the great works of the LORD, that he did it, or not. for Israel. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant without driving them out hastily; neither of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of -CHAPTER III. his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in thle Tlnations icih twere efttop,'ove fsrael. 5 The mnount of Ephraim, on the north side of the Istaelites dcslling amoeg them are lelt ito idolhill Gaash.al. 8 Othni deliveoreth them fromn ChOhan10 And also all that generation were gath- eiteathaie: 12 Ehtl fro n d'lon; 31 and ered unto their fathers: and there arose an- ShamyarJomn the Philistiles. other generation after them, which knew T\OW these are the nations which the not the LORD, nor yet the works which he t' LORD left, to prove Israel by them, had done for Israel. even as many of Israel as had not known 11 ~ And the children of Israel did evil in all the wars of Canaan; 124 Ehud delzvereth JUDGES. the Israelites. 2 Only that the generations of the children have a secret errand unto thee, O king: of Israel might know to teach them war, at who said, Keep silence. And all that stood the least such as: before knew nothing by him *ent out from him. thereof; 20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was 3 Netamely, five lords of the Philistines, sitting in a summer parlour, which he had and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, for himself alone: and Ehud said, I have a and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Leb- message from God unto thee. And he arose anon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the out of his seat. entering in of Iamath. 21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, took the dagger from his light thigh, and to know whether they would hearken unto thrust it into his belly: the commandments of the LORD, which he 22 And the haft also went in after the commanded their fathers by the hand of blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, Mloses. so that he could not draw the dagger out of 5 And the children of Israel dwelt among his belly; and the dirt came out. the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, Perizzites, and Iivites, and Jebusites: and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, 6 And they took their daughters to be andlocked them. their wives, and gave their daughters to 24 When he was gone out, his servants their sons, and served their gods. came; and when they saw that, behold, the 7 A And the children of Israel did evil in doors of the parlour were locked, they said, the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD Surely he covereth his feet in his summer their God, and served Baalim and the chamber. groves. 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: 8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot and, behold, he opened not the doors of the against Israel, and he sold them into the parlour; therefore they took a hey, and hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of yIes- opened theo: and, behold, their lord was opotamia: and the children of Israel served fallen down dead on the earth. Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, 9 And when the children of Israel cried andpassedbeyond the quarries,andescaped unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a unto Seirath. deliverer to the children of Israel, who de- 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, livered them, even Othniel the son of Ke- that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of naz, Caleb's younger brother. Ephraim, and the children of Israel went 10 And the Spirit of the LORD came up- down ewith him from the mount, and he beon him, and he judged Israel, and went out fore them. to war: and the LORD delivered Chush- 28 And he said unto them, Follow after an-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into me: for the LORD hath delivered your enhis hand; and his hand prevailed against emies the Bloabites into your hand. And Chushan-rishathaim. they went down after him, and took the 11 And the land had rest forty years: and fords of Jordan tward Ioab, and suffered Othniel the son of Renaz died. not a man to pass over. 12 t And the children of Israel did evil 29 And they slew of Moab at that time again in the sight of the LORD: and the about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab men of valour; and there escaped not a against Israel, because they had done evil man. in the sight of the LORD. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under 13 And he gathered unto him the children the hand of Israel. And the land had rest of Ammon and Amnlek, and went and smote fourscore years. Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 31 ~ And after him was Shamgar the son 11 So the children of Israel served Eglon of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six the king of MIoab eighteen years. hundred men with an oxgoad: and he also 15 But when the children of Israel cried delivered Israel. unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Ger, a Ben- CHAPTER I jamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the Deborah and Balak d osel srae romJabin and children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon Siora. 18 Jael tlleth Siea. the king of Moab. AND the children of Israel again did 10 But Ehud made him adagger which had. evil in the sight of the LORD, when two edges, of a cubit length; and he did Ehud was dead. gird it under his raiment upon his right 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand thigh. of Jabin king of Canaan, that eigned in Ha17 And he brought the present unto Eglon zor; te captain of whose host wcas Sisera, king of Moab: and Eglon wtas a very fat which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. man. 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the 18 And when he h ad made an end to offer LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots the present, he sent away the people that of iron; and twenty years he mightily opbare the present. pressed the children of Israel. 19 But he himself turned again from the 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 195 Szsera dzscomfited. JUDGES. The song of 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of 20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the Deborah, between Namah and Beth-el in door of the tent, and it shall be, when any mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel man doth come and inquire of thee, and came up to her for judgment. say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt 6 And she sent and called Barak the son say, No. of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw and went softly unto him, and smote the toward mount Tabor, and take with thee nail into his temples, and fastened it into ten thousand men of the children of Naph- the ground: for he was fast asleep and tali and of the children of Zebulun? weary. So he died. 7 And I will draw unto thee, to the river 22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Kishon, Sisera the captain of Jabin's army, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto with his chariots and his multitude; and I him, Come, and I will shew thee the man will deliver him into thine hand. whom thou seekest. And when he came 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt the nail uas in his temples. not go with me, then I will not go. 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: king of Canaan before the children of Isnotwithstanding the journey that thou takest rael. shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD 24 And the hand of the children of Israel shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the And Deborah arose, and went with Barak king of Canaan, until they had destroyed to Kedesh. Jabin king of Canaan. 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naph- tali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten CH R V thousand men at his feet: and Deborah Thesog ofSeborahad Brad. went up with him. HEN sang Deborah and Barak the son 11 Now Heber the Kenite, s2vhich Was of 1 of Abinoam on that day, saying, the children of Iobah the father in law of 2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Moses, had severed himself from the Ken- Israel, when the people willingly offered ites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of themselves. Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. 3 Hear, ye kings; give ear, 0 ye princes; 12 And they sheoed Sisera that Barak the I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will son of Abinoam c was gone up to mount Tabor. sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. 13 And Sisera gathered together all his 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, chariots, even nine hundred chariots of when thou marched3t out of the field of iron, and all the people that werae with him, Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the dropped, the clouds also dropped water. river of Kishon. 5 The mountains melted from befole the 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for LORD, even that Sinai from before the this is the day in which the LORD hath de- LORD God of Israel. livered Sisera into thine hand: is not the 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, LORD gone out before thee? So Barak in the days of Jael, the highways were unocwen6t down from mount Tabor, and ten cupied, and the travellers walked through thousand men after him. byways. 15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, all his chariots, and all his host, with the they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah edge of the sword before Barak; so that arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fed They chose new gods; then was war in away on his feet. the gates: was there a shield or spear seen 16 But BBnrak pursued after the chariots, among forty thousand in Israel? and after the host, unto Harosheth of the 9 My heart is toward the governors of Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell Israel, that offered themselves willingly upon the edge of the sword; and there was among the people. Bless ye the LORD. not a man left. 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to ye that st in judgment, and walk by the the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Ken- way. ite; for there wtca peace betweenJabin the 11 They that are delivered from the noise king of Hazor and the house of Heber the of archers in the places of drawing -water, Kenite. there shall they rehearse the righteous acts 18 ~ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, of the LORD, even the righteous acts toand said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn wa rd the inhbitants of his villages in in to me; fear not. And when he had turn- Israel: then shall the people of the LORD ed in unto her into the tent, she covered go down to the gates. him with a mantle. 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake,awake, 19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray utter a song: arise, Bnrak, and lead thy thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave 13 Then he made him that remaineth him drink, and covered him. have dominion over the nobles among the 196 Deborah and Barak. JUDGES. Midian oppresseth Israel. people: the LORD made me have dominion CHAPTER VI. over the mighty. FheIslaeitesfotir i ae olpppesed y dias. 14 Out of Ephraim ztoVa there a root of 1fpaollet estilketh tfem. ALnoangel s tndeth them against Amalek; after thee, Benja- OiLfon 0 /leil to ll oooCe. 17G'ideo l-,als min, among thy people; out of Machir came o o foiogn. 21 Iis rertois consomet, d itofire. down governors, and out of Zebulun they sac ificeto he 2Lodl. lino ofthecity that handle the pen of the writer. demand lis death. 31 Joas/L defedeth his son, 15 And the princes of Issachar woere with and caleih him Jetrulal., 33 Gitleodn's army. Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: 36 The siJof theflece. he was sent on foot into the valley. For ANID the children of Isrel did evil in the the divisions of Reuben there oivre great -A sight of the LORD: and the LORD detloughts of heart. livered them into the hand of Midian seven 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, years. to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed divisions of Reuben therewere great search- against Israel: az0nd because of the MIlidianings of art. ites the children of Israel made them the 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and twhy dens which tae in the mountains, and caves, did Dan remain in stips? Asher contin- and strong holds. ued on the sea shore, and abode in his 8 And so it nwas, lhen Israel had sown, breaches. that the lIidianites came up, and the Am18 Zebulun and Naphtali 2eroe a people alekites, and the children of the east, even that jeoparded their lives unto the death in they came up against them; the high places of the field. 4 And they encamped against them, and 19 The lings came and fought; then fought destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou the kings of Canaan in Tannach by the come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for owaters of Megiddo; they took no gain of Israel, neither sheep, nor os, nor ass. money. 5 For they came up with their cattle and 20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their tents, and they came as grasshoppers their courses fought against Sisera. for multitude; for both they and their cam21 The river of ishllon swept them asay, els were withlout numloer: and they entered that ancient river, the river Kishon. 0 my into the land to destroy it. soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished be22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the cause of the MIidianites; and the children means of the prancings, the prancings of of Israel eried unto the LORD. their mighty ones. 7 And it came to pass, when the children 23 Curse ye t eroz, said the angel the of t Israel cried unto the LORD because of LORD, curse yo bitterly the inhabitants the Midianites, thereof; because they came not to the lelp 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the of the LORD, to the help of the LORD children of Israel, hllich said unto them, against the mighty. Thus saith the LOIE.D God of Israel, I 24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife brought you up from Egypt, and brought of Heber the Kenice be; blessed shall she you forth out of the louse of bondage be above women in the tent. 9 And I delivered you out of the land of 25 He asked water, and she gave himmilk; the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. that oppressed you, and drove them out 26 She put ier hand to the nail, and her from etfore you, and gave you their land; right hand to the workmen's hammer; and 10 And I said unto you, I amtz the LORD with the hammer she smote Sisera, ssmote ote your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, off his head, when she had pierced and in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not stricken through his temples. obeyed my voice. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay 11 i And there came an angel of the down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where LORD, and sat under all oak which isas in he bowed, there lie fell down dead. Ophralh, that plertained ulnto Joash the Abi28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat window, and cried through the lattice, Why by the winepress, to hide it from the MIidis his chariot so long in coming? why tarry ianites. the wheels of lis chariots? 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is returned ansfcr to herself, with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 20 Have they not sped? have they not di- 13 Aond Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, vided the prey; to every man a damsel or if tle LORD be m ito h us, why then is all this twoo; to Sisra a, prey of divers colours, a befallen us and where fe all his miracles prey of divers colours of needlework, of di- which our fathers told us of, saying, Did vers colours of needlework on both sides, not the LORD lringos u p from Egypt? but seet for the necks of them, that take the nol the LorD hath forsaken us, and delivspoil? ced us into the hands of the lIidianites. 1 So let allthine enemies perish, O LOm: 14 And the LOED looked upon him, and but lct them that lovo him be as the sun said, Go in tlis thy might, and thou shalt when lie goeth forth in his might. And the save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: land had rest forty years. have not I sent thee? 197 Gideo~n's prescent conzsumed. JUDGES. The siqgn of the fleece. 15 And lie said unto hin, O my Lord, anti because he hath cut down the grove lwherewithl shall I save Israeli behold, my thiat?!cnip by it. fanily i8 poor in 3nana3sel, and I taoo the 31 And Joash said unto all that stood least ill my father's house. against lhim, Will -e plead for Bral? ill 16 And tile LORD said unto him, Surely ye save him i he tlat wuill pletad for him, I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the let him be put to deatnh hilst it is yet Mlidianites as one mal. mornting: if he e a god, let i:n plead for 17 And lhe said unto him, If nocw I have hlimself, because one hath cast down his found grace in thy sight, then shlooe me a altar. sign tlat tilou tallecst i'h mne. 32 Tlerefore on that doay e ealled him 18 Deport not hience, I pray thee, until I Jerubbaal, saying,: Let Basl p)lead against comne unto tlee, and bring fortlh y pres- him, becauseO le lcatli throwni dow his nltar. ent, and set it before tiee. And lie stiid, I o 3 c Then all the SIidianites and the will tarry until tlou come nagain. Anim'alekites and the childlen of the cast 19 Anld Gideon wlent in, and made ready nere gathered together, ant went over and a id, and unleavened cakes of all eplah pitched in thie talle or Jezreel. of flour: the flesh lie put in a basle., and pl But. the Spirit of tic' LcOD came upon he put thle bro;ih in a pot, and brought it out Gideon, and l.e blew a trumpet; ald Lbiunto him ander the o'ck, and presented't. czer was gaLthered after hiim. 20 Anlld tile angel of God said unto him, S5 Anld he sent messenger3 throuhiout all Take thle flest anid tihe unleavened cakes, L.nas3chl: lwio nalso oso gatL.eerd after and lay thleic upon this rock, andl pour out Ihi: and lie sent messengels unto Asller, the brocl. ind Lhe did so. and unto Zebulun, nnd unto N aphtanli; and 21 Then the atnzel of tle LorD put forth tley carne up to m eet themn. tlhe end of tlhe soal tha trs in oi3 hand, 3 nld CAdelon sal ullto Ci Godi, If tiou wVilt and touched the flesh and the u!leai-encted oavo Israel by mine ailnd, t tihou last sa.id, cakes; and there rose un p fire o.t of tohe b7 Behold, I ill put a flcec of wool in rock, and consumed the flesh and the un- tie floor; aoio if tle dec lbe oil te flece leavened cokes. Then ti!e allel of the only, and it bc dry:pon all thle earth bcLORD departed out of his sight. side, thel shall I klo'v that thoiu wnilt save 22 And whlen CGideon perceived that hle Israel by mine hand, n a thloa last said. tunn alln ngel of tlhe LOhD, Godeoi snil, GS And it oas SD: for hc o pse Lp early on Alas, 0 Lord CGo D! for because I lhave seen tlihe morrow, aid thrust the fleecce together, an angel of the LORD flnce to face. and ntrined the deo out of tile fleece, a 23 And tle Lo snaid unlto hiiim, Pence bowl fell of onater. bc unto thee; fear not: thenou shalt not die. 39o' ind Gideon said unto God, Let not 24 Then Gideon built anll altar there unto tlhine anger be bot agaiust me, and I will the LORD, and called it Jeliovahl-slin lom: speak but this once: le Ine prove, I pray unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi- tlhee, but this once with thle fleece; letit now ezrites. be dry only upon tle fiecce, and upon all 2.5 ~ And it cnme to pass tlhe same nighlt, the ground lct tmere lie dwc. that tile LOR.D sid lnto him, Take thy fa- 4;) And God did so t:a; night: for it nwas thers young bullockl, even the second bull- dry upon the fleece only, and there twas dew ock of seven yenrs old, and throwv down the on all the ground. altar of Baal thlat thlv flther lhath, nd cut down tle grove that ds by it: CAPTj o cII 26 And bluildi anl altar unto the LORD tliy Gtdle' rn/ o lo...ll t,'ti, 4 -- iow.y nt-ld is r IiCnd noo tld'eonlo cn t'Lc lp. C ole 7'. o os~ cc yc.:cc cc God upon tile top of titis rock, in tile or- t/te d,.lt od 4ne eat o t /. dered pince, nd l acke secon Iullock, 16 H,00. stelia0e *' to t'n.ie.S rc, lito and ofiercn btrnt saccificonich the wood of Lilct,, 2c o. e G0 hctilie tti Oret -ndt tlch grove vicic thou sialt cut don. Zte. 27 Thell Gieon tool tell men of hiLs sr- T E Jerubbanl, -ho s Gideon, and ants, and did as the LORD Lhtd said tu lto tHle people talt o ie Gitli him, rose lhim: and s it was, bccause he feared his up early, and pitcled lbeside tile well of father's hloteloled, and tile men of the city, Harodl: so that the host of the lidianites that le could not do it by day, that he did were on tile north side of thei, by the hill itt by nighlt. of IMoreh, in the valley. 28 And when the men of the ci.y arose 2 And the LOED said unto Gideon, The early ill tie morninr, behlold, the altar of people that aciL nith thee ac too many for nai1p was cstt down, and thle grove wnas cut pIne to give tle oAidialnies inot their lialds, docwn that 2ns l v it, alL tile second bull- lest Israel vaunt tllemselves crainst me, ock was offered upon the altar t/c.t wzcs saying, Iine otwn hmid ilct.h savetd me. built. 3 Niopw therefore go to, proclai n in the cars 29 And they said one to another, Who hath of tlhe people, saynus, Wllooev-er is feardone this thing T Aid iwheii they inquiced fll and afraid, let li return iand depart and asked, they said, Gideon the son of early froin mount Gilead. And there rcJoash hath done tlhis thing. turned of the pople twenty and twro thout0 Thlen the men of the city said unto sand; and tlhere remainc d tel thonsand. Joash, Bring out thy son, that hie may die: 4 And tile LORD sa d unto Gideon, The because he hath cast doui n the altar of Baal, people are yet too mapy; bring them down I98 Gideon's army reduced. JUDGES. The Midianites defeated. unto the water, and I will try them for thee that are with me, then blow ye the trumpthere: and it shall be, that of whom I say ets also on every side of all tihe camp, and unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same say, The soordl of the LORD, and of Gideon. shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that:say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, Roere with him, came unto tle outside of the same shall not go. the camp in the beginning of the middle 5 So he brought downe people unto the people unto the atch; and they had but newvly set the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, watch: and they. blew the trumpets, and Every one that lappeth of the water with his brake the pitchers that eesre in their hands. tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set 20 And the three companies blew the by himself; likewise every one that boweth trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held down upon his knees to drink. the lamps in their left hands, and the 6 And the number of them that lapped, trumpets in their right hands to blow twithputting their hand to their mouth, were al: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, three hundred men: but all the rest of the and of Gideon. people bowed down upon their knees to 21 And they stood every man in his place drink water. round about the camp: and all the host s 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By ran, and cied, and fled. the three hundred men that lapped will I 2 And tde three hundred blew the trumpsave you, and deliver the yiidianites into eta, and the LORD set every man's sword thine lsand; and let all the other people go against his fellow, even throughout all the every man unto his place. host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, Zererath, andt to the border of Abel-mehoand their trumpets: and he sent all the lab, unto Tabbath.:eset of Israel every man unto his tent, and 23 And the men of Israel gathered thlemietained those three hundred men: and the selves together out of Naphtali, and out of host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. Asher, and out of all Manassch, and pur9 I And it came to pass the same night, sued after the Mlidianites. that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get 24 And Gideon sent messengers throughthee down unto the host; for I have deliv- out all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down cred it into thine hand. against the Midianites, and take before 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jorwith Phlurah thy servant down t tthe host: dan. Then all the men of Ephraim gather11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and ed themselves together, and took the waters afterward shall thine hands be strengthen- unto Bete-barah and Jordan. d to go down unto the host. Then went e 25 And they took two princes of the Middown with Phurah his servant unto the out- ianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew side of the armed men that tele in the host. Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they 12 And the Miidianites and the Amalekites slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued and all the children of the east lay along in Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. and their cameli were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. CHAPTER VIII. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, (idjeon 1,ateteh tIe Ephrainit.s. 4 Sucoth eand theose toss a man that told a dream unto Pesel te... te to elise-eaideol' sres. 10t Abahl and Aalmuntw tcz-c~,~ 13S-etornh-,d PcIlis fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dtuel tletoyel. 18 Gideo, relesseees his e et/hLdream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread res'l deat/h ol Zesah "ndltZaemeueala. 22 Heetumbled into the host of Midian, and came feteth the ofe ofil Cer. 2-1 lie nlketh a unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and ephod whiCh 6ecometl a sare to his /Loue. 29 overturned it, that the tent lay along. Gdeon'y ctildrer, al dea/e. 3'he sradelie 14 And his fellow answered and said, This tae- al t aue is nothing else, alve the svord of Gideon A ND the men of Ephraim said unto him, the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into -C. Why hast thou served us thus, that his hand hath God delivered Midian, and thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to all the host fight with the Midianites? And they did 15 ~ And it was so, when Gideon heardthe chide with him sharply. telling of the dream, and the interpreta- 2 And he said unto them, What have I tion thereof, that he worshipped, and re d done now in comparison of you? s not turned into the host of Israel, and said, the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim betArise; for the LORD hath delivered intoter tlhn the vintage of Abi-ezer I your hand the host of Midian. 3 God hath delivered into your hands the 10 And he divided the three hundred men princes of tMidian, Oreb and Zeeb: and eito three companies, and he put a trumpet what was I able to do in comparison of you? in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, Then their anger was abated toward him, and lamps within the pitchers. when he had said that. 17 And lie said unto them, Look on me, 4d And Gideon came to Jordan, andl pssand do likewise: and, behold, when I come ed over, he, and the three hundred men that to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, vecre with him, faint, yet pursuing them. as I do, so shall ye do. 5 And lie sadd unto the men of Succoth, 18 WThen I blow with a trumpet, I and all Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the 199 Succoth destroyed. JUDGES. Death of Gideon. people that follow me; for they be faint, 22 ~ Then the men of Israel said unto and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zal- Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and munna, kings of MIidian. thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou 6 And the princes of Succoth said, re hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not thine hand, that we should give bread unto rule over you, neither shall my eon rule over thine army? you: the LORD shall rule over you. 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the 24 And Gideon said unto them, I'would LORD hath delivered Zebahl and Zalmunna desire a request of you, that ye would give into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh me every man the earrings of his prey. For with the thorns of the wilderness and with they had golden earrings, because they were briers. Iehmaelites. 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and 25 And they answered, We will willingly spake unto them likewise: and the men of give themt. And they spread a garment, Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth and did cast therein every man the earrings had answered him. of lis prey. 9 And he spake also unto the men of 2G And the weight of the golden earrings Penuel, saying, When I come again in that lie requested was a thousand andseven peace, I will break down this tower. hundred shekels of gold; besides orna10 Now Zebahll and Zalmunna etere ill ments, and collars, and purple raiment Karkor, and their hosts with them, about that tvat on the kings of Mlidian, and befifteen thousand ilen, all that were left of sides the chains that wuer about their all the hosts of the children of the east: camels' necks. for there fell a hundred and twenty thou- 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, sand men that drew sword. and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: 11 And Gideon went up by the way of and all Israel went thither a whoring after them that dwelt in tents on the east of it: which thing became a snare unto GidNobah and Jogbelhah, and smote the host: ceon, and to his house. for the host was secure. 28 Thus was MIidian subdued before the 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, children of Israel, so that they lifted up lie pursued after them, and took the two their heads no more. And the country kings of iidian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and was in quietness forty years in the days of discomfited all the host. Gideon. 13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned 29 N And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went from battle before the sun teas up, and dwelt in his own house. 14 And caught a young man of the men 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he sons of his body begotten: for he had many described unto him the princes of Succotlh, wives. and the elders thereof, evcn threescore and 31 And his concubine that was in Sheseventeen men. them, she also bare him a son, whose name 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, he called Abimelech. and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are a good old age, and was buried in the the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of thine hand, that we should give bread unto the Abi-ezrites, thy men that are weary? 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gid16 And he took the elders of the city, and eon was dead, that the children of Israel thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and turned again, and went a whoring after Bawith them he taught the men of Succoth. alim, and made Baal-berith their god. 17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, 34 And the children of Israel rememberand slew the men of the city. ed not the LORD their God, who had de18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zal- livered them out of the hands of all their munna, What manner of men were they enemies on every side: whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answer- 85 Neither shewed they kindness to the ed, As thou art, so swere they; each one house of Jerubbaal, snaooely, Gideon, acresembled the children of a king. cording to all the goodness which ho had 19 And he said, They swere my brethren, shewed unto Israel. evern the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would CHAPTER IX, not slay you. lbtmelech ly colspairamo, ttth tiheSleclemlit, and 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, der ofhireth en, is b ade itng. 7 Jotham Up, and slay them. But the youth drew lot oaslE Getl uoes them, thaforelle tiher not his sword: for he feared, because he ites agaie.st Abimeleeh, 0 Zebul eteateth it. was yet a youth. 34 Aienlech overconeth tlem, atd sowetl the 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise cilty ith salt. i46 Hed brIteth elhe Ihold of the tood Beith. 50 He is alai,, at Theber.6 J,( - thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is,o d i Boith. e is t Tee. f Jso is his strength. And Gideon arose, and t s csfild. slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal the ornaments that suere on their eamels'.L. went to Shechem unto his mother's necks, brethren, and communed with them, and 200 Abimelech made king. JUDGES. Conspiracy against hint. with all the family of the house of his moth- and have made Abimelech, the son of his er's father, saying, maidservant, king over the men of She2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all chem, because he is your brother:) the men of Shoehen, Wh ether is better for 19 Itfye then have dealt truly and sincereyou, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, ly with Jerubbaal and with his house this which are threescore and ten persons, reign day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let over you, or that one reign over you? re- him also rejoice in you: member also that I an your bone and your 20 But if not, let fire come out from flesh. Abimelech, and devour the men of She3 And his mother's brethren spake of him chem, and the house of Millo; and let fire in tie ears of all the men of Shechem all come out from the men of Shechem, and these words: and their hearts inclined to from the house of AIillo, and devour Abimfollow Abimelech; for they said, He is our elech. brother. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and 4 And they gave him threescore and ten went to Ber, and dt toeen tthere, for fear of pieces of silver out of the house of Baal- Abimelech his brother. berith, wherewitli Abimelech hired vain and 22 VWhen Abimelech had reigned three light persons, which followed him. years over Israel, 5 And he waent unto his father's house at 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten per- the men of Shechem dealt treacherously sons, upon one stone: notwithstanding, with Abimeleeh: yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal 24 That the cruelty done to the threewas left; for he hid himself. score and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered and their blood be laid, upon Abimelech together, and all the house of MIillo, and their brother, which se thethem, and upon went and made Abimelech king, by the the men of Shechem, which aided him in plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. the killing of his brethren. 7 ~ And when they told it to Jotham, he 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in went and stood in the top of mount Ger- wait for him in the top of the mountains, izim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and and they robbed all that came along that said unto hennte,e en athem, Hearken unto me, ye men ay by them: and it was told Abimelech. of Shechem, that God may hearken unto 20 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his you. brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the 8 The trees went forth on a time to men of Shechem put theirconfidence in him. anoint a king over them; and they said 27 And they went out into the fields, and unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. gathered their vineyards, and trode the 9 But the olive treolive said unto them, Should grapes, and made merry, and went into the I leave my fatness, wherewihy th y me they house of their god, and did eat and drink, honour God and man, and go to be pro- and cursed Abimelech. moted over the trees? 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come Abimelech, and who is Sheclem, that we thou, anzc reign over us. should serve him? is not lee the son of 11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: and go to be promoted over the trees? for why should we serve him? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, 29 And would to God this people were unCome thou, and reign over us. der my hand! then would I remove Abime13 And the vine said unto them, Should I lech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase leave my wine, which cheereth God and thine army, and come out. man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city 14 Then said all the trees unto the bram- heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, ble, Come thou, and reign over us. his anger was kindled. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech in truth ye anoint me king over you, then privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of come ancl put your trust in my shladow; Ebed and Iis brethren be come to Shlechem; and if not, let fire come out of the bram- and, behold, they fortify the cityagainstthee. ble, and devour the c edars of Lebanon. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly the people that is with thee, and lie in wait and sincerely, in that ye have made Abime- in the field: lech king, and if ye have dealt well with 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as Jerubbaal and his house, and have done soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, unto him according to the deserving of his and set upon the city t and, behold, when hands: he and the people that is with him come out 17 (For my father fought for you, and ad- against thee, then mayest thou do to them ventured his life far, and delivered you out as thou shalt find occasion. of the hand of Midian: 34 5 And Abimelech rose up, and all the 18 And y are risen up against my father's people that were with him, by night, and house this day, and have slain his sons, they laid wait against Shechem in four comthreescore and ten persons, upon one stone, panies. 201 Shechem destroyed. JUDGES. Abimelech slatn. 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and them, and gat them up to the top of the stood in the entering of the gate of the city: tower. and Abimelech rose up, and the people that 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, were with him, from lying in wait. and fought against it, and went hard untb 86 And when Gaal saw the people, he said the door of the tower to burn it with fire. to Zebul, Behold, there come people down 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a from the top of the mountains. And Zebul millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all-to said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the brake his skull. mountains as if they were men. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young 37 And Gaal spake again and said, See, man his armourbearer, and said unto him, there come people down by the middle of Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say the land, and another company come along not of me, A woman slew him. And his by the plain of Meonenim. young man thrust him through, andhe 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now died. thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimeleoh, that we should serve him? isAbimelech was dead, they departed every not this the people that thou hast despised? man unto his place. go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of 39 And Gaal went out before the men of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. slaying his seventy brethren: 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem before him, and many were overthrown and did God render upon their heads: and upon wounded, even unto the entering of the them came the curse of Jotham the son of gate. Jerubbaal. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and CHAPTER X. Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that Tolt judgeth Irael: 3 Jail also, whose thilrt they should not dwell in Shechem. sons had thirty cities. 6 The Philistinae ael 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Ammonites oppress Irael. 10 lie their misery the people went out into the field; and they Gd sendeth them toheir false god. 15 Upo told Abimelech. their t epentance he pitieth them. 43 And he took the people, and divided A ND after Abimelech there arose to dethem into three companies, and laid wait in E fend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the the field, and looked, and, behold, the peo- son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he pie were come forth out of the city; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. rose up against them, and smote them. 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three 44 And Abimelech, and the company that years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. was with him, rushed forward, and stood 3 ~ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, in the entering of the gate of the city: and and judged Israel twenty and two years. the two other companies ran upon all the 4 And he had thirty sons that rode oni people that were in the fields, and slew thirty ass colts, and they had thirty'cities, them. which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, 45 And Abimelech fought against the city which are in the land of Gilead. all that day; and he took the city, and 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camoi. slew the people that w ththerein, and beat 6 ~ And the children of Israel did evil down the city, and sowed it with salt. again in the sight of the LORD, and served 46 And when all the men of the tower of Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Shechem heard that, they entered into a Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods hold of the house of the god Berith. of Moab, and the gods of the children ofAm47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the mon, and the gods of the Philistines, and men of the tower of Shechem were gathered forsook the LORD, and served not him. together. 7 And the anger of the LORD was ihot 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount against Israel, and he sold them into the Zalmon, he and all the people that were hands of the Philistines,and into thehands with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his of the children of Ammon. hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and the children of Israel: eighteen years; all said unto the people that were with him, the children of Israel that were onthe other What ye have seen me do, make haste, and side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, do as I have done. which is in Gilead. 49 And all the people likewise cut down 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed every man his bough, and followed Abime- over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and lech, and put them to the hold, and set the against Benjamin, and against the house of hold on fire upon them; so that all the men Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. of the tower of Shechem died also, about a 10 And the children of Israel cried unto thousand men and women. the LORD, saying, We have sinned against 50 ~ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and thee, both because we have forsaken our encamped against Thebez, and took it. God, and also served Baalim. 51 But there was a strong tower within the 11 And the LORD said unto the children city, and thither fled all the men and wo- of Israel, Did not Ideliver you from the men, and all they of the city, and shut it toEgyptians, and from the Amoritest frnaM 202 kJephthah and JUDGES. the Gileadites. the children of Ammon, and from the Phi- against the children of Ammon, and the listines? LORD deliver them before me, shall I be.12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, your head? and the MBaonites, did oppress you; and ye 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto cried to me, and I delivered you out of their Jephthah, The LORD be witness betw.eeen hand. us, if we do not so according to thy words. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no Gilead, and the people made Lim head and more. captain over them: and Jephthah uttered 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye all his words before the LORD in lIizpeh. have chosen; let them deliver you in the 12 ~ And Jephthah sent messengers unto time of your tribulation. the king of the children of Ammon, saying, 15 And the children of Israel said unto the What hast thou to do with me, that thou art LORD, W'e h'olve sinned: do thou unto us come against me to fight in my land? whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; de- 13 And the king of the children of Ammon liver us only, tve pray thee, this day. answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, 16 And they put away the strange gods Because Israel took away my land, when from among them, and served the LORD: they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon and his soul was grieved for the misery of even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now Israel. therefore restore those lands again peacea17 Then the children of Ammon were bly. gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. 1i And Jephthah sent messengers again And the children of Israel assembled them- unto the king of the children of Ammon: selves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. 15 And said unto him, Thus snith Jeph18 And the people and princes of Gilead thah, Israel took not away t.he land of oab, said one to another, What man is he that nor the land of the childrcn of Ammon: will begil to fight against the children of 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, Ammon? he shall be head over all the in- and walked through the wilderness unto the habitants of Gilead. Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 17 Then Israel sent meseengers unto the CHAPTEPR XI. king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, The covelant ie,,eeo.e]phtlmhd aled tie Gileadites, pass through thy land: but the king of that he sheod be theit head. 12 Jetphthah's mes- Edom would not hearken thereto. And in sagei to the mmootltes. 30 Ii. tolv. 2tiis like manner they sent unto the king of conquest of vte.emmon ites. 34 H0 s daetgltet' q... 00s00t. eoof /tiz. 34 H Id d-lgr-e l iIoab; but he would not consoent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. tO'WJephthahthe Gileaditewas amighty 18 Then they went along through the vilman of valour, and lie s tCe t son of derness, and compassed the land of Edom, a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephtlah. and the land of Moab, and came by the 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and east side of the land of Moab, and pitched his tife's sons grew up, and they thrust out on the other side of Arnon, but came not Jephthah. and said unto him, Thou shalt within the border of MIoab: for Arnon was not inherit in our father's house; for thou the border of e loab. art the son of a strange woman. 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Si3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, hon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshand dwvelt in the land of Tob: and there bon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and we pray thee, through thy land into my went out with him. place. 4 ~ And it came to pass in process of time, 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass that the children of Ammon made war thllrough his coast: but Sihon gathered all against Israel. his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, 5 And it was so, that when the children of and fought against Israel. Ammon made war against Israel, the elders 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered of Gilead went to fetch Jeplithah out of the Sihon and all his people into the iand of land of Tob: Israel, and they smote them: so Israel pos6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, end seessed all the land of the Amrnorites, the be our captain, that ve may fight with the inhabitants of that country. children of Ammon. 22 And they possessed all the coasts of 7 And Jephthao said unto the elders of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto JabGilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me bok, and from the wilderness even unto out of my fathter's house? and why are ye Jordan. come unto me now whlen ye are in dis- 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath tress? dispossessed the Amorites from before his 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jeph- people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? thah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, 24 Wilt not thou possess that which that thou mayest go with us, and fight Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? against the children of Ammon, and be our So whomsoever the LORD our God shall head over all tile inhabitants of Gilend. drive out from before us, them nill ve- pos9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of sess. Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight 25 And now art thou any thing better than 203 Jephthah's vow. JUDGES. His death. Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did I who did with her according to his TooT he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever which he had vowed: and she knew no man. fight against them, And it as a custom in Israel, 2(d While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her 40 T sat the daughters of Israel went towns, and ill Aroer and her towns, and yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah in all the cities that be along by the coasts the Cileadite four days in a year. of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did yo not recover thoen within that CHAPTER XII, time? The Ephreaiites, quarrellig woith Jepht7iso, are 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against detected by ie wordl Shibboleth, and slam by the thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against Giltedites. 7 Jelhtliah. dieth. 8 bzst, 1 Elon, moe: the LORD the Judge be judge this day 13 -atl d6 oto stccesivdy judge Jsael. between the children of Israel and the chil- AND the men of Ephraim gathered themdren of Ammon. l selves together, and went northward, 28 Howbeit the king of the children of and said unto Jeplthah, Wherefore passAmmon hearkened not unto the words of cdst thou over to fight against the children Jephthah which he sent him. of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with 29' Then the Spirit of the LORD came thee? wo will burn thine house upon thee upon Jephthal, and lie passed over Gilead, with fire. and Manaaseh, and passed over Mizpeh of 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my Gilead, and from Mlizpeh of Gilead he pass- people were at great strife with the children ed over unto the children of Ammon. of Ammon; and when I called you, ye de30 And Jophthah vowed a vow unto the livered me not out of their hands. LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail 3 And when I saw that ye delivered'e deliver the children of Ammon into mine not, I put my life in my lhands, and passed hands, over against the children of Ammon, and 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever corn- the LORD delivered them into my hand: eth forth of the doors of my house to meet wherefore then are ye come up unto me this me, when I return in peace front the clil- day, to fight against me? dren of Ammono, shall surely be the LORD'S, 4 Then Jeplthah gathered together all the and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: 82 So Jephthah passed over unto the and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, bechildren of Ammon to fight against them; cause they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives and the LORD delivered them into his of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, alsc hands. among the MIanassites. 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even 5 And the Gileadites took the passages till thou come to Minnith, even twentycities, of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a was so, when those Ephraimites which were very great slaughter. Thus the children of escaped said, Let me go over, that the men Ammon were subdued before the children of Gilead said unto lim, Aet thou an Ephraof Israel. imite? If he said, Nay; 34 ~ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto G Then said they unto him, Say now Shibhis house, and, behold, his daughter came boletll: and he said Sibbolethl: for he could out to meet him with timbrels and with notrame to pronounce itright. Then they dances: and she zvas his only child; beside took him, and slew him at the passages of her lie had neither son nor daughter. Jordan: and there fell at that time of the 35 And it came to pass, when he san lhe, Ephraimites forty and two thousand. that he rent his clotles, and said, Alas, my 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. daughter i thou hast brought me very low, Then died Jephthah the Gileaditc, and was and thou art one of them that trouble me: buried in oge of the cities of Gilead. for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, 8 f And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem and I cannot go back. judged Israel. 30 And she said unto him, My father, if 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughthou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, ters, ihomn he sent abroad, and took in do to me according to that lwhich hath pro- thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. ceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the And lie judged Isracl seven years. LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of 10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at thine enemies, even of the children of Am- Beth-lehem. mon. 11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judg27 And she said unto heo father, Let this ed Israel; and lie judged Israel ten years. thing be done for me: let me alone two 12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was months, that I may go up and down upon buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebthe mountains, and bewail my virginity, I ulun. and my fellows. 13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her a Pirnthonite, judged Israel. away for two months: and she went with 14 And lo had forty sons and thirty nephher companions, and bewailed her virginity ews, that rode on threescore and ten ass upon the mountains. colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Piramonths, that she returned unto her father, thonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in 204 The promise to JUDGES. Manoah's wife. the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the 1G And the angel of the LORD said unto Amalekites. Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not CHAPTER XIII. eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a Irael dliered ento the daed of the Phi;stines. burnt offering, thou must offel it unto the 2 A; aYng appearoet to Maoah's ee, 8 and LORD. For Mlanoah knew not that he was again ts her and tlo elanoah. dla,eoahd's sacri- an angel of the LORD. flee, during hich the agdel is discovered. 24 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the oSamson ics OIe. LORD, What is thy name, that when thy ND the children of Israel did evil agaic sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? Ai in the sight of the LORD; and the 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto LORD delivered them into the hand of the him, Why askest thou thus after my name, Philistines forty years. seeing it is secret? 2 R And there was a certain man of Zorah, 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offerof the family of the Danites, whose name ing, and offered it upon a rock unto the was MIanoah; and his wife was barren, LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and and bare not. Alanoah and his wife looked on. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold up toward heaven from off the altar, that now, thou art barren, and bearest not: the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. of the altar: and Manoah and hiawifelook4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and ed on it, and fell on their faces to the drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat ground. not any unclean thizg: 21 But the angel of the LORD did no more 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a appear to BIanoah and to his wife. Then son; and no razor shall come on his head: dianoah knew that he was an angel of the for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God LORD. from the womb: and he shall begin to de- 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We liver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. shall surely die, because we have seen God. 6 Then the woman came and told her bus- 23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD band, saying, A man of God came unto me, were pleased to kill us, he would not have and his countenance was like the counte- received a burnt offering and a meat offernance of an angel of God, very terrible: but ing at our hands, neither would he have I asked him not whence he was, neither shewed us all these things, nor would as at told lie me his name: this time have told us such thing8 as these. 7 But lie said unto me, Behold, thou shalt 24 And the woman bare a son, and called conceive, and bear a son; and now drink his name Samson: and the child grew, and no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any the LORD blessed him. unclean thing: for the child shall be a 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to Nazarite to God from the womb to the day move him at times in the camp of Ean of his death. between Zorah and Eshtaol. 8 i Then oManoah entreated the LORD, and said, 0 my Lord, let the man of God CHAPTER XIV. which thou didst send come again unto us, Sanson desireth a wife of he Philistine. 5 Ir and teach us what we shall do unto the child hoe o heilei a leio,,.8 eoo Sndodec thoy hefindoh hohLeon io d o e ca rcass. i0 Sationoh's that shall be born. a fa 12 His i, ddle. 17 It i onde 9 And God hearkened to the voice of MCla- kotLv 6y his wife. 19 Be stayeth and spoileth noah; and the angel of God came again un- thirty Philistines. 20 lis owie is given to acto the woman as she sat in the field: but other. IManoah her husband zuas not with. her. A ND Samson went down to Timnath, and 10 And the noman made haste, and ranI,Ax saw a woman in Timnath of the daughand showed her husband, and said unto him, ters of the Philistines. Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, 2 And tle came up, and told his father and that came unto me the other day. his mother, and said, I have seen a woman 11 And MIanoah arose, and went after his in Timnath of the daughters of the Philisevife, and came to the man, and said unto tines: now therefore get her for me to him, Art thou the man that spakest unto wife. the woman? And he said, I am. Then his father and his mother said un12 And Bianoah said, Now let thy words to him, Is there never a woman among come to pass, How hall wo order the tho daughters of thy brethren, or among child, and how shall we do unto him? all my people, that thou goest to take a wife 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Oianoah, Of all that I said unto the woman Samson said unto his father, Get her for let her beware. me; for she pleaseth me well. 14 She may not eat of any thingy that com- 4 But his father and his mother knew not eth of the vine, neither let her drink wine that it wzas of the LORD, that he sought or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thig: an occasion against the Philistines: for at all that I commanded her let her observe. that time the Philistines had dominion over 15 And Manoah said unto the anel of the Israel. LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until 5 Then went Samson down, and his father we shall have made ready a kid for thee. and his mother, to Timnath, and came to 205 Samlson's r'zddle. JUDGES. I, ls wmfC tbunrlt1 the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a 20 But Sanison's wife was given to lis comyoung lion roared gainst llim. panion, whom lie ad used as his friend. O And the Spirit of the LORD came might- CHAPTER XV. ily upon lhim, and le rent lhim as lie wouldl Samsoo is denietl /,is t!.Je.; Jhe utr etrt t7e Phihave rent a lid, and lc had nothing in his stives' curiyleals (.fjfo-s. 6(ills rwiez (ld hand: but he told not his father or his 1e0J'0athelJ (o'~,llo't 6 the Plitlhl-les, 7 for aotller.rhllat lie had done. uh. Sa t O atl. ) 7 And he went down, and talked with the ths ott!t e 0,le 14 ojo, 0 a3o aeleo, o eoel o,oloman; and shle pleased Samon -ell. oar. l,.th t/ltjlo,~o? a, as. 18 Gt;oal ~ohstl 8 And after a timc lie returnled to take her, ajolAt0 t? j ], 1. eh[. and he turned aside to see the carcass of BUT t came to paFs oithin a ahile after, the lion: and, ehold, thce as a swarm 1 i the time of wheat 10 rvest, tLat Samof bees and honey in the carcass of tle lion. son visited his wife waith a lid; and le said, 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and I will go it to my ovife into thle chalber. went on eating, and came to his father and But her father v-ould not suffer lim to go in. mother, and loe gave them, and they did 2 And her father said, I'erily thouglht that eat: but he told ot them tlat lie had taken tlou lhadst uttclv laited hlier; therefore I the honey out of the carcass of the lion. gave her to thy companion: is not her 10 So his father went down unto the younger sister fairor tlian she? take her, I woman: and Samson made there a feast; i ray thee, instead of ler. for so used the young men to do. 3 And Samson said concerning them, NOow 11 And it came to pass, wohen they sao hims, oehall I be more blameless than the Philisthat they brought ty brought thirty companions to be tines, thouh I do thlem a displeasure. with him. 4 And Samson -aent and caught three hun12 9 Ard Samson saiA unto them, I'ill idred foses, and tool fiyisrlads, ans turned now put forth a riddlo unto you: if ye can tail to tail, and put a firerand in the midst certainly declare it me wvithin the seven between two tails. days of the feast, and find it out, then I will o And when le hnd set the brands on fire, gioe you thirty sheets and thirty change of he let l the go into the standing corn of the gatments: Pl0ilitines, ard burnt up Loth the shocks, o 1S But if ye caunot declare tt me, then and aiEo the Etanding corn, vith the oincshall ve give mc thirty sheets and thirty yards antl olives. changl of garmentso. And they said unto G Then the Philistines said, Who hath done him, Put forth thy riddle, that e mnay hear lthis a7 nd tl.eya ns eled, Sanso, the so. it. in lam of the Timnite, c, canue lle Lad tahen 14And hesaidunto them, Outof the eater his wife, and given ler to l:is conipanion. came forth meat, and out of the strong came And thle hilistines came up, and burnt her forth seoetnes. Anrd they could not in and hler father ith firc. three days expound the riddle, 7 And hamson said unto tlem, Though ye 15 And it came to pass on the seventh have done thii,yet will I Le avenged ofoyou, day, that they said unto Samson's t ifc, and after that I'iil ceasc. hEntice thy husband, that le may declare o And lie smote tEem Lip and tligh lith a unto us the riddle, lest twe burn thee and great slaughter: and tie woent Conil and thy father's iouse ooitl fire: 0n1e ye called dielt ill tlie top oftle rock Etam. us to take that we lave? is it not s? 9 Then the Philistints went up, and 1G And Samson's wife wept before him, pitched in Judah, and spread themselves and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lov- in Lehi. eat me not: thlou hast put forth a riddle 10 And the men of Judah said,'hyy are -e unto the children of my people, and hast not come up aainst Ui? And they answered, told it Inc. Andh lo said unto ler, BeIold, To bind Samson 00le w5e conio up, to,do to I have not told it nmy father nor my mother, liim as he lnath done to us. and shall I tell t thiee? 11 Then tho three tousand men of Judah 17 And she waept before him the seven went to the top of ttle rock Etam, and said days, while tleir feast lasted: nnd it came to Samson, Inlowoest thoul not that the Phito pass oil the sevenlth day, that ho told ler, listines are rulers over us? what is tois because she lay sore upon him: and. she told that thou last done unto ius? And lie said the riddle to tle childlren of her people. unto them, As they did unto me, so have I 18 And the men of the city said unto him done unlto them. on the seventh day before the sun went 12.And they said unto him, WVe are come down, SWat is so0ecter than honev? and down to bind thee, that we may deliver what is stronger thlan a lion? A.tl'he said thee into the hand of the Philistiles. And unto them, If yc had not ploughed with my Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, tlat eiiter, ye had not found out my riddle. ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 19 Atnd the Spirit of the LRD came upon 13 And they spahe unto lim, sanying, 5go; him, and lie went down to Ashkelon, and but we will bilnd tihee fast, and deliver thee slew thirty men of them, slnd took their into their hand: kut surely we wiill 1;ot iill spoili and gave clhange of garments unto thee. And they bound lim with t'o new them which aexounded thle riddle. And his cords, and broughlt lim up from the roclk. anger was kindled, and he went up to his 14 Aoold when ie canme unto Lehli, thle Phifather's house. listines shouted against Lim: nan the Spirit 206 Samson revealeth the JUDGES. secret of his strength. of the LORD came mightily upon him, and 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abidthe cord3 that ztere upon his arms became ing with herinthe chamber. And she said as flax that was burnt with fire, and his untohim, ThePhilistines be uponthee, Sambands loosed from offllis hands. son. And he brake the withs, as a thread 15 And lie found a new jawbone of an ass, of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. and put forth his hand, and took it, and So his strength was not known. slew a thousand men therewith. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of thou bast mocked me, and told me lies: now an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightan ass have I slain a thousand men. est be bound. 17 And it came to pass, when he had made 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me an: end of speaking, that he cast away the fast with new ropes that never were occujawbone out of his hand, and called that pied, then shall I be weak, and be as anothplace Ramath-lehi. er man. 18 And he was sore athirst, and called on 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and the LORD, and said, Thou bast given this bound him therewith, and said unto him, great deliverance into the hand of thy serv- The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. ant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall And there avere liers in wait abiding in into tho hand of the uncircumcised? the chamber. And he brake them from off 19 But God clave a hollow place that laes his arms like a thread. in the jaw, and there came water thereout; 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto and when ho had drunk, his spirit came thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell ogain, and lie revived: wherefore he called me wherewiththou mightest be bound. And tho name thereof En-hakkore, which is in he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven Lehi unto this day. locks of my head with the web. 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and Philistines twenty years. said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his' CHAPTER XVI. sleep, and went away with the pin of the Sanso, eariehth alay the gates of the ty Gana. beam, and with the web. 4 Jdaicah, 6,iead by thie PAilastines, eticetl, Samsot. 6t 7rhie he deceiveth he. 15 ait last 15 And she said unto him, How canst heo reealeth to her the secret of his strength. 21 thousay, I love thee, when thine heart is ThIe'caistinee taEe him, and pel t oIis eyes. not lith me? Thou last mocked me these 22 lis sfi'entla cecctrncin, he ulceh Idol che three times, and hast not told me wherein hoase of Dayon ecjco, the Philistines, and dieth. thy great strength lieth. TrHEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw 1 And it came to pass, when she pressed i there a harlot, and vent in unto her. him daily with her avords, and urged him, so 2 Anc it l as told the Gazites, saying, that his soul was vexed unto death; Samson is come hither. And they coi- 17 That he told her all his heart, and passed him in, and laid wait for him all said unto ler, There hath not come a razor night in the gate of the city, and were quiet upon mine head; for I have been a Nazall the night, saying, In the morning, when arite unto God from my mother's womb: it is day, we shall kill him. if I be shaven, then my strength will go 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose from me, and I shall become weak, and be at-midnight, and took the doors of the gate lilk any other c man. of the city, and tile two posts, and went 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told away with them, bar and all, and put them her all his heart, she sent and called for the upon his shoulders, and carried them up to lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up the top of a hill that is before Hebron. this once, for he hath shewed me all his 4 ~ And it came to pass afterward, that he heart. Then the lords of the Philistines loved a wvorn in the valley of Sorek, came up unto her, and brought money in cvhose lanme?uas Delilah. thceir hand. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up 19 And she made him sleep upon her unto her, and said unto her, Entice hin, knees; and she called for a man, and she and see herein lis greatstrenthllietl, and caused him to shave off the seven locks of by wwhat means we may prevail against him, his head; and slhe began to afflict him, and that we may bind him to afflict him: and his strength Went from him. we will give thee every one of us eleven hun- 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon dred dpieee of silver. thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I sleep, and said, I will go out as at other pray thee, whereinthy great strength lieth, times before, and shake myself. And he and wherewith thou mightest be bound to wist not that the LORD was departed from afflict thee. him. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind 21 But the Philistines took him, and put me with seven green withs that were never out Isis eyes, and brought him doeen to dried, then shall I be weak, and be as an- Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; other man. and he did grind in the prison house. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to up to her seven green withs which had not grow again after he was shsaven. been dried, and she bound him with them. 23 ~ Then the lords of the Philistines 207 The idolatry of JMicah. JUDGES. He hireth a Levzte. gathered them together for to offer a great els of silver, and gave them to the founder, sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to re- who made thereof a graven image and a joico: for they said, Our god hath delivered molten image: and they were in the house Samson our enemy into our hand. of Micah. 24 And when the people saw him, they 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, praised their god: for they said, Our god and made an ephod, and teraphim, and hath delivered into our hands our enemy, consecrated one of his sons, who became and the destroyer of our country, which his priest. slew many of us. 6 In those days there weas no king in 25 Andit came to pass, when their hearts Israel, but every man did that which was were merry, that they said, Call for Sam- right in his own eyes. son, that he may make us sport. And they 7 And there was a young man out of called for Samson out of the prison house; Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, and he made them sport: and they set who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. him between the pillars. 8 And the man departed out of the city 26 And Samson said unto the lad that from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may could find a place: and he came to mount feel the pillars whereupon the house stand- Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he cth, that I may lean upon them. journeyed. 27 Now the house was full of men and 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence corwomen; and all the lords of the Philistines est thou? And he said unto him, I at? a woere there; and there were upon the Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to soroof about three thousand men and wo- journ where I may find aplace. men, that beheld while Samson made sport. 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and said, 0 Lord GOD, remember me,I and will give thee ten shekels7 of silver by pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victonly this once, 0 God, that I may be at uals. So the Levite went in. once avenged of the Philistines for my two 11 And the Levite was content to dwell eyes. with the man; and the young man was unto 29 And Samson took hold of the two mid- him as one of his sons. die pillars upon which the house stood, and 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; on which it was borne up, of the one with and the young man became his priest, and his right hand, and of the other with his was in the house of Micah.. left. 13 Then said IMicah, Now know I that the 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Le Philistines. And he bowed himself with all ite to my priest. his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were CHAPTER XVIII. therein. So the dead which he slew at his T'he Daites send five men o seek out ast itaheritdeath were more than they which he slew in ance. 3 At thehouse of iJcah they consult with his life. is q-O o i 7 his life. phi.s t'.iest, alnd are encourtagedl i, theit way. 7 31 Then his brethren and all the house of 1l Sic inoie, at O^s-la- b: as i goot 1eor. 11 Sioa hut, lrow meo re sctt to surprOoisre it. 11 his father came down, and took him, and 1 the, wy they rotb, icah of his priiet and his brought hin up, and buried him between onsecrated thiinws. 27 1'hye2 smite ai.sh, -aod Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of call it Dan. 30 They set up ricah's graven rmManoah his father. And he judged Israel ge and Jonatas beoleth flseihel -iest. twenty years. TN those days tf er' was no king in Isra.. 1 el: and in those days the tribe of the CHAPTER XVII. Danites sought them an inheritance to fhe idolatry of Micah: and h;i mother. 7 Ie dwell: in; for unto that day all their inhireth Lvite to be hiprit erance hritn ad not fallen unto them among A ND there was a man of mount Ephraim, the tribes of Israel. hL whose name was Micah. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven family five men from their coasts, men of hundred shekels of silver that were taken valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spy out the land, and to search it; and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the they said unto them, Go, search the land: silver is with me; Itool it. And his mother who when they came to mount Ephraim, to said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my the house of licah, they lodged there. son. 3 When they swere by the house of Micah, 3 And when he had restored the eleven they knew the voice of the young man the hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his Levite: and they turned in thither, and mother said, I had wholly dedicated the said unto him, Who brought thee hither? silver unto the LORD from my hand for my and what makest thou in this place? and son, to make a graven image and a molten what hast thou here? image: now therefore I will restore it unto 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus thee. dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, 4 Yet he restored the money unto his moth- and I am his priest. or; and his mother took two hundred shek- 5 And. they said unto him, Ask counsel, 208 The Danites rob JUDGES. Micah of his idols. we pray thee, of God, that we may know be a priest unto a tribe and a family in whether our way which we go shall be pros- Israel? perous. 20 Ad thle priest's heart was glad, and he G And the priest said unto them, Go in took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the peace: before the LOP.D is your way where- graven image, and went in the midst of the ill'ye go. people. 7 Then the fve men departed, and came 21 So they turned and departed, and put to Laish, and saw the people that oere the little ones and the cattle and the cartherein, how they dwelt careless, after the riage before them. m.nner ofthe Zidonians, quiet and secure; 22 Aeld when they were a good way from and there iVas no magistrate in the land, thle ouse of Ielicah, tLe men that wvere in that meight put thoeee to shame in any the houses near to vIicah's louse werle gatlthing; and they were far from the Zidoni- ered together, and overtook the children of ans, and had lno business ith any man. Dan. 8 And they came unto their brethren to 23 And they cried unto the children ofDan. Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said And they turned their faces, and said unto unto them, What say ye? MIicah, What aileth thee, that thou comest O And they said, Arise, thiat we may go nith such a company? ur. aainst them: for le have seen the land, 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my and, behold, it is very good: and ar e ye gods which I made, and the priest, and ye still? be not slotiful to go, and to enter to are gone raway: and what have I more? possess the land. and what is this thet ye say unto me, What 10 Wthen yc go, ye shall come unto a people aileth tl ee? secure, and to a large land: for God hath 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, given it into your hands; a place where Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest there is no rant of any thing that is in the angry fellows rtn upon thee, and thou lose earth. thy life, with tlc lives of thy household. 11 t And there ent from thence of the 20 And the children of Dan vent their tay: family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out and when MIicah saw that they stere too of Eshtaol, six undredmen appointed with strong for him, ie turned and vent back weapons or f r. unto his house. 12 And ltey w ent up, and pitched in Rir- 27 And they took the thieols which Mieah jath-jearim, itn Judahl: wllerefore they call- hIad made, and the priest vhich he had, and ed that place Ahalaineh-dan unto this day: canle un to Laish, unto a people tIht! sere behold, it is iehind Kirjath-jearim. at quiet and secure: and they smote them 13 And they passed thence unto mount with the edge of the sword, and burnt the Ephraim, and came unto the house of city rithfire. licah. 28 And theO'e was no deliverer, because 14 Then answered the five men that went it 2teas far from Zidon, and they hlnd no to spy out the country of Laish, and said business witll any man; and it was in the unto their brethren, Do ye knowe that there valley that lietu I y Ieth-rehob. And they is in these houses an ephod, and tern- built a city, and d;relt therein. phim, and a g.rven image, and n molten 29 And they called tles n.am of the city image? now therefore' consider what ye Dan, after the name of Dan their father, have to do. who wvs born unto Israel: lhowbeit the 15 And they turned thitherward, and came naome of the city tuas Laish at the first. to the house of the young man the hLeite, 30 And the children of Dan set up the ever unto the house of Iicah, and saluted graven imntge: and Jonathan, the son of him. Gerslhom, tle son of MIanasseh, he and his 10 And the six hundred men appointed sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until with their weapons'of war, whichl o erle of the day of the captivity of the land. the children of Dan, stood by the entering 31 And they set them up lvich's graven of tle gate. imgroe, which lhe made, all the time that 17 And the five men that went to spy out the house of God was in Shiloh. the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the epllod, CHAPTER XIX. and tlhe teraphim, and tle molten image:o f and the priest stood in tlhe entering of the rbin-. 1e A, ole go l et re.aineth hrim at r ie - gite rith the six Lundrcd men that zwer alb, 22 Tite?nel eof the ci y a6lbse his conrceins appointed with weapons of war. to death. 29 ie dividelt, er il to tvelvie pieces, 18 And tl;ese went into 3Iicaol's house, aeSersldethiettottetlve1i6. and fetched the carved image, the ephod, A ND it came to pass in thlose days, and the teraphim, and tle molten imatoe. L.tA when there vas no khing in Israel, that Then said the priest unto them, What do tllere was a certain Levite sojourning on ye? the side of mount Ephraim, who took to 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy him a concubine out of Beth-lebem-judah. peace, lay thinoe land upon thy mouth, 2 And his concubine played the whore and go with us, and be to us a father and against him, and went arway from him unto a priest: is it better'for thee to be a priest her father's house to Beth-lehel-jeudah, and unto the house of one man, or that thou was there four whole months. lieP~~~ ii?' ~09 A Leotie lodyeth J UDGES. all night in G2beah. 3 And her husband arose, and went after 17 And whel e had lifted up his eyes, he her, to speak friendly unto her, and to saw a wayfaring man in the street of tile bring her again, having his servant with oity: and the old man said, Whither goest him, and a couple of asses: and she thou? and whllence comest thou? broaght him into her father's hotse; and 18 And he said unto him, Woe ar pass. whle the father of the damsel saw him, he ing fron Beth-lehem-judah toward the' side rejoiced to meet him. of mount Ephraim; from thence ac I: 4 And his father in law, the damsel's fa- and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I ther, retained him; and ho abode with him lam nowo going to the house of the LOD; three days: so they did cat and drink, and and there is no man that receiveth me'to lodged there. house. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, 1. Yet there is both straw and provender when they arose early in thae moonin tat for our asses; and there is bread and wine he rose up to depart: and the damsel's fa- also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for father said unto his son in law, Comfort the young man wohich is with thy servants: thine heart with a morsel of bread, and theeis no want of any thing. afterward go your way.20 And the old man said, Peace be with 6 And they sat down, and did eat and thee; howsoever, let all thy nwants lie upon drink both of them together: for the dao- me; only lodge not in the street. sel's father had said unto tile man, Be con- 21 So he brought him into his house;, nd tent, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and gave provender unto the asses: and they let thine heat be merry. washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his 22 Nat as they were making their heoarts father in law urged him: therefore he lodged merry, beold, the men of the city, certain there atain. sons of Belial, beset th e house round about, 8 And lie arose early in the morning on tnd beat at tle door, and spalie to the mnsthe fifth day to depart: and the damsel's ter of the house, the old man, saying, Boint father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray forth the man lthat came into thine house thee. And h t h tarried untilafternoon, and that we may know him. they did eat both of them. t3 And the man, the master of the hotise, A9 And hen the man rose up to depart, he, went out unto them, and said unto them, and his concubine, and his servant, his fa- Ny, my brethren, ny, I pray you, do ot ther in law, the damsel's father. said unto so wickedly; seeing that this man is come him, Behold, now the day draweth toward into mine house, do not this folly.; evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, 24 Behold, heooc is my daughter a maiden, the day growoth to an end, locd e here, that and his concubine; them I till bringobut thine hleart may be merry; and to morrow now, and humble ye them, and do with them gei you early on your way, that thou mtayet what seemeth good unto you: but untothis go lome. man do not so vile a tling. 10 Bot the man would not tarry that night, 2 But the men would not hearken tohim: but he rose up and departed, and ctme sothe man took his concubine,and brouolt over aainst Jebus, whioh is Jerusalem; her forth unto them; and they kneow ier, and theloe were witll him two asses saddled, and abused her all the night until the moonhis concubine also zoas with him. ing: and when the day began to spring, 11 ndZ whllen they toere by Jebus, the day they let her go. was far spenlt; and the servant said unto 26 Then came the woman in the dawning his miniter, Come, I pray thee, and let us of the day, and fell down at the door ofthe turn il into this city of the Jebusites, and man's house where her lord atos, till it woas lodge in it. light. 12 And his master said unto him, We will 27 And her lord t ose up in the morning, not turn aside hither into tile city of a and openedthedoors oftle house, and went stranger, that is not of tile children of Is- out to go his way: andl,behold, the woran rael; we will pass over to Gibeall. his concubioe was fallen down ot the door 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, of the louse, and her hands t uetd c upon the and let us draw near to one of these places threshold. to lodge all night, in Gibenh, or in tRmaoh. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us 14 And they passed on and went their way; be going: but none answered. Thlen the and the sun went down upon them wheo man took lher elo upon an ass, and the man they wzvo e by Gibeah, which belonloeth to rose up, and gnt him unto his place. i Blenjamin. 2D Anld when he was come into his house,. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in he took a knife, and laid hold on Ilis concnand to lodge in Gibealh: and when he t went bine, and divided her, together with her in, he sat him down in a street of tl/e city: bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into for tIhee was no man that took them into all the coasts of Israel. tlis house to lodging. 80 And it was so, that all that saw it 15 ~ And, behold, there came an old man said, There was no such deed done nor seen from his work; out of the field at even, from the day that tie children of Israel rhliol uasR also of mount Ephraim; and he cme up out of the land of Egypt unto this sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the day: consider of it, take advice, and speak place oeroe Benjamites. yoor iinods. 210 .e declarcth JUDGES. hzs wrong. CHAPTER XX. 16 Among all this people there were seven Teevgte i Ea a, asstolly of th-e 1people declareth hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one ies woOgl. 8 T h Cec-'ee oo f tie assembly. 12 Tile could sling stones at a hair breadth, and Beojamltes, oeoorq wesiwext to del-ve, osl, t e iss. gojg1Jooeso0t.Rt 1rue.l o i o'eltal~e foi' o.no...18'T.e Jsmaelite il to l.te. tooe ort! lhod- 17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjasaotl. 2fi By stratage tley desreoy,ll the Be;t- min, were numbered four hundred thousand janites, except sic uol-doed, men that drew sword: all these were men T]HEN all the children of Israel went out, of war. 1.nd the congregation was gathered to- 18 And the children of Israel arose, and gether as one man, from Dan even to Beer- went up to the louse of God, and asked sheba, with the laud of Gilead, unto the counselof God, and said, Which of us shall LORD in BIizpeh. go up first to the battle against the children 2 And the chiet'of all the people, even of of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah allthe tribes of Israel. presented themselves shall yo otp first. in the assembly of tLe people of God, four 19 And the children of Israel rose up in hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. the morning, and encamped against Gib3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard eah. that the children of Israel *were gone up to 20 And the men of Israel weent out to battle iizpehl.) Then said tlechiildrenof Israel, against Benjamin; and the men of Israel Tcllus, how Was tllis wvickedness? put themselves in array to fight against 4 And the Levite, the husband of the o to- them at Gibeah. man that was slain, answered and said, I 21 And the children of Benjamin came came into Gibeah ttlat belgoneth to Benja- forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to min, I and my concubine, to lodge, the ground of the Israelites that day twenty 5 And the loen of Gibeall rose against me, and two thousand men. and beset the house round about upon me 22 And tle people, the men of Israel, enbynight, aond tihought to hanve slin me: and cooraged themselves, and set their battle my concubine have they forced, that she is again in array in the place where they put dead. themselves in array the first day. O And I took my concubine, and cut her 23 And the children of Israel went up and ie pieces, and sent her throughout all the Wept before the LOp.D ntil even, andasked country of the inheritance of Israel: for counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up they have committed lewdness and folly in again to battle against the children of BenIsrael. jam:n my brother? And the LORD said, 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; Go up against him. give here your advice and counsel. 24 And tle children of Israel came near 8 And all the people arose as oe man, against the children of Benjamintlleosecond suying, We wll not any of ts go to liis tent, day. neither will eoe any of its turn into lili house. 25 And Benjamin went forth against them 9 But now this sloall be the thing lhichlo out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed we will do to Gibeah; woe toill go up by lot down to the ground of the children of Israel against it; again eighteen thousand men; all these 10 And we ill takle ten men of a hlundred drew the so;ord. throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a 26 T Then all tle children of Israel, and hundred of a thousand, and a tloulsnd out all tloe people, went up, and c.me unto the of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the peo- house of God, and wept, and sat there beple, that they may do, lhen they come to forete t LORD, and fasted that day until Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the even, and offered burnt offerings and peace folly that they have wrought in Israel. offerings before the LO.D. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered 27 And the children of Israel inquired of against the city, knit together as one man. the LORD, (for tile nrk of the covenant of -12 And tle tribes of Israel sent mcn God teas there in those days, thlrough all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, 28 And Phinehts, the son of Eleazar, the What wickedness is this that is done among son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) you? saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the against the children of Benjamin my brothchildren of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that er, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, ove may put them to dealth, and put away Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them evil from Israel. Bt tlle children of Bell- into tline hand. jamin wvould so}t helarken to the voice of 29 And Israel set liers in ait round about their brethren tile children of Israel: Gibeah. 14 But tlle clildren of Benjamin gathered 30 And tile children of Israel went up themselves together out of the cities unto against the children of Cenjamin on the Gibeah, to go out to battle against the chil- third day, and put themselves in array dren of Israel. against Gibeall, as at other times. 15o And the children of Denjamin were num- 31 And the children of Benjamin went out hered at tthat timc out of tle cities twenty a~ginst tle people, atdl wvee dranll asay and six thousanld men t1oot drew slvord, be- from the city; and tllhey egan to smite of sides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were the people, and kill, as at other times, in numbered seven hundred chosen men. the highways, of which one goeth up to the 211 L_ Israel's war JUDGES. with Benjamin.l house of God, and the other to Gibeah in 48 Andthe men of Israel turned again upon the field, about thirty men of Israel. tle chlildren of Benjamin, anld smote them 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They with tlhe edge of thie sword, as well the men are smitten down before us, as at tile first. of eveo city, ns tle beast, and allthat But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, came to hand: also they set on fire all the and draw them fiom the city unto the ligh- cities that they came to. ways. 33 And all the men of Israelrose up out of CHAPTER XXI. their place, and put themselv people bewail fe t desolation of BenjamRi. 8 Baal-tamar: and thle liers in waot of Israel lsy the tolatchc looo vf JabSch-gtiltloe Joetr heancame forth out of their places, even out of droell enjamltes ae lovided lith wtveo.. 10j the meadows of Gibeah. Ole 0est of lie ilojanlole ooa 00ves at 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thou- htlo sand chosen men out of all Israel, and the NTOW the men of Israel had sworn in battle was sore: but they knew not that l I MIizpehl, saying, There shall not any evil oots near them. of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to 35 And tie LOrD smote Benjamin before wife. Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed 2 And the people came to.the house of God, ofthe Benjamites that day twenty and five and abode tlhee till even before God, and thousand and a hundred men: all these lifted up their voices, and wept sore; drew the sword, 3 And said, 0 LORD God of Israel, why 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that is this come to pass in Israel, that there they were smitten: for tlhe men of Israel should Le to day one tribe lacking in Israel? gave place to the Benjamites, because they 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that trusted unto the liers invaithllich they had the people rose early, and huilt there an set beside Gileah. altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace 37 And tile liers in wait hasted, and rushed offerings. upon Gibeahl; and the liers in wait drew 5 And tile children of Israel said, Who themselves along, and smote all the city is tthee among all the tribes of Islael that vith tile edge of tile sword. came not up lwith tle congregation unto the 38 Now there was an appointed sign be- LORD? For they lhad mnade a great oath tween the men of Israel and tlhe liers in concerning him that canno not up to the wait, that they slould make a great flame LORD to Mlizpeh, saying, He shall surely with smoke rise up out of tile city. bL put to death. 39 And when themen of Iel e i thecilen of Israel retired in o ae the battle, Benjamin began to smite andl them for Ienjamin their brother, and said, hill of the men of Israel about thirty per- There is one tribe cut off from Israel this sons: for tlhey said, Sulely they ore smitten day. down before us, as in the first battle. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that 40 But whe tthe flame began to arise up remain, seeing we ave sworn by the LORD, out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the that we will not give them of our daughters Benjamites looked behind them, and,beold, b to wives? the flame of tle city ascended up to heaven. 8 And they said, Wiat one is there of the 41 And wlen the men of Israel turned tribes of Israel that came not up to lizpeh again, tile men of Benjamin were amazed: to the LORD? And, behllold, tlere came for they saw that evilo as come upon tlem. none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the 42 Therefore they turned thieir backs be- assembly. fore the men of Israel unto the way of the 9 For the people were numbered, and, bewilderness; but the battle overtook them; Ihold, there wer c none of the inhabitants of and them which claoe out of the cities they Jabesl-gilead there. destroyed in tl.o midst of them. 10 And titl congregation eent thither 43 Thus they inciosed the Benjamites twelve tlousand men of the valiantest, and round about, a0nd chased them, and trode commanded tl.em, saying, Go and smite the them down wvith ease over against Gibeah inlhahitants of Jabeesh-gilead witll t he edge toward tile sunrising. of the sword, with the women and the chil44 And thlere fell of Benjamin eighteen dren. thousand men; all these voC men of alour. 11 And ttis is the thing that e shall do, 45 And they turned and fled toward thle e slall utterly destroy every male, and wilderness unto tle rock of Rimmon: and every a woman that ltath lian by h y an.. they gleaned of them in the highways five 12 And they found among the inhabitants thousand men; and pursued hard after ofJabeshll-gilend four hundredyoungvirgins, them unto Gidom, and slew towo thousand that had known no man o y olying with any men of them. male: and they brought them unto tile camp 46 So that all which fell that day of Ben- to Shiloh, wllich i8 ii the land of Caannn. jamin ere towenty and five thousand men 13 And the whole congregation sent some that'drew the sword; all these wuere men to speak to the children of Benjamin that of valour. uwere in the rock Rimmon, and to call peace47 B-.t six hundred men turned and fled to ably unto them. the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and 14 And Benjamin came again at that time; abode in the rock Rimmon four months. and they gave them wives which they had 212 Wives provided RUTH-. for Benjamin, saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters and yet so they sufficed them not. of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then 15 And the people repented them for Ben- come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you jamin, because that the LORD had made a every man his wife of tle daughters of 8hibreach in the tribes of Israel. loh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 10 ~ Then the clders of the congregation 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or said, How shall we do for wives for them their brethren come unto us to complain, that remain, seeing the women are de- that wve will say unto them, Be favourable stroyed out o C Benjamin? unto them for our sakest: because we re17 And they said, There, mst be an inher- served not to each man his wife in the war: itlance forthern tllht 1o escaped of Benjamin, for ye did not give unto them at this time, that a tribe bo not destroyed out of Israel. that ye should be guilty.' 18 Itowbeitc we may not give them wives 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, of our daughters: for the children of Israel and took thea wives, according to their have sworn, saying, Cursed be he thatgiveth number, of them that danced, whom they a wife to Benjamin. caught: and they went and returned unto 19 Then they said, Behold, there isafeast their inheritance, and repaired the cities, of the LORD in Shiloh yearly, in a place and dwelt in them. which is on the north side of Beth-el, on 24 And the children of Israel departed the east side of the highway that goeth up thence at that time, every mal to his tribe from Beth-el to Shechern, and on the south and to his family, and they went out from of Lebonah. thence every man to Ihis inleritance. 20 Therefore they commanded the children 25 In those days thIre tvas no king in of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in Israel: every man did that which zvas right the vineyards; in his own eyes. THE BOOK OF RUTH. CHAPTER I. house: the LORD deal kindly with yon, Eimnele el drivet by Jfamie i;tlo tloa, dieth. 4 as ye have dealt with the dead, and mith Hes two asos tca,'y vives of.tloab, an.l, die me. asho. 6 ynaonmiettulling himenard, 8 lissuae- 9 The LORD grant you that ye may find ath hehn ttto daLtels itl la: f.totn goitLg teittl rest, eacll of yo? in the ]louse of her husher. Ori,"1 eatet r, oa t R"thleave bihand. Then she kissed them; and they'19 T~ylleya t-alee to Oaahl-lo bhlifted np their voice, and wvept. \TOW it came to pass in the days when 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will Ai the judgLe ruled, ttlav there wan a return with thee unto thy people. fainiie in the land. And a certain man of 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, mydaughBeth-lelctm-judalh went to sojourn in the tert: why will ye go with me? are there country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his yet any norte sons in my womb, that they two sons. may be your husbands? 2And thename of the man ias Elimelech, 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your and the name of his wife Naomi, and thie way; for I am too old to have a husband. name of his two sons Mlahlon and Chilion, If I should say, I have hope, if I should EphrathitesotBeth-lehem-judah. And they have a husband also tonight, and should came into the country of eIoab, and contin- also bear sons; ued there. 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; grown? would ye stay for them from havand she was left, and her two sons. ing husbar.ds? nay, my daughters; for it 4 And they took them wives of tile women grievetll me much for your sakes that the of Ioab; tile name of tite one tvas Orpah, hand of tle LORD is gone out aganinst me. and the namo of the other Ruth: and they 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept dwelt there about ten years. again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; 5 And lMahloa and Chilion died also both but Ruth clave unto her. of them; and the woman was lefc of her two 15 And she soid, Behlold, thy sister in law sons and her hlusbandi. is gone back unto her people, and unto her o'Then she arose with her daughters in gods: return thou after thy sister in law. law, that she might return from the coun- 10 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave tiy of Moab: for she had heard in the coun- thee, or to return from following after thee: try of Moab how triat the LORD had visited for whither thou goest, I will go; and where his people in giving them bread. thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall 7; Wherefore she went forth out of the be my people, and thy God my God: placewlhere she was, and her two daughters 17 Vhere thou diest, will I die, and there inlaw with lher; and they went on the way will I be buried: the LORT do so to me, to return unto tie land of Judah. and more also, if aught but death part thee 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters and me. in law, Go, return each to her mother's 18 When she saw that she was steadfastly 213 Kindness of RUTH. Boaz to Ruth. minded to go with her, then she left speak- 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, ing unto her. It hath fully been slhewed me, all that thou 19 So they two went until they came to hast done unto thy mother in lawo since the Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when deatl of thine husbandl; and hoz thou hsast they were come to Beth-lehem, that all le left thy father and thy mother, and the city was moved about them, and they said, land of thy nativity, and art come unto a Is this Naomi? people wvhich thou kneoes( not oheretofore. 20 And she said unto them, Call me not 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almiglty a full reward be given thee of the LORD hath dealt very bitterly with me. God of Israel, under whose wings thou art 21 I went out full, and the LORo hath come to trust. brought me home again empty: why then 13 Then she said, Let me find fvour in call ye me Naomi, seeinm the LORD hath thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comtestified against me, and the Almighty hath forted me, and for that t:ou lhast spoklen afflicted me? friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the not like unto one of thine handmaidens. Ifoabitess, her daughter in law, with her, 14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime which returned outoft otyofoa com o hth, et of the country ab coe u hithe bread, and they came to Beth-lehem in the begin- and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And ningof barley harvest. she sat beside the reapers: and hle reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and CHAPTER II. was sufficed, and left. Ruth gleaneta is tIhe fields of Boa. 4 Boas in- 15 And when she was risen up to gleaoi, guirel coLcelooi oel, 8 ald shloueth heo glea t Boaz commanded his young men, saying, faooro. lT8 hat hicL/; sihte lerthe carrieh Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: A ND Naomi had a kinsman of her hus- 1 And let fall also soome of the handfuls L s band's, a mighty man of wealt, of ealtl of purpose for her, and Icave theroz, that family of Elimelech; and his name zvas she may glean themn, and rebuke her not. Boaz. 17 Soslhe gleaned in the field until even 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto and beat out that she had gleaned: andit Naomi, Let tme now go to the field, atond was about an eplhal of oarley. glean cars of corn after him in whose sight 18 And sloe tool it up, and went into the I shall find grace. And she said unto her, city; and ler mother in law saw what she Go, my daughter. had gleaned: and she brought forth, and 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned gave to her that she had reserved after she in the field after the reapers: and her lhap as sufficed. was to light on a part of the field belonying 19 And her mother in law said unto her, unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elim- WhTere hast thou gleaned to day? and elech. where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that 4 And, behold, Boaz came. from Beth- did takle knoowledge of thee. And she leshem, and said unto the reapers, The shelved her mother in law with whom ste LORD be itlh you. Andthey answeredllim, had s-rought, and said, The man's name The LORD bless thee. with whom I wroughlt to day is Boaz. 5 Thenss ttts A Nao said Boaz unto his servant that as 20 And Na omi s unto her daughter in set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath 6 And the servant that was set over the not left off his kindness to the living and to reapers answered and said, It is the loab- the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The itish damsel that came back ith Naomi mall is near of kin unto us, one of our nest out of the country of Moabh: kinsmen. 0 And she said, I pray you, let me glean 21 And Ruth thse lonbitess said, He said and gather after tile reapers among the unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my sheaves: so sle came, and hath continued young men, until they have ended all my even from the morning until now, that she harvest. tarried a little in the house. 22 And Naomi said unto Rutll her daugh8 Then said Boz unto Ruth, Heares( thou ter in law, It is good, my daughter, that not, my daughter? Go not to glean in an- thou go out with his maidens, that they other field, neither go from hence, but abide meet thee not in any other field. here fast by my maidens: 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they to glean unto the end of barley harvest and do reap, and go thou after them: have I not of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mothcharged the young men that they shall not er in law. touch thee? and when thou art atlirst, go CHAPTER III. unto tile vessels, and dink of tflat which By Na, iidriont.,.s 5 Rtl lilttt 0 oh t the the young men have drawn. ffeet of Boaz. 8 He acktol,ledlt/ the dutl y of a 10 Then shie fell on her face, and bolved ilnl; 1 aol seolelsth loeo aa ith lio herself to the ground, and said unto him, osfobaaey. Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that rT EN Naomi her mother in law saidunto thou shouldest take knowledge of me, see- - her, Ily daughter, shall I not seek rest ing I am a stranger? for thee, that it'may be well with thee? 214 Boaz acknowltcdjyth the RUTH. duty of a kinsnmn. 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, CHAPTER IV. owith whose maidens thou -wast? Behold, Bo calle he ilet kinmn befo-e i e etders h e lhe winnowoth barley to night in the thresh- 6,,t he,eJuecth to,.edee ntile-herltar.ceof Ilihilgfloor. el/ch accodlog to Ithe nale', I.,.aelb. 2oaz:; Wasli thyself therefore, and anoint thee, bltyer/ it. 10 Ie mna/let ut. 13 c S/e 6taland put tliy raiment upon thee, and get ch O0i thle /aocfather of Uavut. to Tie/enthee down to the floor: tbt make not thy-'-a"'i oof i' are. selt known unto the man, until he shall THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat have done eating and drinking. 1 him down there: and, behold, thle kins-: And it shall be, when he lietl down, that man of whom Boaz spakc came by; unto th0ou shalt mark tile place whlere he shalllie, whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, sit downhere. Andhe turned aside, and sat and lay tihee down; and he wvill tell thee down. what thou shalt do. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the 5 And she said unto her, All that thou say- city, and said, Sit yo down here. And they cst unto me I vill do. sat downi i And slhe ent don unto the floor, and 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Ntaomi,,lid according to all that her mother in law that is come again out of the country of /ade her. Msoab, selleth a parcel of land, w/hich was 7 And when B1oaz had eaten and drunk, our brother Elimelech's: and his heart was merry, he went to lie 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, down at the end of the heap of corn: and Buy it before the inhabitants, and before sle came softly, and uncovered his feet, the elders of my people. If thou ilt reand laid her down. deem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not SAnd it came to pass at midnight, that redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: the man was afraid, and turned himself: for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. and I atc after thee. And he said, I will 9 And he said, Who art thou? An she redeem it. answ/ered, I amc Ruth th/ine and maid: 5 Then said Boaz, iWhat day thou buyest spread therefore thy skirt over thine hand- the field of - the field of thand o Naomi, thou must naid; for thou aeot a near kinsman. buy it also of Ruth tihe tIoabitess, the oife 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the of the dead, to raise up the name of the Lo.PD, my daughter: foci thou hast shlwed dead upon his inheritance. ore kindness in the ltter ed tan at And an at And te kinsman said, I cannot redeem the beginning, inasmuch as thou followvedst it for myself, loest I mar mine own inleritnot yong lmen, lwhether poor or rich. ance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will Icannot redeem it. do to thee all that thou requilest: for all 7 Now this was the cmnner in former the city of my people doth know that thou time in Israel concerning redeeming arti zart a virtuou w/oman. concerning changing, for to confirm all 12 And now it is true that I cam thy near things; a man plucked off his shoe, and;ilisnman: howbeit there is a kinsman near- gave it to ihis neighbour: and this twas a cr than I. testimony in Israel. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall bo in the 8 Therefore the kinsman saidl unto Boaz, morning, that if lie will perform unto thlee Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. the part of a kinsman, well; let him do tile 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and iznto kinsman's part: but if lie vill not do the all tle people, Ye are witnesses this day, part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do that I have bought ll that was Elimelech's, the part of a kinsman to h, thee, as the LOD nd all that as Chilion's and Blahlon's, of liveth: lie down until the morning. tle hand of Naomi. 14 And she lay at his feet until the morn- 10 Mioreover Ruth the MIioalitoss, the wife Ilg: and she rose up before one cotld of tahlon, h Iave I puchased to my wife, know another. And he said, Let it not Ie to raise up the name of the dead pon hisi known that a woman came into tlc floor. inheritance, that tlhe name of tlhe dead he 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou not cut off from among his brethren, and hcast upon thee, and hold it. And when from the gate of his place: ye arc witnesses rhe held it, lte measured six?eascures of this day. barley, and laid it on her: and he went 11 And all the people that zere in the gate, into the city, and the elders, said, We cre witnesses. 16 And when she cae to her mother in The LORD make the moman that is come law, she said, Who c t thou, my daughter? into tline h:ouse like Rachel and like Leah, And she told her all that the man had done which twio did build the house of Israel: to her. and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be 17 And she said, These six slceaures of famous in Beth-lehem: barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go 12 And let thy house be like the Ionse of not empty unto thy mother in law. Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, tle seed wlhich the LORD shall give thee ef until thou know l/ow tlhe matter will fall: tlis youn-o ooman. for the man will not be in rest, until he have 13 i So Boaz took Ruth, nnd she was his finished the thing this day, iife: and when he went in unto her, the 215 Ruth beareth Obed. I. SAMUEL. Generatzons of Pharez. LORD gave her conception, and she bare a a name, saying, There is a son born to son. Naomi; and they called his name Obed: 14 And the omen said unto Naoi, less- he st the father of Jeseo, the father of ed be the LORD, which hath not left thee David. thi3 dsty aithout a kinsmsan, that his name IS Now these cnse the generations of Phamay be famous in Israel. rez: Pharez begat Hezron, 15 And le shall be unto thee a restorer of 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram bethy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: gat Amminadab, for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahsheon, and which is better t tthee than seven sons, Nahslhon begat Salmon, hath borno him. 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz be16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in gat Obed, her bosom, andbecame nurse unto it.' 2 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat 17 And the women her neighbours gave it David. THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHIEPRWISE CALLED, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHIAPTER I. LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on E1-lah a,ld; *i hllo twi e- wrshp yleary t7 the affliction of thine handmraid, and rehieo. O H a eettl e, a chiti, ea 1i member me, and not forget thine handmaid, mrieth a voe. 1Hart 1 l,, re Santele, e2t Ae but nilt give unto thine ltandlmaid a nmxn pr-esnteth him iLnto tiLe LOiD, according to he,' child; then I will give tim unto the LORD w. i all the days of his life, and there shall no OV tlere was a certain man of IR- razor como upon his head. motatheaim-zophiem, of mount Eptranim, 12 And it came to pass, as she continued and hi3 nlame 7eas Elkanah, tie son of Jero- praying before the LORD, that Eli marked ham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the her mouth. son of Zupl, an Ephratlhite: 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heeart 2 And hie had tsso wives; tle name of the only her lips moved, but ler voice was not one t2va Hannah, and the name of the other heard: therefore Eli thought she had been Penietnaih: and Peninnalh had children, drunken. but Hannah had no children. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt 3 And this man tment up out of his city thou be drunken? put away thy wine frou yearly to worship and to sacrice unto th e thee. LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And tle two sons 15 TAd Hannah answered and said, No, of Eli, IIopllni and Phinehas, the priests of my lord, I aml a womsn of a sorrowful the LORD, vere tlhere. spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor 4 And whe l the time eas tlhat e3Ikanal setrong drink, but have poured out my soul offered, le gave to Peninnali his wife, and before tile LORD. to all ler sons and her ldughters, por- 1G Count not thine handmaid for a daughtions: ter of Belial: for out of the abundance of 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy per- my complaint and grief have I spoken hithtion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD erto. had shut up oier awomb. 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in 6 And her a dver sry ealse prookedi her pyace: and tie Godi of Israel gran thee sore, for to make her fret, because the ty petition that theou hast asked of him. LORD had shut up her womb. 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find 7 And as lle did so year by year, when grace in thy sight. 6o the woman went her she sentt up to the eeouse of the LORD, so way, and did eat, and her countenance was she provoked her; therefore she wept, and no more sae. did not eat. 19't And they rose up in the morning 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, early, and worshipped before tie LORDi tIInnah, swhy wselest thiou? nsd swhy and returned, and came to their house to eatest thou not? and why is thy heart Ramah: and Elklanah knewr Hannah his grieved? a7i not I better to thee than ten wife; and the LORD remembered her. sons? 20 Wherefore it cnme to pass, when the 9 tC So Hannah rose up after they had time nwas come about after IInnah ha aten in Shiloll, and after they had drunk. conceived, that she bare a son, and called Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat bypost a is name Samuel, seayieY, Beceuse I have of the temple of the LORD. asked hime of the LORD, 10 And she d eas in bitterness of soul, and 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his prasyed unto the LORD, and wept sore. house, went up to offer unto the LORD the 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, 0 yearly sacrifice, aid his vow. 216 Song of Hannah. I. SAMUEL. Sin of Eli's sons. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said the ends of the earth; and lie shall give unto hler hlusband, I vil?not go up until strength unto his king, and exalt the horn the child be weaned, and the7n will bring ofhlis anointed. him, that he may appear before the LORo, 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his and there abide for ever. house. And the child did minister unto 23 And Elkanall her husband said unto the LORD before Eli the priest. her, Do what seemetththeegood; tarryuntil 12 ~ Now the sons of Eli tere sons of thou have weaned him; only the LORD Belial; they knew not tlhe LORD. establish his word. So the woman abode, 13 And the priest's custom with the people and gave her son suck until she veaned tas, that, wlen any man otffered sacrifice, him. the priest's servant came, while the flesh 24 And when she had weaned him, she was in seething, with a fleshhool of three took him up with her, with three bullocks, teeth in his hand; and one ephall of flour, and a bottle of wine, 14 And he struckitsinto tle pan, or kettle, and brought him unto the house of the or caldron, or pot; all tat the fleshhook LOED in Sltiloh: and the child?was young. brought up the priest took for himself. So 25 And they slew a bullock, and brouglt they did in Sliiloh unto all the Israelites the child to Eli. that came thither. 2G And she said, 0 my lord, as thy soul 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the liveth, my lord, I am tile woman that stood priest's servant came, and said to tle man by thee liere, praying unto the LORD. that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD priest; for lie will not have sodden flesh of hath given me my petition which I asked of thee, but raw. him: 16 And if any man said unto him, Let 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the them not fail to burn the fat presently, and LORD; as long as lie liveth lie shall be lent the take as itucht as tlhy soul desireth; totheLORD. Andhe worshipped the LORD then le would answer him, Nay; )ut thou there. shalt give it 1te now: and if not, I will take CHAPTER II. it by force. H-atl'tVtt sotq os ttaotsoot. 12 lhe sin of 17 Wherefore the sin of tle young men was LJ'as ols. i S'a,,lte's?titlist'/. 20 Oatalt's very great before the LORD: for men aboth/er chihllre.. 22 E!i?eproeth i sons, 27 A hiorred thle offering of tle LORD. oloooontjeo!! a tooltstl /It's /to0oses 18. But Samuel iministered before the AND Hannah prayed, and said, iMyheart LORD, beinEg a child, girded with a linen rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is ephod. exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged 19 Moreover his mother made him a little over mine enemies; becauh e Irejoicein tlly coat, and brought it to him from year to salvation. year, when she came up with husband 2 T/here is none holy as the LORD: for to offer the yearly sacrifice. there is none besides thee: neither is theore 20 And Eli blessed Elkanahl and his wife, any rock like our God. and said, The LORD give thee seed of this 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; woman for the loan owhich is lent to the let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: LORD. hAnd they wvent unto their own for the LORD is a God of kinorwledge, and hlome. by him actions are weighed. 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that 4 The bows of tlte mighty men are broken, she conceived, andd bare three sons and two and they that stumbled are girded with daughters. And the child Samuel grew be-'strength. fore tlhe LORD. 5 They that owere full have hired out 22 5 Now Eli was very old, and heard all themselves for bread; and they that vere that hiis sons did unto all Israel; and hol hungry ceased: so that the barren lhatoi they lay with the women thao assembled at borne seven; annl she that hath many chil- thte door of the taternacle of the congregadreo is waxed feeble. tion. 6 Tie LORD killeth, and maketli alive: 23 And lie said unto them, Why do yesuch he bringetl down to the grave, and bringeth things? for I hear of your evil dealings by up. all this people. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report rich: he bringeth low, and liftetl up. that I hear: ye mako the LOR.D'S people 8 Ho raifethl up the poor out of the dust, to transgress. anedlifteth up the beggar from the dung- 25 If one man sin against another, the hill, to set theit among princes, ant to judge shall judge Oim: but if a mal sin make them inherit the throne of glory: for against the LORD, who shall entreat for the pillars of te the e a are the LORD'S, and him? Notwithstanding, they learkenednot he hath set the world upon them. unto the voice of their father, because the!9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and LORD would slay them. the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for 2G And the child Samuel grew on, and was by strength shall no man prevail. in favour both with the LORD, and also with 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be men. broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he 27, And there came a man of God unto thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge Eli, nd said untohim, Thus saith the LORD, 217 Destruction of I. SAMUEL. Eii's house foretold. Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he father, when they were in Egypt in Pha- answered, Here am I. raoh's house? 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, HIere an 28 And did I choose him out of all the I; for thou calledst me. And lie said, I tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer called not; lie down again. And he went upon mine altar, to burn incense, to and lay doycn. wear an ephod before me? and did I And the LORD called yet again, Samuel: give unto the house of thy father all the and Samuel arose andent to Eli, andsaid, offerings made by fire of the children of Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Israel'i he answered, I called not, my son; lie down 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and again. at mine offering, which I have commanded 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, int my habitation: and honourest thy sons neither was the word of the LORD yet reabove me, to make yourselves fat with the vealed unto hlim. chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the people? third time. And he arose and went to Eli, 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel and said, Here amL I; for thou didst call saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had house of thy father, should walk before me called the child. for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie far from me; for them that honour me I down: and it shall b, if he call thee, that will honour, and they that despise me shall thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for tlhy servbe lightly esteemed. ant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut in his place. off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's 10 And the ORD came, and stood, and house, that there shall not be an old man in called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. thine house. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy 32 And thou shalt see an enemy ie tny servant leareth. habitation, in all the weallth which God 11 ~ And thle LORD said to Samuel, Beshall give Israel: and there shall not be hold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which an old man in thine house for ever. both the ears of every one that hearceth it 33 And the man of thine, zhomt I shall not shall tingle. cut off from mine altar, shll be to consume 12 In that day I will perform against Eli thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all tlhiegs which I have spoken concerning all tihe increase of thine house shall die in his house: when I begin, I will also make the flower of their age. an end. 34 And this shallt e a sign unto thee, that 13 For I have told him that I will judge shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni his house for ever for the iniquity which he and Phinehas; in one day they shall die knoweth; because his sons made themselves both of them. vile, and he restrained them not. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, 14 And therefore I have swvorn unto the that shall do according to that whichie in house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house mine heart and in my mind: and I will shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offerbuild him a sure house; and he shall walk ing for ever. before mine anointed for ever.' 15 And Samuel lay until the morning, 36 And it shall come to pass, that every and opened the doors of the house of the one that is left in thine house shall come LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli aLd crouch to him for a piece of silver and the vision. a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Sampray ee,in ofthee, into one of the priests' offices,uel, my son: and he answered, Here a. that I may eat a piece of bread. 17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray CHAPTER III. thee hide it not from me: God do so to Hot ihe worEd of the Lord as first revealed to thee, and more also, if thou hide any tlling Sa1uel. 11. otl forlethel l to Sa n 1tel /i de- from me of all the things that he said unto sOtuction of hli's lholse. 1. 5 Samuel, hug thllee. tz,,tii elle l th e eviio. l 20 Samuel t 8 And Samuel told him every whit, and tealistlltl to be a,,aehtet. hid notling from him. And h e said, It is A ND the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD: let him do what seemeth him the LORD before Eli. And the word good. of the LORD was precious in those days; 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was there twas no open vision. with him, and did let none of his words fall 2 And it came to pass at that time, when to the ground. Eli eas laid down in his place, and his 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beercyes began to max dim, that le could not sheba knew that Samuel zvas established to see; be a prophet of the LORD. 3 And ere the lamp of God vent out in 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shithe temple of the LORD, where the ark of loh: for the LORD revealed himself. to God tas, and Samuel was laid down to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the sleep; LORD, 218 The Israelites overcome. I. SAMUEL. Manner of Eh's death. CHAPTER IV. this tumult? And the mn came in hastily, The lsradites are overcome by the Philistines at nd told Eli. Eben-zel. 3 Thel fetch te al, to tile lteIt f 1 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; i ae PhI Jhstine. lO 7'hey a1 e. mttle,. 1S/ih, the and hIis eyes were din, that lie could not see. 12 1l i, I'A, Jac t it ken l, alit t cun,ealet 16 And the man said unto Eli, I atn ho tis Lek. [9 lhitelts' ttfe, it eel tnaitit/ that came out of the ou o the army, and I fled to day Ichabod, dieth. out of the army. And he said, What is A ND tho word of Samuel cmo to all Is- there done, my son? cm ael. Now Israel went out against the 17 And the messenger answered and said, Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Israel is fled before the Philistines, and Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in there hath been also ai great slaughter among Aphek. the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni 2 And the Philistines put themselves in and Phinehas, are dead, and the arkof God array against Israel: and when they joind istaken. battle, Israel was smitten before the Philis- 18 And it came to pass, when he made tines: and they slew of the army in the field mention of the ark of God, that he fell from about four thousand men. off the seat backard by the atc d y tside of the gate, 3 And when the people were come into the and his neck brake, and he died: for the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore was an old man, and heavy. And he had hath the LORD smitten us to daybefore the judged Israel forty years. Philistines? Let us fetch tle ark of the 19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, was with child, ntear to be delivered: and that, when it cometh among us, it may save when she heard the tidings that the ark of us out of the hand of our enemies. God was taken, and that her father in law 4So tile people sent to Shiloh, that they and her husband were dead, she boned hermight bring from thence the ark of the cov- self and traviled; for her pains came enant of the LORD of hosts, which dwell- upon her. cth betweecn the cherubim: and the two 2) And about the time of her death the sons of Eli, IIophni and Phinehas, were women that stood by her said unto her, there with the ark of the k of tll covenant of God. Fear not; for thou hast borne a sou. But 65 And when the ark of the covenant of tie she answered not, neither did she regard it. LORD came into the camp, all Israel shout- 21 And she named the child Ichabod, sayed with a great shout, so that the earth rang ing, The glory is departed from Israel: beagain. cause the ark of God was taken, and bc6 And wllen the Philistines heard the noise cause of her father in law and her husband. of the shout, they said, What canleeth the 22 And she said, The glory is departed noise of this great shout in the camp of the from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. CHAPTER V. 7 And the Philistines were afraid; for they l/e Philistines ibirl the ark into the house of said, God is come into the camp. And they DagoL at Ashdod. 3 Dayoni, falteh dolc before said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been lie ark-; and th-c c rev qfc shelo- l cre snitteet with such a thing heretofore. merods. 8 The ar k eisl b1 oc!hht to Gath and 8 Woo unto 1! whlo shall deliver us out to Ec-oL, the sae judg ce tsfotllov. of the hand of these mighty Gods? these A D the Philistines took the ark of God, are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with - o- and brought it from Eben-ezer unto all theplagusc in the wsilderness. Ashdod. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, 2 When the Phiilistines took the ark of God, 0 ye Philistines, that ye be not servants they brought it into the house of Dagon, unto the Hebrews, as they have been to and set it by Dagon. you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. 3 Anld when they of Ashdod arose early on 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel the morron, behold, Dagoln vas fallen upon was smitten, and they fled every man into his face to the earth before the ark of the his tent: and tlere wa3 a very great slaugh- LORD. And they took Dagon, and set hint ter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand in his place again. footmen. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow 11 And the ark of God was taken; and morning, behold, Dagon vaitsfallen upon his the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, face to the ground before the ark of the were slain. LORD; and the head of Dagon and both 12 1 And there ran a man of enjamin the palms of his hands were cut off upon out of the army, and came to Shiloh the e the relslold; only the stemp of Dagon same day with his clothes rent, and with was left to him. earth upon his head. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, 13 And when lie came, lo, Eli sat upon a nor any that come into Dagon's house, seat by the way side watching: for his heart tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod trembled for the ark of God. And when the unto this day. man came into the city, and told it, all the i But the hand of the LORD was heavy city cried out. upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed 14 And vwhen Eli heard the noise of the them, and smote them with emerods, even crying, he said, What ecanetlct the noise of Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 219 Counsel takenl I. SAMUEL. about the ark. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that take two milch kine, on which there hath it was so, they said, The ark of the God of conme no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, Israel slall not abide with us: for his hand and)bring their cnlves hene from them: is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 And take the ark of tie LORD, and lay 8 They sent tllcrefore and gathered all the it upon the cart; and put t(he jewels of lords of the Phlilitines unto thecl, and said, gold, whllich ye return.ire for a trespass What shall we do with the ark of the God of offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and Israel? Alnd they ansevered, Let tle ark of send it away, that it may go. the God of Israel be carried about unto 9 Andc see, if i goeth up by the way of his Gath. And they carried the ark of the God own coast to Beth-shemesh, theo lie heath of Israel about thither. done us this great evil: but if not, then 9 And it was so, that, after they lad car- we shall know that it is not lis hand that ried it about, the land of the LORD was smote us; it was a chance that happened against tile city with a very great destruc-to s. tion: and l.e snote the men of the city,10 G And the men did so; and took two both small antd great, and they had emerods milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and in their secret parts. sut up their secrt parts. sut up teialves at homec: 10 Thereibro they sent the ark of God to 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried and the images of their emerods. out, saying, Tliey have brought about the 12 And the kine took the straight way to ark of tle God of Israel to us, to slay us the way of Beth-slemesh, anld went alon'g and our people. thle lighway, loywing as they went, and turrn11 So they sent and gathered together all ed notaside to the right Iand orto theleft; the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send and the lords of the Philistines went after away the ark of tile God of Israel, and let it them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. go again to his own place, that it slay us 13 And they of Beth-shemeslh were reapnot, and our people: for there was a dead- ing their whent harvest in the valley and ly destruction throughout all t!e city; the they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, hand of God was very heavy there. and rejoiced to see it. 12 And the men that died not were smitten 11 And the cart came into the field of with the emerods: and the cry of the city Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, went up to heaven. whllere there twas a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the CHAPTER VI hk. line a burnt offering unto the LORD. 4fter eveutmolt[ s thetPhiliCisnes tatecouetsl holu 15 And tile Levites took down the ark of to setmi e acii tn e icrk. O1 i'ey 1itcis it otu a tlot u cart nto IBeth-.iletnesh. li Tile peoiple of that the LORD, and the coffer that Wtas with it, elace aescalittet jot lootig ilto tilte at. 21 cwherein the jewels of gold wvee, and put They ecl to the me?: of l;iijath-jeai to fetc theL on the great stonec: and the men of it tthe. Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and A ND the ark of the LORD was in the sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the country oftlie Philistines seven months. LORD. 2 And the Pnilistines called for the priests 1G And when the five lords of the Philisand the diviners, saying, What shall we do tines had seen it, they returned to iEkror to the ark of tile LoRD? tell us whllerewith the same day. we shall send it to his place. 17 And these are the golden emerods 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark which the Philistines returned for a tresof the God of Israel, send it not empty; pass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod but in anyisec return him a trespass offer- one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for ing: then ye shall be healed, and it slall Gath one, for Ekrlon one;e be known to you why his hand is not re- 18 And the golden mice, accorlding to the moved from you. number of all the cities of the Philistines 4 Then said they, What shoall be e the tres- belonyig to the five lords, both of fenced pass offering which we shall return to lim? cities, and of country villages, even unto the They answered, Five golden emerods, and great stozc of Abel, whereon they set dorn five golden mice, accolrdig to the number e n ark of thieLORDe: cwhich stonte r'eneaiiof the lords of the Philistines: for one plague eth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the tas on you all, and on your lords. Beth-shemite. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your 19 And le smote the men of Deth-shemesh, emerods, and images of your mice that mar because they had looked into the ark of tho the land; and ye shall give glory unto the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty God of Israel: peradventure le will lighten thousand and threescore and ten men: aoil his hand from off you, and from off your the people lamented, because the LonD had gods, and from off your land. smitten,sany of the people with a great 6 Wherefore then do ye harden yourhearts, slaughter. as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened 20 And the men of Beth-ishemesh said, their hearts? vwhen he had wrought won- Who is able to stand before this holy derfully among them, did they not let the LORD God? and to whom shall he go up people go, and they departed? from us? 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and 21 And they sent messengers to the in220 The Philistines subdued. I. SAMUEL. Israel ascs for a kin/. habitants of Kirjath-jeariml, saying, The I and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines lhave lrougtlt again the ark of Philistines all the days oi Sarnuel. the LoD; colme ye doln, antl fetch it up 14 And the cities lichll tle Philistines hnad t9 you. taken froln Israel vele restored to Israel, CIHAPTER VII. from Ekron even unto Gatll; and tHe coasts They of 1itjath-,larn c Iitg tie ak itto tIe tltereof did Israel deliver out of the hands hotse of ojiiitub, lwhere i:, emailetoh twenoty of tile Philistines. And tl:eroe as peace yas.:.O(le Ysaetlites, ntSanuel' ezhontatioh, between Israel and the Amnoictes.,epent at iz.eli. 9 While Sand le,'aeyeth tni d 5 And Samuel judged Israel all the days aeki/iceeth, tile L.)r dzs~tcofifteth tlhe J'hilistlnle. Of, i.life tee eee bt ho hoot,. of Lis life. W13 ley ade sluetl. 16 ltet j ldetd sleaele. 16 And hle went from year to year in circuit,\ND tlo men of irijath-jearim came, to eth-le], and Gilgal, and Ilizpeh, and A- and fetched up the ark of the LORD, judged Israel in all those places. and brougrt it into thle house ofAbin Abinadab 17 And is return a to amah; for in tle hlill, r d sanctified Eleazar Lis son to there tas c is l.ouse; and tLOe'e he judged keep the anr of thie LoRD. Israel; and there he uilt an altar unto' And it came to pass, while the ark abode the LORD. in Kirjatth-jearimi, that the time was long; CIAPTEP1 VIII. for it as twenty year3: and all the house Te Isrelites ask a kl:i,. 0(; oamel, displeased of Israel lamented after tl.e LORD. the eat, i, comforted / ot. 10 liet leslcribeth to 3 e And Sa muel spatle nto all the house te mae oe a stl. 1!t LaLose o tleir of Israel, sairng, if ye cio return unto the i-tlO lityeGco d h'ociioectetl Sncel to?clke thel LORD ritill all your 1.earts, then put away,' kg.s the strange gods andoAshtarotll from amnong A ND it came to pass, tlllen Samuel -as you, and p;epare your hearts unto the. old, that hle made lis sons judges over I.ORD, and serve him only: and be will Israel. deliver you out of the hand of the Philils- 2 Now the name of lhis frstborn was Joel; tines. and tlhe nanme of L.is second, Abiahl: they 4 Then the children of Israel did put 2zer judges in leer-slhela. away Baalim and Ashtarotll, and served d 3 And his sons alked not in his ways, tile LOED only. but turned aside after ltcre, and took 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to bribes, and perverted judgment. BIizpel, and I will pray for you unto the 4 T hien all the clders oe Isael gathered oloD. thnemselves togetheer, and came to Samuel 6 And they gatllered together to Itizpeh, unto Raomah, and drew water, and poured it out Lefore 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, the LORD, and fasted on tllt day, and and th y sons v:nlk not in ti y ways: now said there, We have sinned against thle make us a hing to judge us like all the LoRD. And Samuel judged th e children nations. of Israel iol Iiozpeho. 6 But the thing doispleased amtel, when 7 And ow.en the Philistines leard that the they said, Give ts a tking to jldge us. And children ot'Isracl wree gathered togetler to Samuel prayedS unto the I.o1Do. hfizpel, the lords of tle Philistines wvent 7 And tlie LORD said urto Samuel, Ifearkup aewinst Israel. And when thle clildren en nto tl -oice of tle people in all that of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the they say unto tliec: for ttcy l.ave not rePhilistines. jected thl e, kut they lave rejected me, 8 And the clildren of Israel said to Sam- that I should not reign o ecr tl cm. eel, Cease not to cry unto the LoeD our 8 According to all the c o:;es ohich they GOdt for us, that lio will save us out of tie have done since tle day tl.at I l:rought them hand of tile Philistines.. up out of Egypt c c.n.t.o ti.is day, w;ere9 And Samuel took a sucking lamL, and with thly have l forsaken e, r.li served offered it fo- a Lurnt offerintg w holly unto other gods, so do tl;ey also uto thIIe. the LORD: and Samuel cried tmto t he Now therefore hearken uneo tl.eir voice: LRD for Israel; and tLe LORDheard him. howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, 10 And as Samuel was offering up the and sheo thenl tl:e manner of the king burnt offerint, the Philistines drew near to tlat shall reign over tl:em. battle against Israel: but tile LORD tlhln- 10 ~ Andc Samuel to'.d al the words of the'dered with a g rent thunder on that day upon LoRD unto tile people tiat asked of him a the Philistines, and discomfited them; anld;ing. tIeiy tere smitten before Israel. 11 And lie snild, This tvll ho l ice manner 11 And tte men of Israel went out of of the king that sehll rTign ov-cr you: te MIizpeh, and pursued tLe Philistines, and will take oour so:ns, and nppoil t thecw for smote them, until they c0ame0 under I3eth- hlimself, for his chlariots, and o Le his horsecar. men,; and sole shallrn eifolre l.is cllariots. 12 Ten Samuel ootook stone, and set it 12 And lie rill appoint lim captains over between itfizpell and Shen, and called the thousands, and captaits oer fiftifies and name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Ititherto hath tw uil 8et the to ear.is greou d, and to the LORD.elped us. reap his lcarvest, ad to mokc ls instru 13 s So the Philistines were subdued, and ments of war, and instruments of is charthey came no more into the coast of Israel: iots. 221 Saul seekleth his I. SAMUEL. fathers's asses. 13 And he will take your daughters to be adventure he can shew us our way that we confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to beshould go. bakers. 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, be14 And he will take your fields, and your hold, if ie go, what shall we bring the man? vineyards, and your oliveyards, cvea tle for the bread is spent in our vessels, and best of ttiem, and give thei l to his serv- there is not a present to bring to the ina ants. of God: what have we? 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and of your vineyards, and give to hi and said, Belold, I have hero at land the officer, and to his servants. fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will 16 Aud hie will take your menservants, and I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. your maidservants, and your goodliest young 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a m-n a ent men, and your asses, and put ihem to his to inquire of God, thus le spakc, Come, and work. let us go to the seer: for e that is now 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: called a Prophet was beforetime called a and ye shall be lis servants. Seer.) 18 And ye shall cry out in that day be- 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well cause of your liing hich ye shall have said; come, lot us go. So they went unto chosen you; and the LORD will not hear the city where the man of God ins. you in that day. 11 AnLd as they went up the hill to the 19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey city, they found young maidens going out the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; to draw water, and said unto them, Is the but wMe will have a king over us; seer here? 20 That we also may be like all the na- 12 And they answered them, and said, He tions; and that our king may judge us, and is; behold, he is before you: make haste go out before us, and fi!ut our battles. now, for lie came to day to the city; for 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the there is a sacrifice of the people to day in people, and he rehearsed them in the ears the high place: of tlne LORD. 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Heark- shall straightway find him, before ih go np en unto their voice, and make them a king. to the higih place to eat: for the people will And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, not cat until he cone, because he doth bless Go ye every man unto his city. the sacrifice; i and nfternwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for CHAPTER IX. about this time ye shall find him. Saul, not i iii, l f hindin's nasses, 13 cometh to 14 And they went up into the city: and Samnsel 1ii Samu.ein e,tetaineth hia t the when they nwere come into the city, behold, fasti 2.5 a n the morningi 6iitngieth hi, Sasmuel came out against them. for to go up on h3 -UaY. to the hligh place. N OWY there was a man of Benjamin, 15 T Now the LORD had told Samuel in I nhylose name lsKihthesoofbiel, the son ofAbielis er a day before Saul canme, saying the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, tlhe 1 To morrow about this time I will send son of Aphiah, a Eenjamite, a mighty man thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, of power. and thou shalt anoint him to be captain 2 And he had a son, whose name wa s over my people Israel that he mysave my Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: people out of the hand of the Philiiistines: and there iuits not among the children of for I have looked upon my people, because Isirael a goodlier person than lie: from his their cry is come unto me. shoulders and upward he tva higher than 17 IAnd when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD any of the people. said unto him, Behold the man whom: I 3 And the nsse of ish Saul's father wer sp.lsk t hee of! this same shall reign over lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take my people. now one of the servants with thee, and rise, 18 Then Saul drew near to munel in the go seek thile asses. gate, and sidl, Tell me, I pray thee, where 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, the seer's house is. end passed through the land of Shalisha, D1 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, but they found thern not: then they pass- I am the seer: go up before me unto the ed through the land of Shalim, and there high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, they zwere not: and he passed tllrough the and to morrow I will let thee go, and will land of the Benjamites, but they found tell thee all that is in thine heart. theinot. 20 And as for thine asses that were lost 5 Ains when they were come to the land of three days ago, set not thy mind on them; Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was for they are found. And on whom is all with him, Come, and let us return; lest the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, myfather leave caring for the asses, and and on all thy father's house.? ta.ke thought for us. 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes is in this city man of God, and e is an of Israel? and my family the least of all honourable man; all that he saith cometh the families of the tribe of Benjamin? surely to pas t: now let us go thither; per. herefore then speakest thou so to mo? 222 Samltel anointeth Saul. I. SAMUEL. Saul's heart changed. 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, 7 And let it be, when these signs are come and broughlt them into the parlour, and unto thee, thlat thou do as occasion serve made thens sit in the chiefest place among thcc; for God is with thee. them tlhat were bidden, which zve'-e about 8 And thou shalt go down before me to thirty persons. Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrithe portion which I gave thee, of which I fiee sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days aid unto thee, Set it bythee. shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and 24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and shew thee what thou shalt do. that which tvas upon it, and set it before And it was so, that, when lie had turned Saul. And Seamuel said, Behold that his back to go from Samuel, God gave him which is left! set it before thee, as7nd eat: another heart: and all those signs came for unto this time hath it been kept for thee to pass that day. since I said, I have invited the people. So 10 And when they came thither to the hill, Saul did eat wRith Samuel that day. belold, a company of prophets met him; 25 And when they were come down irom and the Spiritof God came upon him, anid the hliSl place into the city, Samuel com- lie prophesied among them. muned with Saul upon the top of the louse. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew 26 And they arose early: and it came to him beforetime saw that, behold, le prophpass about the spring of the day, that Sam- esied among the prophets, then the people ael called Saul to the top of the house, say- said one to another, What is this that is ing, Up, that I may send thee away. And come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also Saul arose, and they ent out both of them, among the prophets? he and Samuel, abroad. 12 And one of the same place answered 27 Andc as ty e gin t they going d to and said, But who is their father Thereend of tie city, Samuel said to Saul, Bidfore it became a proverb, Is Saul also the servant pass on before us, (and he amsong the prophets? passed on,) but stand thou still a while, 13 And when he adma de an end of prophthat I may shew the e the word of God. esying, he came to the high place.:: CHAPTE 2c1i1 And Saul's uncle said unto him and! eme attet SaCHAPTER X him h to his servant, Whither went yo? And he Stamul anointeth Stl, and coieth, hie. byi said To seeh the "seseae nd eneenee saw arecnatio, of tiales styls. O Salt's eat sai d o see te asses n en saw ci,tald, i and h e'olhesiei. 14 dle ioealtet, that tleyzvere nowhere, we came to Samuel. theafatate e of thee'lqydon s fryom Ahis tcle. 17 15 And Saul's uncle said. Tell me, I pray Saul i.es c,.or at ]izleh Iby lot. 26 The peole tllee, whaatSannuel said unto you. ovar ouljsley a sete a toba n ls Oehim.1G And Saul said unto his uncle, He told T IIEN Samuel tool a vial of oil, and us plainly that the asses wero found. But poured it upon his head, and kissed of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samhim, and said, Is it not because the LORD ucl spake, he told him not. ilath anointed thee to be captain over his 17 5 And Samuel called the people togethinheraiiance? er unto the LORD to Iizpelh; 2 When thou art departed fromno to day, 18 And said unto the children of Israel, then thou shalt find two men by lachel's Thus saith tie LORD God of Israel, I sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivZolzalh; and they will say unto thee, The ered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, asses which thou wentest to seek are founda: and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of and, lo, thy fiather hath left the care of the then that oppressed you: asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What 19 And ye have this day rejected your shall I do for my son? God, who himself saved you out of all your 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from adversities and your tribulations; and ye thence, and thou shalt come tothe plain of have said uinto him, Nay, but set aing Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men over us. N'o therefore present yourselves going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying before the LORD by your tribes, and by three kids, and another carrying three your thousands. loaves of bread, and another carrying a 20 And when Samuel had caused all the bottle of wine: tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee Benjamin was taken. two loaves of bread; which thou shalt re-21 When he had caused the tribe of BenceiVe of their hands. jamin to come near by their families, the 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of family of Aatri was taken, and Snul the God, where is the garrison of the Pbilis- son of Kish was taken: and when they tines: and it shall come to pass, when thou sought hlim, hecould not be found. art come thither to the city, that thou shalt i:2 Therefore they inquired of the LOPD meet a company of prophets coming down further, if the man should yet come thither. from the high place with a psaltery, and a And the LORD answered, Behold, ho hath tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; hid himself among the stuff. and they shall prophesy: 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come and when the stood among the people, he upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with was higher than any of the people from his them, and shalt be turned into another man, shoulders and upward. 223 Jabesh-gilead rescued. I. SAMUEL. Saul's e7zemies spared. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See shall do with us all that seemeth good unto ye him lioat t the LO RD hatls ciosen, that you. these is none like liim among all tloe peo- 11 And it as so on the morro, that ple? And ail the people shouted, and said, Saul put tie people in three companies; God sae the king. and they came into tile midst of the lost in 25 Then Samuel told the people the man- the morning watch, and sle the Amnmonites ner of tho kingdom, and roe it in sa ook, until the heat of the day: and it came to and laid it ul before the LORD. And Sam- pass, that they which remained were scatuel sent all the people away, every man to tered, so that to themere nt left tohis louse. gether. 2G And Saul also went home to Gitealh; 12 T And the people said unto Samuel, and there went with him a band of men, 5Nlo is he that said, Shall Saul reign over ahose learts God had touched. us 7 bring the men, tat we maay put them 27 But the children of Belial said, HIow to deatlh. shall this manl save us? And they despised 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man him, and brought Liel no presents. But bhe put to death teis day: for to day the he held his peace. LO RD hath wrought salvation in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, CHAPTER XI. and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. ie crlee! coneditios oee,'lsel to ite me? i of Jabesh-ee. ileand. 4 TLeiY set! mefo el to Sau, al re 1 And all the people went to Gilgal; and bleullred, h i,,. 12 Se l sti h /s is n ett e cs. thlere thley made Saulking before the LORD 14 lia ksinydll eelue lat G'ilat, in Glgal; and tlere thhey sacrificed sacriMHEN Nals tie Ammonite came up, flcee of peace offerings before the LORD and eniamped against Jabesh-gilead: and there Saul and all ti:e nen of Israel and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, rejoiced greatly. Ihako a covenant with us, and ae will serve CHAPTER XII. thee. Smue tiesifs'ei s Israel/z. hlstsss'iV. 6 He re 2 And Nah ashi the Ammonite answered scoa thsl (d's ereafles te stl e'eiatfi l 16 them, Ou this eoslditioe wvill I make a fri gleus lea of thzle 1 xe, conslieeth covenant With you, tat I may thrust out he eand f tii o l (csiaiU/l sa11t, 20 fr comall your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach.oen iL hle ( -y f diEpt. upon all L]rael. dt 8 And tlie elders of Jnbesh said unto lim, As S amuel aid unto ll Israel, BenGivbe otus Eevenl daYll rcspithetl`autn. l. h ma A lold, I have hearsoned unto your voice send messengers unto all the coasts of Is- in all that ye said unto s1e, and l]ave made rael: and tlen, if tlhese e no man to save a,ing over You. us, we vill come out to thee. 2 And note, behold, the king walketh be4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of fore you: and I amn old ad graynheaded; Saul, and told the tidings in the cars of the and, behold, my sons are ssicshl you: and I people: and all the people lifted up their have walked before you from my childhood voices, and wept. unto tlIis.ay. 5 And, behold, Saul came after thle herd 3 Behold, here I cmh: witness against me out of the field; and Saul said, lWhat before tle LORD, and before his anointed: ailaeth the people tlhat tlhey weep? And lwhose ox have I taken? or i llose ass hlave I they told hi l the tidilngs of the men of Ja- taken? or hoem lhave I defrauded? ewhom bosh. have I oppressed? or of whose l and have I 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul received Lsy Lribo to llind mine eyes therewhen lhe t]eard those tidings, and his anger witl? als d I vill lestore it ysou. cas kindled greatly. 4 And they said, Thou slast rot defrauded 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hlered us, nor oppressed us, neitter hast thodlltken tliem in pieces, and sent then tllroughllout aught of any man's hand. all the coasts of Israel by the hands of mes- 5 And lie said unto them, The LORD is sengers, saying, Whlosoever comneth not witness against you anld ii: anoisnted is forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall witness tlis day, that yec lave not found it be done unto hlis osen. And the fear of augst in my hand. And tsey answered, the LORD fell on the people, and they came Ile is,itness. out with one consent. -6 q And Samuel said unto the people, It 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, is the LORD that advanced Ioses and Aathe children of Israel were three hundred ron, and that broughtyour fathers up out of thousand, and the men of Judah thirty the land of Egypt. thousand. 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may 9 And they said unto the messengers that reason with you before the LORI) of all the came, Thus shall ye say unto tile men of righteous acts of the LORD, wahich lIe did Jabesh-gilead, To morrosw, by that tice the to you and to your fathers. sun be hot, ye shall have lselp. And the 8 When Jacohb was come into Egypt, and hessengers carne and sheowed it to the men your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the of Jabesh; and they were glad. LORD sent itoses and Aaron, vdehich brought 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To forth t our fatthers out of Egypt, and made morrow ae rill come out unto you, and ye them dwell in this place. 224 Exhortation to Israel. I. SAIUEL. Saul's select band. 9 And when they forgat the LORD their 25 But if ye shall still do Twickedly, ye God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, shall be consumed, both ye and your king. captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand CHAPTER XIII. of the king of Moab, and they fought against Saul's select lt,d. 3 Ie clleth the Israelites to t}' C Gilga! cgagoast tii P.4histit:es. 5 Thbe n,'m oat st t0 ho. ef tlAo Plili.tit. 6 Th]e liatess of t he V sladet10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, tes. tt Sad, eay of stayiqfor' f S tt scWe have sinned, because we hare forsaken rihceth t, 11 an'el C Epol0Vet Lo. 17 TILe the LORD, and have served Baalim and lee -atls of the Ptilistines. 19 The e PiUliAshtaroth: but now deliver us out of the tie suffer o smith i, Isant. hand of our enemies, and ve will serve thee. Q AUL reigned one year; and wen he bad 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Ck reigned two years over Israel, Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and do- 2 Saul chose himn three thousand t oeno of livered you out of the hand of your enemies Israel; owheoeof two thousand were with on every side, and ye dwelt safe. Saul in CIichmashl and in mount Betlh-l, 12 And nThen ye saw that Nahash the king and a thousand were with Jonathan in of the children of Ammon came against you, Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shallreign people he sent every man to his tent. over us: when the LORD your God was your 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the king. Philistines that was in Geba, and the Phi13 Now therefore behold the king whom listines heard of it. And Saul blew the ye have chosen, anid whom yehave desired! trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over the Hebrews hear. you. 4 And all Israel heard say thtt Saul had 1t If ye will fear the LORD, and seroe smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and him, and obey his voice, and not rebel that Israel also was had in abomination ngainst the commandment of the LORD; with the Philistines. And the people were then shall both ye and also the king that called together after Saul to Gilgal. reigneth over you continue following the 5 And the Philistines gathered themselves LORD your God: together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and LORD, but rebel against the commandment people as the sand which is on the sea of the LORD; then shall the hand of the shore in multitude: and they cano up, LORD be against you, as it ivas against and pitched in Ilichmash, eastweard from your fathers. Beth-aven. 16 l Now therefore standand see this great 6 When the men of Israel saw that they thing, which the LORD will do before your -were in a strait, (for the people were diseyes. tressed,) then the people did hide them17 os it not wheat harvest to day? Iwill selves in caves, and in thickets, and in call unto the LORD, and he shall send thun- rooks, and in high places, and in pits. der and rain; that ye may perceive and see 7 And some of the Hebrews went over that your wickedness is great, which ye Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As have done in the sight of the LORD, in ask- for Saul, hoe vas yet in Gilgal, and all the ing you a kineg. people followed him trembling. 18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and 8 ~ And he tarried seven days, accordthe LORD sent thunder and rain tat day: in to the set time that Samuel Ctol apand all teeo g feedtheL pople greatly feared the LOcame not to Gilgal; and Samuel. and the people were scattered from him. 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy offering to me, and peace offerings. And God, that we die not: for we have addedhe offered the burnt offering. unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a ling. 0 And it came to pass, that as soon as he 20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear ha:d made an end of offering the burnt offernot: ye have done all this wickedness: yet ing, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went turn not aside from following the LORD, out to meet him, that i e might salute him. but serve the LORD with all your heart; 11 And Samuel said, Whhatat thou done? 21 And turn ye not aside: for thens shougi And Saul said, Because I saw that the peoye go after vain thio S, which cannot profit pie Mere scattered from me, and that thou nor deliver; for they are vain. camest not within the days appointed, and 22 For the LORD will not forsake his peo- that the Philistines gathered themselves topie for his great name's sake: because it gether at Michmash; hath pleased the LORD to make you his 12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will people. come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I have not made supplication unto the LORD: should sin against the LORD in ceasing to I f rced myself therefore, and offered a burnt pray for you: but I will teach you the good offering. and theright way: 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in done foolishly: thou hast not kept the tru ith ith all your leart: for consider how commandment of the LORD thy God, which great things he hath done for you. he commanded thee: for now would the 1.5 225 The Philisttzes' I. SAMUEL. garrison taken. LORD have established thy kingdomn upon side: and the name of' the one vas8 Bozez, Israel for ever. and the name ofthe other Seneh. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not con- The forefront of the one was situate tinue: lhe LORD hath sought him a man northward over against Michmash, and the aftel his own heart, and he LOeD hath other southward over against Gibeah. commanded himr to be captain over his peo-6 And Jonathan said to the young man ple, because thou last not kept that which that bare his armour, Come, and let us go the LORD commanded thee. over unto the garrison of these uneircum15 AnC Samuel arose, and gat him up from ised: it may be that the LORD will work Gilga; unto Gibeah of Benjamin. AndSaul for us: for there is no restraint to the numbered the people thast ies-e present LORD to save by many or by few. with him, about six hundred men. 7 And his armourbearer said unto him, 18 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and Do all that.is in thy heart: turn thee; bethe people tihat were present with them, Iold, I ams with thee according to thy abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Phi- heart. listines encamped in MIichmash. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass 17 I And the spoilers came out of the camp over unto these men, and we will discover of the Philistines in three companies: one ourselves unto them. company turned unto the way that ledeth 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: we come to you; then we will stand still in 18 And another company turned the eway our place, and eill not go up unto them. to Beth-horon: and another company turn- 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; ed to the way of the border that looketh to then we will go up: for the LORD hath dethe valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. livered them into our hand; and this shall 19 Now there was no smith found through- be a sign unto us. out all the land of Israel: for the Philis- 11 Anld both of them discovered themselves tines said, Lest the Hebrews make thesm unto the garrison of the Philistines: and swords or spears: the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews 20 But all the Israelites went down to the come forth out of the holes where they had Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, hid themselves. and his coulter, and his axe, andhis mattock. 12 And the men of the garrison answered 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. for he aes, and to sharpen the goads. And Jonatllhan said unto his armourbenrer, 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, Come up after me: for the LORD hath dethat there was neither sword nor spear livered them into the hand of Israel. found in the hand of any of the people that 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his ve'res ith Sauland Jonathan: butwith Saul hands and upon his feet, and his armourand with Jonathan his son was there found bearer after him: and they fell before Jon23 And the garrison of the Philistines went athan; and his armourbearer slew after out to the passage of IMichmash. him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jon-. CHAPTER XIV. athan and his armourbearer made, was Joastnhal?,,s,a:,oew, to -k is fathhe,, ss'p,'seth a about twenty men, within as it were a half easetiso of tle Pilistitses. 17S tta -dis? acre of land, tvhici a yoke of oxet msight. ane, comae to the atttle. 24 His, latv ise d- 1 7. jzuafio:t dlitoesseth tlhe weople. 26 Jo,?athan, -1 9. thRozlgh inoransce, t'alreeset. 32 Sat re- 15 And there was trembling in the host, strasleth the people from eatirg blood. 3sf lvr in the field, and among all the people: the his ttaulsresslto7. Jonatlar is condetntel to die garrison, and the spoilers, they also tremby Aise feathe; 45 bt is r-e.eed bj the teolle. bled, and the earth quaked: so it was a 47Saul's o-ar,. 49 Ditfaonitly. very great trembling. NOYs it acame to pass upon a day, that 10 And tile watchmen of Saul in Gibeah N Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the mul young man that bare his armour, Come, and titude melted naway, and they went on beatlet us go over to the Philistines' garrison, ing down one ansothe-. that is on the other side. But he told not 17 Then said Saul unto tile people that his father. svete with him, Number now, and see who 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part is gone from us. And when they had numof Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which bered, behold, Jonathan and lis armouris in MIigron: and the people that stoere bearer czue'e not thepre. with him zvere about six hundred men; 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's the ark of God: for the ark of God was at brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, that time with the children of Israel. the LOaD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an 19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked ephod. And the people knew not that Jon- unto the priest, that the noise that taa in athan was gone. the host of the Philistines went on and in4 nd between the passages, by which Jon- creased: and Saul said unto the priest, athan sought to go over unto the Pllilis- Withdraw thine hand. tines' garrison, thelte taos a sharp rock on 20 And Saul and all the people that wseepo the one side, and a sharp rock on the other with him assembled themselves, and they 2.6 The people transgress. I. SAMUEL. The wars of Sa71. came. to the battle: and, behold, every the same tas the first altar that he built man's sword was against his fellow, ant unto the LORD. there ivas a very great discomfiture. 36 ~ And Saul said, Let us go down after 21 Moreover, the Hebrerws t at were with the Philistines by night, and spoil theom unthe Philistines before that time, which went til the morning light, and let us not leave a up with them into the camp from the coun- man of them. And they said, Do whatsot-y round about, even they also tturnecoto ever seemeth good unto thee. Then said be with the Israelites that were with Saul the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. and Jonathan. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which go down after the Philistines? wilt thou dehad hid temele ot phi, ee to themselves in mount Ephraim,er them into the hand of Israel? But he tahen they heard that the Philistines fled, answered him not that day. even they also followed hard after them in 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, the battle. all the chief of the people; and know and 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: see wherein this sin hath been this day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth 24 ~ And the men of Israel were distressed Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he that day: for Saul had adjured the people, shall surely die. But there was not a man saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any among all the people that answered him. food until evening, that I may be avenged 40 Then said lie unto all Israel, Be -ye on on mine enemies. So none of the people one side, and I and Jonathan my ton will tasted amy food. be on the other side. And the people said 25 And all they of the land came to a unto Saul, Doewhat seemeth good untothee. wood; and there was honey upon the 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God ground. f Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul 26 And when the peopl ee cow e come into and Jonathan were taken: but the people the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but escaped. no man put his hand to his mouth: for the 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between meand people feared the oath. Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me charged the people with the oath: wherefore what thou hast done. And Jonathan told he put forth the end of the rod that wais in him, and said, I did but taste a little honey his hand, and dipped it in a honeycomb, with the end of the rod that utas in mine and put his hand to his mouth; and his hand, and, lo, I must die. eyes were enlightened. 44 And Saul anstwered, God do so and 28 Then answered one of the people, and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonsaid, Thy father straitly charged the people athan. with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall that eateth any food this day. And the Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great people were faint. salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his troubled the land: see, I pray you, how head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought mine eyes have been enlightened, because with God this day. So the people rescued I tasted a little of this honey. Jonathan, tht he died not. 30 How much more, if haply the people had 46 Then Saul went up from following the eaten freely to day of the spoil oof teir ene- Philistines: and the Philistines went to mies which they found? for had there not their own place. been now a much greater slaughter among 47 ~ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, the Philistines? and fought against all his enemies on every 31 And they smote the Philistines that day side, against aloab, and againstthe children from ticlemash to Aijalon: and the people of Ammon, and against edorm, and against tere very faint. the kings of Zobah, and against the Philis32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and tines: and whithersoever he turned himtook sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew self, he vexed theos. themt on the ground: and the people did 48 And he gathered a host, and smote the eat them with the blood. Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the 33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, hands of them that spoiled them. the people sin against the LORD, in tt o that Now the sons of Saul ere Jonathan, they eat with the blood. And le said, Ye and Islui, and Malchishu: and the names have transgressed: roll a great stone unto of is two daughters qcere thIC8c; the name me this day. of the firstborn SIerab, and the name of the 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves younger tiechal: among the people, and say unto them, Bring 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinmelhither every man his ox, and every man oam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; name of the captain of his host iuas Abner, and sin not against the LORD in eating with te son of Ner, Saul's uncle. the blood. And all thle people brought ev- 51 And Kish awts the father of Saul; and ery man his ox with him that night, and Ner the fathller of Abneras the son ofAbiel. slew the7t there. 52 And there was sore war against the Phi35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: listines all the days of Saul: and when Saul 227 Saul sent to I. SAMUEL. destroy Amalek. saw any strong man, or any valiant man, sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the he took him unto him. rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and CHAPTER XV. I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to S6'ante aendetA Saul to dntroy Anaulek. 6 Saul me this night. And he said unto him, favoureth thle t eites. 8 He slJareth Agag and Say on. the bet of the spoil. LOSanmuel anouoceth tto 17 And Samuel said, When thou aoet litSaul God's rejectio,- of hi? for his disobedietce. tle in thine own sight, wast thou not malde 21Sa l'h/t 3 lmiatio. 32 SaouekillethAgay. the head of the tribes of Israel, and the 31 Soaluel and Saulpa t. LORD anointed thee king over Israel? SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The LORD 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, sent me to anoint thee to kig ov and said, Go a nd utterly destroy the sinhis people, over Israel: now thereforeheark- ners the Amalekites, and fight against them cn thou unto the voice of the words of the until they be consumed. LORD. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remem- voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the bor thatt which Amalek did to Israel, how spol,, and didst evil in the sight of the he laid zvait for him in the way, when he LORD? came up from Egypt. 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and destroy all that they have, and spare them have gone the way which the LORD sent me, not; but slay both man and wvoman, infant and have brought Agag the king of Amnlek, and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 4 And Saul gathered the people together, 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and numbered them in Telaim, two hun- and oxen, the chief of the things which dred thousand footmen, and ten thousand should have been utterly destroyed, to sacmen of Judah. rifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as laid wait in the valley. great delight in burnt offerings and sacri6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, fices, as in obeying the voice of the LOPD? depart, get you down from among the Ama- Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, taod lekites, lest I destroy you with them: for to hearken than the fat of rams. ye shewed kindness to all the children of 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchIsrael, when they came up out of Egypt. craft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and So the Kenites departed from among the idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the Amalekites. word of the LORD, he hath also rejected 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from thee from being king. Havilah unttil thou comest to Shur, that is 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have over against Egypt. sinned: for I have transgressed the com8 And he took Agag the king of the Ama- mandment of the LORD,. and thy words: lekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the because I feared the people, and obeyed people with the edge of the sword. their voice. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, sin, and turn again with me, that I may and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all worship the LORD. that wan good, and would not utterly de- 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not etroy them: but every thing that was vile return with thee: for thou hast rejected and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath 10 ST Then came the word of the LORD unto rejected thee from being king over Israel. Samuel, saying, 27 And as Samuel turned about to go 11 It repentoth me that I have set up away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his Saul to be king: for he is turned back from mantle, and it rent. following me, and hath not performed my 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD commandments. And it grieved Samuel; hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee and he cried unto the LORD all night. this day, and hath given it to a neighbour 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet of thine, that is better than thou. Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not taying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he he set him up a place, and is gone about, should repent. and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet hon13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul our me now, I pray thee, befortheh elders said unto him, Blessed be thou ofthe LORD: of my people, and before Israel, and turn I have performed the commandment of the again with me, that I may worship the LORD. LORD thy God. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and and Saul worshipped the LORD. the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 32 5 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to 15 And Saul said, They have brought them me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And from the Amalekites: for the people spared Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to said, Surely the bitterness of death is past, 28 David is chosen I. SAMUEL, and anointed, 83 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this made women childless, so shall thy mother is he. be childless among women. And Samuel 18 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in anointed him in the midst of his brethren: Gilgal. and the Spirit of the LORD came upon 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul David from that day forward. So Samuel went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. rose up, and went to Ramah. 85 And Samuel came no more to see Saul 14 But the Spirit of the LoRb departed ountil the day of his death: nevertheless from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD troubled him. repented that he had made Saul king over 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, BeIsrael. hold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth CHAPTER XVI. thee. Samuel sent to Deth-lehem to anoit once of the 1G Let our lord now command thy servants, sons of Jesse. 6 Sever of his soas pess before h WhliCh ace before thee, to seek out a man, Sanel. 12 David is choasee ad antoitcted. i s a cunning player on a harp: and it Sau, troubled by at evil spirit,.sedth f shall cometo pass, when tlhe evil spiritfrom God is upon thee, that he shall play with AND the LORD said unto Samuel, How his hand, and thou shalt be well. LX long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing 17 And Saul said unto his servants, ProI have rejected him from reigning over vide me now a man that can play well, and Israel? fill thine horn vith oil, and go, I bring him to me. will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: 18 Then answered one of the servants, and for I have provided me a king among his said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the sons. Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul and a mighty valiant man, and a man of hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD war, and prudent in matters, and a comely said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I person, and the LorwD is with him. am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto 8 And'call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, ill sheow thee what thou shalt do: and which is with the sheep. thou shalt anoint unto me hiMn whom I 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with name unto thee. bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD sent thee by David his s(n unto Saul. spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the 21 And David came to Saul, and stood elders of the town trembled at his coming, before him: and he loved him greatly; and and said, Comest thou peaceably? he became his armourbearer. 6 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify your- David, I pray thee, stand before me; for h selves, and come with me to the sacrifice. hath found favour in my sight. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and 23 And it came to pass, when the evil called them to the sacrifice. spirit from God was upon Saul, that David And it came to pass, when they were took a harp, and played with his hand: so come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the Surely the LORD'S anointed is before evil spirit departed from him. him. CHAPTER XVII. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look CHAPTER XVII. not on his countenance, or on the height henisof hel saelites allh4Etites 12 Davyid foe. iattlse. hG'olath's ehellesr,. 12 ))avid is of his stature; because I have refused him: set by hisfathe o visic his 0rethrel. 28 Eilia for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; eidelh hi,,. 32 David aceptkec thle cha!lewye, for man looketh on the outward appear- end shevel tihe groen, l of hi, conndenee. 28 anoc, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Re layeh Goliath. 55 Sall asketh aiot have. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made TNOW the Philistines gathered together him pass before Samuel. Andhe said, Ne.- -ll their armies to battle, and were gathther hath the LORD chosen this. ered together at Socoh, which belongeth to 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. Judah, and pitched between Socoh and AzeAnd he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen kah, in Ephes-dammim. this. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to gathered together, and pitched bythe valley pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto of Elah, and set the battle in array against Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these, the Philistines. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain all thy children? And he said, There re- on the one side, and Israel stood on a maineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he mountain on the other side: and there keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto was a valley between them. Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not 4 And there went out a champion out of the sit down till he come hither. camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now Gath, whose height was six cubits and a he was ruddy, and wcithal of a beautiful span. countenance, and goodly to look to. And 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his 229 Challenge of Goliath. I. SAMUEL. David accepteth it. head, and he was armed with a coat of 24 And all the men of Israel, when they mail; and the weight of the coat was five saw the man, fled from him, and were sore thousand shekels of brass. afraid. 6 And he hlad. greaves of brass upon his 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye legs, and a target of brass between his seen this man that is coole up? surely to shoulders. defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, 7 And the staff of his spear was like a that the man who killeth him, the king will aweaver's beam; and his spear's headweigth- enrich him with great riches, and will give erZ six hundred shekels of iron: and one him his daughter, and make his father's bearing a shield went before him. house free in Israel. 8 And he stoo ad and cried unto the armies 20 And David spake to the men that stood of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye by him, saying,'hat shall be lone to the come out to set yostr battle in alray? asn man that killetl this Philistine, and taketh not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul7 away the reproach from Israel? for who is choose you a man for you, and let him come this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should down to me. defy the armies of the living God? 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill 27 And the people answered him after this me, then will we be your servants: but if I manner, saying, So shall it be done to the prevail against him, and kill him, then shall man that killeth him. ybebe our servants, and serve us. 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the arm- lie spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger ies of Israel this day; give me a man, that was kindled against David, and lie said, we may fight together. Why carest thou down hither? and Vith 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those whom hastho lefthfttose few sheep in the words of the Philistine,theywere dismayed, wilderness? I know thy pride, and the and greatly afraid. naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art 12 Now v David was the son of that Eph- come down that thou mightest see the battle. rathite of Beth-lellem-judah, owhose name 29 And David said, What have I now was Jesse; and lie had eight sons: and the done? Is there not a cause? man went among men for an old man in 30 d t And he turned from him toward anthe days of Saul. other, and spake after the same manner: 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesso went and the people answered him again after and followed Saul to the battle: and the the folmer manner. names of his three sons that went to the 31 And when the words were heard which battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next David spatie, they rehearsed theen before unto him Abinadab, and the third Sham- Saul: and he sent for him. mah. 82 And David said to Saul, Let no man's 14 And David was the youngest: and the heart fail because of him; thy servant will three eldest followed Saul. go and fight with this Philistine. 15 But David went and returned from Saul 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not to feed his father's sleep at Beth-lehem. able to go against this Philistine to fight 16 And the Philistine drew near morning with him: for thou art but a youth, and he and evening, and presented himself forty a man of war from his youth. days. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant 17 v And Jesse said unto David his son, kept his father's sheep, and there came a Take now for hy brethren an ephah of this lion, and a bear, and took a lamb outof the parclled cosst, and these ten loaves, andrun flock: to he camp tot thy brethren; 35 And I went out after him, and smote 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the him, and delivered it out of his mouth: captain of theis-thousand, and look hotwthy and when he arose against me, I caughllt brethren fare, and take their pledge. hims by his beard, and smote him, and slew 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men him. of Israel, eire in the valley of Elah, fight- 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the ing ewith the Philistines. bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine 20 And David rose up early in the morn- sall be as one of them, seeing lie bath deing, and left the sheep witll a keeper, and ed the armies of the living God. took, and went, as Jesse had commanded 37 David said moreover, The LORD that him; and lie came to the trench, as the host delivered me out of the paw of the lion. was going forth to the fight, and shouted for and out of the paw of the bear, he will dethe battle. liver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had put And Saul said unto David, Go, and the the battle in array, army against army. LORD be with thee. 22 And David left his carriage in the hand 38 And Saul armed David with his armofthe keeperofthe carriage,andran into the our, and lie put a helmet of brass upon his army, and came and saluted his brethren. bead; alsolle nmecd him n'itl aco attofmail. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, 39 And David girded his sword upon his there came up the champion, the Philistine armour, and lie assayed to go; for lie ad of Gath, Goliath by natme, out of the armies not proved a t. And David said unto Saul, I of the Philistines, and spakle according to cannot go with these; for I have not proved the same words: and David heard threm, theot. And David put them off him. 230 "" ~"~~`'- _ _.!~~I —I David slayeth I. SAMUEL. the Philistz? e. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and the captain of the host, Abner, whose son chose hlim five smooth stones out of the is this youth? And Abner said, As thy brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag soul liveth, 0 king, I cannot tell. which he had, even in a scrip; and Lis 6i And the king said, Inquire thou whose sling was in his hand: and he drew near to son the stripling is. the Philistine. 57 And as David returned from the slaugh41 And the Philistine came on and drew ter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and near unto David; and the man that bare brought him before Saul with the head of the shield weent before him. the Philistine in his hand. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art and saw David, he disdained him: for he thou, tho young man? And David anwas but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair swered, Iam the son of thy servant Jesse countenance. the Beth-lehemite. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, C T XII Ame I a dog, that tht tou comest to me with CHAPTER XVIII. staves? And the Philistine cursed David Jonathan etahicto 8 but Daftverard. e,5et tis ec-cetetfih icc 8 efte-c-ecte ec"tiet hi, by his gods. p,aise, 10 and i ihis fuy seeketlh to kill him. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come 20 Ie offereeh him his daughcter as a na e: to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the 25 but he esca.peh thle ldatge. 28 Sault' hatred fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the ad Davidsgloy increase. field.A ND it came to pass, when he had made'45 Then said David to the Philistine, - an end of speaking unto Saul, that Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee of David, and Jonathan loved him as his in the nam of the LORD of hosts, the God ofown soul. the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee let him go no more home to his father's into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and house. take thine head from thee; and I will give 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covthe carcasses of the host of the Philistines onant, because he loved him as his own soul. this day unto the fowls of the air, and to 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the the wild beasts of the earth; that all the robe that was upon him, and gave it to earth may know that there is a Godin Israel. David, and his garments, even to his sword, 47 And all this assembly shall know that and to his bow, and to his girdle. the LORD seveth not with sword and spear: 5 And David went out whithersoever Sanl for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and give you into our hands. Saul set him over the men of war, and he 48 And it came to pass, when the Philis- was accepted in the sight of all the people, tine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet and also in the sight of Saul's servants. David, that David hasted, and ran toward And it came to pass as they came, when the army to meet the Philistine. David was returned from the slaughter of 49 And David put his hand in his ba, the Philistine, that the women came out of and took thence a stone, and slang it, and all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to smote the Philistine in his forehead, that meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and the stone sunk into his forehead; and he with instruments of music. fell upon his face to the earth. 7 And the women answered one tnother. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine as they played, and said, Saul hath slain with a ling and with a stone, and smote the his thousands, and David his ten thousands. Philistine, and slew him; but there was no 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saysword in the hand of David. ing displeased him; and he said, They i 51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon have ascribed unto David ten thousands, the Philistine, and took his sword, and aid to me they have ascribed but thoudraw it out of the sheath thereof, and slew sands: and what can he have more but him, and cut off his head therewith. And the kingdom? when the Philistines saw their champion 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and was dead, they fled. forward. 52 And the men of Israel and of Judah 10 T And it came to pass on the morrow, arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philis- that the evil spirit from God came upon tines, until thou come to the valley, Iind to Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the gates of Elron. And the wounded of the house: and David played with his hand, the Philistines fell down by the way to as at other times: and theoe was a javelin Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto kron. in Saul's land. 53 And the children of Israel returned 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, from chasing after the Philistines, and they I will smite David even to the wall zuith it. spoiled their tents. And David avoied out of his presence twice. 64 And David took the head of the Philis- 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because tine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he the LORD was with him, and was departed put his armour in his armour in his tent. from Saul. 55 1 And when Saul saw David go forth 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, and made him his captain over a thousand; i31 Saul purposeth I. SAMUEL. to kill David. and he went out and came in before the more isely than allthe servants of Saul; people. so that his name was much set by. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. CHAPTER IX. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he be- Jonathao dideloseth his father' purpose to ill haved himself very wisely, he was afrad of id of 4 1e peadea hi, ftk iatio,. 8 y reaso f David's s uces, Saol's him. rage breaeth Out against him; 12 blt heo ie16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, cued Ibyical. 18 David cotmeth to Samuel, because he went out and came in before l'aioth. 20 Saul sendeth to take David. His them. meeners, f2 and Sod hivsetf, prophesy. 17 AAnd Saul said to David, Behold my A ND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee - d and to all his servants, that they should to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and kill David. fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, 2 But Jonathan Saul's son-delighted much Let not mine hand be upon him, but let in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, the hand of the Philistines be upon him. Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now 18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself and what is my life, or my father's family until the morning, and abide in a secret in Israel, that I should be son in law to the place, and hide thyself: king? 3 And I will go out and stand beside my 19 But it came to pass at the time when father in the field where thou art, and I will Merab Saul's daughter should have been commune with my father of thee; and what given to David, that she was given unto I see, that I will tell thee. Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved Da- Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not vid: and they told Saul, and the thing the king sin against his servant, against pleased him. David; because he hath not sinned against 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that thee, and because his works have been to she may be a snare to him, and that the thee-ward very good: hand of the Philistines may be against him. 6 For he did put his life in his hand, and Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought this day be my son in law in the one of the a great salvation for allIsrael: thou sawest twain. it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt 22 And Saul commanded his servants, say- thou sin against innocent blood, to slay ing, Commune with David secretly, and say, David without a cause? Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of all his servants love thee: now therefore be Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD the king's son in law. liveth, he shall not e slain. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonain the ears of David. And David said, than shewed him all those things. And Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor was in his presence, as in times past. man, and lightly esteemed? 8 d And there was war again: and David 24 And the servants of Saul told him, say- went out, and fought with the Philistines, ing, On this manner spake David. and slew them with a great slaughter; and 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to Da- they fled from him. vid, The king desireth not any dowry, but 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his be avenged of the king's enemies. But javelin inhishand: andDavid played with Saul thought to make David fall by the his hand. hand of the Philistines. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to 26 And when his servants told Davidthese the wall with the javelin; but he slipped words, it pleased David well to be the king's away out of Saul's presence, and he smote son in law: and the days were not expired. the javelin into the wall: and David fled, 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and escaped that night. and his men, and slew of the Philistines 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's two hundred men; and David brought their house, to watch him, and to slay him in the foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to morning: and Dichal David's wife told him, the king,-that he might be the king's son in saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to law. And Saul gave him Mlichal his daugh- morrow thou shalt be slain. ter to wife. 12 So Michal let David down through a 28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD window and he went, and fled, and escaped. was with David, and that Michal Saul's 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it daughter loved him. in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. David; and Saul became David's enemy 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take continually. David, she said, He is sick. 30 Then the princes of the Philistines 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to went forth: and it came to pass, after they see David, saying, Bring him up to me in went forth, that David behaved himself the bed, that I may slay him. 232 David consulteth I. SAMUEL. with Jonathan. 16 And when the messengers were come in, 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, behold, there was an image in the bed, with David earnestly asked leave of me that he a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. i thou deceived me so, and sent away mine 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant enemy, that he is escaped? And iiichall hall have peace: but if he be very wroth, answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me then be sure that evilis determined by him. go; wvhy should I kill thee? 8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with 18 P So David fled, andescaped, and came thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servto Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that ant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, went and dwelt in Naioth. slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, bring me to thy father? David is at Naioth in Ramah. 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: 20 And Saul sent messengers to take Da- for if I knew certainly that evil were devid: and when they saw the company of termined by my father to come upon thee, the prophets prophesying, and Samuel then ould notI tell it thee? standing as appointed over them, the Spirit 10 Then said Devid to Jonathan, Who of God was upon the messengers of Saul, shall tell me? or what if thy father answer and they also prophesied. thee roughly?! 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent 11 T And Jonathan said unto David, Come other messengers, and they prophesied like- and let us go out into the field. And they wise. And Saul sent messengers again the went out both of them into the field. third time, and they prophesied also. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, 0 LORD 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came God of Israel, when I have sounded my to a great well that is in Sechu: and he father about to morrow any time, or the asked and said, Where aoe Samuel and Da- third day, and, behold, if there be good vid? And one said, Behold, they be at toward David, and I then send not unto Naidth in Ramah. thee, and shew it thee; 23 And he went thither to aioth in Ra- 13 The LORD do so and much more to mah: and the Spirit of God was upon him Jonathan: but if it please my father to do also, and he went on, and prophesied, until thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send he came to Naioth in Ramah. thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, nd the LORD be with thee, as he hath and prophesied before Samuel in like man- been with my father. ner, and lay down naked all that day and 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I also among the prophets? die not: 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy CHATTER XX. kindness fiPom my house for ever: no, not Daynad mltt tath JTotatha'ta fot taft.l. 1 when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of than's token o Davi. 24 Sall, missig ataid, David every one te from te face of the earth. seekelh io ki!l Jonathan. 35 Jonathan maketh 16 SO Jonathan made ac covenant with kalon,- to Davil his dcater. 41 I'hey lovinglythe house of David, saying, Let the LORD searate even require i at the hand of David's enoA ND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, mies. 11 and came and said before Jonathan, 17 And Jonathan caused David to swar What have I done? what is mine iniquity? again, because he loved him: for he loved and what is my sin before thy father, that him as he loved his own soul. he seeketh my life? 18 Then Jonathan said to David, To mor2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou row is the new moon: and thou shalt he shalt not die: behold, my father will do missed, because thy seat will be empty. nothing either great or small, but that he 19 And wheln thou hast stayed three days, will shew it me: and why should my father then thou shalt go down quickly, and come hide this thing from me? it is not so. to the place where thou didst hide thyself 3 And David sware moreover, and saidj when the business was in hand, and shalt Thy father certainly knoweth that I have remain by the stone Ezel. found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the Let not Jonathan know this, lest ho e b ide thereof, as though I shot at a marl. grieved: but truly, as the LORD liveth, and 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, as thy soul liveth, the'e is but a step be- Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly tween me and death. say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows a?'e on 4 Then said Jonathan nnto David, Vhat- this side of thee, take them; then come soever thy soul desiroth, I will even do it thou: for thee is peace to thee, and no for thee. hurt; as the LORD liveth. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, to morrow is the new moon, and I shouldBehold, the arrows are beyond thee; go not fail to sit with the king at meat: but thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee let me go, that I may hide myself in the away. fiel} unto the third day at even. 23 And as touching the matter which 233 David informed I. SAMUEL. of his danger. thou and I have spoken of, behold, the his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry thema LORD be between thee and me for ever. to the city. 24 ~ So David hid himself in the field: and 41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David when the new moon was come, the king sat arose out of a place toward the south, and him down to eat meat. fell on his face to the ground, and boved 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at himself three times: and they kissed one other times, even upon a seat by the wall: another, and wept one witl another, until and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by David exceeded. Saul's side, and David's place was empty 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing peace, forasmuch as woe have sworn both that day: for he thought, Something hath of us in the name of the LORD, saying, Thie befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is LORD be between me and thee, and benot clean. tween my seed and tly seed for ever. And 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, he arose and departed: and Jonathan ment ewhicih was the second day of the month, into the city. that David's place was empty: and Saul CHAPTER XXI. said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore Davei at ob taileth of Ahimesech hallowed cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, bread. 7 Joe# is pesent. 8 David taketl Golineither yesterday, nor to day? th's swod. 10 David fleeth to Gath. 13 H 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David feigneh himself ad. earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth- lHEN came Damaid to Nob to Ahimelech lehem: the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; at the meeting of David, and said unto for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; him, Why art thou alone, and no man with and my brother, he hath commanded me to thee? be there: and now, if I have found favour 2 And David said unto Ahimeleohk the in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, priest, The king hath commanded me a and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh business, and hath said unto me, Let no not unto the king's table. man know any thing of the business 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against whereabout I send thee; and what I'liavo Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son commanded thee: and I have appointof the perverse rebellious omean, do not ed my servants to such and such a I know that thou hast chosen the son of place. Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the 3 Now therefare what is under thine hand? confusion of thy mother's nakedness? give efse lfi vesoave of bread in mine hand, 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth orwhat there is present. upon the ground, thou shalt not be estab- 4 And the priest answered David, and lished, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now said, There is no common bread under send and fetch him unto me, for he shall mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; surely die. if the young men have kept themselves at 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, least from women. and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be 5 And David answered the priest, and slain? what hath he done? said unto him, Of a truth women have been 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite kept from us about these three days, since him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was I came out, and the vessels of the young determined of his father to slay David. men are loly, and the bItead is in a manner 84 So Jonathan arose from the table in common, yea, though it were sanctified this fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day in the vessel. day of the month: for he was grieved for 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: David, because his father had done him for there was no bread there but the shewshame. bread, that was taken from before the 35 ~ And it came to pass in the morning, LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it that Jonathan went out into the field at the was talen away. time appointed with David, and a little lad 7 Now a certain man of the servants of with him. Saul was there that day, detained before 36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find the LORD; and his name cnts Doeg, an out now the arrows which I shoot. Ad Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that as tho lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond belonged to Saul. him. 8 And David said unto Ahimeleoh, And is 37 And when the lad was come to the place there not here under thine hand spear or of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, sword? for I have neither brought my Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is sword nor my weapons with me, because the not the arrow beyond thee? king's business required haste. 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the lad gathered up the arrows, and came to valley of Elah, behold, it is here swrapped his master. in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt 39 But the lad knew not any things: only take that, take it: for there is no other Jonathan and David knew the matter. save that here. And David said, There is 40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto none like that; give it me. 234 Saul's order to I. SAMUEL. kill the priests. 10 v And David arose, and fled that day that my son hath made a league'with the fofear of Saul, and went to Achish the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that king of Gath. is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my 11 And the servants of Achish said unto son hath stirred up my servant against me,:him, -/Is not this David the king of the to lie in wait, as at this day? land? did they not sing one to anotheer of 9 ~ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, him in. dances, saying, Saul hath slain which was set over the servants of Saul, is' thousands, and David his ten thou- and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to sands? -Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 12:And David laid up these words in his 10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the and gave him victuals, and gave him the king of Gath. sword of Goliath the Philistine. 13 And he changed his behaviour before 11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech them, and feigned himself mad in their the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the father's house, the priests that were in gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his Nob: and they came all of them to the beard. king. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of ye see tse the man is mad: wherefore thel Alitub. And he answered, Here I ai, my have ye brought him to me? lord. 15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have 13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye brought this fellow to play the madman in conspired against me, thou and the son of my presence? shall this fellow come Jesse, into n that thou hast given him bread, my house? and a sword, and hast inquired of God for CHAPTER XXII. him, that he should rise against me, to lie Maeny persons.esost unto David at Adtllam. 3 in wait, as at this day? He commnedeth ]is plaretis w to the li.nq of 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, foab. 5 Adtonishle by Gal, he cotneth to a and said, And who is so faithful among all /ais se/l. Sa' tnihfrsuin,,n con lO aileto thy servants as David, which is the king's hi, servants',tnfaithftles, 9 Doe, accrseh.AIimelesil. 11 Saul comlaTdeth to ill the son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is 2irests. 170 is servants,efsicsg, lJoes.slaorl honourable in thine house? tm.20 Abliathar esalitg, lriageth David the 15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for nlfi~ewsva. him? be it far from me: let not the king DAVID therefore departed thence, and impute any thing unto his servant, nor to. escaped to the cave Adullam: and all the house of my father: for thy servant when his brethren and all his father's house lnew nothing of all this, less or more. heard it, they went down thither to him. 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely 2 And every one that was in distress, and die Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's every one that wase in debt, and every one house. that teas discontented, gathered themselves 17 And the king said unto the footmen ento him; and le became a captain over that stood about him, Turn, and slay the them:: and there ere with him about four priests of the LORD because their hand lundred men. - also is with David, and because they knew 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of when he fed, and did not shew it to me. doab; and he said unto the king of Moab, But the servants of the king would not put Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, forth their hand to fall upon the priests of come-forth, and be with you, till I know the LORD. that God will do for me. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, 4 And he brought them before the king of and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Moab: and they dwelt with him all the Edomito turned, and hefellupontliepriests, while that David was in the hold. and slew on that day fourscore and fioes 5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, persons that did wear a linen ephod. Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote into the land of Judah. Then David de- le with the edge of the sword, both men and parted, and came into the forest of Ha- women, children and suoklings, and oxen, reth. and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the 6' When Saul heard that David was dis- sword. covered, and the men that were with him; 20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the (nowr aul abodo in Gibeah under a tree son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and fed after David. and all his servants were standing about 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul him;) had slain the LORD'S priests. 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; it that day, when Doeg the Edomite stwas swill the son of Jesse give every one of you there, that lle would surely tell Saul: I have fields and vineyards, anl make you all cap- occasioned the death of all the persons of tains of thousands, and captains of hun- thy father's house. dreds; 23 Abide thou twith me, fear not: for he 8 That all of you Ihave conspired against that seeketh my life seeketh tly life: but me, and there is none that sheweth me with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 235 .Davzd rescueth Keilah. I. SAMUEL. Jonathan comnforteth hzm. CHAPTER XXIII. 16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and Dsard eserth Keilah. 7 God shewiug him the went to David into the wood, and strengthcoming of Sa.l, otd the t'eachery of n thedeilites, ened his hand in God. he ecapeth fro eila. 14 11 Ziph Jonatha n 17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the comforteth flim. 19 T/e Zihites discover imto hand of Saul my father shall not fnd thee; Sad.. 25 At faon he is 1esciud from Sal y and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I Geoosion o-f the Phi~liatiie. 29 De d-o!hth shall be next unto thee; and that also t gdi. onSaul my father knoweth. THEN they told David, saying, Behold, 18 And they two made a covenant before the Philistines fight against Keilah, the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and they-rob the threshingfoors. and Jonathan went to his house. 2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, 19 I Then came up the Ziphites to Saul saying, Shall I go and smite these Philis- to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide tines? Andthe LORD said unto David, Go, himself with us in strong holds in the wood, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the a And David's men said unto him, Behold, south of Jeshimon? we be afraid here in Judah: how much more 20 Now therefore, O king, come down acthen if we come to Keilah against the armies cording to all the desire of thy Eoul to come of the Philistines? down; and our part shall be to deliver him 4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet into the king's hand. again. And the LOUD answered him and 21 And Saul said, Blessed be e of the said, Arise, go dovn to Keilah; for I willO LRD; for ye have compassion on me. deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and see his place where his haunt is, and and fought with the Philistines, and brought who hath seen him there: for it is told me away their cattle, and smote them with a that he dealeth very subtilely. great slaughter. So David saved the in- 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of habitants of Koilah. all the lurking places where he hideth him6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the self, and come ye again to me with the cerson of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, tainty, and I will go with you: and it shall that he came down woith an ephod in his come to pass, if he be in the land, that I hand. will search him out throughout all the thou7 And it was told Saul that David was sands of Judah. come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath 24 And they arose, and nwent to Zipl hedelivered him into mine hand; for he is fore Saul: but David and his men were in shut in, by entering into a town that hath the wilderness of Iaon, in the plain on gates and bars. the south of Jeshimon. 8 And Saul called all the people together 25 Saul also and his men went to seek to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege hin. And they told David: wherefore he David and his men. came down into a rock, and abode in the 9 And David knew that Saul secretly prae- wilderness ofI aon. And when Saul heard tised mischief against him; and he said to that, he pursued after David in the wilderAbiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ness of Maon. 10 Then said David, O LORD Godof Israel, 26 And Saul went on this side of the thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul mountain, and David and his men on that seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the side of the mountain: and David made city for my sake. haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up and his men compassed David and his men into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy round about to take them. servant hath heard? OLORD Godoflsrael, 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the saying, Haste thee, and come; for the PhiLORD said, He will come doon. listines have invaded the land. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Kei- 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing lah deliver me and my men into the hand after David, and went against the Philisof Saul? And the LORD said, They will tines: therefore they called that place Seladeliver thee up. hammahlekoth. 13 Then David and his men, which were 29 And David went up from thence, and about six hundred, arose and departed out dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. of Kcilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David OCHAPTER XXIV. was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare David in a cave at En-gcdi c-tteth qo Sav's Sil-t, to go forth. bltt sareth his life. 8 Je shewUeth thereby his 14 t And David abode in the wilderness in inoceoco. 16 Sato, acloolecdgiog his failt. strong holds, and remained in a mountainialth a. oath o Davi, and lel,-aoteth. in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul A ND it came to pass, when Saul las resought him every day, but God delivered L-l turned from following the Philistines, him not into his hand. that it was told him, saying, Behold, David 15 And David saw that Saul was come out is in the wilderness of En-gedi. to seek his life: and David was in the wil-2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen derness of Ziph in a wood. men out of all Israel, and went to seek 236 Saul acknowledgeth I. SAMUEL. his fault to David. David and his men upon the rooks of the much as when tho LORD had delivered me wild goats. into thinh hand, thou killedst me not. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let way, where uwa a cave; and Saul went in him go well away? wherefore the LORD reto cover his feet: and David and his men ward thee goodfor that thou hast done unto remained in the sides of tle cave. me this day. 4 And the men of David said unto him, 20 And now, behold, I know well that Behold the day of which. the LORD said thou shalt surely be king, and that the unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine kingdom of Israel shall be established in enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do thine hand. to him as it shall seem good unto thee. 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed Saul's robe privily. after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my 5 And it came to pass afterward, that name out of my father's house. David's heart smote him, because he had 22 And David aware unto Saul. And cut off Saul's skirt. Saul ent home; but David and his men 0 And he said unto his men, The LORD gat them up unto the hold. forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch CHAPTER XXV. forth mine hand against him, seeing he is amlt dieth. 2 David'es nessaoe to. taba. 10 tile anointed of the LORD..abal's churlish anslue provoketh him, 14 Abi7 So David stayed his servants with these git by htea tisdoa acifieth David. 36 Nabal's words, and suffered them not to rise againstt eatl. 39 avia taketl Abioail and Ahinoa Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and be tl 44 i al s i to went- on his way. A ND Samuel died; and all the Israel8 A[ David also arose afterward, and went itses were gathered together, and laout of the cave, and cried after Saul, say- mented him, and buried him in his house at iag, my lord the king. And when Saul amah. And David arose, and went down aloked behind him, David stooped with his to the nilderness of Paran. face to the earth, and bowed himself. 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose 9 And David said to Saul Whereforehear- possessions were in Carmel; and the man est thou men's words, saying, Behold, Da- wads very great, and he had three thousand vid seeketh thy hurt? sheep, andt a thousand goats: and he was 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen shearing his shleep in Carmel. how that the LORD had delivered thee to 3 Now the name of the man woas Nabal, day into mine hand in the cave: and some and the name of his wife Abigail; and she bade one kill thee: but aiae eye spared was a woman of good understanding, and thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine of a beautiful countenance: but the man hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S was churlish and evil in his doings; and he anointed. as of the house of Caleb. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the 4 And David heard in the wilderness that skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I Nabal did shear his sheep. cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee 5 And David sent out ten young men, and not, know thou and see tiat thet is nei- David said unto the youngmen,Getyo up ther evil nor transgression in mine hand, to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet hih and I have not sinned against thee yet in my name: thou huntest my soul to take it. 6 And thus shall ye say, to him that liveth 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine peace be to thin e house, and peace be unto hand shall not be upon thee. all that thou hast. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, 7 And now I have heard that thou hast Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: shearers: now thy shepherds l hich woere but mine hand shall not be upon thee. with us, we hurt them not, neither was 14 Afeor whom is the king of Israelcome there aught missing unto them, all the while out? after whom dost thou pursue? after they were in Carmel. a dead dog, after a fea. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge thee. Wherefore let the young men find between me and thee, and see, and plead favour in thine eyes; for me come in a my cauc, and deliverme out of thine hand. good day: give, I prny thee, whatsoever 16 And it came to pass, when David had cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and made an end of speaking these words unto to thy son David. Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my 9 And when David's young men came, they son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, spoke to Nabal according to all those words and wept. in the name of David, and ceased. 17 And he said to David, Thou arlt more 10 ~, And Nabal answered David's servrighteous than I: for thou hast rewarded ants, and said, Who is David? and iwho me good, whereas I have rewarded thee is the son of Jesse? there be many servants evil. nowadays that break away every man from 18 And thou hast seliewed this day how his master. that thou hast dealt well with me: foras- 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my 237 Abigail pleadeth I. SAMUEL. with David. water, and my flesh that I have killed for mies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I as Nabal. know not whence they be? 27 And now this blessing which thine hand12 So David's young men turned their maid hath brought unto my lord, let it even way, and went again, and came and told be given unto the young men that follow my: him all those sayings. lord. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine on every man his sword. And they girded handmaid: forthe LORD will certainlymake on every man his sword; and David also my lord a sure house; because my lord girded on his sword: and there went up fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil after David about four hundred men; and hath not been found in thee all thy days. two hundred abode by the stuff. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and 14 But one of the young men told Abigail, to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent shall be bound in the bundle of life with tlhe messengers out of the wilderness to salute LORD thy God; and the souls of thine eneour master; and he railed on them. mies, them shall he sling out, as out of: the 15 But the men were very good unto us, middle of a sling. and we were not hurt, neither missed we any 0 And it shall come to pass, when the thing, as long as we wee conversant with LORD shall have done to my lord according them, when we were in the fields. to all the good that he hath spoken concern16 They were a wall unto us both by night ing thee, and shall have appointed thee and day, all the while we were with them ruler over Israel; keeping t he shep. 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, 17 Now therefore know and consider what nor offence of heart unto my lord, either thou wilt do; for evil is determined against thou hast shed blood causeless, or that our master, and against all his household: my lord hath avenged himself: but when for he is sucth a son of Belial, that a man the LORD shall have dealt well with mylord, cannot speak to him. then remember thine handmaid. 18 l Tlen Abigail made haste, and took 32 d And David said to Abigail, Blessed two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, be the LORD God of Israel, which sent theo and five sheep ready dressed, and five meas- this day to meet me: ures of parched con, and a hundred clus- 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed ters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of be thou, which hast kept me this day from figs, and laid thent on asses. coming to shed blood, and from avenging 19 And she said unto her servants, Go myself with mine own hand. oa before me; behold, I come after you. 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of But she told not her husband Nabal. Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and that she came down by the covert of the come to meet me, surely there had not been hill, and, behold, David and his men came left unto Nabal by the morning light any down against her; and she met them. that pisseth against the wall. 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain 35 So David received of her hand that have I kept all that this fellow hath in the which she had brought him, and said unto wilderness, so that nothing was missed of her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I all that pertainncl unto him: and he hath have hearkened to thy voice, and have acrequited me evil for good. cepted thy person. 22 So and more also do God unto the en- 3(6 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, beemies of David, if I leave of all that per-h hld,e held a feast in his house, like the tain to him by the morning light any that feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was pisseth against the wall. merry within him, for he ztas very drunken: 23 And chen Abigail saw David, she Last- mherefore she told him nothing, less or more, ed, and lighted off the ass, and fell before until the morning light. David on her face, and bowed herself to the 37 But it came to pass in the morning, ground, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, his wife had told him these things, that his my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and heart died within him, and he became as a let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in stone. thine audience, and hear the words of thine 38 And it came to pass about ten days handmaid. after, that the LORD smote Nabal; that 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard he died. this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his 39 And when David heard that Nabal Cwas name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that folly is with him: but I thine handmaid hath pleaded the cause of my reproach saw not the young men of my lord, whom fro the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his thou didst send. servant from evil: for the LORD hath re26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD turned the wickedness of Nabal upon his liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the own head. And David sent and coamuned LORD hath withholden thee from coming with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. to shed blood, and from avenging thyself 40 And whe the servants of David were with thine own hand, now let thine ene come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto 238 David spareth7 I. SAMUEL. Saul's life. her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to ed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the take thee to him to wife. spear that is at his bolster, and the oruse 41- And she arose, and bowed herselfo oof water, and let us go. hro face to the earth, and said, Behold, let 12 So David took the spear and the cruse thine handmaid be a servant to wash the of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat feet of the servants of my lord. them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and neither awaked: for they woere all asleep; rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers because a deep sleep from the LORD wa that went after her; and she went after fallen upon them. the messengers of David, and became his 13 Then David went over to the other Wife. side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off; 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; a great space being between them: and they vere also both of them his wives. 14 And David cried to the people, and to 44 But Saul had given Michal his daugh- Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest ter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laih, thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered wyhich was of Gallim. and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? CHAPTER XXVI. 15 And David said to Abner, Artt not thou Satl, upon the inofor, aior of the Ziphite,, pu'- a valiant man? and who is like to thee iu steth DLavid. 5 D uvid stayeth Abishai from kill-Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept ig Saul, but takCih /i splear and ctrue. 13 thy lord the king? for there came one of the t-id tero -oh -,t-, I8 r ea l Sal. people in to destroy the king thy lord. 16 This thing is not good that thou hast A ND the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gib- done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy 1. eah, saying, Doth not David hide him- to die, because ye have not kept your masself in the hill of Hachilah, tohich is before ter, the LORD'S anointed. And now see Jesllimon? where the king's spear is, and the cruse of 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the water that teas at his bolster. wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand 17 And Saul new David's voice, and said, chosen men of Israel with him, to seek Da- Is this thy voice, my son David? And David in the wilderness of Ziph. vid said, It is my voice, my lord, 0 king. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord which isbefore Jeshimon, bythe way. But thus pursue after his servant? for what David abode in the ilderness, and he saw have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? that Saul came after him into the wilder- 1t Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord ness. the king hear the words of his servant. If 4 David therefore sent out spies, and un the LORD have stirred thee up against me, derstood that Saul was come in very deed. let hlim accept an offering: but if they be 5 And David arose, and came to the place the children of men, cursed be they before where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the LORD; for they have driven me out the place where Saul lay, and Abner the this day from abiding in the inheritance of son of Ner, the captain of his host: and the LOED, saying, Go, serve other gods. Saul lay in the trench, and the people 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to pitched round about him. the earth before the face of the LORD: for ( Then answered David and said to Ahime- the king of Israel is come out to seek a lech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will the mountains. go down with me to Saul to the camp? And 21 ~ Then said Saul, I have ainned: reAbishai said, I will go down with thee. turn, my son David; for I will no more do 7 So David and Abishai came to the people thee harm, because my soul was precious by uight: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping in thine eyes this day: behold, Ihave played within the trench, and his spear stuck in the fool, and have erred exceedingly. the ground at his bolster: but Abner and 22 And David answered and said, Behold the people lay round about him. the king's spear! and let one of the young 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath men come over and fetch it. delivered thine enemy into thine hand this 23 The LORD render to every man his day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray righteousness and his faithfulness: for the thee, with the spear even to the earth at LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, once, and I vill not smitae him the second but I woould not stretch forth mine hand time. against the LORD'S anointed. D And David said to Abishai, Destroy him 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set not: for who can stretch forth foth is hand by this day in mine eyes, so let my life against the LORD'S anointed, and be guilt- be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, less? and let him deliver me out of all tribula10 David said furthermore, As the LORD tion. liveth, the LORD shall smite h; hi or 25 The Saul said to David, Blessed be day shall come to die; or he shall descend thou, my son David: thou shalt both do into battle, and perish. great thiings, and also shalt still prevail. 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch So David went on his way, and Saul reforth mine hand against the LORD'S anoint. turned to his place. 239 David at Gatt. I. SAMUEL Saul resorteth CHAPTER XXVII. 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou Davd fldeeth to Gath, and Saul seeketha ho more for shalt know what thy servant can do. And.im. 5 Achish giveth, Zikla to David. 8 He Aohish said to David, Therefore will I make deceivstl, Achish. thee keeper of mine head for ever. A ND David said in his heart, I shall now 3 ~ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel -. perish one day by the hand of Saul: hadlamentedhim, and buriedhiminRamah, thereo is nothing better for me than that I even in his own city. And. Saul had put should speedily escape into the land of the away those that had familiar spirits, and Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to the wizards, out of the land. seek me any mor any or any coast of Israel: so 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves shall I escape out of his hand. together, and came and pitched in Shu2 And David arose, and he passed over nem: and Saul gathered all Israeltogether, with the six hundred men that wucre with and they pitched in Gilboa. him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phlof Gath. listines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly 3 And David dwelt with.Achish at Gath, trembled. he and his men, every man with his house- 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, hold,.euen David with his two wives, Ahin- the LORD answered him not, neither by oam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Car- dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. melitess, Nabal's wife. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled me a woman that hath afamiliar spirit, that to Gath: and he sought no more again for I may go to her, and inquire of her. And him. his servants said to him, Behold, there is a 6 And David said unto Achish, If I have woman that bath a familiar spirit at Ennow found grace in thine eyes, let them dor. give me a place in some town in the country, 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on that I may dwell there: for why should thy other raimont, and he went, and two men servant dwell in the royal city with thee? with him, and they came to the woman by 6 Then Aohish gave him Ziklag that day: night: and he said, I pray thee, divine wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring of Judah unto this day. mo him up, whom I shall name unto 7 And the time that David dwelt in the thee. country of the Philistines was a full year 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, and four months. thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he 8 A And David and his men went up, and hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, invaded the Goshurites, and the Gezrites, and the wizards, out of the land: whereaad the Amalekites: for those nations zwere fore then layest thou a snare for my life, to of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou cause me to die? goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, 9 And David smote the land, and left saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no neither man nor woman alive, and took punishment happen to thee for this thing. away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, 11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I and the camels, and the apparel, and re- bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring turned, and came to Achish. me up Samuel. 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye 12 And when hen e woman saw Samuel, she made a road to day? And David said, cried with a loud voice: and the woman Against the south of Judah, and against the spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou desouth of the Jorahmeelites, and against the ceived me? for thou art Saul. south of the Kenites. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not 11 And David saved neither man nor wo- afraid: for what sawest thou? And the man alive, to bring tidings to Gath, say- woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So ing out of the earth. did David, and so eill be his manner all 14 And he said unto her, What form is the while he dwelleth in the country of the he of? And she said, An old man cometh Philistines. up; and he is covered with a mantle. And 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he hath made his people Israel utterly to ab- stooped with his face to the ground, and hor him; therefore he shall be my servant bowed himself. for ever. 15 ~ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast CHAPTER XXVIII. thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Achish,ltteth cotene f ittfavide. 3Saltl, rfo- Sau l answered, I am sore distressed; for saaenr of Got, r'esoretlLh toto a witch at Et-dor. the Philistines make war against me, and 12 amnuelatpeae th, and nakieth Oktotun toSaoLl God is departed from me, and answereth Uhis apptrachiyg rtitn. me no more, neither by prophets, nor by A ND it came to pass in those days, that dreams: therefore I have called thee, that it the Philistines gathered their armies thou mayest make known unto me what I together for wvarfare, to fight with Israel. shall do. And Achish said unto David, Know thou 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost assuredly, that thoua shalt go out with me thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departto battle, thou and thy men. ed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 240 unto a witch. I. SAMUEL. Ziklag spoiled. 17 And the LORD hath done to him, as with should he reconcile himself unto his he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent master? should it not be with the heads of the kingdom out of thine hand, and given these men? it to thy neighbour, even to David: 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice one to another in dances, saying, Saul of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce slew his thousands, and David his ten wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the thousands? LORD done this thing unto thee this day. 6 Then Achish called David, and said unto 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast Israel with thee into the hand of the Philis- been upright, and thy going out and thy tines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sons be with me: the LORD also shall de- sight: for I have not found evil in thee liver the host of Israel into the hand of the since the day of thy coming unto me unto Philistines. this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along not. on the earth, and was sore afraid, because 7 Wherefore now return, and go in- peace, of the words of Samuel: and there was no that thou displease not the lords of the strength in him; for he had eaten no bread Philistines. all the day, nor all the night. 8 And David said unto Achish, But what 21 ] And the woman came unto Saul, and have I done? and what hast thou found in saw that le was sore troubled, and said thy servant so long as I have been with unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath thee unto this day, that I may not go fight obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life against the enemies of my lord the king? in my hand, and have healkened unto thy 9 And Achish answered and said to David, words which thou spakest unto me. I know that thou art good in my sight, as 22 Nowv therefore, I pray thee, hearken an angel of God: notwithstanding, the thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, princes of the Philistines have said, hie and let me set a morsel of bread before shall not go up withl us to the battle. thee; and at, that thee ou mayest have 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the strength, when thou goest on thy way. morning with thy master's servants that are 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. come with thee: and as soon as ye be up But his servants, together with the woman, early in the morning, and have light, decompelled him; and he hearkened unto part. their voice. So he rose from the earth, and 11 So David and his men rose up early to sat upon the bed. depart in the morning, to return into the 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the land of the Philistines. And the Philishouse; and she hasted, and killed it, and tines went up to Jezreel. took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: CHAPTER XXX. 25 And she brought it before Saul, and The Acalekites scpoil ZIklag. 4 David by God's ilbefore his servants; and they did eat. ctiet, pues.cetll thel 11s ahnd recovereh the Then they rose up, and vent away that slsail. i Deaed'sll-foc dvili spoil. 2 eight.e sendeth presents to hts friends. CHAPTER XXIX. IAND it came to pass, when David and The lords of tie Philistines cnistlest David 6 Al his men were come to Ziklag on the Achish dismireith him, h with eommsndations s third day, that the Amalekites had invadhisfidelity. ed the south, and Ziklag, and smitten ZikN OW the Philistines gathered together lag, and burned it ithti fre; all their armies to Aphek: and the Is- 2 And had taken the women captives, that raelites pitched by a fountain which is in wecre therein: they slew not any, either Jezreel. great or small, but carried thee away, and 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed went on their way. on by hundreds, andy s by thousan: but 3 So David and his men came to the city, David and his men passed on in the rear- and, behold, it was burned with fire; and ward with Achish. their wives, and their sons, and their daugh3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, ters, were taken captives. What do these Hebrews here? AndAchish 4 Then David and the people that were said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is with him lifted up their voice and wept, unnot this David, the servant of Saul the king til they had no more power to weep. of Israel, which hath been with me these 5 And David's twvo wives were taken capdays, or these years, and I have found no tives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abifault in him since he fell unto ene unto this gail the owife of Nabal the Carmelite. day? 6 And David was greatly distressed; for 4 And the princes of the Philistines were the pcople spake of stoning him, because wroth with him; and the princes of the Phi- the soul of all the people was grieved, evlistines said unto him, Make this fellow ery man for his sons and for his daughters: return, that he may go again to his place but David encouraged himself in the LORD which thou hast appointed him, and let him his God. not go down with us to battle, lest in the 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, battle he be an adversary to us: for where- Ahieleoch's son, I pray thee, bring me 16 li4 David smiteth I. SAMUEL. the Amalekites. hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought 22 Then answered all the wicked men, thither the ephod to David. and mnen of Belial, of those that went with 8 And David inquired at the LORD, say- David, and said, Because they went not ing, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I with us, -e will not give them aught of the overtake them? And he answered him, spoil that we have recovered, save to every Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake man his twife and his children, that they the,7, and without fail recover all. may lead then away, and depart. 9 So David went, he and the six hundred 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my men that were with him, and came to the brethren, with that which the LORD hath brook Besor, where these that were left be- given us, lho hath preserved us, and dehind stayed. livered the company that came against us 10 But David pursued, he and four bun- into our hand. dred men: for two hundred abode behind, 24 For who -ill hearken unto you in this chich were so faint that they could not go nmatter? but as his part is that goeth down over the brook Besor. to the battle, so shall his part be that tarri11 i And they found an Egyptian in the eth by the stuff: they shall part alike. field, and brought him to David, and gave 25 And it w-as so from that day fotrward, him bread, and he did eat; and they made that he made it a statute and an ordinance him drink water; for Israel unto this day. 12 And tiey gave him a piece of a cake of 20, And when David came to Ziklag, he figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, lie had eaten, his spirit came again to him: even to Lis friends, saying, Behllold a presfor lhe had eaten no bread, nor drunk a ty ent for yeou of the spoil of the enemies of ater, three ays and three nights. the LORD; 13 And David said unto him, To whom be- 27 To thcni which were in Beth-el, and to long est thou? and whenh e art thou And tho tet which wer e in south Ramoth, and to he said, I am a young man of Egypt, serv- t them which eesre in Jattir, ant to an Analekite; and my master left 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and me, because three days agone I fell sick. to them Tnhich were in Sipllmoth, and to 14 We made an invasion upLo l the south iheam wMich were in Eshtemoa, of the Cherethites, and upon the coast 20 And to them which were in Rachal, and which belongeth to Judah, and upon the o then? nwlich vere in the cities of the south of Caleb; and t e burned Ziklag with Jeralmeelites, and to thenm which?were in fire. the cities of the Kenites, 15 And David id to im, Canst thou bring 30 And to them which twere in Hormah, me down to this company 7 And h e said, and to thee wich wcete in Chloraseha, and Seare unto me by God, that thou milt nei- to them lvhiclh tree in Athacll, ther kill me, nor deliver me into the hands 31 And to them which 2were in Hebron, of my master, and I will bring thee dovn to and to all the places where David himself this company. and his men tere wont to haunt. 16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all CHAPTER XXSI. the earth, eating and drinking, and dan-Salle anen- defected. 2 in hote slain 4 Be and - his a?'mo~bearer kill themselves. PTe. Philising, because of all the great spoil that they ie otbhefreake tlol of he ];rlhltes. had taken out of the land of the Philistines, 8 They titrenph ne-i. Therdef toredes Saul teen and out of the land of Judah. his SO-tS. 11 ThAemen of Jabesl-,itead recover 17 And David smote them from the twi- the bodies by niglht bir them, a n td l tiheir light even unto the evening of the neet day: boned nt Jabesl. and there escaped not a man of them, save NoW the Philistines fought against Isfour hundred young men, hich rode upon rael: and the men of Israel fled from camels, and fled. before the Philistines, and fell dowen slain 18 And David recovered all that the Ame-.in mount Gilboa. lekites had carried away: and David re,- 2 And the Philistines followed leard upon cued his two wives. Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and lalchi. neither small nor great, neither sons nor shua, Saul's sons. daughters, neither spoil, nor any thieg that 3 And thle battle went sore against Saul, they had taken to them: David recovered andi tle archers hit him; and he was sore all. wounded of the archers. 20 And David took all the flocks and the 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, herds, ilhiech they drave before those otheil Draw thy sword, and thrust me through cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. therewith; lest these uncircumcised come 21 ~ And David came to the two hundred and thrust me through, and abuse me. men, which were so faint that they could But his armourbearer would not; for he not follow David, whom they had-made also was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a to abide at the brook Besor: and they sword, and fellupon it. went forth to meet David, and to meet 5 And when his armourbearer saw that the people that were with him: and when Saul was dead, lie fell lil;eise upon his David came near to the people, he ealuted sword, and died with him. them. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his 242 Saul and his II. SAMUEL. sons are buried. armourbearer, and all his men, that same Philistines round about, to publish it in the day together. house of their idols, and among the people. 7 And when the men of Israel that wer'e 10 And they put his armour in the house on the other side of the valley, and they of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body that were on the other side Jordan, saw that to the vwall of Beth-shan. the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshhis sons -were dead, they forsook the cities, gilead heard of that which the Philistines and fled; and the Philistines came and had done to Saul, dwelt in them. 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, night, and tookthe bodyof Saul and thebodiwhen the Philistines came to strip the slain, ies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, that they found Saul and hi ss hre sons and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. fallen in mount Gilboa. 13 And they took their bones, and buried 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped thenm under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted off his armour, and sent into the land of the seven days. THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. CHAPTER I. bracelet that waes on Iis arm, and have An, Aalekite, riii l tidin,,s of the overthios of brought them hither unto my lord. tha Israeaites, and c iaimill to have slain Sadl, 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, is putto death. 17 iJavid's lmaentati or and rent them; and likewise all the men Saul atl Joiathan. that wtere with him: N OWv it came to pass after the death of 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fast- Saul, when David was returned from ed until even, for Sanl, and for Jonathan the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David his son, and for the people of the LORD, h!ad abode two days in Ziklag; and for the house of Israel; because they 2 It came even to pass on the third day, were fallen by the sword. that, behold, a man came out of the camp 13 And David aid d unto the young man from Saul with lis clothes rent, and earth that told him, VWhence art thou? And he upon his bead: and o it ewas, when he came answered, I atni the son of a stranger, an to David, that he fell to the earth, and did Aimalekite. obeisance. 14 And David said unto him, How vast 3 And David said unto him, From whence thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand comest thou? And he said unto him, Out to destroy the LORD'S anointed? of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 15 And David called one of the young men, 4 And David said unto him, How went and said, Go near, azl fall upon him. tie matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he And he smote him that tlie died. auswered, That the people are fled from 16 And David said unto hin, Thy blood the battle, and many of the people also are be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath tesfallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan tifed against thee, saying, I have slain the his son are dead also. ILORD'S anointed. 5 And David said unto the young man that 17 a And David lamented with this lamenttold him, How knowest thou that Saul and ation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: Jonathan his son be dead? 18 (Also he bade them teach the children 6 And the young man that told him said, of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is As I happened by chance upon mount Gil- written in the book of Jasher:) boa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed high places: how are the mighty fallen! hard after him. 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in 7 And when hle looked behind him, he saw the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughme, and called unto me. And I answered, ter of the Philistines rejoice, lest the hIere am I. daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be And I answered him, I ati an Amalekite. no dew, neither let thetre be rain, upon you, 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray nor fields of offerings: for there the shield thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish of the mighty is vilely cset away, the shield is come upon me, because my life is yet of Saul, as thoug7 he halt not beenc whole in me. anointed with oil. 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, 22 From the blood of the slain, from the because I was sure that he could not live fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turnafter that he was fallen: and I took the ed not back, and the sword of Saulreturned crown that uwa upon his head, and the not empty. 243 David made king. II. SAMUEL. Defeat of Abner. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the pleasant in their lives, and in their death servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went they were not divided: they were swifter out from Iahanaim to Gibeon. than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, servants of David, went out, and met towho clothed you in scarlet, with other de- gether by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat lights; who put on ornaments of gold upon down, the one on the one side of the pool, your apparel. and the other on the other side of the pool. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young of the battle O Jonathan, thooowastnlain men now arise, and play before us. And in thine high places. Joab said, Let them arise. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother 15 Then there arose and went over by Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been number twelve of Benjamin, which perunto me: thy love to me was wonderful, tained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and passing the love of women. twelve of the servants of David. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the 16 And they caught every one his fellow by weapons of war perished! the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: CHAPTER II. wherefore that place was called HelkathDavid, byGod'sdirectio, goethptloHMebron,tActne lnhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. mei, o f Jaiehh gttead f eor t hehir nd o Sal.17 And there was a very sore battle that 1nca- nf Jaaehgslsnd foe theii kindasse.a toni 88 Abnelr anketh ldh-hosheth kiLng of Israel. 12 day; and Abner was beaten, and the men A skirmish between the mel of Abner and of Joab. of Israel, before the servants of David. 18 Asahel s!ac. 25 At Abner',s eqlest Joab 18 T And there were three sons of Zeruisoundeth a 1etreat. 32 bisahel's buei al. there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: A ND it came to pass after this, that Da- and Asahol zas as light of foot as a wild.1l vid inquired of the LORD, saying, roe. Shall I go upinto any of the cities of Judah? 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And in going he turned not to the right hand nor David said, Whither shall I go up? And he to the left from following Abner. said, Unto Hebron. 20Then Abner lookedbehind him, andsaid, 2 So David went up thither, and his two Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and 21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee 3 And his men that weree with him did hold on one of the youngmen, and take thee David bring up, every man with his house- his armour. But Asahel would not turn hold: and they dwelt in the cities of He- aside from following of him. bron. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn 4 And the men of Judah came, and there thee aside from following me: wherefore they anointed David king ovethehe house of should I smite thee to the ground? how Judah. And they told David, saying, That then should I bold up my face to Joab thy the men of Jabesh-gilead were theythat brother? buried Saul. 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: 5 And David sent messengers unto the wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, spear smote him under the fifth rib, that Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have the spear came out behind him; and he fell slsevwed this kindness unto your lord, even down there, and died in the same place: unto Saul, and have buried him. and it came to pass, that as many as came 6 And now the LORD shew kindness and to the place where Asahel fell down and died truth unto you: and I also will requite you stood still. this kindness, because ye have done this 24 Joal) also and Abishai pursued after tiing. Abner: and the sun went down when they 7Thereforenow let your hands be strength- were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth ened, and be ye valiant: for your master before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Saul is dead, and also the hause of Judah Gibeon. have anointed me king over them. 25 ~ And the children of Benjamin gathr 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of ered themselves together after Abner, and Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of became one troop, and stood on the top of a Saul, and brought him over to aIahanaim; hill. 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and: said, the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all thou not that it will be bitterness in the lat13rael. ter end? how long shall it be tlen, ere thou 10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years bid the people return from following their old when lie began to reign over Israel, and brethren? reigned two years. But the house of Judah 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless followed David. thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morn11 And the time that David was king in ing the people had gone up every one from Hebron over the house of Judah was seven following his brother. years and six months. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the 244 Abner seeketh II. SAMUEL. terms of David. people stood still, and pursued after Israel saying also, Make thy league with me, and, no more, neither fought they any more. behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring 29 And Abner and his men walked all that about all Israel unto thee. night through the plain, and passed over 13 And he said, Well; I will make a Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and league with thee: but one thing I require of they came to Mahanaim. thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, 30 And Joab returned from following Ab- escept thou first bring ichllal Saul's daughner: and when he had gathered all the ter, when thou comest to see my face. people together, there lacked ef David's 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-boservants nineteen men and Asaehel. sheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver ene my wife 81 But the servants of David had smitten Itichal, which I espoused to me for a hunof Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that dred foreskins of the Philistines. three hundred and threescore men died. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her 32 And they took up Asahel, and buried from he husband, even from Phaltiel the hinm in the sepulchre of his father, which son of Laish. tlas in Beth-lehem. And Jonb and his 16 And her husband went with her along men went all night, and they came to He- weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said bron at break of day. Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. CHAPTER III. 17 And Abner had communication with uring sthe waDatld waxetslltronge'r. 2 Sis ones the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for eorl toi him in Hebron. 6 Ablee, displeased with e h e y e h[h-bosheth, 12seet.. h termsof.fDavid. 13,aid David in times past to be king over you: equiret/ eie Ji,.gst to iily eo him hlctal e is 18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath wife, 1- Tins Aele'ff doe, Atner is eelteetained spoken of David, saying, Byythe hand of my eby Dsavtd, alid din'i.sed. 22 Jotb, e eturi tii servant David I will save my people Israel from lattle, killlteh lbae. 2i i.avid curseth t out of the inand of the Philistines, and out Jeae, 31 aeel treouredeteeoee Abnest liof the hand of all their enemies. N OW the ws lg w e t he 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of house of Saul and the house of David: Benjamin: and Abner ent also o speak but David waxed stronger and stronger, andin the ears of David in HeLtron all that the houseof Saul waxed weaker and weaker. seemed good to Israel, and that seemed 2 And unto David were sons born in He- good to the whole house of Benjamin. bron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of 20 So Abner came to David to IHebron, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; and twenty men with him. And David 3'And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the made Abner and the men that.vere with wife ofNabal the Carmelite; and the third, him a feast. Abslom thie son ot lancah the daughter of 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise Talmai king of Geshur; and go, and will gather all Israel unto my 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of lord the king, that they may make a league Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son witl thee, and that thou mayest reign over of Abital; all that thine heart desireth. And David 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's sent Abner away; and he went in peace. wife. These ere born to DavidinHebron. 22 ~ And, behold, the servants of David 6 Anditcame to pass, wvlile there was and Joab came from pursuinsg a troop, war between the house of Saulnd te house a nd bhrought inl a great spoil with them: of David, that Abner made himself strong but Abner vwas not with David in Hebron; for the house of Saul. for he had sent him away, and he was gone 7'And Saul had a concubine, whose namee in pence. was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and 23 When Joab and all the lost that tvas Isli-bosheth said to Abner, Whierefore hast suit him were come, they told Joab, saythou gone in unto my father's concubine? ig, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words and he hath sent him away, and he is gone of Ish-bosheth, and said, Ate I a dog's in peace. head, which against Judah do shlew kind- 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, ness this lday unto the hlouse of Saul thy What hast thou done? behold, Abner came father, to his brethren, and to his friends, unto tlee; why is it thet thou Last sent and have not delivered thee into the hand him way, and he is quite gone? of David, that thou chargest me to day with 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, a fault concerning this womane that he came to dceive tlee, and to know 9 So do God to Abncr, and more also, ex-thy goin out and thygng t coining in, and to cept, as the LORD hath sworn to David, know all that thou doest. even so I do to lim; 26 And when Joab was come out from 10 Totranslate the kingdom from the house David, he sent messengers after Abner, of Saul, and to set up the throne of David which brought him again from tihe well of over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even Sirah: but David knew it not. to'Beer-sheba. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hell And ie could not answer Abner a word bron, Joab took him aside in the gate to again, because he feared him. speak with him quietly, and smote him -12 ~' And Abner sent messengers to David there under the fifth rib, tlhat he died, for on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? the blood of Asahel his brother. 245 David curseth Joab. II. SAMUEL. David is anointed 28 And afterward when David heard it, became lame. And his name was lMephibhe said, I and my kingdom are guiltless be- osheth. fore the LORD for ever from the blood of 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Abner the son of Ner: Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and the heat of the day to the house of Ishon all his father's house; and let there not bosleth, who lay on a bed at noon. fail from the house of Joab one that hath 6 And they came thither into the midst of an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth the house, as thouzgh they would have fetchon a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or ed wheat;'and they smote him under the that lacketh bread. fifth ib: and Rechab and Baanah his broth30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew er escaped. Abner, bectuse he had slain their brother 7 For when they came into the house,'ho Asahel at Gibeonin the battle. lay on his bed in hIis bedchamber, and they 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the smote him, and slew him, and beheaded people that cwere with him, Rend your him, and took hlis ead, and gat them away clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and through the plain all night. mourn before Abner. And king David him- 8 And they brought the head of Ish-boself followed the bier. slheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the and the king lifted up his voice, and wept son of Saul thine enemy, whicl sought thy at the grave of Abner; and all the people life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord wept. the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, 9 And David answered Reclab and Baand said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy Beerothite, and said unto them, As the feet put into fetters: as a man falleth be- LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul fore wicked mlen, so fellest thou. And all out of all adversity, the people wept again over him. 10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul 35 And when all the people came to cause is dead, thinking to have brought good tiDavid to eat ineat wehile it vnas yet day. dings, I took hold of him, and slew lim in David sare, saying So do God toe, yin d t e, and Ziklag, who thought tthat I would have more also, it I taste bread, or aught else, given him a reward for his tidings: till the sun be down. 11 How much more, when wvicked men 36 And all tile people took notice of it, have slain a righteous person in his own and it pleased them: as whatsoever the houseupon his bed? shall I not therefore king did pleased all the.people. now require his blood of your hand, and 37 For all the people and all Israel under- take you away from tle earth? stood that day that it was not of the king to 12 And David commanded his young men, slay Abner the son of Ner. and they sleaw them, anti cut off their hands 38 And the king said unto his servants, and their feet, and hanged them up over Know ye not that there is a prince and a the pool in Hebron. But they took the great man fallen this day in Israel? head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the 39 And I ame this day weak, though anoint- sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. cd king; and these men the sons of Zer-H R V. uiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall C TR reward the doer of evil according to his The ttibes come to tIlet,t to natiltt Davit Kiny.miahednena. nD ~~over Israel. 4 Ii. aev. 6 ene talaeth Ziot f'oet wikedaness. the Jebesiteas, atid dtellaeth inl it. 11 dli7'at sendeth to )avi-d. 13 L'Ele,eL sons a-e bori to CHAPTER IV. Davit ine Jerutatlei. 17 Hde amietih the Phltisshe Israelites trotbled1 at the death, of Abner. 2 tites at Baa-pera2im, 22 ald ayain at the mulBaatah ante R-acha b saVy l.AL-ttosheth, -and bri,ng ber-y tt'eea. ehis h aall o H Dit. 9 la t c tsTet tc no AI HEN came all the tribes of Israel to be e.ti, antd al-oaeahs etian o ae buriae. J — David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, AND when Saul's son heard that Abner Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 1- was dead in Hebron, his hands were 2 Also in time past, when Saul Was king feeble, and all tie Israelites were troubled. over us, thou wast he that leddest out and 2 And Saul's son lhad two men that nerne broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to captains of bandst: the name of the one wna thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and Baanal, and the name of the other Rechab, thou shalt be a captain over Israel. the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite. of the 3 So all the elders of Israel came to tho children of Benjamin: for Beeroth also was king to Hebron; and king David made a reckoned to Benjamin: league with them in Hebron before the 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and LORD: and they anointed David king over were sojourners there until this day. Israel. 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son 4 David was thirty years old when he bethat was lame of eias feet. He was five gen to reign andlite reigned forty years. years old len tle tidings came of Saul and 6 Ic Hebron he reigned over Judah seven Jonlathan out of Jezrel, and his nurse took years and six months: and inl Jerusalem him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as he reigned thirty and tree years over all she made haste to flee, that he fell, and Israel and Judah. 246 king over Israel. II. SAMUEL. Uzzah smztten. OG ~ And the king and his men went to sound of a going in the tops'of the mulberry Jerusalem unto thle Jebusites, the inhab- trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: itants of the land: which spoke unto David, for then shall the LORD go out before thee, saying, Except thou take away the blind to smite the host of the Philistines. and tile lame, thou shalt not come in hither: 2 And David did so, as the LORD had thinkin, David cannot come in hither. commanded him; and smote the Philistines 7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold from Geba until thou come to Gazer. of Zion: the same is the city of David. CAPTER VI. 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever --- gettetol up to tile gutter, and stiteth ti he1 th I ot ho fli t n ototl-oh OttdJebusites, and the lame and the blind, that don. 12 David b ittgitq t hIe alk itlto ZioL taiare hated of David's soul, he sohao l be chief cetl before it. 17 1e llaocetlh it iti a taieacle. antr captaini. Wherefore they said, The 20 tMictal, reproving David for his reitogi-s blind and the lame shall not come into the joy, s clhitdtess to ie dtteat house. A GAIN, David gathered together all the 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it L. chosen meno of Israel, thirty thousand. the city of David. And David built round And David arose, and went wit all the about trom Millo and inward. people that woere with him from Baale of 10 And David went on, and grew great, Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of and the LORD God of hosts wvas with God, whose name is called by the name of him, the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messen- the cherubim. gers to David, and cedar trees, and car- 8 And they set the ark of God upon a new penters, and masons: and they built Da- cart, and brougit it out of the hlouse of vid a house. Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzaht 12 And David perceived that the LORD and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the had established him king over Israel, and new cart. that he had exalted his kingdom for his 4 And they brought it out of the house of people Israel's sake. Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accom13 And David took hzew more concubines panying the ark of God: and Ahio went beand wvives out of Jerusalem, after lie was fore the ark. come from Hebron: and there were yet sons 5 A n d David.and all the house of Israel and daughters born to David. played before the LORD on all manner of 14 And these be the names of those that oistremttezts eiatde of fir wood, even on were born unto him in Jerusalem; Sham- harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, mua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solo- and on cornets, and on cymbals. mon, 6 And when they camne to Naclon's thresh15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, ingfloor. Uzzah put forth his handz to the and Japhia, ark of God, and took hold of it; for the 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliph- oxen shook it. alet. 7 Anld the anger of the LnORn was kindled 17 J But when the Philistines heard thatt inst Uzzah, and God smote him there they llad anointed David king over Israel, for hs error; and there lie died by the all the Plilistines came up to seek David; ark of God. and David heard of it, and went down tothe' 8 Aid David was displeased, because: the hold. LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and 18 The Philistines also came and spread he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah themselves in the valley of Rephaim. to this day. 19 And David inquired of the LORD, fa y-9 And David was afrai of the LORD that ing, Shall I go up to tile Philistines? wilt day, and said, How shall the ark of the thoul deliver them into mine hand? And LORD colne to me? the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I 10 So David would not remove the llk of will doubtless deliver the Philistines into tlie LORD unto him into the city of David: thine hand. but David carried it aside into the house of 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and Obed-edom the Gittite. David smote them there, and said, The 11 And the arkof the LORD continued in LORD hath broken forth upon mine en- the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three: mies before me, as the breach of waters. months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, Thnerefore lie called the name of that place and all his household. Baal-perazim. 12 And it was told king David, saying, The 21 And there they left their images, and LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, David and his men burned them. and all that pe,'taineth unto im, because 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, of the ark of God. So David went and' and spread themselves in the valley of brought up the ark of God from the house Rephaim. of Obed-edomn into the city of David with 23 And when David inquired of the'LoRD,:gladness. he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch 13 And it was so, that when they thatn a compass behind them, and come upon bare the ark of the LORD had gone six them over against the mulberry trees. paces, e sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the 1i And David danced before the LORD 247 David forbidden II. SAMUEL. to bulod a temple. with all his might; and David was girded but have walked in a tent and in a taberwith a linen ephod. nacle. 15 So David and all the house of Israel 7 In all the places wherein I have walked brought up the ark of the LORD with slout- with all the children of Israel spake I a ing, and with the sound of the trumpet. word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into I commanded to feed my people Israel, saythe city of David, Michal Saul's daughter ing, Why build ye not me a house of cedar? looked through a window, and saw king Da- 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my rid leaping and dancing before the LORD; servant David, Thus saith the LORD of and she despised him in her heart. hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from 17 And they brought in the ark of the following the sheep, to be ruler over my LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst people, over Israel: of the tabernacle that David had pitched 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou for it: and David offered burnt offerings entest, and have cut off all thine enemies and peace offerings before the LORD. out of thy sight, and have made thee a 18 And as soon as David had made an end great name, like unto the name of the great of offering burnt offerings and peace offer- meen that are in the earth. ings, he blessed the people in the name of 10 5loreover I will appoint a place for my the LORD of hosts. people Israel, and will plant them, that 19 And he dealt among all the people, they may dwell in a place of their own, and eve00 among the whole multitude of Israel, move no more; neither shall the children as well to thile women as men, to every one of wickedness afflict them any more, as bea cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, foretime, and a flagon of woine. So all the people 11 And as since the time that I commanddeparted every one to his house. ed judges to be over my people Israel, and, 20 Then David returned to bless his house- have caused thee to rest from all thine enhold. And ylichal the daughter of Saul emies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he came out to meet David, and said, How will make thee a house. glorious was the king of Israel to day, who 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set. handmaids of his servants, as one of the up thy seed after thee, which shall provain fellows shamelessly uncovereth him- ceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish self! his kingdom. 21 And David said unto Michal, It was 13 He shall build a house for my name, before the LORD, which chose me before and I will stablish the throne of his king-. thy father, and before all his house, to ap- dom for ever. point me ruler over the people of the LORD, 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my. over Israel: therefore will I play before son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten the LORD. him with the rod of men, and with the 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, stripes of the children of men: and will be base in mine own sight: and of 1 But my mercy shall not depart away the maidservants which thou last spoken from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I of, of them shall I be had in honour. put away before thee. 23 Therefore MIichal the daughter of Saul 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall had no child unto the day of her death. be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. CHAPTER VII. 17 According to all these words, and ac-'oth- a=hse. 4 thler f D 1'3 o f ampd dos boted c om and odto at rhooesh sltes ~rlbye ione io Old cording to all this vision, so did Nathan Oodeooss. 4 Afjtol, —Jby thys e- -o corlol n God Oe fo'liddeth Ai,o; 12 61?t 1,omi.oe th i,,l- speak unto David. ingR to his seed. 18 David' aes p aye thdanks-S 8 Then went king David in, and sat besiving. fore the LORD, and he said, Who am I, 0 A ND it came to pass, when the king sat Lord GOD? and what is my house, that in his house, and the LORD had gien thou hast brought me hitherto? him rest round about from all his enemies; 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy 2 That the king said unto Nathan the sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of also of thy servant's house for a great while cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within to come. And is this the manner of man, curtains. 0 Lord GOD? 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all 20 And what can David say more unto thee? that is in thine heart; for the LORD i for tllou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. with thee. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to 4 And it came to pass that night, that the thine own heart, hast thou done all these word of the LORD came unto Nathan, say- great things, to make thy servant know ing, them. 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus 22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me a God: for there is none like thee, neither house for me to dwell in? is there any God besides thee, according to 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house all that we have heard with our ears. since the time that I brought up the chil- 23 And what one nation in the earth is dren of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, like thy people, even like Israel, whom God 248 David subdueth II. SAMUEL. the Philistines. went to redeem for e people to himself, and cities of Hadadezer, king David took exto make him a name, and to do for you ceeding muchbrass. great things and terrible, for thy land, be- 9 0 When Toi king of Hamath heard that fore thy people, which thou redeemedst to David had smitten all the host ofHadadezer, thee from Egypt, from the nations and 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king their gods? David, to salute him, and to bless him, be24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy cause e had fought against Hadadezer, and people Israel to be a people unto thee for smitten him: for Hadadezer had ars with ever: and thou, LORD, art become their Toi And Jorain brought -with him vessels God. of silvr, and vessels of gold, and vessels of 25 And now, 0 LORD God, the word that brass: thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, 11 Which also king David did dedicate and concerning his house, establish it for unto the LORD, vitOh the silver and gold over, and do as thou hast said. that he had dedicated of all nations which 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, he subdued; saying, The LorD of'hosts is the God over 12 Of Syria, and of MIoab, and of the chilIsrael: and let the house of thy servant dren of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and David be established before thee. of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, 27 For thou, 0 LORD of hosts, God of Is- son of Rehob, king of Zobah. rael, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, 13 And David gat hine a name when he re-. I will build thee a house: thereforehath thy turned from smiting oi the Syrians in the servant found in his heart to pray this prayer valley of salt, being eighteen thousand 1en.. unto thee. 14 ~ And le put garrisons in Edom; 28 And now, 0 Lord GOD, thou art that throughout all Edom put lie garrisons, and God, and thy words be true, and thou hast ll they of Edom became David's servants. promised this goodness unto thy servant: And the LORD preserved David whither29 Therefore now let it please thee to soever he went. bless the house of thy servant, that it may 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and continue for ever before thee: for thou, 0 David executed judgment and justice unto Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy all his people. blessing let the house of thy servant be 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah vtas over blessed for ever. the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wuas recorder; - CHAPTER VIII. ty17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and D aid subdveth tA Phiiitio Pines d antd tihe oatits. oiimelech the son of Abiathar, 2ere the 3 Ie stotethododo - te Styrianso. Too scsdtth Jo,ar to hit r tuih olreeents. 11 Th epriests; and Seraiah was tthe scribe; )ruents and the spoil Daviid delicateh to ool. 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoinda owas i 1He. tteth garrisons itn Edol., 10 David's over both the Cherethites and the Pelethoficerls. ites; and David's sons were chief rulers. A ND after this it came to pass, that Da-.1 vid smote the Philistines, and subdued CHAPTER IX. themn: and David took Mletheg-ammah out I)avid itoquirthfortheedecettdantsofSaul. 6Ht. of the hand of the Philistines. itl scetiotof,0epliolrtlt. 9 ThOprovision 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them ae for im by David. ewith aline, casting them down to the ground A ND David said, Is there yet any that is Revel with twoo lines measured he to put to -A left of the house o' Saul, tlat I may death, and with one full line to keep alive. shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? And'so theo Ioabites became David's serv- 2 And there woas of the house of Saul a ants, and brought gifts. servant whose name weas Ziba. And when 3 David smote also Hadadezer, the sotn of they had called him unto David, the king Poehbb, king of Zobah, as he went to re- said unto him, Ast thou Ziba And he cover his border at the river Euphrates. said, Thy servant is he. * 4 And David took from him a thousand 3 And the king said, Is there not yet any chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, of the house of Saul, that I may shlew th and twenty thousand footmen: and David kindness of God unto him And Ziba said houRhed all the chariot horses, butreserved unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, of themfor a hundred chariots. which is lame on his feet.'5 And wvhen the Svrians of Damascus came 4 nd the king said unto him, 5ihere ts sleo of the Syrians two and twenty thou- he is in the house of Iaahir, thie son o Oand men. Ammiel, in Lo debar. 86 Then David put garrisons in Syria of 5 Then kinoa David sent, and fetched him Damascus: o and the Syrians became ser- out of thotouse of chir, the son of Amants to David, and brought gifts. And the miel, fo:n Lo-debar. LORD preserved David whithersoever he 6 Now when lcphibosheth, the son of Jonwent; athan, the son of Saul, nas come unto Da-,7 And David tool; the shields of gold that vid, he fell on his face, and did reverence. were ol the servants of Hadadezer, and And David said, Mephibosheth. And he brought them to Jerusalem. answered, Behold thy servant;8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, 7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for 249 David overcometh II. SAMUEL, the Syrians. I will surely shew thee kindness for Jona- 7 And when David heard of it, he sent than thy father's sake, and will restore thee Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. all the land of Saul thy father; and thou 8 And the children of Ammon came out, shalt eat bread at my table continually. and put the battle in array at the entering 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, i thy servant, that thou houldestlook upon and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and btaacaih, such a dead dog as I awl ivere by themselves in the field. 9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's 9 When Joab saw that the front of the servant, and said unto him, I have given battle was against him before and behind, unto thy master's son all that pertained to he chose of all the choice omen of Israel, Saul and to all his house. and put thetn in array against the Syri10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy ans: servants, shall till the land for him, and thou 10 And the rest of the people he delivered shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's into the hand of Abishai his brother, that son may have food to eat: but tiephibo- he might put thone in array against the sheth thy master's son shall eat bread children ofAmmon. alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too sons and twenty servants. strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but 11 Then said Ziba unto the king, Accord- if the children of Ammon be too strong for ing.to all that my lord the king hath com- thee, then I will come and help thee. manded his servant, so shall thy servant do. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play As for Mlephibosheth, said the king, he the men for our people, and for the cities of shall eat at my table, as one of the king's our God: and the LORD do that which eons. seemoth him good. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people whose name was o Micha. And all thathat t were with him, unto the battle against dwelt in the house of Ziba zue-e servants the Syrians: and they fled before him. unto 0 Iephibosheth. 14 And when the children of Ammon saw 13 So Mlhephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: that the Syrians were fled, then fled they for he did eat continually at the king's ta- also before Abishai, and entered into the ble; and was lame on both his feet. city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. CHAPTER X. 15 I And when the Syrians saw that they Dav;d's messenoeos, sent to comfort ian 1,., a 0e were smitten before Israel, they gathered shametflly ireateld. 6 The Ammonite6, strength- themselves together. tlsed by the Sbyians, are otvecome by Joab ad 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out Abishai. 15 TheSyriaisare again defeated. the Syrians that wtere beyond the river; AND it came to pas. after this, tl.at the and they came to Helam: and Shobach the Z king of the children of Ammon died, captain of the host of Hadarezer oent beand Hanun his son reigned in his stead. fore them. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness 17 And when it was told David, he gatherunto eanun the son of Nahash, as his fa- ed all Israel together, and passed over Jorthersheed kindness unto me. AndDavid dan, and came to Helam. An d the Syrians sent to comfort him by the hand of his serv- set themselves in array against David, and ants for his father. And David's servants fought with him. came into the land of the children of Am- 18 And the Syrians fledbefore Israel; and mon. David slew the men of seven hundred 3 And the princes of the children of Am- chariots of the Syrians, and forty-thoumon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest sand horsemen, and smote Shobach the capthou that David doth honour thy father, tain of their host, who died there. that he hath soent comforters unto thee? 19 And when all the kings thAt tere hath not David rather' sent his seranetstservants to Hadarezer saw that they were unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it smitten before Israel, they made peace with out, and to overthrov it? Israel, and served them. So the Syrians 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, feared to help the children of Ammon any and shaved off the one half of their beards, more. and cut off their garments in the middle, CHAPTER XI. even to their buttocks, and sent them nway. Joab beiegeth Sabbah. 2 David conmitteth adl. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent tr.y tith atlslshela. 6 His attempt to concea to meet them, because te men were greatly it. 14 He 0totteth tlhe death of Uroiah. 17 ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jeri- Urla slain. 18 Joab sldefth, teord to David cho until your beards be grown, and then 26 uho ho e iaketh Oath-slet. I to wife. return.A ND it came to pass, after the year eas 6 ~ And when the children of Ammon saw A expired, at the time when kings go that they stank before David, the children forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of his servants with him, and all Israel; and Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, they destroyed the children of Ammon, and twenty thousand footmen, and of king besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob at Jerusalem. t*elve thousand men. 2 And'it Came to pass in an eveningtide, 250 David plotteth the II. SAMIUEL. death of Urzah. that David arose from off his bed, and walk- When thou hast made an end of telling the ed upon the roof of the king's house: and matters of the war unto the king, -from the roof ie saw a woman washing her- 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, self; and the woman was very beautifulto and he say unto thee, Wherefore approachlook upon. ed ye so nigh unto the city when ye did 3 And David sent and inquired after the fight? knew ye not that they would shoot woman. And one said, I not this 13ath- from the wall? sheba, tle daughter of Eliam, the wife of 21 Who smote Abimelech the son ofJerubUriah the Hittite? besheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a 4 And David sent messengers; and took millstone upon him from the wall, that he her; and she came in unto lim, and he lay died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? with her; for she was purified from her then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hituncleanness: and she returned unto her tite is dead also. house. 22 So the messenger went, and came and 5 And the woman conceived, and sent showedDavid all that Joab had sent him and told David, and said, I amt with child. for. G And David sent to Joabsi, ig, 23 And the messenger said unto David, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Surely the men prevailed against us, and Uriah to David. came out unto us into the field, and we were 7 And when Uriali was come unto him, upon them even unto the entering of the David demanded of hiri, how Joab did, and gate. how thd people did, and how the war pros- 20 And the shooters shot from off the wall pered. upon thy servants; and some of the king's 8 And David said to Urinh, Go down to eservants be dead, and thy servant Uriah thy louse, and wash thy feet. And Uriah the Hittite is dead also. departed out of the king's house, and there 25 Then David said unto the messenger, followed hima a mess of neat' from the Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Letnot this king. thing displease thee, for the sword devour9 But Uriah slept at the door of the eth one as well as another: make thy battle Iing's house with all the servants of his more strong against the city, and overthrow'lord, and went not dovn to his house. it: and encourage thou him. 10 And when they had told David, saying, 20 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriahn ent not doown unto his house, David Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy for her husband. journey? why the,a didst thou not go down 27 And. wien the mourning was past, unto thine louse? David sent and fetched her to lhi house, 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and she became his wife, and bare him a and Israel, and J udo.l, abide in tents; and son. But the thing that David had done my lord J oab, and tle servants of my lord, displeased the LORD. are encamped in tIe open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to cat and to drink, CIHAPTER YXII. and to lie with my wi0b? as tl.ou livest, and 3L'atlat's aJarale of he coe lanb. 7 ITe appleth asthy soul liveth, I villnot do this thfing. it to DavI, ho confe.seit ia sin, andt is poa12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here dolld. 15 David's cotnduct pl,t the icieit to day also, and to morrow I will let thee.,lo -r.f tt/e Cdilt. 24 S lo otO br. 2t depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that bliau takt. day, and the morrow. A ND thLORD sen Nathan unto Dao-id. 13 And lhen David had called him, he - And he caLo e unto int, and said unto did eat and drink before him; and lie made him, There were two men in one city; the him drunk: and at even lhe ent out to lie one rich, and the other pior. on his bed with the servants of his lord, but 2 The rich wtl hid ciceeding many flocks aent not dowvn to tis htouse. and herds: 14 And it came to0 pass in the morning, But tlhe poor man, had nothing, save one that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent little ew e lamb, which he oad bought and it by the handt of triah. nourished np: and it grew up together with 15 And he wrote it the letter, saying, Set him, and with his children; it did eat of ye t'riah in the forefront of thle hottest bat- his own meat, aond drank of his owrn cup, tle, and retire ye from him, that he may be and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as smitten, and die. a daughter. 16 And it carne to pass, when Joab ob- 4 And ther came a traveller unto tle ricli sered the city, that le assigned riah unto man, and he spared to tale of his own a place where lie knew that valiant men flock and of his own herd, to dress for the rwiere. wayfaring man that was come unto him; 17 And the men of the city went out, and but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed fought with Joab: and there fell 8soee of it for the man that was come to him. the people of the servants of David; and 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled Uriah the Hittite died also. against the man; and he said to Nathan, 18 ~ Theo Joab sent and told David all As the LORD liveth, the manl that hath the things concerninX the war; done this thlin se'.all surcly die: 19 And charged the messenger, saying, 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, t251 The death of II. SAMUEL. David's child. because he did this thing, and because he didst fast and weep for the child, while it had no pity. was alive; but when the child was dead, 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the thou didst rise and eat bread, man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, 22 And he said, While the child was yet I anointed thee king over Israel, and I de- alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who livered thee out of the hand of Saul; can tell tvhethoe GOD will be gracious to 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and me, that the child may live? thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should: thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and fast? can I bring him back again? I shall if that had been too little, I would more- go to him, but he shall not return to me. over have given unto thee such and such 24 And David comforted Bath-sheba his things. wife, and went in unto her, and lay with 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the corn- her: and she bare a son, and he called:his mandment of the LORD, to do evil in his name Solomon: and tile LORD loved him'. sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the with the sword, and hast taken his wife to prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, be thy wife, and hast slain him with the because of the LORD. sword of the children of Ammon. 26 ~ And Joab fought against Rabbah of 10 Now therefore the sword shall nc-, r de- the children of Ammon, and took the royal part from thine house; because thou hast city. despised me, and hast taken the wife of 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. and said, I have fought against Rabbah, 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will and have taken the city of waters. raise up evil against thee out of thine own 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the house, and I will take thy wives before people together, and encamp against the thine eyes, and give thcae unto thy neigh- city, and take it: lest I take the city, and hour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the it be called after my name. sight of this sun. 29 And David'gathered all the people to12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will gether, and went to Rabbah, and fought do this thing before all Israel, and before against it, and took it. the sun. 30 And he took their king's crown from 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have off his head, the weight whereof teas a sinned against the LORD. And Nathan talent of gold with the precious stones: and said unto David, The LORD also hath put it was set on David's head. And he brought away thy sin; thou shalt not die. forth the spoil of the city in great abund14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hastance. given great occasion to the enemies of the 31 And he brought forth the people that LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is were therein, and put them under saws, born unto thee shall surely die. and under harrows of iron, and under axes 15 A And Nathan departed untohis house. of iron, and made them pass through the And the LOIED struck the childthat Uriah's brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. cities of the children of Ammon. SoBDavid 16 David therefore besought God for the and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. HAPTER XIII. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and Amnot defeth Tanma his is:er. 15 Hetheer-pon hateth her, a.td t-urneU her, awauy. 19 A=saom wenlt to him, to raise himup from the earth: eh hes,,e ans c t ose,2lt. t c icp t ot / but he would not, neither did he eat bread blother. 28 Amnon slaia. 30 Davidid's gief at with them. the news of it. 37 Absalom jleeth to Tatlna at 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, seshur. that the child died. And the serv nts of A ND it came to pass after this, that AbDavid feared to tell him that the child wvas.. salom the son of David lad a fair sisdead: for they said, Behold, while the ter, whose name teas Tamar; and Amnon child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and the son of David loved her. he would not hearken unto our voice: how 2 And Amnon was so vesed, that he fell will he then vex himself, if we tell him that sick for his sister Tamar; for she eas a the child is dead? virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him 19 But when David saw that his servants to do any thing to her. whispered, David perceived that the child 2 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was dead: therefore David said unto his was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's servants, Is the child dead? And they brother: and Jonadab suas a very subtile said, He is dead. man. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and 4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, washed, and anointed himself, and chang- being the king's son, lean from day to day? ed his apparel, and came into the house of wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said the LORD, and worshipped: then he came unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absa. to his own house; and when he required, lom's sister. they set bread before him, and he did eat. 5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee 21 Then said his servants unto him, What down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: thing is this that thou hast done? thou and when thy father cometh to see thee, say 252 Amnon defileth Tamar. II. SAMUEL. Th7e death of Amnon, unto'him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar 21 But when king David heard of all these come, and give me meat, and dress the meat things, he was very wroth. in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it 22 And Absalom spoke unto his brother at her hand. Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom 6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself hated Amnon, because he had forced his sissick: and when the king was come to see ter Tamar. him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray 23 A And it came to pass after two full thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and o'ay eat at her hand. Absalom invited all the king's sons. TThen David sent home to Tamar, say- 24 And Absalom came to the king, and ing, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepand dress him meat. shearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's his servants go with thy serant. house; and he was laid down. And she 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my tookfiour, and kneaded it, and made cakes son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargein his sight, and did bake the cakes. able unto thee. And he pressed him: howt9 And she took a pan, and poured them beit he would not go, but blessed him. out before him; but he refused to eat. 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, And Aimnon said, Have out all men from let my brother Amnon go with us. And the me. And they went out every man from king said unto him, Why should he go -with him. thee? 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring 27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let the meat into the chamber, that I may eat Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. of thline band. And Tamar took the cakes 28 Now Absalom had commanded his servlhieoh she had made, and brought them into ants, saying, tMark ye now when Amnon's the chamber to Amnon her brother. heart is merry with wine, and when I say 11 And when she had brought them unto unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, him to eat, he took' hold of her, and said fear not: have not I commanded you? be unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. courageous, and be valiant. 12 And she answered him, Nay, my broth- 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto er, do not force me; for no such thing ought Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then to be done in Israel: do not thou this all the king's sons arose, and every man folly gat him up upon his mule, and fed. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame 30' And it came to pass, while they were to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one in the way, that tidings came to David, sayof tle fools in Israel. Now therefore, I ing, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, pray thee, speak unto the king; for h will and there is not one of them left. not withhold me from thee. 31 Then the king arose, and tare his gar14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her ments, and lay on the earth; and all his voice: but, being stronger than she, forced servants stood by with their clothes rent. ier, and lay with her. 32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah Da15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; vid's brother, answered and said, Let not so that the hatred wherewith he hated her my lord suppose that they have slain all the Was greater than the love wherewith he had young men the king's sons; for Amnon only loved her. And Amnon said unto her, is dead: for by the appointment of AbsaArise, be gone. lom this hath been determined from the day 16 And she said unto him, Thera is no that he forced his sister Tamar. cause: this evil in sending me away is 33 Now therefore let not my lord the king greater than the other that thou didst unto take the thing to his heart, to think that all me. But he would not hearken unto her. the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only 17 Then he called his servant that minis- is dead. tered unto him, and said, Put now this wo- 34 But Absalom fled. And the young man man out from me, and bolt the door after that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and her. looked, and, behold, there came much peo18 And she had a garment of divers col- pie by the way of the hill side behind him. ours upon her: for with such robes were the 35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Beking's daughters that were virgins appar- hold, the king's sons come: as thy servant elled. Then his servant brought her out, said, so it is. and bolted the door after her. 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and made an end of speaking, that, behold, the rent her garment of divers colours that vas king's sons came, and lifted up their voice on her, and laid her hand on her head, and and wept: and the king also and all his'ent on crying. servants wept very sore. 20 And Absalom her brother said unto 37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: David mourned for his son every day. he is thy brother; regard not this thing. 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, So Tamar remained desolate in her brother and was there three years. Absalom's house, 39 And the soul of king David longed to 253 Parable of the II. SAMUEL. woman of Tekoah. go forth unto Absalom: for he was comfort- spect any person; yet doth he devise means, ed concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. that his banished be not expelled from him. 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak CHAPTER XIV. of this thing unto my lord the king, it is Joab, seeing the ret.rn of Absalom, fecheth a because the people have made me afraid: oidow of Tekoah to thekilg. 4 H1e paablel. 21 and thy handmaid said, I will now speak Joab is se-t to bring bsalom to Jerlsalem. 2,5 unto the king; it may be that the king swill Absalom's bsauty a.d family. 28 After two performthe request of his handmaid. years,e is alditted to theresene ofthe.kig. p 6 For the king will hear, to deliver his N OW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived handmaid out of the hand of the man that that the king's heart was toward Ab- wvoulcl destroy me and my son together out salom. of the inheritance of God. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched 17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I my lord the king shall now be comfortable: pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, for as an angel of God, so is my lord the and put on now mourning apparel, and king to discern good and bad: therefore the anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a wo- LORD thy God will be with thee. man that had a long time mourned for the 18 Then the king answered and said unto dead: the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, 3 And come to the king, and speak on this the thing that I shall ask thee. And the manner unto him. So Joab put the words w oman said, Let mylord the king now speak. in her mouth. 19 And the king said, Is not the hand of 4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake Joab with thee in all this? And the woman to the king, she fell on her face to the answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my ground, and did obeisance, and said, lord the king, none can turn to the right Help, O king. hand or to the left from aught that my lord 5 And the king said unto her, What aileth the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, thee? And she answered, I am indeed a he bade me, and he put all these words in vidow woman, and mine husband is dead. the mouth of thine handmaid: 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath they two strove together in the field, and thy servant Joab done this thing: and my there was none to part them, but the one lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an smote the other, and slew him. angel of God, to know all things that are in 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen the earth. against thine handmaid, and they said, De- 21 ~ And the king said unto Jonb, Behold liver him that smote his brother, that me now, I have done this thing: go therefore, may kill him, for the life of his brother bring the young man Absalom again. whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, also: and o they shall quench my coal and bowed himself, and thanked the king: which is left, and shall not leave to my us- and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth band neithername nor remainder upon the that I have found grace in thy sight, my earth. lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go the request of his servant. to thine house, and I will give charge con- 23 So Joab arose and vent to Geshur, and corning thee. brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the 24 And the king said, Let him turn to his king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on own house, and let him not see my face. So me, andon my father's house: and the king Absalom returned to his own house, and and his throne be guiltless. saw not the king's face. 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith 25 But in all Israel there was none to be auzght unto thee, bring him to me, and he so much praised as Absalom for his beauty shall not touch thee any more. from the sole of his foot even to the crown 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king of his head there was no blemish in him. remember the LORD thy God, that thou 26 And when he polled his head, (for it wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood was at every year's end that he polled it; to destroy any more, lest they destroy my because the hair was heavy on him, thereson. And he said, As the LORD liveth, fore he polled it,) he weighed the hair of there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the his head at two hundred shekels after the earth. king's weight. 12 Then the woman said, Let thine hand- 27 And unto Absalom there were boTn three maid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my sons, and one daughter, whose name was lord the king. And he said, Say on. Tamar: she was a woman of a fair counte13 And the woman said, Wherefore then nance. hast thou thought such a thing against the 28 V So Absalom dwelt two full years in people of God? for the king doth speak this Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. thing as one which is faulty, in that the king 29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to doth not fetch home again his banished. have sent him to the king; but he would 14 For we must needs die, and?ae as not come to him: and when he sent again water spilt on the ground, which cannot be the second time, he would not come. gathered up again; neither doth God re- 80 Therefore he said unto his servants, 254 Absalom miaketh II. SAMUEL. a great conspiracy. See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath 1 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the barley tilere; go and set it on tire. And Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, Absalom's servants set tbe field oa fire. even from Giloh, while he offered sacri31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom fiees. And the conspiracy was strong; for unto his house, rnd said unto him, Yhere- the people inoreased continually with Abfore lhve thy servants set my field on fire? salom. 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, 13 I And there came a messenger to DaI sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that vid, saying, The hearts of the men of lSI may send thee to the king, to say, Where- rael are after Absalom. fore am I come from Geshut? it had been 14 And David said unto all his servants good for me to have been there still: now that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, therefore let me see the king's face; and if and let us flee; for we shall not else esthere be any iniquity in me, let limn kill me. cape from Absalom: make speed to depart, 33 So Joab came to the king, and told hi: lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring and When he had called for Absalom, he evil upon us, and smite the city with the came to the king, and bowed himself on his edge of the sword. face to the ground before the king: and the 15 And the king's servants said unto the king kissed Absalom. king, Behold, thy servants ecae ready to do whatsoever my lord tho king shall appoint. CHAPTER XV. 16 And the king went forth, and all his Absaloi sttalel t Ihe hrars o/f sael., 7 Under household after him. And the kingleft ten reeo.e ol o oa vtoctetaer clauito racoy t e e e.women, w thilp woere concubines, to keep the 13 Dloid Ionl te trev, eleet h fron Jeoreesalemn, house. 19 itai ereh to leave hir. 21 Zaok arld 7 And the king went forth, and all the Atiatlhcr sent ack witrl the ark. 30 Dav id and people after him, and tarried in a place that his ieope pass over nolunt nlivet weelirg. 32 mlwa far off. Iuh oro setet eack rrith ilrwruclioeie. St18 And all his servants passed on beside ND it came to pass after this, that him; and all the Cherethites, and all the A Absalom prepared him chariots and Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred iorses, and fifty men to run before hlim. men which came after him from Gath, pass2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood ed on before the king. beside the way of.the gate: and it was so, 19 Then said the king to Ittfi the Gittite, that when any man that had a controversy Wherefore goest thou also with us? return came to the king for judgment, then Ab- to thy place, and abide with the king: for salom called unto him, and said, Of mwhat thou art a stranger, and also an exile. city aret thou? And he satid, Tby servant 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, isof one of the tribes of Israel. should I this day make thee go up and S And Absalom said unto him, See, thy down with us? seeing I go whither I may, matters are good and right; but there is return thou, and take back tl y brethren: nobman deputed of the king to hear the. mery and truth e with thee. 4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I vere 21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, mide judge in the land, that every man As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the which hlath any suit or cause might come king liveth, surely in what place mylord the unto me, and I would do him justice i king shall be, whether in death or life, even 5 And it ewas so, that when any man came there also will thy servant be. nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put 22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass forth his hand, and took him, and kissed over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, him., and all his men, and all the little ones that 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all were with him. Israel that came to the king for judgment 23 And all the country wept with a loud so Absaloam tole the heartCs of the men of voice, and all the people passed over: the Israel. king also himself passed over the brook 7 [ And rt came to pass after forty years, Kidron, and all the people passed over, tothat Absalom said unto the king, I pray ard the ay the y he wilderness. thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I 24 J And'lo Zadok also, and all the Lehave vowed unto the LOD, in Hebron. vites zvere with him, bearing the ark of 8For thy servant vowed a vow while I the covenant of God: and they set down abode at Gesher in Syria, saying, If the the ark of God; and Abiathan went up, un-.LOtD shall bring me again indeed to Je- tit all the people had done passing out of rusalem,then I will serve the LORD. th e city. 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. t25 And the king slad unto Zadok, Carry So he areose, and went to Hebron. back the ark of God into the city: it' I shall 10 But Absalom sent spies.throughout all find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye will bring me again, and shew me both it, hear the sound of he trumpet, then ye shall and his habitation: say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight 11 And ewith Absalom went two hundred in thee; behold, here as I, let him do to men out of Jerusalem, that were called; me as seemeth good unto him. and they ment in their simplicity, and they 27 The king said also unto Zadok the knew not any thing. priest, Art net thou a seer? return into 255 Hushai sent back. II. SAMUEL. Shimei curseth DavidL the city in peace, and your two sons with he said, To day shall the house of Israel reyou, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the store me the kingdom of my father. son of Abiathar. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the thine are all that pertained unto Mephib-'ilderness, until there come word from you o.heth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech to certify me. thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my 23 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried lord, 0 king. the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and 5 e And when king David came to Bahuthey tarried there. rim, behold, thence came out a man of the 30 And David went up by the ascent of family of the house of Saul, whose name mount Olivret, and wept as he went up, teas Shimei, the son of Gera: he came and had his head covered, and he went forth, and cursed still as le came. barefoot: and all the people that?was with 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all him covered every man his head, and they the servants of king David: and all the went up, weeping as they went up. people and all the mightymen were on his 31 ~ And one told David, saying, Ahith- right hand and on his left. ophel is among the conspirators with Ab- 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, salom. And David said, 0 LORD, I pray Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into thou man of Belial: foolishness. 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all 32 And it came to pass, that when David the blood of the house of Saul, in whose was come to the top of the mount, where stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the hath delivered the kingdom into the hand Archite came to meet him with his coat of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art rent, and earth upon his head: taken in thy mischief, because thou art a 33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest bloody man. on with me, then thou shalt be a burden 9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto me: unto the king, Why should this dead dog 34 But if thou return to the city, and say curse my lord the king? let me go over, I unto Absalom, I eill be thy servant, 0 pray thee, and take off his head. king; as I have been thy father's servant 10 And the king said, What have I to do hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel curse, because the LORD hath said unto. of Ahithophel. him, Curse David. Who shall then say, 35 And hast thou not there with thee Za- Wherefore hast thou done so? dok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt his servants, Behold, my son, which came hear out of the king's house, thou shalt forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. much more now may this Benjamite do 36 Behold, they have there with them it? let him alone, and letbim curse; for their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and the LORD hath bidden him. Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye 12 It may be that the LORD will look on shall send unto me every thing that ye can mine affiction, and that the LORD will rehear. quite me good for his cursing this day. 37 So Husbai David's friend came into 13 And as David and his men went by the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he CHAPTER XVI. went, and threw stones at him, and sast Siba, by falJe suggestions, obtaineth hit maets' dust. inheritance. 5 Shimicurseithc D S.a id 14 And the king, and all the people that sistaileth fjoam reuetge. 15 Hltshai received were with him, came weary, and refreshinto Abalont' confidedce. 20 Ahithopheli coun- ed themselves there. l.~ t,15 And Absalom, and all the people the ND when David was a little past the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and top of the hill, behold, Ziba the serv- Ahithophel with him. ant of Mephibosleth met him, with a couple 16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the of asses saddled, and upon them two hun. Archite, David's friend, was come unto Abdred loaves of bread, and a hundred salon, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God bunches of raisins, and a hundred of sum- e th ig, s av e the kin g,od save the king mer fruits, and a bottle of ine. 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this 2 And tile king said unto Ziba, What thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, thou not with thy friend? Tie asses be for the king's household to 18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; ride on; and the bread and summer fruit but whom the LORD, and this people, and for the young men to eat; and the wine, all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, that.such as be faint in the wilderness may and with him will I abide. drink. 19 And again, whom should I serve? 3 And the king said, And where is thy should I not serve in the presence of his master's son And Ziba said unto the son? as I have served in thy father's presking, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for once, so will I be in thy presence. 256 Ahithophel's counsel II. SAMUEL. defeated by Huzshai. 20 ~ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, 12 So shall we come upon him in some Give counsel among you what we shall do. place where he shall be found, and we will 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go light upon him as the dew falleth on the in unto thy father's concubines, which he ground: and of him and of all the men that lath left to keep the house; and all Israel are with him there shall not be left so much shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy as one. fathe: then shall the hands of all that are 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, vith thee be strong. then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, 22 So they spreadAbsalom a tent upon the and we will draw it into the river, until top of the house; and Absalom weent in there be not one small stone found there. unto his father's concubines in the sight of 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel all Isael. said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is 23 And the counsel of Ahithephel, which better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For he counselled in those days, wcas as if a the LORD had appointed to defeat the good man had inquired at the oracle of God: so counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. David and with Absalom. 15 ~ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did CHAPTER XVII. Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders Ahithophel's coclseldefeated byHshai. 15Secret of Israel; and thus and thus have I couniitetligence sent lnto David. 23 A.itholhel selled. haecgets hinelft: 24lAb alon paseth ove Jor- 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell dean. and makethe Amara captai. 27 David at David, saying, Lodge not this night in the Mdalcoimtm ic furnished with sulpliesi. plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass M/[OREOVER Ahithophel said unto Ab- over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all t salom, Let me now choose out twelve the people that are with him. thousand men, and I will arise and pursue 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by after David this night: En-rogel; for they might not be seen to 2 And I will come upon him while he is come into the city: and a wench went and weary and weak handed, and will make him told them; and they went and told king afraid: and all the people that are with him David. shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told. And I will bring back all the people unto Absalom: but they went both of them away thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if quickly, and came to a man's Louse in all returned: so all the people shall be in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; peace. whither they went down. 4 And the. saying pleased Absalom well, 19 And the woman took and spread a covand all the elders of Israel. ering over the well's mouth, and spread 5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai ground corn thereon; and the thing was not the Archite also, and let us hear likewise knobvn. what he saith. 20 And when Absalom's servants came to 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, the woman to the house, they said, Phere Ahsalom spake untohim, saying,Ahithophel is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the wohath spoken after this manner: shall we do man said unto them, They be gone over the after his saying? if not, speak thou. brook of water. And when they had sought 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The and could not find them, they returned to counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not Jerusalem. good at this time. 21 And it came to pass, after they were 8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy fa- departed, that they came up out of the well, ther and his men, that they be ighty men, and went and told king David, and said and they be chafed in their minds, as a unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and the water: for thus hath Ahithoplel counthy father is a man of war, and will not selled against you. lodge with the people. 22 Then David arose, and all the people 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in that were with him, and they passed over some other place: and it will come to pass, Jordan: by the morning light there lacked when some oE them be overthroln at the not one of themthat was not gone over first, that whosoever heareth it will say, Jordan. There is a slaughter among the people that 23 ~ And when Ahithophel saw that his follow Absalom. counsel was not followed, he saddled his 10And he also that is valiant, hose heart ass, and arose, and gat him home to his is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: house, to his city, and put his household in for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a order, and hanged himself, and died, and mighty man, and they which be with him was buried in the sepulchre of his father. are valiant men. 24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the generally gathered unto thee, from Dan evenmen en of Israel ith him. to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea 25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of for multitude; andthat thou go to battle in the host instead of Joab: which Amasa thin own person, was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an 17 257 Absalom zs II. SAMUEL. slain by Joab. Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daugh- the oak, and he was taken up between the ter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's heaven and tlle earth; and the mule that mothler. was under hlim wellt away. 2( So Israel and Absalom pitched in the 10 And a certain man saw it, and told land of Gilead. Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom 27 Aud it came to pass, when David -was hanged in an oak. come to Mahanaim,th Sbith sf 1 Jbidnt that Si the son of 11 Ad Job said unto the man that told Nallash of Rabbah of the children of Am- him, And, behold, thou sawest ]ime, and mon, and Maichir the son of Amtmiel of why didst tlou not smite him there to the Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadito of ground? and I would have given thee ten Rogelim, shlekels of silver, and a girdle. 28 Brought beds, and basins, and earth- 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I en vessels, and whlleat, and baley, and should receive a thousand lshekels of silver flour, and parched corn, and beans, and in mine hand, yet would I not put forth lentiles, and parched pulse, tmine hand agnaiclst the king's son: for is 23 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and our ea ri herigthe king charuged thee ant cheese of kine, for David, and for th e people Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none that vere with him, to eat: for they said, to ellet the young man Absalom. Tile people is hungry, and weary, and 13 Otherwise I should lhave wrought falsethirsty, inl the wilderuess. hood gainst mine owvn life: for there is no matter hici fromn tie king, and thou thyself CHtAPTER XVIII. Twouldest have set thyself against s ac. Istaelitet ir he tooh t of Elh ail. 9.bsatlo, ewith thee. And he took three darts in his caste.t by his hal, ie a oaik, t tlai, by Jotb. land, and lhrust them through the heart of 19 Tedl tidi,l!s ve bomlght to Davidt. 33 His A bsalom, inwile he wa s yet alive in the eeenol ef;1 ece o t'.Ja!on. midst of tie oak. AND David nubered the people that 15 And ten young men that bare Joab's wh s he -en ith him, and set captains of armour compassed about ansl smote Absathousands and captains of undds and septeins f hundreds over lom, and slew him. them. 16 And Joab blev the trumpet, and the 2 And David sent forth a third part of te people returned from pursuing after Israel: people under tle s and of Joab, and a third for Joab held back the people. part under the hand of Abishai the son of 17 snd they took Absalom, and cast him Zeruilh, Joab's brotler, sand a thsird part into a great pit in the ood, and laid avery under the hand of Ittai te Gittitle. And great heap of stones upon him: and all Isthe kiig said unto the people, It ill surely rael fled every one to h is tent. go forth witel you myself also. 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken 3 But thle people answtered, Thou shalt and reared up tbr himself a pillar, uhioh is not go forth: for if me flee away, they will in the king's dale: for he said, I have no not care for us; neither if half of us die, son to keep my name in remembrance: and will they care for us: but now tholt art lhe called tihe pillar afer his own name: worth ten thousand of us: tlerefore now and it is called unto this day, Absalom's it is better that thou succour us out of the place. city. 19 ~ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, 4 And the king said unto them, What Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, seemeth you best I will do. And thle king how that the LosD hath avenged him:of stood by the gate side, and all the people his enemies. came out by hundreds and by thousands. 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt B5 Ad the kin commanded Joab snd not bear tidings this day, but thou shlalt Ashai and( Ittai, sying, Del gently for bear tidings another day: but this day thou my sake with thle young man, evens with shalt bear no tidings, because the king's Absalom. And all the people beard shen son is dead. the king gave a11 the captains charge con- 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the cerning Absalom. king whae t thou hast seen. And Cushi bow6 So the people went out into the field cd himself unto Joab, and ran. against Israel: and the battle was in the 22as Then said Ahitm the son of Zadok wood ofEphraim e -et again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, 7 Where tile people of Israel were slain I pray thee, also run after Cusli. And before the servants of David, and there was Joab said, Wherefore wilt tllou run, my there a great slaughter that day of twenty son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? thousand snes,. 2 IBut howsoever, saidl he, let me run. 8 For the battle was there scattered over And lie said unto him, Run. Then Ahim-.he face of all the country: and the ood aaz ran by the way of the plain, and overdevoured more people that day than the ran Cushi. sword devoured. 24 And David sat between thel two 9 ~ And Absalom sset the servants of gates: and the watchman went up to the David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, roof over thle gate unto the wall, and lifted and the mule went under the thick boughs up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man of a great oak, and his head caught hold of running alone. 2253 David's mozelrnlng II. SAMUEL. for Absalom. 25 And the watchman cried, and told the 6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and king. And the king said, If he be alone, latest thy friends. For thou hast declared the'e is tidings in this mouth. And he came this day, that thou regardest neither princes apace, and drew near. nor servants: for this day 1 perceive, that _6 And the watclhman saw another man if Absalom had lived, and all we had died running: and thle watchman.called unto the this day, then it had pleased thee weell. porter, and said, Behold another man 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak runnling alone. And the king said, He also comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear bringeth tidings. by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there till 27 And the watchman said, Methinketh the not terry one with thee this night: and that running of the foremlost is like the runnilg wvill be worse unto thee than all the evil that of Ahimnaz tlhe son of Zadok. And the befell thee from thy youth until now. king said, Hetis a good man, and cometh 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the ewith good tidings. gate. And they told unto all the people, 28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the king, All is well. Ald lie fell dowvn to the gate. And all the people came before earth upon his face before the king, and the king: for Israel had fled every man to said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which his tent. hath delivered up the men that lifted up 9 ~ And all the people were at strife their land against my lord the king. throughout all tle tribes of Israel, saying, 29 And the kihg said, Is tile young man The kinPg saved us out of tele hand ot our Absalom safe? Anld Ahimaaz answered, enemies, and hle delivered us out of the Whene Joab sent tle king's servant, ancd hane hand of the Philistines; and now lhe is thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I fled out of the land for Absalom. knee not lihat it tvas. 10 And Absalom, e...ol w*e anointed over 30) And the /sing said uento h7lt, Turn us, is dead in battle. Now tlelefore lwhy aside, and stand here. And lie turned speak ye not a word of bringing the king aside, and stood still. back? 31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cusili 11 And king David sent to Z. dok and to said, Tidings, mny lord the king: for the Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto LORD hath avenged thee this day of all the elders of Judah, saying,'lWy are ye them tit rose up against tlhee. the last to bring tle king back to his house? 2 And thle king said unto Cushi, Is the seeing the speech of all Israel is come to young man Absalom safe? And Cushli tle king, even to his house. nlswered, The enemies of my lord tlleking, 12 Ye are my brethren, ye ere my bones neld all tliat rise against thee to do thee anld my flesh: wlleefore then are ye the hurt, be as tthat young man is. last to bring back the king? 33 And the king was much moved, and 13 And say ye to Amaesa, Ar thlou not of went up to the chamber over tle gate, and my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to wept: and as lie went, thus he said, O my me, and more also, if tlou be not captain son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! of tile host before me continually in the would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, room of Joab. my son, my son! 14 And he boed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the hearet of one man; CHIAPTER XIX. so that tiey sent this 7!o6'd unto the king, Joab causetl the/,in',g 0 cease /ci.c noeiniln., 9 Return thou, and all thy servants. The. -)ai elite to e i,,lr5ct ile teis, of Jctdt.i 15t So tle kinge returned, and came to 18 Shllei is ia1lolted. 24i e/io.eth is ee- Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go tOIE~L to edalcIis (ss..l... ia)s...... 3.i Bd.Zillai's to meet the king, to conduct the king over l dsi -ec is emaeel. 41. The Israelites ex- Jordan. 1stlslate,,ih sai1jt f blrine iTg /hoe tshe k'inlg 16 ~ And Shimei the son of Gera, a Ben-.l.i..l..ot ten,. jamite, whicih za,as of lnahurim, lasted and AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king came down with the men of Judah to meet weepeth and ournethet for Absalom. king David. And tle victory tlhat day was tate'L, linto 17 And thes'e vere a thousand men of mourning unto all the people: for tle pco- Benjamin with him, and Ziba thle servant pie heard say tllat day how the king was of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons grieved for his son, and lis twenty servants withll him; and they 3 And thle people gat thesm by stealth that a went over Jordan before thl kind. day into the city, as people being ashamed 18 And there went over a ferry boat to steal away lwhen they fee in battle. carry over the king's household, aend to do 4 But the king covered his face, and tle what he thought good. Andt Shlimei tle king cried with a loud voice, O my son Ab- son of Gera fell down before the kig, as hoe salom! 0 Absaloin, Iy son, my son! was conme over Jordan; 5 And Joab came into the house to the 19 And said unto the king, Let not my king, and said, Thou hast shamed tlis day lord impute iniquity unto tme, neither do the faces of all thy servants, hich this day thou remember tllat lwhich ty servant did have saved thy life, and the lives of thy perversely the day tlat my lord the king sons and of thy dauglters, and the lives of W ent out of Jerusalem, that the king should thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; take it to his heart. 259 The kindneess of II. SAMUEL. Barzillai resmemnbered. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have Jordan with the king: and why should the sinned: therefore, bhclold, I am come the king recompense it me with such h reohao rd? first this day of all the house of Joseph to 37 Let hy servoant, i pray thee, turn back go down to meet my lord the king. again, that I nmay die in mine own city, adcl 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah an- be 6 ur ied by the grave of my father andof swered and said, Shall not Shimei be put my mother. But behold thy servant Chimto death for this, because he cursed the ham; let him go over with my lord the king; LORD'S anointed? and do to him what shall seem good unto 22 And David said, What have I to do thee. with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall this day be adversaries unto me? shall go over with me, and I will do to him that there any man be put to death this day in which shall seem good tnlto thee: and whatIsrael? for do not I know that I am this soever thou shalt require of me, that will day king over ae Israel do for thee. 23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, 39 And all the people went over Jordan. Thou shalt not die. And the king sware And when the king w as come over, the king unto him. kissed Barzillai, and blessed hinm; and he 24 V And Mlephibosheth the son of Saul returned unto his own place. came down to meet the king, and had 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his Cllimham b ent on with him: and all the beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day people of Judah conducted the king,'and the king departed until the day he camealso half the people of Israel. again in peace. 41' And, behold, all the men of Israel 25 And it came to pass, when he was come came to the king, and said unto the king, to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the hliy have our brethren the men of Judah king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not stolen thee away, and have brought the thou with me, Mephibosheth? king, and his household, and all David's 26 And he answered, illy lord, 0 king, my men vith him, over Jordan? servant deceived me: for thy servant said, 42 And all the men of Judah answered the I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride men of Israel, Because the king is near of thereon, and go to the king; because ty kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for servant is lame. tllis matter? have ve eaten at all of the 27 And he hath slandered thy bervant unto king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? my lord the king; but my lord the king is 43 And the men of Israel answered the as an angel of God: do therefore what is men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts good in tlhine eyes. in the king, and we have also more right in 28 For all of my father's house were but David than ye: why then did ye despise us, dead men before my lord the king: yet that our advice should not be first had in didst thou set, thy servant among them that bringing back our king? And the words did eat at thine own table. What right of the men of Judal were fiercer a than the therefore have I yet to cry any more unto words of the men of Israel. the king. "9 And the king said unto him, Why CHAPTER XX. speakest thou any more of thy matters? I Shcba testh a cop-a i srael. 3 idei'U te have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. sdotioe ca4 o1o Ocl llcc0 ote-o- Jot30 And iMtephibosheth said unto the king,,'bh, isin tat, b J ob. 14 Joaob ),lsth ShebSa Yea, let hii take all, forasmuch as my lord sloo GAuel. 16 A wise rnron saveth the city by the king is come again in peace unto his Shlea' s lead. 23Daooiol's ooice-s. own house. A ND there happened to be there a man 31 I And Barzillai the Gileadite came A of Belial, lwhose nanme cas Sheba, the down from cRoelim, and went over Jordan son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and Le blehw-a with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. trumpet, and said, We have no part in 32 Noew Belzillai weas a very aged man, David, neither have we inleritance in the even fourscore years old: and he had pro- son of Jesse: every man to his tents, 0 vided the king of sustenance while he lay at Israel. DIaanaim; for lie uca8 a very great man. 2 So every man of Israel went up from 33 And the ing said unto Barzillai, Come after David, and followed Sheba the son of thou over with me, and I will feed thee with Bichri; but tlie men of Judah clave unto me in Jerusalem. their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, Ho 3 And David came to his house at Jerulong have I to live, that I should go up with slem; and the king took t the ten omen the king unto Jerusalem? iis concubines, whomn he ohad left to keep 85 I am this day fourscore years old: the house, and put them in ward, and fed and can I discern between good and evil? them, but went not in unto them. So they can thy servant taste what I eat or what I were shut up unto the day of their death,: drink? can I hear any more the voice of living in widowhood. singing men and singing wvomen? wherefore 4 ~ Tten said the king to Amcasa, Assemthen should thy servant be yet a burden ble me the men of Judah within three days, unto my lord the king? and be thou here present. 38 Thy servant will go a little way over 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of 2ti0 Joab plrsuteth II. SAMUEL. after Sheba. Judah: but he tarried longer th thte set 21 The matter 8i not so: but a man of time which he had appointed him. mount Ephraim, Sheba thl son of Bichri 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall by name, hath lifted up his hand against Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm the king, evena against David: deliver him than did Absalomn: take thou thy lord's only, andI will depart from the city. And servants, and pursue after Iim, lest he get the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head him fenced cities, and escape us. shall be thrown to thee over tle wall. 7 And there went out after him Joab's 22 Then the woman went unto all the peomen, and the Cherethites, and the Peleth- ple in her wisdom: and they cut off the ites, and all the mlighty men: and they head of Siheba the son of Bichri, and cast it went; out of Jerusalem, to pursue after out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and Sheba the son of Bichri. they retired from the city, every man to his ~8 When they wcter at the great stone which tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto is in Gibeon, Amasa wentbefote them. And the king. Joab's garment that he had put on was gird- 23 ~ Now Joalb tas over all the host of ed unto him, and upon it a girdle vcith a Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada sword fastened upon his loins in tihe sheath eas over the Cherethites and over the Pethereof; and as.he went forth it fell out. lethite: 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Ar't thou in 24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud teas reby the beard with the light hand to kiss him. corder: 10 But Ameas took no leed to the sword 25 And Sheva ewas scribe: and Zadok and that was in Joab's hand: s he smote him Abiathar tere the priests: therewith in thle ifth rib, and shed out his 2G And Ira also the Jairite was a chief bowels to the ground, and struck him not ruler about David. again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai CHAPTER XXI. his brother pursued after Sheba the son of G PTER XXI. Biictri. The Gibeotaites tre e'tettvd bi/famine, andl be the ic lri. death of teve — of Sau['s I,01S. 10 I1ialm/ds kid11 And one of Joab's men stood by him,,,ess ft,,o tte deae. 12 I)a1,i b-titth the boes and said, I-le tlat fa^oureth Joab, and he of Satl ad Jotathat i tit. sepllcte of ti^h. that is for David, let him go after Joab. 15 FuoL tatttle ctaitstt the J'Fitistline, whe'teil 12 And Atmassz walloned in blood in the fotiatt are sclst,. midst of the highway. And when the man THEN there was a famine in the (ays of saw that all the people stood still, lie re- 1 David three years, year after year; and moved Ammas out of the highway into the vid iquired t he Dhed LoItq d. And the field, and cast a cloth upon lim, when he saw LOPD answered, It is for Saul, and for hia that every one that came by him stood still. bloody house, because he slew the Gibeon13 When he was removed out of the highl- ites. way, all the people went on after Joab, to 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and pursue after Shlleba tile son of Bichri. said unto them; (now tile Gibeonites wzere 14 ~ And lie went through all the tribes of not of the children of Israel, but of the remIsrael unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, nant of tlhe Amorites; and the children of and all the Berites: and they were gath- Israel had stworn unto them: and Saul ered together, and went also after him. soucllt to slay them in his zeal to the chilt1 And they cime and besieged him in dren of Israel and Judah ) Abel of.Betl-maaclanlh, and they cast up a 3 Wiherefore Davd id sid unto the Gibeonbank against tihe city, and it stood in the ites, What shall I do for you? and wheretrenclh: and all the people that weree with with shall I make the atonement, that yo Joab battered tile wall, to tlhrow it down. may bless tile inlheritance of te of te LOD? 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of Come near hither, that I may speak with his house,; neither for us shlIt thou kill any thee. man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall 17 And when le was come near unto her, say, that will I do for you. the woman said, Ac-t thou Joab? And lie 5 And they answered the king, The man answered, I amt he. Then she said unto that consumed us, and that devised against him, Hear the vords of thine handmaid. us that we should be destloyed from remainAnd lie answered, I do lear. ing in any of tile coasts of Israel, 18 Then she spake, saying, They wtre 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered wontecto speak in old time, saying, They unto us, tnd we will hang them up unto the shall surely ask counasel at Abel: and so LORD in Gibeah of Saul, vhoml, the LORD thoeyended the imatter. did choose. And the king said, I will give 19 I am one of them that are peaceable them. aTn(flfaithful in Israel: thou seekest to de-7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the stroyt a city and a mother in Israel: fwhy son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of wilt thou swvallow up the inheritance of the the LORD'S oath that 7ats between them, LOetD? betwecen David and Jonathan the son of 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, Saul. far be it from me, that I should swallow up 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizor destroy. pah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare 261 Saul's bozes buried. II. SAMUEL. David's psalm unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and 22 These four were born to the giant in the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by whom she brought up for Adriel the son of the hand of his servants. Barzillai the Meholathite: 9 And he delivered them into the hands of CHAPTER XXII. the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the DGavl's psalm of tatlksfivita his deltvhill before the LORD: and they fell all eratce antl,n tfotld bltegs. seven together, andwere put to death in the A ND David spake unto the LORD the days of harvest, in the ftist dlays, in the be-.- words of this song, in the day that the ginning of barley harvest. LORD had delivered him out of the hand 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took of all his enemies, and out of the hand of sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the Saul: rock, from the beginning of harvest until 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and water dropped upon them out of heaven, and my fortress, and my deliverer; suffered neither the birds of the air to rest 3 The God of my rock; in him -will I on them by day, nor the beasts of the field trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my by night. salvation; my high towoer, and my refuge, 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the my saviour; thou saveet me from violence. daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Sul, 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to had done. be praised: so shall I be saved from mine 12 And David went and took the bones of enemies. Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son 5 When the waves of death compassed me, from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had the floods of ungodly men made me afraid stolen them from the street of Both-shan, 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; where the Philistines had hanged them, the snares of death prevented me. when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gil- 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, boa: eand cried to my God: and le did hear my 13 And he brought up from thence the voice out of his temple, and my cry did bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his eoites into his e mrs. son; and they gathered the bones of them 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the that were hanged. foundations of heaven moved and shook, 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan because he was wroth. his son buried they in tile country of Benja- 9 There went up a smoke out of his nosmin in Zelall, in the sepulchre of Kish his trils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: father: and they performed all that the coals were kindled by it. king commanded. And after that God was 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came entreated for the land. down; and darkness ttas under his feet. 15 1 Moreover the Philistines had yet war 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did again withlsrael; andDavidwentdoown,and fly: and he was seen upon the wings of his servants with him, and fought against the wind. the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 12 And he made darkness pavilions round 16 And Isllbi-benob, lwhich ovae of the sons about him, dark waters, oand thick clouds of the giant, tile weight of whose spear of the skies. weighed three hundred shekels of brass in 13 Through the brightness before him were weight, he being girded with a new swuord, coals of fire kindled. thought to have slain David. 14 The LORD tlundered from heaven, and 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah sue- the Most High uttered his voice. coured him, and smote the Philistine, and 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered killed him. Then the men of David sware them; lightning, and discomfited them. unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more 1G And the channels of the sea appeared, out with us to battle, that thou quench not the foundations of the wrorld were discoverthe light of Israel. ed, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast 18 And it came to pass after this, that of the breath fl is nostrils. there was again a battle with the Plilis- 17 He sent n'om above, he took me, he tines at Gob en Sib hai the Sie te Hushath- drew me out of many waters. ite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the 18 He delivered me from my strong engiant. emy, ant from them that hated me: for lOAnd thero wag again a battle in Gob with they were too strong for me. the Philistines, where Ellanan the son of 19 They prevented me in the day of my Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the calamity: but the LORD was my stay. brother of Goliath the Gitite, the staff of 20 He brought me forth also into a large whose spear zuos like a wcaver's beam. place: he delivered me, because he de20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, lighted in me. where was a man of great stature, that had 21 The LORD rewarded me according to on every hand six fingers, and on every foot my righteousness; according to the cleansix toes, four and twenty in number; and ness of my hands hath he reconipensed me. he also was born to the giant. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, 21 And when lie defied Israel, Jonathan and have not wickedly departed from my the son of Shimeah the brother of David God. slew him. 23 For all his judgments woere before me: 262 of thanksgiving. II. SAMUEL. David's faith. and as for his statutes, I did not depart enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on froi them. ligh above that rose up against me: 24 I,as also upright before him, and hae thou hast delivered me from the violent kept myself floro mine iniquity. 2t Therefore the LORD hath recompensed 50 Ttherefore I will give thanks unto thee, me according to my righteousness; accord- O LOtD, among the heathen, and I will ing to my cleanness in his eyesight. sing praises unto thy name. 26 With the cif th mrci ou wilt shew thy- 51 lis is the tower of salvation for his self merciful; and with the upright man king: and shleeth mercy to his anointed, thou wilt shew thyself upright. unto David, and to his seed for evermore. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt hew CHAPTER XXIII. thyself unsavoury. Da-vid, it his luIt told.,, pofte.cth his faith it 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: Gad's prOrtScS; Gand descrtlbeth the coldotiot but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that f the tc, ke. A cataloyjue of Davd's mhity thou mayest bring thevt down.. 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and NTOW these be the last words of David. the LORD will lighten my darkness. c. David the son of Jesse said, and the 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: man who was raised up on high, the anby my God lave I leaped over a wall. ointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet o1 As for God, his way is perfect; the psalmist of Israel, said, word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, to all them that trust in him. and his word t was in my tongue. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and 3 The God ofIsrael said, the Rock ofIsrael mho is a rock, save our God? spake to me, I-He that ruleth over men?ous8t t3 God is my strength atld power; and he be just, ruling in the fear of God. maketh my way perfect. 4 And he shall be as the light of the S4 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and morning, whent the sun riseth, even a morntettetll me upon my high places. ing witlout clouds;.as the tender grass 35 He teaclieth my hands to ar; so twa hat springing out of the earth by clear shina bow of steel is broken by mine arms. ino after rain. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of 5 Although my house be not so with God thy salvation: and thy gentleness hathl yet lie hatt made titt me an everlasting:made me great. covenant, ordered in all ttinogs, and sure: 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; for this is all my salvation, and all rloy ro that rty feet did not slip. desire, although lie make it not to grow. 88 I have pursued mine enemies, and de- 6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of stroyed them; and turned not again until them as thorns thrust away, because they I had consumed them. cannot be taken with hands: 39 And I lhae consumed them, and wound- 7 But the man that shall touch them must ed them, that they could not arise: 5ea, be fenced with iron and tle stttffof a spear; they are fallen under my feet. and they shall be utterly burned with tire in 40 For thou hast girded me with strength the sawoe place. to battle: them that rose up against me 8 C, These be the names oftlle mighty men hast thou subdued under me. whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of in the seat, chief among the captains; the mine enemies, that I might destroy them same tgcls Adino the Eznite: he lifted tp that hlate me. his spear against eight hundred, whom he 42 They looked, but thele was none to slew at one time. save; even unto the LORD, but he an. 9 And after him otas Eleazar the son of swered them not. Dodo the Abhoite, oweo of the three mighty 43 Then did I beat them eas small atheh men with David, when they defied the Phidust of the earth: I did stamp them as the listines that were there gathered together to ntire of the street, and did spread them battle, and the men of Israel were gone abroad. a ay: 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the 10 Ile arose, and smote the Philistines strivings of my people, thou bast kept me until his hand was wenry, and his hand to beqhead of the heathen: a people which elave unto thie sword: and the LORD I knew not shall serve me. wrought a great victory that day and the - 45 Strangers stall submit themselves unto people returned after him only to spoil. me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obe- 11 And after him was Shammao h the son dient unto me. of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they were gathered together into a troop, where shall be afraid out of teir close places. was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my the people fled from the Philistines. rock; and exalted be the God of the rock 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, of my salvation. and defended it, and sleew the Philistines: 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that and the LORD wrought a gret victory. bringeth down the people under me, 13 And three of tile thirty clicf went down, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine and came to David in the harvest time unto 263 oDavid's migh/y pmz ez. II. SAM'IUEL. Tie sto tof Da dI int the cave of Adullarm: allnt tlhe troop of the 3G Igal tile son of Natllan of oobh, Banli Philistines pitched in tile valley of lepilin. thle Glo dite, 11 And Dbavid t tCo S then in p llhld, andtl'g Zelel the Ammonite, Nhalli tile Beethe garrison of the Philistines'ets then in rothito, armourbearer to Joa) tie son of Ietih-lehem. Zeruiah, 15 And David longed, and said, Oh thlt 88 Irs ran Ithritc, Gaole an Ithrite, one would give me diillk of tle water of the 39Uriahtile Hittite: thirity and s.en in n;l. vell of cth-lellem, wlichi i8 by tia gate! CHAPTER YIV 1 Auo d Vtle tilrec inility Illell brtke tiiorgh thle iost of tite Philistines, anid diesw -ater i i 10i CH out of tle w-ell of l3ethl!ehe, thllt wc 8 by tf tile gate, aild tool it, nlll brouglht it to.t.t Dsraid: nevertheless he woulil Iot cdrinl 18 Dol toitl ocoeooof ar s,, a hlo o. e'a tlereof, but poured it out unto lihe L.OI.. ftice..t.O t.ie.ilo. 17 And lie said, De it far fron me, O NA D aaill tlhle aner of thle L.ORD wasn LOIRD, ttloto I tscould doi t:iso: lio io'.ot B kindled anzilnst lsrael, and lie mtovlC thle blood of thoe enl tliat'ent id jeopardy David against them to say, Go, number oiof theh' lPves? thlerefore hle wrould not drink rael and Judah. it. These things (lid tliese three mighty 2 For thle kng said to Joab tle eaptaiu of men. tloe host, lwhich Its lithl himn, Go not' 18 And Abisllai, the brotller of Joab, tle troughll all tho trioes of Islael, from D)::i son of Zeouiah, was coief aeooug tllree. even to Beer-shoeb, aud numiber re tLc And lie liticd ti his spear atinst three people, that I may knowv the nuTmer of the hundlred, camtl slew tihem, and hlad thle name people..mong tCirce. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the 19 lo-o 3 lie not most honourable of threo? LOt D thy God 1,1d uuto t!ie people, iow tllerefore l;e as tlheir captain: lho)beit he inany sovc-r to'ey be, a louletold,:id Atailleed not unto tile fSist t!ree. thatb the eScs of o vy lord tle oting mnay sc 20 Aui l: eniah the son of Jeloinda, tile it: but whly doth tty, lord tile ];ing delig-.ht aol of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had in tlis thingo done Ianv acts, lo slew two llonllke mn of 4 NotwitLhstandcing the iIing's nword lre3loab: lie lent down also atl',l slmo n lion vailcd against Joab. and against the, c:, - in the miodst of a pit ill tile of snowl. tains of tile host. o And Job) and the c-i21 tntlod e slew al E.t o tian, a goodly tails of the host went out from the prcseIlc man: atd the ErDtiall ld ti spear in lis of the kin,, to number tO e people of Israil. hand; bIutlc {t'ne downotohit nithlatstaff, 5 And they passed ove-r Jodlan, and and pluc;ced hile spear out of the E_-~ptian's pitched in Aroe', on the rigllt side of the baud, nld sleuw lim rwith l is o:-n stear. city tihat liet in tile midst of the river cf 22 Tl.hese thia! did Benninh tle son of Ga d, and towtard Jazer: Jelloiada, and Lad the nane among three 6 Then tley came to Gilead, and to the miglty men. land of Taotim-iodst i; and tlhey came to 233 Iie v,-13 motre honourable than the thirty, Dan-jnan, and nlaort to Zildon, but ltc attained not to tle fist three. n od 7 And cane to thle stronig:old of Tyre, and David seto hi over t]is go:.ord. to nall te cities of tile liidvites, nod of tlli 24 Ashel tle ibrother of oab os one of on o Cananites: nd they,enB ot to the the thlirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of souch ofJudah, ceven to Bcer-shlenba. Boeth-lehem, 8 So when they had gone throuth all tile 2i Shambrah the tiHrodite, Elika the -In- land, they came to Jerusalem at tlhe en of rodcit, nine montlis and twenty days, 26 Tielez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh 9 Ald Joa0) gave tlp tlle sum of the nun-1tloe Tckoite, 0er of the people unto the kinb: and tlhe!e 27 Abiezeo tile Anethothlit, b ebunnai the wer e in ht Isre l eit ur d t.ousa Iltushahitle, valiant mel that drew tile sw;orl; ald tl:e 28 Zal0n0on the thohite, 3Iaharai the Ne- men of Judoah oere hive hlundred thousand top)ttillte, i en. 29 lIlieb the son of B-anah, a Netoph- IO ~ And David's heart smote him after atlite, Ittai tie son of iai ou out f Gibeah that he b ind numbered thle peecoc. Al:tl of the childrcenoff Benjamin, David said unto the LOID, I hare sinncd 30 Benaiall th!e Pirathonitc, Hiddai of the greatly in that I hare done: and now, I brooks of Ttlsh, beseech thee, 0 O1 D, tale aw-ay the i:;31 Ahi-olbon the Arbathite, Azmtaeth the iquity of thy servaut; for I have done very Ba lumite, foolishly. 3'2 liahlba the Shalbonit;e of the sons of 11 For wbhen Daviod vas ull in tile morr lishen, Jonathat, ing, tlhe word of tile LO1tD cate unto the 33 Sharmahll the Hatrarite, Ahiam the son proplhet Gad, David's seer, sanBoS, of Sthlar tloe ITalaritre, i Go and say unto Da'id, T!ms saith the 31 Eliplhelet the son of Ahasbai, the son LOtoD, I offer thee three f Chiris; hoose of thle ItRc-lhatllite, Eliam thle so of Ahith- thee one of them, that I may do it unto tlhce. plhei tlte Golonite, 13 So oad came to David, andl told l:im, 35 tlezlai the Carmelite, P atnr a tle oArbite, and said unto him, Shall seven years of j? hi264 numebering the people. I. KINGS. The plague is stayed. famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt 19 And David, according to the saying of tlhou flee three mlonths before thine enemies, Gad, went up as the LORiD commanded. while they pursue tlhee? or that there be 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king three days' pestilence in thy land? now ad- and his servants coming on toward himt: vise, aud see what answlver I shall return to and Araunah went out, rlnd l)owved hlimself him that sent me. before tile king on his'face upon tle ground. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a 21 And Araunah said,'lherefore is my great strait: let us fall now into the hand lord the king comn to stis servant And of tile LORDi; foel lis mercis s ae great: David said, To buy ttie tllreshingfloor of and let me not fall into the hand of man. thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Is- the plague may be stayed from the people. rael from thte Inoling eve to the time ap- 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my pointed: and t lere died of t ihe people from lord thle king talke and of'er up what secsLDan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand eth good unto him: behlold, tet7e be osen mon. for burnt sacrifice, at d tltreshing instru16 Anidlwhen the angel stretclhed out hi s ments and othle instruments of the osen hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the for wood. LOitD repented limn of the evil, atld said to 23 All these things did Araunah, as a the angel t hat destroyed tle people, It is king, give unto the king. And Araunah enough: stay now thine hand. And the said unto the king, The LORD thy God acangel of tle LORD as by the threshing- cept thee. place of Araunall the Jebusite. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; i17 And David spake unto the LORD then but I will surely buy it of thee at a price he saw the aingel that smote tile people, and neither will I offer burnt offerings ulto the said, Lo, I havs sinned, and I have done LORD my God of that whicl dott cost me wickedly; but these sheep, what have tley notling. So David bought the tllrehingdone' let thine hand, I pray thee, he floor and til oxen for fifty shekels of silver. against me, in against mny f ather's house. 25 And David built there an altar unto the 318 tnd Gta came thlat day to Iavid,,ORD, and offered burnt offerings and and said unlto ilim, Go up, rear tan alta peace offerings. So tlLe LO tD was enunto tle Lo rn in tle threshingfloor of treated for the land, and the plague was Araunah tile oi a site. stayed from Israel. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS, C0033ItONLY CALLED, THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS CHAPTER1 I. so? and he also nvas a very goolly man; Ablisa etzvresh t avl i s.trene ate.. and his ioOlthurn bare him aftel Absalom. t Atndiah 5atpe o tle l ot dolea. 1it tt t 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of -d1d atl~-.l~ei' ltlttce tl7e l0 i k! to seelite tle l.acce.ss.o, tto Sotiot, t2 Ioioto;L a;loE0c0 Zeruiah, and wit Abiathar tile priest: and itts. 41t tt tle tllis itereof, tIdtistij 17.lee. tlley followving Adonijah helped hltiinL. to s ot t ll.e - alta 61 le is stla ed by 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah thte Soltoot. oson of Jehoiada, tnd Nathan the prophet, OW king David as old tnd stricken and Slimei, ad Rei, and Ri, and the m11tihty men in years; and thley covered him with vwhichl beloglyetl to David, were not with clothes, but ise gat no ihent. Adonijah. 2 Wlherefore is servants said unto him, 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and Let there be sougilt for py lord tile kidn fat cattle by the stone of Zohelettl, which a young virgin: and let her stand before is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king, and let tler cherish tlim, and let the king's sons, and all the men of Judah ler lie in tiy bosom, that my lord the king thle king's servants: may gct hleat. 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, 3 So they sought for t fair damsel through- and the mighllty men, and bSiolon his brothout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abi- ert, e callet not. sting a Slunammite, and broughlt her to tile 11 lWherefore Nathan spoke unto Eathking. shleba the motlter of bolomon, soying, Hast 4 tnd the damsel was very fair, and cher- thou not hlenrd that Adonijah the son of ished the Oking, and miuistered to him: but Heiggitl doth reign, and David our lord the king knew h ler not. knoweth it not? 51 Then Adonitah the son of Haiggith 12 No therefore come, let me, I pray exualed himself, saying, I will bo lin[,,: and thee, give tlhee counsel, that thou mayest le prepared lim ctariots and horsemen, save thine own life, and the life of thy son and fifty men to nln before him. Solomon. 6 And his father had not displeased lim 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, at any time in saying, Wily hast thou done and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, 265 Davido promise I. KINGS. to Bath-sheba. O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, 31 Then Bath-sehba bowed with her face Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after to the earth, and did reverence to the king, me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why and said, Let my lord king David live for thon doth Adonijah reign? ever. 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with 32 ~ And king DIvid said, Call me Zadok the king, I also will come in after thee, and the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and confirm thy words. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they 15 And Bath-sheba vent in unto the king came before the king. into the chamber: and the king was very 33 The king also said unto them, Take old; and Abishag the Shunammite minis- with you the servants of your lord, and tered unto the king. cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obei- own mule, and bring him down to eiihon: sance unto the king. And the king said, 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan What wouldest thou? the prophet anoint him there king over Is17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou rael: and blow ye with the trumpet, and swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine say, God save king Solomon. handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy 85 Then ye shall come up after him, that son shall reign after me, and he shall sit he may come and sit upon my throne; for upon my throne. he shall be king in my stead and I have 18 Ai.d now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; appointed him to be ruler over Israel and and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it over Judah. not:' 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada an19 And he hath slain oxen and faC cattle swered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD and sheep in abundance, and ath called tall God of my lord the king say so too. the sons of the king, and Abiatlar the priest, 37 As the LORD hath been with my lord and Joab the captain of the host: but Sol- the king, even so be he with Solomon, and omon thy servant hath he not called. make his throne greater than the throne of 20 And thou, my lord, 0 king, the eyes of my lord king David. all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldost 38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the tell them who shall sit on the throne of my prophet, and Benanih the sou of Jchoiada, lord the king after him. and the Cherethites, and the Polethites, 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when went down, and caused Solomon to ride my lord the king shall sleep v'ith his faiters, upon king David'$ mule, and brought Lim that I and my son Solomoil shall be counted to Gihon. offenders. 39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of 22 ~ And, lo, while she yet talked with the oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solking, Nnthan the prophet also came in. omen. And they blew the trumpet; and all 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold the people said, God save king Solomon. Nathan the prophet. And when he was 40 And all the people came up after him, come in before the king, he bowed himself and the people piped with pipes, and reLefore the king with his face to tile ground. joiced with great joy, so that the earth rent 24 And Nathan said, lly lord, O king, hast witlh the sound of them. thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, 41 ~ And Adonijah and all the guests that and he shall sit upon my throne? were with him heard it as they had made 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath an end of eating. And when Joab heard slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abund- the sound of the trumpet, he said, Whereance, and athcalled all the ling'ssons, and fore is thi8 noise of the city being inl an the captains of the host, and Abiathar the uproar? priest; and, behold, they eat and drink be- 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jontfore him, and say, God save king Adonijah. than the son of Abiathar the priest came: 26 But me, ovee me thy servant, and Za- and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for dok the priest, and Benoiah the son of Je- thou art a valitnt man, and bringest good hoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he tidings. not called. 43 And Jonathan answered and said to 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath and thou hast not sheeed it unto thy serv- made Solomon king. ant, who should sit on the throne of my lord 4-1 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the king after hitm? the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and 28 ~ Then king David answered and said, Beuaiah the bon of Jehoiatda, and the CherCall me Bath-shoba. And she came into ethites, and the Pelethites, and they have the king's presence, and stood before the caused him to ride upon the king's mule: king. 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the 29 And the king sware, and said, As the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul and they are come up from thence rejoicing, out of all distress, so that the city rang again. This is the 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD noise that ye have heard. God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon 46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne thy son shall reign after me, and he shall of the kingdom. sit upon my throne in my stead; even so 47 Alnd moreover the king's servantscame will I certainly do this day. to bless our lord king David, saying, God 266 Directions given I. KINGS. to Solomon. make the name of Solomon better tlhn thy to me when I fled because of Absalom thy name, and make his throne greater than thy brother. throne. And the king bowed himself upon 8 And, behold, theeo hast with thee Shimei the bed. the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, 48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be vwhich cursed me with a grie-ous curse in the LORD God of Israel, which hath given the day when I went to lMhanaim: but he once to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes came down to meet me at Jordan, and I even seeing it. sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will 49 And all the guests that were with not put thee to death with the sword. Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: went every man his way. for thou art a wise man, and knowest what 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solo- thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar mon, and arose, and went, and Oeught hold head bring thou down to the grave with on the horns of the altar. blood. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Be- 10 So David slept withI his fathers, and hold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon o for, was buried in the city of David. lo, tle hath culght hold on the horns of the 11 And the days that David reigned over altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto Israel woere forty years: seven yearsreiened me to day that he will not slay his servant he in Hebron, and thirty and three years with the seord. reigned he in Jerusalem. 52 And Solomon said, If he will shee, him- 12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of self a worthy man, there shall not a hair David his father; and his kingdom was of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness established greatly. shall he found in him, he shall die. 13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith 53 So king Solomon sent, and they broughtcame to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. him down fron tlie altar. Andlie camea anArnd she said, Comest thou peaceably? bowed himself to king Snon d S ol l- And he said, Peaceably. omen said unto him, Go to thine house. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to CHAPTER II. say unto thee. And she said, Say on. Deavcil'ese;rareto.elomo,.. 5 li., ditectioei con- 1i And he said, Thou knowest that the ee-cilYgloai., 7daoit!ai, SndSlhimnei. lo0i., kingdom was nine, and that all Israel set death. 12Solonoe soccealeth hin. e13,dloi- etleir faces on me, that I should reign: jah, rsoioto.fo lbioha, is eo to odeth. 26 Abi hiowbeit the kingdom is turned about, and aehaO. ies'leooiotlice. oe t he e 0 - mesteooee. 28 dabe,nn ei, to te e Lino ns o of tnle f iesoo,0. 28 Job, ist become my berother's: for it was his from 35 lierLniah ist lc. t Joa's place, anr e Zadok i the LORD. ibiccbt-oe"s.:,; S,hinei is or.arei toemetio ir 16 Atnd now I ask one petition of thee, JerueLsalem; 39 )ut diso6eyig h -e is itp to death. denymenot. And she said unto llim, Sayon.'v OW the days of David drew nigh that 17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto - he should die; and he charged Solo- Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee mon his son, saying, nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunam2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou mite to wife. strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy speak for thee unto the king. God, to walk in his ways, to keep his stt- 19 Bath-sheba therefore eent unto king utes, and his conmandments, and his judg- Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijalh. meant, and his testimonies, as it is written And the king rose up to meet her, and in the law of Moses, that thou mayest bowed himself unto her, and sat down on prosper in all that thou doest, and whither-his throne, and caused a seat to be set for soever thou turnest thyself: the king's mother; and she sat on his right 4 That the LORD may continue his word hand. which he spake concerning me, saying, If 20 Then she said, I desire one small petithy children take heed to their nay, to tion of thee; Ipray thee, say me not nay. walk before me in truth with all their heart And tile king said unto her, Ask on, my and with all their soul, there shall not fail mother; for I ill not saty thee nay. thee, said lhe, a man on the throne of Israel. 21 And she said, Let Abislog the Shunam5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab mite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he 22 And king Solomon answered and said did to the two captains of the hosts of Ira- unto his mother, And why dost thou ask el, unto Abner the son of Ncr, and unto Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, ask for him tho kingdom also; for he is and shehe blood of war in peace, and min elder brother; even for him, and for put the blood of war upon his girdle that Albiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of teas about his loins, and in his shoes that Zeruiah. were on his feet. 23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if and let not his hoar head go down to the Adonijah have not spoken this word against grave in peace. his own life. 7 Blt showe kindness unto the sons of 24 Nolv therefore, as the LORD liveth, Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of which hath establisled ne, and set me on those that eat at thy table: forso they came the throne of David my father, and who 267 Joab agnd Shimei I. KINGS. are put to death, hath made me a house, as he promised, saying is good: as my lord the king hath Adonijah shall be put to death this day. said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei 25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of dwelt in Jerusalem many days. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and le fell 39 And it came to pass at the end of three upon hiim that lie died. years, that two of the servant. of Shimei 26 ~ And unto Abiathar the priest said ran away unto Acliish son of Maachalhkirng the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, own fields; for thou art worthlly of death: Behold, tiy servants be in Gath. but I will not at this time put thee to death, 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, because thou barest the ark of the Lorndand went to Gath to Achish to seek his GOD before David my father, and because servants: and Shimei twent, and brought thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my his servants from Gath. father was afflicted. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei 27 So Solotmon thrust out Abiathar from had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was being priest unto the LORD; that lie might come again. fulfil the.word of the LORD, wthic he spake 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, concerning the hlouse of Eli in Shiloh. and said unto hin, Did I not mako thee to 28 t Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab swear by the LORD,and protested unto thee,, had turned after Adonijah, though he turn- saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou ed not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto goest out, and walkest abroad any whitthr, the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught that thou sllalt surely die? and thou saidst hold on the horns of the altar. unto me, The word that I have heard is 29 And it wav told king Solomon that Joab good. Was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; 43 dWhy then hast thou not kept the oath and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Sol- of the LORD, and the commandment that I omon sent tBenail the son of Jehoiada, have charged thee titll? saying, Go, fall upon him. 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou: 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of knowest all the wickedness which thine' the LORD, and said unto hlim, Thus saith heart is privy to,'that thou didst to David the king, Come forth. And hte said, Nay; my fatller; therefore the Loan shall return but I will die lere. And Benaiah brought thy wicl;edness upon thline own lead: the king word again, saying, Thus said 45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, ando Joab, and tlus lie answered me. the throne of David shall be established 31 And the king said unto him, Do as lie bhfore the LORD for ever. hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; 46 So the king commanded Benaiah the that thou mayest take away the innocent son of Jehoiada; which wvent out, and fell blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from upon him, that lie died. And the kingdom the house of my father. was established in the hand of Solomon. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood CHAPTER III upon his own head, who fell upon two men o ma-ih Phao2's n, Hig more righteous atd better than lie, and o/tolaces bel iX atet, soloint. act/ificth at Gibteho, slew them wlith the sword, my father David t]e tqcat high tltaco. t5 dis playe for ot'isdm. not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the soin 10 ('t's h astfw. 16 Solomon's decisiott beetee of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and the tuo mothet s Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host, ND Solomon made affinity with Pharnof Judah. A oh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon daughter, and brought her into the city of the head of Joab, and upon the head of David, until he had made an end of buildhis seed for ever: but upon David, and ing his own house, and the house of the upon his seed, and upon his house, and LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round upon his throne, shall there be peace for about. ever from the LORD. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiads went because there was no house built unto the up, and fell upon him, and slew hihim: and name of the LORD, until those days. he was buried in his own house in the wil- 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking derness. in the statutes of David his father: onlyy 85 And the king put Benaiah the son of lie sacrificed and burnt incense in high Jehoinada in his room over the host: and places. Zadok the priest did the king put in the 4 h And the king went to Gibeon to sacroom of Abiathar. rifice there; for that twas the great high 36 ~ And the king sent and called for place: a thousand burnt offerings did SoloShimei, and said unto him, Build thee a mon offer upon that altar. house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Sologo not forth thence any whither. mon in a dream by night: and God said, 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou Ask hvat I shall give thtee goest out, and passest over the brook Kid- 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed ron, thou shalt know for certain that thou unto thy servant David my father great shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon mercy, according as lie walked before thee thine own hlend. in truth, and in righteousness, and in up38 And Shimei said unto the king,he g e rightness of heart with thee; and thou hat 268 Solomont's wisdom. I. IINGS Solomon's princes. kept for him this great kindness, that thou 23 Then said the king, Tlle one saith, This Iast given him a son to sit on his throne, as is my son that liveth, and thy son is the it is this day. dead: and the otLer saith, 1ay; but thy 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast son is the dead, and my son is the livmade thy servant king instead of David my ing. father: and I am uat a little child: I know 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. not howz to go out or come in. And they brought a sword beIbre the king. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy 225 And the king said, Divide the living people which thou hast chosen, a great peo- child in two, and give half to the one, and pie, that cannot be numbered nor counted half to the other. for multitude. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living O Give therefore thy servant an under- child waas unto the king, for r er bowels standing heart to judge thy people, that I yearned upon her son, and she said, 0 may discern between good and bad: for who my lord, give her the living child, and in is able to judge this thy so great a people? no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. Solomon had asked this thing. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give 11 And God said unto him, Because thou her the living child, and in no wise slay it: hast asked this thing, and last not asked she is the mother thereof. for thyself long life; neither hast asked 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of which the king had judged; and they feared thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself the king: for they saw that the wisdom of understanding to discern judgment; God was in him to do judgment. 12 Behold, I have done according to thy CHAPTER IV. word: lo, I have given thee a wise and an Sosomos'e prices. 7 listwelve offlcesforprovl. understanding heart; so that there was i;-,,. 20 Toe, ]pe-,'icy -d.ese,,n fs kils-g none like thee before thee, neither after do,. 22 His daily I.ovision. 26 His stables. thee shall any arise like unto thee. 2.9 Hi, wisdom. 13 And I have also gives thee that which' 0 king Solomon was king over all Israel. thou hast not asked, both riches, and hon- K 2 And these were the princes which he our: so that there shalt not be any among had; Azariah the son oc Zadok the priest, the kings like unto thee all thy days. 8 Eliloreph and Aliah, the sons of Shisha, 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, keep my statutes and my commandments, the recorder. as thy father David did walk, then I will 4 And Benaiah the son ofJehoiada was lengthen thy days. over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it were the priests: was a dream. And le came to Jerusalem, 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan tuas over and stood before the ark of the covenant of the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, was principal officer, and the king's friend: and offered peace offerings, and made a 6 And Ahishar eas over the household: feast to all his servants, and Adoniram the son of Abda was over 16 ~ Then came there two n'omen, that the tribute. were harlots, unto the king, and stood be- 7 ~ And Solomon had twelve officers over fore him. all Israel, which provided victuals for the 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I king and his lousehold: each man his and this woman dwell in one hlouse; and I month in a year made provision. was delivered of a child with her in the 8 And these are their names: The son of house. Hur, in mount Ephraim: 18 And it came to pass the third day after 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in that I was delivered, that this woman was Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elondelivered also: and we se~e together; beth-lanan: th.er.e asn no stranger with us in the house, 10 Tlne son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him save we two in the house. pertained Socoh, and all the land of He19 And this woman's child died In the pher: night; because she overlaid it. 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my of Dor; which had TapLath the daughter of son from beside me, while thine handmaid Solomon to wife: slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him perdead child in my bosom. tained Taanach and lMgiddo, and all Beth21 And when I rose in the morning to give shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezmy child suck, behold, it was dead: but reel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, when I had considered it in the morning, even unto the place that is beyond Jokbehold, it was not my son, which I did neam: bear. 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; 22 And the ether woman said. Nay; but to him pertained the towns of Jair the son the living ies my son, and tie dead is thy of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him son. And this said, No; but the dead is also pertained tie region of Argo, which thy son, and the living is my son. Thus is in Bashan, threescore great cities with they spake before the king. walls and brazen bars: 269 Solomon's officers. I. KINGS. Message to Hiram. 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo hcad Maha- CHAPTER V. naim: SIiran congrateleateth Solomnor. 21e;is info,-sed 15 Ahinaaz uwns in Naphtali; hle also took of ohis ol.pose to uilcl the tempte; antd lesied Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife to ofotlih flrit] timber. 7 /Lei,' anee-oeno 153 Baanah tlhe son of Hushai Wvas in Asher cosce0ni000 toistae,. 13 0e ozeofSotoand in Aloth: 17 Jeho3haphat the son of Paruah, in Issa- A ND Hiram hing of Tyre sent his servchar: tio ants unto Solomon; for ht had lieard 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: that they had anointed him king in the 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the coun- room of his father: for Hiram was ever a try of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king lover of David. of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, and he zwas the only officer which was in 3 Thou knowest howt that David my father the land. could not build a house unto the name of 20 ~ Judoh and Israel zoere many, as the the LORD his God, for tle wars which were sand which is by the sea in multitude, about him on every side, until thle LORD eating and drinking, and mnaking nerry. put themn under tle soles of his feet. 21 And Solomnon reigned over all kingdoms 4 But now the LORD my God hlath given from the river unto the land of the Philis- me rest on every side, so that there is tines, and unto the border of Egypt: they neither andersary nor evil occurrent. brought presents, and served Solomon all 5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house the days of his life, unto the name of the LORD my God, as the 22 And Solomon's provision for one clay LORD spake unto David my father, saying, was thirty measures of fine flour, and tlhree- Tiy son, wlhon 1 will set upon tliy throne score measures of imxeal, in thy room, he shall build a house unto 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of my name. the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides Now tterefore command thou that they harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and fatted fowl. my servants shall be with thy serants: and 2t For he had dominion over all ths region unto thee till I give lire for thy servants on this side the river, from Tipisall even according to all t halt tlou shalt appoint: to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the for thou knowest that there is not among river: and he had peace on all sidos round us alny ilat can skill to liew timber like unto nbout him. the Sidonians. 25 And Judall and Israel dwelt safely, 7 T And it came to pass, when Hiram every man under his e ino and uoder his heard the words of Solomon,that he rejoiced fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all greatly, and said, Blessed be the LOR.D this the days of Solomon. day, which hath given unto David av wise 26 And Solomon llad forty tosounand stalls son over tlis great people. of horsei for his chariots, and twelve thou- 8 And iram sent to Solomon, saying, I sand horsemen. have considered the things which tou nsent27 And those officers prorided viotuals for et to me for: at 1 will do olil thy desire king Solomon, and for all that came unto concernintg timber of cedar, and concerning king Solomnol's table, every man in hlis timber of fir. mollti: they lacked nothing. 9 Mty servatts slhall bring toheo down from 8 Barley also and straw for the horses Lebanon unto thle sea; nand I will convey and dromedar-es brought they unto the them n y sea in floats unto tl place that place where the officers were, every man thou shlllt appoint me, and Ivill cause them according to his charge. to be discharged there, andl thou shalt re29 ~ And God gave Solomon wisdom and ceive thet: and tlou sllalt accomplish my understanding exceeding much, and large- desile, in giving food for my household. ess of eoar, even as the sand tllhat is on 10 So Hiram gave Soloemoo celar trees aind the sea shlore. fir trees accordiny to all his desire. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the 11 And Solomon gave Iiralm twenty thouewisdom of all the children of the east coun- sand measures of wheat for food to his try, and all the wvisdom of Egypt. househlold, anod twenty measures of pure 31For lie onea.iser taln all men;,l tha oil: thus gave Solonon to Hianm year toy lthan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chal- year. col, and Darda, the sotns of Malhol: and 12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, his fme n was in all nations round about. s hloe promised tMim: and thlere was peace 32 And lie spake tioree thousand proverbs: botween Hiiran and Solomon; antd they two and his songs were a thousand and five. made a league together. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar 13 ~ And king Solonol raised a levy out tree that is in Lebanon even unto the lys- of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousop that springeth out of the wall: lhe spike sand men. also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping 14 And ho sent them to Lebanon, ten things, and of fishes. thousand a month by courses: a month 34 lAnd there came of all people to hear they were in Lebanont, ot tlwo months at the viesdom of Solomon, from all kings of home: and Adoohiras tvae over tle levy. the earth, owbich had lheard of his wisdom. 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten 270 The building I. KINGS. of the temple. thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore utes, and execute my judgments, and keep thousand hewers in the mountains; all my commandments to walk in them; 16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers then will I perform my word with thee, which uwere over the work, three thousand owhich I spake unto David thy father: and three hundred, which ruled over tae 13 And I will dwell among thile children people that wrought in the work. of Israel, and will not forsake my people 17 And the king commanded, and they Israel. brought great stones, costly stones, and 14 So Solomon built the house, and finhewed stones, to lay the foundation of the ished it. house. 15 And hle built the walls of the house 18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's within with boards of cedar, both the floor builders did hewa them, and the stone- of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: squarers: so they prepared timber and a lhe covered tea on the inside o ith stones to build the house. wood, and covered the floor of the house CHAPTER VI. with planks of fir. CrHA IL RVldia af te eleatin. i a 16 And le built twenty cubits on the sides bes,. tterof. l G'ao's t,'oni.se contCe,'tg it. 1.5 o f the house, both the floor and the walls The cetling atld adototity of the I hose. 23 The mith boards of cedar: he even built thean cheltunl'. 31Tlltedooes. 36 The cout. 37 T/e for it within, even for the oracle, evel; for timne speet il tti(dtiY it. the most holy place. AND it came to pass in the four hun- 17 And the house, that is, the temple bedred and eightieth year after the fore it, was forty cubits long. children of Israel were come out of the land 18 And the cedar of the house within was of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon'scarved with knops and open flowers: all reign over Israel, in the month Zif, wlhichl is was cedar; there was no stone seen. the second mouth, that lie began to build 19 And the oracle he prepared in the the house of the LORD. house within, to set there the ark of the 2 And the house which king Solomon built covenat of the LORD. for the LORD, the length thereof tts three- 20 Aud the oracle in the forepart was score cubits, andtlle breadth thereof twenty twenty cubits In length, and twenty cubits cubits, and the leight thereof thirty cubits. in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height 3 And the porch before the temple of te thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; house, twenty cubits was thelength thereof, and so covered the altar which swas of according to the breadth of the ilouse; and cedar. ten cubits was the breadth thereof before 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within the house. with pure gold: and he made a partition 4 And for the house he made windows of by the chains of gold before the oracle; and narrow lights. he overlaid it with gold. 5 And against the wall of the house he 22 And the whole housee e overlaid with built chambers round about, against the gold, until he had finished all the house: walls of the house round about, both of the also the whole altar that was by the oracle temple and of the oracle: and he made he overlaid with gold. chambers round about. 23 ~ And within the oracle he made two 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits cherubim of olive tree, each tel cubits high. broad, and the middle was six cubits 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the broad, and the third wvas seven cubits cherub, and five cubits the other wingof the broad: for without in the tvall of the house cherub: from the uttermost part of the one lie made narrowed rests round about, that wing unto the uttermost part of the other the beamons should not be fastened in the were ten cubits. walls of the house. 25 And the other cherub swas ten cubits: 7 And the house, when it was in building, both the cherubim were of one measure and wans built of stone made readcy before it was one size. brought thither: so that there was neither 2 Tile height of the one cherub was ten hammer nor axe tor any tool of iron heard cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. in the house, ehile it auas in building. 27 And lie set the cherubim within the 8 The door for the middle chamber was in inner house: and they stretched forth the the right side of the house: and they went wings of the cherubim, so that the wing up with winding stairs into the middle of the one touched the one wall, and the chamber, gand out of the middle into the wing of the other cherub touched the other third. ~ wall; and their wings touched one another 9 So he built the house, and finished it; in the midst of the house. and covered the house with beams and 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with boards of cedar. gold. 10 And then, he built chambers against all 20 And he carved all the walls of the the house, five cubits high: and they rested house round about with carved figures of on the house with timber of cedar. cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, 11 [ And the word of the LORD came to within and without. Solomon, saying, 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid 12 Concer ing this house which thou art with gold, within and without. in building, if thou wilt walk in my stat- 31 ~ And for the entering of the oracle he 271 The building of I. KINGS. Solomon's houses. made doors of olive tree: the lintel and 10 And the foundation vans of costly side posts oere a fifth part of the wall. stones, even great stones, stones of ten 32 Tlle two doors also zoere of olive tree; cubits, and stoes of eiglt cubits. and he carved upon thllem carvings of cheru- 11 And above 2twere costly stones, after the bim and palm trees and open flowers, and measures of hewved stones, and cedars. overlaid them wVith gold, and spread gold 12 And the great court round alout wuas upon the cherubim, and upon the palm with three rows of hwledeol stoles, and a low trees. of cedar beams, both for the inner court of 33 So also made he for the door of the the house of the LORD, and for the porch temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of of the house. the zvall. 13 ~ And king Solomon sent and fetched 34 And the two doors wtere of fir tree: the Hiram out of Tfre. two leaves of the one door woere folding, 14 He iaos a widow's son of the tribe of and the two leaves of the other door owere Naplltali, and his father 2wa a man of Tyre, folding. a worlier in brass: and lie o as filleid with 35 And le carved thereon cherubim and wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to palm trees and open flowers: and cov-ered work all works in brass. And le came to them with gold fitted upon the carved work. king Solomon, and wrought a]l his work. 36 And he built the inner court with three 15 For he cast tio pil'ars of brass, of rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar eighteen cubitt high apice: and a line of beams. twelve cubits did compass either of them 37 In the fourth year was the foundation about. of the house of the LORD laid, in the month 16 And he made two chapiters of molten Zif: brass, to set upon the tops of th e pillars: 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month the height of tie onle chapiter ias fi^ve Bul, whicll is the eighth month, was the cubits, and the lieight of the other chapiter liouse finished tlhroughout all the parts thele- ( ts five cubits: of, and according to all the fashion of it. 11.4nd nets of checker ork, and w reaths So was he seven years in building it. of chain work, for the clhapitels lwicl loere HAPTER VIIo. upon the top of tile pillars; seven f tor the lire titil of i Soomo,' tlee ho ses. 13 Fo one capiter, and seven for the other chapithe teotople Hliarom tloe r'rowla oon f elthee a tho 0t0to ter. pilttas, 23 the orI te n sao, 2 the 2 te bases, 38te 18 And le made tle pillars, and two rows toh itave, 40 a, all t/te thir e ii,. round about upon tile one net olk, to cover UIT Solomon was building his own house thle ohapiters that tve ce upol the top, with thirteen years, ant he finished all his pomegranates: and so did he for the other house. chapiter. 2 He built also tte house of the forest of 10 And the chapiters thatt uoete upon the Lebanon; the length thereof ovas a hun- top of the pillars overe of lily work in the tredt cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty porch, four cubits. cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, 20 And the chapiters tupon the two pillars upon four rows of cedar pillars, w ith cedar hdpobeganalto es atlso above, over against beams upon the pillars. tole belly which v(as by thle networkl: and 8 And it was covered with cedar above the pomegranates vere two hundred in rows upon tle beams, tlat lay on forty five pil- round about upon tile other clhapiter. lars, fifteen i00 a row. 21 lAnd he set up tihe pillars in tile porch 4 And thlee ioere windots tn three rowfs, of the temple: and he set lup the right and light 0a0s ogainst light in three ranks. pillar, and called tile name tlleleof Jachin: 5 And all the doors and posts vouere square, and he set up the left pillar, and called the with the windows: and light icors against name thcreof Boaz. ligllt in three ranks. 22 And upon tle top of the pillars ovas 6 And he made t porch of pillars; ttie lily work: so 5as the work of the pillars length thereof woas fifty cubits, and the finislhed. breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch 23, And he made a molten sea, ten cubits wvas before them: and the other pillars from the olne brim to the other: it tvas and the thick beam owere before them. round all about, and his heighlt aus five 7 Then he made a porch for the throne cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did comwhoere he might judge, eve0n the porch of pass it round about. judgment: and it vtoo covered with cedar 24 And under the brim of it round oahout from one side of the floor to the other. there vetre knops compassing it, ten'in a 8 And his house where he dwvelt had an- cubit, corpassing tile sea round about: other eourt within the porch, wuhich was of the knops otere cast in tio rowss, mhen it the like work. Solomon made also a house was cast. for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three lockto vife, like unto this porch. ing toward the north, and tlree looking 9 All these zvere of costly stones, accord- toward the west, and three looking toward ing to the measures of heved stones, snwed the south, and three looking towvard the orith saws, within and without, even from east: and tole sea as tset above upon them, the foundation unto thle copingo, and o on and all their hinder parts zvero e inward. the outside tovard the great court. 20 And it was a handbreadth thick, and 272 The utensils of I. KINGS. the temple made the brim thereof was wrought like the brim ates for one network, to cover the two of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained bowls of the chapiters that voee upon two thousand baths. the pillars; 27 ~ And he made ten bases of brass; four 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on cubits was the length of one base, and four the lasese; cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits 44 nd one sea, and twelve oxen under the the height of it. sea; 23 And the work of the bases 1was on this 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the twenrner: they had borders, and the borders basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram were between the ledges: made to king Solomon for the house of the 23 And on the borders that zeoce between LORD, wiere of bright brass. the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast and upon the ledges there tas a base them, in the clay ground between Succoth abev.e: and beneath the lions and oxen and Zarthan. aCre certain additions made of thin work. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels un30 And every base had fourbrazen wheels, weeighed, because they were exceeding nlld plates of brass: and the four corners many: neither was the weight of the brass thereof had undersetters: under the laver found out. zvere undersetters molten, at the side of 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that every addition. pertaioned unto the house of the LORD: 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter the altar of gold, and the table of gold, and above was a cubit: but the mouth nwhereupon the shewbread was, thereof twas round after the work of the 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five base, a cubit and a half: and also upon on the right side, and five on the left, bethe mouth of it zerc'e gravings ith their fore the oracle, with the flowers, and the borders, foursquare, not round. amps, and the tongs of gold, 32 And under the borders weore four 0.And the bowls, and the snuffers, and wheels; and the axletrees of the heels the basins, and the spoons, and the censwere joited to the base: and the height ers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, ofa wheel was a cubit and lalf cubit. both for the doors of the inner house, the 33 And the work of the wheels ouas like most holy place, andc for the doors of the the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, house, to wuit, of the temple. and their naves, and their felloes, and their 51 So was ended all the work that king spolies, ze-e -all molten. Solomon made for the house of the LORD. 34 And the-se were four undersetters to And Solomon brought in the things which the four corners of one base: and the un- David his father had dedicated; even the dersetters zere of the very base itself. silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he 3; And in the top of the base owas there a put among the treasures of the house of the round compass of half a cubit high: and on LORD. the top of the base the ledges thereof and I CHAPTER VIII. the borders thereof were of the same. Theelelee'ldecliefe- of dscelasscbhforethe 30 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, dedicatio, of the temple. 3 The ark is brought and on tile borders thereof, he graved cher- into the most holy lace. 12 Solom Ln bies sing ubim, lions, and p4lm trees, according to (ec1c tiec/aoatios. 22 t ayer. 62Hs sacithe proportion of every one, and additions Jce round about. TpHEi Solomon assembled the elders of 37'After this cncanner he made the ten L Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, bases: all of them had one casting, one the chief of the fathers of the children'of omeasure, ctcl one size. Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, 38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one that they might bring up the ark of the laver contained forty baths: and every covenant of the LORD out of the cityof Dalaver was four cubits: and upon every one vid, which is Zion. of the ten bases one laver. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled them39 And he put five bases on the right side selves unto king Solomon at the feast in the of the ihouse, and five on the left side of the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. house: and he set the sea on the right side And all the elders of Israel came, and of the house eastward, over against the the priests took up the ark. south. 4 And they brought up the ark of the 41) And Hiram made the laers, and LOeD, and the tabernacle of the congrethe shovels, and the basins. So Hiram gation, and all the holy vessels that zvere in made an end of doing all the work that he the tabernacle, even those did the priests mode king Solomon for the house of the and the Levites bring up. LORD: 5 And king Solomon, and all the congrega41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of tion of Israel, that were assembled unto the chapiters that weree on the top of the him, vere with him before the ark, sacritwo pillars; and the two networks, to cover ficing sheep and oxen, that could not be told the two bowls of the chapiters which weroc nor numbered for multitude. upon the top of the pillars; 6 And the priests brought in the ark of 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the the covenant of the LORD unto his place, two networks, evene tm o rows of pomegran. into the oracle of the house, to the most 1.8 273 Solomon's prayer I. KINGS. at the dedication. holy place, even under the wings of the 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David cherubim. my father that thou promisedst him: thou 7 For the cherubim spread forth fheir two spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulwings over the place of the ark, and the filled it with thine hand, as it isthis day. cherubim covered the ark and the staves 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, thereof above. keep with thy servant David my father:that 8 And they drew out the staves, that the thou promisedst him, saying, There shall ends of the staves ere seen out in the not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the holy place before the oracle, and they were throne of Israel; so that thy children take not seen without: and there they are unto heed to their way, that they walk before me this day. as thou hast walked before me. 9 There was nothing in the ark save the 26 And now, 0 God of Israel, let thy word, two tables of stone, which Moses put there I pray thee, be verifed, which thou spakest at Loreb, when the LORD made a covenant unto thy'servant David my father. - with the children of Israel, when they came 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? out of the land of Egypt. behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens 10 And it came to pass, when the priests cannot contain thee; how much less this were come out of the holy llace, that the house that I have builded? 1 cloud filled the house of the LORD, 2 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer 11 So that the priests could not stand to of thy servant, and to his supplication, O minister because of the cloud: for the glory LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and of the LORD had filled the house of the to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth LORD. before thee to day: 12 ~ Then spake Solomon, The LORD said 29 That thine eyes may be open toward that he would dwell in the thick darkness. this house night and day, even toward the 13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell place of which thou hast said, lIly name in, a settled place for thee to abide in for shall be there: that thou mayest hearken ever. unto the prayer which thy servant shall 14 And the king turned his face about, make toward this place. and blessed all the congregation of Israel: 80 And hearken thou to the supplication and all the congregation of Israel stood: of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God when they shall pray toward this place: of Israel, which spake wvith his mouth unto and hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace: David my father, and hath with his hand and when thou hearest, forgive. fulfilled it, saying, 31 If any man trespass against his neigh16 Since the day that I brought forth my bour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city him to swear, and the oath come before out of all the tribes of Israel to build a thine altar in this house: house, that my name might be therein; but 82 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and I chose David to be over my people Israel. judge thy servants, condemning the nicked; 17 And it was in the heart of David my to bring his way upon his head; and justifather to build a house for the name of the fying the righteous, to give him according to LORD God of Israel. his righteousness. 18 And the LORD said unto David my 33 When thy people Israel be smitten down father, Whereas it was in thine heart to before the enemy, because they have sinned build a house unto my nalme, thou didst against thee, and shall turn again to thee, well that it was in thine leart. and confess thy name, and pray, and make 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the supplication unto thee in this house: house; but thy son that shall come forth 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto the sin of thy people Israel, and bring my name. them again unto the land which thou gavest 20 And the LORD hathperformed his word unto their fathers. that he spake, and I am risen up in the 35 When heaven is shut up, and there is room of David my father, and sit on the no rain, because they have sinned against throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, thee; if they pray toward this place, and and have built a house for the name of the confess thy name, and turn from their sin, LORD God of Israel. when thou afflictest them: 21 And I have set there a place for the 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive ark, wherein is the covenant the he LORD, the sin of thy servants, and of thy people which he made with our fathers, when he Israel, that thou teach them the good way brought them out of the land of Egypt. wherein they should walk, and give rain up22 tl And Solomon stood before the altar on thy land, which thou hast given to thy of the LORD in the presence of all the con- people for an inheritance.:'. grogetion of Israel, and spread forth his 37 If there be in the land famine, ifthere hands toward heaven: be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust,: or 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there if there be caterpillar; if their enemy bets no God like thee, in heaven above, or on siege them in the land of their cities; whatearth beneath, who keepest covenant and soever plague,whatsoever sickness there bes; mercy with thy servants that walk before 38 What prayer and supplication soever thee with all their heart: be?made by any man, oar by all thy people 274 Solomon's prayer I. KINGS. at the dedication. Israel, which shall'know every man the unto them in all that they call for unto plague of his own lheart, and spread forth thee. his hands toward this house: 53 For thou didst separate them fron among 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling- all the people of the earth, to be thine inplace, and forgive, and do, and give to heritance, as thou spakest by the hand of every man according to his ways, whose Mloses thy servant, when thou broughtest heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou our fathers out of Egypt, 0 Lord GOD. only, knowest the hearts of all the children 564 And it was so, that when Solomon of men;) had made an end of praying all this prayer 40 That they may fear thee all the days and supplication unto the LORD, he arose that they live in the land whish thou gavest from before the altar of the LORD, from unto our fathers. kneeling on his knees with his hands 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is spread up to heaven. not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of 55 And he stood, and blessed all the cona far country fbr thy name's sake; gregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 42 (For they shall hear of thy groat name, 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched rest unto his people Israel, according to all out arm;) when he shall come and pray that he promised: there hath not failed one toward this house: word of all his good promise, which he prom43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace, ised by the hand of Moses his servant. and do according to all that the stranger 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he calleth to thee for: that all people of the was with our fathers: let him not leave us, earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as nor forsake us: do thy people Israel; and that they may 58 That he may incline our hearts unto know that this house, which I have ilded, him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his is called by thy name. commandments, and his statutes, and his 44 If thy people go out to battle against judgments, which he commanded our fatheir enemy, whithersoeTer thou shalt send thors. them, and shall pray unto the LORD to- 59 And let these my words, wherewith I ward the city which thou hast chosen, and have made supplication before the LORD, toward the house that I have built for thy be nigh tnto the LORD our God day and name: night, that he maintain the cause of his 45 Thn hear thou in heaven heeir prayer servant, and the cause of his people Israel and their supplication, and maintain their at all times, as the matter shall require: cause. G60 That all the people of the earth may 46 If they sin against thee, (for there is know that the LORD is God, and that there no man that sinnetb not,) and thou be an- is none else. gry with them, and deliver them to the one- 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with my, so that they carry them away captives the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, unto the land of the enemy, far or near; and to keep his commandments, as at this 47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves day. in the land whither they were carried *ap- 62 ~ And the king, and all Israel with him, tives, and repent, and make supplication offered sacrifice before the LORD. unto thee in the land of them that carried 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of them captives, saying, We have sinned, and peace offerings, which he offered unto the have done perversely, veo have committed LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and iwickodness; a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So 48 And so return unto theo with all their the king and all the children of Israel heart, and with all their soul, in the land dedicated the house of the LORD. of their enemies, which led them away cap- 64 The same day did the king hallow the tire, and pray unto thee toward their land, middle of the court that cwas before the which thou gavest unto their fathers, the house of the LORD: for there he offered city which thou hast chosen, and the house burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the which I have built for thy name: fat of the peace offerings: because the bra49 Then hear thou their prayer and their zen altar that as befor te the LORD eas supplication in heaven thy dwellingplace, too little to receive the burnt offerings, and and maintain their cause, meat offerings, and the fat of the peace 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned offerings. against thee, and all their transgressions 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, wherein they have transgressed against and all Israel with him, a great congregathee, and give them compassion before them tion, from the entering in of Hamath unto who carried them captive, that they may the river of Egypt, before the LORD our have compassion on them: God, seven days and seven days, even four51 For they be thy people, and thine in- teen days. heritance, which thou broughtest forth out 66 On the eighth day he sent the people of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of away: and they blessed the king, and went iron: unto their tents joyful and glad of heart 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the for all the goodness that the LORD had supplication of thy servant, and unto the done for David his servant, and for Israel supplication of thy people Israel, tohearken his people. 275 Mutual presents of I. KINGS. Solomon and Hiranm. CHAPTER IX. 15 ~ And this is the reason of the levy - t 10 Tie wat hich king Solomon raised; for to build Goeodoonfs sc'ou onomota ll, H. fl5le,hl- the house of the LORD, and his own house, 6a.l cities ~uilt by Solomos,. 20 Bo-ldsevioe and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and lteied by hil, uo, t Ihs Canaanites, Itbt ot o, lazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. the Israelites. 25 His solemL sacifices ohrice a 1 Eo-s Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone yeao. 26 lis,oavy fetcheth goldfsolhOphi pup, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, ND it came to pass, when-Solomon had and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the finished the building of the house of the city, and given it for a present unto his LORD, and the loing's house, and all Solo- daughter, Solomon's wife. mon's desire which the was pleased to do, 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the horon the nether, second time, as he had appeared unto him 18 And Banlath, and Tadmor in the wilat Gibeon. derness, in the land, 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that had, and cities for his chariots, and cities thou hast made before me: I have hallowed for lis horsemen, andn that which Solomon this house, whlich thou haso built, to put desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebamy name there for ever; and mine eyes non, and in all the land of his dominion. and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 20 Anlt all the people tieat were left of 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as Da- the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, vid thy father walled, in integrity of heart, and Jebusites, which we're not of the chiland in uprightness, to do according to all dren of Israel, that I have colmmanded thee, and wilt keep 21 Their children that were left after them nmoy statutes and my judgments; in the land, wnhom the children of Israel also 5 Then I will establish the throne of thy were not able utterly to destroy, upon those hingdom upon Israel for ever, as I prom- did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice ised to David thy father, saying, There unto this day. shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon Israel. make no bondmen: but they zoe)e men of 6 LBt ifyso sall at all turn froro following war, and-his servants, and his princes, and me, ye or your children, and sill not keep his captains, andl tulers of his ohariots, and my commanldments alotl my statutes nwhich his hosesen. I have set before you, but go and ee 2 hserv the hie of the oficers that other gods, and worslip[ thems; t we'e over Solomon's work, five hundred 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land and fifty, nwhich bare rule over the people swhich I have given them; and this house, tlat wrougtt in thle work. which I have hallowed forsmy name, will I 24 t B1t Pharaoh's daughter came up out cast out of my siglht; and Israel shall be a of the city of David unto her house whicli proverb and a byword among allpeople: Solonmon had built for her: then did he 8 And at this house, whiclt is high, every build Mtillo. one that passeth by it shall be astonished, 25 And tliree times in a year did Solomon and shall iss; and they shall say, Why hath offer burnt offerings and peace offerings the LORD done thus unto this land, and to upon the altar which he built unto the LO.D, this house? and he burnt incense upon the altar that 9 And they shall answer, Because they tcas before the LORD. So he finished the forsook tihe LORD their God, who brought house. forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, 20 And king Solomon made a navy of ships and have taken hold upon other gods, and in Ezion-gober, which is beside Eloth, on the have worshipped them, and served th them: shore of the Red sea, in tlhe land of Edom. therefore hatth the LORD brought upon 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servthem all this evil. ants, Ehipmen that had knowledge of the 10 t And it came to pass at the end of sea, with the servants of Solomon. twenty years, when Solomon had built the 28 And they came to Opllir, and fetched two houses, the house of the LORD, and the from thence gold, four hundred and twenty king's house, talents, and brought it to king Solomon. 11 (Not HIiram the king of Tyre had fur- CHAPTER X. nished Solomon witll cedar trees and fir T o Soesf a d-looe lth t fSloThe quee,, of S/el: (ldmi,'eth Ihe wifLtJ Zoaucs.son It that seasoil tlhat lisha had said unto OW there cried a certain woman of the lher, according to tle timtle of life. wtvives of the sons of thle prophlets unto [13 And vwhen the clild was grown, it fell Elishl, s:ying, Thy servant lly husband is! ol t day, that he went out to his father to dead; and ti;ou knowest tllat thy servant tile reapers. dit fear the Lotr): and the credior is come 19 Anld ld e said unto his father, Mly head, to take unto him my two solls to be bond- my lcad! And lie said to a lad, Carry him men. to his mother. 2 And Elislla said unto her, What shall I 20 And heni he had taIken him, and do for thlec? tell Inc, w.at llast thou in thle b rought hil to his msther, lhe sat on her house? And she said, Thine halndmid knees till noon, c nd the, died. lath not any thing in tlhe ouse, save a pot 21 Alnd she w elt up, and laid him on the of oil. bcd of tie lnan of God, and shut the (loor 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels upon him, and went out. abroad of all thy nleighbout, even empty 22 And shl calied unto ler husband, and vessels; borrowv not a few. said, Send i, I pray tllhee, one of thle youn 4 dand when thou art come il, thou shalt men, and one of tle asses, that I may run shut thle door upon thee and upon thy sons, to tGie ilan of God, and colle a-gain. and shalt pour out illto all those vessels, 23 And he said, Whllercfore ilt thou ro to and thou shalt set aside that which is full. him to day? it is neitiher lea moalor 5 So shle vent from hi.in, anld shut tle sabbatlh. And slel s.id, rI..all ble vell. door upon her and upon her sonts, who 21 Then shi satddled all ass, and said to brought the vessels to ler; and she poured her servant, Drive, ancd go forw.ard; slack out. not tthy ridingt for me, except I Lid thee. G And it came to pass, lwhen the vessels 2 So she went, and calme unto tile mal of were full, that she said unto laer son, tlrinl God to mount Carmel. And it came to l ie yet a vesscl. And lie said unto her, pass, lhent the manl of God saw lher afar off, There is not a vessel more. And the oil that le said to Gelazi ];is servant, Behold, stayed. yond~e' id t~hat Shunamllt ite: 7 Then she came and told tle man of God. 25 RUan not, I pray thee, to meet her, and And he s dd, a;o, sell tlc oil, and pay thy say unto her, cI. it well witll tcee? is it well debt, and live thou and thy clhildren of the with tlky lusband? is it wvell with the child t rest. Acd shcl alsaerecd, Il is wcll. 8 ~ And it fell on a day, that Elisha "7 Alld ihen she came to the man of God passed to Slluleim, lwhere zstt a great wo- to ttlce hill, sl cnugilA hic by the feet: but Iltil; and slec cnstrainecd hlliu to eat tread. Gehlazi came near to thrust ler away. And And so it s, that, as oft as le passed by, the man of God said, Let ler alone; for le tlalned ill thither to eat bread. her soul is vexed wliitill ler: and the LORD 9 Alnd shCe staid unto lcr ausbad, Belhold hath hid it from me, and liathl not told me. now, I p:lcce tlat this is a loly man of 28 Then sie said, ])id I desire a son of my God, hliich pssetl by us continually. lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? 10 Let us alke a little clhamber, I pray 23 Then le said to Gchlazi, Gird ul thy thee, onl the watll; and let us set for him loins, anil take Iny staff in tlhine hand, and there a, bedl. anl a table, and a stool, and a go thy way: if tlhou meet any man, salute candlestick: and it shllall be, when le comn- llil not; and if aly salute tlee, answer eth to us, that ie shlall turn in thither. him not again: and lay my staff upon the 11 And it fell ol a day, that le came face of tlle clild. thither, andl he turned i[to tce chamber, 30 And tie mother of tle chlild said, As and lay tlire. the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I 12 And le said to Gehazi his servant, Call taill not leave thee. And he arose, and this Sluntmnaite. Andll wln lie lad called followed ller. her, slhe stood beforc lim. 31 And Gelazi passed on before them, and 13 And lie said unto him, Say now unto laid the staff upon tle face of the child; ler, lelhold, tlou hast been careful for us but thtcre tt.as neither voice, nor h earing. with all this care; alhct is to be done for Wherefore hle wVent again to meet him, and thee? wouldest tlao bce spoken for to the told hlim, savinc, Tl:e ccild is not awaked. king, or to the captain of tlte lhost? And d2 A"lta allen Elisha was come into the she answered, I dwell among mine own house, behold, the child was dead, actd laid people. upon his bed. 14 And lie sid, Whlat tlhen is to be done 3d3 IIc awent in tllerefore, and shut tie door for her? And Gehazi nnse red, Verily she upon thlem twaiu, and prayed unto the hath no cacild, and clllrhusband is old. LLOID. 15 And he said, Call ler. A a!., when he 4i And ble ent up, and lay upon the child, had called her, she stood ill tlc door. atl put lia lnoutll upon hlis moutll, and his 1G And lie said, About this season, accord- eyes upon Lis cyes, and his lands upon his. _ __ __I Elisha rcstoreth him. II. KINGS. Leprosy of Naaman. hands: and le stretched himself upon the I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. child; and the flesh ofthechild waxed warm. And ie departed, and took with him ten:35 Then:-lo returned, and walked in the talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of ldouse to0'and fro; and rent up, and stretch- gold, and ten cianges of raiment. ed himself upon him: and the child sneezed 6 And he brought the letter to the king of seven times, ond the child opene lhis eyes. t Israel, saying, Noew shen this letter ins come 86 Ard he called Gehazi, and said, Call unto thee, behold, I have thereivith sent this Shunammite. So he called her. And Naaman my servant to thee, that thou maywhen sIe was come in unto him, lie said, est recover him of his leprosy. Tak'e up thy son. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of 37 Then she eent in, and fell at his feet, Israel had read the letter, that he rent his and bowed herself to the ground, and took clotles, and said, Ant I God, to kill and up her son, and went out. to make alive, that this man doth send unto 88 I' And Elishla came again to Gilgal: me to recover a man of his leprosy? Whereand there was ia dearth in the land; and fore consider, I pray you, and see how le the sons of the prophets were sitting be- seeketh a quarrel against me. fore him: and hle said unto his servant, Set 8 ~ And it was so, when Elisha the man of on tlie great pot, and seethe pottage for the God had heard that the king of Israel had sons ofthe prophets. rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, 39 And one went out into the field to gather saying, W\herefore hast thou rent thy elothes? lerbs,' and found a wild vine, and gathered let him come now to me, and ise shall know thereof witl gourds his lap full, and came that there is a prophet in Israel. and shredthem into the pot ofpottage: for 9 So Naaman ca'me with his horses and they knew them not. with his chariot, and stood at the door of the 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. house of Elisha. And it came to pass, as they ewere eating of 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, the'pottage, that they cried out, and said, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, 0 tthoJa man of God, tlhe-e is death in the and thy flesll shall come again to thee, and pot. And they could not eat thereof. thou shalt be clean. 41 Butl he said, Then bring meal. And he 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, oast'it-into the pot; and he said, Pour out and said, Behold,I thought, Ile will surely for:the people, that they may eat. And come out to me, and stand, and call on the ther6 was no harm in the pot. name of the LORD his God, and strike his 42 And there came a man from s aal-slhal- land over the place, and recover the leper. ishla, and brought tlie man of God bread 12 Ae not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, Damascls, better than all the waters o' Isand full ears of corn in the husk thereof. rael? may I not wash in them, and be clean? And he said, Give unto the people, that they So he turned and went away in a rage. may eat. 13 And his servants came near, and spake'43 And his servitor said, What, should I unto him, and said, ily father, if the sOt thiis before a hundred men? He said prophet had bid thee do some great thing, again, Give the people, that they may eat: wouldest thou not have done it? Iow much for tius saith the LORD, They shall eat, rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and shall leave the-eocf. and be clean? 44 So lie set it before them, and they did 14 Then went he down, nnd dipped himself eat, and left thereof, according to the word seven times in Jordan, according to the fiayof the LORD. ing of the man of God: and his flesh came CHAPTER V. again like unto the flesh of a little child, aemaie's le tprost. 8 Flisha sendeth him to Jor- and he was clean. ldan, atthe is heatled 5lIterefuselh saamasFs 15 And lie returned to the man of God, he:-iftsa. 20 Glehzi by decept.sion obtaitc a yift, and all his company, and came, and stood.ad s smitten uith lepros. beforeos him: and he said, Dehold, now I NTOW Naaman, captain of the hot of the know tha tht ere is no God in all the earth, 1 king of Syria, was a great man -ith but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, his master, and honourable, because by him take a blessing of thy servant. the LORD had given deliverance unto Syr- 16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, bein: he was also a mighty nma in valour, but fore whom I stand, I will receive none; he esas leper. And lie urged him to take it; but lie refused. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by com- 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, panis, and liad brought sawty captive out I pray thee, be given to thy servant two of the land of Israel a little maid; and she mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will waited on Naaman's wife. henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor 3 And she said unto her mistress, oWold easificento other gods, but untothe LOD. God my lord weere with the prophet tht is 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servin Samaria! for he would recover him of ant, that when my master goeth into the his leprosy. house of Rimmon to worship there, and he 4 And one went in, and told his lord, say- leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in ing, Thus and thus saith the maid that is of the house of Rimmen: when I bow downs the land of Israel. myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and pardon thy servant in this thing. 295 The Syrian army II. KINGS. smitten with blindness. 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. 7 Therefore said he, Take itup to thee. So he departed from him a little'nay. And he put out his hand, and took it. 20 ~ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the 8 ~ Then the king of Syria warred against man of God, said, Behold, my master hath Israel, and took counsel with his servants, spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiv- saying, In such and such a place shalltbe ing at his hands that which he brought: my camp. but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after 9 And the man of God sent unto the king him, and take somewhat of him. of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And such a place; for thither the Syrians are when Naaman saw heim running after him, come down. he lighted down from the chariot to meet 10 And the king of Israel sent to tile place him, and said, Is all well? which the man of God told him and vwarned 23 And he said, All ts well. My master him of, and saved himself there, not once hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now nor twice. there be come to me from mount Ephraim 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria two young men of the sons of the prophets: was sore troubled for this thing; and Le& give themI pray thee, a talent of silver, called his servants, and said unto them, and two changes of garments. Will ye not'shew me which of us is for the 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take king of Israel? two talents. Andheurged him, andbound 12 And one of his servants said, None, two talents of silver in two bags, with two my lord, 0 king: but Elisha, the prophet changes of garments, and laid then upon that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel two of his servants; and they bare theml the words that thou speakest in thy bedbefore him. chamber. 24 And when he came to the tower, he 13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, took them from their hand, and bestowed tat I may send and fetch him. And itwas themr in the house: and he let the men go, told him, saying, Belold, ie is in Dothan. and they departed. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and 25 But he went in, and stood before his chariots, and a great host: and they came master. And Elishasaid unto him, Whence by night, and compassed the city about, acoest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy 15 And when the servant of the man of servant went lo whither. God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, 2I And he said unto him, Went not mine a host compassed the city both with horses heart eitL thiee, whenb the man turned again and chariots. And his servant said unto fromischaiottomeetthei Isitatime hism, Alas, my master! bow shall we doi? to receive money, and to receive garments, 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, that be with us are more than they that be' and oxen, and menservants, and maidserv- witll them. ants? 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And the LORD opened tie eyes of the young And lie went out from his presence a leper man; and ihe saw: and, behold, the mountas vhite as snow. ain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. CHAPTER VI. 18 And when they came don to him, Eli — klisha eauaeth iro, to swim. 8 ie disealoeth h sha prayed unto te LORD, and said, Smite counsel of tie killq of Syria. 13 Te Syian,LSe asrsy, senst to aslaei std Li'lisa,,s smite XithL this people, I pray thee, with blindness. blisdness. 15 Bseing led into San ae' l, they ae And he smote them with blindness accorddimissed i npeacse. 24Ae siege of Samaia, ad ing to the word of Elisha. the great famine consequenlt tiheseeol. 30'1e 19 And Elisha said unto them, Tliis is not tissg of Israel sldets to slat y Elisol. the way, neither is this the city: follow me, A ND the sons of the prophets said unto and I ill bring you to the man whom-ye.Z Elisha, Behold now, the place where we seek. But he led them to Samaria. dwell with thee is too strait for us. 20 And it came to pass, when they were 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, and take thence every man a beam, and let open the eyes of these men, that they may us make us a place there, where we may see. And the LORD openedtheir eyes, and dwell. And he answered, Go ye. they saw; and, behold, they were in the 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, midst of Samaria. and go with thy servants. And he answered, 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, I will go. when he saw them, My father, shall I smite 4 So he went with them. And when they tihem? shall I smite theme? came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 22 And he anstwered, Thou shalt not smite 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe thent: wouldest thou smite those whom thou head fell into the water: and he cried, and hast taken captive with thy sword and with said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. thy bow? set bread and water before them, 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? that they may eat and drink, and go to their And he shewed tim the place. And he cut master. down a stick, and cast it in thither; and 23 And he prepared great provision for the iron did swim. them: and when they had eaten and drunk, 296 Elisha's life threatened. II. KINGS. Flight of the Syrians. he sent them away, and they went to their die there: and if we sit still here, we die master. So the bands of Syria came no also. Now therefore come, and let us fall more into the land of Israel. unto the ot of the Syrians: if the t oft yia y save 24 ~ And it came to pass after t this, thatus alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his we shall but die. host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go un-,25 And there was a great famine in Sama- to the camp of the Syrians: ad whllen they ria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an were come to the uttermost part of the camp ass's head tas sold for fourscore pieces of of Syria, behold, therce swas no man there. silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's 6 For the LORD had made the host of the dung for five pieces of silver. Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a 2 And as the king of Israel was passing by noise of horses, even the noise of a great upon the wall, tliero cried a woman unto host: and they said one to another, Lo, the him, saying, Help, my lord, 0 king. king of Isr:el hath hired against us the 27 And ie said, If the LORD do not help kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the Egyptians, to come upon us. barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth twilight, and left their tents, and their thee? And she answered, Tllis woman said horses, and their asses, even the camp as unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him it was, and fled for their life. to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 8 And when these lepers came to the utter29 So we boiled my son, and did eat hin: most part of tie camp, they went into one and I said unto her on tie next day, Give tent, and did etd and drink, and carried thy son, that e may eat him: and she hath thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and hid her son. went and hid it: and came again, and en30 And it came to pass, when the king tered into another tent, ntl carried thence heard the.words of the woman, that ie also, and went and hidit. lent his clothe e passedby upon 9 Then tey sid one to anotheer, We do the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, not well: this day is a day of good tidings, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. and we hold our peace: if wye tarry till the 31 Tlen lie said, God do so and more also morning light, some mischief vill come upon to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Sha- us: now therefore come, that we may go phat shall stand on him this day. and tell the king's household. 3213But Elishla sat in his house, and the 10 So they came anld colle unto the porter elders, sat with him; and the king sent a of the city: and they told them, saying,We man from before him: but ere the messe.- caome to the camp of the Syrians, and, beger came to him, lie said to the elders, See hold, thcse eas no mani there, neither voice ye howv this son of a murderer hath sent to of man, but horses tied, anl asses tied, and takeoaway mine head? look, when the mes- tie tents as they 2tee'e. senger cometh, shut the door, and hold him 11 And he called the porters; and they fast at the door: is not the sound of his told it to the king's house within. master's feet behind him? 12 And the king arose in the night, and 33 And while he yet talked with them, be- said unto his servants, I will now sllew you hold, the messenger came down unto him: what the Syrians have done to us. They and he said, Behold, this evil is of the know that we be hungry; therefore are LORD; what should I wait for the LORD they gone out of the camp to hide themany longer? selves in the field, saying, Wllen they come CtHAPTER VII. out of the city, we shall catch them alive, Etishaforetelleth p,le,cty iCc oci, Fodc, tad got ainto the ity. e.s,e foi"t tot th t Ycof SaftSa, os, rlE k 13 And one of his servants answered and nestidi,,, of h tflioi. 12lt 12s Ma oesootlh thes said, Let sonae take, I pray tllee, five of the tets of the Sy,ain-s. 17 The utbelevi,; lord is horses that remain, hich are left in tihe trodden to dealh it, thepess, city, (behold, they are as all the multitude THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of of Israel that are left in i;: behold, I say, the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To they are even as all the multitude of the morrow about tlis time shall a measure of Israelites that are consumed,) and let us filoe flour be 60tl for a shekel, and two send and see. measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate 14 They took therefore two chariot horses; of Samaria. and the king sent after the host of the Syr2 Then a.lord on whlose hand the king ians, saying, Go and see. leaned answered the man of God, and said, 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: Behold, if the LORD would make windows and, lo, all the way wzas full of garments and in heaven, might this thing be? And ihe vessels, which the Syrians had cast ayin said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine their haste. And the messengers returned, eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. and told the king. 3 c And.there were four leprous men at the 16 And the people went out, and spoiled entering in of the gate: and they said one the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of to another, Why sit we here until rwe die? fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, measures of barley for a shekel, according then the famine i he the city, and we shall to the word of the LORD. 297 Hazael sent to II. KINGS, consult Elisha. 17 ~ And the king appointed the lord on of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and whose hand he leaned to have the charge of camoe and stood before him, and said, Thy the gate: and the people trode upon him son Ben-hadad kirg of Syria hath sentmeto in the gate, and he died, as the man of thee, saying, Shall I recover ofthis disease.? God had said, who spake when the king 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto came down to him. him, Thou mayest certainly recover: bhow.18 And it came to pass as the man of God beit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall had spoken to the king, saying, Two meas- surely die. ures of barley for a, shekel, and a measure 11 And he settled his countenance steadof fine flonr for a shekel, shall be to morrow fastly, until he was ashamed: and the man about this time in the gate of Samaria: of God wept. 19 And that lord answered the man of God, 12 And.Hazaelsaid, Why weepeth my lord? and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should And he answered, Because I know the evil make windows in heaven, might such a thing that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and with thine eyes, but shalt not cat thereof. their young men wilt thou slay with the 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the peo- sword, and wilt dash their children, and pie trode upon him in the gate, and he died. rip up their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servCHAPTER VIII. ant a dog, that he should do this great thing? lTe Shunamite, sho had left her coutrtty to And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewavoid the'atnihe, hath ]ree' labll estored by hte kitg. 7 aiael kLlleth is nasite, atl siccee d ed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. eth him. If Jeholra's wicket reig it Judah. 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came 20 Edom and Libah. evolt. 23 Ahaziah sue- to his master; who said to him, What said ceedoth Jelol*an. 2.5 His wickled eijn. 28 He Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told visiteth Joravo wouttded, at Jezreel. me.that thou shouldest surely recover. THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, whose son1 le had restored to life, say- that he-took a thick cloth, and dipped it in ing, Arise, and go thou and thine household, water, and spread it on his face, so that le and sojou n whteresoever thou canstsojourn: die: and Hazel reigned in his stead.. for the LORD hath called for a famine; 140 j And in the fifth year of Joram the and it shall also come upon the land seven son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat years. being then king of Judah, Jehoram tlie son 2 And the woman arose, and did after the of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began' to saying of the man of God: and she went reign. with her housellold, and sojourned in the 17 Thirty and two years old was he when land of the Philistines seven years. he began to reign; and he reigned eight 3 And it came to pass atthe seven years' years in Jerusalem. end, that the woman returned out of the 18 And he walked in the way of the kings land of the Philistines: and she went forth of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for to cry unto the king for her house and for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he her l nd. did evil in the sight of the LORD. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the 19 Yet the LORDwould not destroy Judah servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, for David his servant's sake, as he promI pray thee, all the great things that Elisha ised him to give him always a light, (tan hath done. to his children. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling 20 1 In his days Edom revolted from u.the king how le had restored a dead body der the hand of Judah, and made a king to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son over themselves. he had restored to life, cried to the king for 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the her house and for her land. And Gehazi chariots with him: and lie rose by night, said, lIy lord, O king, this is tile oman, and smote the Edomites which cmnpassed and this is her son, whom Elisha restored him about, and the captains of the charto life. iots: and the people fled into their tents. 6 And when the king asked the woman, 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand she told him. So the king appointed unto of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah reher a certain officer, saying, Restore all volted at the same time. that was liers, and all the fruits of the field 23 And the rest of. the acts of Joram, and since the day that she left the land, even un- i11 that he did, are they not written in the til now. book of the Chronicles of the kings of'Ju7 ~[ And Elisha came to Damascus; and dah? Ben-had id the king of Syria was sick and 21 And Joram slept with his fathers, and it was told him, saying, The man of God is was buried with his fathers in the city of come hither. David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his 8 And the king said unto HIazael, Take a stead. present ine thine lhand, and go, metthe In the In twelfth year of Joram the son mas of God, and inquire of the LORD by of Ahab king of Israel did Alhaziah the son him, saying, Shall 1 recover of this disease? of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 9 So Hazael vent to meet him, and took 26 Two and twenty years old ras s Ahaa present with him, even of every good thing ziah when he began to reign; and hereigned 298 Jehu anointed II. KINGS. king of Israel. one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's thee? And he said unto them, Ye know name ias Athaliah, the daughter of Omri the man, and his communication. king of Israel. 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. 27 And he'valked in the way of the house And he said, Thus and thus spake he to of'Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have LORD, as dirl tlie Louse of Ahab: for he anointed thee king over Israel. eao8 the son in law of the louse of Ahab. 13 Then they hasted, and toolk every man 28 And lfe veilt with Joram the son of his garment, and put it under him on the Ahab to the war against Hazael king of top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians saying, Jehu is king. wvounded Joram. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son 29 And king Joram went back to be healed of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians Jorarn had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all linad given him at Ramah, when lie fought Israel, because of Hazael sing of Syria: agfaist azael king of Syria. AndAhazialh 15 But king Joram was returned to be the son of Jehoram king of Judah went healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the down to see Joraem the son of Ahab in Jez- Syrians had given him, when he fought with reel, because ho was sick. Iazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If CH[ APTER TIX it be your minds, then let none go forth nor Aael Has PTE - *Io.oit aescape out of the city to go to tell it in JezElwsa5 sednefh a y, yUlt!;:o)fe! to aloitlt Jehu at tamot-y l-ile'l. 1 J l/L, bri ale -;:,, k-ill- reel. ethJor-am' i tihefield of abot. 27 Ah-aziah is 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to sIaiel at Gsus, asd ll.if.d at Jet..sa.lem. -O Jeze- Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah belt istiesou o-to'ioo ldow, o no ea:enysdou-. king of Judah was come down to seeJoram. ND Elisha the prophet called one of 17 And there stood a watchman on the l the children of the prophets, and said tower in Jezreel, and le spied the company unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this of Jehu as le came, and said, I see a combox of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth- pany. And Joram said, Take a horseman, gilead::and send to meet them, and let him say, Is 2 And when thou comest thither, look out it peace? ttere Jehu the Eon of J ehoshaphat the son 18 So there went one on horseback to meet of Nimslsi, and go in, alld make him arise him, and said, Thus saith toie king, Is it up from among lgis brethren, and carry him peace? And Jehu said, Wha't hlast thou to to an inner chamber; do With peace? turn tlee behind me. And 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it the watchman told, saying, The messenger on his head, and say, Thus saihth the LORD, came to them, but he cometh not again. I have anointcd tlheeking over Israel. Then 19 Then he sent out a second on horseopen tile door, and flee, and tarry not. back, whlich came to them, and said, Thus 4'So the -youg man, eve0 thle young man saith the king, Is it pence? And Jehu antlhe prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. swered, What hast thou to do with peace? 5 And when he caimc, behold, tle captains turn thee behind me. of the host wvere sitting; aud he said, I 20 And the watchman told, saying, He hav'e an errand tc thee, O captain. And came even unto tisem, and cometh not Jeiu said. Unto which of all us? And hie again: and the driving is like the driving said, To thee, 0 captain. of Jelu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth 6 -And tie arose, and went into the louse; furiously. and he pourled tle oil on his head, and said 21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Is- chariot was made ready. And Joram king racl, I tlave anointed thee king over the of Israel and Ahllazial king of Judah went people of the LORD, even over Israel. out, each in his chariot, and they went out.' And-thou shalt smite th house of Aissb agaiust Jehu, and met him in the portion of thy master, that I may avenge the blood of Naboth the Jczreelite. my serlants tlse prophets, and tle blood of 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw all the servants of the LORD, at the hand Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And of Jezebel. lie answered, lV.at peace, so long as the 8 For the'Iwole house of Ahab shall perish: whoredoms of thy mother JezeLel and her and I will cut off from Allab lim tlhat piss- witclcrafts are so many? cth nagainst the wall, and him that is shut up 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and left in Israel: and snid to Ahaziah, There is treachery, 0 9 And I will m sake the hlouse of Ahab like Ahaziah. the house of Jeroboam tle son of Nebat, 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full and like the house of Baasha the son of strength, and smote Jelloram between his Ahijah:' arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, 10 And thle dogs shall eat Jezebel in the and he sunk down in his chariot. portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none 25 Then said Jehut to Bidkar his captain, to bury her. And he opened the door, and Take up, atd cast him in the portion of fled.' the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for re11 T Then Jehu came forth to the servants member how that, when I and thou rode toof his lord:- and one said unto him, Is all getlher after Ahab hlis father, the LORD laid well? wherefore came this mad fellow to this burden upon him; 299 Jehu slayeth seventy II. KINGS. of the sons of Ahab. 20 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saithsaid, Behold, two kings stood not before the LoRD; and I will requite thee in this him: how then shall we stand? plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take 5 And he that waso over the house, and he and cast him into the plat of grozund, ac- that 2as over the city, the elders also, and cording to the word of the LORD. the bringers up of the chiltdren, sent to 27 5 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and saw this, he fled by the way of the garden will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will house. And Jehu followed after him, and not make any king: do thou that wohich is said, Smite him also in the chariot. And good in thine eyes. they did so at the going up to Gur, which 6 Then lie wrote a letter the second time is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye and died there. will hearken unto my voice, take hye the 28' And his servants carried him in a heads of the men your master's sons, and chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of time. Now the king's sons, beiny seventy David. persons, moere with the great men of the 29Andin the oelventhyearofJoramthe son city, which brought them up. of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter 30 ~ And whllen Jlehu was come to Jezreel, came to them, that they took the king's Jezebel heard'of it; and she painted her sons, and slew seventy persons, and put face, and tired her head, and looked out at their heads in baskets, and sent him them a window. to Jezreel. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she 8 And there came a messenger, and told said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? him, saying, They have brought the heads of 32 And he lifted up his face to the win- tlge king's sons. And Le said, Lay yo them dow, and said, Who is on my side? who? in two heaps at the entering in of the gate And there looked out to him two or three until the morning. eunuchs. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that 33 And he said, Throw her down. So 1le went out, t:nd stood, and said to all tLe they threw her down: and some of her people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conblood was sprinkled on the all, and on the spired against my master, and slew him: horses: and he trode her under foot. Lut who slew all these? 34 And whllen lie was come in, he did eat 10 Know now that there shall fall unto and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed the earth nothing of tle word oc the LORD, wvotaon, and bury her: for she is a king's which the LORD spake concerning the house daughter. of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that 35 And they went to bury her: but they which lie spake by Li servant Elijah. found no more of her than the skull, and 11 So JeLu slew all that remained of the the feet, and the palms of her hands. house of Aloab in Jczreel, and all his great 36 Wherefore they came again, and told men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests him. And lte said, Tills is the word of the until he left him none remain ng. LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah 12 And lie arose and departed, and came the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jez- to Samaria. Atnd as he tvas at tho Ehearreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: ing house in the way, 37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as 13 Jclu met with the Irethren of Ahaziah dung upon the face of the field in the por- king of Judah, and s;id, N'l.o ati'o y? And tion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, they answered, oWe aro the brethren ofAhaThis is Jezebel. ziahl and we go down to Ealut e the children CHAPTER X. of the king and thoe ci'ldren ot tho queen.. Jehu eauseth,evtely of Ahb's childrn t to 6 be- 14 A:d hle said, Take them alive.- And heades. 8 Hl jl.titteo the at c by the prophec y they took them alive, and slew them at tl:e of Elijah. 12 1e "stayetl, two and forty of Ah-pi of the Fhcar'r. lhouse even tAo and of dt~lijo. 12The stntotto nodl fooly efotto- pit of tile sheeriegt louse, evec tOso and zlal's breth,'e~. IS'He tfake.t/ Jelhonadab into hins.o.t.lei.. 8 e s teth Jlo,. uo.n iUto forty men; neither left he any of them. prs of'iaag. 2t fHefoltoweth Jero1boams e si.s 1 And when he was depalred thence, he 2Ha.nael oppresseth Israel. 35 Jeltoahasue- lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab eeedettt Jehuo. comling to meet inimn: and L.o saluted him, AND Ahab had seventy sons in Samarin. and said to him, Is toinle heart right, as my L. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to heart is with thy leart? And Jc!.onadab Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezrecl, to the ansered, It is, If it be, give ine thine elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's hand. And h.o gave hitm 1 is L.all; and he children, saying, took him s.p to L.im into the c!ariot. 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to 10 And he said, Come with roe, and see my you, seeing your master's sons are with zeal for the LonD. So they made him you, and tthe re are with you chariots and ride in l.is clariot. horses, a fenced city also, and armour; 17 And hlicn l.o came to Samaria, he slew 3 Look even out the best and meetest of all t!at remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till your master's sons, and set hit on his fa lie had destroyed hlim, according to the sayther's throne, and fight for your master's ing of tihe IORD, which o:e spake to Elijah. house. 18 V And Jehu gathered all the people to300 Baal's worshippers slain. II. KINGS. Joash is anointed king. gether, and said unto them, Ahab served Ba- 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all al a:little; but Jehu shall servo him much. that he did, and all his might, are they not 19 Nowo therefore call unto me all the written in the book of the Chronicles of the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all kings of Israel? ihis priests; let none be wanting: for I 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; who- they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz soever shall be wanting, he shall not live. his son reigned in his stead. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent 35 And the time that Jehu reigned over that he might destroy the worshippers of Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight Baal. years. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn as- CHAPTER XI. sembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. Athaliai desttoyeth the see/l royal. 2 Joash is hid 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and s;c yearsi i the houtse of God. 4,I the seventh all the worshippers of Baal came, so that yea; e is brotght forth band made kilag. 13 there was not a man left that came not. JAthaih is slain. 17 Jeloada 1etoreth the And they came into the house of Baai; andot hip of Gad. the house of Baal was full from one end to ND when Atlaliah the mother of Ahazianothero. A o hah saw that her son as dead, she arose 22 And he said unto him that was over the and destroyed all the seed royal. vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king worshippers of Baal. And he brought them Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the,forth vestments, son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among 23 And Jehu vent, and Jehonadab the the king's sons whict woere slain; and they son of Reeti ab, into the house of Baal, and hid him, even him and his nurse, in the said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, bedchanmber from Athaliah, so that he was and look that there be here with you none not slain. of the servants of the LORD, but the wor- 3 And he was with her hid in the house of shippers of Baal only. the LORD six years. And Athaliah did 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices reign over the land. and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed four- 4 And the seventh year Jehoiada seat score men witbout, and said, If any of the and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with men whom I have brought into your hands the captains and the guard, and brought escape, he that letteth] ilwm go, his life shall them to him into the house of the LORD, be for tile life of him. and made a covenant vith them, and took a5 And it came to pass, as soon as he had an oath of them in the house of the LORD, made anend of offering the burnt offering, and shewed them the king's son. that Jehu said to the guard and to the cap- 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is tains, Go in, and slay them; lot none come the thing that ye shall do; A third part of forth. And they smote them with the edge you that enter in on the sabbath shall even of the sword; and the guard and the cap- be keepers of the watch of the king's house; tains cast themn out, and went to the city 6 And a third part shall be at the gate of of the house of Baal. Sur; and a third part at the gate behind 20 And they brought forth the images out the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of of the house of Baal, and burned them. the house, that it be not broken down. 27 And they brake down the image of 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch and made it a draught house unto this day. of the house of the LORD about the king. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 8 And ye shall compass the king round 209 5 Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroos boabout, every man with his weapons in his the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, )and: and hethat comethv ithintheranges, Jehu departed not from after them, to wzit, let him be slain: and be ye with the king the golden calves that wvere in Beth-el, and as he goeth out and as he cometh in. that were in Dan. 9 And the captains over the hundreds did 80 And the LORD said untoJehu, Because according to all things that Jehoiada the thou hast done well in executing that which priest commanded: and they took every is right in mine eyes, andl hst done unto man his men that were to come in on the the house of Ahab according to all that owas sbbath, with them that should go out on inmine helrt, thychildren ofthe fourth ges- the sabbath, and came to Jehoiad S the eration shall sit on tho throno of I3rael priest. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the 10 And to the captains over hundreds did la of the LORD God of Israel with allhis the priest give king David's spears and heart: for he departed not from the sins shields, that were in the temple of the of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. LORD. 32 v In those days the LORD began to 11 And the guard stood, every man with cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them his weapons in his hand, round about the in all the coasts of Israel; king, from the right corner of the temple 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of to the left corner of the temple, along by Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, the altar and the temple. and the Iatnassites, fron Aroer, which is by 1f And he brought forth the king's son, the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan, and put the crown upon him, and gave 301 'lhe house of II. KINGS. the Lord repaired. hint the testimony; and they made him 5 Let the priests take it to them, every kilng, and anointed him; and they clapped man of his acquaintance: and let them retheir hands, and said, God save the king. pair the breaches of the house, wheresoever 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of any breach shall be found.: the guard and of the people, she came to 6 But it was so, that in the three and the people into the temple of the LOeD. twentieth year of king Jehoasb the priests 14 And twhen she looked, behold, the king had not repaired the breactes of the.house. stood by a pillar, as the manner itas, and 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the princes and the trumpeters by the king, the priest, and the other priests, and said and all the people of the land rejoiced, and unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her of the house? now therefore receive no nore clothes, and cried, Treason, treason. money of your acquaintance, but deliver it 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded for the breaches of the house. the captains of the hundreds, the officers 8 And the priests consented to receive no of the host, and said unto them, Have her more money of the people, neither to repair forth without the ranges; and him that fol- the breaches of the house. I loweth her kill with the sword. For the 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, priest had said, Let her not be slain in the and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it house of the LORD. beside the altar, on the right side as one 1G And they laid hands on her; and she cometh into the house of the LORD: and went by the way by the which the horses the priests that kept the door put therein came into the king's house: and there was all the money that zvas brought into the she slain. house of the LORD. 17 ~ And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 10 And it was so, when they saw that there tween tile LORD and the king and the peo- was much money in the chest, that the ple, that they should be the LORD'S people; kilng's scribe and the high priest came up, between the king also and the people. and they put up in bags, and told the money 18 And all the people of the land went into that was found in the house of the LORD. the house of Baal, and brake it down; his 11 And they gave the money, being told, altars and his images brake they in pieces into the hands of them that did the work, thoroughly, and slew MaIttan the priest of that had the oversight of the Louse of the Baal before the altars. And the priest ap- LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenpointed oflicers over the house of the LORD. ters and builders, that wsrought upon the 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, house ofthe LORD, and the captains, and the guard, and all the 12 And to masons, and heers of stone, and people of the land; and they brouglth down to buy timber and hewed stone to e repair tlhe the king from the house of the LORD, and breaches ofthehouseoftheLORD, andforall came by the way of the gate of the guard to that was laid out for the house to repair it. the king's house. And he sat on the throne 13 Howbeit there were not made for the of the kings. house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or and the city was in quiet: and they slewv vessels of silver, of the money that zwas Athaliah with the sword beside the king's brought into the house of the LORD: house. 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and 21 Seven years old ruas Jehoash when he repaired therewith the louse of the LORD. began to reign. 15 Moreover they reckoned not sitl the men, into whose hand they delivered the c CHPTER Xd11. ofc, money to be bestowed on workmen: for they JeToash vetgndeh -l alt Ie days ofJehoada. 4 He qiveth oder-s to repair te Iemple. 17 Had dealt faithfully. is diverted from Jerusale by a present of the16 The trespass money and sin money hallowed treasrees. 19 Jehoash is slain by his was not brought into the house of the LORD: setraetse; aerd Atmazial succeedeer him. it,as tle priests'. IN the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash 17 [ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, began to reign; and forty years reigned and fought against Gath, and took it: and he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 2tas Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 18 And Jehonsh king of Judah took all 2 And Jehoash did that stehich ltvas right the hallowed things that Jeboshaphat, and in the sight of the LORD all his days where- Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of in Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed 3 But the high places were not taken things, and all the gold that uvas found in away: the people still sacrificed and burnt the treasures of the house of the LORD, and incense in the high places. in the king's louse, and sent it to Hazael 4 ~ And Jehoash said to the priests, All king of Syria: and he went away from Jetho money of the dedicated things that is rusalem. brought into the house of the LORD, even 19 And the rest of the acts: of Joash, and tle money of every one that passeth the all that he did, sc they not written in the account, the money that every man is set book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? at, and all the money that cometh into any 20 And his servants arose, and made a man's heart to bring into the: house of the conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of IomD, Iillo, which goeth.down to Silla. 302 The svckness and II. KINGS, death of Elisha. 21 For Jozaohar the son of Shimeath, and sickness whereof he died. And Joash the Jehozabnadtlie son of Slomer, his servants, king of Israel came dovwn unto him, and smote him, and Ile died; and they buried wept over his face, and said, O my father, hinm with his fathers in the city of David: ny father! the chariot of Israel, and the and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. horsemen thereof. CHAPTER XIII. -15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow eCHAPTER XceIIIi. and arrows. And he took unto him bow The wEcked reign oj'Jehoahtaz. 3 Israel is delivered d arros fez the Seyeiartis;77 e age, to p ae-ere. 8 and arrows. i h-eeeleSl Jeileoeaz. 10 tHie iciel ei, 1t2 16 And ie said to the king of Israel, Put Jerioboar -sicceedeth hnm. 14 Ellisifa foretelleh thine hand upon tile bow. And ho put his toJoash thlieeveicoriesolvei theSyrians. 20 The hand ulpon it: and Elisha put his hands deaee of Elieha. 22 Hazael opp-,eetlh 1erael. upon tie king's hands. 25 Jsh, gaileth thlee victories ove, Be-hadad. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward. N, the. three and twentieth year of Joash And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Sloot. l tlheson otAlhazial king of Judah, Jeho- And he shot. And he said, The arrow of ahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of Israel in Samaria, and r-eignLed seventeen deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite years. the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have con2 And he did that wthich wvas evil in the sumed them. sight of the LORD, and followed the sins 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made k tkhem. And he said unto the king of Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom, Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he 3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled smote thrice, and stayed. against. Israel, and he delivered them into 19 And the man of God was wroth with the hand of [azael king of Syria, and into him, and said, Thou shouldestlhave smitten the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, five or six tines; then hadst thou smitten all their days. Syria till thou hadst consumed it: where4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and as now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. the LORD hearkened unto him: for he 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. saw the oppression of Israel, because the And the bands of the iMoabites invaded the hing of Syria oppressed them. land at the coming in of the year. 5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, 21 And it came to pass, as tiey were buryso that they ent t out from under the hand ing a man, that, behold, they spied a band of the Syrians: and the children of Israel of enen: and they cast tile man into the dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. sepulchre of Elisha: and when thie man 6Nevertheless they departed not from the was let down, and touched the bones of sins of,:thlle house of Jeroboam, who made Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. Israel sin, but walked therein: and there 22. But Hazael king of Syria oppressed remained the grove also in Samaria.) Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 7 Neither did lie leave of the people to Je- 23 Alld the LORD as gracious unto them, ioahaez but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and had compassion on them, and had reand ten thousaud footmen; for the king of spect unto them, because of his covenant Syria had destroyed them, and had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and vwould them like the dust by threshing. not destroy them, neither cast he them from 8 Nowthe rest of th e acts of Jehoahaz, and his presence as yet. all that lle did, and his might, are they not 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benwritten in the book of the Chronicles of the hadad his son reigned in his stead. kings of Israel? 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; again out of the hand of Ben-ladad the son and they buried him in Samaria: and Jo- of lazael the cities, which he had taken out ash his son reigned in his stead. of the hand of Jehoahaz lis father by war. 10 t In the thirty and seventh year of Jo- Three times did Joasll beat him, and reash king of Judah began Jelhoash the son covered the cities of Israel. of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, CHAPTER I tand reizned sixteen years. 11 And he did that zwhich tvas evil in the Aazah's geod reegn. 5 He puitsheeth the ntr-.v~~~~~~~~.. T s. _derers of his fache. 7 His v ictor ues Edo. sight of the LORD; lee departed not from Amazia, ce Je, is oln o nea c.ld all the sins of Jeroboam tile son of Nebat, scoiled. 16 JecoelOa; slleceelth Jehloae'. 17 wlio made Israel sin: but he walked there- Amniilh aleie by a ctes)iracy. 21 Aze,'-iiah in. e tosucceeeles]d licn. 23 Jeroboant's ticked'eitg. 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and 29 acha iai scceedeh hil. all that he did, and his might wherewith TN the second year of Joash son of Jehie fought against Amaziah king of Judah, L hoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah are they not written in the book of the the son of Joash king of Judah. Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 He was twenty and five years old when 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and le began to reign, and reigned twenty and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash nine years in Jerusalem. And iis mother's was burtied in Samaria with the kings of namne wvas Jelloaddan of Jerusalem. Israel. 3 And he did that wvhich zvas right in the 142 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sight of the LORD, yet not like David his 303 Amazzah defeated. II. KINGS. Jeroboam's reign. father: he did according to all things as 19 Now they made a Conspiracy against Joash his father did. him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew away: as yet the people did sacrifice and him there. burnt incense on the high places. 20 And they brought him on horses: and 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the king- lie was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers dom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew in the city of David. his servants which had slain the king his 21 ~ And all the people of Judah took Azafather. riah, which iva8 sixteen years old, and made 0 But the children of the murderers he slew lim king instead of his father Amaziah. not: according unto that which is written in 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, the book of the law of Moses, wherein the after that the king slept with his fathers. LORD commanded, saying, The fathers 23 a In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the shall not be put to death for the children, son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the nor the children be put to death for the fa- son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in thers; but every man shall be put to death Samaria, and sreigned forty and one years. for his own sin. 24 And he did that witich weVas evil in the 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt sight of the LORD: he departed not from ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, called the name of it Joktheel unto this whlo made Israel to sin. day. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from 8 ~ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Je- the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the hoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, plain, according to the word of the LORD king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one God of Israel, which he spake by the hand another in the face. of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to the prophet, which tas of Gath-hepher. Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle 20 For the LORD saw the affliction of Isthat was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that rael, tha it it as very bitter: for theree was was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper to my son to wife: and there passed by a for Israel. wild beast that zvas in Lebanon, and trode 27 And the LORD said not that he would down the thistle. blot out the nae of Israel from under 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and heaven: but he saved them by the hand of thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of Jeroboam the son of Joash. this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest 28 Now te rest of the acts of Jeroboam, thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest and all that he did, and his mighlt, how he fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? warred, and ho hlie recovered Damascus, 11 But Amaziah would not hear. There- and Hamath, wihich belonged to Judah, for fore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and Israel, are they not written in the book of he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, belongzeth to Judah. even with the kings of Israel; and Zacha12 And Judah was put to the worse before riah his son reigned in his stead. Israel; and they fled every man totheir tents. CHAPTER XV. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Ama- Azaiah's good 1eise. 5 ale dieth a ltepe and ziah king of Judah, the son of Jeloash the Jtham slcceeleh hi... 8 Zachariah, tile last son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came of Jeu's race, isslain byShalltelm. 13 Shallstm, to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of reiing a -onth, i. slail by lenaen. 16 Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto tltsai sthehi.th23eh hisself. 21 Pesahi a sstccealeeh him: 23 aend, is slaise he Pekah. 27 the corner gate, four hundred cubits. Pekah is oppressedl by Tiglatlh-pilesr, and slai,. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and by Hoshea. 32 Jotlam's good reign. 36 Ahaa all the vessels that etere found in the house,sueeedeth iam. of the LORD, and in the treasures of the N e TN tle enty and seventh year of Jeroking's house, and hostages, and returned - boam king of Israel began Azariah son to Samaria. of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began which he did, and his might, and how he to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years fought witll Amaziall king of Judah, are in Jerusalen. And his mother's name teas they not written in the book of the Chroni- Jeoholiah of Jeruaalem. oles of the kings of Israel? 3 And he did that owhich ewas right in the 10 And Jehoasll slept with his fathers, and sight. of the LORD, according to all that his was buried in Samaria with the kings of Is- father Amaziah had done; rael; and Jeroba his son reigned in his Save that the high places were not restead. moved: the people sacrificed and burnt in17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of cense still on the high places. Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son 5 And the LORD smote the king, so that of Jehoabaz king of Israel fifteen years. he was a leper unto the day of his death, 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham they not written in the book of the Chroni- the king's son twas over the house, judging cles of the kings of Judah?the people of the land. 304 Shallurn is slain. II. KINGS. Pekah oppressed. 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and 24 And he did that which was evil in the all that he did, are they not written in the sight of the LOPD: he departed not from bookof the Chronicles of thekingsofJudah? the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and made Israel to si. they buried him with his fathers in the city 95 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a capof Daid: and Jotham his son reigned in tain of his, conspired against him, and his stead. smote him in Samaria, in the palace of-the 8 h In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jer- with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and oboame reign over Israel in Samaria six lie killed him, and reigned in his room. months. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, 9 And he did that which was evil in the and all that he did, behold, they a-e -writsighlt:of the LORD, as his fathers bad done: ten in the book of the Chronicles of the he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam kings of Israel. the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah 10And Shallum tiheson of J abeshconspired king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah against him, and smote him before the peo- began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and ple, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -ezzignel twenty years. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, 28 And he did that which was evil in the behold, they are written in the book of the sight of the LORD: he departed not from Chronicles of the kings of Israel. the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 12 This was the word of the LORD which made Israel to sin. he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall 29 In the days of Pckah king of Israel sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and gelesration. And so it came to pass. took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Ja13'5 Sballun the son of Jabesh began to noah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uz- and GCalilee, all the land of Naphtali, and ziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full carried them captive to Assyria. month in Samaria. 30 And Hoslhea the son of Elah made a 14 Fors'Ienahem the son of Gadi went up conspiracy against Pekah the son of lemafrom Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and liah, and smote him, and slew him, and smote Shalluo n the son of Jabesh in Sama- reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year ria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. of J othamthe son of Uzziah. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shallumn, and 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they all that he did, behold, they are written in are written in the book of the Chronicles of the book of the Chronicles of the kings of the kings of Israel. Israel.:16 Then IMenahem smote Tiphsah, and all 82 ~ In the second year of Pekah the son that owere therein, and tie coasts thereof of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham from Tirzah: because they opened not to the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. hine, therefore lie smote it; and all the 33 Five and twenty years old was he when women therein that were with child he he began to regn, nd reigned sixteen ripped up. years in Jerusalem. And his mother's 17 b In the nine and thirtieth year of name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. Azariah king of Judah began Menahem 34 And he did that which was right in the the' son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and sight of the LORD: he did according to all?'cigndcl ten years in Samaria. that his father Uzziah had done. 18 And he did that which was evil in the 35 Howbeit the ligh places were not resight of the LORD: he departed not all his moved: the people sacrificed and burned days froni the sins of Jeroboam the son of incense still in the high places. He built NEbat, wlo made Israel to sin. the ligher gate of th loouse of u the LORD. 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came 80 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and against the land: and Menahem gave Pul all that he did, are they not written in the a thousand talents of silver, that his hand book of the Cironicles of the kings of Judah? might be with him to confirm the kingdom 87 In those days the LORD began to send in his hand. against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and 20 And MIenahem exacted the money of Is- Pekah the son of Remaliah. rael, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and each man fifty shekels of ilver, to give to the was buried with his fathers in the city of king of Assyria. So te king ofAssyria turn- David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned cd back, and stayed not there in the land. in his stead. 21 And the rest of the act of enahem, and CHAPTER XVI. all that hle did, are they not written in tlee h ewckfl eidrmof Ahaz. 5 He, assailed by Kezin bookof the Chronicles of the kings of Israel and Plekah, hireth Tiilath-pilese, againstthen,. 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; 10 He goeth to Danmasctos, and sendetl thene the and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.,attern of an alarfohe tepile. 17Hespool23 ~ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king tohi tel ile, 19 Hezekiah scsdth hi,. of Judah, Pekahiah the son of MIenahem be- TN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son gan to reign over Israel in Samaria, and I of Remaliah, haz the sonofJothamking reigned two years. of Judah began to reign. 20 305 The reign of II. KINGS. Ahaz over Jutdah. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he be- 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according gan to reign, and reigned sixteen years in to all that king Ahaz commanded. Jerusalem, and did not that which wtas 17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of right in the sight of the LORD his God, like the bases, and removed the layer from off David his father. them; and took down the sea from off the 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of brazen oxen that were under it, and put it Israel, yea, and made his son to pass upon a pavement of stones. through the fire, according to the abomina- 18 And the covert for the sabbaththat they tions of the heathen, whom the LORD cast had built in the house, and the king's entry out from before the children of Israel. without, turned he from the house of the 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in LORD for the king of Assyria. the high places, and on the hills, and under 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which every green tree. he did, are they not written in the book of 5 ~ Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? son of Remaliah king of Israel, came up to 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, was buried with his fathers in the city of but could not overcome him. David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria re- stead. covered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews CHAPTER XVII. from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, Hoshea's wicketd Xeig. 3 Being subdued by Shaland dwelt there unto this day. maneser, he conspireth against him with Sko ki,,o 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath- sbf tuEgy d. t eteoatrtiy si24, or, to ttl tebd d atd - tdiy. Ot To i pileser king of Assyria, saying, I amn thy trange nations which were rantsplanted to servant and thy son: come up, and save Samaria. 23 Being plagued with lions, they me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and partially introduce the worship of the true God. out of the hand of the king of Israel, which TN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah rise up against me. J began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that in Samaria over Israel nine years. was found in the house of the LORD, and 2 And e did that hich as evil in the in the treasures of the king's house, and sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of sent it for a present to the king of As- Israel that were before him. syria. 3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servhim: for the king of Assyria ent up against ant, and gave him presents. Damascus, and took it, and carried the peo- 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy 2le of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to 10 ~ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to So king of Egypt, and brought no present meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and to the king of Assyria, as he iIhad donle year saw an altar that was at Damascus: and by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the him up, and bound him in prison. fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, 5 Then the king of Assyria came up according to all the workmanship thereof. throughout all the land, and went up to Sa 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar maria, and besieged it three years. according to all that king Ahaz had sent 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king bf from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. away into Assyria, and placed them in Ha12 And when the king was come from Da- lah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and masous, the king saw the altar: and the in the cities of the MIedes. king approached to the altar, and eedo 7 For 8 it was, that the children of Israel thereon. had sinned against the LORD their God, 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his which had brought them up out of the land meat offering, and poured his drink offer- of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh ing, and sprinkled the blood of his peace king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, offerings, upon the altar. 8 And walked in the statutes of the hea14 And he brought also the brazen altar, then, whom the LORD cast out from before which was before the LORD, from the fore- the children of Israel, and of the kings of front of the house, from between the altar Israel, which they had made. and the house of the LORD, and put it on 9 And the children of Israel did secretly the north ide of the ltar, those things that were not right against the 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the LORD their God, and they built them high priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn places in all their cities, from the tower of the morning burnt offering, and the even- the watchmen to the fenced city. ing meat offering, and the king's burnt sac- 10 And they set them up images and rifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt groves in every high hill, and under every offering of all the people of the land, and green tree: their meat offering, and their drink offer- 11 And there they burnt incense in all the ings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of high places, as did the heathen whom the the burnt offering, and all the blood of the LORD carried away before them; and sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD me to inquire by. to anger: 306 Mixed worship II. KINGS. in Sanzaria. 12 For they served idols, whereof the Samaria, know not the manner of the God LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not of the land: therefore lhe hath sent lions do this thing. among them, and, behold, they slay them, 13 Yet tie LORD testified against Israel, because they know not the manner of the and against Judah, by all the prophets, and God of the land. by all the.seers, saying, Turn ye from your 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, evilways, and keep my commandments andl saying, Carry thither one of the priests my statutes, according to all the law which whom ye brought from thence; and let I commandedyour fathers, and which I sent them go and dwell there, and let him teach to you by my servants the prophets. them the manner of the God of the land. 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, 28 Then one of the priests whom they had but hardened their necks, like to the neck carried away from Samaria came and dwelt of their fathers, that did not believe in the in Beth-el, and taught them how they should LORD their God. fear the LORD. 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their covenant that he made with their fathers, own, and put them in the houses of the and his testimonies vhich he testified against high places which the Samaritans had made, them; and they followed vanity, and be- every nation in their cities wherein they came vain, and went after the heathen that dwelt. were round about them, concerning whom 30 And the men of Babylon made Sucthe LORD had charged them, that they coth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made should not do like them. Nergal, and the men of Hamath made 15 And they left all the commandments of Ashima, the LORD their God, and made them molt- 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Taren images, eves two calves, and made a tlk, and the Sepharvites burnt their chilgrove, and worshipped all the host of heav- dren in fire to Adrammelech and Anammeen, and served Baal. lech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 17 And they caused their sons and their 32 So they feared the LORD, and made daughters to pass through the fire, and unto themselves of the lowest of them priests used divination and enchantments, and sold of the high places, which sacrificed for them themselves to do evil in the sight of the in the houses of the high places. LORD, to provoke him to anger. 33 They feared the LORD, and served 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry their own gods, after the manner of the with Israel, and removed them out of his nations whom they carried away from sight: there was none left but the tribe of thence. Judah only. 34 Unto this day they do after the former 19 Also Judah kept not the command- manners: they fear not the LORD, neither ments of the LORD their God, but walked do they after their statutes, or after their in the statutes of Israel which they made. ordinances, or after the law and com20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of mandment which the LORD commanded Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered the children of Jacob, whom he named Isthem into the hand of spoilers, until he had rael; cast them out of his sight. 35 With whom the LORD had made a 21 For he rent Israel from the house of covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye David; and they made Jeroboam the son shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to from following the LORD, and made them them: sin a great sin. 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out 22 For the children of Israel walked in all of the land of Egypt with great power and the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and departed not from them; him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye 23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of do sacrifice. his sight, as he had said by all his servants 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, the prophets. So was Israel carried away and the law, and the commandment, which out of their own land to Assyria unto ttis he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for day. evermore; and ye shall not fear other 24 ~ And the king of Assyria brought gods. men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and 38 And the covenant that I have made from Ava, and from Hamath, and from with you ye shall not forget; neither shtll Sepharvaim, and placed thems in the cities ye fear other gods. of Samaria instead of the children of Is- 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; rael: and they possessed Samaria, and and he shall deliver you out of the hand of dwelt in the cities thereof. all your enemies. 25 And 8o it as at the beginning of their 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they dwelling there, that they feared not the did after their former manner. LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions 41 So these nations feared the LORD, among them, lwhich slow somne of them. and served their graven images, both their 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of children, and their children's children: Assyria, saying, The nations which thou as did their fathers, so do they unto this hast removed, and placed in the cities of day. 307 Judah izvaded II. KINGS. by Seznacherzb. CHAPTER XVIII. that was found in the house of the LORD, Hezekiah's goad reido,. 4 He dest-oyeth idolatry, and in the treasures of the king's house. anodl olosnereth. 9 The ten tribes nre carried 16 At that time did Hezekial cut off the away captivefor their sins. 13Senlacheib ini- gold foioo the doors of the temple of the vading JdltL is pacifed by a iribu e. 17 Rab- LORD, and froam the pillars which Hezekiah shakeh, seti by Sentaacheib, revieth.Hezetiah, king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to and ewhol telt the eolte te pe olt. t he king of Assyria. NTOW it came to pass in the third year of 17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan lN Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh fromLahish Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah to king Hezekiah with a great host against began to reign. Jerusalem: and they went up and came to 2 Twenty and five years old was he when Jerusalem. And when they were come up, he began to reign; and he reigned twenty they came and stood by the conduit of the and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's upper pool, which is in the highway of the name also ewas Abi, the daughter of Zach- fuller's field. ariah. 18 And when they had called to the king, 3 And he did'that zihitch was right in the there came out to them Eliakim the son of sight of the LORD, according to all that Hilkiah, which 0was over the household, and David his father did. Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of 4 He removed the high places, and brake Asaph the recorder. the images, and cut down the groves, and 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak brake in pieces the brazen serpent that ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great Moses had made: for unto those days the king, the king of Assyria, What confidence children of Israel did burn incense to it: is this wherein thou trustest? and he called it Nehushtan. 20 Thou sayest, (but they are buet vain 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; words,) Ihave counsel and strength for the so that after him was none like him among nar. Nowv on whom dost thou trust, that all the kings of Judah, nor any that were thou rebellest against me? before him. 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the 6 For he clave to the LORD, and depart- staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, ed not from following him, but kept his on which if a man lean, it will go into his commandments, which the LORD command- hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of ed Moses. Egypt unto all that trust on him. 7 And the LOR)D was with him; and he 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the prospered whithersoever he went forth: and LORD our God: is not that he, whose high he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and places and whose altars Hezekiah hath served him not. taken away, and hath said to Judah and 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the altar in Jerusalem? tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give 9 ~ And it came to pass in the fourth year pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, thou be able on thy part to set riders upon that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up them. against Samaria, and besieged it. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face 10 And at the end of three years they took of one captain of the least of my master's it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, chariots and for lhorsemen? Samaria was taken. 25 Am I now come up without the LORD 11 And the king of Assyria did carry away against this place to destroy it? The LORD Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah said to me, Go up against this land, and and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in destroy it. the cities of the bMedes: 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, the LORD their God, but transgressed his Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the covenant, atd all that Moses tle servant of Syrian language; for wee understand it: the LORD commanded, and would not hear and talk not -with us in the Jews' language them, nor do them. in the ears of the people that are on the 13 1 Now in the fourteenth year of king wall. Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria 27 But Rab-shakell said unto them, Hath come up against all the fenced cities of my master sent me to thy master, and to Judah, and took them. thee, to speak these words? hath he not 14 And Hezeliiah king of Judah sent to the sent me to the men which sit on the wall, king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have that they may eat their own dung, and offended; return from me: that which thou drink their own piss with you? puttest on me will I bear. And the king of 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of a loud voice in tie Jets' language, and Judah three hundred talents of silver and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great thirty talents of gold. king, the king of Assyria: 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver 29 Thus aaith the king, Let not Hezekiah 308 Hezekiah prayeth II. KINGS. for deliverance. deceive you: for he shall not be able to de- ye say to your master, Thus saith the liver you out of his hand: LORD, Be not afraid of the words which 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in thou hast heard, with which the servants the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely of the king of Assyria have blasphemed deliver us, and this city shall not be de- me. livered into thile hand of theking of Assyria. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith and he shall hear a rumour, and shall rethe king of Assyria, MaIke an agreement turn to his own land; and I will cause him with me by a present, and come out to me, to fall by the sword in his own land. and then eat ye every man of his own vine, 8 0 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: every one the waters of his cistern: for he had heard that he was departed 32 Until I come and take you away to a from Lachish. land like your own land, a land of corn 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a king of Ethiopia, Bellold, he is come out land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may to fight against thee; he sent messengers live, and not die: and hearken not unto again unto Hezekiah, saying, Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king The LORD will deliver us. of Judalh, saying, Let not thy God in whom 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusadelivered at all his land out of the hand of lem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria? the king of Assyria. 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and 11 Belold, thou hast heard what the kings of Arpad? where tar the gods of Seplar- of Assyria have done to all lands, by devaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered stroying them utterly: and shalt thou be deSamaria out of mine hand? livered? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered countries, that have delivered their country them which my fathers have destroyed; as out of mine hand, that the LORD should de- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the liver Jerusalem out of mine hand l children of Eden which s v ee-e inThelasar? 36 But the people held their peace, and 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the answered him not a word: for the king's king of Arpad, and the king of the city of commandment vwas, saying, Answer him Sepharvain, of Hena, and Ivah? not. 14 And Hezekiah received the letter of 37 Then came Eliokim the son of Hilkiah, the hand of the messengers, and read it: which seas over the household, and Shebna and Hezekiah swent up into the house of the the scribe, and Joabl the son of Asaph tile LORD, and spread it before the LORD. recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. and said, 0 LORD God of Israel, which dwellest betwzeen the cherubim, thou art CHAPTER XIX. the God, even thou alone, of all the kingH ezek;aA etdetl to slah to e, ray fo l divece. doms of the earth; thou hast made heaven t Isaiah com7for{etor ]din. 8 Se.L..Lachlhib sendetk a tias/emous letter, to flezeliah. L4 Hie/eeai'ssL and earth. raysle. 20 IsaiOk foetelleth trh destructiont of 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: Setaheeih, ani th/e safety of Ziot. 35 A, open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and anogel rloaeth t/ie Asv',rians.i 360 ennacherib is hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sl at Nileoeh by lois sollo seor sent him to reproach the living God. A ND it came to pass, when king Heze- 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria kiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, have destroyed the nations and their lands, and covered himself with sackcloth, and 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: went into the house of the LORD. for they were no gods, but the work of 2 Ald he sent Eliakim, thich evas over men's hands, wood and stone: therefore the household, and Shebna the scribe, and they have destroyed them. the elders of the priests, covered with sack- 19 Now therefore, 0 LORD our God, I becloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. seech thee, save thou us out of his hand, 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith that all the kingdoms of the earth may Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and no that thou t t ha the LORD God, even of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children thou only. are come to the birth, and there is not 20 1 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to strength to bring forth. Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria of Assyria his master hath sent to re- I have heard. proach the living God; and will reprove 21 This is the word that the LORD hath the words which the LORD thy God hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and remnant that are left. laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Je5 So tile servants of king ezekiah came rusalem hath shaken her head at thee. to Isaiah. 22 TWhom hast thou reproached and blasG And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall phemed? and against whom hast thou ex309 The Assyrians smitten. II. KINGS. Hezekiah's life lengthened. alted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon high? even against the Holy One of Israel. his son reigned in his stead. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproach- CHAPTER XX. ed the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the eted. 8 The unrooetheroeg,'eeshatekuhnrdf,ta height of the mountains, to the sides f sign to him. 12 The king of Bablon sendeth to Lebanon, and will cut down the tall ce- congratulate Heekiah. 14 seaiahforetelleth the dar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees Babylonian captivity. 20 Manasseh seceedeth thereof; and I will enter into the lodgings Hzekiah. of his borders, and into the forest of his TN those days was Hezekiah sick unto Carmel. - death. And the prophet Isaiah the son 24 I have digged and drunk strange wa- of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, ters, and with the sole of my feet have I Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in dried up all the rivers of besieged places. order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and have done it, and of ancient times that I prayed unto the LORD, saying, have formed it? now have I brought it to 3 beseech thee, 0 LORD, remember now pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste how I have walked before thee in truth and fenced cities into ruinous heaps. with a perfect heart, and have done that 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of whichis good in thy sight. And Hezekiah small power, they were dismayed and con- wept sore. founded; they were as the grass of the 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was field, and as the green herb, as the grass gone out into the middle court, that the on the housetops, and as corn blasted be- word of the LORD came to him, saying, fore it be grown up. 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the cap27 But I know thy abode, and thy going tain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against God of David thy father, I have heard thy me. prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I 28 Because thy rage against me and thy will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore go up unto the house of the LORD. I will put my hook in thy nose, and my 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back years; and I will deliver thee and this city by the way by which thou camest. out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye I will defend this city for mine own sake, shall eat this year such things as grow of and for my servant David's sake. themselves, and in the second year that 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. which springeth of the same; and in the And they took and laid it on the boil, and third year sow ye, and reap, and plant he recovered. vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 8 ~ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What 30 And the remnant that is escaped of shall be the sign that the LORD will heal the house of Judah shall yet again take root me, and that I shall go up into the house of downward, and bear fruit upward. the LORD the third day? 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou remnant, and they that escape out of mount have of the LORD, that the LORD will do Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall the thing that he hath spoken: shall the do this. shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concern- ten degrees? ing the king of Assyria, He shall not come 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor thing for the shadow to go down ten decome before it with shield, nor east a bank grees: nay, but let the shadow return backagainst it. ward ten degrees. 33 By the way that he came, by the same 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the shall he return, and shall not come into this LORD: and he brought the shadow ten decity, saith the LORD. grees backward, by which it had gone down 34 For I will defend this city, to save it, in the dial ofAhaz. for mine own sake, and for my servant 12 T At that time Berodach-baladan, the David's sake. son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent let35 And it came to pass that night, that he ters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he angel of the LORD went out, and smote in had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. the camp of the Assyrians a hundred four- 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, score and five thousand: and when they and shewed them all the Louse of his prearose early in the morning, behold, they cious things, the silver, and the gold, and were all dead corpses. the spices, and the precious ointment, and 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria depart- all the house of his armour, and all that ed, and went and returned, and dwelt at was found in his treasures: there was nothNineveh. ing in his house, nor in all his dominion, 37 And it came to pass, as he was worship- that Hezekiah shewed them not. ping in the house of Nisrooh his god, that 14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said him with the sword: and they escaped into these men? and from whence came they 310 M-anasseh's idolatry. II. KINGS. His great wickedness. unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are do according to all that I have commanded come from a far country, even from Baby- them, and according to all the law that my Ion. servant Moses commanded them. 15 And he said, What have they seen in 9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh tline house? And Hezekiah answered, seduced them to do more evil than did All the things that-are in mine house have the nations whom the LORD destroyed bethey seen: there is nothing among my fore the children of Israel. treasures t hat I have not shwed them. 10 And the LORD spake by his servants 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the prophets, saying, the word of the LORD. 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is done these abominations, and hath done in thine house, and that which thy fathers wickedly above all that the Amorites did, have laid up in store unto this day, shall which weore before him, and hath made be carried unto Babylon: nothing shall be Judah also to sin with his idols: left, saith the LORD. 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from Israel, Behold, I att bringing such evil thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosotake away; and they shall be eunuchs in ever heareth of it, both his eas shall tingle. the palaceof the king of Babylon. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good line of Samaria, and the plummet of the is the word of the LORD which thou hast house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and peace and truth be in my days? turning it upside down. 20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, 14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine and all his might, and how he made a pool, inheritance, and deliver them into the hand and a conduit, and brought water into the of their enemies; and they shall become a city, are they not written in the book the heprey and a spoil to all their enemies; Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 15 Because they have done that zohich 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: was evil in my sight, and have provoked and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. me to anger, since the day their fathers CHAPTER XXI. came forth out of Egypt, even unto this tfnaaseshs g.eat idolar y. 10 Hi wicked,-eo day.: brigethi oudymets nlo, Judath. 17 Asnon suc-10 I6 oreover Manasseh shed innocent blood cedhhih. 1 His.,icktd eigt,. 23 He isH lai avery much, till he had filled Jerusalem from y hi, oeontO; aodl Josiah is -mdle kilg. one end to another; besides his sin whereMITANASSEH wtas twelve years old when with he made Judah to sin, in doing that ll he began to reign, and reigned fifty and which was evil in the sight of the LORD. five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's 17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, name was Hephzi-bah. and all that he did, and his sin that he 2 And he did thatn which was evil in the sinned, are they not written in the book of sight of the LORD, after the abominations the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, before the children of Israel. and was buried in the garden of his own 3 For he built up again the high places house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon whicll Hezeksah his father had destroyed; his son reigned in his stead. and he reared up altars for Baal, and made 19 ~ Amon was twenty and two years old a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and when he began to reign, and he reigned two worshipped all the host of heaven, and years in Jerusalem. And his mother's served them. name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of 4 And he built altars in the house of the Haruz of Jotbah. LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jeru- 20 And he did that which was evil in the salem will I put my name. sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh 5 And he built altars for all the host of did. heaven in the two courts of the house of the 21 And he walked in all the ways that his LORD. father walked in, and served the idols that 6 And he made his son pass through the his father served, and worshipped them: fire, and observed times, and used en 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his chantment, d tit f lia s s hes, and dealt withked not in the ay of the and wizards: he wrought much wickedness LORD. in the sight of the LORD, to provoke bhim to 23 And the servants of Amon conspired anger. against him, and slew the king in his own 7 And he set a graven image of the grove house. that he bad made in the house, of which the 24 And the people of the land slew all LORD said to David, and to Solomon his them that had conspired against king son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which Amon; and the people of the land made I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, Josiah s o ing his so kin in histead. w'ill I put my name for ever: 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon a8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel which he did, are they not written in the move any more out of the land which I gave book of the Chronicles of the kings of Jutheir fathers; only if they will observe to dh? 311 Josiah's good reign. II. KINGS. Prophecy of Hz ldah. 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in have not hearkened unto the words of tiis the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son book, to do according unto all that which is reigned in his stead. written concerning us. HAPTER XXII. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and CHAPTER XXII. Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went Josiath's goodetl. 8 Hile ovideth fortihe repir unto uldah the prophetess, the wife of of the tenlle. S ddlleeahitLcdeti the ieee efthe 1a i thle temsple. 12 Jos.ic se-,deth to tl'uelh Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harso inquire of the Lord. 15 Htlilah foeetellth has, keeper of the wardrobe; now she dwelt the esteltctioL of Jerltsalem, to ae ylace aftse in Jerusalem ill the college; and they coemedethe det of Josiah. muned witl her. JOSIAthI ewas eight years old when he 15 ~ And she said unto them, Thus saith began to reign, and lie reigned thirty the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that and one years in Jerusalem. And his sent you to me, mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter 16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will of Adaiah of Boscath. bring evil upon this place, and upon the 2 And he did that which was right in the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of sight of the LORD, and walked in all the the book which the king of Judah hath way of David his father, and turned not read: aside to the riglht hand or to the left. 17 Because they have forsaken me, and 3 i And it came to pass in tle eighteenth have burned incense unto other gods, that year of king Josiah, thct the king sent they might provoke me to anger with all the Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of works of their hands; therefore my wrath Mieshullam, the scribe, to tie house of the shall be kindled against this place, and LORD, saying, shall not be quenched. 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he 18 But to the king of Judah which sent may sumn the silver which is brought into you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye the house of the LORD, which the keepers say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of of the door have gathered of tle people: Israel, As touching the words which thou 5 And let them deliver it into the hand hast heard; of the doers of the work, that have the 19 Because thine heart was tender, and oversight of the house of the LORD: andt thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, let tlhm give it to the doers of the work, when thou heardest what I spake against which s in the house of the LORD, to re- this place, and against tile inhabitants pair the breaches of the house, thereof, that they should become a desolao Unto carpenters, and builders, and tion and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, masons, and to buy timber and hewn and wept before me; I also have heard stone to repair the house. thee, saith the LORD. 7 Iowbeit, there was no reckoning made 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto with them of the money that was delivered thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into into their hand, because they dealt faith- thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not fully. see all the evil which I will bring'upon this 8 And Hilkiah the' high priest said unto place. And they brought the king word Shaphan the scribe, I have found the bookagain. of the law in the house of the LORD. And CHAPTER XXIII. Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he Josiah caeseth the bool ofthe il tao be readit a read it. solem, asIsectllt. 3 He reeweth the colvenant of o And Shaphan the scribe came to the tiedLod. 4Iedesrcoyeh idoato!,e. 15le burczking, and brought the king word again, etl ead men', bones upon t1 e altar of BetlL-e. and said, Thy servants have gathered the 2l e ele sol Iac s e. 2 ieHtteth wcay izards and all asonitccios. 2ey GI'e money that was found in the ilouse, and,raeth anailst Jltdah. 29 Josli,, goinc agai.tst have delivered it into the hand of them that Phacaoh-lecho. is saitL atate Mdo. S31 aeode the oerk, that have the oversight of the aheaz, scceedin hlim, is inprisonel by PhearaoLhhouse of the LORD. elecwh. so mak:elh Jehoiacicm king. 36 Jesoi10 And Shapian the scribe shewed the akim's ticed reig king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath de- A ND the king sent, and they gathered livered me a book. And Shaphan read it 1 e unto him all the elders of Judah and before the king. of Jerusalem. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had 2 And the king went up into the house of heard the words of the ook of the Isw, thatthe LORD, and all the men of Judah and he rent his clothes. all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the and the priests, and the prophets, and all priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, the people, both small and great: and he and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Sha- read in their ears all the words of the book phan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of of the covenant which was found in the the king's, saying, house of the LORD. 13 Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and 3 And the king stood by a pillar, and for the people, and for all Jludal, concern- made a covenant before the LORD, to walk ing the words of this book that is d foud: for after the LORD, and to keep his commandgreat is the wrath of the LORD that is ments and his testimonies and his statutes kindled against us, because our fathers with all their heart and all their soul, to 312 Josiah destroyeth idolatry. II. KINGS. God's anger against Judah. perform the words of this covenant that 15 Maoreover the altar that ovas at Bethwere written in this book. And all the peo- el, and tile high place which Jeroboam the ple stood tothe covenant.. son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the made, both that altar and the high place he high priest, and the priests of the second brake down, and burned the high place, order, and the keepers of the door, to bring adc stamped it small to powder, and forth out of the temple of the LORD all the burned the grove. vessels that were made for Baal, and for 16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the grove, and for all the host of heaven: the sepulchres that vwere there in the mount, and he burtned them without Jerusalem in and sent, and took the bones out of the septhe fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes ulchres, and burned theme upon the altar, of them unto Beth-el. and polluted it, according to the word of 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to who proclaimed these words. burn incense in the high places in the cities 17 Then he said, What title is that that I of Judah, and in the places round about see? Ald the men of the city told him, It Jerusalem; them also that burned incense is the sepulchre of the man of God, which unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and came froen Judah, and proclaimed tlese to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. things that chou hast done against the altar 6 And he brought out the grove from the of Beth-el. house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at man move his bones. So they let his bones the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to alone, with the bones of the prophet that powder, and cast the powder thereof upon came out of Samaria. the graves of the children of the people. 19 And all the houses also of the high 7 And ie brake down the houses of the places that were in the cities of Samaria, sodomites, that wete by the house of the which the kings of Israel had made to proLORD, where the women wove hangings for voke e t LORD to anger, Josiah tooIs the grove. away, and did to them according to all the 8 And he brought all the priests out of the acts that he had done in Bcth-el. cities of Judah, and defiled the high places 20 And lie slew all the priests of the high where the priests had burned incense, from places that ter'e there upoI the altars, and Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the burned men's bones upon them, and rehigh places of the gates that tzesre in the turned to Jerusalem. entering in of the gate of Joshua the gov- 21 ~ And the king commanded all the peoernor of the city, lwhich zuee on a man's ple, saying, Keep the passover unto tile left hand at the gate of the city. LORD your God, as it is written in the book 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places of this covenant. came not up t tthe altar of tie LORD in Je- 22 Surely there was not holden such a rusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened passover from the days of the judges that bread among their brethren. judged Israel, nor in all the days of the 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; the valley of the children of Hinnom, that 23 But in the eighteenth year of king no man might mta.e his son or his daughter Josiah, evhereiet this passover was holden to pass throughi the fire to Mlolech. to the LORD in Jerusalem. 11 And lie took away the horses that the 24 t Moreover the worke'ers with familiar kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the spirits, and the wizards, and the images, entering in of the house of the LORD, by and the idols, and all the abominations that the chamber of Nathan-melech the cham- were spied in the land of Judah and in berlain, whiclh vas in the suburbs, and Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he burned the chariots of tile sun with fire. might perform the words of the law, which 12 And the altars tehat eves'e on the top were written in the book that Hilkiah tihe of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the priest found in the house of the LORD. kings of Judah had made, and the altars 25 And like unto him was there no king which Manasseh had made in the two courts before him, that turned to the LORD with of the house of the LORD, did the king beat all his heart, and with all his soul, and down, and brake themn down from thence, with all his might, according to all the law and cast the dust of them into the brook of MIoses; neither after him arose there Kidron. Cay like him. 13 And the high places that were before 20 Nsotwithstanding, the LORD turned not Jerusalem, whllich vee on the right hand from the fierceness of his great wrath, of the mount of corruption, whicll Solomon wherewith his anger was kindled against the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth Judah, because of all the provocations that the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Manasseh had provoked him withal. Chlemosh the abomination of the Moaobites, 27 And the LORD said, I will remove Juand for Alilcom the abomination of the dah also out of my sight, as I have removed children of Aammon, did the king defile. Israel, and will cast off this city Jernsalemn 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and which I have chosen, and the house of cut down the groves, and filled their places which I said, MIy name shall be there. with the bones of men. 2 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and 313 Josiah is slain. II. KINGS. Jerusalem besieged. all that he did, are they not written in the 4 And also for the innocent blood that book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ju-he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innodah?cent blood, which the LORD would not par29 5 In his days Pharaoh-necho king of don. Egypt went up against the king of Assyria 5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah and all that he did, are they not written in went against him; and he slew him at the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Megiddo, hen he had seen him. Judah? 30 And his servants carried him in a char- So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: iot dead from Megiddo, and brought him and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own stead. sepulchre. And the people of the land took 7 And the king of Egypt came not again Jehoalaz the son of Josiah, and anointed any more out of his land: for the king cf him, and made him king in his father's Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt stead. unto the river Euphrates all that pertained 31 ~ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years to the king of Egypt. old when he began to reign, and he reigned 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old three months in Jerusalem. And his moth- when he began to reign, and he reigned in er's name wvas Hamutal, the daughter of Jerusalem three months. And his mother's Jeremiah of Libnah. name was Nehushta, the daughter of El32 And he did that which was evil in the nathan of Jerusalem. sight of the LORD, according to all that his 9 And he did that which zas evil in the fathers had done. sight of the LORD, according to all that his 33 And Pharaoh-necho put him in bands father had done. at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he 10 At that time the servants of Nebmight not reign in Jerusalem; and pult the uchadnezzar king of Babylon came iup land to a tribute of a hundred talents of against Jerusalem, and the city was besilver, and a talent of gold. sieged. 34 ~ And Pharaoh-neeho made Eliakim the 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his came against the city, and his servants did father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, besiege it. and took Jelloahaz away: and he came to 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went Egypt, and died there. out to the king of Babylon, he, and his 36 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the mothller, and his servants, and his princes, gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to and his officers: and tile king of Babylon give the money according to the command- took him in the eighth year of his reign. ment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and 13 And he carried out thence all the treasthe gold of the people of the land, of every ures of the house of the LORD, and the one according to his taxation, to give itt unto treasures of the king's house, and cut in Pharaoh-neoho. pieces all the vessels of gold ahichl Solomon 36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years king of Israel had made in the temple of the old when he began to reign, and lie reigned LORD, as the LORD had said. elevenyears in Jerusalem. And his moth- 14 And lhe carried away all Jerusalem, er's name was Zebudah, the daughter of and all the princes, and all tile mighty men Pedaiah of Rumah. of valour, even ten thousand captives, and 37 And he did that hich as evil in the all n the craftsmen and smiths: none resight of the LORD, according to all that his mained, save the poorest sort of the peofathers had done. pie of the land. CHAPTER XXIV. 15 And lie carried away Jehoiachin to,salnan~tzlnenst by sian na, slth 7 Babylon, and the king's mother, and the agaithins.ttt, hi s - ari. 6Jlehocs relt king's wives, and his officers, and the ceednlh hiL. 8 His evil eigs,. 1 Jerusalem i mighty of the land, thaose carried he into tak-e,, antd ie chief of Ihe l eople carred alay captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. captive into Babylon. 17 Zadekiah is made kisg 16 And all the men of might, even seven itsJenrtsastln. 19 liissicked sesig. thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a N his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Bab- thousand, all that were strong and apt for I ylon came up, and Jehoiakim became war, even them the king of Babylonb'ought his servant three years: then he turned anndcaptive to Babylon. rebelled against him. 17 1 And the king of Babylon made Mat2 And the LORD sent against him bands taniah his father's brother king in his stead,' of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and changed his name to Zedekiah. and bands of the Moabitesi and bands of 18 Zedekiah tas twenty and one years the children of Ammon, and sent them old when he began to reign, and he reigned against Judah to destroy it, according to the eleven years in Jerusalem. Andhis mothword of the LORD, which he spake by his er's name was Hamutal, the daughter of servants the prophets. Jeremiah of Libnah. 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD 19 And he did that which wans evil in the came thin upon Judah, to remove themn out sight of the LORD, according to all that Jeof his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, ano hoiakim had done. cording to all that he did; 20 For through the anger of the LORD it 314 Jerusalem taken. II. KINGS. The temple plundered. came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until of brass -wherewith they ministered, took he had cast them out from his presence, they away. that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of 15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and Babylon. such things as e'e of gold, -i gold, and of CHAPTER XXV. silver, in silver, the captain ot the guard Jecrualem is lesiegle by xebuciadnlezzar. 4 Zede- took away. kiah is taket, ht i -ons slait, ad thi eye puet 16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases out. 8 iVehtear-adan destoyeth the city, car- which Solomon had made for the house of rieth away all the IfopIe, except the poor of the the LORD; the brass of all these vessels land, into cap tiaitty; 13 aed taketh away the treasures. 18 The tobte are slait a ih. a wa ithout weight. 22 Gedaliaeh is wet over the l and. 25 He is slain, 17 The height of the one pillar wuas eighand thie eoplteflee into Egypt. 27 Evil-merodach teen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was advancth JeieoiachitL ie, his court. brass: and the height of the chapiter three AND it came to pass in the ninth year cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomeL of his reign, in the tenth month, in the granates upon the chapiter round about, all tenth day ofthe month, that Nebuchadnez- of brass: and like unto these had the seczar king of Babylon came, he, and all his end pillar with wreathen work. host, aainst Jerusalem, and pitched against l18 And the captain of the guard took it; and they built forts against it round Serainh the chief priest, and Zephaniah the about. second priest, and thethree keepers of the 2 And the city was besieged unto the door: eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 19 And out of the city lie took an officer 3 And on the ninth clay of tllhefourth month that was set over the men of war, and five the famine prevailed in the city, and there men of them that were in the king's preswas no bread for the people ofthe land. once, which were found in the city, and the 4 And the city was broken up, and all the principal scribe of the host, which mustermen of war fled by night by the way of the ed the people of the land, and threescore gate between to walls, which is by the men of the n t people of the land that were king's garden: now the Chaldees were found in the city: against the city round about: and the king 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard went tile way toward the plain. took these, and brought them to the king of 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued Babylon to Riblah: after the king, and overtook him in the 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, olains of Jericho: and all his army ere arnd slew them at Riblah in the land of scattered fromn him. Hamath. So Judah was carried away out 6 So they took the king, and brought him of their land. up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and 22 X And as for the people that remainthey gave judgmnent upon him. ed in the land of Judah, whom Nebuebad7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah be- nezzar king of Babylon had left, even over fore his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zed- them he made Gedaliah the son ofAhikam, ekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, the son of Shaphan, ruler. and carried him to Babylon. 23 And when all the captains of the ar8 d And in the fifth month, on the sev- aies, they and their men, heard that the enth day of the month, which is the nine- king of Babylon had made Gedaliall govteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king ernor, there came to Gedaliah to Alizpah, of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of even Ishlmael the son of Nethaninh, and the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the unto Jerusalem: son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and 9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, Jaazaniah the son of a Ntaachathite, they and the king's house, and all the houses of and their men. Jerusalem, and every great ian's house 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to burnt he twith fire. their men, and said unto them, Fear not to 10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in Toeare with the captain of the guard, brake tie land, and serve the king of Babylon; down the walls of Jerusalem round about. and it shall be well with you. 11 Now the rest of the peopl tlt e tat w er e But it came to pass in the seventh left in the city, and the fugitives that fell month, that Ishmael the son of Nethanialh, away to the king of Babylon, with the rem- the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, nant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, the captain of the guard carry away. that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeec 12 But the captain of the guard left of that were with him at Mizpah. the poor of the land to be vinedressers and 26 And all the people, both small and husbandmen. great, and the captains of the armies, arose, 13 And the pillars of brass that were in and came to Egypt: for they were afraid the house of the LORD, and the bases, and of the Chaldees. the brazen sea that tas in the house of 27 1 And it came to pass in the seven the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiand carried the brass of them to Babylon. achin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, 14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the on the seven and twentieth lay of tile month, snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels that Evil.merodach king of Babylon in the 315 Genealogy of I. CHRONICLES. Noah's sons. year that he began to reign did lift up the 29 And changed Ilis prison garments: and head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of he did eat bread continually before him all prison the days of his life. 028 And he spoke kindly to him, and set 30 And hlis alloance ovas a continual alhis throne above the throne of the kings lowance given him of the king, a daily rate that were with him in Babylon; for every day, all the days of his life. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. CHAPTER I. 27 Abram; the same is Abraham. Adm's ire to oalh. 5 The sos of Jalheth. 8 28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and IshiThe son of Ham. 17 Thie sos of Shem. 2 mael. Shem's lote to Atbraha. 29 ishmaet's sons. 32 29 ~ These are their generations: The iT/esots of lietoria.h. 31T/iteosteity ofrao- firstborn of Ishmael, Nebhtioth; then Kehan by oa^rt. 43 The ktins of Odom. 51 The dar, and Adbeel, and Miibsam, dol esofl do-.n 30 MIishma, and Dumah, MIassa, Hadad, ADAM, Sheth, Enosh, and Tema, 2 Kenan, Mahllaleel, Jered, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kcdemah. These 3 Henoch, Mrethusela, Lameoh, are the sons of Ishmael. 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 32 ~ Now the sons of Keturah, Abra5 ~1 Tioe sons of Japheth; Gomer, and ham'sconcubine: she bareZiran, andJokIafgog, and Ioadai, and Javan, and Tubal, slian, and MIedan, and 3Iidian, and Ishlbak, and Meshech, and Tiras. and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; 6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, Sheba, and Dedan. and Riphath, and Togarmah. 33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and 1 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and ElTarahish, Kittim, and Dodanim. daah. All these are the sons of Keturah. 8 f The sons of Ham; Gush, and Mizraim, 84 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons Put, and Canaan. of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havi- 35 ~ The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, lah, and Sabta, and Raama aad h, and Sabtea. nd J am, and Korah. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and De- 36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and dan. Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Tim10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to na, and Amalek. be mighty upon the earth. 37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana- Shammah, and lIizzah. mir, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Sho12 AndPathrusim,and Casluhim, (ofwhom bal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim. and Ezar, and Dishan. 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Hoand Heth, mam: and Timnna ras Lotan's sister. 14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, 40 The sons of Slhobal; Alian, and Mranaand the Girgaslite, hath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And 15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the the sons of Zibeon; Aial, and Anah. Sinite, 41 The sons of Anah; Dishion. And the 16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, sons of Dishon; Amrram, and Eshban, and and the Hamathite. Ithran. and Clheran. 17 O Tile sons; El, d A Th o of Shem; Elam, andand Zavn, shur, and Arplasad, and Lud, and Aram, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and MIe- Aran. shech. 43 ~ No theh.se a No he e ie a g the king that reign18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and She- ed in the land of Edom before any king lah begat Eber. reigned over the children of Israel; Beln 10 And unto Eber were born two sons the the son of Beer: and the name of his city name of the one tvas Peleg; because in this 0?a Dinhabah. days thle earth was divided: and his broth- 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the er's name was Joktan. son o Zer of of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and She- 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of leph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, the land of the Temanites reigned in his 21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, stead. 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the 23 And Ophir, and IaFvilah, and Jobab. son of Bedad, which smote Mlidian in tle All tlhese wtre the sons of Joktan. field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the 24 ~ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, name of his city was Avith. 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 47 And when Hdaad was dead, Samlah of 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, Masrekah reigned in his stead. 316 The children of I. CHRONICLES. Jesse and Caleb. 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of children of Azubah his wife, and of JeriRehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. oth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Sho49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan bab, and Ardon. the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 19 And when Azubah nas dead, Caleb 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Ha- took unto him Ephrath, which bare him dad reigned in his stead: and the name of Hur. his city evas Pai; and his wife's name zvas 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the Bezaleel. daughter of Mezahab. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the 51 ~ Hadad died also. And the dukes of daughter of MIachir the father of Gilead, Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, whom he married wllen he Veas threescore duke Jetheth, years old; and she bare him Segub. 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three Pinon, and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mib- 23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with zar, the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, 54 Duke Magdie!, duke Irarm. These are and the towvns thereof, evc? threesecoe citthe dukes of Edoel. ies. All these belonyetd to the sons of MIaCHAPTER II. chir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in CaT'le rt 1s d of s hel 3 1 T le oosteite of Jdah by leb-ephratalh, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare T.e,.,. 13 The ehild,-es ef Jeecs. 18 T"e yeferity of Caleb the soee of Httezeo. 21 Hezron', him Ashur tie father of Tekoa. posterity by the (dalghter of Mlach. 25 Je- 25 ] And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstrahmeel's postoeity. 34Sllhesan's posterity. 42 born of Hezron were, Ram tle firstborn, Another bralchofCaleb's osterity. 50 Thpos and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and teity of Caleb the son of Izl,. Ahijah. THESE ae the sons of Israel; Reuben, 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and name zcas Atarah; she was the mother of Zebulun, Onam. 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Gad, and Asler. Jerahlmeel were, MIaaz, and Jamin, and 3 T The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, Eker. and Shelahll: zhich three were born unto 28 And the sons of Onam,were, Shammai, him of the daughter of Shua the Canaan- and Jada. And the sons of Shammnai; Naitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, dalb, and Abishur. was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur slew him. zvas Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Molid. Plarez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and were five. Appaim: but Seled died without children. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Ha- 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And mul. the sons of Ishli; Slleshan. And the chil6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and dren of Sheshan; Ahlai. Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: 3~ And the sons of Jada the brother of five of them in all. Shammni; Jether, and Jonathan: and Je7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, tile troub- ther died without children. ler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, accursed. and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahm8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. eel. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born 34 5 Now Sheshan tad no sons, but donghunto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chle- ters. And Sleslhan lad a serant, an Egyplubai. tian, whose name was Jarhla. 10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Am- 35 And Sheshal gave his daughter to Jarhs minadab begat Nahshon, prince of thle chil- his servant to wife; and she bare lim Attai. dren of Judah; 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Zanad, begat Boaz, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat begat Obed, Jesse. 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat 13 T And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, Azariah, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez third, begat Eleasah, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 40 And Eleasnh begat Sisamai, and Sis15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: amai begat Shallum, 16 Whose sisters 2vere Zeruiah, and Abi- 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiab, and Jekgail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, amiah begat Elisllama. and Joab, and Asahel, thlree. 42 ~ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the fa- Jerahmeel weree, Mesha his firstborn, which tler of Amasa uwas Jether the Ishmaelite. twas tile father of Ziphl; and the sons of 18 T And Caleb the son of Hezron begat Mareshah the father of Hebron. 317 The sons of David. I. CHRONICLES. Posterity of Judah. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. his son, 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, JoJorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. tham his son, 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: 13 Ahaz his son,Hezekiah his son, Manasand Maon wtas the father of Beth-zur. seh his son, 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran 15 And the sons of J osiah were, the firstbegat Gazez. born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. Jotham, and Gesham, andPelet, andEphah, 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim; Jeconiah and Shaaph. his son, Zedekiah his son. 48 Itaachah, Caleb's concubine, bare She- 17 ~ And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, her, and Tirhanah. Salathiel his son, 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Mad- 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shemannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, nazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. and the father of Gibea: and the daughter 19 And the sons of Pedaith wet-e, Zerubof Caleb zwas Achsa. babel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerub50 T These were the sons of Caleb the son babel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Sho- Shelomith their sister: bal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Ber51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph echiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. the father of Beth-gader. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jea- and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the rim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the Manahethites. sons of Shechaniah. 53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; ShemaiIthrites, and the Puhites, and the Shu- ah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, mathites, and the Mishraites; of them came and Igcal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. Shaphat, six. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. Joab, and half of the Mlanahethites, the 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, HodaiZorites. ah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, 55 And the families of the scribes shich and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shime- seven. athites, ana Suchathites. These are the CHAPTER IV. Kenites that came of Hemath, the father The posteriy of Judah, 5 antl of Ashut. 9 The of the house of Resab. prat.r of Jabez. 11 ihe ptosterity of Chdeb. CHAPTER III. 2L The posterity of Shelah. 24 TYle posterit and The sons of David, 10 The oya l tne o Zedekiah. cities of Simeot. 39 i'Teir cotrqst of Gedor, 17 Th/e postelity of Jeconiah. and of the Amae:ites it, mou, t Seia' N OW these were the sons of David, which rlHE sons of Judah; Phbrez, Hezron, and ere born unto him in Hebron; the L Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezre- 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jaelitess: the second, Daniel, of Abigail the hath; and Jahath begatAhumai,andLahad. Carmelitess: These are the families of the Zorathites. 2 The third, Absalom the son of Ioaachah 3 And these were of the father of Etam; the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: name of their sister was Hazelelponi 3 The fifth, Sheplhatiah of Abital: the 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the 4 Thfese six were born unto him in He- sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the bron; and there he reigned seven years father of Beth-lehem. and six months: and in Jerusalem he 5 ~ And Ashur the father of Tekoa had reigned thirty and three years. two ives, Helah and Naarah. 5 And these were born unto him in Je- 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and rusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Na- Hepher, and Temeni, and laahashtari. than, and Solomon, four, of Bath-ahua the These were the sons of Naarah. daughter of Ammiel: 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliph- the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. elet, nine. 9 ~ And Jabez was more honourable than 9 These were all the sons of David, be- his brethren: and his mother called!his sides the sons of the concubines, and Ta- name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him mar their sister. with sorrow. 10 S And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me inson, deed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine 313 Posterity of Simeon. I. CHRONICLES. Conquest of Gedor. hand might be with me, and that thou 33 And all their villages that were round wnouldest keep moe from evil, that it may about the same cities, unto Baal. These not grieve me! And God granted him that were thetir habitations, and their genealogy. which lhe requested. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Jo11 ~ And Chelub the brother of Shuah be- shah the son of Amaziah, gat MIehir, which was the father of Eshton. 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irna- 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshhash. These are the menof Rechah. ohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesim13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and iel, and Benaiah, Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Haththa. 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Se- Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, raiah begat Joab, the father of the valley the son of Shemaiah; of Chorashim; for they were craftsmen. 38 These mentioned by their names were 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Je- princes in their families: and the house of phunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the their fathers increased greatly. sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and even unto the east side of the valley, to seek Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. pasture for their flocks. 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and 40 And they found fat pasture and good, Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she and the land was wide, and quiet, and bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt the father of Eshtemoa. there of old. 18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the 41 And these written by name came in the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. their tents, and the habitations that were And these are the sons of Bithiah the found there, and destroyed them utterly daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: be19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the cause there wias pasture there for their sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the flocks. Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 42 And some of them, even of the sons of 20 And the sons of Shimon wvere, Amnon, Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount and Rinnahl, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben- and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, zoheth. the sons of Ishi. 21 ~ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah 43 And they smote the rest of the Amazwere, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah lekites that were escaped, and dwelt there the father of Mareshah, and the families of unto this day. the house of them that wrought fine linen, CHAPTER V. of the house of Ashbea, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, The line of Rueod, anlo/ ther dtlelit. 1 e8 and Joash, and Saraph, who had the domin- Tie war ofReuben, Gad, and the half tribe of ioninMoab,andJashubi-leh en. And these J[atlasseh. it' tihelnarite. 23 Thedwellilgare ancient things.'lace and chief mer of the half tribe of M.ana23 These wtere the potters, and those that seh, 25 Theiraptivity. dwelt among plants and hedges: there they XTOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of dwelt with the king for his nork. IY srael, for he was the firstborn; but, 24 ~ The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: his birthright was given unto the sons of 25 Shallum his son, Mlibsam his son, Mish- Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy ma his son. is not to be reckoned after the birthright: 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethson, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. ren, and of him came the chief ruler; but 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six the birthright wans Joseph's: daughters; but his brethren had not many 3 The sons, Isay, of Reuben the firstborn children, neither did all their family multi- of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, ply, like to the children of Judah. and Carmi. 28 And they dwelt at Beer.sheba, and 4 The sonsof Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog MIoladah, and Hazar-shual, his son, Shimei his son, 29:And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at 5Micoahlis son,Reaiahis son,Baalhisson, Tolad, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at king of Assyria carried away captive: he Ziklag, was prince of the Reubenites. 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar- 7 And his brethren by their families, when susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. the genealogy of their generations was reckThese were their cities unto the reign of oned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, David. 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of 32 And their villages were, Etam, and Shema, the son ofJoel, who dwelt in Aroer, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: cities: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the en319 Duellingplace of Gad. I. CHRONICLES. The sons of Levi. tering in of the wilderness from the river Habor, and ara, and to tile river Gozan, Euphrates: because their cattle were eremulti- unto this day. plied in the land of Gilead. CHA R 10 And in the days of Saul they made war of CHAPTER Iof with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: the, aptotity. i6 Thefamilles of Gae Ps untoand they dwelt in their tents throughout hatih, a,l iler. 49 The ofae o tAf.loo, and all the east lasid of Gilead. his line tlto Ahimnaaz. 54 The cities of the 11 I And the children of Gad dwelt over lPiests anl LevitL. against them, in the land of Bashan unto HE sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Salcah: Merari. 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, 2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. and Hebron, and Uzziel. 13 And their brethren of the house of their 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and fathers weonc, Michael, and tMeshullam, andes,nd Miriam. The sons also of AaSheba, andJor, and Jachan, and Zia, and ron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and IthHeber,seven. mr. 14 These are the children ot Abihail the 4 ~ Eleazar begat Phinehas Phinehas be. son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of gat Abishua, Gilend, the son of Michael, the son of Je- 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bulki shishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; begat Uzzi, 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah chief of the house of their fathers. begat 3Ieraioth, 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, 7 Mereioth begat Amariah, and Amariah and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of begat Ahitub, Sharon, upon their borders. 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies begat Ahimaaz, in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariin the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. ah begat Johanan, 18 T The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, 10 And Johanan begat Azariah; he it is and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant that executed the prfest's office in the temmen, men able to bear buckler and sword, pie that Solomon built in Jerusalem: and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Am. w-e four and forty thousand seven un- ariah begat Ahitub, dred and threescore. that went out to the 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok nar. begat Shallun, 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiwith'Jetur, and Neplish, and Nodab. ah begat Azariah, 20 And they were helped against them, and 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Serathe Hagarites were delivered into their hand, iah begat Jehozadak, and all that tere with them: for they cried 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, to God in the battle, and Ie was entreated of when the LORD carried away Judah and them; because they put their trust in him. Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnez21 And they took away their cattle; of zar. their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep 16 t The sons of Levi; Gersbomn, Kohath, two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses and Iof erari. two thousand, and of men a hundred thou. 17 And these be the namesnf the sons of sand. Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 22 For there fell down many slain, because 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amrrami the war vats of God. And they dwelt in and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. their steads until the captivity. 19 The sons of MIerari; Mahli, and Mushi. 23 5 AEnd the children of the half tribe of And these nae the families of the Leviten Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased according to their fathers. from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, 20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath hik and unto mount Hermon. son, Zimmah his son, 24 And these vwere the heads of the house 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his of their fathers, even Epher, and Islhi, and son, Jeaterai his son. Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hoda- 22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his vifh, and Jahdiel, mighty men of nalour, son, Korahl his son, Assir his son, famous men, and heads of the house of 23 Elkanah his son, andEbiasaph his eon, their fathers. and Assir his son, 25 And they transgressed against the God 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah of their fathers, and went a whoring after his son, and Shaul his son. the gods of the people of the land, whom 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and God destroyed before them. Ahimoth. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the 26 As fon Elkanah: the sons ofElkarah; spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkacarried them away, even the Reubenites, nah his son. and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Ia- 28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn nasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Vashni, and Abiah. 320 ThC citoes of I. CHRONICLES. the priests. ro The sons of M[erari; MIahli, Libni lis of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round son, Shioli his son, Uzza his son, about it. 3I Sinmea his son, Haggiah his son, Asa- 51 But the fields of the city, and the viliall his son. lages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of 31 And these aioe they whom David set Jephunneh. over the service of song in tle house of the 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the LORD, after that the ark had rest. cities of Judah, natmely, Hebron, the city 82 And they ministered before the dwell- of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and ingplace of the tabernacle of the congrega- Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs tion with singing, until Solomon had built 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir thoe house of the LORD il Jerusalem: and with her suburbs, /hen they waited on their office according 59 And Ad shan ith her suburbs, and Bethto their order. shemesh with her suburbs: 33 And these care they that waited wit 60 And ot of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba their chtildren. Of the sons of the Kolhath- ith her suburbs, and Alemoethl ith her ites, Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. sot of Slheinuel, All their cities throughout their familie3 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, itcere thirteen cities. tie son of Eliel, the son of Toah, G1 And unto the sons of Kohath, wh/Zich 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, tvere left of the family of that tribe, wtre tile son of MaIath. lo the son of Amasai, citiets yivc out of the half tribe, zalclt/, 33 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, out of the half aribe of MInasseh, by lot, thle so of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ten cities. /,7 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, their families out of the tribe of Issachar, i3 The son of Izhiar, the soo of Kohath, and out of the tribe of Atsher, and out of the the son of Levi, the son of Isael. tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of t33 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his 3Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. right ohand, cuc Asaph the son of Berachi- 63 Unto t tle sons of iMerari zere given by a!, tl-e son of Shimea, lot, tlroughout their families, out of the 4) The son oficl,th oof ie asoi- tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of al, the son of MIalociah, Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve 41 Tlie son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the cities. son of Adaiah, G64 L d the children of Israel gave to the 42 The son of Ethan, the so0 of Zimmah, Levites these cities with their suburbs. the son of Slimei, 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of 43 Tle son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the clhildren of Judal, and out of the tribe tle son of Levi. of the children of Simeon, and out of the 4t And their brethren the sons of o f tle childre of Benjamin, these citstood on the left. hand: Ethan the son of ies, hich are called by their nuames. iishi, the son of Abdi, the son of oalluch, 66 And h the R ealte of the families of the 53 Tile son of IHsilhahiah, the son of Aea- sons of fohath had citie of their coasts out ziah, the son of Ifitliah, of the tribe of Efphranim. 40 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities son of Shamer, of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with 47 The son of nIahli, the son of Mtushi, tle her suburbs; the0y av0e also Gezer with her son of terari, the son of Levi. suburbs, 48 Their brethren also the Levites 7ve?-e 63 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and appointed unto all manner of service of the Beth-horon o ith her suburbs, tabernacle of the house of God. o9 And Aijalon with lier suburbs, and Gath9 But aron nd his sons offered upon and hi sons offered upon rmmith her suburbs: the altr of te,urnit offering, nnd on thoe 70 And out of the half tribe of iotanssehb; altar of incense, and weure ap)oiottedl for Alner with her suburbs, and Bileam withl her all the work of the pltace most toly, and to suburbs, for the family of the remnanut of make an atonement for Israel, according to tle sons of Kohath. all that MIoses the servant of God had com- 71 Unto the sons of Gershom o Cere ioven, manded. out of thle fomily of the half tribe of lfanns50 And these aoee tole sons of haron; Ele- seh, Golan in Bashan witlh her suburbs, and azar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishuft his Ashtaroth with her suburbs: son, 72 And out of the tribe of Issacar t; Kedesh 51 Bukki his so0, Uzzi his son, Zetrahiah with her suburbs, Daberath with her subhis sOl, urbs, 52 Ieraioth his son, Amoariah his son, Alhi- 173 And Ramoth witll her suburbs, and tub his son, Anem with hler suburbs: 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashrtl 35 ~ Now thlese are their dlellingplaces with her suburbs, and Abdon with her subthroughout their castles in their coasts, of urbs, the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Ko- 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehadtites: for theirs waq the lot. hob with hler suburbs: 55 Ind they gave them Hebron in the land 7G And out of the tribe of Nlnaphtali; Ke21 321 Posterity of Issachar. I. CHRONICLES. Posterity of Benjamin. desh inGalilee with her suburbs, and Ham- 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the chilmon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with dren of Ir, anei Hushim, the sons of Aher. her suburbs. 13 I The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and 77 Unto the rest of the children of MIerari Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of vere given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Bilhah. Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her 14 ~ The sons of Manasseh;:Asbriel, suburbs:' whom she bare; (but his concubine the 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jeri- Aramitess bare Machirthe fatherof Gilead: lho, on the east side of Jordan, tere given 15 And Maohir took to wife the sister of them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jah- wasI Maachah;) and the name of the seczah with her suburbs, ond tpas Zeloplhehad: and Zelophehad had 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and daughters. Mephaathl with her suburbs: 16 And MIaachah the wife of Machir bare a 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth son, and she called his name Peresh; and in Gilead with her suburbs, and MIahanaim the name of his brother twas Sheresh; and with her suburbs, his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and 17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan.. These Jazer with her suburbs. toere the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, CHAPTER VII. the son of Manasseh. The sons of IsIacol., 6 of Beljamti, 13 offNah- 18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare tlli, 14 of ianassel. 20 and of Ephtlaim. 28 Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mlahalah.,phl'ailm's habtiatiodts. O3 T'eses of Ashe. 19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, N OW the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Shechlem, and Liklli, and Aniam. andPuah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four. 20 [ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthe2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Reph- lah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, aiad, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Eladah his son, and Tallatb his son, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, 21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his to evit, of Tola: they u7ere valiant men of son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men might in their generations; whose number of Gath that zoere born in that land slew, was in the days of David two and twenty because they came down to take away their thousandand six hundred. cattle. 3AndthesonsofUzzi; Izrahiah: and the 22 And Ephraim their father mourned sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, many days, and his brethren came to oomand Joel, hiah, five: all of them chief men. fort him. 4 And with them, by their generations, 23 And wehen he went in to is wife, she after the house of their fathers, were bands conceived and bare a son, and he called his of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand name Beriah, because it went evil with his mene: for they had many wives and sons. house. 5 And their brethren among all the families 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who of Issaclar were valiant men of might, reck- built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, oned in all by their genealogies fourscore and Uzzen-sherah.) and seven thousand. 25 And Rephah ewas his son, also Resheph,:6 ~ The soens of Benjamin; Bela, and and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, Beeher, and Jediael, three. 21 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, 7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, Elishama his son, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; 27 Non l is son, Jehoshuah his son. heads of the house of their fathers, mighty 28 And their possessions and habitations men of valour; and were reckoned by their were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and genealogies twenty and two thousand and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, thirty and four. with the towns thereof; Shechem also and 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and the towns thereof, unto (Gaza and the towns Joashi, and Eliezer, and Elioenani, and thereof: Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Ana- 29 And by the borders of the children of thoth, and Alameth. All these are the Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Tasons of Becher. anach and her towns, MIegiddo and her 9 And the number of them, after e their towns, Dor and er tons. In these dwelt genealogy by their generations, heads of the children of Joseph the son of Israel. the house of their fathers, mighty men of 80 ~ The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuvalour, tas twenty thousand and two hun- ah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah dred. their sister. 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and 31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and the sons of Billhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and heads of their fathers, mighty men of val- Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the chilour, eaere seventeen thousand and two hun- dren of Japhlet. dred soldiers, fit to go out for war and 84 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and battle. Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 32'2 The chzef men I. CHRONICLES. of Bcnja7mi. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; 27 And Jaresiah, and Elinh, and Ziehri, Zophliah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. the sons of J eroham. 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Har- 28 These qwere heads of the fathers, by nepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, their generations, chief men. These dwelt 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shlamma, and in Jerusalem. Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gib38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, eon; whose wife's name vas AIaachalh: and Pispah, and Ara. 30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, 89 And the sons of Ulla; Arab, and and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, Haniel, and Rezia. 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 40 All these were the children of Asher, 32 And Miikloth begat Shimeah. And these heads of their father's house, choice and also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusamighty men of valour, chief of the princes. lem, over against them. And the number throughout the genealogy 83 ~ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat of them that were apt to the war ande to Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Sialbattle was twenty and six thousand men. ehishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. CHAPTER VIII. 34 And the son of Jonathan zvas MderibThe sone and chief ten of feofjain. 33 The baal; and Merib-baal begat TMicah. family of Sanl and Jonathan. 3 And the sons of BIicah toere, Pithon, NTOW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. Ah Ashbel the second, and Aharah the 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehothird, adah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and 37 And Moza begat Binea: Raapha wva Geoa, and Abihud, his son, Eleasah lhis son, Azel Iis Eon. 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Hu- aoe these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, ram. and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these All these were the sons of Azel. are the heads of the fathers of the inhabit- 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother ants of Geba, and they removed them to zvoee, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the secManahath: ond, and Eliphelet the third. 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men removed them, and begatUzza, and Ahihud. of valour, archers, and had many sons, and 8 And Shahsrairm begat children in the sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these country of Mloab, after he had sent them are of the sons of Benjamin. away; Hushim and Baara zo erc his wives. CHATER IX. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, T AoTedd loi nd. f Jda. and Zibia, and AIesha, and Malcham, 2 The first inhabitants n Jerusalfm fter the 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Atirma. -plhti. c ati 7 The oha'goe of cetai Levites. These wvere his sons, heads of the fathers, 35 The fanily of Sal and Jonatlan. 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and QO all Israel were reckoned by genealoElpaol. K gles; and, behold, they ovese written in 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Led, with who were carried away to Babylon for their the towns thereof: transgression. 13 Beriall also, and Shema, who were 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwvelt heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of in their possessions in their cities zoere, the Aijalon, who drove anwaythe inhabitants of Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Gath: Nethinim. 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the and of the children of Ephraim, and MIasons of Beriah; nasseh; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and 4 Uthai the son of Ammilhud, the son of Hezeki, and Heber, Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the children of Pharez the son of Judah. the sons of Elpaarl; 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the first19 And Jakini, and Zichri, and Zabdi, born, and his sons. 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shim- their brethren, six hundred and ninety. rath, the sons of Shimhi; 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, son of tIeshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the 23 And Abdon, and Zihlri, and Hanan, son of Hasenuah, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and An- 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and tothijah, Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of MIichri, and 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons DIeshullam the son of Shephllathiah, the son of Shashak; of Reuel, the son of Ibuijah; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and 9 And their brethren, according to their Athaliah, generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. 323 The charge of I. CHRONICLES. certain Levites. All these men Swee chief of the fathers in 28 And certain of them had the charge of the house of their fathers. the ministering vessels, that they should 10 I And of the priests; Jedaiah, and bring them in and out by tale. Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 29 Some of them also wesre appointed to 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the oversee the vessels, and all the instru- son of Aleshullam, the son of Zadok, the ments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler and the wine, and the oil, and the frankof the house of God; incense, and the spices. 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the 30 And some of the sons of the priests son of Pashur, the son of MIalchijah, and made the ointment of the spices. Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jah- 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who zerah, the son of MIeshullam, the son of was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, Meshillemith, the son of Immer; had the set office over the things that were 13 And their brethren, heads of the house made in the pans. of their fathers, a thousand and seven hun- 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons dred and threescore; very able men for of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, the work of the service of the house of God. to prepare it every sabbath. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son 33 And these are the singers, chief of the of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of fathers of the Levites, who remaining in Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; the chambers weree free: for they were em15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, ployed in that work day and night. and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of 34 These chief fathers of the Levites were Zichri, the son of Asaph; chief throughout their generations; these 10 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the dwelt at Jerusalem. son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Ber- 35 V And in Gibeon dwelt the father of echiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was that dwelt in the villages of the Netopha- Maachah: thites. 3 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, 17 d And the porters weere, Shallum, and and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, their brethren: Shallum was the chief; and Mikloth. 18 Who hitherto zaited in the king's gate 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And eastward: they were porters in the com- they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerupanies or the children of Levi. salem, over against their brethren. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son 39 And Nor begat Kish; and Kish begat of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malbrethren, of the house of his father, the chishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. Korahites, worer over the work of the serv- 40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribice, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. and their fathers, being over the host of the 41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, LORD, were keepers of the entry. and Melech, and Tnhrea, and Ahaz. 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah bethe ruler over them in time past, and the gat Alemoth, and Azmaveth, etand Zimri; LORD was with him. and Zimri begat MIoza; 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah 43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. the congregation. 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are 22 All these which we're chosen to be these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and porters in the gates were two hundred and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. These twelve. These were reckoned by their gen- zere the sons of Azel. ealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set CHAPTER X ofe Saluts ove d thro se ad teat/l. 8 The Philistines office. triump~ over Sall-. 11 The kiddness of the -ent 23 So they and their children had the f Jabas-iead tolwards Soul antd is roTs. 13 oversight of the gates of the house of the esi, for which the kinsgdom was transferred LORD, namely, the house of the taber- from Sa to David. nacle, by wards. N OW the Philistines fought against Is24 In four quarters were the porters, to- L'l rael; and the men of Israel fled from ward the east, west, north, and south. before the Philistines, and fell down slain 25 And their brethren, vhichwecre in their in mount Gilboa. villages, were to come after seven days 2 And the Philistines followed hard after from time to time with them. Saul, and after his sons; and the Philis2 For these Levites, the four chief port- tines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and ers, were in their set office, and were over Malchishua, the sons of Saul. the chambers and treasuries of the house 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, of God. and the archers hit him, and he was wound27 And they lodged round about the house ed of the archers. of God, because the charge was upon them, 4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, and the opening thereof every morning per- Draw thy sword, and thrust me through taineld to them. therewith; lest these uncircumcised come 324 __ _fGd eas h hre~n pntem hnsi alt i rorer Death oJ Saul. I. CHRONICLES. Davzd's nighty nzen. and abuse me. But his armourbearer would 7 And David dwelt in the castle; therenot; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took fore they called it the city of David. a sword, and fell upon it. 8 And he built the city round about, even 5 And when his armourbearer saw that from illo round about: and Joab repaired Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the the rest of the city. sword, and died. 9 So David waxed grte ndeater and greater: 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all for the LORD of hosts za8s with him. his house died together. 10 i These also are the chief of the mighty 7 And when all the men of Israel that men whom David had, who strengthened were in the valley saw that they fled, and themselves with him in his kingdom, and, that Saul and his sons were dead, then they with all Israel, to make him king, accordforsooketheir cities, and fled: and the Phi- ing to the word of the LORD concerning listines came and dwelt in them. Israel. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when 11 And this is the number of the mighty the Philistines came to strip the slain, that men whom David had; Jashobeam, aHachthey found Saul and his sons fallen in mount monite, the chief of the captains: he lifted Gilboa. up his spear against three hundred slain by 9 And when they had stripped him, they himn at one time. took his head, and his armour, and sent in- 12 And after him uwas Eleazar the son of to the land of the Philistines round about, Dodo, the Ahohite, who wta one of the to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the three mighties. people. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and 10 And they put his armour in the house there the Philistines were gathered together of their gods, and fastened his head in the to battle, where was a parcel of ground full temple of Dagon. of barley; and the people fled from before 11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all the Philistines. that the Philistines had done to Saul, 14 And they set themselves in the midst 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and of that parcel. and delivered it, and slew took away the body of Saul, and the bodies the Philistines; and the LORD saved themr of his sons, and brought them to Jahesh, by a great deliverance. and buried their bones under the oak in 15 Now three of the thirty captains went Jabesh, and fasted seven days. down to the rock to David, into the cave of 13 So Saul died for his transgression which Adullam; and the host of the Philistines he committed against the LORD, even encamped in the valley of Rephaim. against the word of the LORD, which he 16 And David was then in the hold, and kept not, and also for asking counsel of one the Philistines' garrison was then at Beththat had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; lehem. 14 And inquired not of the LORD: there- 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that fore he slew him, and turned the kingdom one would give me drink of the water of the unto Davidthe son of Jesse. well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! CHAPTER XI. 18 And the three brake through the host |Daid is wade k,,y t 1lebi,io. 4 He tketh the of the Philistines, and drew water out of the castle of Zzont from the Jebsztes. 10 A cata-well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, lolue of David'enighty 7ne,. and took it, and brought it to David: but HEN all Israel gathered themselves to David would not drink of it, but poured it David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we out to the LORD, are thy bone and thy flesh. 19 And said, ly God forbid it me, that I 2 And moreover in time past, even when should do this thing: shall I drink the blood Saulwas king, thou weast he that leddest of these men that have put their lives in out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed lives they brought it: therefore he would my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler not drink it, These things did these three over my people Israel. mightiest. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to 20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he the king to Hebron; and David made a was chief of the three: for lifting up his covenant with them in Hebron before the spear against three hundred, he slew them, LORD; and they anointed David king over and had a name among the three. Israel, according to the word of the LORD 21 Of the three, he was more honourable by Samuel. than the two; for he vws their captain: 4 d And David and all Israel went to howbeit he attained not to the first three. Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jeb- 22 Benaiah the son of Jelboiada, the son of usites were, the inhabitants of the land. a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to many acts; he slew two lionlike men of David, Thou shalt not come hither. Never- Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in theless David took the castle of Zion, which a pit in a snowy day. is the city of David. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the great stature, five cubits high; and in the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, beam; and he went dovn to him with a and'was chief. staff, and plucked the spear out of the 325 David's chief I. 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Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeown spear. ziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and 24 These things did Benaiah the son of Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,' Jehoiada, and had the name among the 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty three mighties. man among the thirty, and over the thirty; 25 Behold, he was honourable among the and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, thirty, but attained not to the first three: and Josabad the Gederathite, and David set him over his guard. 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiab, and 26 ~ Also the valiant men of the armies Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruwere, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan phite, the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pe- Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, lonite, 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi- Jeroham of Gedor. ezer the Antothite, 8 And of the Gadites there separated 29 Sibbecai the Hushathitc, Ilai the Aho- themselves unto David into the hold to the hite, wilderness men of might, and men of war 30 Mahlarai the Netophathite, Heled the fit for the battle, that could handle shield son of Baanah the Netophathite, and buckler, whose faces wzere like the 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that faces of lions, and evre as swift as the roes pertained to the children of Benjamin, upon the mountains; Benaiah the Pirathonite, 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the third, the Arbathito, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the 83 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the fifth, Shaalbonite, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 34 The sons of -Hashem the Gizonite, Jon- 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, athan the son of Shage the Hararite, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, lIachbanai the 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, eleventh. Eliphal the son of Ur, 14 These oere of the sons of Gad, captains 36 Hefpher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the of the host: one of the least wtas over a Pelonite, hundred, and the greatest over a thou37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son sand. ofEzlbai, 15 These are they that went over Jordan 38 Joel the brother of Nathan,?Iibhar in the first month, when it had overflown the son ofHaggeri, all his banks; and they put to flight all 39 Zelek th mmonite, aharai the onite, Nahorai the e of h valleys, both toward the east, rotlite, the armourbearer of Joab the son and toward the west. of Zeruiah, 16 And there came of the children of Ben40 Ira the Ithrite, Garcb the Ithrite, jamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of 17 And David went out to meet them, Ahlai, and answered and said unto them, If ye be 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a come peaceably unto me to help me, mine captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be him, come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing 43 Hanan the son of hBaachah, and Josha- there is no wrong in mine hands, the God phat the Mithnite, of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Je- 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, hiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, zlwho was chief of the captains, and he said, 45l Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou his brother, the Tizite, son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah helpeth thee. Then David received them, the Moabite, and made them captains of the band. 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the MeIso- 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to baite. David, when he came with the Philistines CHAPTER XII. against Saul to battle; but they helped them TheO cmpanies /twat cane to 5Da1id at Ziktag. 23 not: for the lords of the Philistines upol The ar0ies that cme to him at liessrcs, advisement sent him away, saying, He will N OW these cae they that came to David fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy oJ to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself our heads. close because of Saul the son of Kishl: and 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him they siwere among the mighty men, helpers of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and of the war. Jcdiael, and OIichael, and Jozabad, and 2 They zwere armed with bows, and could Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thouuse both the right hand and the left in sands that weerc of lanasseh. hurlisg stones and shootinyg arrowas out of 21 And they helped Dasvid against the a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Ben- band of the rovers: for they were all jamin. imighty nien of valour, and were captains 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the in the host, 326 David bringeth I. CHRONICLES. up the tr/-. 22 For at that time day by day there came CHAPTER XIII. to David to help him, until it was a great David feadetl the ark ithA qreat solemnity from host, like the host of God. liirsath-eatima. 9 Uzzah being smitten, the ark 23 S And these are the numbers of the a let t te heose of Obed-eon. bands: that overe ready armed to the war, ND David consulted with the captains and came to David to Hebron, to turn the of thousands and hundreds, and with kingdom of Saul to him, according to the every leader. word of the LORD. 2 And David said unto all the congregation 24 Tlhe children of Judah that bare shield of Israel, If it seema good unto you, and and spear tore six thousand and eight hun- that it be of the LORD our God, let us dred, ready armed to the war. send abroad unto our brethren every where, 25 Of the childrenofioighty t eeft the l of imeon, mighty that of valour for the war, seven thousand and with them also to the priests and Levites one hundred. which are in their cities and suburbs, that 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand they may gather themselves unto us: and six hundred. 3 And let us bring again the ark of our 27 Alid Jehoiada was the leader of the God to us: for we inquired not at it in the Aaronites, and with him weore three thou- days of Saul. sand and seven hundred; 4 And all the congregation said that they 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of val- would do so: for t th thing was right in the our, and of his father's house twenty and eyes of all the people. two captains. 5 So David gathered all Israel together, 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the from Shihor of Egypt even unto the enterkindred of Saul, three thousand: for hith- ing of Hemath, to bring the ark of God erto the greatest part of them had kept the from Kirjath-jearim. ward of the house of Saul. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the valour, famous throughout the house of their ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between fathers. the cherubim, whose niame is called on it. 31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eight- 7 And they carried the ark of God in a een thousand, which were expressed by new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and name, to come and make David king. Uzzah and Ahio drnve the cart. 32 And of the children of Issachar, which 8 And David d ad all Israel played before ewere men that had understanding of the God with all their might, and with singtimes, to know what Israel ought to do; the ing, and with harps, and with psalteries, heads of them uwere two hundred; and all and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and their brethren were at their command- with trumpets. ment. 9 And when they came unto the threshing33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to bat- foor of Chidon, Uzzah put forth his hand tie, expert in war, with all instruments of to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled they wuere not of double heart. against Uzzah, and he smote him, because 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, he put his hand to the ark: and there he and with them with shield and spear thirty died before God. and seven thousand. 11 And David was displeased, because the 35 And of the Danites expertin war twenty LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and eight thousand and six hundred. wherefore that place is called Perez-uzzah 36 And of Asher, such as went forth to bat- to this day. tle, expert in war, forty thousand. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, 37 And on the other side of Jordan, o ayi, ofhall I the ark of God Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the home to me lialf tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of 13 So David brought not the ark home to instruments of war for the battle, a hun- himself to the city of David, but carried it dred and twenty thousand. asideinto the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 38 All these men of war, that could keep 14 And the ark of God remained with the rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, family of Obed-edom in his house three to mako David king over all Israel: and all months. And the LORD blessed the house the rest also of Israel were of one heart to of Obed-edom, and all that he had. make David king. CHAPTER XIV. 39 And there they were with David three Hiram's ki,d,nes to David. 3David'sfamily. S days, eating and drinking: for their breth- His victories over the Philistines. ren had prepared for them. NTOW Iiram king of Tyre sent messen40 Moreover they that were nigh them, I. gers to David, and timber of cedars, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naph- with masons and carpenters, to build him a tali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, house. and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, 2 And David perceived that the LORD had meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, confirmed him king over Israel, for his kigand wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep dom was lifted up on high, because of his abundantly: for there wase joy in Israel. people Israel. 327 A place for the I. CHRONICLES. ark prepared. 3 And David took more wives at Jerusa- 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the lem: and David begat more sons and daugh- chief, and his brethren twoo hundred and ters. toenty: 4 Now these are the names of his children 7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and and his brethren a hundred and hirty: Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, chief, and his brethren two hundred: 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliph- and his brethren fourscore: alet. 10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the 8 ~ And when the Philistines heard that chief, and his brethren a hundred and David was anointed king over all Israel, twelve. all the Philistines went up to seek David. 11 And David called for Zadok and AbiaAnd David heard of it, and went out thar the priests, and for the Levites, for against them. Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shenaiah,, and 9 And the Philistines came and spread Eliel, and Amminadab, themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief 10 And David inquired of God, saying, of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourShallI go up against the Philistines? and selves, both ye and your brethren, that ve wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? may bring up the ark of the LORD God of And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I Israel unto the place that I have prepared will deliver them into thine hand. for it. 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and 13 For because ye did it not at the first, David smotethem there. Then Davidsaid, the LORD our God made a breach upon God hath broken in upon mine enemies by us, for that we sought him not after the due mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: order. therefore they called the name of that place 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctiBaal-perazim. fied themselves to bring up the ark of the 12 And when they had left their gods there, LORD God of Israel. David gave a commandment, and they were 15 And the children of the Levites bare burned with fire. the ark of God upon their shoulders with 13 And the Philistines yet again spread the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, themselves abroad in the valley. according to the word of the LORD. 14 Therefore David inquired again of God; 16 And David spake to the chief of the and God said unto him, Go not up after Levites to appoint their brethren to be the them; turn away from them, and come upon singers with instruments of music, psalterthem over against the mulberry trees. ies and harps and cymbals, sounding, by 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a lifting up the voice with joy. sound of going in the tops of the mulberry 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph for God is gone forth before thee to smite the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of the host of the Philistines. Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of 16 David therefore did as God commanded Kushaiah; him: and they smote the host of the Philis- IS And with them their brethren of the tines from Gibeon even to Gazer. second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jai17 Aond the fame of David went out into ziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and alllands; and the LORD brought the fear Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, of him upon all nations. and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and IbikCHAPTER XV. neiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porta, 7 w p,~.ea aer,' DaviOo, ^-vl ) o. e'!oed o a 19tc fo, the oue so So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and cembleth the sleoploe to bri if,'o o E ohe otouse ofc d sn Obel-edo?. 11 He ordereth the priests and L- Ethan, zere appointed to sound with ymsites to bear the arf. 25 David aild his chiefbals ofbrass len unite in the solemnoity loith g;eat joy. 29 0 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and SheMfid,lat desplsetth him. miramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, A ND David made him houses in the city and Manseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries f of David, and prepared a place for the on Alamoth; ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 21 And 1Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and 2 Then' David said, None ought to carry Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and the ark of God but the Levites: for them Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to'hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of excel.'God, and to minister unto him for ever. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, 3 And David gathered all Israel together i2vwas for song: he instructed about the song, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the because he sas skilful. LORD unto his place, which he had pre- 23 And Berechinh and Elkhanh tvere pared for it. doorkeepers for the ark. 4 And David assembled the children of 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Aaron, and the Levites: Nethllaeel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, 5 Of the sons Of Kohatlh; Uriel the chief, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did and his brethren a hundred and twenty: blow with the trumpets before.the ark of _ 328 David's psalm I. CHRONICLES. of thanksgiving. God: -and Obed-edom and Jehiah wer he hath done, his wonders, and the judgdoorkeepers for the ark. ments of his mouth; 25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and 13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye chilthe captains over thousands, vent to bring dren of Jacob, his chosen ones. up the ark of the covenant of the LORD 14 He is the LORD our God; his judgout of the house of Obed-edom with joy. ments are in all the earth. 20 And it came to pass, when God helped 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the Levites that bare the ark of the cove- the word which he commanded to a thounant of the LORD, that they offered seven sand generations; bulloks and seven rams. 16 Even of the covenant which he made 27 And David v2as clothed with a robe of with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting master of the song with the singers: David covenant, also had upon him an ephod of linen. 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; the covenant of the LORD with shouting, 19 When ye were but few, even a few, and and with sound of the cornet, and with trangersin it. trumpets, and with cymbals, making a 20 And when they went from nation to noise with psalteries and harps. nation, and from one kingdom to another 29 And it came to pass, as the ark of people; the covenant of the LORD came to the city 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, looking out at a window saw king David 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and dancing and playing: and she despised do my prophets no harm. him in her heart. 23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; CHAPTER: tVI. shev forth from day to day his salvation. Davtids sceriices aoT ofieitl. 04 He a'oi h 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; DOtdO' oim - 4' o. e, iotpGtoto his marvellous works among all nations. of ihatnktgivin. 37 He alpoiltcth mitisters, 25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to Tpotters,,iests, and musicians, to attend coo- be praised: he also is to be feared above tii;ually o, thle ark. all gods. QO they brought the ark of God, and set 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: it it in the midst of the tent that David but the LORD made the heavens. had pitched for it: and they offered burnt 27 Glory and honour are in his presence; sacrifices and peace offerings before God. strength and gladness are in his place. 2 And when David had made an end of 28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of offering the burnt offerings and the peace the people, give unto the LORD glory and offerings, he blessed the people in the name strength. of the LORD. 29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both his name: bring an offering, and come beman and woman, to every one a loaf of fore him: worship the LORD in the beauty bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a of holiness. flagon of ine. 30 Fear before him, all the earth: the 4 A And he appointed certain of the world also shall be stable, that it be not Levites to minister before the ark of the moved. LORD, and to record, and to thank and 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the praise the LORD God of Israel: earth rejoice: and let men say among the 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zech- nations, The LORD reignsth. ariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereand Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, of: let the fields rejoice, and all that is and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries therein. and with harps; but Asaph made a sound 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing with cymbals; out at the presence of the LORD, because 6 Beuniah also and Jabaziel the priests he cometh to judge the earth. with trumpets continually before the ark of 34 Oh give thanks unto the LORD; for the covenant of God. he is good; for his mercy enduret7h for 7 ~ Then on that day David delivered ever. first this psalm to thank the LORD into 35 And say ye, Save us, 0 God of our the hand of Asaph and his brethren. salvation, and gather us together, and de8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon liver us from the heathen, that we may give his name, make known his deeds among the thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy people. praise. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel talk yo of all his wondrous works. for ever and ever. And all the people said, 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the Amen, and praised the LORD. heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 37 ~ So he left there before the ark of the 11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek covenant of the LORD Asaph and hisbrethhis face continually. ren, to minister before the ark continually, 12 Remember his marvellous works that as every day's work required:,329 David not to I. CHRONICLES. build the temple. 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, over I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthreescore and eight; Obed-edom also the thermore I tell thee, that the LORD will son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: build thee a house. 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren 11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days the priests, before the tabernacle of the be expired that thou must go to be with thy LORD in the high place that was at Gib- fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after eon, thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD establish his kingdom. upon the altar of the burnt offering contin- 12 He shall build me a house, and I will ually morning and evening, and to lo ac- stablish his throne for ever. cordiog to all that is written in the law of 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my the LORD, which he commanded Israel; son: and I will not take my mercy aay 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthu.b, from him, as I took it from hint that was and the rest that were chosen, who were before thee: expressed by name, to give thanks to the 14 But I will settle him in mine house LORD, because his mercy endzreth for and in my kingdom for ever: and his throe ever;.' shall be established for evermore. 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun 15 According to all these words, and acwith trumpets and cymbals for those that cording to all this vision, so did Nathan should make a sound, and with musical in- speak unto David. struments of God. And the sons of Jedu- 16 And David the king came and sat thun were porters. before the LORD, and said, Who a.u I, 0 43 And all the people departed every man LORD God, and what is mine house, that to his house: and David returned to bless thou hast brought me hitherto? his house. 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine CHAPTER XVII. eyes, 0 God; for thou hast also spoken of Yatlhai approeth the pturtoe of David to uild a thy servant's house for a great while to houseforeo(. 3.Aftereardsb sthe com.matld of come, and hast regarded me according to God he forbildeti Aim l; 11 but promliseth bless- the estate ofa man of high degree, 0 LORD iegs so his seed. 16 David's prayer asd t/Laots- God. givsld1. 18 What can David speak more to thee for XOW it came to pass, as David sat in the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest his house, that David said to Nathan thy servant. the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, 190 LORD, for thy servant's sake, and but the ark of the covenant of the LORD re- according to thine own heart, hast thou eqainett under curtains. done all this greatness, in making known 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all all these great things. that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither 3 And it came to pass the same night, that is there any God besides thee, according to the word of God came to Nathan, saying, all that w e have heard with our ears. 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus 21 And what one nation in the earth is like saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem hlouse to dwell in: to be his own people, to make thee a name 5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the of greatness and terribleness, by driving out day that I brought up Israel unto this day; nations from before thy people, whom thou but have gone from tent to tent, and from hast redeemed out of gypt? one tabernacle to another. 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Is- thine own people forever; and thou, LORD, rael, spake I a word to any of the judges of becamest their God. Israel, whom I commanded to feed my peo- 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that pie, saying, Why have ye not built me a thou hast spoken concerning thy servant house of cedars? and concerning his house be established for 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto ever, and do as thou hast said. my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of 24 Let it even be established, that thy name hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even may be magnified for ever, saying, The from following the sheep, that thou should- LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a est be ruler over my people Israel: God to Israel: and lot the house of David 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thy servant be established before thee. - thou hast walked, and have out off all thine 25 For thou, 0 my God, hast told thy enemies from before thee, and have made servant that thou wilt build him a house: thee a name like the name of the great men therefore thy servant hath found in his that are in the earth. heart to pray before thee. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and Israel, and will plant them, and they shall hast promised this goodness unto thy servdwell in their place, and shall be moved no ant: more; neither shall the children of wicked- 27 Now therefore let it please thee to ness waste them any more, as at the begin- bless the house ofthy servant, that it may ning, sbe beftre thee for ever: for thou blessest, 10 And since the time that I commanded 0 LORD, and it shall be blessed: for judges to be over my people Israel. Miore- ever. 330 David subdueth I. CHRONICLES. his enemies. CHAPTER XVIII. over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; David suidueth the Philistin-es atd thelfoabcties. and the sons of David twere chief about 3 He smitet Haeada,'ezctand theSyatritan.. T'0o the king. seidfeth his so,7 hihim with presens,11 it 2e CHAPTER XIX. presetts and the spoil Davld dedicateth to God. David's nessenge-s, sent to confot Rn, ar d13 le ototti e se arrtso-as its Eden1. 1i Davido's shaoneftlloyt iated. 6 Theemtnonites, strettlAJ ogices, teed y t.he S'!/iriat-,s, ale obletcome by Joab and tXTOW after this it came to pass, that ishai1. 16 The Sictias cute aci defeted. David smote the Philistines, and sub- TOW it came to pass after this, that dued them, and took Gath and her towns Nahash the king of the children of out of tlie hand of the Philistines. Acmion died, and his son reigned in his 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites stead. became David's servants, and brought gifts. 2 And David said, I will shew kindness And David smote Hadarezer king of Zo- unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his bah unto Hamnth, as he went to stablish his father sheowed kindness to me. Anld David dominion by the river Euphrates. sent messengers to comfort him concerning 4 And David took from him a thousand his father. So the servants of David came chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, into the land of the children of Ammon to and twenty thousand footmen: David also Hanun, to comfort him. houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved 3 But the princes of the children of Amof them a hundred chariots. mon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus David doth honour thy father, that he hath came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, Da- sent comforters unto thee? are not his servvid slew of the Syrians two and twenty ants come unto thee for to search, and to thousand men. overthrow, and to spy out the land? 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-da- 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, mascus; and the Syrians became David's and shaved them, and cut off their garments servants,and brought gifts. Thus theLORD in the midst hard by their buttocks, and preserved David whi eent. sent thersoever he m away. 7 And David took the shields of gold that5 Then there went certain, and told Dawere on the servants of Hadarezer, and vid how the men were served; and he sent brought them to Jerusalem. to meet them: for the men were greatly 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at cities of Hadarezer, brought David very Jericho until your beards be grown, and Inuch brass, lwherewith Solomon made the then return. brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels And when the children of Ammon saw of brass. that they had made themselves odious to 9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard David, Hanun and the children of Armon how David had smitten all the host of Had- sent a thousand talents of silver to hire arezer king of Zobah; them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopo10 He sent Hadoram his son to king Da- tamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out xid, to inquire of his welfare, and to con- of Zobah. gratulate him, because he had fought aainst 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand fIIadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadare- chariots, and the king of MIaaclah and his zer had war with Tou;) and with hitn all people; who came and pitched before Medmanner of vessels of gold and silver and eba. And the children of Aemmon gathbrass. ered themselves together from their cities, 11 Them also king David dedicated unto and came to battle. the LORD, with the silver and the gold that 8 And when David heard of it, he sent the brought from all these nations; from Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. Edom, and from Moab, and from the chil- 9 And the children of Ammon came out, dren of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and put the battle in array before the gate and from Amalek. of the city: and the kings that were come 12 Morcover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah were by themselves in the field. slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was eighteen thousand. set against him before and behind, he chose 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and out of all the choice of Israel, and put them all the Edomites became David's servants. in array against the Syrian,. Thus the LORD preserved David whither- 11 And the rest of the people he delivered soever he went. unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and they se themselves in array against the executed judgment and justice among all children of Ammon. his people. 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over strong for me, then thou shalt help me: the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahi- but if the children of Ammon be too strong hid, recorder; for thee, then I will help thee. 1G And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave Abimelech the son of Abiathar, weite the ourselves valiantly for our people, and for priests; and Shavsha e as scribe; the cities of our (od: and let the LORD do 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was that whichii is good in his sight. 331. ~ ~ --.. — Davdtl's sm1 itt I. CHRONICLES. n7umbering Israel. 14 So Joab and the people that were.with 7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the him drew nigh before tthe Syrians unto the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. battle; and they fled before him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; 15 And when the children of Ammon saw and they fell by the hand of David, and by that the Syrians were fled, they likewise the hand of his servants. fled beforeAbisbai his brother, and entered CHAPTER XXI. into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusa- D'i i the eoIle. iS o David's,ib i,, -.mbe-i,lg the peolple. 8tHi,,onlem.,10-feseiott tl'eof. 9 Ohe tltfe e jehoiymete oeffl 16 And when the Syrians saw that they hi,e he chnoseti t!e thee doys' Ichsilhrc.e 1I1 were put to the worse before Israel, they T'he destroyilg -acgel is satyed, atd Jerusalem sent messengers, and drew forth the Syr- spared. 18 David ei-ecteth at altar, a, d ejftr- ians that zwere beyond the river: and Sho- etha a aoi-ce Iuto tIhe Lord. 28 He continuetl phach the captain of the host of Hadarezer o i 6ac*tce urn the sane place. went before them.A ND Satan stood up against Israel, and 17 And it was told David; and ho gathered A- provoked David to number Israel. all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and 2 And David said to Joab and tothe rulers came upon them, and set the battle in ar-of the people, Go, number Israel fromBeerray against them. So when David had put slleba even to Dan; and bring the number the battle in array against the Syrians, they of them to me, that I may know it. fought with him. 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and his people a hundred times so many more David slew of the Syrians seven thousand as they be: but, my lord the king, are they Mern wohicth foght in't chariots, and forty not all my lord's servants? w,l y then doth thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the my lord require this thing? why ill lie he captain of the host. a cause of trespass to Israel? 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer 4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed saw that they were put to the worse before against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, Israel, they made peace with David, and ad went throughout all Israel, and came to became his servants: neither would the Jerusalem. Syrians help the children of Ammon any 5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of more. the people unto David. And all they of CHAPTER XX. Israel were a thousand thousand and a Rabbah is besieqed by Joab, spoiled by David, ad hundred thousand men that drew sword: tihetolte theeofietlt to deeth. 4 Three eiatts and Judah uots four hundred threescore ae slain in three seveal battles it he il - and ten thousand men that drew sword. tines. 6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not ND it came to pass, that after the year among them: for the king's word was aboinwas expired, at the time that kings go inable to Joab. out to battle, Joab led forth the power of 7 And God was displeased with this thing; the army, and wasted the country of the therefore he smote Israel. children of Ammon, and came and besieged 8 And David said unto God, I have sinRabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. ned greatly, because I have done this thing: And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. but now, I beseech thee, do away the in2 And David took the crown of their king iquity of thy servant; for I have done very from off his head, and found it to weigh a foolishly. talent of gold, and there were precious 9 T And the LORD spake unto Gad, Dastones in it; and it was set upon Davids vid's seer, saoing, head: and he brought also exceeding much 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith spoil out of the city. the LORD, I offerithee three things: choose And he brought t o the people thatwere thee one of them, that I may do it unto in it, and cut them with saws, and with bar- thee. rows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto David with all the cities of the children of him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee Ammon. And David and all the people re- 12 Either three years' famine; or three turned to Jerusalem. months to be destroyed before thy foes, 4 ~ And it came to pass after this, that while that the sword of thine enemies overthere arose war at Gezer with the Philis- taketh thee; or else three days the sword tines; at which time Sibbechai the Hu- of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the shathite slew Sippai, that was of the chil- land, and the angel of the LORD destroying dron of the giant; and they were sub throughout all tho coasts of Israel. Now dued. therefore advise thyself wiat word I shall 5 And there was war again with the Phi- bring again to him tat sent me. listines; and Elbanan tle son of Jair slew 13 And David said unto Gad, Ia n a Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, great strait: let me fall now into the hand whose spear-staff was like a eaver's beam. of the LORD; for very great are his mer6 And yet again there was war at Gath, cies: but let me not fall into the hand of where was a man of great stature, whose man. fingers an toes e four and toe w fo enty, six 14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Ison eacht handl, and six ont each foot: and rel: ad there fell of Israel seventy thouhe also was the son of the giant. sand men. 332 David sacrificeth I. CHRONICLES. unto the Lord. 15 And.God sent an angel unto Jerusalem 30 But David could not go before it to into destroy it: and as he was destroying, the quire of God: for he was afraid because of LOoRD beheld, and he repented him of the the sword of the angel of the LORD. evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, CHAPTER XXII. It is enough, stay now thine hand. And David pepareto a6t ttdantty for the buiodi, of tile angel of the LORD stood by the thresh- the tetlLe. 6 His chaege to SolomotL,'esectittg ingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. the same. 17 Heommtatdetlh the princes to aa16 And; David lifted up his eyes, and saw ist his tot. the angel of the LORD stand between the fHEN David said, This is the house of earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword L the LORD God, and this is the altar of in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. the burnt offering for Israel. Then David and the elders of Israel, who 2 And David commanded to gather together were? clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their the strangers that were in the land of Isftces. rael; and he set masons to hew wrought 17 And David said unto God, Is it not I stones to build the house of God. that commanded the people to be number- 3 And David prepared iron in abundance ed? even I it is that have sinned and done for the nails for the doors of the gates, and evilindeed but as for these sheep, what for the joinings; and brass in abundance Ilave they done? let thine hand, I pray without weight; thee, 0 LORD my God, be on me, and on 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the my father's house; but not on thy people, Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much that they should be plagued. cedar wood to David. 18 Thenthe angeloftheLORD command- 5 And David said, Solomon my son is ed Gad to say to David, that David should young and tender, and the house that is to go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD be builded for the LORD tuost be exceeding in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout 19 And David went up at the saying of all countries: I will therefore now make Gad, which he spake in the name of the preparation for it. So David prepared LORD. abundantly before his death. 2) And Ornan turned back, and saw the 6 0 Then he called for Solomon his son, angel; and his four sons with him hidthem- and charged him to build a house for the selves. Now Ornan was threshing Wheat. LORD God of Israel. 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as looked and saw David, and went out of the for me, it was in my mind to build a threshingftoor, and bowed himself to David house unto the name of the LORD my God: with his face to the ground. 8 But the ord of the LORD came to me, 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, the place of this threshingtoor, that I may and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou build a house unto my name, because thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the hast shed much blood upon the earth in my plague may be stayed from the people. sight. 23,And Ornan said unto David, Take it to 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who thee, and let my lord the king do that which shall be a man of rest; and I will give him is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen rest from all his enemies round about: for also for burnt offerings, and the threshing his name shall be Solomon, and I will give instruments for wood, and the wheat for peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. the meat offering; I give it all. 10 He shall build a house for my name; 24 And king David said to Oman, hay; and he shall be my son, and I will be his but I will verily buy it for the full price: father; and I will establish the throne of for I will not take that which is thine for his kingdom over Israel for ever. the LOD, nor offer burnt offerings without 11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; cost. and prosper thou, and build the house of 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and 26 And David built there an altar unto understanding, and give thee charge conthe LORD, and offered burnt offerings and cerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the peace offerings, and called upon the LO.oD; law of the LORD thy God. and he answed h him from heaven by fire 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest upon the altar of burnt offering. heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments 27 And the LORD commanded the angel; which the LORD charged Moses with conand he put up his sword again into the cerning Israel: be strong, andof good coursheath thereof. age; dread not, nor be dismayed. 2S At that time when David saw that the 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have preLO.D had answered him in the thlreshing- pared for tile house of the LORD a hunfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacri- dred thousand talents of gold, and a thouficed there. sand thousand talents of silver; and of 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which brass and iron without weight; for it is in Moses made in the wilderness, nnld the altar abundance: timber also and stone acve I of the burnt offering, were at that season in prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. the high place at Gibeon. 15 Moreover, therse are workmen with thee 333 The office of I. CIRONICLES. the Levztes. in abundance, hewers and workers of stone God, his sons were named of the tribe of and timber, and all manner of cunning men Levi. for every manner of work. 15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and Eliezer. and the iron, there is no number. Arise 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel eas theefore, and be doing, and the LORD the chief. be with thee. 17 And the sons of Eliezer wsere, Reha17 ~ David also commanded all the princes biah the chief. And Eliezer had none other of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very 18 Is not the LORD your God with youe? many. and hath he not given you rest on every 18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the side? for he hath given the inhabitants of chief. the land into mine hand; and the land is 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriahthe first, subdued before the LORD, and before his Amariah the second, Jahazielthe third, and people. Jekameam the fourth. 19 Now set your heart and your soul to 20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and Jesiah the second. and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD 21 i The sons of Merari; Mahli, and God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Mushi. The sons of MIahli; Eleazar, and the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into Kish. the house that is to be built to the name 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but of the LORD. daughters: and their brethren the sons of CHAPTER XXIII. Iiish took them. David it, his old ee l,,aketh Solomon ksig. 2 Th 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, numbef. and dlstribution of the Levites. 7 The and Jeremoth, three. soos of Getshen., 12 the soors of sohath, 21 atl2d 4 ~ These zers e the sons of Levi after tIhe so, of.lierali. 2 T0le ofice of the Levesi. the house of their fathers; even the chief of SO when David was old and full of days, the fathers, as they were counted by number he made Solomon his son king over of names by their polls, that did the work Israel. for the service of the house of the LRD, 2 And he gathered together all the princes from the age of twenty years and upward. of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 25 For David said, The LORD God of Is3 Now the Levites were numbered from rael hath given rest unto his people, that the age of thirty years and upward: and they may dell in Jerusalem for ever: their number by their polls, man by man, 26 And also unto the Levites: they shall was thirty and eight thousand. no moore carry the tabernacle, nor any ves4 Of which, twenty and four thousand sels of it for the service thereof. zere to set forward the work of the house 27 For by the last words of David the Leof the LORD; and six thousand zoere vites wuetet numbered from tLenty years officers and judges:old and above: 5 Moreover four thousand were porters; 28 Because their office was to wait on the and four thousand praised the LORD with sons of Aaron for the service of the house the instruments which I made, said Da- of the LORD, in the courts, and in the vid, to praise the-rewvith. chambers, and in the purifying of all holy 6 And David divided them into courses things, and the work of the service of the among the sons of Levi, nanely, Gershon, house of God; Kohath, and Merari. 29 Both for the shewbread, and for the 7 1 Of the Gershonites zwere Laadan, and fine flour for meat offering, and for tle uuShimei. leavened cakes, and for that zwhich is baked 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief?was Je- in the pan, and for that which is fried, and hiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. for all manner of measure and size; 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and 30 And to stand every morning to thank Haziel, and Haran, three. These zvwere the and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; chief of the fathers of Laadan. 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto 10 And the sons of Shimei fesooe, Jahath, the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four moons, and on the set feasts, by number, zew-e the sons of Shimei. according to the order commanded unto 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah them, continually before the LORD: the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not 32 And that they should keep the charge many sons; therefore they were in one reck- of the tabernacle of the congregation, and oning, according to their father's house. the charge of the holy place, and the charge 12 t The sons of Kolath; Amram, Izhar, of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the Hebron, and Uzziel, four. service of the house of the LORD. 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron, and Mo- CHAPTER XXIV. scs: and Aaron was separated, that he Tled;ivsioonsofti/e son of Aalot by lotinto foir. should sanctify the most holy things, he and atl twenty orders. 20 The liohalhites, 26 and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the the le,.a.itfs d tivilel by lot. LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in TOW these are the divisions of the sons his name for ever. N of Aaron. Tho sons of Aaron; Na334 I 1 Nm onerin Msesth mn f nban Aihu Ecanran ~haa _ The divisions I. CHRONICLES. of the priests. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their'26 T The sons of Merari mvere Mhli and father, and had no children: therefore Ele- Mushi: the sons of Jaaziallh; Bono. azar and Ithamar executed the priest's 27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, office. and Shoham, and Zaecur, and Ibri. 3 And David distributed them, both Zadok 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of 29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish mvas the sons of Ithamar, according to their of- Jerahmeel. flces in their service. 30 The sons also of Mushi; MIahli, and 4 And there were more chief men found of Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ith- ofthe Levites after the house oftheir fathers. amar; and thus were they divided. Among 31 These likewise cast lots over against the sons of Eleazar there ueroe sixteen chief their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presmen of the house of theif fathers, and eight elce of David the king, and Zadok, and among the sons of Ithamar according to the Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of house of their fathers. the priests and Levites, even the principal 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort fathers over against their younger brethren. with another; for the governors of the sane- CHAPTER XXV. tuary, and governors of the house of God, T/e nmber and ojtices of the smlqs. 8 Thlir diwere of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons visioT 6b lot into fot! ald twventy orde-s. of Ithamar,. 0\/rOREOVER David and the captains of 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the.il. the host separated to the service of the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them be- sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jedfore the king, and the princes, and Zadok uthun, who should prophesy swith harps, the priest, and Ahimelech tile son of Ahi- with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the nthar, and befosre the chief of the fathers number of the workmen according to their of tlle priests and Levites: one prinlcipal service ias: hlousehold being taken for Eleazar, and one 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Jotaken for Ithamar. seph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, tho ~ 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, the;second to Jedaiah, which prophesied according to the order of 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, the king. 9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mija- 3 OfJeduthun: the sons ofJeduthun; Gedmin,, aliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, HIashabiah, 10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to and yMattithiah, six, under the hands of Abijah, their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with 11 The ninthto Jeshuah, the tenthto Shec- a harp, to give thanks and to praise the aniah, LORD. 12 The eleventh to Eliasbib, the twelfth to 4 Of Heman: the sons of Hcman; BukkiJakim, ah, lMattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jer13 The thirteenth to Huppah,the fourteenth imoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Gid. to Jeshobeab, dalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Mallothi, Hothir, andll Mahazioth: Immer, 5 All these zere the sons of Heman the 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth king's seer in the words of God, to lift up to Aphses, the horn. And God gave to Heman four10 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twen- teen sons and three daughters. tieth to Jehezekel, 6 All tlhese zvere under the hands of their 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the father for song in the house of the LORD,'two and twentieth to Gamul, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the service of the house of God, according to four and twentieth to inaaziah. the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and 01 These oern e the orderings of them in H oman. their service to come into thle house of tle 7 So the number of them, ith their breth-,LORD, according to their manner, under ren that mere instructed in the songs of the Aaron tleir father, as thie,O0D God of LORD, even all that were cunning, was two Israel had comomanded him. hundred fourscore and eig lt. 20. And tlle rest of th sons of Levi se.e 8' And they cast lots, asrd against zv.rd, these: Of the sons of Arram; Shubael: as Tell the small as the great, the teacher of tile sons of Shubael; Jelldeiah. as tlhe scholar. 21 Concerning Rehabiah: of tile sons of 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Relhabiah, the first was Isshiah. Josept: the second to Godaliah, ovho with 22 Of the Izllarites; Shelomoth: of the tis brethren and sons..ere tvelve: sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and 23 And the sons of tebron; Jeriah the his brethren, were tw elve: first, Amarial the second, Jahaziel the 11 The foulrtt to Izri, he, his sons, and his third, Jekancam the fourth. brethlren, soeire twelt'e: 24 Of tile sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the 12 The fifth to Nethanina, he, his sons, and sons of itIicalh; Sthamir. his brcthren, swere twelve: 25 The brother of Miclhah tuas Isshiah: of 13 Thle sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. his brethren, owere twelve: 335 The gates are I. CHRONICLES. assigned by lot:. 14 The seventh to Jesarelah, he, his sons, 11:Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and his brethren, were twelve: Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and. 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, brethren of Hosah were thirteen.. and his brethren, seree twelve: 12 Among these were the divisions of the 16 The ninth to Iattaniah, he, his sons, porters, even among tie chief men, having and his brethren, wer-e twelve: wards one against another, to minister: in 17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and the house of the LORD.. his brethren, wer'e twelve: 13 1 And they cast lots, as well the small 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, as the great, according to-the house of their and his brethren, were twelve: fathers, for every gate. 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, 14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and his brethren, were twelve: Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsel20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, lor, they cast lots; and his lot came out and his brethren, weeoe twelve: northward. 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his 15 To Ohed-edom southward; and to his sons, and his brethren, wesoe twelve: sons the house of Asuppim., 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, 16 To Shuppim and Hoscahthe lot cames and his brethren, werse twelve: forth westward, with the gate Shallecsetlh, 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, hissons, by the causeway of the going up, ward and his brethren, were twelve: aga.nst ward. 24 Tie seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, 17 Eastward quere six Levites, northward his sons, and his brethren, oere twelve: four a day, southward four a day, and 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, toward Asuppim two ancd two. and his brethren, were twelve: 18 At Parbar westward, four at the cause20 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, way, and two at Parbar. and his brethren, were twelve: 19 These are the divisions of the porters 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, among the sons of Kore, and among the sons and his brethren, werse twelve: of fIerari. 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, 20 [ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over his sons, and his brethren, oelre twelve: the treasures of the house of God, and over 29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, is, the treasures of the dedicated things.. - his sons, and his brethren, werse twelve: 21 As concersiog the sons of Laadan; 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief he, his sons, and his brethren, wesre twelve: fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, weere Jehieli. he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. 22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel CHAPTER XXVI. his brother, which were over the treasures, The divisions of the plote's. 13 Thegates assiqned of the house of the LORD. by lot. 20'he Levites th1at had charge of the 23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, t easuL es. 29 Ofce j antdjtdges. the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: ONCERNING the divisions of the port- 24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the ors: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah 2 And the sons of MIeshelemiah were, Zech- his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram ariah the firstborn, Jediael the second,Zeb- his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith adiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, his son:. 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eli- 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren oaeai the seventh. were over all the treasures of the dedicated 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, tsings, which David the king, and the chief Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the sec- fathers, the captains over thousands and end, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, hundreds, and the captains of the host, had and Nethaneel the fifth, dedicated. 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, 27 Out of the spoils won in battles did Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. they dedicate to maintain the house of the 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons LOiD. born, that ruled throughout the house of their 28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul father: for they weere mighty men of valour. the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, 7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Re- and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; phael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it were strong men, Elihu, and Semaohiah. was under the hand of Shelomith, and of 8 All these of thle sons of Obed-edom: they his brethren. and their sons andthei ee lee Oftheir bretren, able men theIzharites, Chenaniah andhis for strength for the service, wzese threescore sons wee'e for the outward business over and two of Obed-edomn. Israel, for officers and judges.. i 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and breth- 30 Adl of the Hebronites, Hashabiaht aund ren, strong men, eighteen. his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and 10 Also Hosh, f the children of ierari, seven hundre d, e ere officers among them had sons; Simri the chief, for though he of Israel on this side Jordan westward in was not the firstborn, yet his father made all the business of the LORD, and in the him the chief; service of the king. 336 A captain for I. CHRONICLES, each rttonth. 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the month oas Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the chief, even among the Helbronites, accord- children of Ephraim: and in his course ing to thegenato ofhis fathers. In the gwere twenty and fbur thousand. fortieth year of tile reign of David they were 15 The tOelfth catptain tor the twelfth sought for, andthere were found amongthem month was IHeldai the Netophathite, of Othmighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. niel: and in his course were twenty and 32 And his brethren, men of valour, were four thousand. two thousand and seven hundred chief 16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: fathers, whom king David made rulers over the ruler of the Reubenites tas Eliezer the the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half son of Zichri: of the fimeonites, Shephatribe of Manasseh, for every matter per- tiah the son of ilaachalh: taining to God, and affairs of the king. 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of CHAPTER XXVII. Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: Te captai, efor each th. 16 The 18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren pince fth twele ribes. 23 The ntmberigof David: of Issachar, Omri the son of of the People is hel dered. 25 David's officrs. Iitchael: N OW the children of Israel after their 1 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of number, to wit, the chief fathers and Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son captains of thousands and hundreds, and ofAzriel: their officers that served the king in any 20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea matter of the courses, which came in and the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of went out month by month throughout all Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: the months of the year, of every course 21 Of the half tribe of Manassehin Gilead, were twenty and'four thousand. Iddo tile son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, 2 Over the first course tbr the first month Jaaiel the son of Abner: vas Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and 22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. in his course oere twenty and four tlou- These were tle princes of the tribes of sand. Israel. 3 Of the children of Perez wtas the chief23 d But David took not the number of of all the captains of the host for the first them from twenty years old and under: bemonth. cause the LORD had said he would in4 And over the course of tie second moeth crease Israel like to the stars of the he:vens. was Dodai an Allohite, and of his course 24 Joab the son of Zeruial began to numowas Mikloth also tile ruler: in his course ber, but he finished not, because there fell likewise woee twenty and four thousand. wrath for it against Israel; neither inas the 5 The third captain of the host for the number put in te account of the Chronicles third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoi- of king David. ado, a chief priest: and in his course wee 2a5 And over the king's treasures was twenty and four thousand. Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the 6 This is that Benaihal, who twas mighty storehouses in tile fields, in the cities, and among the thirty, and above the thirty: in the villages, and in the castles, was and in his course was Ammizabad his son. Jelhonathan the son of Uzziah: 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month 26 And over them that did the work of the was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zeb- field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the adiah his son after him: and in his course son of Chelub: were twenty and four thousand. 27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Ramnathite: over the increase of the vineShamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course vards for the wine cellars s as Zabdi the were twenty and four thousand. Shiphmite: 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month 28 And over the olive trees and the sycawas Ira. the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: more trees that vere in the low plaines,as and in his course were twenty and four Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the celthousand. lars of oil was Joash: 10 The seventh captain for the seventh 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon month was Helez the Pelonite, of the chil- was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the dren of Ephraim: and in his course woere herds that w2ere in the valleys wasN Shaphat twenty and four thousand. the son of Adli: 11 The eighth captain for the eighth 30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmonth was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the maelite: and over the asses W0t9 Jehdeiah Zarhites: and in his course twere twenty the Meronothite: and four thousand. 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Ha12 The ninth captain for the ninth month gerite. All these w2vee the rulers of the was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Ben- substance which tvas king David's. jamites: and in his course were twenty 32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a and four thousand. counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the was IMalarai the Netophathite, of the Zar- king's sons: bites: and in his course were twenty and 33 And Ahithophel was the king's counfour thousand. sellor: and Hushai the Archite was the 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh king's companion: 22 337 David exhorteth I. CHRONICLES. to fear God. 34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the I of the upper chambers tl oereof, and of the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the inner pallours thereof, al.d of the place of general of the king's army cwas Joab. the mercy seat, 1 And the pattern of all that le bad by CHAPTER XXIII.o1 the Spirit, of the courts ot' the louse of the David, in s.ee e- asse —l,/, exlehorte the people do ll he cbhr t et GM. 9 Iliso~m, /,,,yg~lr 1,,.h 11 LORD, and of all the chambers round about, lo fear (;od. 9 Iie claese lo Solomoe. idle.e 1ehe/tn atert f the tle,nse, ad olla of the'treasuries of the house of God, and slvelJi l the fcnirtce iheerof:e. 20 tle encele- of the treasuries of the dedicated tlings: agceh him to,'1ceed with the totek. 13 Also for the courses of tlie priests nnd, AND David assemlled all the princes of the Levites, and for all the woik of the servIsrael, the pr.nces of the tribes, and ice of the louse of the LOD, ard for all the the captains of the companies that minis- vessels of service in the house of the LORD. tered to the king by course, and the cap- 14 He gave of gold by weiglt for things of tains over tile tl.ousands, and captains over gold, for all instruments of all manner of the lundreds, and the stewards over all service; silver also for all instruments of the substance and possession oe' the king, silver by weight, for all instruments ot every and of his sons, with the officers,'and vith kind of serlice: the mighty men, and with all the valiant 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of men, unto Jerusalem. gold, and for their lamps of gold, l-y weight 2 Then David the king stood up upon his for every candlestick, and lor tie lamps feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver my people: As for mte, I ated in mine by weight, loth for the candlestick, and also heart to build a house of rest for the ark of for the lamps thereof, according to the use the covenant of the LORD, and for the foot- of every candlestick. stool of our God, and had made ready for 16 And hy weight he gate gold for the the building: tables of shewbread, for every table; end 3 But Goidsaid unto me, Thou shalt not likewise silver for the tables of silver: build a Louse for my name, because thou 17 Also pure gold for the fleslleooks, and last been a man of war, and hast shed thie owls, and tile cups: and for ti e golden blood. basins he gave gCold by weight for every 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel ehoe basin; and likewise silver Ly weight for me before all the house of my father to be every basin of silver: king over Israel for ever: for lie lath cllo- 18 And for the altar of incense refined gold |en Judah to be the ruler; and of the heoue by wcigrht; and gold for tle pattern of the of Judall, the house of my father; and chariot of tie cherubim, tlat spread out among the sons of my father he liked me their wings, and covered tLe ark of the to make ne king over all Israel: covenant of the LOD. 5 And of all my sons, for the LORD hath 19 All this, said.David, the LORD made given me many sons, he hlath cl.osen Sol- me understand in writing by his:and upon omen my son to sit upon the throne of the me, even all the works o'tlis pattern. kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be 6 And lie said unto me, Solomon thy son, strong and of good courage, and do it: fear he shall build my louse and my courts: for not, nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, I lave cl.osen him to be my son, and I will even my God, will be with thec; he will be his father. not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom hast finished all the work for the service of for ever, if he be constant to do my cor- the house of the LORD. mandments and my judgments, as at this 21 And, behold, the courses of the priests day. and tie Levites, even they shall be with 8 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel thee for all the service of tle l:ouse of God: the congregation of the LORD,'and in the and thee shall be with thee for all manner audience of our God, keep and seek for all tof orkmanship every willing e kilful man, the commandments of the LoRiDyour God: for any manner of service: also the princes that ye may possess this good land and and all the people till be wholly at thy leave it for ai inheritance for your children commandment. after you for ever. CHAPTER IX. Te And t gou, Solomon my son, kno e CHAPTER XXIX. thou d of te od of thy father, acd serve himke~e c........ 11.l. 10 Ili, with a perfect heart and Faith a willing ie ti etl e.lg e i elffe /ec,. 20 Thleeople, havtig min'd: for tehe LORD searcheth all hearts, te.s.. edl,ecd ncJficed, nclce Solomoe king. and understandeth all the imaginations of 26 avidl's i eic accd d'eaeh. the thoughlls: if thou seek tlim, he ilbe UPTHE IE Dvid the kl g aid found of thee; lbut if thou forsake him, he unto all the congregation, Solomon my ill east thee off for ever. son, iwhom alone God bath chosen, is yet 10 Take heed now; for the LORD bath young and tender, and the work is great: chosen thee to build a louse for the sane- for the palace is not for man, but for the tuary: be strong, and do it. LORD God. 11 Then David gave to Solomon his son -2 Now I have prepared with all my might the pattern of the porch, and of the houses for the house of my God the gold for things thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and to be idce of gold, andthe silver for things 338 David's prayer I. CHRONICLES. and thanksgiving. of silver, and the brass for things of brass, thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and the iron for thi/gs of iron, and wood for is all thine own. things of wood; onyx stones, and stones 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest to be set, glistering stoies, and of divers the heart, and hast pleasure il uprightcolours, and all matner of precious stones, ness. As for me, in the uprightness of and mnable stones in abundance. mine heart I have willinyly offered all these 3 Moreover, bcatuse 1 have set my affec- things: and now have I seet with joy thy tion to the house ofty Godl, I have of mine people, which are present here, to offer own proper gootd, of gold and silver, which willingly unto tlee. I have given to the ihouse of my God, over 18 0 LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and and above all that I have prepared for te of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in holy house, the imagination of thle thoughts of the heart 4 E ve:three thousand talents of gold, of of thy people, and prepare their heart nto the gold of Oplir, and seven thousand tal- thee ents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perthe houses withal: feet heart, to keep thy conrmantlnents, thly 5 The gold otr thligs of gold, and the sil- tetimonics, and thy statutes, and to do all ver for thiti s of silver, and for all manner these thiozngs, and to build the palace, for of work to be inade by the hands of art- the which 1 have made provision. ifioers. And who tilenl is willing to conse- 20 L, And David said to ael the congregation, crate his service this day unto the LORD? Now bless the LORD your God. And all G Then the chief of the fathers and prin- the congregation blessed t he LORD God of ces of the tribes of Israel, and the captains their fathers, and botweld dow t heir eads, of thousands and of hundreds, with the and worshipped the LORD, and the king. rulers of the king's work, offered villingly, 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices ulto the 7 And gave, for the service of the house of LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the God, of gold five thousand talents ant ten LORD, on tile morrow after that day, even thousand drams, and of silver tell thousand athousand bullocks, a thousand rans, ant talents, and of brass eigllteen thousand athousandlambs, withltieirdrinkofferings, talents, and one hundred thousand talents and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: of iron. 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD 8 And they vitlh lhom prciozs stones on that day witl great gladness. And they lere found gave them t tthe treasure of th made Solomon tihe son of David king the house of the LOeD, by the hand of Jehiel second time, and anointed thi unto the the Gershonite. LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they to be priest. offered willingly, because withl perfect heart 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the they offered willingly to tle LORD: and LOeD as king instead of Daivid iis father, David the king also rejoiced with great joy. and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 1(0 Wherefore Dtvid blessed thte LORD t2 And all tile princes, and the miihty before all the congregation: and David said, men, and all the sons likewise of king DaBlessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our vid, submitted themselves unto Solomon the father, for ever and ever. king. 11 Thine, 0 LORD, is the greatness, and 25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exthe power, and the glory, and the victory, ceedingly in tle sigIht of all Israel. and and the majesty: for all that is in the bestowed upon him snch royal majesty as heaven and in the earth is thtae:e thine is had not been on any king before him in Isthe kingdom, 0 LORD, and thou art exalted rael. as head above all. t 26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned 12 Both riches and honour comen of thee, over all Israel. and thou reigneg t over all; and in tilne 27 And the tine that he reigned over Ishand is -power and might; and in thine rel ats forty years; seven years reigned hand it is to. m ake great, and to give e in Hebron, and tht:irty and three yearts strength unto all. reigled he in Jerusalem. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, 28 And he died in a good old age, full of and praise tily glorious name. days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his 14 But who aen I, and what is my people, son reigned in his stead. that we should be able to offer so willingly 09 Now the acts of David tle king, first after this sort? for all things co-ete of thee, and last, behold, they are written in the and of thine own have we given thee. book of Samuel the seer, and in the book 15 For we are strangers beiore thee, and of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of sojourners, as twre all our fathers: our tGad the seer, days on the earth acue as a shadow, and 30 With all Itis reign and his might, and there is none abiding. the times tha ent ent over im, and over Is16 0 LORD our God, all this store that we rael, and over all the kingdoms of the have prepared to build thee a house for countries. 339 THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. CHAPTER I. horsemen, which lie placed in the chariot The sol-mtl oferwng of Solomon at Gibeotn. 7 Il, cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. choiceof iisdomis blessed of(oil. 13Solomol' 15 And the king made silver and gold Tpoler at IVealth. at Jerusalem sne plentetu s as stones, and A ND Solomon the son of David was cedar trees made lie s the sycamore trees strengthened in his kingdom, and the that are in the vale for abundance. LORD his God Uvca with him, and magni- 16 And Solomon had horses brought out fied him exceedingly. of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's' mer2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to chants received the linen yarn at a price. the captains of thousands and of hundreds, 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth and to the judges, and to every governor in out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred all Israel, the chief of the fathers. shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred 3 So Solomon, and all the congregation and fifty: and so brought they out horses with him, went to the high place that was for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle kings of Syria, by their means. of the congregation of God, which Mloses the CHAPTER II servant of the LORD had made in the wil- Slomon's labourelsfor tie bcildiln of the ifeple. derness. 3 His mes.age to HLLaec for wuorkmecn and teie 4 But the ark of God had David brought lc-. 11 itttram's kind arslcer,. up from Kirjath-jearim to tilh placce ohich ND Solomon determined to build a David had prepared for it: for he had house e e f or the name of the LOD, and pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. a house for his kingdom. 5 Moreoverthe brazen altar, that Bezaleel 2 And Solomon told out threescore and the son of Uri, the son of Heur, had made, ten thousand men to bear burdens, and he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and Solomon and the congregation sought and three thousand and six hundred to unto it. oversee them. 6 And Solomon went up thither tohe 3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king brazen altar before the LORD, eehicll evas of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with at the tabernacle of the congregation, and David my father, and didst send him cedars offered a thousand burnt offeringss upon it. to build him a house to dwell therein, even 7 In that night did God appear unto so deal evith me. Solomnon, and said unto him, Ask what I 4 Behold, I build a house to the name of shall give thee. the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast and to burn before him sweet incense, and shierwed great mercy unto David my father, for the continual showbread, and for the and hast made me to reign in his stead. burnt offerings morning and evening, on 9 Now, 0 LORD God, let thy promise unto the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and Davidl my father be established: for thou on the solemn feasts of the LORD our hast made me king over a people like the God. This is an ordinance for ever to dust of tile earth ill multitude. Israel. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, 5 And the house which I build is great: that I may go out and come in before thisfor great is our God above al gods. people: for who can judge this thy people. 6 But who is able to build him a house, that is so great? seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this cannot contain him? who ace- I then, thnt was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked I should build him a Louse, save only to riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of burn sacrifice before him? thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long 7 Send me now therefore a man cunningto life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, for thyself, that thou mayest judge my peo- and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, pie, over whom I have made thee kin: nd Llue, and that can skill to grave with 12 Wisdom and knowlecdge is granted unto the cunning men that are with me in Jldalh thee; and I will give tieetrilces, and wealth, and in Jerusalem, whom David my father and honour, such as none of the kings have did provide. had that have been before thee, neither 8 Send me also cedar trees, fii trees, and shall there any after thee have the like. algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know 13 ~ Then Solomon came fr'om tis jour- that thy servants can skill to cut timber in nay to the high place that lwas at Gibeon Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall t) Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle be with thy servants, of the congregation, and reigned over Is- 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundrlel. ance: for the house fich I am about to 11 And Solomon gathered chariots and build shall be wonderful great. lorsemen: and lie hlcd a thousand and,four 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servhundred chariots, and twelve thousand ants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty 340 The place and time of II. CHRONICLES. building the temple. thousand measures of beaten wheat, and fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold. twenty thousand measures of barley, and and set thereon palin tees and cllains. twenty tllousand baths of einee, and twenty And Le ganished the louse with precious thousand aths of oil. I stones for beauty: and tle gold oas gold of 11 Tlen Huram the king of Tyre answered Parvaim. in writing, vliich lie sent to holomon, Be- 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, cause the LORD latth loved his people, he the posts, and the w':lls thereof, and the hath mnde thee king over them. doors thereof, with gold; and graved cheru12 Huramr said moreover, Blessed be the him on the walls. LORD God of Israel, that made heaven 8 And l.e made the most Loly house, the and earth, whlo ath given to David the lengthll whereofvas accoding tothe breadth king a' wise son, endued with prudence and of tlie lous, twenty cubits, and the breadth understanding, that might build a house for thereof twenty cubits: and lie overlaid it tlhe LOtD, and a house for his kingdom. with fine gold, antountinyl to six hundred 13 And now I lhave sent a cunning man, talents. endued with understanding, of Huram my 9 And the weiglt of the nails weas fifty father's, shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper 14 The son of a woman of the daughters chambers cithl gold. of Dan, and Lis father wuas a man of Tyre, 10 And in the most holy house he made skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in two cherubim of image work, and overlaid brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in them with gold. purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in 11 And thle wcings of the cherubim wZere crimson; also to grave any manner of grav- twenty cubits long: one owig cf the one ing, and to find out every device which shall cherub wcas file cubits, reaching to the wall be put to lim, itll thy cunning men, and of tle louse: and tle othecr wing ovas likewith the cunning men of my lord David thy wise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the father. other cherub. 15 Now therefore the wheat, and the 12 And one wing of the other cherub zvae barley, the oil, and the wine, lwhich my five cubits, rcacling totle wall otthe house: lord hlath spoken of, let him eend unto ils and tlhe other ing 7cs fie c cubits also, servants:!goilling to the wing of tto e otloer clherub. 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, 13 Tle wings of these cherulim spread as much as thou shalt need: and we will tlemselves forth twenty cubits: and they bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; stood on their feet, and their faces were and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. inward. 17 And Solonon numbered all theo strangers 14 And he made the vail of blue, and that were in tl.e land of Israel, after the purple, and crliison, and fine linen, and numbering whlerewith David his father had orought cherubim tLereon. numbered them; and tley were found a 15 Also Le made before the louse two hundred and fifty thousand and three thou- pillars of thirty and five cubits Ligl, and sand'nd sia hundred. tlle chiapiter tl:at eas on the top of each of 18 And he set tlhreescore and ten thou- tlem toats five cubits. sand of them to be bearers of burdens, and 16 And le made clhins, as in the oracle, fourscore theusand to le lewers in the ald put theot on the Leads of tl.e pillars; mountain, and tl;ree tlousand and six hun- and made a ltundled pomegranates, and dred overseers to set the people awork. put th on tle cains. h CHAPTEReIII. 17 And he reared up the pillars before Thep1lace adl time f bOldi,, le tlie emplce.7 The the temple, one on tile riglt Ihand, and the easre at crmet of le house. 10 e other on th e left; and called the name of oehe.l-ibln, 14 Tle a lanclpila,-s. that on tle rigi t lald Jchin, and the TrEN Solomon began to build the hoose name of that o thne lert eoaa. 1 of the LORD at Jertsalem in mount C TER Moriah, cyhere tie LORD appeared unto Thealarofbr 2 Thenolet on toele David his father, in the place that David oe,,-. The ten laeds, ca,idlesticks, otd tablcs. had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan 9 The orso, aod te itlhtmenats oof l hass. 19 tlhe Jebusite. Tle inlsteutetR Of fyohll. 2 And Le began to build in the second'/[OREOVER le made an altar of brass, day of thetsecond month, il the fourth oyear.il twenty cubits the length tlereof, and of lis reign. twenty cubits tIhe Lreadth tLereof, and ten 3 Now these a7ce the things 2whedl eite Sol- cubits the Leight thereof. omon was instructed for the building of the 2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits house of God. The length by cubits after frono brimh to brim, round inl compass, and the first measure Was threescore cubits, and liv e cubits the tight thereoi; and a line thle breadth twenty cubits. of thirty culits did compass i; round about. 4 And the porcli that was in tie front of 3 And under it Iwas tlc similitude of oxen, the 1seoC, tle length o-f it eas according whicIh did compass it round el otot: ten in a to the breadth of the hlouse, twenty cubits, cubit, compassing tce sea round about. Two alld tloe leigl.t csan lihundred and twenty: rows of oxen wer-e cast, wl:en it was cast. and he overlaid it vithin with pure gold. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, tlhree looking 5 And the greater house he ceiled with toward the north, and three lookling toward 341 The ten candlesticks. II. CHRONICLES. The ark brought up. the west,and tllree looking toward the south, CIAPTER V. and three looking towtard tile cast ad the e ast: an te Thedlicaed rea es. 2 Te da,' i.tbaoagYat iato sea zoat set above upon tht.:, and all their the raost hl1/ place. 11 Goul ivath a visibelisa hinder parts se re inward. ofttcjJettce. 5 And thle thickness of it wasa a hand- r HUS all the work that Solomon made breadtlh, and tle brim of it like tloe nork of T1 for tle he of e LORD was finished: the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and Solomon brought in all the things that anl it recived and leld three thtousand David his father hlatl dedica.ted; and the baths. silver, and th:e goll, and all the instru6 He made also ten lavers, and put five ments, put hte among tie treasures of thle on the righlt lhad, and five on the left, to house ot God. wash in them: suchI tthings as they oafered 2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of for the bunt offring thney washed in them; Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the but the seta tias for the priests to wash in. chief of the fathers of the cllildren of Israel, 7 And le made tel candlesticks of gold unto Jerusalem, to ringl up thle ark of the according to to teir form, and set then in covenant of the LORD out. of the city of the temple, five on the right hand, and five David, which is Zion. on the left. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assem8 He made also ten tables, and placed bled themselves unto the king in the feast theat in the tempslc, ive on the right side, which was in the seventh month. and five on tho left. And he made a hun- 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and dred basins otgold. the Levites took up the ark. 9 Furtllermore lse made the court of the 5 And they brought up the ark, and the priests, and tle great court, and doors for tabernacle of tle congregation, and all the the court, and overlaid tile doors of them holy vessels that twere in. the tabernacle, with brass. these did the priests tant the Levites bring 10 And lIe set the sea on the right side up. of the east end, over ag.inst the south.. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congre11 And Hlram mide th. pots, and the gation of Israel that were assembled unto shtovels, and the bas:ns. And Iluram fin- him before tele ark, sacrificed sheep and osished the work that le was to make for king en, which could not be told nor numbered Solomon for the house of God; for multitude. 12 To wiit, the two pillars, and the pom- 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the mels, and thle cllapiter3 s tch c er'e on tile covenant of the LORD unto l-is place, to the top of the two p;llars, and the two wreaths oracle of the htouse, into the mosthloly place, to cover the twae pommnels of the chapiters eveta under the wingsa of tle cherubim: whiclh zeo e on the top of the pillars; 8 For the cherubimt spread forth their wings 13 And four huudred pomegranates on the over the place of tle ark, and the cherubim two wreatlsl; two rows of pomegranates on covered the ark and the staves thereof above. each weaath, tocover tle two pommels of the 9 And they drew out thle staves of theark, chapiters which 2tr ae upon tile pillars. tthat the ends of the staves eare seen from 14 lie made also bases, and lavers made the ark before the oracle; but tlley ere not he upon tile bases; seen wethout. And there it is unto thlis day. 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 1) ilTee s'a notling in the ark save the 1i Tile pots el.so, and tlhe shovels, and the tlwo tabl s which MIoses put tiereain at Hofleshhooks, and all their instruments, did reb, w thn tle LORD made a covenantt ith Iuranm ise ft ller makl;e to k:ng Solomon for t' e children of Israel, when they came out tile house of tle LOttD.,h b:.git brass. of Egypt. 17 In the plain of Jordan did tle king east 11 And it came to pass, wlen the priests them, in tile clay ground between Succoth awere come out of the lolyplace: (for all ald Zered:Ltha. tlie priests tiat ls ere present e were sancti18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels fled, antl did not then wait by course: in great alundance: for the weight of the 12 Al1o the Levites wuihich e c're the singbrass could no' be fonnd out. ere, all of them of Asaph, of Homan, of 19 And Solomon tmade all the vessels that Jeduthun, with thleir son3 and their brethtwere for t e house of God, tie goldels altar ren, beisg arrayed in white linen, having also, and the taLles whereon the shewbread cymbals and p;alteries and harps,t stood at teaes set; the east end of thle altar, and aith them a 20 MIoreover tlle catndlesticks with their hundred and twenty priestl aounding with lamps, tlat tley should burn after the man- trumpets:) ner before the oracle, of pure gold; 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters 21 And tle flowers, and tile lamps, and and singers vere as one, to make one sound the tongs, tmade he ofgold, and that per- to be heard in praising and thanking the fect gold; LOPRD; and -when they lifted up their voice 2I2 And the snuffers, and the basins, and with the trumpets and cymbals and instrutie spoonsat d te censer, te erof pure gold: ments of music, and praised the LORD, and tihe entry of tle house, the inlner doors saying, For le is good; for lis mercy enthereof for the most holy place, and tlse dureth for ever: tiat thcnt tle house was doors of the house of the temple, wvere of filled with a cloud, evea the house of the gold. LORD; 342 Solomoz's prayer II. CHRONICLES. at the dedicatzon. 14 So that the priests could not stand to that whioh thou hast promioed himh, saying, minister by reason of the cloud: for the There shall not fail thee a mal in my glory of the LOiD had filled the house of siglt to sit upon the tlrone of Israel; yet God. so that thy children take heed to their way CHAPTER VI. to walk in my law, as thou hast walked beSolomolt't t...l......l.lect,atio/.e 12 teimprayeo fore me. sa t olecotwscroi(olof tle tolIlse. 17 Now then, 0 LORD God of Israel, let HEN said Solomon, The LORD hath said thy ord be verified, which thou hast spoken that Le would dSwell in the thick dark- unto thy servant David. ness. 18 But ill God in very deed dwell with 2 But I have built a house of habitation men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the for thee, and a place for thy dwelling fotr ever. heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed much les this house which I have built! the whole congregation of Israel: andall the 19 Htave respect thereforo to the prayer of congregation of lsrael stood. thy servant, and toiis supplication, 0 LOtLD 4 And lie said, Blessed be the LORD God my God, to Learken unto the cry and the of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled prayer which thy servant prayeth before that which le spake with his mouth to my thee: father David, saoing, 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this 5 Since the day that I brought forth my house day and night, upon the place wherepeople out of the land of Egypt I chose no of thou hast said that thou wouldesi put thy city among all the tribes of Israel to build a name there; to hearken unto the praycr house in, that mly name might be there; which tl;yservant prayeth towald this place. neither chose I ally mall to be a ruler over 21 Hearken therefore unto tle supplicamy people Israel: tions of tly servant, and of thy people Is6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my rael, which they shall make towald this name might be thler0; and have chosen place: hear thou fromn thy dwellingplace, David to he over my people Israel. even from heaven; and when tlou hearest, 7 Now it was in the heart of David my forgive. father to build a louse for the namn of the 22I If a man sin against his neighbour, and LORD God of Israel. an otlh be laid upon him to make him swear, 8 But the LOrD said to David my father, and tlle oath come before thine altar in this Forasmluch as it was in thine leart to build house; a house for my name, thou didst well in that ~3 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, it was in thine leart: and judge thy servants, by requiting the 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his Louse; but thy son which shall come forth own head; and by justifying the righteous, out of thy loins, he shall build the house for by giving him according to his righteouslily name. ness. 10 The LORD therefore hath performed his 24 And if thy people Israel be put to the word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up wvorse before the enemy, because they have in the room of David my father, and am set sinned againtst tlee; and sall return and on the throne of Israel, as the LORD prom- confess thy name, and pray and make supised, and have built the house for the name plication before thee in this house; of the LORD God of Israel. 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and 11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring is thle covenant of tle LOP.D, that lie made thlem again unto the land which thou gavest with the cllildren of Israel. to tlhemn aod to their fatlhers. 12 ~ And he stood before the altar of the 20 Wlhen the oleaven is shut up, and there LOP.D in the presence of all the congrega- is no rain, because they have sinned against tion of Israel, and spread forth his hands: thee; yet if they pray toward this place, 13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaf- and confess thy lane. and turnl from their fold, of five cubits long, and five cubits sin, when thou dost afflict them; broad, and three cubits.high, and had set it 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forin tle midst of the court: and upon it Sie give the sin o' thy servants, and of thy peostood, and kneeled down upon his knees ple Israel, when thou hast taught them the before all the congregation of Israel, and good way, wherein they should walk; and spread forth is hands toward heaven, send rain upon thy land, whllich thou hast 14 And said, 0 LORD God of Israel, there given unto thy people for an inheritance. is no God like thee in te heaven, nor in 28 If there be dearth in the land, it' there the earth; which keepest covenant, and be pestilence, if therebe blastingor mildew, shelwest mercy unto thy servants, that locusts or caterpillars; if their enemies bewalk before thee with al ththeir hearts: siege them in the cities of tleir land; what15 Thou which hast kept owith thy servant soevrsore, or whatsoeversickness thee be; David my father that which thou hast prom- 29 Then p what prayer or what supplication ised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and soever shall be made of any man, or of all hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is thy people Israel, when every one shall this day. know lis own sore and his own grief, and 10 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, shall spread forth hlis hands in this hlouse: keep with thy servant David my father 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwell343 Solomon's praycr. II. CHRONICLES. His solemn sacrifice. Ingplace, and forgive, and render unto and the sacrifices; and the glory of the every man according unto all lis ways, LORD filled the I onse. wl-ose leart thou knowestt; (for tleou oi:ly 2 And the priests could not enter into knowest tle hearts of the children of men;) the house of the LORD, Leceuse the glory 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy of the LORD h.d tilled the LORD'S house. ways, so long as tliey live in the land which 3 And wlen all tl.e ehiidren cf-lsrael eaw thou gavest Lnte our fathers. t:ow the fire came down, and the glory of 82 Mloreover concerning tie stranger, the LORD upon the house, they Lowed which is not of thy people Israel, but is themselves with their faces to the ground come from a far country for thy great upon the pavement, and worshipped, and name's sake, and thy migbty hand, and praised the LORD, eaying, For he is good; thy stretched out arm; if they come and for his mercy etduretll for ever. pray in this house; 4 Then the kinlg and all the people offered 83 Then hear theou from the heavens, eves sacrifices before tl.e LOIhD. from thy dwellingplace, and do according to 5 And king Solomeon oe ered a sacrifice Of all that tle stranger calleth to tlee for; tlhat twenty and to thlousand oeen, and a hunall people of the earth may know thy name, dred and twenty thousand sheep.,o the and fear thee, asi doth tlhy people Israel, king and all the people dedicated the house and may tknow tllat this l.ouse which I of God. have built is called by thy name. 6 And the priests waited on their offices 34 If thy people go out to war against their te Levites also with instruments of music enemies Ly tl.e way that thou shalt send of the LORD,' whlich David the king had them, and they pray unto thee toterd thtis made to praise the LorD, Iecause Lis mercity wshich tlou lstt cihosen, and the house cy ebueiithL for ever, when David praiseed shicll I l.ave Luilt for tlhy name; ly their ministry; and tle priests sounded 35 Then lenar tlou front the leavens their trumpets before them, a-d all Israel stood. prayer and their supplication, and main- 7 ioreover Solomon lallored the middle tain their cause. of the court that wais befole thle housee of 86 If they sin against thee, (for there is the LOPRD: for there he offered LburDt fterno man whichl sinneth not,) and thou be ings, and the fat'of tl;e peace offerings, beangry with them, and deliver them over be- cause the brazen altar whiich Solomon hlad fore their enemies, and th ey carry them made was not able to receive the Lurnt away captives unto a lad ftr offor near; offrings, and the meat offerings, and the 37 Yet if theey betlhink thie.selves in tlie fat. land l whither they are carried captive, and 8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the turn and pray unto thee in the land of their ffeaast seven days, and all lsrael witl him, captivity, saying, We have sinned, wce have a very grent congregation, from the entering done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; in of Hamath unto thle river of Egypt. 38 If they return to thee with all their 9 And in the eighth day they made solheart and with all their soul in the land of emn assembly: for they kept the dedicatien their captivity, whither they have carried of tle altar seven days, and the fest seven them captives, and pray toward tleir land, days. which tihou gaest unto their fathers, and 10 And on the three and twentieth day toward tile city which tl:ou hast elosen, of tl. seventh month lte sent the people and toward the house which I have built away into their tents, glad and merry in for thy name: lheat for the goodness that the LOiD hlad 89 Then hear thou from the heavens, even sheeved unto David, and to Solomon, and to from thy dwellingplace, their prayer and Israel his people. their supplications, and maintain their 11 Thus Solomon finished the bouse of cause, and forgive thy people which lhave tle LosD, and the king's house: and all sinned against thee. that came into Solomon's leart to makein 40 Nov,, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine tle house of tile LOPD, and in Lison v eyes Le open, and let thine ears be attent house, he prosperously effected. unto the prayer that is ade in this place. 12 ~ And tie LORD appeared to Solomon 41 Now therefore arise, O LOD God, by night, and said unto him, I have heard into thy resting place, thou, and the ark thy prayer, and have ciosen this place to of thy strength: let tty priests, 0 LORD myself for a house of sacrifice. God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy 13 I I shut up henaen that there be no snints rejoice in goodness, rain, or if I command the locusts to devour 42 O LORD God, turn not nway tile face of the land, or if I send pestilence among ny thine anointed: remember the mercies of people; David thy servant. 14 If my people, which are called by my CHAPTER -II. name, slhall humble themselves, and pray, God's tetison tO Sieoe. 1 4 Hi, Iseci-e and seek my face, and turn fromn their fJce. 8 lie duimisseti the pteople. 12 lte Lord nwicked ways; then vwill I hear from heavll.eati e to tSt tt, aLd liivetih esi- grac-ou- en, aeid ill forgive their sin, and will heal e"miseste. thteir land.'wOY hen Solomon atd imade an e send mT mine eyes shall he open, nd mine of praying, tie eire ame down from ears attent unto the prayer that is elade Leaven, and consumed the burnt offering in this place. 314 The:sacrifices II. CHRONICLES. of Solomon. 1G For now have I chosen and sanctified 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon this house, tliat illy name may be there for make no servants for his olrkl; but they ever: and mine eyes ald mine heart shall w'er men of yar, and chief of lis captains, be there perpetually. and captains of hiis chariots an.l horsenen. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk be- 10 And these were tle chief o' king Solofore me, as David tiy ftther walked, and do mon's ofcers, eve two unred and fifty, according to all that I have commanded that bare rule over the people. thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my 01 And Solomon blought up the daughter judgments of Pharaoh out of the c.ty of David unto the 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy house that he had built for her: for he said, kingdom, according as I have covenanted y wifeit shall not dwell in tile house of Dawith David thy fthter, saying, There shall vid king of Israel, because the places are not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath 19 But if yo turn away, and forsake mycome. statutes and my comm;ndmnldnents, which I 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings have set before yoe, and shall go and serve unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, other gods, and w r3tip them; which lhe had built before tile porch, 20 Tlhen will I pluck them up by the roots 13 Even after a certain rate every day, out of my land ilicil I have given them; offering tccording to thle commandment of tand temis house, wllich I have sanctified f'or oses, onl tie sabbaths, and onl tie new my name, will I cast out of my sighlt, and moons, and on the eolemn feasts, three will mnke it to be a proverb and a byword times in the year, even in the feast of unamona all nations. leavened breld, and ill tie feast of weeks, 21 And this house, which is high, shall be and in the feast of tabernacles. an astonishment to every one that passeth 14 And he appointed, according to the orby it; so that he shall say, Why hath the der of David his fatl-r, tie courses of the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto priests to their service, and the Levites to this house? their charges, to praise and minister before 22 And it shall ce answered, Because they the priests, as tle duty of every day reforsook tle LORD iGod of their fathers, quired: the porters also by their courses at ewhiclh brought them forth out of tle land of every gate: for so Lad David the man of Egypt, and laid loold on other gods, and God commanded. worshipped them, and served them: there- 15 And thley departed not from the comfore hath he brought all this evil upon mandment of the king unto the priests and them. Levites concerning any matter, or concernCHAPTER VIII. ing te treasures. The ou, a d tl i ilt by Solomonl. 7 Tribt e 16 Now all the work of Solomon was preof eOvice:le ied by himt o, the tCanaatnite., ut pared unto t tie d o oundation l of tle,lot O: e eInelices. 1. Sotno,l'n entlIn, -cac- louse ottlhe LORD, and until it was finished. rifeeRc thuncea /eani. 14 Ile apltointelh the ptitst So tle house of tile LORD was perfected. annti Jeie tonn thi2lnces. 1, ii lavyfeceth 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and o old fnnnn Othi0. to Eloth, at the sea side ic tLe land of Edom. ND it came to pass at the end of twenty 18 And Huramn sent him, by the hands of years, wherein Soloinon had built the his servants, ships, and servants that had house of the LORD, and his own house, knowledge of the sea; and they went with 2 That the cities which Huram had re- the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took stored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and thence four hundred and fift'y talents of caused tile children of Israel to dwell there. gold, and brought thene to king Solomon. -3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, HPTE and prevailed against it.' CHAPE h S. oand preeiied erieen it'. li * The queen of Sel,e atnmi,eth the n'eloin of Solo4 And ihe built Tadmor in the wilderness, mo. 100 Soloent's cc ",ftcttl t lte de of it. and ali tLe store cities, which he built in 23 Tthe p.e-tetts reei'.el 67 him. 25 Hi.c chariot Hamath. and lll.osenen. 29 Hs,eigL adl deaih. 5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and ND when tho queen of Sheba heard of Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, nith Ll the fame of Solomon, she came to prove walls, gates, and bars; Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, 6 And Baalath, a.nd all the store cities that with a very great company, and camels that Solomon had, and all tie chariot cities, and bare spices, and gold in abundance, and tile cities of tte liorsemen, and all tiat Sol. precious stones: atld when she was come to omen desired to build in Jerusalem, and Solomon, she communedl with imof allthat in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of was in her heart. his dominion. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions: 7 A1a for all the people thnat zere left of and there was notling lid from Solomon the Idittites, and thle Anorites, and the which he told hler not. Perizzites, and the tlivites, and the Jebu- 3 And when tlne queen of Sheba had seen sites, cvhich te'e tnot of Israel, the ewisdom of Solomon, and the hlouse that 8 Bnut of their children, who were left after he had built, them in the land, whom the children of Is- 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting rael consumed not, them did Solomon make of his servants, and tlde attendance of his to pay tribute until this day. ministers, and their apparel; his cupbear325 T7e great wealth II. CHRONICLES. of king Solomon. ers also, and their apparel; and his ascent 21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish by which he went up into the house the he with the servants of Huram: every three LORD; there was no more spirit in her. years once came the ships of Tarshish bring5 And she said to the king, It was a true ing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and report which I heard in mine own land of peacocks. thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 22 And king Solomon passed all the kings 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until of the earth in riches and wisdom. I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, 23 And all the kings of the earth sought behold, the one half of the greatness of thy the presence of Solomon, to hear Lis wisdom, wisdom was not told me: for thou exceed- that God had put in his heart. est the fame that I heard. 24 And they brought every man his pres7 Happy are thy men, and happy are ent, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, these thy servants, which stand continually and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, before thee, and ear thy wisdom. and mules, a rate year by year. 8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which de- 25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls lighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to for horses and chariots, and twelve thoube king for the LORD thy God: becausethy sand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusatherefore made he thee king over them, to lem. do judgment and justice. 26 C And he reigned over all the kings 9 And she gave the king a hundred and from the river even unto the land of the twenty talents of gold, and of spices great Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. abundance, and precious stones: neither 27 And the king made silver in Jerusa\as there any such spice as the queen of lem as stones, and cedar trees made he as Sheba gave king Solomon. the sycamore trees that are in the low 10 And the servants also of Huram, and plains in abundance. the servants of Solomon, which brought 28 And they brought unto Solomon horses gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and out of Egypt, and out of all lands. precious stones. 29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, 11 And the king made of the algum trees first and last, are they not written in the terraces to the house of the LORD, and to book of Nathan the prophet, and in the the king's palace, and harps and psalteries prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in for singers: and there were none such seen the visions of Itdo the seer against Jerobefore in the land of Judah. beam the son of Nebat? 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, all Israel forty years. besides that which she had brought unto the 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and king. So she turned, and went awaytoher he was buried in the city of David his faown land, she and her servants. ther: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his 13 I Now the weight of gold that came to stead. Solomon in one year was six hundred and CHAPTER X. threescore and six talents of gold; The people ark of leholoam a redress of griev14 Besides that which chapmen and mer- atces. 6 He rfftfseh threir erezt, and answerchants brought. And all the kings of Ara- eth them roughly. 16 Ten ribes revolt and kill bia and governors of the country brought Il n. gold and silver to Solomon. ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for 15 And king Solomon made two hundred L to Shechem ere all Israel come to targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels make him king. of beaten gold went to one target. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the 16 And three hundred shields made he of son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold lie had fled from the presence of Solomon went to one shield. And the king put them the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned in the houe of the forest of Lebanon. out of Egypt. 17 Moreover the king made a great throne 3 And they sent and called him. So Jerof ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. oboam and all Israel came and spake to 18 And there were six steps to the throne, Rehoboam, saying, with a footstool of gold, which were fasten- 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now ed to the throne, and stays on each side of therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous the sitting place, and two lions standing by servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke the stays: that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one 5 And he said unto them, Come again unside and on the other upon the six steps. to me after three days. And thepeople deThere was not the like made in any king- parted. dom. 6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with 20 And all the drinining vessels of king the old men that had stood before Solomon Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels his father while he yet lived, saying, What of the house of the forest of Lebanon were counsel give ye mae to return answer to this of pure gold: none were of silver; it was people? not any thing accounted of in the days of 7 And they spake unto him, saying If Solomon. thou be kind to this people, and please 346 Ten trzbes rcvolt I. IICHRONICLES. Czties of defence. them, and speak good words to them, they 2 But the word of the LORD came to will be thy servtons for ever. Shemaialh the nhan of God, saying, 8 But be forsook the counsel which tle 3 Speak unto RehoboaCm tle soni of Soloold men gave hii,ll and took counsel with mon, king of Judah, anld to all Israel i the young men that were brought up with Judah and Benjamin, saying, him, tlat stood before him. 4 Thus saitl the LORD, Ye shall not go 9 And le saiod unto then, What advice up, nor fight against your brethren: return tive ye that ve mty return answer to this every man to his tlouoe; for tlhis thing is peoepl,, ehieh..ve spoken to me,ts.yint, do.e of.te. And tlhey obeyed the *vords ot Ease someiwhat the yoke that thy father did the LORD, and returned from going against', t Upol us? Jerobonm. 10 And the youn men that ncere bronght 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, up with lilo spke unlto him, saying, Thus and built cities for defence in Judah. shalt thou answer tihe people that spake l He built even Beth-lehem, alnd Etam, unto thee, saying, T;y father made our and Tekoa, yoke heavy, but make tIou it somewrhat 7 And Beth-zur, and Soo, and Adullam, lirhter for us; thu st tos s ua t tl say unto 8 And Gath, and Rlaresbha, and Ziph. them, Iy little figer shallbeo thicker than 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, my flther's loins. 10 And Zorah and Aijalon, aclnd Iebron, 11 For wteereas my father put a heavy whlich ae in Judah and in Benjamin, yoke upon you, I will put more to your fenced cities. yoke: my fattier chastised yon ithl c ps, 11 And le fortified the strong holds, and but I will chastise you withe scorpions. put captains in them, and store of victuals, 12 So Jerobonm antd all the people cae and of oil and vine. to R.ehoboam on the thild day, as the king 12 And in every several cit- hoe put shields bade, saying, Come again to me on the and spears, and made them exceeding thir d day. stronlg, having Judah and Benjamin on 13 And the king answered them roughly; his side. atld king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of 13, And te priests nd the Lvites that tile old men, eere in all Israel resorted to him out of 14 And answered them after the advice of all ttheir coasts. the young men, saying, ly fatler made 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and your yoke hetavy, but I will add thereto: their possession, and came to Judah and my f.tther chastised you Vith lwhips, but I Jerusalem: for Jeroboaml and lis sons had wtll chattise yVt wVith scorpions. cast them off from executing tile priest's 15 So thle king h earkened not unto t office un to the e LOD: people: for the cause nas of God, that 15 And he ordained him priests for the the LORD milght perform his word, which hligh places, and for ttle devils, and for the he sp0ke by the hand of Ahicah the SiOi- calves which lie had made. lonite to Jeroboam tle son of Rcbat. 1G And after tlem, out of all the tribes 1G And wthen all Israel so that the king of Israel, such as set tleir hearts to seek would not hearken unto them, the people the LORD God of Israel came to Jerclsalem, answered the king, saying, What portion to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fahace ve in Davidt e and ee havoe none i- tl-ers. heritance in the son of Jesse: every man 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, Judah, and made Rehoboam thle son of see to thine own Louse. So all Israel went Solomon stron, tlhree years: for tlhree years to their tents. they valked in the way of David and Solo17 But as for the children of Israel that moll. dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam 18 q And Rehoboam took him tahbalato reigned over tl.em. thle dughlter of Jerimoth tile son of David 18 ThenkingRelhooam sent Hadoramthat to citfe, acd Abihail the daughter of Eliab W0as over the toiibute; and the children of the son of Jessc; Israel stoned him n with stones, that le died. 19 Wich barte lim clildren; Jeush, and But king Rehoboamc made speed to get Lim Sllamariah, nnd Zaham. up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 20 And after her lie took Ianclah the 19 And Israel rebelled against the house daughter of Absalom; whichll bare him of David unto this day. Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. CHJAPTER XI. 01 And Rehoboam loved Itaachah the Ilfeohoam [sJ fo,'irklett tfao arlaiLlt Israc. 5 fie trengtte Lelet c t ti 7, ki,edo. 13 The i,iefto aOdt daughter of Absalom above all lis O wives Levites, aLtl tstor t a fs Jfh'el e 6'o, J,Lakn bl/ and his concubines: for le took eighteen JS1oc(iam. so"ellr, tl"e t /'cclco, d,f JudaLo. wivces, and threes concubines; and be18 Thetives atni cltd, eL ct t fclOLtcoa. gat twenty and eight sons, and threescore ND when Reholboam wacs come to Je- dnlghters. oo rusalern, he gathered of tl!e l:ouse of 22 And Rehobocm made Abinah the Eon Judah and Benjamin ad hundred and four- of MIaachah the chief, to be ruler among score tllousand cosen.mez, wichl were wVar- ]is brethren: for t ec thocyht to nake him riors, to figlit against Israel, that le might h king. bring the kingdom again to ReLoboam. 23 And he dealt tisely, and dispersed of 347 Judah znvaded II. CHRONICLES. by Shislazk. all his children throughout all the countries put his name there. And his mother's name of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced oas Naamaht an Aommonitess. oity: and lie gave them victuals il abund- 14 And he did evil, because. he prepared ance. And he desired many wives. not his heart to seek the LXD.:. CHAPTER XII. 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and sehrosaniforosi tl. L,,ild, i b p-nslh y Shi'- last, are they not written in the book of sha/t. 5 He a1Mi tie lprine s 1umiiy them- Shemaiah t.:e prophet, and of Iddo tie sdoes ale delive'el frl, sinesctioa. 13 Tl0e seer concerning genealogies? And there re-ise a;d death of Relooboan. nzen'e wn:rs between Rehoboamn and JeroboA ND it camo to pass when Rehoboam am continually. had established the kingdom, and had 10 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, strengthened himself, hle forsook the law of and was buried in tLe city of David:: and the LORD, and all Israel with him. Abijah his son reigneil in his stead, 2 And it cami to piss that, in the fifth CHAPTER X.II year of king Rehoboam, Siiishak king of Abi/'eig. 1esa l Jeroon. 4 B1 Egypt came up against Jerusalem, becuse /decareth the riyht If his casae. 13 Tlroting ie they had transgressed against the LORD, Gol he ovetscomer Jeroboam. 21 The uiues aol/ 3 With twelve hundred:hariots, and three-. cildrlo ef cAijah. score thousand horsemen: and the people'TOW in the eighteenth year of king Jerowvere without number that came with him n boalm began Abijah to reign overJ udah out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and 2 IIe reigned three years in Jerusalem. the Ethiopians. His mother's name also itws MIichaiah the 4 And he took the fenced cities whiclh daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusa- was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.. lem. 3 And Abijah set the battle in array with 5 ~ Then came Shemaiah the propet to an army of valiant men of war, even four Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, hundred thousand cho3en men: Jcroboam that were gathered to gether to Jerusalem also set the battle in array nagainst him wvitll because of Shishak, and said unto them, eight hundred tlousand chosen men, being Thus saith the LORD, Yo 1have forsaken mighty men of valour. me, and thercobre have I also left you in 4 And Ahijah stood up upon mount Zemthe hand of Shishak. araim, nhich is in mount Ephiraim, and 6 Whereupon phe princes of Israel and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Isthe king humbled themselves; and they rael; said, The LORD is righlteous. 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD 7 And when the LORD saw that they hum- God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel bled themselves, the word of the LORD to David for ever, even to him and to liis came to Shemaiah, saying, Thecy have hum- sons by a covenant of salt? bled themselves; thorefore I will not de- 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servstroy them, but I will grant them some de- ant of SolJmon the son of David, is risen liverance; and my wrath shall not be pour- up, and hath rebelled against liis lord. ed out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shi- 7 And there are gathered unto him vain shak. men, the children of Bclial, and have 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; strengthened tlemselves against Rehoboam that they may know my service, and the the son of Solomon, wllen Rehoboamwnas service of the kingdoms of the countries. young a.d tenderhearted, and could not 0 So Shishak king of Egypt came up withstand them. against Jerusalem, and took away tile treas- 8 And now ye think to withstand ttle kingurea of the house of the LORD, and the dom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of treasures of the king's house; he took all: David; and ye be a great multitude, and he carried away also tlie shields of gold t'tere are with you golden calves, which which Solomon had made. Jeroboam mndo you for gods. 10 Instead of wiicnL king Rehoboam made 9 Have ye not cat out the priests of the shields of brass, and commnitted them to LORD, the sons of Aaron, and t.o Levites, the hands of the chii f of the guard, that and have made you priests after te mankept the entranc of the king's ):ouse. ner of the nations of other lands? so that 11 And when the kitg entered into the ehosoovcer comth to consecrate himself iouse of the Lor:D, the guard ca:ne and with a young bullock and seven rams, the fetched them, and brought them again into nsanie may be a priest of them that are no the guardchamber. gods. 12 And when he humbled himself, the 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and wrath of the LORD turned from him, that we have not forsaken l.im; and the priests, he would not destroy Mil// nltogether: and which minister unto the LonD, are tlhe also in Judah things wenlt well. sons of Aaron, and the Levites vwait upon 13 So king Rehoboan strengthened him- their business: self in Jerusalem, and raigncd: for Re- 11 And they burn unto the LORD every hoboam vas oale and fdrty years old when morning and every evening burnt sacrifices he began to rei, and lie reiognd seveeteen and sweet incense: th she shbread also set years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD they i? ordcer upon t:'e pure table; and had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to the candlestick of gold with the lamps 34d Asa strengthcneth II. CHRONICLES. his kingdom. tlereof, to burn every evening: for we eep build these cities, and make about thent the charge of tle LORD our God; but ye valls and toaers, gates and bars, while thie have forsaken him. land is yet bet'or us; because we have 12 And, beliold, God himself is with us for sought the LOtu our G;od, we have sought oztr captaiu, and his priests with sound- him, and lhe htth given us rest on every ing, truampets to cry alarm aainst you. 0 side. Bo they built antd pospered. children of Israel, fight yeo iot against tie 8 And As ad A an army of )me t that bare LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not targets and spears, out of Judali three hunprosper. dred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that 13 t But Jeroboam caused an ambush. bare shields and drew bows, two hundred ment tocome about behind them: so they and fourscore thousand: all these were were betbre Judah, and the ambushment mighty men of valour. was behind them. 9 ~ And there came out against tllem Ze14 And when Judah looked back, behold, rahl the Ethiopian with a ost of a thousand the battle vas before and behind: and they thousand, and tllree hundred chariots; and cried unto the LOPD, and the priests caame unto Mareshah. sounded witl tile trumtets. 10 Then Asa went out against him, and 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: they set the batte in array in the valley of and as the men of Judait shouted, it came Zephathlah at Mareshah. to pass, tihat God snote Jeroboam and all 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD tiis God, Israel before Abijah and Judah. and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee 16 And the children of Israel fled before to help, whether with many, or with them Judah: and God delivered them into their that have no power: ielp us, O LORD our hand. God; for we rest on tlee, and in thy name 17 And Abijah and hlis people slew them tve go against this multit ude. 0 LORD, ith a great slaughter: so thcre fell down thou art our God; let not man prevail slain of Israel five lundred thousand cho- against thee. sen Men. i2 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians be18 Thus the children of Israel wtre brought fore Asa, atld before Judah; and the Ethiunder at that time, and the children of Ju- opians fled. dah prevailed, because tley relied upon the 13 And Asa and the people that toeoe wvith LORD God of thiir fathers. him pursued them unto Gerar: ant the 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, Ethiopians were overthrolwn, that they could and took cities froa him, BDet-el wvith the not recover tlemselves; for thev were detowns bahereof, ald Jeshal ah w ith tle tt tonI sryed before the LORD, and before his thereof, and Ephraim withthe towns thereof. host; and they carried away very much 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength spoil. again in the days ofAbijah: and the LORD 14 And te smote all te cities roud struck him, t nnl a ie died. about Gerar; for the fear of thle LORD 21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married came upon tuem: and they spoiled all the fourteen Wives, and begat twenty and two cities; for there tt as exceeding much spoil sons, and sixtecn daughters. in them. 22 And tho rest of the act of Abijah, and 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and his vays, and his sayings, are written in carried away sheep and carnels in abundthe story of the proplet Iddo. ance, and returned to Jerusalem. CHIAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. asas eiglo. 3 0[e destoetth irdolattry. 6 Havin g sailit Jttdo od o1 f taenXeoolet jteace, ioe strengtlsher]isi, kltldom. l9 Catlll ctvenan t atwith Gal' I lte 1'emavett taachato on;od, he avuethtoetl iZeral, od oapoitett t hae ]hi mother for'he ido!at,'l. lheL,.tlgetaiLdetdt Iio iatls. icted thltyt ino tie Itut e of Gol, ao ejoyeth O Abijatl slept with is fatllers, and they a lo1,7 F;eae. buried him in the city of David: and A D te Spirit of God aome upon AzaAs Illis son reigned in his stead. In his A'rialh the son of Oded: days the land was quiet ten years. 2 And le went out to meet Asa, and said 2 And Asa did ttat which tvas good and unto him, Itear ye me. Aa, and all Judah right in the eyes of the LORD his God: and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, 3 For he toot away the altars of tlh strage wvhile ye be with hlim; and if ye seek him, godS, and the high plrces, and brake down lie will be found of you; but ifye forsake the imaues,,and cut down the groves: him, he will tbrsake you. 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD 3 Now for a, long season Israel hath bcn God of their fathser, and to do the law and without t!le true God, and Mithout a teachthe commandment. ing priest, and without law. 6 Also he took away out of all the cities of 4 But when they in their trouble did turn Judah the high places and tlhe images: and unto thte LorD God of Israel, and sought the kingdom wans quiet before hlim. lim, hle was found of ttem. 6 And tle built fenced cities in Judah: for 5 And in those titnes thoe e tas no pence the land bad rest, and le hard no war in to him thatwent out, nor to him that came those years; because the LORD had given iu, hut great vexations ivere upon all the him rest. inhabitants of the countries. 7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us 6 And notion was destroyed of nation, 349 Asa reproved II. CHRONICLES. by Haanni. and city of city: for God did vex them with hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damasall adversity. cus, saying, 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your 3'There is a league between met and thee, hands be weak: for your work shall be re- as there vas between my father and thy fa' warded. ther: behold, I have sent thee silver and 8 And when Asa heard these words, and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took king of Israel, that he may depart from courage, and put awvay the abominable idols me. out of all the land of Jhdah and Benja- 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king rsin, and out of the cities which he had Asa, andsent the captains of lis armies taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed against the cities of Israel; and they smote the altar of the LORD, that wvas before the Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the porch of the LORD. store cities of Naphtali. 9 And he gathered all Judah andBenjamin, 5 And it came to pass, when Bansha heard and the strangers with them out of Ephra- it, that le left off building of Ramah, and im and oIanasseh, and out of Simeon: for let his work cease. they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and when they saw that the LORD his God was they carried away the stones of Ramah, and with him. the timber thereof, whereiith Baasha was 10 So they gathered themselves together building; and he built therewith Geba and at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fif- Mizpah. teenth year of the reign of Asa. 7 11 And at that time Hanani the seer 11 And they offered unto the LORD the came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto same time, of the spoil vhich they had him, Because thou Last relied on th;e king brought, seven hundred oxen and seven of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy thousand sheep. God, therefore is the host of the king of 12 And they entered into o tt o a covenant toSyriaescaped out of thine hand. seek the LORD God of their fathers with all 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim their heart and wth all their soul; a huge host, with very many charitos and 13 That swhosoever would not seek the horsemen? yet, beause thou didst rely on LOtD God of Israel should be put to death, the LORD, he delivered them into thine twhether small or great, whether man or hand. woman. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and 14 And they sware unto the LORD wittl a fro throughout tie whlole earth, to shew loud voice, and cwitll shouting, and with himself strong in the behalf of theos whose trumpets, and with cornets. leart is perfect toward him. Herein thou 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for last done foolishtly: therefore from hencethey had swtorn with all their heart, and forth thou shalt have Vars. sought him witlh their whole desire; and 10 Then Asa was wrotll with the seer, and he was found of them: and the LORD gave put him in a prison house; for he tlots in them rest round about. a rage with him because of this thi ing. 16 And also concerning Maacohah the And Asa oppressed some of the people the mother of Asa the king, he removed her same time. from being queen, because she had made 11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down herlast, lo, they are written in the book of the idol, and stamped it, and burn t t at the kings of Judah and Israel. brook Kidron. 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year 17 But the high places ere not taken of his reign was diseased in his feet, until away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart his disease oaos exceeding go-eat: yet in his of Asa was perfect all his days. disease he sought not to the LORD, but to 18 And he brought into the house of God the physicians. the things that his father had dedicated, 13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and and that he himself had dedicated, silver, died in the one and fortieth year of his and gold, and vessels. - reign. 19 And there was no more war unto the 14 And they buried'him in t i s own septlfive and thirtieth year of the reign of Ass. olres, lwhiclh e had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him is the kbedwhich ChAPTER XVI. was filled with sweeet odours and divers oAs, tfbo/y 5he'aid of t7io et, dsetlt prd bts kinds of 8pices prepared by the apothecafrom bttilditlg-Jamoh. 7 Betig rep-oved b Hanalni, le putiteh /him is, p. I, riso. 12 es' art: and they made a very great burnrs,itte tith disease, he S eeker n ot to Gsod, buot ing for him. to the,2hysicians. 13 tlis death atld butiial. CH R TN the six and thirtieth year of the reign CHAPTER i, II. of Ass, Baaslha king of Israel came up Jetot, s -oseslta Seit, t pros prelr h. 7 Ife sendeth L]-ites w"ith tbe pi,against Judah, and built Ramah, to the es to teach is, Jtlat. 10 Olia nerierhit,him intent that le might let none go out or come,'es.orts aell tsibtlte. 12 T -re toseatess and in to Asa king of Judah. strength of t is kitdrlom. 2 Then Asa brouglt out silver and gold out ND Jehoshaphat is son reigned in his of the treasures of the house of the LORD.u stead, and strengthened himself against and of the king's house, and sent to Ben- Israel. 350 Jchoshaphat's forces. II. CHRONICLES. He vtsiteth7 Ahab. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced 1 CHAPTER XVIII. cities of Judal, and set garrisons in the Jehoshaphat a.d Ahab yo cup aainst Ramothland of:Judah, and in the cities of Ephra- gilead. 4 Ahab's false lprohets afssre hi.m of im, whiic heAsa I i3 father had taaen. vieeo:l. 8 Illcaia/ benti l seCt f,,r pcoelhesieth. 3 And.the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, 28 Jehoshaphat's escape, 33 Ahab is slain. because he walked in the first ways of his'TOW Jehoshaphat had riclheg and honfather D.vid, and sought not unto Baalia; 1 our in abundarce, tnd joined affinity 4 But sought to the LORD God of his fa- with Ahab. ther, and walked in his commandments, and 2 And after certain years lhe went down not after the doings of Israel. to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed 5 Therefore the LORD stablished the king- sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and dom in his hand; and all Judah brought to for the people that he hal with hlim, and Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches persuaded him to go up zvith him to Raand honour in,abundance. moth-gilead. 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jeof the LORD: moreover he took away the hoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with high places and groves out of Judah. me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered l7~ Also in the third year of his reign he him, I a,l as'tlou aart, and my people as sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and thy people; and ve till be with thee in the to Obadiah, and to Zeclariah, and to Ne- war. thaneel, and to Iichatiah, to teach in the 4 And Jehoshphlat said unto the king of cities of Judah. Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word 8.:And with them he sent Levites, even oftlie LORD to day. Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, 5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered toand Asahel, and Shemiraimoth, and Jehon- gether of propiets four hundred men, and ahhan, and Adonaijh, and Tobijah, and Tob- seid unto thlet, S'hall we go to Ramotl-gileadonijah, Lvites; and with them Elishama ad to battle, or slhall I forbear? And they and Johora-n, priests, said, Go up; for Go-l ill deliver tt into 9 And they taught in Judah, and adl the the king's hand. book of tle law of the LORD with them, aud 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here went about tlhroughout all the cities of Ju- a prophet of the LORD besides, that we dah, and t-iuzht the people. miight inquire of him?.10 And the fear of t:e LORD fell upon all 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshthl kn;igdo:n3 of tle lands tlhat zre round aplht, Tiero is yet one man, by whom we about Judahl, so that they tmade no war may inquire of tle LORDa: but 1 hate him; against Jell3ohllaphat. for e never prophesied good unto me, but 11 Also somen of the Philistines brought always evil: tihe same i SIMicainl the son Jehosliaplhat present3, and tribute silver; of Imla. And Jeho3lhaphat said, Let not and tile Arabians )rought hlim flocks, seven the kine say so. seven thousand and seven hundred he of eis oficars, and said, Fetch quickly goats. MIiceiah the sol of Imla. 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceed- 9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaplhat i;gly; and l: built in Judah castles, and kling of Judah sat either of thle ol his cities of store. throne, clothed in their robes, and they 13 And lhe had much business in the cities sat in a void plnce at the enterinll in of of Judah: and tle men of war, migilty men the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets of valour, zocre in Jerusalem. prophesied before them. 11 And these are tlhe numbers of them ac- 10 And Zedekiah tlie son of Chenaanah cording to tle house of tlleir fathers: Of had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus Judah, tile captainls of tlhousand3; Adnalh saithl thle LORD, Witll these tlhou shalt pusal thle clief, and wethl him miglhty men of val- Syria until they be consumed. oar three hunldrad t.ousand. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, 15 And next to li:n eeas Jehohanan the saying, Go up to tRamoth-gilead, and ploscaitain, and with him two hundred and per: for tlhe LORD shall deliver it into tle foursQore thousand. hland of the king. 1G And next lim a cas Amasiah the son of 1-2 And the messenger that went to call Zicllri, wlo willingly offered lhimself unto MIicaiah spake to hilm, saying, Behold, the the LORD; and with him two hundred thou- ewords of the prophets dcclatrc good to the sandmighty men of valour. king with one assent; let thy word tiere17 And oi Beenjamin; Eliada a mighty fore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and man of valour, and with him armed men speak thou good. with bow and shield two hundred thou- 13 And SIicaiah said, As the LORD liveth, sand.' even what my God saith, that will I speak. 18 And next him w2as Jellozabad, ind with 14 And when lie was come to tl:e king, the' llimea hnadred ald fourscore thousand ready king said unto him, iclaiah, lhall we go to prepared for the war. Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 19 These wited on tle king, besides And lie said, Go ye up, anl prosper, and thosa whom the king put in the fenced cities they shall be delivered into your hanad. throughout all Judah. 15 And the king said to him, How many. 351 Micaiah's prophecy. II. CHRONICLES. Jehoshaphat reproved. times shall I adjure thee that thou say 32 For it came to pass, that, when the capnothing but the truth to me in the name of tains of the chariots perceived that it was the LORD? enot the king of Israel, they turned back 1G Then lie said, I did see all Israel sent- again from pursuing him. tered upon the mountains, as sheep th't 33 And a certain man dre. a boh at a have no shepherd: and tlhe LOID said, venture, and smote tLe king of Israel beThese have no master; let them. return twecn thle joints of the hllalness: tlerefore therefore every man to his house in peace. he said to Lis chariot man, Tu'n thine 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehosh- hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the aphat, Did I not tell thee that lie would not host; for I am wounded. proplesy good unto me, but evil? 34 And the battle increased that day: how18 Again he said, Tlhereforo hear hee word beit tile king of Israel stayed hiself up of the LORD; I saw tlhe LORD sitting upon in his chariot against the Syrians until thlp his throne, and all thle host of heaven stand- even: and about the time of the sun going ing on his right lhand and o his leftt. down he died. 19 And the LOF.D said, Who shall entice CHAPTER XIX. Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and Jehoshaphat iJ reproved by Je-hu the prophet. 5 fallat Ramoth-gilead? And one spak say- li iastructios to the jud es, 8 and to he ing after this manner, and another saying priests atd evies. after that mann r. A ND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah re20 Then there came out a spirit, and L-i turned to his house in peace to Jerustood before the Lor.D, and said, I will en- salem. tice him. And the LORD said unto him, 2 And Jehu the son of IIanani the seer Wherewith? went out to meet him, and said to king 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the unlying spirit in the mouth of all his proph- godly, and love them that hate the LORD? ets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt en- therefore is wrath upon thee from before tice him, and ti:ou shalt also prevail: go the LORD. out, and do even so. 3 Nevertheless, there are good things 22 Now therefore; behold, the LORD hath found in thee, in that thou hast taken put a lying spirit in the mouth of theseo thy away the groves out of the land, and hast prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil prepared thine lieart to seek God. against thee. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwlt at Jerusalem: 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah and he vnt out again tllough tile people came near, and smnote Iictiah upon the from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and cheek, and said, Whlich way went tle Spirit brought them back unto the LORD God of of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? their fathers. 24 And Mlicaialh said, Behold, thou shalt 5 And he set judges in the land throughout see on that day when thou shalt go into all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, an inner chlamler to hide tyself. 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Micaials, and carry h;im back to Amon the LORD, hllo is with you in, the judgment. governor of tle city, and to Joash the king's 7 Wherefore now let tshe fear of tile LORD son; be upon you; take heed and do it: for 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this there is no iniquity with tl:e LORD our fallotin theprison,and feedhimwitlhbread God, nor respect of persons. nor taking of affliction and wilh water of affliction, un- of gifts. til I return in peace. 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat 27 And licaiah said, If thou certainly re- set of the Levites, and of teL priests, and turn in peace, thes Lath not tle LORD of tle chief of the fathers of Israel, for tile spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all judgment of the LORD, and for controveryo people. sies, vhen they returned to Jerusalem. 28 So the king of Isracl and Jehoshaphat 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus the kingofJudsdahwentuptoIsamoth-gilead. shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faith29 And the king of Israel said unto Jc- fully, and with a perfect heart. hoshaphat, I w.ll disguise myself, and wiil 10 And what cause soever sh.ll come to go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. you of your brethren that dwell in their So the king of Israel disguised himself; cities, between blood and blood, between and they went to the battle. Ilaw and commandment, statuteu and juda30 Now the king of Syria had commanded ments, ye shall even warn them that they the captains of the chariots that were with trespass not against thie LORD, and so hlim, saying, Fight ye not swith small or wrath come upon you, and upon your brethgreat, save only with the king of Israel. ren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. 31 And it came to pass, when thle captains 11 And, behold, Amariah tile cslief priest of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,that they is over you in all matters of the,ORD; said, It is tlle king of Israel. Therefore and Zebadiah tlhe son of Ishmael, the ruler they compassed about him to fight: bult of the house of Judah, for all the king's Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD matters: also the Levites shall be officers helped him; and God moved them to de. before yoa. Deal courageously, and the part from him. LORD shall be with the good. 352 The greiat overthrow II. CHRONICLES. of Judah's czernzes. CHAPTER XX. king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the.LORD Mdloab aid:Anomm i1Lvade Jdalc. 3 Jehoshaphat unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by: 2srclalmelh a fast. 5 lis prye. 14 T reason ofthis great multitude; lor the batpbo]orcfly of Jaazie. 20Jebosohalitao t oGot, b od's. the tcol.le to mtrst t e Lo-d. 22 Te reat not r oceltol' oif 0te eiey. 26 T/e eope re!ur 16 To morrow go ye down against them: in Itrumlnph. 31 Jcloshiaphat' s'eiyt. d 35 His behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; i si broken at Eslin-geybe. and ye shall fid tlhem at the end of the T' came to pass after this also, that the brook, before the filderness oftJeruel. 1 children of. Moab, and the children of 17 Ye shall not lieed to fight in this batAmmon, and with tlem other besides the tle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to the salvation of the LORD with you, 0 Jubattle. dabh and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dis-'2 Thenathere came some that told Jehosh- mayed; to morrow go out against them: aphat, saying, There comoth a great multi- for tlhe LORD will be with you. tude against thee from beyond the sea on 18 And Jclloshaphat bol-ed his head with this side Syria; and, bellold, they Le in is face to tle ground: and all Judah and Hoazazonotamar, wliicll is En-gedi. the inhabitants of Jerusalera fell;efore the 3 And: Jehoshaphat feared, and set him- LORD, worshipping the LOID. self to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a 19 And the Levites, of the children of the fast throughout all Judah. Kohathites, and of the children of tle Kor4 And Judah gatheredthemselves together, lites, stood up to praise the LoRD God of to ask hIelp ot tile LORD: even out of all Israel with a loud voice on high. the cities of Judah they came to seek the 20 T And they rose carly in the morning, LORD. and cent forth intoothe wilderness of Tckoa: 5 And Jehoshapioat stood in the congrega- and as they went forth, Jelhosllaphat stood tion of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house and said, Iear me, 0 Judah, and ye inof the LORD, before till new court, habitants of Jelusalem; Beli eve in the 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, LORD your God, so shall ye be established; art not thou God in heaven? and rulest believe is prophets, so sLall e plrosper. siot thou over all tle kingdons of thle 21 And awhen he had consulted w-ith heatlen? and in thine hand is there not te people, lle appointed singers unto the power and might, so that none is able to LORD, and that slhould praise tile beaty writhstand tlhee? of holiness, as they oeltt cout before tI:e 7 Ar t not thou our God, who didst drive army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his out the inhabitants of tLis land before thy omeity endltreth for ever. people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of 22 And whien they began to sing and to Abraham thly friend for ever? praise, the LORD sat ambusliments against 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built the children of Ammon, MIoab, and mount tlhee a sanctuary therein for tly name, say- Seir, which were conme against Judahd; and illg they,ere smitten. 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the 23 For the children of Ammon and bIloab sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, stood up against the inhabitants of mount we stand before this house, and in thy Seir, utterly to slay and destroy t/he,: and presenee, (for thy na oe is in this louse,) llhen tiey had made an end ot tile inlcabitond clyauito tllee in our affliction, thec ants of teir, every one helped to destroy thou wilt'hcar and help. another. 10 And now, beholl, the children of Am- 24 And when Judah came toward the son and Ifoab and mount Seir, vhom thou watclhtower in the wilderness, tllcy looked wouldest not let Israel invade, when thley unto the multitude, and, belold, thiey er e came out of tlie land of Egypt, but they dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none turned from them and destroyed them escaped. not; 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people 11 Behold, l say, hozo they reward us, to came to take away tle spoil of tliem, they cometo cast -us out of thy possession, which found among thelln in abundance both ricles tlou iast given us to inherit. with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, 12 0: our God, wilt thou not judge them? which they stripped off for themselvcs, more for Te have no mighlt against this great than they could carry awny: and tlcy o;ere company' that cometh against us; neither three days in gathering of the spoil, it Twa know owe what to do: but our eyes are so much. upon thee. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, themselves in the valley of BeracLal; for with their little ones, their wives, and their there the ey blessed the LORD: tlleefore the chlildren. name of the same place stas called, Tile 14 N Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zech- valley of Berachah, unto this day. ariah, the son of Benaiah, tie son of Jeiel, 27 Then they returned, every man of Juthe son of itattaniah, a Levite of the sons dah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in forefront of them, to go again to Jerusathe midst of tie congregation; lem with joy; for the LORD had made them 16 And lie said, IHearken ye, all Judah, to rejoice over their eoemies. and yc inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou 23 And they came to Jerusalem with psal23 353 Reign of Jehoran. II. CHRONICLES. Prophecy of Elijah. teries and harps and trumpets unto the tle house of David, beonuseof the covenant house of the LoID. that he had made with David, and as he 29 And the fear of God was on all the king- promised to give a light to him and to his dotns of those countries, when they lhd sons for ever. ileard tloat the LORD fought against the 8 In his days the Edomites revolted from enemies of Israel. under tie dominion of Judahl, and made 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: themselves a king. for his God gave him rest round about. 9 Then Jehoram went forth with his 31 Si And Jelloshaphat reigned over Ju- princes, and all his chariots witht him: dah: he ztas thirty and five years old when and he rose up by night, and smote the he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and Edomites which compassed hlim in, and the five years in Jerusalem. And his rother's captains of the cllariots. namea tss Azubah the daughter of Slhilhi. 10 So the Edomites revolted from under 3 2 And lie walked in the way of As. his the hand of Judah unto this day. The same father, and departed not from it, doing that time also did Libnao revolt from under his which wuas right in the sight of the LORD. hand; because he hlad forsaken the LORI, 3d IHowbeit the high places were not taken God ofhis fathers. away: for as yet the people hlad not pre- 11 Moreover he made high places in the pared their hearts unto the God of their fa- mountains of Judah, and caused the inthlers. habitants of Jerusalem to commit fornica31 Now the rest of the ncts of Jehoshaphat, tion, and compelled Judall therleto. first and last, behold, they are written in 12 ~[ And there cme a writing to him from the boolk of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saitll the mentionedin the book of thekings of Israel. LORD God of David thy father, Becase 35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king thou hast not walked in the ways of Jeboshof Judah join himself witl Ahaziah king of aphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asn Israel, who did very wickedly: king of Judah, 36 Anld he joined himself with him to make 13 But hast walked in the way of the kings ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the of Isrtel, and hast made Judah and the ships in Ezion-geber. inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of like to the whoredons of the house of Abab. Ilareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, and also hast slain thy brethren of tly fasaying, Because thou hast joined thyself ther's house, ohichteretbetterthan thyself: with Ahaziah, the LORI) hath broken thy 14 Behold, with a great plague will the works. And tie ships were broken, that LORD smite thy people, and tly children, they were not able to go to Tarshish. and thy wtires, and all thy goods: 15 And thou shalt have great siokness by CA ei PTER XXI. disease of thy bowels, until thy bowvels fall.7eho,'am's *'iyn. 4 Hle slavre his -reth-en. Hetoos t Eideolo - e I8 tooatel Liiaeh rehee 12 out by reason of the seickness y ly do y. Thie p,,ophe1y of Elifah nyait hi?. 16 The 1G Ioreover the LORD stirred up aoainst Plhiltiotloes ond,tliaoLs oppl'esJ h{io. 18 tlis Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of ici:Lesf, tieati, al u-honotre buria l o. tlhe Arabians, that vere nearthe Etlhiopians: NOWVJehosohaphat slept witl his fathers, 17 And they came up into Judah, and and was buried with his fitllers in the brake into it, and carried away all the subcity of David. And Jehoram his son reign- stance that was found in tle king's house, ed il his stead. and his sons also, and his wiveso; so that 2 And he lbad brethren the sons of Jehosh- there was never a son lef; him, save Jehoaplat, Azariah, and Jelliel, and Zechariah, haz, the youngest of lis sons. and Azariah, anld MIicllael, and Shephati- 18 And afler all tlis the LORD smote him ahl: all these twere the sons of Jehoshaphat in his bownels with an incurable disease. ling of Israel. 10 And it came to pass, that in process of 3 And their father gave them great gifts of time, after the end of two years, his bowels silver, and of gold, and of precious tlings, fell out byreason of his sickness: sohedied woith fenced cities in Judah: but the king- of sore diseases. And his people made tno dom gave lhe to Jehoram; because he tvas burning for him, like the burning of his fathe firstborn. thera. 4 Nowv when Jehoranm was risen up to the 20 Thirty and two years old was he when kingdom of his fatler, lie strengthlened him- he begal1 to reign, and tie reigned in Jerusel, antd slow aoll his brethren owith the saleml eihit yearg, and departed without sword, and cdivers also of the princes of ls- being desired. IIowbeit they buried him raeI. ill the city of David, but not in the sepul5 Jehoram tvas thirty and two years old chres of the kings. whetl lie began to reign, and he reigned CHAPTER XXII. eight years in Jerusalem. Ahaziat'rteicked tel. lfoLi;ofeolitb d And lte walked in the vway of the kings Jo'am tlo e son of Aoab, he is rlain! Jetllt. ]0 of Israel, Ike as did the house of Ahab: for At/Latiah solrotpeththe kiotdom; a-ld dtesteoye!i e lhad the daughter of Ahab to wife: and alt the eett oyllo, -ave Josh. lie wrourllt that wehich voas evil in the eyes AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made of the LORD.. Ahaziah his youngest eon kirg, in hlis 7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy stead: for the band of men that came with 354 Athaliah usurpeth II. CHRONICLES. the kiongdom. the Arabians to the camp had slain all the 2 And they went about in Judah, and gatheldest. SoAhaziah the son ofJehoram king ered the Levites out of all the cities of JuofJudah reigned. dah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah and they came to Jerusalem. when he began to reign, and hle eigned one 3 And all the congregation made a coveyear in Jerusale. His mother's name also nant with the king in the house of God. And was Athaliahl the daughter of Omri. he said unto them, Behold, the king's son 3 He also walked in the ways of the house shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor sons of David. to do wickedly. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the third part of you entering on tie sabbath, LORD like the house of Ahab: for they of the priests and of the Levites, shall be were his counsellors, after the death of his porters of the doors; father, to his destruction. 5 And a third part shall be at the king's 5 He walked:also after their counsel, and house; and a third part at the gate of the went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king foundation: and all the people shall be in of Israel to war against Heazel king of the courts of the house o tlie LORD. Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians 6 But let none come into the louse of the smoteJoram. LORD, save the priests, and they that 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel minister of the Levites; they shall go in, because of the wounds which were given him for they are holy: but all the people shall at Ramah, when lie fought with Hazael king keep the watch of the LORD. of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoramn 7 And the Levites shall compass the king king of Judahll ent down to see Jehoram round about, every man ewith his wenapons the son of Ahab at Jezreel, beeause he was in his hand; and whosoever else cometh insick. to the house, he shall be put to death: but 7 And the destructionofhih o f Ahaziah was ofbe ye with the king when he cometh in, and God by cominig to Joram: for when he was when he goetl out. come, he went out with Jehoram against Je- 8 So tie Levites and all Judah did accordhu the son of Nimshli, whom the LORD had ing to all things that Jehoiada the priest anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. hacd commanded, and took every man his 8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu mnen that mere to come in on the sabbath, was executing judgment upon the house of wvith them that were to go out oi the sabAhab, and found the princes of Judah, and bath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the solns of the brethren of Alhaziah, that the courses. ministered to Ahaziah, le slew them. 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered 9 Andlie sought Ahaziah: and they caught to the captains of hundreds spears, and him, for he was hid in Samaria, and brougt bucklers, and shields, that ihad been king him to Jechu: and lwhen they had slain him, David's, whlich were in the house of God. they buried lim: Bec ause, said they, lie is 10 And he set all the people, every man the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the having his weapon in his hand, from the LORD witi all his heart. So the house of right side of the temple to the left side of Ahazial had no poer to keep still the king- the temple, along by the altar and the temdom. pie, by the king round about. 10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahazi- 11 Then they brought out tihe king's son, ah saw that her so was dead, she arose and and put upon him the croewn, and gave destroyed allthe seed royal of the house of hie tle testimony, and made Iim king. Judah. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the and said, God save the king. king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and 12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of stole him from among the king's sons that the people running and praisii g the king, were slain, and put him and his nurse in a she came to the people into the house of the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daugh- LO. D: ter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahazi- stood at his pillar at the entering in, and ah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she the princes and the trumpets by the king: slew him not. and all the people of the land rejoiced, and 12 And hle was with them hid in the house sounded with trumpets, also the singers of God six A ears: and Athaliah reigned over with instruments of music, and such as the land. taught to sing praise. Then Atlhaliah rent', CHAPTER XXIII. her clothes, and said, Treason, treason. JehoWiadl acke!h Joasl ktin. 12 t t0lialia is slain. 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out 1G Jehoiaca oeseoceth tce tcoship of God. the captains of hundreds that were set over AND in the seventh year Jehoiada the host, and said unto them, Have her strengthened himself, and took the forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of her, let him be slain with the sword. For Jcroelam, and Ishlmael the son of Jellohanan, the priest said, Slay her not in the house of and Azarih the son of Obed, and MLiaaseiah the LORD. the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son 15 So they laid hands on her; and when of Zichii, into covenant with him. she was come to the entering of the horse 355 The repairing II. CHRONICLES. of tie temple. gate by the king's house, they slew her house of the LORD did they bestow upon there. 1aalim. 16 e And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 8 And at the king's commoandmhent they tneen hinm, and beteen a111 the people, and made a ohest, and set it itlhout at the gate between the king, that they should be the of the house of the LORD. ILORD'S people. 9 And thfey made a proclamation through 17 Then all the people went to the house of Judah and Jetusalem, to bring in to the Baal, and brake it down, and brake his LORD the collection tha Moses the servaltars and ]ii images in pieces, and slew ant of God laidl upon Israel in the wilderhiattan the )riest of Baal before the altars. hess. 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of 10 And all the princes and all the people thle house of tie LORD by the hand of thie rejoiced, and lbrongt in, and cast into the priests the Levites, whom David had dis- chest, until they had made an end. tributed in tihe house of the LORD, to offer 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is the chest was brought unto the king's ofEfce written in tile law of tloses, with rejoicing by the hand of tlie Levites, and *hen they and )with singing, as it tots ordainied by saw that therie tmus much lolney, tile king's David. scribe and the high priest's officer came and 19 And he set the porters at the gates of emptied the chest, and took it, and carried the house of the LORD, that none which it to lis place again. Thus they did day by toas uncleaii in any thing should enter in. day, and gathered money in a)undance. 20 And lie took the captains of hundreds, 12 And the king and Jetioiada gave it to and tle nobles, and tle governors of the such as did the work of te evice of the people, and all the people of tile land, and iUouse of tie Lorn, and hi ted aeons and brought down the ling from the house of caepenters to repair tie louse of tle LORD, the LORD: and they came through tile high and also such as wrought iron and brass to gate into the king's house, and set the king mend the house of the LORD. upon te throlle of the kingdom. 13 So the wnorkmen wrought, and the work 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: was perfected by them, and they Eet tle and the city was quiet, after that they had louse of God in his state, and strengthslain Athalitah with tile sword. ened it. 14 And when they had finished it, they CHAPTER XXIV. brought the rest of the money before the Joash ieltg-eth,uel all fe del. 0 of Je/oiala. 4 king and Jehoiada, wherof lere nmade veste iletA (lS to S Clil te tEle. 15 Je- sels forthe louse of tle Loar, even vessels hoiada's leatl asoa hoeotl'oale bu Jiada 17.cl... foallrn iao ifoaty. 20 Beel r eproe by tomininster, and tto o ffer ith al, and spoons, Zechain the Jon o Jellc he saileb hiin. and vessels of gold an'd silver. And they 23 Jeota.2e7n is.pilell 1y the Syials: al-d offered burnt offerings ill the house of tile Joash s!ti by is sel vant. 27.4 nazoian t a- D continually all the dlrs of Jehoiada..ceeIed h /oif- teL so15 Js But Jeloiadoa vaxed old, and was full JOASH uas seveen years old lwhen lie began of datys when e died; a liulldred and thirty to reign, and le reigned forty years in years old tvas he wlen lie died. Jerusalem. His motller's name also ezas 16 And they buried iimt in the city of DaZibiaBl of Beer-sheba. vid among the kings, because lhe had done 2 And Joash did that 2uhich toas right in good in Israel, ioth toward Gotd, and toward the sight of the LORD all the days of aehoi- his house. ada the priest. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came 3 And Jelioiada took for him two wives; the princes of Judahl, and nadeo obeisanaee and hie begat sons and daughters. to tile king. Then the kin. hlearkenledunto 4 And it came to pass after this, thaot themn. Joash was minded to repair the house of 18 And they left the house of tle LORD the LORD. God of tleir fathers, nod served gioves 5 And lie gatheried together the priests and atnd idols: alnd erath catme upon Judah the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto and Jerusalem foe tlis their trespass. the cities of Judta, and gather of all Is- 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring rael money to repair tle house of your God thlem again unto ttle LORD; and they testifrom year to ya r, and see that ye hasten fied against them: but they would not give the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened ear. it not. 20 And the Spirit of God calne upon Zech6 And tile king called for Jehoiada the ariahl the son of Jeloiadn tile olriest, wllich chief, and said unto him, i hyliast thou not stood above the people, and said unto tl.em, required of the Levites to bring in out of Thlus saith God, Why transgress ye tlhe Judah and out of Jerusalem thle collection, commandments of the LOeD,. that ye canaccordling to i.e comenandmel t of 3loses not prosper? because yc lhae forsaken the the servant of thie I.o D, and of the congre- LORD, lie hath also forsaken you. gation of Israel, for tile tabernacle of Yit- 21 And tley conspired ngninst him, and ness? stoned lhim rith stones at tle command7 For the sons of Athaliah, tllat wicked ment of tle king in the court of the house of woman, lad broken up tleo liouse of God; the LORD. and also all the dedicated things of the 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not 356 Amaziah's retgn. II. CHRONICLES. His idolatry. the kindness wliih Jehoiada his father had 6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty done to him, but slew his son. And when he meno o o of f Israel for a hundred died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and talents of silver. require it. 7 But there came a man of God to him, 23 1 And it came to pass at the end of saying, 0 king, let not the army of Israel go the year, that the host of Syria came up with thee; for tie LORD is not with Israel, against him: and they came to Judah and to wit, uith all the children of Ephraim. Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the people from among the people, and sent the battle: God shall make thee fall before all the spoil of them unto the king of Da- the enemy: for God hath power to help, maseus. and to cast down. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, a small company of men, and the LORD But what shsal we do for the hundred talents delivered a very great host into their hand, which I have given to the army of Israel? because they had forsaken the LORD God of And the man of God answered, The LORD their fathers. So they executed judgment is able to give thee much more than this. against Joash. 10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, 26i And whenthey weredeparted from him, the army that was come to him out of (for they left him in great diseases,) his Ephraim, to go home again: wvherefore their own servants conspired against him for the anger was greatly kindled against Judah, blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and they returned home in great anger. and slow him on his bed, and he died: and 11 And Amazial strengthened himself, and they buried him in the city of David, but led forth his people, and went to the valley they buried him not in the sepulchres of of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten the kings. thousand. 2t And these are they that conspired 12 And other ten thousand left alive did against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath the children of Judah carry awvay captive, an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of and brought them unto the top of tile rock, Shimrith a Moabitess. and cast them down from the top of the rock, 27 Now concerning his sons, and the that they all were broken in pieces. greatnes f e rdes i po i, of B the burdens la upof the army which and the repairing of the house of God, be- Amaziah sent back, that they should not go hold, they are written in the story of the with him to battle, fell upon the cities of book of the kings. And Amaziah his son Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-loron, reigned in his stead. and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil., CHAPTER oiXsh, o XV.e e olU A 14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah Amegzlah'~ q'ei.y 3 fie Is tthaeth the mU'der-ees sf00, fthe.,Ieli, sselh thO ttod-it, was come from the slaughter of the EdomHi, victors, over them. 14 Beseveth the igocs of ites, that he brought the gods of the chilEdom. a,. lespliseth the almoitions of the dren of Seir, and set them up to be his proplhet. 17 He challegeth Joash, atet is over- gods, and bowed down himself before them, come. 27 Hte id saisby a1onstiracy. and burned incense unto them. A MAZIAH wvas twenty and five years 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was old when lie began to reign, and he kindled against Amaziall, and he sent unto reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusa- him a prophet, which said unto him, Why lern. And his mother's name waos Jehoad- hast thou sought after the gods of the peodan of Jerusalem. pie, which could not deliver their ocwn peo2 And he did that which was right in the pie out of thine hand? sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect 1 And it came to pass, as he talked with heart. him, that the king said unto him, Art thou 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdo.made of the king's counsel? forbear; why was established to him, that he slew his shouldest thou besmitten? Then tlleproplhservants that had killed the king his fa- et forbare, and said, I know that God hath ther. determined to destroy thee, because thou 4 But he slew not their children, but did hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto as it iiswrittn in tile law ia the book of my counsel. Moses, where the LOo.D commanded, say- 17 0 Then Amaziah king of Judah took ing, The fathers shall not die for the chili advice, and sent to Joas, te son of Jehoadren, neither shall the children die for haz, the son of Jehu, kino of Israel, saying, the fathers, but every man shall die for his Come, let us see one another in the face. own sin. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Ama5 ~ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah to- ziah king of Judahl, saying, The thistle gether, and made them captains over thou- that 0was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that sands, and captains over hundreds, accord- toas in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter ing to the houses of their fathers, throughout to my son to wife: and there passed by a all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode. them from twenty years old and above, and down the thistle. found them three lhndred thousand choice 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the mene, able to go forth to war, that could Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up handle spear and shield. to boast: abidenow athome; whyshouldest 357 Uzziah's reign II. CHRONICLES. and prosperity thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou should- to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? cned himlself exceedillly. 20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerucame of God, that he might deliver them in- salem at the corner gate, and at the valley to the hand of their enemrties, because they gate, and at the turning of the wall, and sought after tle gods of Edom. fortified them. 21 So J ash the king ot Israel went up; and 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and they saw one another in the face, both he digged many wells: for he had much cattle, and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-she- both in the low country, and in the plains; mesh, which belongeth to Judah. husbandmen also, and vinedressers in the 22 And Judah was put to the worse before mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. husbandry. 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Ama- 11 Moreover Uzziah had a host of fighting zials king of Judah, thle son of Joaoh, the men, that went out to war by bands, acson of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and cording to the number of their account by brought him to Jerosalem, and brake down the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of the ruler, under the hand of Hnnaniah, one Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred of the king's captains. cubits. 12 The whole number of the chief of the 24 And he took all the gold and the silve, fathers of the mighty men of valour o vere and all the vessels that were found in the two thousand and six hundred. house of God with Obed-edom, and the treas- 13 And under their hand was an army, ures of the king's house, the hostages a, th hotge othree hundred thousand and seven thousand and returned to Samaria. and five hundred, that made war with miglhty 25 And Amazian the son of Joash king of power, to help the king against the enemy. Judah lived after the death of Joash son of 14 And Uzziah prepared for the therough Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. out all the host shields, and spears, and 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and first and last, behold, are they not written slings to cast stones. in the book of the kings of Judah and 15 And lhe made in Jerusalem engines, inIsrael? vented by cunning men, to be on the towers 27 Now after the time that Amaziah did and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and turn away from following the LORD they great stones withal. And his name spread made a conspiracy against him in Jorusa- far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, lem; and he fled to Lachishl: but they sent till lie was strong. to Lachish after him, and slew him there. 16 I But when he was strong, his heart 28 And they brought him upon horses, and was lifted up to his destruction: for he buried him with his fathers in the city of transgressed against the LORD his God, and Judah. went into the temple of the LORD to bum CHAPTER XXVI. incense upon the altar of incense. UCzzah'sreitantdl prosperity. lTVa.;ing proud, 17 And Azariah the priest went in after te itvadeth he t riest's oce, natlr i sinitte^ ith him, and with him fourscore priests of the tlerosy. 22 He dieth, and Jothan suoeedclrth LORD, thait vere valiant men: im,. 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, HEN all the people of Judah took Uzzi- and said unto him, It cappertoineth not 1ah, who twa sixteen years old, and made unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the him king in tlhe roomof his father Amaziah. LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, 2 Iec built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, that are consecrated to burn incense: go after that the king slept with his fathers. out of the sanctuary; for thou hast tres3 Sixteen years old lwas Uzziah when he passed; neither shall it be for thine honour began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two from the LORD God. years in Jcrnsalem. His mother's name 19 Then Uzziah nas wroth, and had a also ooas Jecoliah of Jerusalem. censer in his hand to burn incense: and 4 And he did that which was right in the while he was wroth with the priests, the sight of the LORD, according to all that his leprosy even rose up in his forehead before father Amaziah did. the priests in the house of the LORD, from 5 And he sought God in the days of Zech- beside the incense altar. ariah, who had understanding in the visions 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, the priests, looked upon him, and, beliold, God made lim to prosper. he was leprous in his forehead, and they 6 And hlie ent obrth and warred against thrllst him out from thence; yea, himself the Philistines, and brake down the wall of hasted also to go out, because the LORD Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall had smitten him. of Aslldod, and built cities about Ashdod, 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto and among the Philistines. the day of his death, and dwelt in a sev7 And God helped him against the Philis- eral house, being a leper; for he was cut tines; and against the Arabians that dwelt off from the house of the LORD: and Join Gur-baal, and the Mehunim. tham lis son 0was over the king's house, 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uz- judging the people ofthe land. ziah: and his name spread abroa d even 22 No the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first 358 The:wzcked II. CHRONICLES. remgn of Ahaz. and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son 5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered of Amoz, write. him into the hand of the king of Syria; and 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they smote him, and carried away a great they buried him with his fathers in the field multitude of them captives, and brought of the' burial which belonged to the kings; them to Damascus. And he was also dofor they said, He is a leper: and Jotham livered into the hand of the king of Israel, his son reigned in his stead. who smote him with a great slaughter. CHAPTER XXVII. 6 For Pekah the son of Remnliah slew in Jot/ato' reiygL. 5 He suLduth the Ammonite a. 7 Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in is acts. 9 Alhaz sutceedeth him. one day, wthich were all valiant men; beJOTHAM was twenty and five years old cause they had forsaken the LORD God of when he began to reign, and he reigned their fathers. sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, nameo also oas Jerushah, the daughter of slew 3loaaseiah the king's son, and Azrikan Zadok. the governor of the house, and Elkanah that 2 And he did that which was right in the was nest to the king. sight of the LORD, according to all that his 8 ~ And the children of Israel carried father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not away captive of their brethren to huninto the temple of the LORD. And the dred thousand, women, sons, and daughpeople did yet corruptly. ters, and took also away much spoil from 3 He built the high gate of the house of them, anld rought the spoil to Samaria. the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there. built much. whose name ttwas Oded: and he went out 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains before the host that came to Samaria, and of Judah, and in the forests lie built castles said unto them, Behold, because tlhe LORD and towers. God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, 5 He fought also with the king of the Am- he hath delivered them into your hand, and monites, and prevailed against them. And ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth the children of Ammon gave him the same up unto heaven. year a hundred talents of silver, and ten 10 And now ye purpose to keep under thousand measures of wheat, and ten thou- the children of Judall and Jerusalem for sand of barley. So much did the children bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but of Ammon pay unto him, both the second are there not with you, even with you, sins year, and the third. against the LOBD your God? 6 So Jotham became mighty, because he 11 Now hear me tlerefore, and deliver the prepared his ways before the LORD his captives again, which ye have taken captive God. of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of 7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and the LORD is upon you. ail his wars, and his ways, lo, they are 12 Then certain of the teads of tile chilwritten in the book of the kings of Israel dren of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johoand Judah. nan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, 8 He was five and twenty years old whllen and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against in Jerusalem. them that came from them that came f ro the ar, 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring they buried him in the city of David: and in the captives hither: for whereas we have Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. offended against the LORD already, ye inCHAPTER XXVIII. ttend to add mtore to our sins and to our toeiCHAottc XttitetXly doaA trespass for our trespass is great, and -4hao regting wckedl is lictetd by the Syrats. there is fierce wrath against Israel. 8 The ls aedites, Oy tle counsel of Oded th e ophet ed omre tIhe ctive ta.ken fror J- 14 So the armed me left the captives ad d,. 16 Aaz setldeth for aid to Anryria. 22 the spoil before the princes and all the conrIn hi distres he yro-ueth more idolatrous. 26 gregation. Hezekial succeedetl, him. 15 And the men which were expressed by A IAZ was twenty years old when he name rose up, and took the captives, and began to reign, and he reigned sixteen with the spoil clothed all that were naked years in Jerusalem: but lie did not that among them, and arrayed them, and shod which was right in the sight of the LORD, them, and gave them to eat and to drink, like David his father: and anointed them, and carried all the 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings feeble of them upon asses, and brought of Israel, and made also molten images forthem to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Baalim. their brethren: then they returned to Sama3 Moreover he burnt incense in the val- ria. ley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his 16 5 At that time did king Ahaz send children in the fire, after the abominations unto the kings of Assyria to help him. of the heathen whom the LORD had cast ot 17 For again the Edomites had come and before the children of Israel. smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in 18 The Philistines also had invaded the the high places, and on the hills, and under cities of the low country, and of the south every green tree. of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and 359 Hezekiah's charge II. CHRONICLES. to thie Levtes. Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the done that which vas evil in the eyes of tihe villages thereof, and Timuah with the vil- LORD our GCod, and have forsakeni him, and lages thereof, Ginmzo also and the villages theve turned away their faces trom the labthereof: and they dweit there. itation of the LORD, and turned their 19 For the LORD brought Judah low be- backs. cause of Abhz king of Israel; for he made 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the Judah naked, and transgressed sore against porch, and put out the lamps, and l.ave not the LORD. burned incense nor offered burnt offerings 20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria in the holy place unto the God of Israel. came unto him, aond distressed him, but 8 Wherefore tile wrath of the LORD nas strengtheued him not. upon Judah and Jerusalem, and lie hath de21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of livered them to trouble, to astonishment, the house of the LORD, and out of the and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. house of the king, and of the princes, and 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by tile gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he sword, and our sons and our daughters and helped him not. our wives are in captivity for this. 2i' [ And in the time of his distress did he 10 Now it is in mine heart to tmakle a cottrespass yet more against the LORD: this enant with the LORD God of Israel, that his is that king Ahaz. fierce wrath may turn away from us. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Da- 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for mascus, which smote him: and he said, Be- the LORD hath chosen you to stand before cause the gods of the kings of Syria help him, to serve him, and that ye should milthem, therefore -will I sacritice to them, ister unto him, and burn incense. that they may help me. But they were the 12 ~ Then the Levites arose, laohath the ruin of him, and of all Israel. son of Amasai, and J oel the Eon of Azariah, 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the sons of the Iolhathite s: and of the of the house ot God, and cut in piceos the sons of Mlerori; Kish tihe son of Abdi, and vessels of the house of God, and shut up Azariah the son of Jehalell: and of the the doors of the house of the LORD, and he Gershonites; Joalh the eon of Zimmah, and made him altars in every corner of Jeru- Eden the son of Joah: salem. 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, 25 And in every several city of Judah be and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zeeimade Ihigh places to burn incense unto other ariah, and iMattaniah: gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, nnd of his fathers. Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; 26 Now the rest of his acts and of all Shemaiah, and Uzziel. his ways, first and last, behold, they are 15 And they gathered their brethren, and written in the book of the kings of Judah sanctified thlemselves, and came, according and Israel. to the commandment of tlie king, by ti27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of they buried him in the city, even in Jeru- tile LORD. saleimt but they brought himr not into the 16 And the priests went into the inner sepulcllres of the kings of Israel: and Hez- part of the house of the IORD, to cleanse ekiah his son reigned in his stead. it, and brought out all the nncleanness thatt CHAPTER XXIX. they found in the temple of the LORD into. le dourt of tile house of the LORD. And tI e~ekiacJ s good 1,eil,. 3 lie restor elh the,uoarshp of (rol. 5 Ilis e.hortalo t the Lit. 12 tile evites took it, to carry it out abroad tihey ScEtCtI ttte.tee, ~tti trol cetatse t te -ouse into the brook KIidron of (oct. 20 IZe,,kiah a d t1e retles of the city 17 Now they began on the first day of the o'i-,. so!.lt sacl.iiCes to the Jo.'d. first month to sanotify, and on thle eighlith T EZEKIAIt began to reign uhen he ovas day of the month came they to the porch of five and twenety years old, nd he reign- the LORD: so they sanctified the house of ed nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. the LonD in eight days; and in the sisAnd his mother's name owas Abijah, the teenth day of the first month they made an daughter of Zechariah, end. 2 And ie did that wIoiicLh as right in the 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the sighlt of the LODn, according to all that king, and said, We have cleansed all the David his fitther had done. house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt 3 He in tile first year of his reign, in the offering, with all the vessels thereof, and first motlh, opened thie doors of the house the shewbread table, with all the vessels of the LoRD, and repaired them. thereof. 4 And he brought in the priests and the 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Levites, and gathered them together into Ahaz it his reign did cast away in is the east street, transgression, have we prepared and sanc5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Le- titied, and, behold, they are before the vite;s sanctify now yourselves, and sanc- altar of the LOFRD. tify the house of the LORD God of your 20 ~ Then Hezekiah the king rose early, fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of and gathered the rulers of tle city, and the holy l!ace. w ent up to the Iouse of the LORD. 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and 360 Sacrifices offered II. CHRONICLES. to the Lord. seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he, selves for the Levites uweroe more upright goats, for a sin offering tor the kingdom, in heart to sanctify themselves than the and for the sanctuary, and tor Judah. And priests. he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron: 35 And also the burnt offerings uere in to offer ihet on the altar of the LORD. abundance, with the fat of the peace offer22 So they killed the bullocks, and the ings, and the drink offerings for every priests received the blood, aid sprinkled burnt offering. So the service of the house it on the altar: likewise, when they had of the LORD was set in order. killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood' 6 And Hezeklah rejoiced, and all the upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, people, that God had prepared the peoand they sprinkled tie blood upon the altar. pie: for the thing was done suddenly. 23 And tn.y brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and t e he t Xe eX tX. congregation; and they laid their hands sodmotthfo Joutlahaedl. 13t heaupon them: seetbig detroy tile altal,s of idolatry. 15 They 24 And the priests killed them, and they keep tle feast fourteent days. 27 2Te-priest aed made reconciliation with their blood upon Levines bless the people. the altar, to make an atonemet a ND Hezeih sent to a ll A N zeia Israel and JuIsrael: for the king commanded that the L — dah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim burnt offering and the sin offering should and Manasseh, that they should come to the be cmade for all Israel. house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his and with hlorps, according to the command- princes, and all the congregation in Jement of David, and of Gad the king's seer, russlem, to keep the passover in the second and Nathan the prophet: for so zuas the mouth. commandment of the LORD by his proph- 3 For they could not keep it at that time, ets. because the priests had not sanctified 2(i And the Levites stood with the instru- themselves sufficiently, neither had the ments of David, and the priests with the people gathered themselves together to Jetrumpets. rusalem. 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the 4 And the thing pleased the king and all burnt offering upon te lt. d he the altar. And hen the congregation. the burnt offering began, the song of the 5 So they established a decree to make LORD began also with the trumpets, and proclamation throughout all Israel, from with the instruments ordaineld by David Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should king of Israel. come to keep the passover unto the LORD 28 And all the congregation worshipped, God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had and thle singers sang, and the trumpeters not done it of a long ttime it StcC soet as sounded: anod all this continuetl until the it was written. burnt offering was finished. 0 So the posts went with the letters from 29 And when they had made an end of the king and hi s prin throughout all Isoffering, tile king and all that 0ere pre0- ael and Judah, and according to the coment with him bowed themselves, and aor- mandment of the king, saying, Ye children shipped. of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God 30 Moreover Hezekiah the ling and the of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will princes commanded the Levites to sing return to the remnant of you, that are espraise unto tihe LORD with the words of caped out of the hand of the kings of AsDavid, and of Asaph the seer. And they syria. sang praises with gladness, and they bowed 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and their hneads nd worshipped. like your brethren, thicth trespassed against 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, the LORD God of their fathers, who thereNov ye lave consecrated yourselves unto fore gave thein up to desolation, as ye see. the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fsand thanke fferings into the house of thetheres Uere, butt yield yourselves unto the LORD. And the congregation brought in LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which sacrifices and thtnk offerings; and as many he tath sanctified for ever: and serve the as nere of a free heart, burnt offerings. LORD your God, that tile fierceness of his 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, wrath may turn away from you. which the congregation brought, was three- 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, score and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, your brethron and your children shallfintd and two hundredlambs: all these Wvere for compassion before them that lead them a burnt offering to the LORD. captive, so that they shall come again into 33 And the consecrated things wuere six this land: for the LORD your God is grahundred oxen and three thousand sheep. cious and merciful, and will not turn away 34 But the priests were too few, so that his face from you, ifye return unto him. they could not flay all the burnt offerings: 10 So the posts passed from city to city, wherefore their brethren the Levites did through the country of Ephraim and Mahelp them, till the work was ended, and nasseh, even unto Zebulun: but they laughuntil the other priests had sanctified them- ed them to scorn, and mocked them. 361 The people keep II. CHRONICLES. the passover. 11 Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Ma- 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem nasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, for since the time of Solomon the son of and came to Jerusalem. David king of Israel there wae not the like 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to in Jerusalem.: give them one heart to do the commandmeDt 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and of the king and of the princes, by the word blessed the people: and their voice was of the LORD. heard, and their prayer came up to his 13 T And there assembled at Jerusalem holy dwellingplace, even unto heaven. much people to keep the feast of unleaven- CHAPTER XXXI ed bread in the second mouth, a very great es o e The people destroy idol 2orstp. 2 Ihezekia ordrsns'ge egctlio.,t t lhe couerses of the priests aml Leitoes. and 14 And they arose and took away the provideth for t/iein work alnd naintetane, 5 altars that wsctre in Jerusalem, and all the The fo-raredles of the 00ole it oeffeiils a.ni altars for incense took they asay, and cast tit/les, 1l liezekiah appoilterAl (iceJ to.disthem into the brook Kidron. pose of tie itdes. 20 Hidsi-eee Sty. 15 Then they killed the passover on the XTOW when all this was finished, all Isfourteenth day of the second month: ad l rael that were present went out to the priests and the Levites were ashamed, the cities ofJudah, and brake the images and sanctified themselves, and brought in in pieces, and cut down the groves, and the burnt offerings into the house of the threw down the high places and the altars LORD. out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim 1G And they stood in their place after their also and Manasseh, until they had utterly manner, according to the law of Moses the destroyed them all. Then all the children man of God: the priests sprinkled the of Israel returned, every man to his posblood, which they received of the hand of session, into their own cities. the Levites. 2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses 17 For there were many in the congrega- of the priests and the Levites after their tion that were not sanctified: therefore tie courses, every man according to his service, Lcvites had the charge of the killing ofthe the priests and Levites for burnt offerings passovers for every one that was not clean, and foir peace offerings, to minister, and to to sanctify tlheme unto the LO.D. give thanks, and to praise in the gates of 18 For a multitude of the people, even the tents of the LORD. many of Ephlraim and Manasseh, Issachar 3 He appoiniteid also the king's portion of and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, yet did they eat the passover otherwvise for the morning and evening burnt offerthan it was written. But Hezekiah prayed ings, and the burnt offerings for the sabfor them, saying, The good LORD pardon baths, and for the new moons, and for the every one set feasts, as it is written in the law of 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD. the LORD God of his fathers, though hie be 4 Moreover he commanded the people that rot cleansed according to the purification dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of of tie sanctuary. the priests and the Levites, that they might 20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, be encouraged in the law of the LORD. and healed the people. 5 And as soon as the commandment came 21 And the children of Israel that were abroad, the children of Israel brought in present at Jerusalem kept the feast of un- abundance the firstfruits of corn,, e, and leavened bread seven days with great glad- oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the ness: and the Levites and the priests field; and the tithe of all things brought praised the LORD day by day, siiging with they in abundantly. loud instruments unto the LORD. 6 And concerning the children of Israel 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably un- and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Jnto all the Levites that taught the good dah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat and sheep, and the tithe of holy things whicle throughout the feast seven days, offering were consecrated unto the LORD their God, peace offerings, and making confession to and laid them by heaps. the LORD God of their fathers. 7 In the third month they began to lay the 23 And the whole assembly took counsel foundation of the heaps, and finished theem to keep other seven days: and they kept in the seventh month. other seven days with gladness. 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes 04 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to came and saw the heaps, they blessed the tie congregation a thousand bullocks and LORD, and his people Israel. seven thousand sheep; and the princes 9Then Hezekiah questioned with thepriests gave to the congregation a thousand bull- and the Levites concerning the heaps. ocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great 10And Azariah the chief priest of tle house number of priests sanctified themselves. of Zadok answered him, and said, Since 25 And all the congregation of Judah, the people began to bring the offerings into with the priests and the Levites, and all the the house of the LORD, we have had enough congregation that came out of Israel, and to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD the strangers that came out of the land of hath blessed his people; and that which is Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced, left is this great store. 362 The blasphemy II. CHRONICLES. of Sennacherib. 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare 3 He took counsel with his princes and his chamabers in the house of the LORD; and mighty men to stop the waters of the tfuntthey prepared thet, ains which acre without the city: and they 12 And brought in the offerings and the did help him. tithes and the dedicated thintgs faithfully: 4 So there was gathered much people toover which Conanitah the Levite was ruler, gether, lwho stopped all the fbuntains, and and Shimei his brother wts the next. the brook that ran throutgh the midst of 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nabath, the land, saying, Why should the kings of and Asahel, and Jerinoth, and Jozabad, Assyria come, and find much water? and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built Beuaiah, we-re overseers under the hand of up all the wall that was broken, and raised Conaniah and Shimei his brother, at the it up to the towers, and another wall withcommandment of Hezekiah the king, and out, and repaired Mlillo in the city of DaAzariah the ruler of the house of God. vid, and made darts and shields in abund14 And Kore the son of Imuah the Levite, ace. the porter toward the east, was over the 6 And he set captains of war over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the people, and gathered them together to him oblations of the LORD, and the most holy in the street of the gate of the city, and things. spoke comfortably to them, saying, 15 And next him were Eden, and Minia- 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid min, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amarailah, nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, all the multitude that is with him: for in their set office, to give to their breth- there bo more with us than with him. ren by courses, as well to the great as to the 8 Witlhl him is an arm of flesh; but with small: us is the LORD our God to help us, antud to 16 Besides their genealogy of males, from fight our battles. And the people rested three years old and upward, evern unto ev- themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king cry one that entereth into the house of the of Judah. LOiRD, his daily portion for their service in 9 ~ After this did Sennacherib king of their charges according to their courses; Assyria send hlis servants to Jerusalem, 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, the house of their fathers, and the Levites and all his power witlh him,) unto Hezefrom twenty years old and upward, in their kiah king of Judah, and unto all Judalh that chlargeos by their courses; vaere at Jerusalem, saying, 18 And to the genealogy of all their little 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, ones, their wives, and thleisons, and theitr lWhereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the daughters, through all the congregation: for siege in Jerusalem? in their set office they sanctified themselves 11 Doth not Itezekiah persuade you to give in holiness: over yourselves to die by famine and by 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall dewhichi were in the fields of the suburbs of liver us out of the hand of the king of Astheir cities, in every several city, the men syria? that were expressed by name, to give por- 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken tions to all the males among the priests, away his high places and his altars, and and to all that were reckoned by genealo- commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, gies among the Levites. Ye shalltworship before one altar, and burn 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all incense upon it? Judah, and wrought that wshich as good 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers and right and truth before the LORD his lavedone untotalltle peopleofother lands? God. were tile gods of tsle nations of those lands 21 And in every work that he began in the any ways able to deliver their lands out of service of the house of God, and in the law, mine hand? and in the commandments, to seek his God, 14 Who was there among all the gods of he did it with all his heart, and prospered. those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver lhis people out of CHAPTER XXXII. mine land, that your God should be able to Senacheriib invaethJludah. 2 tezkiah fortfieth deliver you out of mine hand? l ietslf, aad seacotejeteh o3 ole e.9 1t.ls- 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive p/hasy of Seanach'tib. 20 Ieseilla atod Isaiah pray. 21 Ar angel destroTet/h the hot of s he As- you, nor persuade you on this manner, neisyrians. 24 Heekiah's sickness. 25 Hlis pide thler yet believe him: for no god of any nats huebiled. 27 Hi, Wealth and wootks. 32 Ms- tion or kingdom was able to deliver his peo-,asseh suicceedel im.. ple out of mine hand, and out of the hand AFTER these things, and the establish- of my fathers: how much less shall your ment thereof, Sennacherib king of As- God deliver you out of mine hand? syria came, and entered into Judah, and 16 And his servants spake yet tore against encamped against the fenced cities, and th LORD God, and against his servant Hezthought to win them for himself. ekiah. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennache- 17 He wrote also letters to rail on the rib was come, and that he was purposed LORD God of Israel, and to speak against to fight agaist Jerusalem, him, saying, As the gods of the nations of 363 Hezekzah's sz.ckness. II. CHRONICLES. Idolatry restored other lands have not delivered their people 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, out of mine hand, so shall not the God of and his goodness, behold, they are written Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son hand. of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of 18 Then they cried with a loud voice, in Judah and Israel. the Jews' speech, unto the people of Jeru- 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, salem that were on the'wall, to affright and they buried him in the chiefest of the them, and to trouble them; that they might sepulchres of the sons of David: and all take the city. Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 19 And they spake against the God of Je- did him honour at his death. And Manasrusalem, as against the gods of the people seh his son reigned in his stead. of the earth, which were the work of the CHAPTER XXXIII. hands of man. 20 ~ And for this cause Hezekiah the king, a s tice reoin. 3 tie l. tor thidolatry 11 He i carried captive to Babylon. 12 Up' and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, eopena, c he is restored too hs ki,,dom. 15 H prayed and cried to heaven. puttethlown idonat.. 1. His acts.'o20 A-on 21 And tie LORD Sent an angel, which cut suoceedet him. 21 lie, eioneth wirkedly, atnl is off all the mighty men of valour, and the sain y his o ervant. b 25 Jnsiah swleedeth him. leaders and captainsinte m things it v the amp of the king of Assyria. So lie returned with shame of -1V- he began to reign, andhereigned fifty face to hit own land. And when he was and five years in Jerusalem: come into tlhe house of his god, they that 2 But did that which oas evil in the sight came forth of his own bowels slew him there of the LORD, like unto the abominations with the sword. of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast 22 Thus the L tRD saved Hezekiah adthe heout before the children of Israel. inhabitants of Jerusalem from tile hand of 3 For lie built again the high places which Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from tHezekiah his father had broken down, and the hand of all others, and guided them on lie reared up altars for Baalim, and made every side. groves, and worshipped all the host of heav23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD en, and served them. to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah ll4 Also lie built altars in the house of the king of Judah: so that lie was magnified in LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jethle sight of all nations fiom thenceforth. rusalem shall my name be for ever. 24 I In those days Hezekiah was sick to 5 And he built altars for all the host of the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and heaven in the two courts of the house of the he spke un to him, and lie gave him n sign. LORD. 25 But lezekiah rendered not again ac- And he caused his children to pass cording to the benefit done unto him; for his through the fire in thle valley of the son of heart was lifted up: therefore there was Hinnom: also he observed times, and used wrath uponhim, andpon Judah and Jeru- enchantments, and used w oitclleraft, and salem. dealt with a familiar spirit, and with viz26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled ards: he wrought much evil in tt:e sight of himself for the pride of his heart, both he the LORD, to provoke him to anger. and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that 7 And he set a carved image, the idol the wrath of the LORD came not upon them which he had made, in the louse of God, of in the days of eHezekiah. which God had said to David and to Solo27 And liezekiall had exceeding much mon his son, Il this house, and in Jeruriches and honour: and he made himself salem, which I have chosen before all the treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for tribes of Israel, will I put my name for preeious stones, and for spices, and for ever: shields, and for all manner of pleasant 8 Neither will I any more remove the jewels; foot of Israel from out of the land which I 28 Storehouses also for the increase of have appointed for your fathers; so that corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all they will take heed to do all that I have manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. commanded them, according to the whole 29 Mloreover lie provided him cities, and law and the statutes and the ordinances by possessions of flocks and herds in abund-the hand of Moses. ane: for God had given him substance 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inrery much. habitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the worse than the heathen, whom the LORD upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it had destroyed before the children of Isstraight down to the west side of the city rael. of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and his works. to his people: but they would not hearken. 31 Howbeit, in the business of the rm- 11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon bassadors of the princes of Babylon, who them the captains of the host of the king sent unto im to inquire of the wonder that of Assyria, lwhich took Manasseh among the was done in the land, God left him, to try thorns, and bound him with fetters, and him, that he might know all that was in his carried him to Babylon. heart. 12 And when he was in affliction, he be364 by Manasseh. II. CHRONICLES. Josiah destroyeth it. sought the LORD his God, and humbled 2 And he did that which vas right in the himself greatly before the God of his fa- sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways thers, of David his father, and declined neither 13 And prayed unto him: and he was en- to the ight hand,nor to the left. treated of him, and heard his supplication, 3 For in the eigllth yenr of lis reign, fhile and brought him again to Jerusalem intohis he was yet young, he began to seek after kingdom. Then Msanasseh knew that the the God of David his father: and in the LORD lhe as God. twelfth year he began to purge Judah and 14 Now after this he built a wall without Jerusalem from the high phlcoes, and the the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, groves, and the carved inmages, and the in the valley, even to the entering in at the molten images. fish gate, alld compassed about Ophel, and 4 And they brake down the altars of raised it up avery great height, and put cap- Baalim in his presence; and the images, tains ofwar in all tie fenced cities of Judah. that weree on high above tienl, le eut down; 15 And he took away the strange gods, and the groves, and the carved images, and and the idol out of the house of the LORD, the molten images, he brake in pieces, and and all the ltrs that he had built in the made dust of them, and strewed it upon mount of te the osof the LORD, and in Je- the graves of them that had sacrificed unrusalem, and cast themn out of the city. to them. 1G And he repaired the altar of thie LORD, 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to Jerusalem. serve the LORD God of Israel. 0 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto still in the high places, yet unto the LORD Naphtali, with their nmattock; round about. their God only. 7 And whlen he ad broken down the altars 18 Now the rest of the acts of MIanasseh, and the groves, anld had beaten the graven and his prayer unto his God, and the words images into powder, and cut don1 all thle of the seers that spake to Lim in the name idols throughout all the land of Israel, he of the LOED God of Israel, behold, they are returned to Jerusalem. twritten in tle book of tile kings of Israel. 8 T Now in the eighteenth year of his 19 His prayer also, and how God was en- reign, when he had purged tle land, and treated of hlim, and all his sins, and his tie house, he sent Shllphan thle son of Azatrespass, and the places wherein he built lia,, and TIaaseilal the governor ofthlecity, ligh places, and set up groves and graven and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, images, before he was humbled: behold, they to repair the house of the I.ORD hlis God. are written among the sayings of the seers. 9 And when they came to Hilkitahi the ligh 20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, priest, they delivered tle money that was and they buried him i hihis own house: and brought into the house of God, which the Amon his son reigned in his stead. Levites that kept the doors had gathered of 21 2 Amen zas two and twenty years old the hand of Manasselh and Epliraim, and when he began to reign, and reigned two of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Juyears in Jerusalem. dah and Benjamin; and they returned to 22 But lie did that wihich twas evil in the Jerusalen. sight of the LORD, as did MIanasseh his 10 And they put it in the hand of the workfather: for Amon sacrificed unto all the men that had the oversight of tlhe louse of carved images which Manasseh his father the LORD, and they gave it to tlhe workmen had made, and served them; that wrought in the house of the LORD, to 23 And humbled not himself before the repair and amend thle house LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled 11 Even to tile artificers and builders gave himself; but Amen trespassed more and they it, to buy hen stone, and timber for more. couplings, and to floor the hlouses which the 24 And his servants conspired against him, kings of Judah had destroyed. and slew himn in his own house. 12 And the men did the work faithfully: 25 But the people of the land slew all them ndl thle overseers of them were Jahath and that had conspired against king Amoen; and Obadiah, tlhe Levites, of the sons of Ierari; the people of the land made Josiah his son and Zechariah and Meshullalm, of the sons king in his stead. of the Kohatiltes, to set it forward; and CHAPTER XXXIV. othler of thle Levitea, all that could skill of Josiah's qood reijnt. 03 He destroelthdoly. instruments of music. He cOvil'etoh for to olepair o)f the temple. 14 13 Also they weo-e over the bearers of burHilkiah findetlt the book of tie i[av ilte the lemple. dens, and were overseers of all that wrought 20 Josial se,,,leth to Hullah to i-lquire of tile the work in any manner of service: and of hord.'23 H,,d d tah fotelhdoee y th fe d eseoy e t ad oid. 23 allldtel fle aellele thee desatetioh ofJ the Levites theae wee. scribes, and officers, Jeeotsaeeoa, ec tale lchice eftee fee tleath of Jesiah. 2 Josiah catseth the book to be read in and porters. solemn tassembly, ad re-etethl the covenant with 14 And when they brought out the money God. that was broulhlt into the house of the LORD, TOSIAH was eight years old when he Hilkiah tlhe priest found a book of the law began to reign, and lie reigned in Jo of the LORD givCe by Moses. rusalem one and thirty years. 1 And HIilkiah answered and said to Sba365 The book read II. CHRONICLES. to the people. phan the scribe, I have found the book of gether all the elders of Judah and Jerusathe law ilA the house of tlhe LORD. And lem. Itilkiah leliveceal the book to h Sphan l.,30 And the king went up into the house 16 And Shaphan carried tile book to tie of the LORD, and all tie men of Judah, king, and broughet the king oword back aain, and the inehabitant of Jerusalem', ald tlhe saying, All that was committed to thy serv- priests, and the Levites, and all tile people, ants, they do it. great and small: and le reae in their e ars 17 And thley have gathered together the all tie words of thle ook of tle covenant oney that ows fioud in tle house of the that ws fbund in th e h ouse of tlhe,ORD. LORD, ant have delivered it into the hand 31 And the kinZ stood in lis place, and of tle overseers, and to the hand of the made a covenant before ftle LORI, to walk eorkmenc. after the LORD, and to keep his co:timand18 Then Shlaphln the seribe told the king, nents, and his testimonies, and lis statutes, saying, Itilkiah the priest hath given me a with all his heart, and rith all,hi soul, to book. And Shaphan read it before the perform tle a words of the covellant hich king. are written in tlis Iook. 19 Aed it came to pass, ehen the king had 32 And lle caused ll tlat mere e present peaer the eords of tlhe la, that he rent his in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. clotheis. And tile inhabitants of Jerusale did nc20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, anti cording to the covenant of God, tle God of Ahikam tihe son of Shaplan, and Abdon their fathers. the son of Micalh, and Slhaptan the scribe, 33 And Josia took anway all tile abornand Asaiah a servant of tlhe kin's, saying, inations out of all the countries that per21 i o. inqucte of tle LORD for me, and ttieel to tlhe chlildren of Israel, and c ade for tllemn tilet are left in Israel antc in Ju- all that were preseent in Israel to serve, evet dah, concecricng the words of the book th at to serve the LORD their God. Acnd all iit is fouund: for g reat is tlio wrath of tLe LOIED day they departed not foolal follow in the that is poured out upon is, beca use our LORD, the God of their fatlhers. fathlers thave not kept thle word of the looD, CEI.PT, R XXXV. to do after ail thiat is written in tlis book. Joiah,tePeth a sOle.e.. ct... el. 21) lIe, going'22 ltndl lilkiall, acnd they that tile kingt acccibs. Jc'hl.e ecr -, ~ctlo is csai, a dt at.rielco. 25 thadt apl)oinited. wentt to iuldaLh tile prophl- t. ace;Ltatifiori Josiah. ctess, tile i Fe ot' Shallum tle son otTik- 5OREOVER, Josiahl kept a passover vath. tlhe son of tlasrl, keeper of the ward- [lunto tlhe LORD in Jerusalcell: and robe; now shec ctelvlt ill Jcrulsalec ill the they killed the passover oll tle fourteenti college; ad thley spake to her t ttlhat f- day of the first month. feet. 2 And lie set tle priests in their charges, 23 Andl sle ansered them, Tlus saith the and cencouraed them to tihe service of the LoORD tGod of Israel, Tell ye tcle man that house of thle LORID, sent you to me, d3 And said unto the Levites tlhat tautoht 24 Tlhc.s saitll the LORD, Behold, I nill all Israel, wlfich w.ere holy unto the LOtl,, brinr evil upon this place, and upon tllein- Put thle hloly ark in te house which Solhabitaents thereof, cvet nll the curses that olnot tee son of David king of Ilrael clid are nrittce in tie book lwhich they have build; it shall not be a e burden upon your read befor e thle ki1n of Judah: shloulders: serve now the LORDP your God, o5 Bette:se they hnve forsaken me, and and his people Israel, /lave burned incense unto otier gods, tlhat t And preparec tyorselves by tile ]ouses they nmiht provoke mee to acge' wcith all tile of yvotr fiaters, after Vour courses, accordorl;s ot theiir hands; therefore my wrath ing to the writing of iavid king of Israel. shall be poured out upon tlis place, and and according to tle writing of ~olomon his shall not be quenched. son: 26 And as fr tile king of Judah, hl o sent 5 And stand in tile holy 1teea, accordinyou to iequire of tie LORrn, so shall Ye say to the divisions of the families of tile faunto hiin, Thus saith the ]ic)loR God of Is- there of your brethren the people, and after rael concerning the words which thou hast the division of the families of the Levites. hleard; 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourBecause thine heart as tender, and selvesd selvcs,nd prepare your brethren, that they tho, dildst hlmnble thyself before God, when may do accordint to the word of the LORD thou heardest his words against this place, by tile hand of Moses. and tilnset tile inhabitants thereof, aced 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the iumbledst thyself before me, and didst rend flock, lambs and kids, all for the passoverthy clothles, and weep before me; I have offerings, for all that were present, to the even tlcard thee also, saith the LORD. number of thirty thousand, and three thou28 Bellold, I ill gathler thee to thy fathers, sand bullocks: these uerte of the king's and thou selalt be gathered to thy grave in substance. peoce, neither shall thline eyes see all the 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the evil that I will bring upon this place, and people, to tle priests, and to thcc Levites: upon the inhabitants of the same, So they iilkith and Zechariah andt Jehtiel, elers of broutiht tle king word again. the house of Gol, gave nnto the priests for 29 d Then the king sent and gathered to. the passover-offering3 two thousand and six 36l Josiah slainl II. CHRONICLES. at Mell iddo. hundled smeal cattle, and three hundred he miglt fight with him, and learkened not oxenC. unto the words of Necho from thle louth of 9 Conaih i ll Iso, and Sliemoaia1 and Ne- Sod, and came to fight in the valley of Methaieel, his brethren, and IHaslabial and giddo. Jeiel alid Jozabad, chief of the Lcvites, 3 And the arc;.ers shot at king Josiah; gave untoi tle Levites for passover-offer- ald the kinge said to his servants, Have ings five tlhousand small cattle, and five me away; for I am sore wounded. hundrdd oxen. 24 His servants tllherefore took him out 10 So the service was prepared, and the of that chariot, and put him in the second priestso stood in their place, and the Levites cla'oiot that lie had; and tlley brought him in their courses, according to the king's to Jerusalem, and lie died, and was buried comniomo dooent. in ole of the sepulchres of his fathers. 11 And they killed the passover, and the And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for priests sprinkledt the blood from theirhands, Josiah. and the Levite flayed th.e7. 25 And Jeremiah lomented for Josiah: 12 And they removed the burnt offerinoa, and all the singing men and the singing that they might give according to the divi women sptke of Josiah in their lameneasions of the f:nilies of tlo people, to offer tions to this day, and made them an ordiunto the LOiD, as it ten in tole book naneo in Israel: and, behold, they are of Iloses. And so dli they with the oxsc. eritten in the lamentations. 13 And they roasted tle passover with fire 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and accordiig to the ordinance: but the other his goodness, according to that zvhioh zvas holy offoerin/s sod they in pots, and in written in the law of the LORD, callrois,.and in pans, and divided theom 27 And his deeds, first and last, bellold, speedily amrong all the people. they are written in the book of the kings 14 And afterward they made ready for of Israel and Judal. themselves, and for the priests: because CHAPTER XXXVI. the priests tl.e sons of Aaron zvere busied Jehoaha made kit, l is deosild llt I'IPhaoh, andl in offering of burnt offerings and a the fat carid ito Eoypt.. Je.oit ll. t e until nliht; thlerefore the Levites prepared e is caooried vtos to Ian!do,,. Jeolclil's for tlhemselves, and for the priests the sons ot a's evl 0 e000; he t 6?tteglt, urtlst i leulonotof Aaron. olezza. 1i'or ri e toator-re.ssio, o s of too e l'ieSts 15 A.nd the singers the sons of Asaph wver-e oal the peole.0 Jelotsaleoit is,tlolly lesteoyed. in their plce, according to the command- 22 Te poclamatio of orCYd-. elit of David. anld Asaph, and Hema, EIEN the people of the land took Jeand Jedutlun the king's seer; and the port- T hoahaz the son of JoE3itah, and mnade ers woaited at eery gsate; they might not him king inhis father's stead in Jerusalem. depart from their service; for their breth- 2 Jehoahaz ctas tw enty and three years ren the Levites prepared for them. old when he began to reign, and he reigned 16 So all tle service of the LORD was pre- three months in Jerusalem. pared the same day, to keep the passover, 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at arid to offer burnt offerings upon the altar Jerusalem, and condemned tle land in a of tle Loan, according to the commandment hundred talents of silver and a talent of of kingI Josiah. gold. 17 nll the children of Israel that twere 4'1 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim present kept the passover at that time, and his brother king over Judah and Jerusalel, the feast of unleavened bread seven days. and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And 18 And thoere was no passover like to toiat Necho took Jeioahaz his brother, and crkept in Isrlel from the days of Samuel tle ried hlim to Egypt. prophet; neither dild all the kings of Israel 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years keep slch a passover as Josiah kept, and old when he began to reign, and le reigned the prieist, lnd tioe Lcvites, and all Judah eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that and Israel that were present, and the in- LiCh cowaos evil in the sight of tlhe LORD }abitants of Jerusalemn. his God. 19 In tti eigllteenth year of theeign of 6 Against him came up Nebuclladnezzar Josiah was this passover kept. kine, of Babylon, and bound lim in fetters, 20 Afcer alil this, nvhdn Josiah had pre- to carry him to Babylon. pared the temple, Neoelo king of Egypt 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vescameo up to fight naginst Charetemisho by sels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, Euphrates: and Josiah went out against and put them in his temple at Babylon. him. 8 Now the rest of the aots of Jeloiaklm, 21 But le sent ambassadors to him, saying, and his abominations whicl lie did, and What hoave I to do vith thee, thou king of that owhich was found-in him, behold, they Judah? dcomte not against thee this day, ar-e written in the book of the kings of but against the house wherewith I have Israel and Judah. And Jelloiaolil his son war: for God commanded me to make haste: reigned in his stead. forbenr thee from nzeddlinog otith God, who 9 ~ Jehoiachin tlo0s eight eoars old when he is with me, that lie destroy thee not. began to reign, and he reigned three months 22 -Nevertheless Josiah would not turl his and ten days in Jerusalem: and he dil that face from him, but disguised himself, that which WEag evil in the sight of the LORD. 367 The destructlon EZRA. of Jerusalelm. 10 And wlhen the year as expired, king sanotuary, and had no conpassion upon tNebucaiadnzzar sent, and brought him to young dan or imaa iden, old man, or hiinl that Babylon, With the goodly vessels of the stooped for age: he gave th.em all into his house of tle LORD, and made Zedekiah land. his brother inag over Judah and Jerusa- 18 And all the vessels of tle house of lem. God, great and small, and the treasures of 11 ~ Zedekiah ias one and twenty years the house of the LORD, and the treasures old when he began to reign, and reigned of tle king, and of his princes; all these he claven years in Jerusalem. brought to Babylon. 12 Antl he did that w'hich was evil in tle 19 And they burnt the louse of God, and sight of the LORaD his God, and humbled brake downn tie wall of Jerusalem, and not himself before Jeremiah the proplet burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and sleakiay froin tlie moutl of tile LORD. destroyed tll the goodly vessels thereof. 13 And le also rebelled against king Neb- 20 And them that had escaped from the uahadnezzar, alo lhad made hlim swear by swaord carried lie anay to Babylon; wthere God: but lle stifened h is neck, and iard- they were servants to him and his sons until ened his heart ll om turning unto the LoRD tle reign of tlhe kingdomn of Persia: Godd otsrael. 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, mouth of Jeremiah, untlil tle ln l ad ad cnand tel people, transgressed ery mulch joyed her sabbaths: fr, asn long as lse lay after all thle abomnilations of tle hleathlen; desolate sahe kept sabbath, to fulfil threeand polluted the house of tlhe LORD asiicl score and ten years. Ihe I had iallor d ill erolusalem.' 22n i, ioN in tile first ear of Cyrus king of n1 And tile LORD God of their fathers Persia, tat the word of tlhe LOEID 81)ikel sent to themn by his inesengera, rising lip by th e moutl of Jeremialh might be ancoaebetianes, and senlding; because lie had plisled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of compassion on his people, and on his Cyrus king of Persia, that le nade a procdwellingplace: nnaation througlhout all his kingdom, and IG But they mocked thle messengers of God, p2tt it also in writing, saying, and despised is words, and misused his 2 Thus saith Cyrus king ot Persia, All the prophet, until the vratl of the LORD arose kingdoms of the earth ha h tile LORD God against his people, till ttere otas no ren - of ieaven given mc; atnd lie nath ctharged edy. me to build him a house in Jerusalea, 17 Therefore he brought upon tlem the whicl is in Judah. W'Io is tihcte taiong king of the Chaldees, awho slew their young you of all lis people? Thle LOtnD his God men with tle sword in the house of their abe with him, and let him go up. EZRA. CHAPTER I. Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and Tlearoclamatliot of Cy'u.a for the aebuilnit2n oaf tlhe Levites, nwith all then? nnhnose spirit the temple. 5 Tie IeoIle,Nolie for teli 1e- God had raised, to go up to build tile house tuan.' Cynunn1eatoi'ertlh e vesaesiof te"etemple. of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. OW in the arst year of Cyrus king of 6 And all tiey that -were about them.Persna, that thle word of the LORD by strengthened their hlands with vessels of the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, silver, witll gold, nith goods, and with tihe LORD stirred up tlle spirit of Cyrus beasts, and with precious things, besides king of Persia, tlhat he made a praclama- all thnat as willingly offered. tion througlhout all his kingdom, and plut it 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the also in writing, saying, vessels of the house of the LORD, which 2 Thu saitll Cysrls king of Persia, The Nehuchadnezzar had brought forth out of LORD God of lieaven hath given me all Jerusalem, anld had put them in the house the kingdoms of the earth; and lie hatl of his gods; charged me to build him a house at Jeru- 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia salem, which is in Judah. bring forth by the Iland of Ilthredatlh the 3 Wto is theare among you of all his peo- treasurer, and numbered them unto Sleshple? his God be with him, and lot him go bazzara the prince of Judah. up to Jerasalem, thiah is in Judah, and 9.nd thia in the number of them: thirty build the house of the LORD God of Is- chargers of gold, a thousand chaargers of rael, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusa- silver, nine and twenty knives, lem. 10 Thiirty basins o gol'd, silver basins of 4 Aand whosoever remaineth in any place a second soi-t four huend and ten, ndtt where lie sojourneth, let the men of lis other vessels a thousand. place help him with silver, and with gold, 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver and with goods, and iith beasts, besidesthe zwere five thousand and four hundred. All freewill offering for the house of God that these did Shesllbazzar bring tnp with themn is in Jerusalem. of the captivity that nere brought up from 6 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Babylon unto Jerusalem. 368 The captives who EZRA. return to Judah. CHAPTER II. 20 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. Thtbumber that eturl, of the people: 3 thenum- 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred:ber of the priests, 40 of the Lvotes, 43 of the fifty and six. Nethinis, 5.5 of Solomot's servas, 6'2 a.d of 31 The children of the other Elam, a thouthe ptiest wzo cotld not shew thei peigree. 64sand two hundred fifty and four. ~The whole m~tm~nbe,' of themn. 68 Tdheir obla tionadfour. The hoe ebe of the. 68 Ter o 32 The children of Harim, three hundred ~NTOW these arc the children of the prov-and twenty. -il ince that went up out of the captivity, 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, of those which had been carried away, whom seven hundred twenty and five. Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred carried away unto Babylon, and came again forty and five. unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand his city; and si hundred and thirty. 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, 36 5 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred sevBilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. enty and three. The number of the men of the people of 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty Israel: and two. 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a 38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred seventy and two. hundred forty and seven. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hun- 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and dred seventy and two. seventeen 5 The children of Arab, seven hundred 40 ~ The Levites: the children of Jeshua seventy and five. and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, 6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the seventy and four. children of Jeshua an(d Joab, two thousand 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, eight hundred and twelve. a hundred twenty and eight. 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two 42 The children of the porters: the chilhundred fifty and four. dren of Shallum, the children of Ater, the 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, forty and five. the children of Hatita, the children of Sho9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred bai, in all a hundred thirty and nine. and threescore. 43 ~ The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, 10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty the children of Hasupha, the children of and two. Tabbaoth, 11 The children of Bebai, six hundred 44 The children of Keros, the children of twenty and three. Siaha, the children of Padon, 12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two 45 The children of Lebanah, the children hundred twenty and two. of lagabah, the children of Akkub, 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred 46 The children of Hagab, tile children of sixty and six. Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand 47 The children of Giddel, the children of fifty and six. Gahar, the children of Retiah, 15 The children of Adin, four hundred 48 The children of Rezin, the clhildren of fifty and four. Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of ninety and eight. Paseah, the children of Beai, 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred 50 The children of Asnah, the children of twenty and three. Miehunim, the children of Nephusim, 18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children twelve. of Iakupha, the children of Harhur, 19 The children of Hashum, two hundred 52 The children of Bazluth, the children twenty and three. of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 53 The children of Barkos, the children of 21 The children of Beth-lehern, a hundred Sisera, the children of Thamah, twenty and three. 54 The children of Neziah, the children 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. of Hatipha. 23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred 55 3 The children of Solomon's servants: twenty and eight. the children of Sotai, the children of Sopll. 24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and ereth, the children of Peruda, two. 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephi- Darkon, the children of Giddel, rah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and orty 57 The children of Shephatiah, the chiland three. dren of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six Zebaim, the children of Ami. hundred twenty and one. 58 All the Nethinim, and the children of 27 The menof Michmas, a hundred twenty Solomon's servants, were three hundred and two. ninety and two. 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hun 59 And these sere they which went up dred twenty and three. from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, 24: 369 Foundation of EZRA. the temple laid. and Immer: but they could not shew their 5 And afterward offered the continual father's house, and their seed, whether they burnt offering, both of the new moons, and were of Israel: of all the set feasts of the LORD that were 60 The children of Delaiab, the children consecrated, and of every one that willingly of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hun- offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. dred fifty and two. 6 From the first day of the seventh month 61 ~ And of the children of the priests: began they to offer burnt offerings unto the the children of Habaiah, the children of LORD. But the foundation of the temple Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took of the LORD was not yet laid. a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gil-7 They gave money also unto the masons, eadite, and was called after their name: and to the calpenters; and meat, and 02 These sought their register among drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to those that were reckoned by genealogy, but them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from they were not found: therefore were they, Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according as polluted, put from the priesthood. to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, Persia. that they should not eat of the most holy 8 IV Now in the second year of their coming things, till there stood up a priest with unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the Urim and with Thummim. second month, began Zerubbabel the son of 64 ~ The whole congregation together oas Shealtiel, and Jeshua. the son of Jozadak, forty and two thousand three hundred catd andthe remnantof theirbrethren thepriests threescore, and the Levites, and all they theat ere come 65 Besides their servants and their maids, out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and of whoom tlhtee overe seven thousand three appointed the Levites, from twenty years hundred thirty and seven: and theote evere old and upward, to set forward the work of among them two hundred singing men and the house of the LORD. singing women. 9 Then stood Jeshua zvith his sons and 60 Their horses were seven hundredthirty his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the and six; their mules, two hundred forty sons of Judah, together, to set forward the and five; workmen inthe house of God: the sons of 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and Htenadad, twith their sons and their brethfive;t hci- asses, six thousand seven hun- ren the Levites. dred and twenty. 10 And when the builders laid the founds68 t And some of the chief of the fa- tion of the temple of the LORD, they set thers, when they came to the house of the the priests in their apparel with trumpets, LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely and the Levites the sons of As.ph with cymfor the house of God to set it up in his bals, to praise the LORD, after the ordiplace: nance of David king of Israel. 69 They gave after their ability unto the 11Andtheysangtogetherby course in praistreasure of the work threescore and one ing and giving thanks unto the LORD; bethousand drams of gold, and five thousand cause he is good, for his mercy ctndureth pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' for ever toward Israel. And all the peogarments. pie shouted with a great shout, when they 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and praised the LORD, because the foundation some of the people, and the singers, and of the house of the LORD was laid. the porters, andthe Nethinim, dwelt intheir 12 But many of the priests and Levites cities, and all Israel in their cities. and chief of tile fathers, owho oerse ancient CHAPTER III. men, that had seen the first house, when the Ths altar is set 1p, aned the sacr-ifices eenewed. 8 foundation of this house was laid before Thfotldatiot of the temple is aid. their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and ND when the seenth month was come, many shouted aloud for joy: and the children of Israel eroe in the 13 So that the people could not discern the cities, the people gathered themselves to- noise of the shout of joy from the noise of gether as one man to Jerusalem. the weeping of the people: for the people 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Joza- shouted with a loud shout, and the noise dak, and his brethren the priests, and was heard afar off. Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his CHAPTER IV. brethren, and builded the altar of the God Theatvesries esldesvouto/,ltde, tiheb,ildit, of of Israel, to offer burnt o o frings tlereon, tie tenple. 7 TIe;i, etter to tazerxes. 17 t s as it is written in the law of Mloses the decree. 23 The wo' ceaseth. man of God. NTOW when the adversaries of Judah 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; * and Benjamin heard that the children for fear ieas upon them because of the peo- of the captivity builded the temple unto the ple of those countries: and they offered LORD God of Israel; burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to evie burnt offerings morning and evening the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, Let us build with you: for we seek your as it is written, and o.fersed the daily burnt God, as ye dlo; and we do sacrifice unto offerings by number, according to the cus- him since the days of Esar-haddon king of tom, as the duty of every day required; Assur, which brought us up hither. 370 Adversaries' letter EZRA. to Artaxerxes. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the scribe, and to the rest of their companions rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. us to build a house unto our God; but we 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath ourselves together will build unto the LORD been plainly read before me. God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of 19 And I commanded, and search hath Persia bath commanded us. been made, and it is found that this city of 4 Then the people of the land weakened old time hath made insurrection against the hands of the people of Judah, and kings, and that rebellion and sedition have troubled them in building, been made therein. 5 And hired counsellors against them, to 20 There have been mighty kings also over frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cy- Jerusalem, which have ruled over all coznrus king of Persia, even until the reign of tries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, Darius king of Persia. and custom, was paid unto them. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the 21 Give ye now commandment to cause beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him these men to cease, and that this city be not an accusation against the inhabitants of builded, until another commandment shall Judah and Jerusalem. be given from me. 7 t1 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do Bishlam, MAithredath, Tabeel, and the rest this: why should damage grow to the hurt of their companions, unto Artaserxes king of the kings? of Persia; and the writing of the letter was 23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' written in the Syrian tongue, and interpret- letter was read before Rehum, and Shimed in the Syrian tongue. shai the scribe, and their companions, they 8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Jews, and made them to cease by force and Artaxerxes the king in this sort: power. 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and 24 Then ceased the work of the house of Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased companions; the Dinaites, the Aphllarsath- unto the second year of the reign of Darius chites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the king of Persia. Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susan- CHAPTER v. chites, the Dehavitea, and the Elamites, The Ouildig of tie tepele is e-sudmed 3 Tattai 10 And the rest of the nations whom the ant others strive to hg,le, Ihte twot. 6 Thei great and noble Asnapper brought over, and lettc- to Daeive agaimst the Jews. set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest TIHEN the prophets, Haggai tile prophthat are on this side the river, and at 1et, and Zechariah the son of lddo, such a time. prophesied unto the Jews that zeere in Ju11 This is the copy of the letter that they dah and Jerusalem in the name of the God sent unto him, evene unto Artaxerxes the of Israel, cveet unto them. king; Thy servants the men on this side the 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of river, and at such a time. Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews and began to build the house of God which whicl came up from thee to us are come unto is at Jerusalemu: and with them wlee the Jerusalem, building the rebellious and tie prophets of God helping them. bad city, and have set up the walls theeof, 8 At the same time came to them Tatand joined the foundations. nai, governor on this side the river, and 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and this city be builded, and the walls set up said thus unto them,'Vho hath commandagain, then will they not pay toll, tribute, ed you to build this house, and to make up and custom, and so thou shalt endamage this wall? the revenue of the kings. 4 Then said we unto them after this man14 No because ove have maintenance from ner, What are the names of the men that the king's palace, and it was not meet for make this building? us to see the king's dishonour, therefore 5 But the eye of their God was upon the have we sent and certified the king; elders of the Jews, that they could not 15 That search may be made in the book cause them to cease, till the matter came to of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou Darius: and then they returned answer by find in the book of the records, and know letter concerning this tmatter. that this city is a rebellious city, and hurt- G The copy of the letter that Tatnai, govful unto kings and provinces, and that they ernor on this side the river, and Shetharhave moved sedition within the same of boznai, and his companions the Apharsaold time: for which cause was this city de- chites, vwhich weere on this side the river, stroyed. sent unto Darius the king: 1G We certify the ling that, if this city be 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein builded agait, and tie vallsttereof setup, cwas written thus; Unto Darius the king, by this means thou shalt have no portion on all peace. this side the river. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went 17 ~ Tthen sent the king an answer unt toto the province of Judea, to the house of Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the the great God, which is builded with great 371 The decree of Darius. EZRA. The temple is finished. stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and row of new timber: and let the expenses be this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in given out of the king's house: tieir hands. 5 And also let the golden and silver ves9 Then asked we those elders, and said sels of the house of God, which Nebuchadunto them thus, Who commanded you to nezzar took forth out of the temple which is build this house, and to make up these at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon. walls? be restored, and brought again unto the 10 We asked their names also, to certify temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to thee, that we might write e th names of the his place, and place the in the house of men that were the chief of them. God. 11 And thus they returned us answer, say- 6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond ing, We are the servants of the God of heav- the river, Sllethar-boznai, and your companen and earth, and build the house that was ions the Apharsachites, which are beyond buildec these many years ago, which a great the river, bee e far from thence: king of Israel builded and set up. 7 Let the work of this house of God alone; 12 But after that our fathers had provoked let the governor of the Jews and the elders the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them of the Jews build this house of God in his into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king place. of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed 8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall this house, and carried the people away do to the elders of these Jews for the buildinto Babylon. ing of this house of God: that of the king's 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, of Babylon, the sa0 e king Cyrus made a forthwith expenses he given unto these men, decree to build this house of God. that they be not hindered. 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver 9 And that which they have need of, both of the house of God, which Nebuchadnez- young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for zar took out of the temple that was in Jeru- the burnt offerings of tile God of heaven, salem, and brought them into the temple of wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out appointment of the priests which are at of the temple of Babylon, and they were de- Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day livered unto oeze, whose name was Shesh- without fail: bazzar, whom he had made governor; 10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet 13 And said unto him, Take these vessels, savours unto the God of heaven, and pray go, carry them into the temple that is in for the life of tile kiing, and of his sons. Jerusalem, and let the house of God be 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosobuilded in his place. ever shall alter this word, let timber be 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and pulled down from his house, and being set laid the foundation of the house of God up, let him be hanged thereon; and let which is in Jerusalem: and since that time his house be made a dunghill for this. even until note hath it been in building, and 12 And the God that hath caused his yet it is not finished. name to dwell there destroy all kings and 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the people, that shall put to their hand to alter king, let there be search made in the king's and to destroy this house of God which is treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a dewhether it be so, that a decree was made of cree; let it be done with speed. Cyrus the king to build this house of God 13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the at Jerusalem, and let the king send his river, Shethar-boznai, and their companpleasure to us concerning this matter. ions, according to that which Darius the CHAPTERP V-I. king had sent, so they did speedily. The.decrse ofCyrll. b6igJuecLd, Da,'us maketh a 14 And the elders of the Jews builded,,,ev decree fur tihe comcleit;o, of the tesmple. a1 and y they prospered through the prophesying Th, work i.s finishe. 15 The feast of the dedi- of Haggai tie prophet and Zechariah the son cation is kelt, 19 andl tLe passover. of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, rpHEN Darius the king made a decree, according to the commandment of the God L and search was made in the house oof f Israel, and according to the commandthe rolls, where the treasures were laid up ment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes in Babylon. king of Persia. 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in 15 And this house was finished on the third the palace that is in the province of the day of the month Adar, which was in the Medes, a roll, and therein ewas a record sixth year of the reigof Darius the of D arius the king. thus written: 16 i And the children of Israel, the 3 In the.first year of Cyrus the king, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of same Cy:us the king made a decree con- the children of the captivity, kept the dedicerning the house of God at Jerusalem, ation ofthis house of God with joy, Let the hous e e builded, the place where 17 And offered at the dedication of this they offered sacrifices, and let the founds- house of God a hundred bullocks, two huntions thereof be strongly laid; the height dred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, thereof threescore cubits; according to the number of the tribes of 4 With three rows of great stones, and a Israel. 372 The grnacious conminssion EZRA. of Arstaxerxes to Ezra. -18 And they set the priests in their divi- of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a sions, and the Levites in their courses, for time. the servic of God, which is at Jerusalem; 13 I make a decree, that all they of the as it is written in the book of Moses. people of Israel, and of his priests and Le19 And the childreno t o thcaptivity kept vites, in my realm, which are minded of the passover upon the fourteenth day of the their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go first month. with thee. 20 For the priests and the Levites were 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, purified together, all of them wvere pure, and of his seven counsellors, to inquire conand killed the passover for all the children cerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to of the captivity, and for their brethren the the law of thy God which is in thine hand; priests, and for themselves. 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which 21 And the children of Israel, which were the king and his counsellors have freely ofcome again out of captivity, and all such as fered unto the God of Israel, whose habithad separated themselves unto them from ation is in Jerusalem, the filthiness of the heathen of the land, 16 And all the silver and gold that thou to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, canst find in all the province of Babylon, 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread with the freewill offering of the people, and seven days with joy: for the LORD had of the priests, offering illingly for the hous made them joyful, and turned the heart of of their God which is in Jerusalem: the king of Assyria unto them, to strength- 17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this en their hands in the work of the house of money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their God, the God of Israel. meat offerings and their drink offerings, CHAPTER VII. and offer them upon the altar of the house o;a- gaoeft up to Jesleenn,. 11 Te cio of your God mbich is in Jerus.lem....nomoisio. of,rtaen.o..s to hi.'7 nz an, 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, oltesnh Godfor nhis nfaur. and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of XTO after these things, in the reign of the silver and the gold, that do after the i L Artaserxes king of Persia, Ezra the ill of your God. on of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son 19 The vessels also that are given thee for of Hilkiah, the service of the house of thy God, those 2 The. son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. the son of lAlitub, 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, for the house of thy God, which thou shalt the son of iIeraioth, have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the the king's treasure-house. son of Bukki, 21 And I, even I Artsxerses the king, do 5 The son of Abishua, the sonof Phinehas, make a decree to all the treasurers which the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra chief priest: the priest, the scribe of the law of the God 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and of heaven, shall require of you, it be done he quas a ready scribe in the law of oses, speedily, which the LORD God of Israel had given: 22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and to and the king granted him all his request, a hundred measures of wheat, and to a according to the hand of the LORD his hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred God upon him. baths of oil, and salt without prescribing 7 And there went up some of the children hotw sluch. of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, 23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God and the singers, and the porters, and the of heaven, let it be diligently done for the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh house of the God of heaven: for why should year of Artaxerxes the king. there be Wrath against the realm of the king 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth and his sons? month, which uaso in the seventh year of 24 Also we certify you, that, touching any the king. of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, 9 For upon the first day of the first month Nethinim, or ministers of this house of God, began he to go up from Babylon, and on it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, the first day of the fifth month cane he to or custom, upon them. Jerusalem, according to the good hand of 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy his God upon him. God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to and judges, which may judge all the people seek the law of he eLORD, and to do it, that are beyond the river, all such as know and to teach in Israel statutes and judg- the laws of thy God; and teach ye them ments. that know thenoon not. 11 ~ Now this is the copy of the letter that 26 And whosoever will not do the law of the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the thy God, and the law of the king, let judgpriest, the scribe, even a scribe ofthe words mentbe executedspeedily upon himn,whether of the commandments of the LORD, and of it be unto death, or to banishment, or to his statutes to Israel. confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra 27 Blessed be the Lor:oh God of our fathe priest, a scribe of the law of the God thers, which hath put sntch a thingg as this 373 Ezra sendoth to EZRA. Iddo for ministers. in the king's heart, to beautify the house of and I told them what they should say unto the LORD which is in Jerusalem: Iddo, and to his brethren the Nettlinim, at 28 And hath extended mercy unto me be- the place Casiphia, that they should bring foue the king, and his counsellors, and be- unto us ministers for the house of our God. fore all the king's mighty princes. And I 18 And by the good hand of our God upon was strengthened as the hand of the LORD us they brought us a man of understandmy God oeas upon me, and I gathered to- ing, of the sons of Mnhli, the son of Levi, gether out of Israel chief men to go up with the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his me. sons and his brethren, eighteen; CHAPTER VIII. 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah sE-z'soufsiof BfonJoi.. 15 Hle-e-tth Of the sons of Mlerari, his brethren and their to Iddo dfoe ntfisstes fo he tem le. 21 He ee- sons, twenty; eta a fast. 24 He co-smiotte t he sieasures to 20 Also of the Nethinim, whom David and the cuetodli of the riests. 31 He and Ihis con- the princes had appointed for the service pasy comne o Je.salem. 33 Thle treasure is of the Levites, two hundred and twenty teihyhe dintheinle 36T hs1ey deliverthekiny's Nethinim: all of them were expressed by commissions to h is oce sms. lHESE le now the chiefof their fathers, 21' Then I proclaimed a fast there, at and this is the genealogy of them that the river of Ahava, that we might afflict went up -with me from Babylon, in the reign ourselves before our God, to seek of him a of Artaserxes the king. right way for us, and for our little ones, 2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of and for all our substance. the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons 22 For I was ashamed to require of the of David; Hattushl. king a band of soldiers and horsemen to 3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of help us against the enemy in the way: bePharosh; Zechariah: and with him were cause we had spoken unto the king, saying, reckoned by genealogy of the males a hun- The hand of our God is upon all them for dred and fifty. good that seek him; but his power and his 4 Of the sons of Pahath-moa); Elihoenai wrath is against all them that forsake him. the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hun- 23 So me fasted and beseought our God for dred males. this: and he was entreated of us. 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. of tie priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son ten of their brethren with them, of Jonathan, and with him fifty maies, 25 And -weighed unto them the silver, and 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the the gold, and the vessels, eveno the offering son of AthMliah, and with him seventy males.of the house of uour Cod, wich the king, and 8 And of the sons ofShephatiah; Zebadiah his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel the son of Michael, and with him fourscore there present, had offered: males. 20 I even weighed unto their hand six 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of hundred and fifty talents of silver, and sil Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eight- ver vessels a hundred talents, and of gold een males. a hundred talents; 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son 27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a thouof Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sand drams; and two vessels of fine copthreescore males. per, precious as gold. 11 And of the sons of lebai; Zechariah 2 And I said unto them, e are holy the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and unto the LORD; the vessels a'e holy also; eight males. and the silver and the gold are a freewill 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan offering unto the LOD God of your fathers. the son of Hakkatan, and -with him a hun-29 2Watch ye, and keep tlhem, until yo dred and ten males. weigh the~ before the chief of tle priests 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of names ae these, Eliphelet,Jeiel, and Shem- Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of aiah, and with them threescore males. the house of the LORD. 14 Of the sons also of Bigva; Uthai, and 30 So took the priests and the Levites the Zabbud, and with them seventy males. weight of the silver, and the gold, and the 15 ~ And I gathered them together to the vessels, to bring theom to Jerusalem unto river that eunneth to Ahava; and there the house of our Godl. abode we in tents three days: and I view- 31 V Then we departed from the river of ed the people, and the priests, and found Ahava on t he twelfth day of the first month, the he sons of Levi. to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for God was upon us, and he delivered us from Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for in wait by the way. Zechariah, and for MIeshullam, chief men; 32 And e came to Jerusalem, and abode also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of there three days. understanding. 33 Nowy on the fourth day was the silver 17 And I sent them witl commandment and the gold and the vessels iweighed in unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, the house of our God by the hand of Ilere374 E'zra's confesszon EZRA. and prayer. moth the son of Uriah the priest; and with hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and hath extended mercy unto us in the sight with them uwas Jozabad the son of Jeshua, of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; to set up the house of our God, and to re34 By number and by weight of every one: pair the desolations thereof, and to give us and all the weight was written at that time. a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 35 Also the children of those that had been 10 And now, 0 our God, what shall we say carried away, which were come out of the after this? for we have forsaken thy comcaptivity, offered burnt offerings unto the mandments, God of Israel, twelve bullocks for allIsrael, 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy ninety and six rams, seventy and seven servants the prophets, saying, The land, lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: unto whicl ye go to possess it, is an unall this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. clean land with the filthiness of the people 3 And they delivered the king's commis- of the lands, with their abominations, which sions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the have filled it from one end to another with governors on this side the river: and they their uncleanness. furthered the people, and the house of God. 12 Now therefore give not your daughters CHTAPTFR TIN. unto their sons, neither take their dauglhThe prinsea compltai to Ezra of the interm.- ters unto your sons, nor seek their peace rages of the people with tihe heatlhe.. 3 Hls or their weatll for ever: that ye may be distress o-a account ofit. 5 His confession oad trong, and eat the good of the land, and prayer to God. leave it for an inheritance to your children N OW when these things were done, the for ever. lo princes came to me, saying, The peo- 13 And after all that is come upon us for ple of Israel, and the priests, and the Le- our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, vites, have not separated themselves from seeing that thou our God hast punished us the people of the lands, doing according less than our iniquities deserve, and hast to their abominations, even of the Canaan- given us such deliverance as this; ites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jeb- 14 Should ow again break thy commandusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the nments, and join in affinity with the people Egyptians, and the Amorites. of these abominations? wouldest not thou 2 For they have taken of their daughters be angry with us till thou hadst consumed for themselves, and for their sons: so that ous, so that there should be no remnant nor the holy seed have mingled themselves with escaping? the people of thoea lands: yea, the hand of 15 0 LORD God of Israel, thou art rightthq princes and rulers hath been chief in eous; for we remain yet escaped, as it is this trespass. this day: behold, we are before thee in our 3 And when I heard. this thing, I rent my trespasses; for we cannot stand before thee garment and my mantle, and plucked off because of this. the hair of my head and of my beard, and CHAPTER X. sat ldon astonished. Then were assembled unto me every one 6 He S aieobiah g d t eit th i^,eo'f refor that trembled at the words of the God of They confess thersins, ald promise aedoent. Israel, because of the transgression of those 18 The lname3 of thosei ho had,harried strang that had been carried away; and I sat wives. astonished until the evening sacrifice. N T W when Ezra had prayed, and when 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose upl he had confessed, weeping and casting from my heaviness; and having rent my himself down before the house of God, there garment and my mantle, I fell upon my assembled unto him out of Israel a very knees, and spread out my hands unto the great congregation of men and women and LORD my God, children: for the people wept very sore. t And said, 0 my God, I am ashamed 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one and blush to lift up my face to thee, my of the sons of Elam, answered and said unGod: for our iniquities are increased over to Ezra, W hae have trespassed against our ourahead, and our trespass is grown up unto God, and have taken strange mites of ti:e the heavens. people of the land: yet now there is hope 7 Since the days of our fathers have wo in Israel concerning this thing. beenin a great trespass unto this day; and 8 Now therefore let us maake a covenant for our iniquities have we, our kIing, anu with our God to put away all the wives, and our priests, been delivered into the hand such as are horn of them, according to the of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to counsel of my lord, and of those that tremcaptivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion ble at the commandment of our God; and of face, as it is this day. let it be done according to the law. 8 And now for a little space grace hath 4 Arise; for thlis matter belongeth unto been shewed from the LORD our God, to thee: we also will be with thee: be of good leave us a remnant to escape, and to give courage, and do it. us a nail in his holy place, that our God 5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief n may lighten our eyes, and give us a little priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear reviving in our bondage. i that they should do according to this word. 9 For we were bondmen; yet our God And they sware. 375 The naomes of EZRA. the transgressors. G Then Ezra rose up from before the house wives: naemely, of the sons of Jeshua the of God, and went into the chamber of Jo- son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maahanan the son of Eliashib: and wheot he seiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedacame thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink liah. water: for he mourned becauseofthe trans- 19 And they gave their hands that they greosion ofthem thathadbeencarried away. would put away their wives; and beingt 7 And they made proclamation throughout guilty, they offered ram of the flock for Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children their trespass. of the captivity, that they should gather 20 And of the sons of Immer; IHanani, themselves together unto Jerusalem; and Zebadiah. 8 And that whosoever would not come 21 And of the sons of Harim; lIaaseiah, within three days, according to the counsel and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and of the princes and the elders, all his sub- Uzzinh. stance should be forfeited, and himself sep- 22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, arated from the congregation of those that Baaseiah, Ishmael, Nsthaoeel, Jozabad, had been carried away. and Elasah. 9 o Then allthe men of Judah and Ben- 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and jamin gathered themselves together unto Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Jerusalem within three days. It was the Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. ninth month, on the twoentieth dcay of the 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of month; and all the people sat in the street the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. of the house of God, trembling because of 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Pathis matter, and for tle great rain. rosh; Ramliah, and Juziah, and Malchiah, 10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have and Benaiah. taken strange wives, to increase the tres- 26 And of the sons of Elam; IMattanialh, pass of Israel. Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jere11 Now therefor e make confession unto moth, and Eliah. the LORD God of your fathers, and do his 27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, pleasure: and separate yourselves from the Eliashib, fMattaniah, and Jeremoth, and peopleoftheland,andfromthestrange ives. Zabad, and Aziza. 12 Then all the congregation answered and 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. so must E e do. 29 And of the sons of Bani; MTeshullam, 13 But the people arc many, and it ios IMalluoh, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, time of much rain, and we are not able to and Ramoth. stand without, neither is this a work of one 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, day or two: for we are many that have and Chelal, Benaiah, Mnaseiah, Mattaniah, transgressed in this thing. Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 14 Let now our rulers of all the congrega- 31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, tion stand, and let all them o which have Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, taken strange wives in our cities come at 32 Benjamin, MIalluch, anld Shemariah. appointed times, and with them the elders 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, of every city, and the judges thereof, until Mattathah, Zabad, Eliplelot, Jeremai, Mathe fierce wrath of our God for this matter nasseh, and Shimei. be turned from us. 34 Of the sons of Bani; Mlaadai, Amrram, 15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and and Uel, Jahaziahl the son of Tikvah were employ- 35 Benaiah, Bedeinh, Chelluh, ed about this matt er: and Meshullam and 36 Vaniah, Mleremoth, Eliashib, Shahbethai the Levite helped them. 37 Mattaniah, Mtattenai, and Jaasau, 16 And the children of the captivity did so. 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, And Ezra the priest, waith certain chief of 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adatho fathers, after the house of their fathers, iah, and all of them by their names, were sep- 40 3fachnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, arated, and sat down in the first day of the 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, tenth month to examine the matter. 42 Sliallurn, Amariah, otld Joseph. 17 And they made an end with all the men 43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, hMattithiah, that had taken strange wives by the first Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. day of the first month. 44 All these had taken strange wcives: and 18 Aln among tihe fons of the priests 8omi7 of them hlod wiovs by whom they had there wero found that lad taken strange children. 376 THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. CHAPTER I. the king, that wine was before him: and j,Oeh.temahl, heete'f* feeon Ileaat the dleploral e I took up the wine, and gave it unto the I co01tito, f of Jderlotselas, mournctt/ c, c all king. Now I had not been beforetimte sad.,;oyeth. 0in his presence. F HUE words of Nehemiah the son of H - 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is aliah. And it came to pass in the thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not, month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of ewas in Shushan the palace, heart. Then I was very sore afraid,'2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, 3 And said unto the king, Let the king he and certaln men of Judah; and I aslced live for ever: why should not my colntethem concerning the Jews that h.d escaped, nance be sad, when the city, the place of which were left of the captivity, and con- my fathers sepulehres, listh waste, and cerning Jerusalem. the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that 4 Then the king said unto me, For what areleft of the captivitythere inthe province dost thou make request? So I prayed to e(te in great aliction and reproach: the the God of heaven. i eall of Jerusalem alnso i brolceln down, and 5 And I said unto the iing, If it please the gates thereof are burrled ewith fire. the king, and if thy servant have found fa4 And it came to pass, when I heard these vour in thy sight, that thou nouldest send iWords, that I sat down and ope, and me uo Jue a unto Jdhuntothe city of my fathers' mourned certain days, nnd fIsted, and osepulehTres, that I may build it. prayed before the God of haven, 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen 5 And said, I beseech thee, O Lo GD God also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy of heaven, the great and terible God, that journey he? and whven wilt thou return? keepeth covenant and mercy for them thaot t pleased the king to send me; and I love him and observe his commandments: set him a time. 6t Let thine ear now be attentive, and 7 3ioreover I said unto the king, If it thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the please the oing, let Ictters be given me to prayer of thy servant, wthich I pray before the governors beyond the ivecr, that they hee now, day and night, for the children of may convey me over till I come into JuIsrael thy servants, and confess the sils of dah; the children of Israel, which me have sinned 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of ngainst thee: both I and my father's house the king's forest, that lhe mey give me timhave sinnedt. her to make beams for the gates of ttoe 7 dne have dealt very co.rrt.tly against palace which apptertcncd to the house, ao.d thee, and have notkept the commandments, for the wall of the city, and for the louse nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which that I shall enter inlo. And the kingr thou commandedst thy servant Bioes. granted me, according to the good hand of 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the sword that my God upon me. thou commandedst thy servant loses, say- i Then I came to the governors beyond ing, If ye transgress, I will scatter you the river, and gave tllhem the ing'rs tters. abroad amon., the nations: Now the king had sent captains of the army 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my and horsemen rith me. commandments, and do tfeo; ttlou h there d0 Wflen Sano llat the Horonite, and Towere of you cast out unto the uttermost biah the servant, theo Ammonite, heard of part of the heaven, yct will I gather them it, it grieved them exceedingly tlhat there from thence, and -oill bring them urto tle was come a man to seek tho wclfare of the placethat Ihtechosentoset nlyname there. clldren of sranel. 10 NoW these ar'e thy servants and thly 11 So I came to Jerusa-lem, and was there people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy three davs. great power, and by thy strong hand.' 12 T And I rose in the night, I and some 11 0 Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine few n men wcith me; nceithr oicl I tly Iman car be attentive to the prayer of thy serv- what my God had put in ray heart to do at ant, and to tle prayer of thy sel'vantl, who Jerusalem: neither cas ihere acy t enast desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I awith me, save the beast that I rode upon. pray thee, thy servn0; this day, os.nd goant 1a And I nefit out by nifhot by the gate hin mercy in tle sight of this man. For I of the va]lev, even efcre the dragon s-ell, w's the king's eupbearer. and to the dung port, and Tioved the walls of Jerusaleml, which were f)eoken down, CHAPTER II. and the gates thereof v;ere consumed with 3'ehem7 at~h 1s sent by Attaer:,:e.~ fo }a'e h' ]e,ll/.c of Jermlsrlem. 9 H's art,~il. tcr';,'s a sor7c7'ce of fire.,r,ief to the eermies of ihe elws. 17 fi v.ieveth 14 Then I went on to the cate of tile fountby1 night the',Tl.is, of the l*'als~ 17:iis e:,orta- nain, and to tile king!; pool: bult there wtas j tion to thei)eoi;fe, [ ]it) ]lace for the beast thoc:' f zvas under me LkND it came to pass icn the month Nisan, to pass. -in the thentietl year of Arasxerxes i 1t Then ent I up in the ni'ght by the 377 The bmilders NEHEMIAH. of the wall brook, and viewed the wall, and turned of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jeback, ard entered by the gate of the valley, rusalem unto the broad wall. and so returned. 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah 1S And the rulers knew not whither I the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of went, or what I did; neither had I as yet Jerusalem. told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the the son of Harumoaph, even over against his rest that did the work. house. And next unto him repaired Hat17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the dis- tush the son of Hashabniah. tress that we are in, how Jerusalem lireth 11 Malchijah the son of EHarim, and Hawaste, and tile gates thereof are burned shub the son of Pahath-moalb, repaired the with fire: come, and let us build up the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. wall of Jerusalem, that we be no moe a re- 12 And net unto him repaired Shallum proach. the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half 18 Then I told them of the hand of my part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. God which was good upon me; as alo the 13 Tile valley gate repaired Hannn, and king's words that he had spoken unto me. the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, And they said, Let us rise up and build. So and set up the doors thereof, the locks they strengthened their hands for this thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thougood evo'k. sand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and 14 But the dung gate repaired laflchiahl Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Ge- the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of them the Arabian, heard it, they laughed Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the us to scorn, and despised us, and said, doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the What is this thing that ye do? will ye re- bars thereof. bel against the king? 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired 20 Then answered I them, and said unto Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of them, The God of heaven, he will prosper part of Mlizpah; he built it, and covered it, us; therfore we his servants will arise and and set up the doors thereof, the locks build: but ye have no portion, nor right, thereof, and the bars thereof, and the,all nor memorial, in Jerusalem. of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, | CHAPTER ~ III. and unto the stairs that go down from the (CHAPTEl III. city of David. The names of those who built t/e wail, nd the 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son order of the toetk. of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of BethTHEN Eliashib tho high priest rose up zur, unto the place over against the sepulwith his brethren the priests, and they chres of David, and to the pool that was built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and made, and unto the house of the mighty. set up the doors of it; even unto the tower 17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum of MIeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired IIananeel. Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of 2 And next unto him builded the men of Keilah, in his part. Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavthe son of Imri. ai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half 3 But the fish gate did the sons of Has- part of Keilah. senaah build, who also laid the beams 19 And next to hin repaired Ezer the son thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the of Joshua, the ruler of MIizpah, another locks thereof, and the bars thereof. piece over against the going up to the arm4 And next unto them repaired oeremoth oury at the turning of the t/all. the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai next unto them repaired Meshullam the son earnestly repaired the other piece, from the of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And turning of the wiall unto the door of the next unto them repaired Zadok the son of house of Eliashib the high priest. Baana. 21 After him repaired Ieremoth the son 5 And next unto them the Tckoites re- of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from paired; but their nobles put not their the door of the house of Eliashib even tothe necks to the work of their Lord. end of the house of Eliashih. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada 22 And after him repaired the priests, the the son of Paseah, and IMeshullam the son men of the plain. of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Haand set up the doors thereof, and the locks shub over against their house. After him thereof, and the bars thereof. repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the 7 And next unto them repaired Mlelatiah son of Ananiaih by his house. the Gibeonite, and Jadon the MIeronothite, 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of the men of Gibeon, and of MIizpah, unto Henadad another piece, from the house of the throne of the governor on this side the Azariah unto the turning of the uwall, even river. unto the corner. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son 25 Pall the son of Uzai, over against the of Ilarhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto turning of tie wcal, and the tower which him also repaired Hananiah the son of one lieth out from the king's high house, that 378 Their enemies NEHEMIAH. oppose the work. was by the court of the prison. After him 10 And Judah said, The strength of the Pedaiah the son of Parosh. bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is 26 Moreover the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, much rubbish; so that we are not able to unto the place over against the water gate build the wall. toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall 27 After them the Tekoites repaired an- not know, neither see, till we come in the other piece, over against the great tower midst among them, andslay them, and that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. cause the work to cease. 28 From above the horse gate repaired the 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews priests, every one over against his house. hich dwelt by them came, they said unto 29 After them repaired Zadok the son of us ten times, From all places whence ye Immer over against his house. After him shall return unto us they will be upon you. repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shech- 13 Therefore set I in the lower places beaniah, the keeper of the east gate. hind the wall, and on the higher places, I 30 After him repaired H anniah the son even set the people after their families with of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of their swords, their spears, and their bows. Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said Meshullam the son of Berechiahover againstunto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to his chamber. the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of 31 After him repaired Malchiah the gold- them: remember the Lord, vhtich is great smith's son unto the place of the Nethinim, and terrible, and fight for your brethren, and of the merchants, over against the gate your sons, and your daughters, your wives, I Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. and your houses. 32 And between the going up of the con- 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies ner unto the sheep gate repaired the gold- heard that it was known unto us, and God smiths and the merchants. had brought their counsel to nought, that CHAPTER IV. we returned all of us to the wall, every one punto his work.;iaoc thte oct 7Aooe.igthe. eiteet ndes cd 16 IAnd it came to pass from that time of teenemyhe setteth a watch. 13 He aethforth, that the half of my servants wrought the labourrs, 19 and gioetl th dieao, hOo in the work, and the other half of them held to act. both the spears, the shields, and the bows, i'UT it came to pass, that when San- and the habergeons; and the rulers were B ba ballat heard that we builded the wall, behind all the house of Judah. i e was wroth, and took great indignation, 17 They which builded on the wall, and and mocked the Jew. they that bare burdens, with those that 2 And he spake before his brethren and laded, every one with one of his hands the army of Samaria, and said, What do wrought in the work, and with the other these feeble Jews? will they fortify them- hand held a weapon. selves? will they sacrifice? will they make 18 For the builders, every one had his an end in a day? will they revive the stones sword girded by his side, and so builded. out of the heaps of the rubbish which are And he that sounded the trumpet was by burned? me. 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, 19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the and he said, Even that which they build, if rulers, and to the rest of the people, The a fox go up, he shall even break down their work is great and large, and we are sepastone wall. rated upon the wall, one far from another. 4 Hear, 0 our God; for we are despised: 20 In what place therefore ye hear the and turn their reproach upon their own sound of the trumpet, resortyethitherunto head, and give them for a prey in the land us: our God shall fight for us. of captivity: 21 So we laboured in the work: and half 5 And cover not ther iniquity, and let of them held the spears from the rising of not their sin be blotted out from before thee: the morning till the stars appeared. for they have provoked thee to anger before 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the the builders. people, Let every one with his servant lodge 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall within Jerusalem, thatin the nighttheymay was joined together unto the half thereof: be a guard to us, and labour on the day. for the people had a mind to work. 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my 7 B But it came to pass, that when San- servants, nor the men of the guard which ballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and followed me, none of us put off our clothes, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard saving that every one put them off for that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, washing. and that the breaches began to be stopped, CHAPTER V. then they were very wroth, Certain Jews complain of their hardehips. 6 Ne8 And conspired all of them together to heniah ebuketh the usurers. and caleeth them come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to make'stituio. 14 His good eeample. to hinder it. A ND there was a great cry of the people 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto -. and of their wives against their brethour God, and set a watch against them day ren the Jews. and night, because of them. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, 379 The nobles reblcked. NEHEMIAH. His good example and our daughters, arc many: therefore oe all my servants ze er gathered thither unto take up corn for them, that we may eat, the work. and live. 1 Moreover there were at my table a 3 Some also there were that said, We have hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, besides those that came unto us from among that we might buy corn, because of the the heathen that are about us. dearth. 18 Now that which was prepared for me 4 There owere also that said, We have bor- daily oas one ox ad six choice sheep; also rowed money for the king's tribute, and fowls were prepared for me, and oncein ten that upon our lands and vineyards. days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our this required not I the bread of the govbrethren, our children as their children: ernor, because the bondage owas heavy upon and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and this people. our daughters to be servants, and soome 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, acof our daughters are brought into bondage cording to all that I have done for this already: neither is it in our power to re- people. dene them; for other men have our lands CHAPTER VI. tand vineyards. The insidious atttempt of San6baat and others to 6 And I was very angry when I heard their hitder the rebuilding of te ral. 15 The wook cry and these words. fiiishtd. 17 Seret coe r otldence kept up te7 Then I consulted with myself, and I re- tUen thed not of Jc*dh and'ot bi-h. buked the nobles, and the rulers, and said'TfOW it came to pass, Vhen Sanballat, unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of - and Tobioa, and Gehem the Arabian, his brother. And I set great tassembly and the rest of our enemies, heard that I against them. had builded the wall, and that there was no I 8 And I said unto them, We, after our breach left therein; (though at that timeI ability, have redeemed our brethren the had not set up the doors upon the gates,) Jews, -which wore sold unto thhethe heathen; 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto and will ye even sellyour brethren? or shall me, saying, Come, let us meet together in they be sold unto us? Then held theytheir somte one of the villages in the plain of peace, and found nothing to answeo. Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: 3 And I sent messengers unto them, sayought ye not to oslk in the fear of our God ing, I aL doing a great work, so that I canbecause of the reproach of the heathen our not come down: lhy should the orlk cease, enemies? whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after servants, might exact of them money and this sort; and I answered them after the corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. same manner. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this 6 Then sern t uSal h se t nto me day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive- in like manner the fifth time with an open yards, and their houses, also the hundredth letter in his hand; part of the money, and of the corn, the 6 Wherein was written, It is reported wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. among the heathen, and Gashmnu saith it, 12 Then said they, We Till restore the, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for and willrequire nothing of them; so will e which cause thou buildest the wall, that doas thou sayest. Then I called the priests, thou mayest b their king, according to and took an oath of them, that they should these words. do according to this pronise. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, slhake out every man from his house, and ThIee is a king in Judah: and now shall it from his labour, that performeth not this t)e reported to the king according to these promise, even thus be he shaken out, and words. Come now therefore, and let us emptied. And all the congregation said, take counsel together. Amen, and praised the LORD. And the 8 Then I sent to him, saying, There are people did according to this promise. no such things done as thou sayest, but thou 14 1 Moreover fromn the time that I was fignest them out of thine own heart. appointed to be their governor in the land 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto hands shall be weaklend from the work, that the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes it be not done. Now therefore, O God, tho king, that is, twelve years, I anid my strengthen my hands. brethren have not eaten the bread of the 10 Afterward I came unto the house of governor. Shemaia t son o h the son ofeaih the son of e15 But the former governors that had been hetabeel, who tut.a shut up; and he said, before me were chargeable unto the people, Let us meet together in the house of God, and had taken of them brea nd and ine, be- within the temple, and let us shut the doors sides forty shelels of silver; yea, even their of the temple: for they will come to slay servants bare rule over the people: but so thee; yea, in the night will they come to did not I, because of the fear of God. slay thee. 16 Yea, also I continued in the work of 11 And I said, Should such a man as I this wall, neither bought me any land: and flee? and -who is there, that, beiryn as I Rot { Tle men who NEHEMIAH. returned to Judah. am, would go into the temple to save his chadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried life? I will not go in. away, and came again to Jerusalem and to 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not Judah, every one unto his city; sent himi; but that he pronounced this 7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, prophecy against me: for Tobiah and San- Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, ballat had hired him. MIordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Ne13 Therefore was he hired, that I should hum, Baanah. The number, esay, of the be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they men of the people of Israel was this might have matter for an evil report, that 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a they might reproach me. hundred seventy and two. 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hunSanballat according to these their works, dred seventy and two. and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the 10 The children of Arab, six hundred fifty rest of the prophets, that would have put and two. me in fear. 11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and fifth day of the nonth Elul, in fifty and eight hundred and eighteen. and two days. 12 The children of Elam, a thousand two 16 And it came to pass, that when all our hundred fifty and four. enemies heard thereoof, and all the heathen 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred that iere about us saw ee tthings, they forty and five. were much cast down in their own eyes: for 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred they perceived that this work was wrought and threescore. of our God. 15 The children of Binnui, six hundred 17 I Moreover in those days the nobles of forty and eight. Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred the letters of Tobiah came unto them. twenty and eight. 18 For theroe zvere many in Judah sworn 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand unto him, because he tas the son in law of three hundred twenty and two. Shechaniah the son of Arab; and his son 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred Jolanan had taken the daughter of Mcshul- threescore and seven. lam the son of Berecliah. 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand 19 Also they reported his good deeds before threescore and seven. me,: and uttered my words to him. And 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. and five. 21 The children of Ator of Hezekiah, CHAPTER VII. ninety and eight. Vehemiah comniteoh the cliae of J.eusalem to 22 The children of Hashum, three hundred auarni and Hananah. 5'The Lmbe of those who Firt came fy cma Babtylo n. 0 eho of 9 t we n ty and eight. of t priesl, f of the Le ites, 46 of th th- 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred inim, 57 of Soalo o's sea ts, alLd of the taenty and four. pt.iet which cold ot fid their 7ledigoeee. 66 24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and bhe o ahote oom6eyr of them. 70 t'heir obltlions. tvelve. hNOW it came to pass, when the wall was 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. built, and I had set up the doors, and 21 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, the porters and the singers and the Levites a hundred fourscore and eight. were appointed, 27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and and eight. Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, two. and feared God above many. 29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, Cahephirh, 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates and Beerotl, seven hundred forty and three. of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be 80 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hunhot; and while they stand by, let them shut dred twenty and one. the doors, and bar themo: and appoint 31 The men of iichmas, a hundred and watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, twenty and two. every one in his watch, and every one to be 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred over against his house. twenty and three. 4 Now the city was large and great: but 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and the people wuere few therein, and the houses two. owere not builded. 34 The children of the other Elam, a thou5 T And my God put into mine heart to sand two hundred fifty and four. gather together the nobles, and the rulers, 38 The children of Harim, three hundred and the people, that they might be reckhoed and twenty. by genealogy. And I found a register of the 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred genealogy of them which came up at the forty and five. first, and found written therein, 37 Tlle children of Lod, nHdid, and One, 6 These are the children of the province, sevenl hundred twenty and one. that sfeit up out of the captivity, of those 38 The children of Snnaah, three thousand that had been carried away, whom Nebu- nine hundred and thirty. 381 The men who NEHEMIAH. retsurned to Judah. 39 ~ The priests: the children of Jeda- 65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that iah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred they should not eat of the most holy things, seventy and three. till there stood Xp a priest with Urim and 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty Thummim. and two.66 T The whole congregation together was 41 The children of Pashur, a thousand forty and two thousand three hundred and two hundred forty and seven. threescore, 42 The children of Hfarim, a thousand and 67 Besides their manservants and their seventeen. maidservants, of whom there ove'e seven 43 ~ The Levites: the children of Jeshua, thousand three hundred thirty and seven: of Kadmiel, anl0 of the children of Hode- and they had two hundred forty and five vah, seventy and four. singing men and singing women. 44 The singers: the children of Asaph, a 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and hundred forty and eight. six: their mules, two hundred forty and 45 The porters: the children of Shallum, five: the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, 69 Tlieis camels, four hundred thirty and the children of Akkub, the children of Hat- five: six thousand seven hundred and twenita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thir- ty asses. ty and eight. 70 ~ And some of the chief of the fathers 46 1 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave the children of Hashupha, the children of to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, Tabbaoth, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' 47 The children of Keros, the children of garments. Sit, the children of Padon, 71 And some of the chief of the fathers 48 The children of Lebana, the children of gave to the treasure of the work twenty Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, thousand drams of gold, and two thousand 49 The children of Hanan, the children of and two hundred pounds of silver. Giddel, the children of Gahar, 72 And that which the rest of the people 50 The children of Reaiah, the children of gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, lezin, the children of Nekoda, and two thousand pounds of silver, and 51 The children of Gazzam, the children of threescore and seven priests' garments. Uzza, the children o Paseah, 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the 52 The children of Besai, thehilildren of porters, and the singers, and some of the Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of dwelt in their cities; and when the sevHakupha, the children of Harhur, enth month came, the children of Israel 54 The children of Bazlith, the children were in their cities. of Mehida, the children of Harsha, CHAPTER VIII. 55 The children of Barkos, the children of The public.eadinl and expou difg ofthe law. 9 Sisera, the children of Tamah, The eople comJfrted. 13 They eep the feast of 56 The children of Neziah, the children of taberacles Hatipla. A ND all the people gathered themselves 57 1 The children of Solomon's servants: - together as one man into the street the children of Sotai, the children of Soph- that owas before the wateratete; and they creth, the children of Perida, spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the 58 The children of Jaala, the children of book of the law of Mioses, which the LORD Darkon, the children of Giddel, had commanded to Israel. 59 The children of Shephatiah, the chil- 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law dren of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of before the congregation both of men and Zebaim, the children of Amon. women, and all that could hear with un60 All the Nethinim, and the children of derstanding, upon the first day of the sevSolomon's servants, were three hundred enth month. ninety and two. 3 And he read therein before the street 61 And these were they which went up that zas before the water gate from the also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, morning until midday, before the men and Addon, and Immer: but they could not the women, and those that could undershew their father's house, nor their seed, stand; and the ears of all the people oweses whether y esere of Israel. attentive unto they ereook of the la. 62 The childlen of Delaiah, the children of And Ezra the s e scri e stood upon pulTobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred pit of wood, which they had made for the forty and two. purpose; and beside him stood Mattithliah, 63 ~ And of the priests: the children of and Shema, and Anzaiah, and Urijah, and Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; of Barzillai, which tool one of the daughters and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was and hIalchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadcalled after their name. ana, Zechariah, and 1Ieslhullam. 64 These sought their register among 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight those that were reckoned by genealogy, but of all the people; for he was above all the it was not found: therefore were they, as people; aned when he opened it, all the polluted, put from the priesthood. people stood up: 382 The feast of NEHEMIAH. tabernacles kept. 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great CHAPTER IX. God. And all the people answered, Amen, The solemn fast, ad colfesson of the people. 4 Amen, with liftingup their hands: and they The p-ayer and co-fession, of the Levites. 38 bowed their heads, and worshipped the They make a covenant. LORD with their faces to the ground. T OW in the twenty and fourth day of 7 Also Joshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, l this month the children of Israel were Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maa- assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, seiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and earth upon them. Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the peo- 2 And the seed of Israel separated themple to understand the law: and the people selves from all strangers, and stood and stood in their place. confessed their sins, and the iniquities of 8 So they read in the book in the law of their fathers. God distinctly, and gave the sense, and 3 And they stood up in their place, and caused them to understand the reading. read in the book of the law of the LORD 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, their God one fourth part of the day; and and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the another fourth part they confessed, and Levites that taught the people, said unto all worshipped the LORD their God. the people, This day is holy unto the LORD 4 ~ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebthe people wept, when theyheard the words aniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenof the law. ani, and cried with a loud voice unto the 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, LORD their God. eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, portions unto them for whom nothing is pre- Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, pared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: Shebaniah, asnd Pethahiah, said, Stand up neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD and bless the LORD your God for ever and is your strength. ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, which is exalted above all blessing and saying, Hold your peace, for the day is praise. holy; neither be ye grieved. 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou 12 And all the people went their way to hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, eat, and to drink, and to send portions, with all their host, the earth, and all things and to make great mirth, because they had that are therein, the seas, and all that is understood the words that were declared therein, and thou preservest thein all; and unto them. the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 13 ~ And on the second day were gathered 7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst together the chief of the fathers of all the choose Abram, and broughtest him forth people, the priests, and the Levites, unto out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him Ezra the scribe, even to understand the the name of Abraham; words of the law. 8 And foundest his heart faithful before 14 And they found written in the law thee, and madest a covenant with him to which the LORD had commanded by Io- give the land of the Canaanites, the Hitses, that the children of Israel should tites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give month: it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed 15 And that they should publish and pro- thy words; for thou art righteous: claim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers saying, Go forth unto the mount. and feteh in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red olive branches, and pine branches, and sea; myrtle branches, and palm branches, and 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon branches of thick trees, to make booths, as Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all it is written. the people of his land: for thou knewest 16 So the people went forth, and brought that they dealt proudly against them. So them, and made themselves booths, every didst thou get thee a name, as it is this one upon the roof of his house, and in their day. courts, and in the courts of the house of 11 And thou didst divide the sea before God, and in the street of the water gate, them, so that they went through the midst and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. of the sea on the dry land; and their per17 And all the congregation of them that secutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a were come again out of the captivity made stone into the mighty waters. booths, and sat under the booths: for since 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a day had not the children of Israel done so. pillar of fire, to give them light in the way And there was very great gladness. wherein they should go. 18 Also day by day, from the first day 13 Thou camest down also upon mount unto the last day, he read in the book of Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, the law of God. And they kept the feast andgavest them right judgments, and true seven days; and on the eighth day was a laws, good statutes and commandments: solemn assembly, according unto the man- 14 And madest known unto them thy holy ner. sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, 383 The plrayer NEHEMIAH. of the Levztes. statutes, and laws, by the hand of MIoses mercies thou gavest them saviours, who thy servant: saved them out of the hand of their ene15 And gavest them bread from heaven mies. for their hunger, and broughtest forth wa- 28 But after they had rest, they did evil ter for them out of the rock for their thirst, again before thee: therefore leftest thou and promisedst them that they should go them in the hand of their enemies, so that in to possess the land which thou hadst they had the dominion over them: yet when sworn to give tlher. they returned, and cried unto thee, thou 16 But they and our fathers dealt proud- heardest themz from heaven; and many ly, and hardened their necks, and hearken- times didst thou deliver them according to ed not to thy commandments, thy mercies; 17 And refused to obey, neither were 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mindful of thy wonders that thou didst mightest bring them again unto thy law: tamong them; but hardened their necks, yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not and in their rebellion appointed a cap- untothy commandments, but sinned against tain to return to their bondage: but thou thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall art a God ready to pardon, gracious and live in them; and withdrew the shoulder, merciful, slov to auger, and of great kind- and hardened their neck, and would not hess, and forsookest them not. hear. 18 Yea, when they had made them a 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, molten calf, and said, This is thy God that and testifiedst againstt them by thy Spirit in brought thee up out of Egypt, and had thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: wrought great provocations; therefore gavest thou them into the hand of 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies for- the people of the lands. sookest them not in the wilderness: the 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake pillar of the cloud departed not from them thou didst notoutterly consume them, nor by day, to lead them in the way; neither forsake them; for thou art a gracious and the pillar of fire by night, to sheo them merciful God. light, and the way wherein they should go. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the 0t Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest instruct them, and withheldest not thy coveuant and mercy, let not all the trouble manna from their mouth, and gavest them seem little before thee, that hath come upon water for their thirst. us, on our k ings, on our princes, and on our 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain priests, aud on our prophets, and on our: them in the wilderness, so that they lacked fathers, and on all thy people, since the nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. their feet swelled not. 33 Howbeit thou crt just in all that is 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms brought upon us; for thou hast done right, and nations, anld didst divide them into but we have done wickedly: corners: so they possessed the land of Si- 34 Neither have our kings, our princes,. hen, and the land of the king of Heshbon, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, and the land of Og king of Bashan. nor hearkened unto thy commandments and 23 Their children also multipliedst thou thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testat tho:stars of heaven, and brouglhtest them ify against them. into the land, concerning which thou hadst 35 For they have not served thee in their promised to their fisthers, that they should kingdom, and in thy great goodness that go in to possess it. thou gavest them, and in the large and fat 24 So the children went in and possessed land which thou gavest before them, neither the land, and thou subduedst before them turned they from their wicked works. the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, 36 Behold, we ar e servants this day, and and gavest them into their hands, with their for the land that thou gavest unto our fakings, and the people of the land, that they thers to eat the fruit thereof and the good might do with them as they would. thereof, behold, wo are servants in it: 25 And they took strong cities, and a 87 And it yieldeth much increase unto, the i fat land, and possessed houses full of all kings whom thou hast set over us because of goods, wells diggoed, vineyards, and olive- our sins: also they have dominion over our o yards, and fruit trees in abundance: so bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasthey did eat, and wvere filled, and became ure, and we ause in great distress. fat, and delighted themoelysoa thty great 38 And because of all this we make a sure i goodness. covenant, and write it; and our princes, 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and Levites, and priests, seal unto it. rebelled against thee, and cast thy law be- CHAPTER X. hind their backs, and slew thy prophets The names of those loho seated the covenant. 28 7which testified against them to turn them to TA,e yagoeeeoot anod oath oft/e test. thee, and they wvroughit great provocations. NTOW those that sealed oere, Nehemiah, 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into NI the Tirshatha, the son of IHachaliah,, the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and Zidkijah, and in the time of their trouble, when they 2 Seraia, Azariah, Jeremiah, cried unto thee, thou heardest themb from 3 Pashur, Amuriah, 3Ialchijah, heaven; and according to thy manifold 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, MIalluch, 384 The agreeo ent NEHE'I IAH. of the people. 5 Harim, MIoremoth, Obadiah, ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of F6 Daniel, Ginneton, Baruc, all trees, year by year, unto te house of 7 MIeshullam, Abijah, Iij nin, the LORD: 8 Maazilh, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these 0ere 3 Also the firstborn of our sols, and of the priests. our cattle, as it it woritten in tle Iaw, and 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son tle firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Hena- to bring to the house of our God, unto the dad, Kadmiel; priests that minister in tlhe house of our 10 And their brethren, Shcbaniah, e Hodi- God jah, Kelita, Pelailh, tIanan, 37 And that we should bring the first11 Micha, Relob, tashabiah,, fruits of our doughl, and our offerings, and 12 Zaccur, Seebiah Shebaniah, the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of 14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pa- the house of our God; and the tithes of hath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, our ground unto the Levites, that the samlle 15 Bunni, Azgnd, Bebai, Levites might have the tithes in all the 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, cities of our tillage. 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, be with the Levites, when the Levites take 19 Hariph, natolloth, Nebai, tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the 20 MIagpiash, leslu, eshulam, Hzh tithe of the tithes unto the house of our 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, God, to the chambers, into the treasure22 Pelatiah, Htnan, Anaiah, hlouse. 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, aania nb, D9 For the children of Israel and the clhil24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, dren of Levi shall bring tl offering of the 25 Rehum, Htshabnab, taaseiah, corn, of the new wine, and the oil. unto the 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, lchambers, n-here a-c the vessels of the 27 tMallLucl, Harim, Banah, sanctuary, and the priests tlat mniister, 28 And the rest of the people, thep, the priests,and the porters, and the siners and e the Levites, the porters, the singers, the will not forsake tloe house of our God. Nethinim, and all they that had separated CHAPTER XI. themnselves from tle people of the lands un- T / rloler and tote, oil art o f t/o e teotlJe dooll to the law of God, their wvives, their sos, Jeate. ctaololl of leil- 0 taes. and their dauglters, everyone hlaving knowl- 20 T'te b1.ilue dvell itf oto/ cilties. edge, and having understanding; A NID tle rulers of the people doelt at 29 They clave to their brethren, their. Jerusalem: the rest of tlhe people also nobles. and entered into a curse, and into cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in an oath, to walk in God's law, which was Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to given by Moses the servant of God, and to dzell in other cities. observe and do tll thle comnmandments of 2 And the people blessed all the men, that the LOlD our Lord, and his judgments and willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jehis statutes; rusalem. 30 And that we would not give our daugh- 3 Now these are the chief of the provters unto the people of the land, nor take ince that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the their daughlters for our sons: cities of Judah dwelt every one in his pos31 And if the people of the land bring session in their cities, to wit, Israel, the ware or any victuanl on tle sabbath day to priests, and thle Levites, and the Nethinim, sell, that we would not buy it of them on the and the children of Solomon's servants. sabbath, or on the iholy day: and that we 4 And at.Jerusalem dwelt certaini of the would leave the seventlh year, and the ex- children of Judah, and of the clildren of action of every debt. Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; 32 Also e - nade ordinance s for us, to Athaiiah tbe son of tzzia, the son of.echchlarge ourselves yearly with the third part arial, tle son of Armariah, the son of Silephof a shekel for the service of the house of atiah, the son of tiahalaleel, of the children our God; - of Perez; 33 For the shcowbread, and for the con- 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the tinual meat offering, and for the continual son of Col-lozeh, the son of Bazaial, the burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the nen son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of moons, for th e set feasts, and for the holy Zeolhariah, the son of Shiloni. thitgl, anld for the sin otterings to make 6 All tlhe sons of Perez tlat dwelt at Jeruan atonement for Itsnel, and for all the salem o ere four hundred threescore and work of the house of our God. eight valiant men. 34 And e cast the lots among the lots mon te priests, 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; tho Levites, and the people, for the wood Sallu the son of Iceshullam,the son of Joed, offering, to bring it into the house of our tle son of Pcdaiah, the son of Iolaith, the God, after the houses of our fathers, at son of Inaaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son times appointed year by year, to burn upon of Jeaialh. the altar of the LLonD our God, as Zt j 8 And after hin Gabbai, Sallti, nine hunwritten in the lan: dred twenty and eight. 35 And to bring lle firstfruits of our 9 And Joel the son of Zichri onvs their 25 385 Dwellers in Jerusalem, NEHEMIAH. and zn other cities. overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was 29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and second over the city. at Jarmuth, 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joi- 3 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, arib, Jachin. at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Aze11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of kal, and in the villages thereof. And they Meslhllam, the son of Zadok, the son of dwelt from Beer-sheba unto tie valley of ileraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler Hinnom. of the house of God. 81 The children also of Benjamin from 12 And their brethren that did the work of Geba dwelt at lIicLmash, and Aija, and the house were eight hundred twenty and Beth-el, and int thieir villages, two: and Adaialh thle son of Jerolam, tile 32 Aitd at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, ti.e son of 33 Hazor, namah, Gittaim, Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, Malchiah, 35 Led, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, 36 And of the Levites wnere divisions in tno hundred forty and two: and Amasthai Judah, and in Benjamin. the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, CHAPTER XvII. The prit s, 8h- atd tat Levitts, lhiah caa natp ith 14 And their bretllren, mighty men of val- eTh as, 8 ad. 10 The Lites, i o h gch came np tith. our, a hundred twenty and eight: and thleir 22 Certain o aliet Letitea. i27 Te dericatioa of overseer a wat Zabdiel, the son of oe of e o the lla. 44 Tie ofices of priests antll Levite the great men. apaoitedint th teple. 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the th n N tese are tie priests and the Leof Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of vites that went up with Zerubbabel Hashabiah, tile son of Bunni; the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the Jeremiah, Ezra, chief of the Levites, had the oversight of 2 Amarials, lalluch, Hattusih, the outward business of the'ouse of God. 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, M aeremoth, 17 And MIattaniah the son of MIicha, the 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the 5 Minmin, IMaadiah, Bilgah, principal to begin the thanksgiving in pray- 6 Shemlaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, er: ant Bakbukiah the second among his 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These brethren, and Abda t he son of Shnmmua, were the chief of the priests and of their the son of Galal, tile son of Jeduthun. brethren in the days of Jeshua. 18 All tie Levites in the iloly city were 8 Mloreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, two hundred fourscore and four. Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, anld lInttani10 Moreover tile porters, Akkub, Talmon, all, nwhich twas over the thanksgiving, he and their brethren that kept the gates, and his brethren. were a hundred seventy and two. 9 Alsot Bakbukiah and Unni, their breth20'[ And the residue of Israel, of the ren, were over against thenin the watches. priests, and the Levites, tere in all the 10) a And Jeslhua begat Joiakim, Joiakim cities of Judah, every one in his inherit- also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiance. ada, 21 But the Nethinim dwelt in Oplel: and 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and JonaZiha and Gispa Zwere over the Nethinim. than begat Jaddua. 22 The overseer also of the Levites at Je- 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, rusalem Wa8 Uzzi tile son of Banli, the son the chief of tle fnathers: of Seraiah, lIeraof Haslabiah, the son of MIattaniah, the iah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the 13 Of Ezra, Mieshullam; of Amariah, Jesingers were over the business of the house olhanan; of God. 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, 23 For it nwas the kirg's commandment Joseph; concerning them, that a certain portion 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; should be for the singers, due for every 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, day. MIeshullam; 24 And Pethahiah the son of MIeshezabeel, 17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of of the children of Zerahl the son of Judahll, Ioadiah, Piltai; was at the king's hand in all matters con- 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jecerning tile people. honatlan } 25 And for the villages, with their fields, 19 And of Joiarib, MIattenai; of Jedaiah, somle of the children of Judah dwelt at UJzzi; Kirjath-arba, and inn the villages thereof, 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; and at Dibon, and in tile villages thereof, 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, and at Jckabzeel, andin the villages thereof, Nethaneel. 26 And at Jechua, and at Moladah, and at 22 ~ The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Beth-phelet, Joiada, and Jolhanan, and Jaddua, were 27 And atHazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, recorded chief of the fathers: also the and in the villages tltereof, priests, to te reign of Darius tile Persian. 28 And at Ziklag, and at MIekonah, and in 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathe villages thereof, thers, wur' written in the book of the 386 Dedication of the wall. NEHEMIAH. Offices of the priests. Chronicles, even until the days of Johanan 41 And the priests; Eliakim, 3Iaaseiah, the son of Eliashib. BIiniamin, MIichaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, 24 And the chief of the Levites: Hasha- and Hananiah, with trumpets; biah, Sherebiab, and Jeshua the son of 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and EleKadmiel, with their brethren over against azar, and Uzzi, and Jeholmann, and Malthem, to praise and to give thanks, accord- chijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the ing to the commandment of David the man singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their of God, ward over against ward. overseer. 25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,Obadiah,Me- 43 Also that day they offered great sacrishullam,Talmon, Akkub, were porterskeep- fices, and rejoiced: for God had made them ing the ward at the thresholds of the gates. rejoice with great joy: the wives also and 26 These weret in the days of Joiakim the the children rejoiced: so tlat the joy ofJeson of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in rusalem was heard even afar off. the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of 44 ~ And at that time were some appointEzra the priest, the scribe. ed over the chambers for the treasures, for 27 ~ And at the dedication of the wall of the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all tithes, to gather into them out of the fields their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to of the cities the portions of the law for the keep the dedication with gladness, both with priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for thanksgivings, and with singing, with cym- the priests and for the Levites that waited. bals, psalteries, and with harps. 45 And both the singers and the porters 28 And the sons of the singers gathered kept the ward of their God, and the ward of themselves together, both out of the plain the purification, according to the commandcountry round about Jerusalem, and from ment of David, and of Solomon his son. the villages of Netophathi; 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out old there were chief of the singers, and of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. singers had builded them villages round 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbaabout Jerusalem. bel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the 30 And the priests and the Levites purified portions of the singers and the porters, evthemselves, and purified the people, and the ery day his portion: and they sanctified gates, and the wall. holy things unto the Levites; and the Le31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah vites sanctified themn unto the children of upon the wall, and appointed two great Aaron. companies of them that sgve thanks, CHAPTER XIII. whereof one went on the right hand upon The mied multitude i, separated from Isael. 4 the wall toward the dung gate: Nehemiah cauleth the chambels of the temple to be 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and clealsed. 10 He corecetthteabuses inthehouse half of the princes of Judah, of God. 15 He restalaineth te violation of the 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, abbath, 23ald itermarriaoes titA the heathen. 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, (N that day they read in the book of and Jeremiah, 1 Moses in the audience of the people; 35 And certain of the priests' sons with and therein was found written, that the trumpets; nanely, Zechariah the son of Ammonite and the Moabite sllould not come Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of into the congregation of God for ever; Iattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of 2 Because they met not the children of IsZaccur, the son of Asaph: rael with brea d and with water, but hired 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Aza- Balaam against them, that he should curse rael, Milalai, Gillaai, Mai, Nethaneel, and them: howbeit our God turned the curse Judah, Hanani, with the musical instru- into a blessing. ments of David the man of God, and Ezra 3 Now it came to pass, when they had the scribe before them. heard the law, that they separated from 37 And at the fountain gate, which as Israel all the mixed multitude. over against them, they went up by the 4 And before this, Elinasib the priest, stairs of the city of David, at the going up having the oversight of the chamber of the of the wall, above the house of David, even house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: unto the water gate eastward. 5 And he had prepared for hlim a great 38 And the other company of them that chamber, where aforetime theylaid the meat gave thanks went over against them, and I offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, after them, and the half of the people upon and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, the wall, from beyond the tower of the fur- and the oil, which was commanded to be naces even unto the broad wall; given to the Levites, and the singers, and 39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, the porters; and the offerings of the priests. and above the old gate, and above the fish 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusagate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the lem: for in the two and thirtieth year of tower of iIeah, even unto the sheep gate: Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the and they stood still in the prison gate. king, and after certain days obtained I 40 So stood the two companies of them leave of the king: that gave thanks in the house of God, and 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and underI, and the half of the rulers with me: stood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobi387 Profaning the ESTHER. sabbath stopped. ah, in preparing him a chamber in the be shut, and charged that they should not courts of the house of God. be opened till after the sabbath: and some 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast of my servants set I at the gates, that there forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out should no burden be brought in on the sabof the chamber. bath day. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind the chambers: and thither brought I again of are lodged without Jerusalem once or the vessels of the house of God, with the twice. meat offering and the frankincense. 21 Then I testified against them, and said 10 t And I perceived that the portions of unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? the Levites had not been given the:n for if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. the Levites and the singers, that did the From that time forth came they no wore on work, were fled every one to his field. the sabbath. 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and 22 And I commanded the Levites, that said, Why is tie house of God forsaken? they should cleanse themselves, and that And I gat hered them together, and set them they should come and keep the gates, to in their place. sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of 0 my God, concerning this also, and spare the corn and the now wine and the oil unto me according to the greatness of thy mercy. the treasuries, 23 T In those days also saw I Jenw that 13 And I made treasurers over the treas- had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, uries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the and of Moab: scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and 24 And their children spake half in the next to them was Hanan the son of Zac- speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in cur, the son of Ilattaniah: for they were tle Jews' language, but according to the counted faithful, and their office wzas to language of each people. distribute unto their brethren. 25 And I contended with them, and cursed 14 Remember me, 0 my God, concerning them,and smote certain of them, and pluckthis, and wipe not out my good deeds that ed off their hair, and made them swenr by I have done for the house of my God, and God, saying, e shall not give your daughfor the offices thereof. ters unto their sons, nor take their daugh15 T In those days saw I in Judah some ters unto your sons, or for yourselves. treading ninepresses on tile sabbath, and 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by briingng in slleaves, and lading asses; as these things? yet among many nationsewas also nine, grapes, and figs, and all eanooer there no king like him, wlo wns beloved of of burdens, which they brought into Jeru- his God, and God made him king over all salen on the sabbath day: and I testified Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandagainst themn in the day wherein they sold ish women cause to sin. victuals. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do 16 Tlere dwelt men of Tyre also therein, all this great evil, to transgress against our which brought fish, and all manner ofware, God in marrying strange wives? and sold on the sabbath unto the children of 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, thle son Judah, and in Jerusalem. of Eliashib the high priest, 0was son in law 17 Then I contended with the nobles of to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing chased him from me. is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath 29 Remember them, 0 my God,because they day? have defiled the priesthood, and the cove18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not nant of the priestlood, and of the Levites. our God bring all this evil upon us, and 30 Thus cleansed I them from all stranupon this city? yet ye bring more wrath gers, and appointed the wards of the priests upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. and the Levites, every one in his business; 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates 31 And for the wood offering, at times apof Jerusalem began to be dark before the pointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember sabbath, I commanded that the gates should me, 0 my God, for good. THE BOOK OF ESTHER. CHAPTER I. 3 In the third year of his reign, he made Ahasutrus matelh a feast. 10 He t endeth for a feast unto all his princes and his servYashti, Azlo refitsesti to eome. 13 The king i, ants; the power of Persia and Media, the counselld to put he, away. 21 is decree. nobles and princes of the provinces, being NTOW it came to pass in the days of before him: -l, Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which 4 When he shewed the riches of his glorireigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over ous kingdom and the honour of his excellent a lundred and seven and twenty prosinces,) majesty many days, even a hundred and 2 That in those days, when the king Ahas- fourscore days. uerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, 5 And when these days were expired, which was in Shushan the palace, the king made a feast unto all the people 388 Vashti the queen ESTHER. disobeyeth A hasuerus. that were present in Shushan the palace, Vashti come no more before king Abasuboth unto great and small, seven- days, erus; and let the king give her royal estate in the court of the garden of the king's unto another that is better than she. palace*; 20 And when the king's decree, which he 6 Wlhere werec lwhite, green, and blue shall make, shall be published throughout hangings, fastened vith cords of fine linen all his empire, (for it is great,) all the and purple to silver rings and pillars of wives shall give to their husbands honour, marble: the beds zuere of gold and silver, both to great and small. upon a pavement of red, and blue, and 21 And the saying pleased the king and white, and black marble. tlhe princes; and tlhe king did according to 7 And they gave themn drink in vessels of the word of Memucan: gold, (the vessels being diverse one from 22 For he sent letters into all the king's another,) and royal wine in abundance, ac- provinces, into every province according to cording to the state of the king. the writing thereof, and to every people after 8 And the drininng was according to the their language, that every man should bear law; none did compel: for so the king had rule in his own house, and that it should be appointed to all the officers of his house, published acording to the language of every that they should do according to every man's people. pleasure. CHAPTER II. 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for A queen to be chosen instead of Vashti. 8 Esther the women in the royal house which belong- is 1 neferrne. 15 She is eate quee. 21 llordeed to king Ahasuerus, cas serice to the iilg tte, e. 10 T On the seventh day, awhen the heart AFTER these things, when the wrath of of tlie king was merry with wine, he cormn king Ahasuerus twas appeased, lie remanded Meehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Big- membered Vashti, and what ehe had done, tha, and Abagtha, Zetar, a Carcs, te and what was decreed against ler. seven clhamberlains that served in the pres- 2 Then said the king's servants that minenco of Ahasuerus the king, istered unto lim, Let there be fair young 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the virgins sought for the king: king with the crown royal, to shew the peo- 83 And let tihe king appoint officers in all pie and the princes her beauty: for she the provinces of lis kingdom, that they may nvas fair to look on. gather together all the fair young virgins 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come unto Shushan the palace, to the house of at the king's commandment by his cliam- the women, unto the custody of Hege the berlains: therebfre was the king very wroth, king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and his anger burned in him. and let their things for purification be given 13 Then the king said to the wise men, themn: which knew the times, (for so Seas the 4 And let the maiden lwhich pleaseth the king's manner toward all that knew law and king be queen instead of Vashti. And the judgment: thing pleased the king; and le did so. 14 And the next unto lim was Carshena, 65 Nowt in Shushan the palace there was Shethar, Adnmanta, Tarshish, Meres, Mlar- a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, sen~, anda Memucan, tie seven princes of the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son Persia and Media, which saw the king's of ish, a Ben3amite; face, and which sat the first in the king- 6 Who had been carried away from Jedoan,) rusalem with the captivity lwhich Lad been 15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, according to law, because she hath not per- wvhom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon formed the commandment of the king Ahas- had carried away. uerus by the chamberlains? 7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, 16 And Miemucan answered before the king Esther, hlis uncle's daughter: for she had and the princes, Vaslti tile queen eath not neither father nor mother, and the maid done wrong to the king only, but also to all nvas fair and beautiful; whom Iordecai, the princes, and to all the people that are llen her father and nother were dead, in all the provinces of tlhe king Ahasuerus. took for his onn daughter. 17 For this deed of the queen shall come 8 So it came to pass, when the king's cornabroad unto all women, so that they shall mandment and his decree was heard, and despise their husbands in their eyes, when when many maidens nere gathered together it shall be reported, Tile king Ahasuerus unto Shushan thie palace, to the custody of commanded Vaslhti the queen to le brought Hegai, that Estl.er was brought also unto in before him, but she came not. the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia keeper of the women. and Media say this day unto all the king's 9 And the maiden pleased lim, and she princes, lwlich have heand of the deed of obtained kindness of him; and he speedily tile queen. TIehs shall there arise too gave her her things for purification,.ith much coltemnpt ande rath. such things as belonged to lter, and seven 19 If it please the king, let there go a maidens, wzhicih were meet to be given her, royal commandlment from! him, and let it b e out of the king's louse: and lie preferred written amona thie laws of the Persians and her and her maids unto the best place of the Medes, that it be not altered, That the house of the women. 389 Esther made queen. ESTHER. Haman's wicked plot. 10 Esther had not shemed her people nor CHAPTER III. her kindred: for flordecai had charged her Haman', promotion. 2 Mordlecai oefuseth o do that she should 1ot shew it. him revrence. 5 Hana,, seketh reenge. 8 11 And Mordecaii walked every day before le obtaitneth a decree of the ki,g to destroy the the court of the women's house, to know Je. how Esther did, and what should become of AFTER these things did king Ahasuerus her. A- promote Haman the son of Hammeda12 Now when every maid's turn was come tha the Agagite, and advanced him, and to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she set his seat above all the princes that were had been twelve months, according to the with him. manner of tile women, (for so were the days 2 And all the king's servants, that swere of their purifications accomplished, to wit, in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced six months vith oil of myrrh, and six monts Haman: for thse king had so commanded with sweet odours, and with other things for concerning him. But ilordecai bowed not, the purifying of the women,) nor did hie, reverence. 13 Tlleu thus came every maiden unto the 3 Then the king's servants, which were in king; whatsoever she desired was given her the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why to go with her out of the house of the women transgressest thou the king's commandunto tlhe kig's house. ment? 14 In the evening she went, and on the 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake morrow she returned into the second house daily unto him, and lie hearkened not unto of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, them, that they told Haman, to see whether the king's cisamberlain, whichkept the con- Mordecai's matters would stand: for he cabines: she came in unto the king no had told them that lhe Zi08 a Jew. more, except the king delighted in her, and 5 And when Haman saw that iIordecai that she vwere clled by name. boved not, nor did him reverence, then was 15 Now whlen the turn of Esther, the Haman full of wrath. daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on who lotd taken her for his daughter, was Iordecai alone; for they had shewed him come to go in unto the king, she required the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman nothing bat what Hegai the king's chamber- sought to destroy all the Jews that were lain, the keeper of the women, appointed. throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, And Esther obtained favour in the sight of even the people of Mordecai. all them thlt looked upon her. 7 I In the first month, that is, the month 16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasu- Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasueras into his house royal in the tenth month, erus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh Haman from day to day, and from month to year of his reign. month, to the twelfth month, that is, the 17 And the king loved Esther above all month Adar. the women, and sie obtained grace and 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasufavour in iis sight more than allthe virgins; erus, There is a certain people scattered so that he set t lh royal crown upon her head, abroad and dispersed among the people in and made her queen instead of Vashti. all the provinces of thy kingdom; and 18 Then the king made a great feast unto their laws are diverse from all people; all his princes and hli servants, even Es- neither keep they the king's lawts: therether's feast; and lte made a release to the fore ib is not for t king's profit to suffer provinces, and gave gifts, according to the them. state of the king. 9 If it please the king, let it be written 19 And when the virgins were gathered that they may be destroyed: and I will together the second time, then Mordecai sat pay ten thousand talents of silver to the in the king's gate. hands of those that have the charge of the 0 Esther lhad not yet shewed her kin- business, to bring it into the king's treasdred nor her people, as Mordecai had uries. charged her: for Esther did the command- 10 And the king took his ring from his ment of Mordecai, like as when she was hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of brought up with him. Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. 21 t In those days, while Mordecai sat in 11 And the king said unto Haman, The the king's gate, two of the king's chamber- silver ie given to thee, the people also, to lains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which do with them as it seerneth good to thee. kept the door, were wroth, and sought to 12 Then were the king's scribes called lay hand otl the king Ahasuerus. on the thirteenth day of the first month, 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, and there was written according to all that who told it unto Esther the queen; and Haman had commanded unto the king's Esther certified the king thereof in Morde- lieutenants, and to the governors that zoere cai's name. over every province, and to the rulero of 23 And when inquisition was made of the every people of every province according matter, it was found out; therefore they to tile riting thereof, and to every people were both hanged on a tree: and it was after their language; in the name of king written in the book of the chronicles before Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king, the king's ring. 390 The lamentation ESTHER. of the Jews. 13 And the letters were sent by posts into king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, he may live: but I have not been called to and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young come in unto the king these thirty days. and old, little children and women, in one 12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's day, even upon the thirteenth day of the words. twelfth month, which is the month Adar, 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer and to take the spoil of them for a prey. Esther, Think not with thyself that thou 14 The copy of the writing for a command- shalt escape in the king's house, more than merit to be given in every province was pub- all the Jews. lished unto all people, that they should be 14 For if thou altogether boldest thy peace ready against that day. at this time, then shall there enlargement 15 TTe posts went out, being hastened by and deliverance arise to the Jews from anthe king's commandment, and the decree wa other place; but thou and thy father's house given in Shushan the palace. And the king shall be destroyed: and who knoweth and Haman sat down to drink; but the city whether thou art come to the kingdom for Shushan was perplexed. such a time as this? CHAPTER IV. 15 Then Esther bade theen return MIordeThe lamentatiot of lodecOai atl the Jews. 4 E- ai thi answer, thre, iquireth te cat se theeoef. 7 Mloldeci 16 GO, gather together all the Jews that llaketh it knottn to her, and yrgethk er to intr- are present in Shushan, and fast ye for cede owith the ki, yfor her people. 15Shecon- me, and neither eat nor drink three days, sentedh, anl appoialteth afast. night or day: I also and my maidens will YI HEN Mordecai perceived all that was fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and king, which is not according to the law: put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out and if I perish, Ipeerish. into the midst of the city, and cried with a 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did aaloud and a bitter cry; cording to all that Esther had commanded 2 And came even before the king's gate: him. for none mnight enter into the king's gate CHAPTER V. clothed with sackcloth. Esther, crtburitlg to o fo the kin, obtaiteth hia 3 And in every province, whithersoever the efaour, aEnt iritel the kigy acld Hama to a king's commandmentandd his decree came, let. 6 She, it etcouraed y the king, there wa great mourning among the Jews, ilitetl them to arothe barque t the r,ert lay. and fasting,nd weeping, and wailing; and 9 Haman relpneth at the contempt of Mlordeci. many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 14 hre buildeh a yello for him. 4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains TOW it came to pass on the third day, came and told it her. Then was the queen J_ that Esther put on her -oyal apparel, exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment and stood in the inner court of the king's to clothe MIordecai, and to take away his house, over against the king's house: and sackcloth.from him: but le received it not. the kingsat upon his royal throne in the royal 5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of house, over against the gate of the house. the king's chamberlains, whom lie had ap- 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther pointed to attend upon her, and gave him a the queen standing in the court, that she commandment to Mlordecai, to know what obtained favour in his sight and the king it was, and why it was. held out to Esther the golden sceptre that 6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto oas in hishand. SoEstherdrewnear, and the street of the city, which was before the touched the top of the sceptre. king's gate. 3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had thou, queen Esther? and what is thy rehappened unto him, and of the sum of the quest? it shall be even given thee to the money that Haman had promised to pay to half of the kingdom. the king's treasuries for the Jews, to de- 4 And Esther answered, If it seem good stroy them. unto the king, let the king and Haman come 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing this day unto the banquet that I have preof the decree that was given at Shushan to pared for him. destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and 5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to to declare it unto her, and to charge her that make baste, that he may do as Esther hath she should go in unto the king, to make sup- said. So the king and Haman came to the plication unto him, and to make request banquet that Esther had prepared. before him for her people. 6 And the king said unto Esther at the 9 And Hatach came and told Esther the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and words of Mordecai. it shall be granted thee: and what is thy 10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and request? even to the half of the kingdom it gave him commandment unto Mordecai; shall be performed. 11 All the king's servants, and the peo- 7 Then answered Esther, and said, My ple of the king's provinces, do know, that petition and my request is; whosoever, whether man or woman, shall 8 I I have found favour in the sight of the come unto the king into the inner court, king, and if it please the king to grant imy who is not called, there is one law of his to petition, and to perform my request, let the put himn to death, except such to whom the king and Haman come to the banquet that I: 91 The honour done ESTHER. to Mordecat. shall prepare for them, and I will do to mot- the king rideth upon, and the crown royal row as the king hath said. which is set upon his head: 9 O Then went Haman forth that day joy- 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivful and with a glad heart: but heen Haman ered to the hand of one of the king's most saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he noble princes, that they may array the man stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full withal whom the king deligllteth to honour, of indignation against Mordecai. and bring him on horseback through the 10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: street of the city, and proclaim before him, and when he came home, lie sent and called Thus shall it be dcne o te an ho the for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. king delighteth to honour. 11 And Haman told them of ttie glory of 10 Then the king said to Haman, Make his riches, and the multitude of his chil- haste, and takethe apparel and the horse, dren, and all tle things wherein the king as tlou hast said, and do even so to lorhad promoted him, and how he had ad- decai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's vanced him above the princes and servants gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast of the king. spoken. 12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the queen did let no man come in with the king horse, and' arrayed ilordecai, and brought unto the banquet that she had prepared but him on horseback through the street of the myself; and to morrow am I invited unto city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall her also with the king. it be done unto the man whom the king de13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long lighteth to honour. as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the 12 And Miordecai came again to the king's king's gate gate. t ut Haman hasted to his house 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his mourning, and having his head covered. friends unto him. Let a gallows be made 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak all his friends every thing that had bethou unto the king that Mordecai may be fallen him. Then said his wise men and hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai bg with the king unto the banquet. And the of the seed of the Jews, before whom thing pleased Haman; and he caused the thou last begun to fall, thou shalt not pregallows to be made. vail against him, but shalt surely fall beCHAPTER VI. e im. n CHApTER VI 14 And while they were yet talking with aerus, eading in the croi of te good him, came the king's chamberlains, and service dole by hodecai, roideth fori m, e te kg haelain, andi - ward. 4 tiaman, comilg to askA that loXdecai hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet miaht te hanited, ucawarces gileth,couosl that that Esther had prepared. cmigchtdo Irim honlou.,. 12Complaitin ofhi APER VI tnfo^tle, hi fiendleit hls fall. CHAPTER, VII. Esthr, entetaonlg he ki,,g and Ilaman, plad. "N that night could not the king sleep, th for h-,nnlife ottlfo hatef fher eople. 5 J and lie commanded to bring the book She aecuseth Haman. 7 The king itn hi anger of records of the chronicles; and they were com nanleth Himan to Ie hanged oc the nallots read before the king. nmadefor Mlordecai. 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai Q the king and Haman came to banquet had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of c with Esther the queen. the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the 2 And the king said again unto Esther on door, who sought to lay hand on the king the second day at the banquet of wine, Ahasuerus. What is thy petition, queen Esther? and 3 And the king said, What lhonour and dig. it shall be granted tjee: and what is thy nitv hath been done to Mordecai for this? request? and it shall be performed, even Then said the king's servants that minis- to the half of the kingdom. tereduntolcirn,Tlereaisnothingdoneforhim. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? said, If I have found favour in thy eight, 0 Now Haman was come into the outward king, and if it please tie king, let my life court of the king's house, to speak unto the be given me at my petition, and my people king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that at my request: he had prepared for him. 4 For w ae are sold, I and my people, to be 5 And the king's servants said unto him, destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And if we Lad been sold for bondmen end bondthe king said, Let him come in. women, I had held my tongue, altlough the 6 So Haman came in. And the king said enemy could not countervail the king's damunto him, What shall be done unto the man age. whom the king delighteth to honour? Now 5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and Haman thought in his heart, To whom would said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and the kingl delight to do honour more than to where is lie, that durst presume in his heart myself? to do so? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the 6 And Esther slid, The adversary and man whom the king delighteth to honour, enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Ha8 Let tie royal apparel be brought which man was afraid before the king and the the king uscth to wear, and the horse that queen. 392 The Jews allowed ESTHER. to defend themselves. 7 And the king arising from the banquet of day thereof; and it was written according wine in his wrath wontt into the palace gar- to all that Mordecai commanded unto the den: and Hanan stood up to make request Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the depfor his life to Esther tile queen; ibr he saw uties and rulers of the provinces whicbh that there was evil determined against him are from India unto Etlliopia, a hundred y the king. twenty and seven provinces, unto every 8 Then the king returned out of the palace province according to the writing thereof, garden into the place of the banquet of and unto every people after their language, wine; and Haman was fallen upon tile bed and to the Jews according to their writing, whereon Esther iwa. Then said the king, and according to their language. Will he force the queen also before ne in the 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerns' house? As the word went out of the king's name, and sealed it with the king's ring, mouth, they covered Haman's face. and sent letters by posts on horseback, and 9 And Itarbonah, one of the chamberlains, riders on mules, camels, and young dromesaid before the king, Behold also the gallows daries: fifty cubits high, which Haman llad made 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the which were in every city to gather themking, standeth in the h ouse of Hanan. selves together, and to stand for their life, Then the king said, Hang him thereon. to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, 10 So they hangted HIlman on the gallows all the power of the people and province that he had prepared for MIordecai. Then that would assault them, both little ones was the king's wrath pacified. and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, CHAPTER VIII. I2t Upon one day in all the provinces of deai is. 3 E.thee lmakettr Ascie to l he king Alhasuerus, tnaotely, upon the thirgitehb the Jeeos cerncssio. to defend thoemselves. teenth dty of the twelfth month, which is 15 IThe honour shewed to Mordecai, and the joy the month Adar. of te Jetos. 13 Tihe copy of the writing for a commandON that doy did the king Ahasuerus give ment to be given in every province weas' the house of iHaman the Jews' enemy published unto all people, and that the unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai Jews should be ready against that day to came before the k'ng; for Esther had told avenge themselves on their enemies. what lie was unto her. 14 So the posts that rode upon mules and 2 And the king took off his ring, which he camels went out, being hastened and pressed liead taken fron Haman, and gave it unto ou by the king's commandment. And the Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over decree was given at Shushan the palace. the louse of Hainan. 15 1 And Mordecai went oat from the 3 And Esther spoke yet again before the presence of the king in royal apparel of king, and fell down at his feet, and be- blue and white, and with a great crown of sought him with tears to put away the mis- gold, and with a garment of fine linen and chief of Haiman the Agegite, and his device purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced that he had devised against the Jews. and was glad. 4 Then the king held out the golden seep. 10 The Jews had light, and gladness, and tre toward Ethler. So Etheher arose, and joy, and honour. stood before tile king, 17 And in every province, and in every 5 And said, If it please the king, and if I city, wlhithersoever the king's commandhave found favour in his sight, and the ment and his decree came, the Jews had thing seet, right before the king, and I be joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to re- And many of the people of the land became verse the letters devised by HaIman the son Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon of Hamnmedathac the Agagite, which le wrote them. to destroy the Jews which are in all the CHAPTER IX. king's provinces: t / e Jees (the rilers aletting) de.troy tdhei.r ne-, 6GFor how can I endure to see the evil that meos. 12 Ahaisterls, at tlhe recest of Esther, shall come unto my people? or low can I en- g,calteh aothier dcy of lalcate,, ad thie dedure to see tie destruction of my kindred? sru'ion of tlaman' sonso. 20 The festival of 7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Es- Prcim osletcid. ther the.queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Be- TOW in the twelfth month, that is, the hold, I have given Esther the houe oe of Ha l month Adar, on the thirteenth day of man, and him they have hanged upon the the same, when the king's colnmandment gallons, because le laid his hand upon the and his decree drew near to be put in exeJews. cution, in the day that the enemies of the 8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh Jews hoped to have power over them; you, in the king's namte, and seal it with though it ats turned to tle contrary, that the king's ringd: for the writing which is the Jews had rule over them that hated written, il the king's name, and sealed with them; the king's ring, may no man reverse. 2 Tlhe Jews gathered themselves together 9 Then wero the king's scribes cilled at in their cities throughout all the provinces that time in the third month, that is, the oftle king Ahasuerus, to ly hand on such month Sivan, on the three and twentieth as sought their hurt: and no man could 393 The ten sons of ESTHER. Haman are hanged. withstand them; for the fear of them fell sent letters unto all the Jews that were in upon all people. all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and both nigh and far, the lieutenants, and the deputies, and of 21 To establish this among them, that ficers of the king, helped the Jews; because they should keep the fourteenth day of the the fear of Miordecai fell upon them. month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's same, yearly, house, and his fame went out throughout 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested all the provinces: for this man Mordecai firom their enemies, and the month which waxed greater and greater. e was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, 5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies and from mourning into a good day: that with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, they should make them days of feasting and and destruction, and did what they would joy, and of sending portions one to another, unto those that hated them. and gifts to the poor. 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they slew and destroyed five hundred men. had begun, and as Mlordecai had written 7 And Parshandatha,: and Dalphon, and unto them; Aspatha, 24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, devised against the Jews to destroy them, and Vajezatha, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to con10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Ham- sume them, and to destroy them; medatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; 25 But when Esther came lefore the king, but on the spoil laid they not their hand. he commanded by letters that his wicked 11 On that day the number of those that device, which he devised against the Jews, were slain in Shushan the palace was should return upon his own head, and that. brought before the king. he and his eons should be hanged on the 12 ~ And the king said unto Esther the gallows. queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed 26 Wherefore they called these days Pufive hundred men in Shushan the palace, rim after the name of Pur. Therefore for and the ten sons of Haman; what have all the words of this letter, and of that they done in the rest of the king's provinces? which they had seen concerning this matter, now what is thy petition? and it shall be and which had come unto them, granted thee: or what is thy request fur- 27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, ther? and it shall be done. and upon their seed, and upon all such as 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, joined themselves unto them, so as it should let it be granted to the Jews which are in not fail, that they would keep these two Shushan to do to morrow also according days according to their writing, and accordunto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten ing to their appointed time every year; sons be hanged upon the gallows. 28 And that these days should be remem14 And the king commanded it so to be bered and kept throughout every generadone: and the decree was given at Shushan; tion, every family, every province, and and they hanged Haman's ten sons. every city; and that these days of Purim 15 For the Jews that ere in Shushan should not fail from among the Jews, nor gathered themselves together on the four- the memorial of them perish from their seed. teenth day also of the month Adar, and slew 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter three hundred men at Shushan; but on the of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote prey they laid not their hand. with all authority, to confirm this second 1G But the other Jews that were in the letter of Purim, king's provinces gathered themselves to- 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, gether, and stood for their lives, and had to the hundred twenty and seven provinces rest from their enemies, and slew of their of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of foes seventy and five thousand, but they peace and truth, laid not their hands on the prey, 31 To confirm these days of Purim intheir 17 On the thirteenth day of the month times appointed, according as Mordecai. Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined same rested they, and made it a day of them, and as they had decreed for themfeasting and gladness. selves snd for their seed, the matters of 18 But the Jews that were at Shushan as- the fastings and their cry. sembled together on the thirteenth day 82 And the decree of Esther confirmed: thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and these matters of Purim; and it was written on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, in the book. and made it a day of feasting and glad- CHAPTER X. ness. The greatnes of A hasueus,. 3 and of Morddeai. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that A ND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the four-. upon the land, and upon the isles of teent!l day of the month Adar a day of the sea. gladness and feasting, and a good day, and 2 And all the acts of his power and of his of sending portions one to another. might, and the declaration of the greatness 20 ~ And MIordecai wrote these things, and of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced 394 The prosperity of Job. JOB. His patience in affliction. him, are they not written in the book of king Ahasuerus, and great amongthe Jews, the chronicles of the kings of Media and and accepted of the multitude of his brethPersia? ren, seeking the wealth of his people, and 3 For Mlordecai the Jew was nest unto speaking peace to all his seed. THE BOOK OF JOB. CHAPTER I. and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the Tie py and jtnosperity of Job. 6 Satarn obtain- asses feeding beside them: eth tave to temnpt him. 13 The los, of his sb- 15AndtheSabeansfelluponwthee, andtook stance, 18 ed of hischildret. 20 iis patiece them away; yea, they have slain the servitt hisrli aictions. ants with the edge of the sword; and I only T HERE was a man in the land of Uz, am escaped alone to tell thee. ewhose name was Job; and that man 16 While he was yet speaking, there came was perfect and upright, and one that fear- also another, and said, The fire of God is ed God, and eschewed evil. fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the 2 And there were born unto him seven sheep, and the servants, and consumed sons and three daughters. them; and I only am escaped alone to tell 3 His substance also was seven thousand thee. sheep, and three thousand camels, and five 17 VWile he was yet speaking, there came hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she also another, and said, The Chaldeans made asses, and a very great housellold; so that out three bandsand nd fell upon the camels, this man was the greatest of all the men of and have carried them away, yea, and slain the east. the servants with the edge of the sword; 4 And his sons went and feasted in their and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. houses, every one liis day; and sent and 18 While he was yet speaking, there came called for their three sisters to eat and to also another, and said, Thy sons and thy drink with them. daughters were eating and drinking wine in 5 And it was so, when the days of their their eldest brother's house: feasting were gone about, that Job sent and 19 And, behold, there came a great wind sanctified them, and rose up early in therom the wilderness, and smote the four morning, and offered burnt offerings ac- corners of the house, and it fell upon the cording to the number of them all: obrJob young men, and they are dead; and I only said, It may be that my sons have sinned, am escaped alone to tell tiee. and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, Job continually. and shaved his head, and fell down upon 6 ~ Now there was a day when the sons of the ground, and worshipped, God came to present themselves before the 21 And said, Naked came I out of my LORD, and Satan came also among them. mother's womb, and naked shall I return 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD comest thou? Then Satan answered the hath taken away; blessed be the name of LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the LORD. the earth, and from walking up and down 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged in it. God foolishly. 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast CHAPTER 11. thou considered my servant Job, that there Sa obailt fitrthfr e to teeet Job. 7 He is none like him in the earth, a perfect and,,e, nih 9i, z-h esee soils.. Je taif eaef an upright man, one that feareth God, and him to crse God; he r ukth her. 11 His three escheweth evil? fiends cotdole with him. 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and A GAIN there was a day when the sons said, Doth Job fear God for nought? of God came to present themselves be10 Hast not thou made a hedge about fore the LORD, and Satan came also among him, and about his house, and about all them to present himself before the LORD. that he hath on every side? thou hast bless- 2 And the LORD said unto Satn, From ed the work of his hands, and his substance whence comest thou? And Satan answered is increased in the land. the LORD, and said, From going to and fro 11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch in the earth, and from walking up and down ill that he hath, and he will curse thee toin it. thy face. 3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, thou considered my servant Job, that there all that lie hath is in thy poweer; only upon is none like him in the earth, a perfect and himself put not forth thine hand. So an upright man, one that feareth God, and Satan went forth from the presence of the eschew eth evil? and still he 1 oldeth fast his LORD. integrity, although thou movedst me against 13 ~ And there was a day hlen his sons him, to destroy him without cause. and his daughters wet e eating and drinking 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and wine in their eldest brother's house: said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a manhath 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, will he give for his life. 395 Job curseth the JOB. day of his birth. 5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch 13 For now should I have lain still and his bone and his flesh, and he will curse been quiet, I should have slept: then had I theeo o thy face. been at rest, 0 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, he is in thine hand; but save his life. which built desolate p aces for themselves; 7 So went Satan forth from the presence 15 Or with princes tiat had gold, who fillof the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils ed their houses with silver: from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape him- not been; as infants which never saw light. selfwithal; and he sat down among the ashes. 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou and there the weary be at rest. still retain thine integrity? curse God, and 18 There the prisoners rest together; die. they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as 19 The small and great are there; and one of the foolish women speaketh. What? the servant is free from his master. shall we receive good at the hand of God, 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is and shall we not r ceive evil? In all this in misery, and life unto the bitter ii soul; did not Job sin with is li1 Whi c lips. 1 W ong for death, but t cometh not; 11 t Now when Job's three friends heard and dig for it more than for hid treasures; of all this evil that was come upon him, they 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are came every one from his own place; Eli- glad, when they can find the grave? phaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, 23 Why is light given to a man whose and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? made an appointment together to come to ome to 24 For my sighing comeh before I eat, and mourn with lim, and to comfort him. my roarings are poured out like the waters. 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar 25 For the thing which I greatly feared off, and knew him not, they lifted up their is come upon me, and that which I was voice, and wept; and they rent every one afraid of is come unto me. his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, heads toward heaven. neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. 13 So they sat down with him upon the CHAPTER IV ground seven days and seven nights, and peh f Elipl e Isllst;,l iuqaotio Jt' none spake a word unto him: for they saw upaiehte,,s; 7 and teacheth thaet htlejdymests that his grief was very great. of (God fall only on the wicked. 12 Ilis tyiht CHAPTER lII. Jctls seoit lie elsrseh t.e sloy sf /his irth THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered 11 wisheth he hadid die frel the Aomb,; 13 then- and said, Itold hle save bee,, at rest; 20 and aketh why 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt life is give it t e miserable. thou be grieved? but who can withhold himFTER this opened Job his mouth, and self from speaking? cursed his day. 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and 2 And Job spake, and said, thou hast strengthened the wealk hands. 3 Let the day perish wherein was born, 4 Thy words have upholden him that was and the night in which it was said, There falling, and thou hast strengthened the is a man child conceived. feeble knees. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou regard it from above, neither let the light faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art shine upon it. troubled. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? blackness of the day terrify it. 7 Rememb.r, I pray thee, who ever per6 As for that night, let darkness seize ished, being innocent? or where were the upon it; let it not be joined unto the days righteous cut off? of the year; let it not come into the num- 8 Even as I have seen, they that plough ber of the months. iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the 7 Lo, let that night be solitary; let no joy- same. ful voice come therein. 9 By the blast ofGod they perish, and bythe 8 Lot them curse it that curse the day, breath of his nostrils are they consumed. who are ready to raise up their mourning. 10 Tile roaring of the lion, and tile voice 9 Let the stars of tile twilight thereof be of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young dark; let it look for light, but have none; lions, are broken. neither let it see the dawning of the day: 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, 10 Because it shut not up tle doors of my and the stout lion's whelps are scattered mother's womb, nor c lid sorrow from mine abroad. eyes. 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to 11 Why died I not from the womb? wthy me, and mine ear received a little thereof. did I not give up the ghost when I came out 13 In thoughts from the visions of the of the belly? night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 12 Why did the knees prevent me or 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, why the breasts that I should suck? which made all my bones to shake. 3'96 .Nzght vision of Eliphaz. JOB. Happy fruits of affictzon. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: the hair of my flesh stood up: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 16 It stood still, but I could not discern 20 In famine lie shall redeem thee from the form thereof: an image wvas before death: and in war from the power of the mine eyes, there 2as silence, and I heard sword. a voice, saying, 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of 17 Shall mortal-man be more just thanthe tongue: neither slalt thou be afraid of God? shall a man be more pure than his destruction when it coneth. Maker? 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the and his angels he charged with folly: beasts of the earth. 19 How much less ina them that dell in 23 For thou shalt be in league with the houses of clay, whose foundation is in the stones of the field: and the beasts of the dust, 7vhich are crushed before the moth? field shall be at peace with thee. 20 They are destroyed from morning to 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle evening: they perish for ever without any shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy regarding it. habitation, and shalt not sin. 21 Doth not their excellency which is in 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall them go away? they die, even without wis- be great, and thine offspring as the grass of dom. the earth. CHAPTER V. 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full Eliphaz eeacteth that evil aweaiteh the wicked 6 age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his that alictions are from God; 8 reth Job to season. commit hdi calse to God; 27 eand eweet/ the 27 Lo this, we bare searched it, so it is, happy fruits of God's co.rction. hear it, and know thou it for thy good. CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints CHAPTER VI. wilt thou turn? Job', anwer to Etphtz.- ie justi fieth his con2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and itaittl; 8 lonegeh for death; 14 reproveth hi envy slayeth the silly one. friend for their 4uneidness; 24 and urgeth 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but them t c h"ider lc case. suddenly I cursed his habitatione. 1)UT Job answered and said, 4 His children are far from safety, and ) 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly they are crushed in the gate, neither is weighed, and my calamity laid in the balthere any to deliver them,. ances together! 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, 3 For now it would be heavier than the and taketh it even out of the thorns, and sand of the sea: therefore my words are the robber swalloweth up their substance. swallowed up. 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of within me, the poison whereof drinketh up the ground; my spirit: the terrors of God do set them7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the selves in array against me. sparks fly upward. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when lie hath 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? would I commit my cause: 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten 9 Which doeth great things and unsearch- without salt? or is there any taste in the ~able; marvellous things without number: white of an egg? 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and 7 The things that my soul refused to touch sendoth waters upon the fields: are as my sorrowful meat. 11 To set up on high those that be low; that 8 Oh that I might have my request; and those which mourn may be exalted to safety. that God would grant me the thing that I 12 He disappointeth the devices of the long for crafty, so that their hands cannot perform 9 Even that it would please God to destroy their enterprise. me; that he would let loose his hand, and 13 He taketh the wise in their own crafti- cut me off! ness: and the counsel of the froward is 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, carried headlong. I would harden myself in sorrow: let him 14 They meet with darkness in tile day- not spare; for I have not concealed the time, and grope in the noonday as in the words of the Holy One. night. 11 What is my strength, that I should 15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, hope? and what is mine end, that I should from their mouth, and from the hand of the prolong my life? mighty. 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity or is my flesh of brass? stoppeth her mouth. 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God driven quite from me? correcteth: therefore despise not thou the 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be chastening of the Almighty: shelved from his friend; but he forsaketh 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: the fear of the Almighty. he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 15 lIy. brethren have dealt deceitfully as 397 Job excuseth his, JOB. desire of death. a brook, and as the stream of brooks they I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I pass away; ill complain in the bitterness of my soul. 16 Which are blackish by reason of the 12 Atn I a sea, or a whale, that thou setice, and wherein the snuow is hid: test a watch over me? 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, when it is hot, they are consumed out of my couch shall ease my complaint; their place. 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and 18 The paths of their way are turned terrifiest me through visions: aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 15 So that my soul clooseth strangling, 19 The troops of Tema looked, the com- and death rather than my life. panies of Sheba waited for them. 16 1 loathe it; I would not live alway: let 20 They were confounded because they me alone; for my days are vanity. had hoped; they came thither, and were 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magashamed. nify him and that thohou shouldest set thine 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my heart upon him? casting down, and are afraid. 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a morning, and try him every' moment? reward for me of your substance? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy'shand? nor let me alone till I swallow down my or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? spittle? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto and cause me to understandwhereinI have thee, 0 thou preserver of men? lwhy hast erred. thou set me as a mark against thee, so that 25,How forcible are right words! but what I am a burden to myselt? doth your arguing reprove? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the transgression, and take away mine iniquispeeches of one that is desperate, which are ty? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and as wind? thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and shall not be. ye dig apit for your friend. CHAPTER VIII. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon Te speech of hBihlad: He shooeth Ihe jostice of me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. God in hi, dealings with len; 8 tlhe miseratbe 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniq- coooditiont of the wicked; 20 and the safety of uity; yea, return again, my righteousness th.igoz.eots. ti in it. r[HEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot L Tsaid, my taste discern perverse things? 2 Ilow long wilt thou speak these things f and howo long shall the words of thy mouth CHAPTER VII. be lise a strong wind? Job celtuseth his desire of death; 12 and complain- 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the eth to God of hit dealigs with hin. Almighty pervert justicel S there not an appointed time to man 4 If thy children have sinned against him, upon earth? are not his days also like and he have cast them away for their transthe days of a hireling? gression; 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shad- 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, ow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward and make thy supplication to the Almighty; of his work; 6 If thou ert pure and upright; surely 3 So am I made to possess months ofvnan- now he would awake for thee, and make ity, and wearisome nights are appointed to the habitation of thy righteousness prospernee. ous. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy arise, and thie night be gone? and I am full latter end should greatly increase. of tossings to and o unt o do tothe dawning of 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former the day. age, and prepare thyself to the search of 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods their fathers: of dust; my skin is broken, and become 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know loathsome. nothing, because our days upon earth are a 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shadow:) shuttle, and are spent without hope. 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, 7 Oh remember that my life is wind: mine and utter words out of their heart? eye shall no more see good. 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall the flag grow without water? see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and and I am not. not.cut down, it.ithereth before any other 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth herb. away; so he that goeth down to the grave 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; shall come up no ore. and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: 10 He shall return no more to his house, 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose neither shall his place know him anymore. trust shall:be a spider's web. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it 398 God's power acknowledged. JOB. Job's complaint in afflictzon. shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, shall not endure. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 16 He is green before the sun, and his 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will branch shooteth forth in his garden. laugh at the trial of the innocent. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, 24 The earth is given into the hand of the and seeth the place ot stones. wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges 18 I' he destroy him from his place, then it thereof; if not, where, and who is he? shall deny him, saying, Ihave not seen thee. 25 Now my days are swifter than a post: 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and they flee away, they see no good. out of tie earth shall others grow. 2 They are passed away as the swift ships: 20 Behold, God will not cast away a per- as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. feet man, neither will he help the evil doers: 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort and thy lips with'rejoicing. myself; 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know with shame; and the dwellingplace of the that thou wilt not hold me innocent. wicked shall come to nought. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in CHAPTER IX. Job's answer to' Blad -: ie acknowledgeth the 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and justice ad,oler of G'o; 22 c but cote,tdeth make my hands never so clean; that tan's outward estate tdeteralieth not his 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, terzse Aracser. and mine own clothes shall abhor me. THEN Job answered and said, 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should answer him, and we should come toshould man be just with God? gether in judgment. 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt answer him one o a thousand. I us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and strength: who hath hardened himself let not his fear terrify me: against him, and hath prospered? 35 The, would I speak, and not fear him; 5 Which removeth the mountains, and but it is not so with me. they know not; which overturneth them CHAPTER X. in his anger; Job expostulateth wvith God becase of hi, affli6 Whio- shaketh the earth out of her place, t,,1 is complaineth of life. 20 and c aveth a and the pillars thereof tremble; tittte corfort before death. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it /TY soul is weary of my life; I will leave iseth not; and sealeth up the stars; V my complaint upon myself; I will -8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, speak in the bitterness of my soul. and treadeth upon the waves of tle ea; 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn 9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Plei- me; shew me wherefore thou contendest ades, and the chambers of tile south; withith me. 10 Which doeth great things past finding 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest out; yea, and wonders without number oppress, that thou shouldest despise the 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see hiem not: work of thine hands, and shine upon the he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. counsel of the wicked? 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as him'? who will say unto him, What doest man seeth? thou? 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are 13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the thy years as man's days, proud helpers do stoop under him. 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, 14 How much less shall I answer him, and and searchest after.my sin? choose out my words to reason with him? 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet and there is none that can deliver out of would I not answer, but I wouldmake sup- thine hand. plication to my judge. 8 Thine hands have made me and fash10 I' I had called, and he had answered ioned me together round about; yet thou me; yet would I not believe that he had dost destroy me. hearkened unto my voice. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and hast made me as tile clay; and wilt thou'multiplieth my wounds without cause, bring me into dust again? 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, but filleth me with bitterness. and curdled me like cheese? 19 If Ispeak of strength, lo, he is strong: 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and and if oCjudgment, who shall set me a time flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and to pead? sinews. 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. it shall also prove me perverse. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine 21 -Tihogh I swere perfect, yet would I heart: I know that this is with thee. not know my soul; I would despise-my litf. 14 If I sin, e then thou mrket me, and 399 Job reproved for JOB. justifying himself. thou wilt not acquit me from mine in- out spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and iquity. shalt not fear: 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my and remember it as waters that pass away: head. I am full of confusion; therefore 17 And thine age shall be clearer tlhan the see thou mine afliction; noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt 16 For it ucreaseth. Thou huntest me as be as the morning. a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thy- 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there self marvellous upon me. is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against thou shalt take thy rest in safety. me, and increasest thine indignation upon 19 Alsothou shalt lie down, and none shall me; changes and war ire against me. make thee afraid; yea, many shall make 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me suit unto thee. forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given 20) But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! and they shall not escape, and their hope 19 I should have been as though I had not shall be as the giving up of the ghost. been; I should have been carried from the CHAPTER XII. womb to the grave. Jot's aner to Aophro e cn.turto the asas 20 Are not my days few? cease then, l nd gane of his friends; 6 f eweh that tha e wicked let me alone, that I may take comfort a often )rospe is thiis wold, (ja ddaus.th little, concerning the wisdom atldpoter of God. 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, A ND Job answered and said, even to the land of darkness and the shad- l- 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and ow of death; wisdom shall die with you. 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; But I have understanding as well as you anLd of the shadow of death, without any I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth order, and shiere the light is as darkness. not such things as these? CHAPTER XI. 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, The peecA of Zophr: Hereproveh Jofor jt- t who calleth upon God, and he answereth fying himself: 5 she eth that God's,ays are him: the just upright manu is laughed to Lolsearchable; 13 atd exhorteth Job to repet- scorn. ac6. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is THEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, s as lamp despised in the thought of him 1 and said, that is at ease. 2 Should not the multitude of words be an- 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and swered? and should a man full of talk be they that provoke God are secure; into justified? whose hand God bringeth abuzndlantly. 3 Should thy lies make men hold their 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall peace? and when thou mockest, shall no teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and man make thee ashamed? they shall tell thee: 4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach and I am clean in thine eyes. thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare 5 But oh that God would speak, and open unto thee. his lips against thee; 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets hand of the LORD hath wrouglt this? of wisdom, that they are double to that 10 In whose hand is the soul of every livwhich is! Know therefore thlat God exact- ing thing, and the breath of all mankind. eth of thee less than thine iniquity deser- 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the eth. mouth taste his meat? 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in canst thou find out the Almighty unto per- length of days understanding. fection? 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst hth counsel and understanding. thou do? deeper than hell; what anst 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it canthou know? not be built again he shutteth up a man, 9 The measure thereof is longer than the and there can be no opening. earth, and broader than the sea. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and together, then who can hinder him? they overturn the earth. 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the wickedness also; will he not then consider deceived and the deceiver are his. it? 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, 12 For vain man would be wise, though and maketh the judges fools. man be born like a wild ass's colt. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and gird13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch eth their loins with a girdle. out thine hands toward him; 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far overthroweth the mighty. away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy 20 He removeth away the speech of the tabernacles. trusty, and taketh away the understanding 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face with- of the aged. 400 Job's confidence in God. JOB. Shortness of human life. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. boldest me for thine enemy? 22 He discovereth deep things out of dark- 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and ness, and bringeth out to light the shadow fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? of death. 26 For thou writest bitter things against 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroy- me, and makest me to possess the iniquieth them: he enlargeth the nations, and ties of my youth. straiteneth them ayain. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou the people of the earth, and causeth them settest a print upon the heels or my feet. to wander in a wilderness where there is no 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, way. as a garment that is motheaten. 25 They grope in the dark without light, CHAPTER XV and he maketh them to stagger like a drunk- CHAPTER XIV. Jcb entrveaeth God to, a respite from hi, sufferen man.'