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SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES Every reader of the Bible has found the proper names very difficult to pronounce. This difficulty is entirely obviated in this edition of the Holy Scriptures. All the proper names are divided into syllables by a hyphen (-) with the accent (') placed upon the syllable where it belongs. In addition to this, the vowels are marked to show what sound they should receive. Such marks are used in all Standard Dictionaries, and are essential to a correct pronunciation of die English language. These and also marks for consonant sounds are shown in the tables below. By attention to this Explanatory Key the reader can easily pronounce correctly all the proper names in the Bible.

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as in Age, Abel. t, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And JA'cob lived in the land of 2'tfpt seventeen years: so the whole age of Ja'cob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Is'ra-el must die: and he called has son Jd'seph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I way thee, in £'&pt: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of fi'Afpt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Is'ra-el bowed himself upon the bed’s head, 48 CHAPTER 48

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took with him his two sons, MAnAs'seh and £'phrA-Im. 2 And one told Ja'cob, and said. Behold, thy son Jo'seph cometh unto thee: and Is'ra-el strengthened himself and sat upon the bed. 3 And Ja'cob said unto Jo'seph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Ca'nAan, and blessed me. 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. 5 51 And now thy two sons, £'phrAim and MA-nAs'seh, which were bom unto thee in the land of £'fc£pt before I came unto thee into £'&ypt, are mine; as Reu'ben and SIm'e-on, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7And as for me, when I came from Pa'dan, Ra'chel died by me in the land of CA'nAan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Sph'rAth: and I buried her there in the way of £ph'rAth; the same is Beth'-ldhdm. 8 And Is'ra-el beheld Jo'seph’s sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Jo'seph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this Place, And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now the eyes of Is'ra-el were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Is'ra-el said unto Jd'seph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Jd'seph brought them out 1 Joseph and his sons visit his sick father. 3 Jacob repeats God's prom- from between his knees, and he ise, and accepts Joseph's sons as his bowed himself with his face to the own. 9 He blesses them. earth. AND it came to pass after these 13 And Jd'seph took them both, Zx things, that one told Jd'seph, £'phrA4m in his right hand toward Behold, thy father is sick: and he Is'ra-el’s left hand, and MA-nAs'seh Original from 68 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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AND JA'cob called unto his sons, xl and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of JA'cob; and hearken unto Is'ra-el your father. 3 Reu'ben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. 5 Sim'e-on and LA'vi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in JA'cob, and scatter them in Is'ra-el. 8 If Jfi'dah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. 9 Ju'dah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Ju'dah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shildh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be, 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 ZAb'u-lun shall dwell at the 1 Jacob calls his sons. 3 His final haven of the sea; and he shall be words to each of them. 29 He charges for an haven of ships; and his them to bury him with his fathers. 33 His death. border shall be unto Zi'd&n.

in his left hand toward U'ra-el’s right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Is'ra-el stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon fi'phrAim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon MA-nAs'seh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for MA-nAs'seh was the firstborn. 15 And he blessed Jo'seph, and said, God, before whom my fathers A'brA-hAm and I'saac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers A'brAhAm and I'saac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Jo'seph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of £'phrA-im, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from £'phrA-im’s head unto MA-nAs'seh’s head. 18 And Jo'seph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Is'ra-el bless, saying, God make thee as fi'phrAim and as MA-nAs'seh: and he set £'phrA-im before MA-nAs'seh. 21 And Is'ra-el said unto Jo'seph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Am'dr-ite with my sword and with my bow. 49 CHAPTER 49

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14 is'sa-char is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 K D&n shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Is'ra-eL 17 D&n shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord . 19 Gdd, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. 20 Out of Ash'Sr his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 211 NAph'ta-li is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. 22 Jo'seph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God oi Ja'cob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Is'^5 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 27 Ben'ja-min shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 K All these are the twelve tribes of Is'ra-el: and this is it jt Digitized by Gooq Ic
t, 29 That the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, I am the Lord : speak thou unto Pha'radh king of £'Afpt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Mo'ses said before the Lord , Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall PhA'radh hearken unto me?

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ND the Lord said unto Md'ses, b. See, I have made thee a god to Pha'radh: and AAr'on thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and AAr'on thy brother shall speak unto Pha'radh, that he send the children of Is'ra-el out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pha'radh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of £'4fpt. 4 But PhA'raoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon £'£$pt, and bring forth mine armies, arid my people the children of Is'ra-el, out of the land of fi'Afpt by great judgments. 5 And the £-tifo'tjans shall know that I am the Lord , when I stretch forth mine hand upon £'titot, and bring out the children of Is'ra-el from among them. 6 And Md'ses and AAr'on did as Original from 78 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Egypt?8 water turned to blood

the Lord commanded them, so did 19 U And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, Say unto AAr'on, Take thy they. 7 And Mo'ses was fourscore years rod, and stretch out thine hand old, and AAr'on fourscore and three upon the waters of R'gypt, upon years old, when they spake unto their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all Pha'radh. 8 51 And the Lord spake unto their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that ttyere may Mo'ses and unto AAr'on, saying, 9 When Pha'radh shall speak unto be blood throughout all the land of you, saying, Shew a miracle for E'&fot, both in vessels of wood, and you: then thou shalt say unto in vessels of stone. A&r'on, Take thy rod, and cast it 20 And Mo'ses and AAr'on did so, before Pha'radh, and it shall be- as the Lord commanded; and he come a serpent. lifted up the rod, and smote the 10 5[ And Mo'ses and AAr'on went waters that were in the river, in the in unto Pha'radh, and they did so sight of Pha'radh, and in the sight as the Lord had commanded: and of his servants; and all the waters A&r'on cast down his rod before that were in the river were turned Pha'radh, and before his servants, to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the rivand it became a serpent. 11 Then Pha'radh also called the er died; and the river stank, and wise men and the sorcerers: now the fc-fc^p'tjans could not drink of the magicians of R'gypt, they also the water of the river; and there did in like manner with their en- was blood throughout all the land of E'AjhPt. chantments. 12 For they cast down every man 22 And the magicians of E'£#pt his rod, and they became serpents: did so with their enchantments: but Aftr'on’s rod swallowed up their and Pha'raoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; rods. 13 And he hardened Pha'raoh’s as the Lord had said. heart, that he hearkened not unto 23 And Pha'radh turned and went them; as the Lord had said. into his house, neither did he set 14 if And the Lord said unto Mo'- his heart to this also. ses, Pha'raoh’s heart zs hardened, 24 And all the £-£fp'tians digged he refuseth to let the people go. round about the river for water to 15 Get thee unto Pha'radh in the drink; for they could not drink of morning; lo, he goeth out unto the the water of the river. water; and thou shalt stand by the 25 And seven days were fulfilled, river’s brink against he come; and after that the Lord had smitten the rod which was turned to a ser- the river. pent shalt thou take in thine hand. CHAPTER 8 58 16 And thou shalt say unto him, 1 Egypt is smitten with frogs. 16 The The Lord God of the He'brews dust is turned to lice, which, the magihath sent me unto thee, saying, Let cians could not do. 2Q The plague of flies: Goshen excepted. 32 Pharaoh’s my people go, that they may serve heart still hardened. me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not AND the Lord spake unto Md'xx §es, Go unto Pha'radh, and hear. 17 Thus saith the Lord , In this say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , thou shalt know that I am the Let my people go, that they may Lord : behold, I will smite with serve me. the rod that is in mine hand upon 2 And if thou refuse to let them the waters which are in the river, go, behold, I will smite all thy borand they shall be turned to blood. ders with frogs: 18 And the fish that is in the river 3 And the river shall bring forth shall die, and the river shall stink; frogs abundantly, which shall go up and the £-&fo'tjans shall lothe to and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed. drink of the water of the river. 74 Original from Digitized by

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and into the house of thy servants, his heart, and hearkened not unto and upon thy people, and into thine them; as the Lord had said. ovens, and into thy kneading- 16 And the Lord said unto Mdtroughs: ses, Say unto Aar'on, Stretch out 4 And the frogs shall come up both thy rod, and smite the dust of the on thee, and upon thy people, and land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of fi'gjfot. upon all thy servants. 17 And they did so; for Aar'on 5 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, Say unto A^r'on, Stretch stretched out his hand with his rod, forth thine hand with thy rod over and smote the dust of the earth, the streams, over the rivers, and and it became lice in man, and in over the ponds, and cause frogs to beast; all the dust of the land become up upon the land of £'£$pt. came lice throughout all the land 6 And Aar'on stretched out his of E'gtfpt. hand over the waters of E'£fpt; and 18 And the magicians did so with die frogs came up, and covered the their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there land of E'typt. 7 And the magicians did so with were lice upon man, and upon their enchantments, and brought beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto up frogs upon the land of E'tfpt. 8 Then Pha'raoh called for Mo- Pha'raoh, This is the finger of God: ses and AAr'on, and said, Intreat and Pha'radh’s heart was hardened, the Lord , that he may take away and he hearkened not unto them; die frogs from me, and from my as the Lord had said. people; and I will let the people 20 T And the Lord said unto Mogo, that they may do sacrifice unto ses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pha'raoh; lo, he the Lord . 9 And Mo'ses said unto Pha'raoh, cometh forth to die water; and say Glory over me: when shall I in- unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let treat for thee, and for thy servants, my people go, that they may serve and for thy people, to destroy the me. frogs from thee and thy houses, 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my that they may remain in the river people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon only? 10 And he said, To morrow. And thy servants, and upon thy people, he said, Be it according to thy and into thy houses: and the word: that thou mayest know that houses of the £-£yp'tians shall be there is none like unto the Lord full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are, our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from 22 And I will sever in that day thee, and from thy houses, and the land of Go'shen, in which my from thy servants, and from thy people dwell, that no swarms of people; they shall remain in the flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD river only. 12 And Mo'ses and A&r'on went in the midst of the earth. out from Pha'raoh: and Mo'ses 23 And I will put a division becried unto the Lord because of tween my people and thy people: the frogs which he had brought to morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the Lord did so; and against Pha'raoh. 13 And the Lord did according to there came a grievous swarm of the word of Mo'ses: and the frogs flies into the house of Pha'raoh, died out of the houses, out of the and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of E'&tot: the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them to- land was corrupted by reason of gether upon heaps: and the land the swarm of flies, 25 And Pha'raoh called for Md'stank. ses and for Aar'on, and said, Go ye, 15 But when Pha'raoh saw that sacrifice to your God in the land. Ibere .was. respite, he 1 , igiri; from Digitized by Google 75? UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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26 And Mo'ses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the £-^p'tjans to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the E-typ'tjans before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 27 We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. 28 And Pha'raoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. 29 And Mo'ses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from PhA'radh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow : but let not PhA'radh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord . 30 And Mo'ses went out from PhA'radh, and intreated the Lord . 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Mo'ses; and he removed the swarms of flies from PhA'radh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pha'raoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. 59 CHAPTER 9

5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of £'£ypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Is'ra-el died not one. 7 And PhA'radh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Is'ra-el-ites dead. And the heart of PhA'radh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 And the Lord said unto Md'$es and unto AAr'on, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Mo'ses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of PhA'radh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of £'£h>t, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of £'£#pt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before PhA'radh; and Mo'ses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Mo'ses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the £-£&>'tjans. 12 And the Lord hardened the 1 The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague heart of PhA'radh, and he hearkof boils and blains. 22 The plague of ened not unto them; as the LORD hail. 27 Pharaoh pleads for relief, had spoken unto Md'ses. but remains obdurate. 13 II And the Lord said unto Md'HEN the Lord said unto Mo'- ses, Rise up early in the morning, ses, Go in unto PhA'radh, and and stand before PhA'radh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the He'brews, Let my people God of the He'brews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and go, and wilt hold them still, upon thy servants, and upon thy 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the people; that thou mayest know field, upon the horses, upon the that there is none like me in all the asses, upon the camels, upon the earth. oxen, and upon the sheep: there 15 For now I will stretch out my shall be a very grievous murrain. hand, that I may smite thee and 4 And the Lord shall sever be- thy people with pestilence; and tween the cattle of Is'ra-el and the thou shalt be cut off from the cattle of R'&tot: and there shall earth. nothing die of all that is the chil- 16 And in very deed for this cause dren’s of Is'ra-el. have I raised thee up, for to shew

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The plague of hail

in thee my power; and that my enough) that there be no more name may be declared throughout mighty thunderings and hail; and all the earth. I will let you go, and ye shall stay 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself no longer. against my people, that thou wilt 29 And Md'ses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, not let them go? 18 Behold, to morrow about this I will spread abroad my hands time I will cause it to rain a very unto the Lord ; and the thunder grievous hail, such as hath not shall cease, neither shall there be been in £'£fpt since the founda- any more hail; that thou mayest tion thereof even until now. know how that the earth is the 19 Send therefore now, and gather Lord ’s . thy cattle, and all that thou hast 30 But as for thee and thy servin the field; for upon every nlan ants, I know that ye will not yet and beast which shall be found in fear the Lord God. fixe field, and shall not be brought 31 And the flax and the barley home, the hail shall come down was smitten: for the barley was upon them, and they shall die. in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rie were 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of not smitten: for they were not Pha'radh made his servants and grown up. his cattle flee into the houses: 33 And Md'ses went out of the 21 And he that regarded not the City from Pha'radh, and spread word of the Lord left his serv- abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, ants and his cattle in the field. 22 H And the Lord said unto Md'- and the rain was not poured upon ses, Stretch forth thine hand to- the earth. ward heaven, that there may be 34 And when Pha'radh saw that hail in all the land of fi'fcfpt, upon the rain and the hail and the thunman, and upon beast, and upon ders were ceased, he sinned yet every herb of the field, throughout more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. file land of £'£fpt. 23 And Md'ses stretched forth his 35 And the heart of Pha'radh was rod toward heaven: and the Lord hardened, neither would he let the sent thunder and hail, and the fire children of Is'ra-el go; as the ran along upon the ground; and the Lord had spoken by Md'ses. Lord rained hail upon the land of CHAPTER 10 60 fi'fiypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire min- 1 Events preceding the sending of the locusts; 12 the plague. 21 The plague gled with the hail, very grievous, of darkness. 24 Pharaoh relents; 27 such as there was none like it in all out again refusesand threatens Moses. fixe land of £'g^pt since it became ND the Lord said unto Md'ses, a nation. u Go in unto Pha'radh: for I 25 And the hail smote throughout have hardened his heart, and the all the land of £'£fpt all that was in file field, both man and beast; and heart of his servants, that I might the hail smote every herb of the shew these my signs before him: field, and brake every tree of the 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s field. 26 Only in the land of Go'shen, son, what things I have wrought in where the children of I§'ra-el were, £'&fpt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may was there no hail. 27 And Pha'radh sent, and know how that I am the Lord . called for Md'ses and Afir'on, and 3 And Md'ses and Aar'on came in said unto them, I have sinned this unto Pha'radh, and said unto him, time: the Lord is righteous, and Thus saith the Lord God of the He'brews, How long wilt thou reland my people are wicked. 28 Intreat the Lord (for it is fuse to humble thyself before me? Original from 77 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able . to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the E-gyp'tjans; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pha'radh. 7 And Pha'radh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that E'Eypt is destroyed? 8 And Mo'ses and A&r'on were brought again unto Pha'radh: and he said unto them, Go serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go? 9And Mo'ses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; we must hold a feast unto the Lord . 10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. 11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord ; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pha'radh’s presence. 12 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of E'Eypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of E'gypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Mo'ses stretched forth his rod over the land of E'Eypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon Digitized by

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the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was* morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of E'gypt, and rested in all the coasts of E'fcypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of E'gypt. 16 HI Then Pha'radh called for Mo'ses and A&r'on in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pha'radh, and intreated the Lord . 19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of E'gypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pha'radh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Is'rg-el go. 21 HL And the Lord said unto Md'ses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of E'gypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Mo'ses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of E'gypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Is'ra-el had light in their dwellings. 24 HI And Pha'radh called unto Mo'ses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord ; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Mo'ses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt

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7 But against any of the children of Is'ra-el shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the t-£yp'tjans and is'ra-el. 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pha'radh in a great anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Pha'radh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in die land of £'&fot 10 And Mo'ses and Aar'on did all these wonders before Pha'radh: and the Lord hardened Pha'radh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of is'ra-el go out of his 1 The Israelites instructed to borrow land. jewels from their neighbors. 4 The CHAPTER 12 62 firstborn threatened with death. 1 The beginning of the Israelites ’ gear. ND the Lord said unto Mo'ses, 3 Directions concerning the passover. l Yet will I bring one plague 14, 43 It is ordained a memorial formore upon Pha'radh, and upon ever: the ordinance. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are £'££pt; afterwards he will let you driven forth; 37 they journey to Sucgo hence: when he shall let you coth. go, he shall surely thrust you out AND the Lord spake unto Mo'hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the xx ses and A&r'on in the land of people, and let every man borrow £'£ypt, saying, of his neighbour, and every woman 2This month shall be unto you of her neighbour, jewels of silver, the beginning of months: it shall and jewels of gold. be the first month of the year to 3 And the Lord gave the people you. favour in the sight of the £-£yp'- 3 Speak ye unto all the congretjans. Moreover the man Mo'ses gation of Is'ra-el, saying, In the was very great in the land of tenth day of this month they shall £'fc£pt, in the sight of Pha'raoh’s take to them every man a lamb, servants, and in the sight of the according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: people. 4 And Mo'ses said, Thus saith the 4 And if the household be too LORD, About midnight will I go out little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take into the midst of £'£fpt: 5 And all the firstborn in the land it according to the number of the of £'£?pt shall die, from the first- souls; every man according to his born of Pha'radh that sitteth upon eating shall make your count for his throne, even unto the firstborn the lamb. at the maidservant that is behind 5 Your lamb shall be without the mill: and all the firstborn of blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry or from the goats: throughout all the land of £'&fot, 6 And ye shall keep it up until the nth as there was none like it, nor fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the rtnfl.be like it any more. Original from 79 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the -Lord our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left*behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27 But the Lord hardened Pha'raoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pha'radh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And Mo'ses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. 61 CHAPTER 11

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congregation of Is'ra-el shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at aU with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord ’s passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of £'££pt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of £'&rpt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of £'£h>t I will execute judgment: I am the Lord . 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy pou, when I smite the land of fi'fcypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye Shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Is'ra-el. 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no maimer of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of fi'Sfpt: Digitized by

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therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 H In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Is'ra-el, whether he be a stranger, or bom in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 21 y Then Mo'ses called for all the elders of Is'ra-el, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the £-&rp'tjans; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you. What mean ye by this service? 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord ’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Is'ra-el in £'fcjtot, when he smote the £-£fp'tjans, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Is'ra-el went away, and did as the Lord

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40 H Now the sojourning of the children of Is'ra-el, who dwelt in £'A#pt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of £'£#pt 42 It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of E'Afrt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Is'ra-el in their generations. 43 And the Lord said unto Md'ses and AAr'pn, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou has circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Is'ra-el shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord , let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is bom in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is homebom, and unto the stranger that sojoumeth among you. 50Thus did all the children of Is'ra-el; as the Lord commanded Md'ses and AAr'on, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Is'ra-el out of the land of S'&fot by their armies. CHAPTER 13 63

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AND the Lord spake unto M6'xx $es, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Is'ra-el, both of man and of beast; it is mine. 3 H And Mo'ses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from E'fcypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this Place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out in the month A'bib. 5 T And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the C&'nAan-ites, and the HIt'tites, and the Am'dr-ites, and the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'u-sites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 H And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of E'&fot. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord ’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of E'i^pt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. 11 1 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Ca'nAan-ites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord ’s . Digitized by

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13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from E'gfpt, from the house of bondage: 15And it came to pass, when Pha'radh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of R'£$pt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males, but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. 16And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of E'Eypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pha'radh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Phi-lis'tines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to E'Efpt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of is'ra-el went up harnessed out of the land of E'fcypt. 19 And Mo'ses took the bones of Jo'seph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of is'ra-el, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 1[ And they took their journey from Suc'coth, and encamped in E'tham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

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11 And they said unto Md'ses, Because there were no graves in £'£^pt, hast thou taken us away to die. in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of E'&ypt? 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in £'£ypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the £-feyp'tjans? For it had been better for us to serve the £-£fp'tjans, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Md'ses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord , which he will shew to you to day: for the £-£yp'tjans whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 And the Lord said unto Md'ses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of is'ra-el, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Is'ra-el shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the £-£yp'tjans, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pha'radh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the £-£jfo'tians shall know that I am the Lord , when I have gotten me honour upon Pha'radh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Is'ra-el, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the £-gyp'tjans and the camp of Is'ra-el; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21And Md'ses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord

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caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Is'ra-el went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And the fi-fcjfo'tjans pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Ph&'radh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the '£-£fp'tians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the fi-fch>'tians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the £-&to'tians said, Let us flee from the face of Is'ra-el; for the LORD fighteth for them a gain st the £-£yp'tian$. 26 And the LORD said unto Md'ses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the fc-fcjfo'tjans, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Md'ses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the tjans fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the fi-gfp'tjans in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Ph&'radh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Is'ra-el walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 Thus the Lord saved Is'ra-el that day out of the hand of the £-£fp'tians; and Is'ra-el saw the fi-£fp'tjans dead upon the sea shore. 31 And Is'ra-el saw that great work which the Lord did upon the £-&p'tjans: and the people feared Digitized by

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forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of PAl-es-ti'nd. 15 Then the dukes of £'dom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Md'ab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Ca'nAan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord , till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord , which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord , which thy hands have established. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horse of Phfi'radh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of is'ra-el went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 IF And Mir'i-am the prophetess, the sister of AAr'pn, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Mir'i-am answered them, Sing ye to the Lord , for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 So Mo'ses brought Is'ra-el from die Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shfir; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 5 And when they came to Ma'rah, they could not drink of the waters of Ma'rah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called MA'rah. 24 And the people murmured against Md'ses, saying, What shall we drink? 26 And he cried unto the Lord ; Digitized by

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and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into die waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the £-&b>'tjans: for I am the Lord that healeth thee. 27 And they came to £'Um, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by die waters. CHAPTER 16 66 1 Israel tourneys to Sin. 2 Lacking food, they murmur. 11 Quails, 14 and manna are sent. 25 It is not found on the sabbath. 32 An omer of it is preserved before the Testimony.

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EXODUS, 16 shall be twice as much as they gather daily. * 6 And Mo'ses and AAr'pn said unto all the children of Is'ra-el, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of fi'gypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord : and what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Mo'ses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord . 9 If And Mo'ses spake unto A£r'pn, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Is'ra-el, Come near before the Lord : for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as A^r'on spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Is'ra-el, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 If And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Is'ra-el: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up , and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Is'ra-el saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Mo'ses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. Digitized by

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16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17 And the children of Is'ra-el did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did inete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Mo'ses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Mo'ses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Mo'ses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 II And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mo'ses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Mo'ses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Mo'ses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 1 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

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mured against Md'ses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of E'&fot, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Mo'ses cried unto the Lord , saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Is'ra-el; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Ho'reb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of . it, that the people may drink. And Mo'ses did so in the sight of the elders of Is'ra-el. 7 And he called the name of the place Mas'sah, and Mer'i-bah, because of the chiding of the children of Is'ra-el, and because they tempted tiie Lord , saying, Is the Lord among us, or not? 8 Then came Am'a-lek, and fought with Is'ra-el in Reph'i-dim. 9 And Mo'ses said unto Jdsh'u-A, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Am'a-lek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Josh'u-a did as Mo'ses had said to him, and fought with Am'a1 Israel journeys to Rephidim; they lek : and Mo'ses, Aar'on, and Hfir murmur for lack of water. 5 God com- went up to the top of the hill. mands Moses to smite the rock in 11 And it came to pass, when Md'ELoreb. 8 Amalek is defeated. 15 ses held up his hand, that Is'ra-el Moses builds an altar. prevailed: and when he let down ND all the congregation of the his hand, Am'a-lek prevailed. k children of Is'ra-el journeyed 12 But Mo'ses’ hands were heavy; from the wilderness of Sin, after and they took a stone, and put it their journeys, according to the under him, and he sat thereon; and commandment of the Lord , and Aar'on and Hur stayed up his pitched in Reph'i-dim: and there hands, the one on the one side, was no water for the people to and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide the going down of the sun. with Mo'ses, and said, Give us 13 And Josh'u-a discomfited Am'water that we may drink. And a-lek and his people with the edge Md'ges said unto them, Why chide of the sword. ye with me? wherefore do ye 14 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Write this for a memorial in a tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there book, and rehearse it in the ears of m water; and the people mur- Josh'u-A: for I will utterly put out 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of Is'ra-el called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 And Mo'ses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of B'tfpt. 33 And Mo'ses said unto AAr'on, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord , to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord commanded Mo'ses, so AAr'on laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of is'ra-el did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Ca'nAan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth Part of an ephah. 67 CHAPTER 17

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the remembrance of Am'a-l&k from under heaven. 15 And Mo'ses built an altar, and called the name of it Jfc-hd'vahnis'si: 16 For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Am'a-l&k from generation to generation.

10 And Jfe'thrd said, Blessed be the Lord , who hath delivered you out of the hand of the £-ft$p'tjans, and out of the hand of Phfi'ratih, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the t-ifp'tjans. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly 68 CHAPTER 18 he was above them. 1 Jethro brings to Moses his wife and 12 And J&'thrd, Mo'ses’ father in two sons. 7 He is welcomed. 13 His law, took a burnt offering and sacadvice to Moses is accepted. 27 He rifices for God: and AAr'on came, departs. and all the elders of Is'ra-el, to eat HEN JS'thrd, the priest of bread with Mo'ses’ father in law MId'I-an, Mo'ses’ father in before God. law, heard of all that God had done 13 And it came to pass on the for Mo'ses, and for Is'ra-el his peo- morrow, that Mo'ses sat to judge ?le, and that the Lord had brought the people: and die people stood s'ra-el out of E'fcypt; by Mo'ses from the morning unto 2 Then JS'thrd, Mo'ses’ father in the evening. law, took Zlp-po'rah, Mo'ses’ wife, 14And when Mo'ses’ father in after he had sent her back, law saw all that he did to the peo3 And her two sons; of which the ple, he said, What is this thing that name of the one was Ger'shdm; thou doest to the people? why sitfor he said, I have been an alien test thou thyself alone, and all the in a strange land: people stand by thee from morn4 And the name of the other was ing unto even? £-li-e'zer; for the God of my fa- 15 And Mo'ses said unto his father, said he, was mine help, and ther in law, Because the*people delivered me from the sword of come unto me to enquire of God: Phft'raoh: 16 When they have a matter, they 5 And Je'thrd, Mo'ses’ father in come unto me; and I judge belaw, came with his sons and his tween one and another, and I do wife unto Mo'ses into the wilder- make them know the statutes of ness, where he encamped at the God, and his laws. mount of God: 17 And Mo'ses’ father in law said 6 And he said unto Mo'ses* I thy unto him, The thing that thou dofather in law Je'thrd am come unto est is not good. thee, and thy wife, and her two 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is sons with her. 7 1[ And Mo'ses went out to meet with thee: for this thing is too his father in law, and did obeisance, heavy for thee; thou art not able and kissed him; and they asked to perform it thyself alone. each other of their welfare; and 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God they came into the tent. 8 And Mo'ses told his father in law shall be with thee: Be thou for the all that the Lord had done unto people to God-ward, that thou inayPh&'radh and to the t-fcfp'tjans for est bring the causes unto God: Is'ra-el’s sake, and all the travail 20 And thou shalt teach them orthat had come upon them by the dinances and laws, and shalt shew way, and how the Lord delivered them the way wherein they must tiiem. walk, and the work that they must 9 And J&'thrd rejoiced for all the do. goodness which the Lord had done 21 Moreover thou shalt provide to Is'ra-el, whom he had delivered out of all the people able men, such out of the hand of the fi-tfp'tjang. as fear God, men of truth, hating

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Israel comes to Sinai covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. 24 So Mo'ses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Mo'ses chose able men out of all is'ra-el, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at til seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Mo'ses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 And Mo'ses let his father in law depart; and he went his way mto his own land.

you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Is'ra-el. 7 1 And Mo'ses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord . 9 And the Lord said unto Md'ses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mo'ses told the words of the people unto the Lord . 10 TAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD 69 CHAPTER 19 will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Si'nai. 1 Israel comes to Sinai. 3 The Lord 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto speaks to Israel through Moses; 8 their answer. 10 They are prepared for the the people round about, saying, third day. 16 The fearful presence of Take heed to yourselves, that ve the Lord upon the mount. go not up into the mount, or touch ff the third month, when the the border of it: whosoever touchchildren of Is'ra-el were gone eth the mount shall be surely put forth out of the land of fi'&fot, theto death: same day came they into the wil- 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or derness of Si'nai. 2 For they were departed from shot through; whether it be beast Rgph'I-dim, and were come to the or man, it shall not live: when the desert of Si'nfii, and had pitched trumpet soundeth long, they shall in the wilderness; and there is'- come up to the mount. 14 And Mo'ses went down from nhel camped before the mount. 3 And Mo'ses went up unto God, the mount unto the people, and and the Lord called unto him out sanctified the people; and they of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt washed their clothes. thou say to the house of Ja'cob, and 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: teQ die children of Is'ra-el; 4 Ye have seen what I did unto come not at your wives. the B-Afp'tjans* and how I bare 16 And it came to pass on the

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third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Mo'ses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Si'nai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as die smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Mo'ses spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Si'nai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Mouses up to the top of the mount; and Mo'ses went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Md'ses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. 23 And Mo'ges said unto the Lord , The people cannot come up to mount Si'nai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and AAr'on with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord , lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Mo'ses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

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3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made ' heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his,manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and

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A body of laws the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Md'ses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Md'ses said unto the people, Fear not: For God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not 21And the people stood afar off, and Md'ses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 IfAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of ls'ra-el, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 H An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy bupit offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. 71 CHAPTER 21 1 Laws for manservants; 7 for womenservants; 12 for manslaughter; 16 for stealers of men; 17 for cursers of parents; for smiters; 22 for a chance hurt; 28 for a vicious ox.

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or daughters: the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 51 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. 8If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 J He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 5[ And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 51 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 51 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 5[ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall

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p a y f o r t h e l o s s of hi s ti m e, a n d o r if a m a n s h all di g a pit, a n d n ot s h all c a u s e hi m t o b e t h o r o u g hl y c o v e r it, a n d a n o x o r a n a s s f all t h e r ei n; h e al e d. 2 0 V A n d if a m a n s mit e hi s s e r v - 3 4 T h e o w n e r of t h e pit s h all m a k e a nt, o r hi s m ai d, wit h a r o d, a n d it g o o d, a n d gi v e m o n e y u nt o t h e h e di e u n d e r hi s h a n d; h e s h all b e o w n e r of t h e m; a n d t h e d e a d b e a st s u r el y p u ni s h e d. s h all b e hi s. 2 1 N ot wit h st a n di n g, if h e c o n 3 5 5 1 A n d if o n e m a n ’s o x h u rt a n ti n u e a d a y o r t w o, h e s h all n ot b e ot h e r s, t h at h e di e; t h e n t h e y s h all p u ni s h e d : f o r h e i s hi s m o n e y. s ell t h e li v e o x, a n d di vi d e t h e 2 2 5 1 If m e n st ri v e, a n d h u rt a w o - m o n e y of it; a n d t h e d e a d o x al s o m a n wit h c hil d, s o t h at h e r f r uit t h e y s h all di vi d e. d e p a rt f r o m h e r, a n d y et n o mi s - 3 6 O r if it b e k n o w n t h at t h e o x c hi ef f oll o w: h e s h all b e s u r el y h at h u s e d t o p u s h i n ti m e p a st, a n d p u ni s h e d, a c c o r di n g a s t h e w o- hi s o w n e r h at h n ot k e pt hi m i n; h e m a n ’s h u s b a n d will l a y u p o n hi m; s h all s u r el y p a y o x f o r o x; a n d t h e a n d h e s h all p a y a s t h e j u d g e s d e - d e a d s h all b e hi s o w n. t e r mi n e. 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F a m a n s h all st e al a n o x, o r a 2 6 1 A n d if a m a n s mit e t h e e y e of s h e e p, a n d kill it, o r s ell it; h e hi s s e r v a nt, o r t h e e y e of hi s m ai d, s h all r e st o r e fi v e o x e n f o r a n o x, t h at it p e ri s h; h e s h all l et hi m g o a n d f o u r s h e e p f o r a s h e e p. f r e e f o r hi s e y e ’s s a k e. 2 5f If a t hi ef b e f o u n d b r e a ki n g 2 7 A n d if h e s mit e o ut hi s m a n s e r v - u p , a n d b e s mitt e n t h at h e di e, a nt ’s t o ot h, o r hi s m ai d s e r v a nt ’s t h e r e s h all n o bl o o d b e s h e d f o r t o ot h; h e s h all l et hi m g o f r e e f o r hi m. hi s t o ot h ’s s a k e. 3 If t h e s u n b e ri s e n u p o n hi m, 2 8 5f If a n o x g o r e a m a n o r a w o - t h e r e s h all b e bl o o d s h e d f o r hi m : m a n, t h at t h e y di e: t h e n t h e o x f o r h e s h o ul d m a k e f ull r e stit uti o n; s h all b e s u r el y st o n e d, a n d hi s if h e h a v e n ot hi n g, t h e n h e s h all b e fl e s h s h all n ot b e e at e n; b ut t h e s ol d f o r hi s t h eft. o w n e r of t h e o x s h all b e q uit. 4 If t h e t h eft b e c e rt ai nl y f o u n d 2 9 B ut if t h e o x w e r e w o nt t o p u s h i n hi s h a n d ali v e, w h et h e r it b e o x, wit h hi s h o r n i n ti m e p a st, a n d it o r a s s, o r s h e e p; h e s h all r e st o r e h at h b e e n t e stifi e d t o hi s o w n e r, d o u bl e. 5 1 If a m a n s h all c a u s e a fi el d o r a n d h e h at h n ot k e pt hi m i n, b ut t h at h e h at h kill e d a m a n o r a w o - vi n e y a r d t o b e e at e n, a n d s h all p ut m a n; t h e o x s h all b e st o n e d, a n d i n hi s b e a st, a n d s h all f e e d i n a n hi s o w n e r al s o s h all b e p ut t o d e at h. ot h e r m a n ’s fi el d; of t h e b e st of hi s 3 0 If t h e r e b e l ai d o n hi m a s u m o w n fi el d, a n d of t h e b e st of hi s of m o n e y, t h e n h e s h all gi v e f o r o w n vi n e y a r d, s h all h e m a k e r e sti t h e r a n s o m of hi s lif e w h at s o e v e r t uti o n. 6 If If fi r e b r e a k o ut, a n d c at c h i n i s l ai d u p o n hi m. 3 1 W h et h e r h e h a v e g o r e d a s o n, t h o r n s, s o t h at t h e st a c k s of c o r n, o r h a v e g o r e d a d a u g ht e r, a c c o r d - o r t h e st a n di n g c o m, o r t h e fi el d, b e i n g t o t hi s j u d g m e nt s h all it b e c o n s u m e d t h e r e wit h; h e t h at ki n dl e d t h e fi r e s h all s u r el y m a k e r e s d o n e u nt o hi m. 3 2 If t h e o x s h all p u s h a m a n s e r v - tit uti o n. a nt o r a m ai d s e r v a nt; h e s h all 7 5 1 If a m a n s h all d eli v e r u nt o hi s gi v e u nt o t h ei r m a st e r t hi rt y s h e k - n ei g h b o u r m o n e y o r st uff t o k e e p, el s of sil v e r, a n d t h e o x s h all b e a n d it b e st ol e n o ut of t h e m a n ’s h o u s e; if t h e t hi ef b e f o u n d, l et st o n e d. 3 3 5f A n d if a m a n s h all o p e n a pit, hi m p a y d o u bl e. 92 Ori gi n al fr o m

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the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challenged! to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: 11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be tom in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was tom. 14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it

£'tfpt 22 If Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25 if If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Tf Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 J Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. good. 31 1f And ye shall be holy men 15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: unto me: neither shall ye eat any if it be an hired thing, it came for flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. his hire. 16 And if a man entice a maid CHAPTER 23 73 that is not betrothed, and lie with 1 Concerning slander and false witness; her, he shall surely endow her to 3, 6 justice; 4 charitableness; 10 the he his wife. seventh year; 12 the sabbath; the three feasts to be kept. 20 An Angel is to go 17 If her father utterly refuse to before them give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of HOU shalt not raise a false report : put not thine hand with ^VThou shalt not suffer a witch the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. to five. 19 K Whosoever lieth with a beast 2 IT Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt shall surely be put to death. 20H He that sacrificeth unto any thou speak in a cause to decline god, save unto the Lord only, he after many to wrest judgment: Asli be utterly destroyed. 3 1f Neither shalt thou counte11 K Thou shalt neither vex a nance a poor man in his cause. granger, nor oppress him: for ye 4 If If thou meet thine enemy’s

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ox or his ass going astray, thou 17 Three times in the year all thy shalt surely bring it back to him males shall appear before the Lord God . again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood hateth thee bong under his burden, of my sacrifice with leavened bread; and wouldest forbear to help him, neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. thou shalt surely help with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judg- 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy ment of thy poor in his cause. land thou shalt bring into the house 7 Keep thee far from a false mat- of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt ter; and the innocent and righteous not seethe a kid in his mother’s slay thou not: for I will not justify milk. the wicked. 20 H Behold, I send an Angel be8If And thou shalt take no gift: fore thee, to keep thee in the way, for the gift blindeth the wise, and and to bring thee into the place perverteth the words of the right- which I have prepared. eous. 21 Beware of him, and obey his 9 If Also thou shalt not oppress a voice, provoke him not; for he stranger: for ye know the heart of will not pardon your transgresa stranger, seeing ye were strangers sions : for my name is in him. in the land of £'£#pt. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey 10 And six years thou shalt sow his voice, and do all that I speak; thy land, and shalt gather in the then I will be an enemy unto thine fruits thereof: enemies, and an adversary unto 11 But the seventh year thou shalt thine adversaries. let it rest and lie still; that the poor 23 For mine Angel shall go before of thy people may eat: and what thee, and bring thee in unto the they leave the beasts of the field Am'dr-ites, and the HIt'tites, and shall eat. In like manner thou the Per'iz-zites, and the Ca'nAanshalt deal with thy vineyard, and ites, the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'uwith thy oliveyard. sites: and I will cut them off. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy 24 Thou shalt not bow down to work, and on the seventh day thou their gods, nor serve them, nor do shalt rest: that thine ox and thine after their works: but thou shalt ass may rest, and the son of thy utterly overthrow them, and quite handmaid, and the stranger, may break down their images. be refreshed. 25 And ye shall serve the Lord 13 And in all things that I have your God, and he shall bless thy said unto you be circumspect: and bread, and thy water; and I will make no mention of the name of take sickness away from the midst other gods, neither let it be heard of thee. out of thy mouth. 26 H There shall nothing cast their 14 If Three times thou shalt keep young, nor be barren, in thy land: a feast unto me in the year. the number of thy days I will fulfil. 15 Thou shall keep the feast of 271 will send my fear before thee, unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat and will destroy all the people to unleavened bread seven days, as I whom thou shalt come, and I will commanded thee, in the time ap- make all thine enemies turn their pointed of the month A'bib; for in it backs unto thee. thou earnest out from E'typt: and 28 And I will send hornets before none shall appear before me empty:) thee, which shall drive out the Hi'16 And the feast of harvest, the vite, the Ca'naan-ite, and the BHt'firstfruits of thy labours, which tite, from before thee. thou hast sown in the field: and 29 I will not drive them out from the feast of ingathering, which is before thee in one year; lest the in the end of the year, when thou land become desolate, and the hast gathered in thy labours out beast of the field multiply againg^ thee. of the field. 94 Original from Digitized by

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30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31 AndT will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Phi-lis'tines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. 74 CHAPTER 24 1 Moses is called up into the mount. 3 Israel promises obedience. 9 The glory of God appears. 14 Aaron and Hur are left in charge.

8 And Md'ses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. 9 1 Then went up Mo'ses, and AAr'on, Na'dAb, and A-brhu, and. seventy of the elders of Is'ra-el: 10 And they saw the God of Is'ra-el : and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Is'ra-el he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 And the Lord said unto Md'ses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments, which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Md'ses rose up, and his minister Josh'u-A: and Md'ses went up into the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, AAr'on and Hfir are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Md'ses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Si'nAi, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Md'ses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Is'ra-el. 18 And Md'ses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Md'ses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

AND he said unto Md'ses, Come xx up unto the Lord , thou, and Adrion, Na'dfib, and A-bi'hu, and seventy of the elders of is'ra-el; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Mo'ses alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall no,t come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Md'ses came and told the people all the words of the Lord , and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said. All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Mo'ses wrote all the words of the Lord , and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Is'ra-el. 5 And he sent young men of the children of is'ra-el, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord . 6 And Mo'ses took half of the CHAPTER 25 75 Mood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on 1 Articles Israel is to offer for the making of the tabernacle. 10 The plan of file altar. the ark; 17 of the mercy seat; 23 of the 7 And he took the book of the table; 31 of the golden candlestick. covenant, and read in the audience > o n t h y b r ot h e r, a n d hi s s o n s s o c k et s of b r a s s; t h e h o o k s of t h e wit h hi m, f r o m a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n pill a r s a n d t h ei r fill et s of sil v e r. of i s' r g- el, t h at h e m a y mi ni st e r 1 2 I T A n d f o r t h e b r e a dt h of t h e u nt o m e i n t h e p ri e st ’s offi c e, e v e n c o u rt o n t h e w e st si d e s h all b e A a r' o n, N a' d a b a n d A- bi' h u, £-l eh a n g i n g s of fift y c u bit s : t h ei r pill a r s a' z a r a n d It h' a- m a r, A a r' o n ’s s o n s. t e n, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s t e n. 2 A n d t h o u s h alt m a k e h ol y g a r1 3 A n d t h e b r e a dt h of t h e c o u rt o n m e nt s f o r A a r' o n t h y b r ot h e r f o r t h e e a st si d e e a st w a r d s h all b e fift y gl o r y a n d f o r b e a ut y. 3 A n d t h o u s h alt s p e a k u nt o all c u bit s. 1 4 T h e h a n gi n g s of o n e si d e of t h e t h at a r e wi s e h e a rt e d, w h o m I h a v e V ot e s h all b e fift e e n c u bit s: t h ei r fill e d wit h t h e s pi rit of wi s d o m, t h at pill a r s t h r e e, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s t h r e e. t h e y m a y m a k e A a r' o n ’s g a r m e nt s 1 5 A n d o n t h e ot h e r si d e s h all b e t o c o n s e c r at e hi m, t h at h e i n a y mi n h a n gi n g s fift e e n c u bit s: t h ei r pil - i st e r u nt o m e i n t h e p ri e st ’s offi c e. l a r s t h r e e, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s t h r e e. 4 A n d t h e s e a r e t h e g a r m e nt s 99 Ori gi n al fr o m

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which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Air'on thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of is'ra-el: 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of is'ra-el: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Is'ra-el: and A£r'Qn shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, 4 and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt tbou make it 16 Foursquare it shall be being

doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. 21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Is'ra-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 U And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

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29 And Adr'on shall bear the names of the children of Is'ra-el in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy Place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 H And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the tJ'rim and the Thum'mim; and they shall be upon Adrion’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Adrion shall bear the judgment of die children of fs'ra-el upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 51 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in die top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Adrion to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord , and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Adrion’s forehead, that Adrion may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Is'ra-el shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord . 391 And thou shalt embroider the cost of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of

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40 And for Adrion’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Adrion thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 43 And they shall be upon Adrion, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. CHAPTER 29 79 1 The manner of consecrating the priests. 38 The daily morning and evening sacrifices. 45 God will dwell among

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A A r' o n, a n d u p o n t h e ti p of t h e 8 A n d t h o u s h alt b ri n g hi s s o n s, ri g ht e a r of hi s s o n s, a n d u p o n t h e a n d p ut c o at s u p o n t h e m. t h u m b of t h ei r ri g ht h a n d, a n d u p o n 9 A n d t h o u s h alt gi r d t h e m wit h t h e g r e at t o e of t h ei r ri g ht f o ot, a n d gi r dl e s, A & r' o n a n d hi s s o n s, a n d s p ri n kl e t h e bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r p ut t h e b o n n et s o n t h e m : a n d t h e r o u n d a b o ut. p ri e st ’s offi c e s h all b e t h ei r ’s f o r a 2 1 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e of t h e p e r p et u al st at ut e: a n d t h o u s h alt bl o o d t h at i s u p o n t h e alt a r, a n d c o n s e c r at e A & r' o n a n d hi s s o n s. of t h e a n oi nti n g oil, a n d s p ri n kl e 1 0 A n d t h o u s h alt c a u s e a b ull o c k it u p o n A a r' o n, a n d u p o n hi s g a r t o b e b r o u g ht b ef o r e t h e t a b e r- m e nt s, a n d u p o n hi s s o n s, a n d u p o n n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n: a n d t h e g a r m e nt s of hi s s o n s wit h hi m : A A r' o n a n d hi s s o n s s h all p ut t h ei r a n d h e s h all b e h all o w e d, a n d hi s h a n d s u p o n t h e h e a d of t h e b ul - g a r m e nt s, a n d hi s s o n s, a n d hi s l o c k. s o n s ’ g a r m e nt s wit h hi m. 1 1 A n d t h o u s h alt kill t h e b ull o c k 2 2 Al s o t h o u s h alt t a k e of t h e r a m b ef o r e t h e L o r d , b v t h e d o o r of t h e f at a n d t h e r u m p, a n d t h e f at Hi e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g a - t h at c o v e r et h t h e i n w a r d s, a n d t h e ti o n. c a ul a b o v e t h e li v e r, a n d t h e t w o 1 2 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e of t h e ki d n e y s, a n d t h e f at t h at i s u p o n bl o o d of t h e b ull o c k, a n d p ut it t h e m, a n d t h e ri g ht s h o ul d e r; f o r it u p o n t h e h o r n s of t h e alt a r wit h i s a r a m of c o n s e c r ati o n : t h y fi n g e r, a n d p o u r all t h e bl o o d 2 3 A n d o n e l o af of b r e a d, a n d o n e b e si d e t h e b ott o m of t h e alt a r. c a k e of oil e d b r e a d, a n d o n e w af e r 1 3 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e all t h e f at o ut of t h e b a s k et of t h e u nl e a v e n e d t h at c o v e r et h t h e i n w a r d s, a n d t h e b r e a d t h at i s b ef o r e t h e L o r d : c a ul t h at i s a b o v e t h e li v e r, a n d t h e 2 4 A n d t h o u s h alt p ut all i n t h e t w o ki d n e y s, a n d t h e f at t h at i s h a n d s of A a r' o n, a n d i n t h e h a n d s u p o n t h e m, a n d b u r n t h e m u p o n of hi s s o n s; a n d s h alt w a v e t h e m t h e alt a r. f o r a w a v e off e ri n g b ef o r e t h e 1 4 B ut t h e fl e s h of t h e b ull o c k, L o r d . < a n d hi s s ki n, a n d hi s d u n g, s h alt 2 5 A n d t h o u s h alt r e c ei v e t h e m t h o u b u m wit h fi r e wit h o ut t h e of t h ei r h a n d s, a n d b u m t h e m u p o n c a m p : it i s a si n off e ri n g. t h e alt a r f o r a b u r nt off e ri n g, f o r a 1 5 If T h o u s h alt al s o t a k e o n e s w e et s a v o u r b ef o r e t h e L o r d : it r a m; a n d A & r' o n a n d hi s s o n s s h all i s a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e p ut t h ei r h a n d s u p o n t h e h e a d of L o r d . t h e r a m. 2 6 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e t h e b r e a st 1 6 A n d t h o u s h alt sl a y t h e r a m, of t h e r a m of A A r' o n ’s c o n s e c r ati o n, a n d t h o u s h alt t a k e hi s bl o o d, a n d a n d w a v e it f o r a w a v e off e ri n g b e s p ri n kl e it r o u n d a b o ut u p o n t h e f o r e t h e L o r d : a n d it s h all b e alt a r. t h y p a rt. 1 7 A n d t h o u s h alt c ut t h e r a m i n 2 7 A n d t h o u s h alt s a n ctif y t h e pi e c e s, a n d w a s h t h e i n w a r d s of b r e a st of t h e w a v e off e ri n g, a n d t h e hi m, a n d hi s l e g s, a n d p ut t h e m s h o ul d e r of t h e h e a v e off e ri n g, u nt o hi s pi e c e s, a n d u nt o hi s h e a d. w hi c h i s w a v e d, a n d w hi c h is 1 8 A n d t h o u s h alt b u m t h e w h ol e h e a v e d u p, of t h e r a m of t h e c o n r a m u p o n t h e alt a r: it i s a b u r nt s e c r ati o n, e v e n of t h at w hi c h i s f o r off e ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d : it i s a A a r' q h , a n d of t h at w hi c h i s f o r hi s s w e et s a v o u r, a n off e ri n g m a d e b y s o n s : fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d . 2 8 A n d it s h all b e A & r' o n ’s a n d 1 9 1 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e t h e ot h e r hi s s o n s ’ b y a st at ut e f o r e v e r f r o m r a m; a n d A a r' o n a n d hi s s o n s s h all t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el: f o r it i s p ut t h ei r h a n d s u p o n t h e h e a d of a n h e a v e off e ri n g : a n d it s h all b e t h e r a m. a n h e a v e off e ri n g f r o m t h e c hil 2 0 T h e n s h alt t h o u kill t h e r a m, d r e n of i s' r a- el of t h e s a c rifi c e of 102 Ori gi n al fr o m Di giti z e d b y

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t h ei r p e a c e off e ri n g s, e v e n t h ei r h e a v e off e ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d . 29 A n d t h e h ol y g a r m e nt s of A £ r' o n s h all b e hi s s o n s ’ aft e r hi m, t o b e a n oi nt e d t h e r ei n, a n d t o b e c o n s e c r at e d i n t h e m. 3 0 A n d t h at s o n t h at i s p ri e st i n hi s st e a d s h all p ut t h e m o n s e v e n d a y s, w h e n h e c o m et h i nt o t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n t o mi ni st e r i n t h e h ol y pl a c e. 3 1 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e t h e r a m of t h e c o n s e c r ati o n, a n d s e et h e hi s fl e s h i n t h e h ol y pl a c e. 3 2 A n d A A r' o n a n d hi s s o n s s h all e at t h e fl e s h of t h e r a m, a n d t h e b r e a d t h at z s i n t h e b a s k et, b v t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. 3 3 A n d t h e y s h all e at t h o s e t hi n g s w h e r e wit h t h e at o n e m e nt w a s m a d e, t o c o n s e c r at e a n d t o s a n ctif y t h e m : b ut a st r a n g e r s h all n ot e at t h e r e of, b e c a u s e t h e y a r e h ol y. 3 4 A n d if o u g ht of t h e fl e s h of t h e c o n s e c r ati o n s, o r of t h e b r e a d, r e m ai n u nt o t h e m o r ni n g, t h e n t h o u s h alt b u r n t h e r e m ai n d e r wit h fi r e: it s h all n ot b e e at e n, b e c a u s e it i s h ol y. 3 5 A n d t h u s s h alt t h o u d o u nt o Ai r 7 o n, a n d t o hi s s o n s, a c c o r di n g t o all t hi n g s w hi c h I h a v e c o m ma nded t h e e: s e v e n d a y s s h alt t h o u c o n s e c r at e t h e m. 3 6 A n d t h o u s h alt off e r e v e r y d a y a b ull o c k f o r a si n off e ri n g f o r at o n e m e nt: a n d t h o u s h alt cl e a n s e t h e alt a r, w h e n t h o u h a st m a d e a n at o n e m e nt f o r it, a n d t h o u s h alt a n oi nt it, t o s a n ctif y it. 3 7 S e v e n d a y s t h o u s h alt m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r t h e alt a r; a n d s a n c tif y it; a n d it s h all b e a n alt a r m o st h ol y: w h at s o e v e r t o u c h et h fil e alt a r s h all b e h ol y. 3 8 N o w t hi s i s t h at w hi c h t h o u S h alt off e r u p o n t h e alt a r; t w o l a m b s of t h e fi r st y e a r d a y b y d a y c o nti n u all y. 3 9 T h e o n e l a m b t h o u s h alt off e r i n t h e m o r ni n g; a n d t h e ot h e r l a m b t h o u s h alt off e r at e v e n : 4 0 A n d wit h t h e o n e l a m b a t e nt h d e al of fl o u r mi n gl e d wit h t h e f o u rt h p a rt of a n hi n of b e at e n oil; a n d t h e f o u rt h p a rt of a n hi n of w m e f a r * d ri n k off e ri n g. -

4 1 A n d t h e ot h e r l a m b t h o u s h alt off e r at e v e n, a n d s h alt d o t h e r et o a c c o r di n g t o t h e m e at off e ri n g of t h e m o r ni n g, a n d a c c o r di n g t o t h e d ri n k off e ri n g t h e r e of, f o r a s w e et s a v o u r, a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d . 4 2 T hi s s h all b e a c o nti n u al b u r nt off e ri n g t h r o u g h o ut y o u r g e n e r a ti o n s at t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n b ef o r e t h e L o r d : w h e r e I will m e et y o u, t o s p e a k t h e r e u nt o t h e e. 4 3 A n d t h e r e I will m e et wit h t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el, a n d t h e t a b e r n a cl e s h all b e s a n ctifi e d b y m y gl o r y. 4 4 A n d I will s a n ctif y t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, a n d t h e alt a r: I will s a n ctif y al s o b ot h A A r' o n a n d hi s s o n s, t o mi ni st e r t o m e i n t h e p ri e st ’s offi c e. 4 5 1 A n d I will d w ell a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el, a n d will b e t h ei r G o d. 4 6 A n d t h e y s h all k n o w t h at I a m t h e L o r d t h ei r G o d, t h at b r o u g ht t h e m f o rt h o ut of t h e l a n d of V & M, t h at I m a y d w ell a m o n g t h e m: I a m t h e L o r d t h ei r G o d. C H A P TE R 30 80

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6 And thou shalt put it before the 17 5F And the Lord spake unto vail that is by the ark of the testi- Md'ses saying, mony, before the mercy seat that 18 Thou shalt also make a laver is over the testimony, where I will of brass, and his foot also of brass, meet with thee. to wash withal: and thou shalt put 7 And AAr'on shall burn thereon it between the tabernacle of the sweet incense every morning: congregation and the altar, and when he dresseth the lamps, he thou shalt put water therein. shall bum incense upon it. 19 For A&r'on and his sons shall 8 And when AAr'on lighteth the wash their hands and their feet lamps at even, he shall bum in- thereat: cense upon it, a perpetual incense 20 When they go into the taberbefore the Lord throughout your nacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense or when they come near to the altar thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor to minister, to bum offering made meat offering; neither shall ye pour by fire unto the Lord : 21 So they shall wash their hands drink offering thereon. 10 And AAr'on shall make an and their feet, that they die not: atonement upon the horns of it and it shall be a statute for ever to once in a year with the blood of them, even to* him and to his seed the sin offering of atonements: throughout their generations. once in the year shall he make 22 Moreover the Lord spake atonement upon it throughout your unto Mo'ses, saying, generations: it is most holy unto 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five the Lord . 11 And the Lord spake unto hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hunMd'ses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of dred and fifty shekels, and of sweet the children of Is'ra-el after their calamus two hundred and fifty 1 number, then shall they give every shekels, man a ransom for his soul unto the 24 And of cassia five hundred LORD, when thou numberest them; shekels, after the shekel of the sancthat there be no plague among tuary, and of oil olive an hin: them, when thou numberest them. 25 And thou shalt make it an oil 13 This they shall give, every one of holy ointment, an ointment comthat passeth among them that are pound after the art of the apothenumbered, half a shekel after the cary: it shall be an holy anointshekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel ing oil. is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabshall be the offering of the Lord . ernacle of the congregation there14 Every one that passeth among with, and the ark of the testimony, them that are numbered, from 27 And the table and all his vestwenty years old and above, shall sels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, give an offering unto the Lord . 15 The rich shall not give more, 28 And the altar of burnt offering and the poor shall not give less with all his vessels, and the laver than half a shekel, when they give and his foot. an offering unto the Lord , to make 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatan atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atone- soever toucheth them shall be ment money of the children of Is'- holy. ra-el, and shalt appoint it for the 30 And thou shalt anoint AAr'on service of the tabernacle of the con- and his sons, and consecrate them, gregation; that it may be a memo- that they may minister unto me in rial unto the children of Is'ra-el be- the priest’s office. fore the Lord , to make an atone- 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, saying, This ment for your souls. 104 Original from Digitized by

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shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 34 ITAnd the Lord said unto M6'ses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord . 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. 81 CHAPTER 31

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him X-hO'U-ab, the son of A-hls'a-mach, of the tribe of D&n: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for AAr'on the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy Place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Is'ra-el, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called for therefore; for it is holy unto you: fte work of the tabernacle. 12 Con- every one that defileth it shall cerning the keeping of the sabbath. 18 The two tables of stone given to Moses. surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that ND the Lord spake unto M6'- soul shall be cut off from among i ses, saying, his people. 2 See, I have called by name B6- 15 Six days may work be done; zal'fe-el the son of tf'ri, the son of but in the seventh is the sabbath Hfir, of the tribe of Ju'dah: of rest, holy to the Lord : whoso3 And I have filled him with the ever doeth any work in the sabspirit of God, in wisdom, and in un- bath day, he shall surely be put to derstanding, and in knowledge, and death. in all manner of workmanship, 16 Wherefore the children of Is'4 To devise cunning works, to ra-el shall keep the sabbath, to work in gold, and in silver, and in observe the sabbath throughout brass, their generations, for a perpetual 5 And in cutting of stones, to set covenant. them, and in carving of timber, to 17 It is a sign between me and week in all manner of workman- the children of Is'ra-el for ever: for in six days the Lord made oAnd L behold, I have given with heaven and earth, and on the Digitized by Google 105 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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ten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O is'ra-el, which have brought thee up out of the land of E'&tot. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, I have seen this people,* and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, 1 Israel persuades Aaron to make them that my wrath may wax hot against gods: he fashions a golden calf. 7 The them, and that I may consume Lord is angered thereby. 11 Moses them: and I will make of thee a intercedes. 15 Moses returns with the great nation. two tables; 19 but breaks them; 20 11 And Mo'ses besought the and destroys the calf. 25 The idolaters Lord his God, and said, Lord , slain. 3Q Moses prays for Israel. why doth thy wrath wax hot against ND when the people saw that thy people, which thou hast brought l Mo'ses delayed to come down forth out of the land of E'gypt with power, and with a mighty out of the mount, the people gathgreat ered themselves together unto Aar'- hand? on, and said unto him, Up , make 12 Wherefore should the E-^p'us gods, which shall go before us; tians speak, and say, For mischief for as for this Mo'ses, the man that did he bring them out, to slay them brought us up out of the land of in the mountains, and to consume E'gypt, we wot not what is become them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and 2 And A^r'on said unto them, repent of this evil against thy peoBreak off the golden earrings, ple. which are in the ears of your wives, 13 Remember A'br&-h&m, I'saac, of your sons, and of your daughters, and Is'ra-el, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the saidst unto them, I will multiply golden earrings which were in your seed as the stars of heaven, their ears, and brought them unto and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and Adr'on. 4 And he received them at their they shall inherit it for ever. hand, and fashioned it with a grav- 14 And the Lord repented of the ing tool, after he had made it a mol- evil which he thought to do unto ten calf: and they said, These be his people. thy gods, O Is'ra-el, which brought 15 And Mo'ses turned, and went thee up out of the land of E'gypt. down from the mount, and the two 5 And when Ajfr'on saw it, he tables of the testimony were in his built an altar before it; and AsLr'on hand: the tables were written on made proclamation, and said, To both their sides; on the one side morrow is a feast to the Lord . and on the other were they written. 6 And they rose up early on the 16 And the tables were the work morrow, and offered burnt offer- of God, and the writing was the ings, and brought peace offerings; writing of God, graven upon the and the people sat down to eat and tables. to drink, and rose up to play. 17 And when J6sh'u-a heard the 7 If And the Lord said unto Mo'- noise of the people as they shouted, ses, Go, get thee down; for thy peo- he said unto Mo'ses, There s a ple, which thou broughtest out of noise of war m the camp. the land of E'gypt, have corrupted 18 And he said, It is not the voice themselves: of them that shout for mastery, 8 They have turned aside quickly neither is it the voice of them that out of the way which I commanded cry for being overcome: hut the them: they have made them a mol- noise of them that sing do I Hear.

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19 H And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Mo'ses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of is'ra-el drink of it. 21 And Mo'ses said unto AAr'on, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aar'on said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Mo'ses, the man that brought us up out of the land of fi'fcfpt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 25 If And when Mo'ses saw that the people were naked; (for Adr'on had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 26 Then Mo'ses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on file Lord ’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Le'vi gathered themselves together unto 27 And he said unto them, Thus mfth the Lord God of Is'ra-el, Put every man his sword by his side, .and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Le'vi did according to the word of Mo'ses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Mo'ses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the MRD* even every man upon his ggte and upon his brother; that he Digitized by

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may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30 If And it came to pass on the morrow, that Mo'ses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord ; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Mo'ses returned unto the Lord , and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses* Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead die people unto the Place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which A&r'on made. CHAPTER 33 83 1 The Lord refuses to go with the people. 4 The people mourn. 9 The Lord speaks with Moses. 12 He desires to

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Ig'ra-el, Ye are a stiffnecked peo- presence go not with me, carry us ple : I will come up into the midst not up hence. of thee in a moment, and consume 16 For wherein shall it be known thee: therefore now put off thy here that I and thy people have ornaments from thee, that I may found grace in thy sight? is it not know what to do unto thee. in that thou goest with us? so shall 6 And the children of Is'ra-el we be separated, I and thy people, stripped themselves of their orna- from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. ments by the mount Hd'reb. 7 And Mo'ses took the tabernacle, 17 And the Lord said unto Md'and pitched it without the camp, ses, I will do this thing also that afar off from the camp, and called thou hast spoken: for thou hast it the Tabernacle of the congre- found grace in my sight, and I gation. And it came to pass, that know thee by name. every one which sought the Lord 18 And he said, I beseech thee, went out unto the tabernacle of the shew me thy glory. congregation, which was without 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Md'- I will proclaim the name of the ses went out unto the tabernacle, Lord before thee; and will be that all the people rose up, and gracious to whom I will be gracious, stood every man at his tent door, and will shew mercy on whom I and looked after Mo'ses, until he will shew mercy. was gone into the tabernacle. 20 And he said, Thou canst not 9 And it came to pass, as Mo'ses see my face: for there shall no man entered into the tabernacle, the see me, and live. cloudy pillar descended, and stood 21 And the Lord said, Behold, at the door of the tabernacle, and there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a roc^: the Lord talked with Mo'ses. 10 And all the people saw the 22 And it shall come to pass, while cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle my glory passeth by, that I will put door: and all the people rose up and thee in a clift of the rock, and will worshipped, every man in his tent cover thee with my hand while I pass by: door. 11 And the Lord spake unto Md'- 23 And I will take away mine ses, face to face, as a man speaketh hand, and thou shalt see my back unto his friend. And he turned parts: but my face shall not be again into the camp: but his serv- seen. ant Josh'u-d, the son of Nun, a CHAPTER 34 84 young man, departed not out of the 1 The destroyed tables replaced. 5 The tabernacle. name of the Lord proclaimed; IO his covenant with Israel., 29 Moses re12 K And Mo'ses said unto the turns from the mount: his face shines. Lord , See, thou sayest unto me, ND the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt l Hew thee two tables of stone send with me. Yet thou hast said, like unto the first: and I will write I know thee by name, and thou hast upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if brakest. I have found grace in thy sight, 2 And be ready in the morning, shew me now thy way, that I may and come up in the morning unto know thee, that I may find grace Mount Si'n&i, and present thyself in thy sight: and consider that this there to me in the top of the mount. 3 And no man shall come up with nation is thy people. 14 And he said, My presence shall thee, neither let any man be seen go with thee, and I will give thee throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks and herds feed before rest 15 And he said unto him, If thy that mount Original from 108 Digitized by Google

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4 K And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Md'ges rose up early in the morning, and went up unto Mount Si'nai, as file Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord . 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord , The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And Md'ges made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 10 U And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do with

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other god: for the Lord , whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month A'bib: for in the month A'bib thou earnest out from fi'fefpt. 19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. 22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end. 23 Thrice in the year shall all thee. your men children appear before 11 Observe thou that which I the Lord God , the God of is'rgel. eammand thee this day: behold, I 24 For I will cast out the nations drive out before thee the Am'dr-ite, before thee, and enlarge thy borand the Ca'nian-ite, and the Hit'- ders: neither shall any man defite, and the PSr'Iz-zite, and the sire thy land, when thou shalt go l&'vite, and the Jeb'u-site. up to appear before the Lord thy 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou God thrice in the year. make a covenant with the inhabit- 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood ants of the land whither thou goest, of my sacrifice with leaven; neilest it be for a snare in the midst ther shall the sacrifice of the feast af thee: of the passover be left unto the 13 But ye shall destroy their al- morning. ters, break their images, and cut 26The first of the firstfruits of down their groves: thy land thou shalt bring unto the 14 For thou shalt worship no house of the Lord thy God. Thou Original from 109 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 27^nd the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with is'ra-el. 28And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote, upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29If And it came to pass, when Mo'ses came down from mount Si'nai with the two tables of testimony in Mo'ses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Mo'ses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aar'on and all the children of Is'ra-el sawMd'ses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Mo'ses called unto them; and AAr'on and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Mo'ses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Is'ra-el came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Si'nai. 33 And till Mo'ses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Mo'ses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Is'ra-el that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Is'ra-el saw the face of Mo'ses, that the skin of Mo'ses’ face shone: and Mo'ses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. 85 CHAPTER 35

the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. 4 If And Mo'ses spake unto all the congregation of the children of is'ra-el, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded; 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, 13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of 1 God’s words to Israel; 2 the sabbath; 4 the tabernacle, gifts for the tabernacle. 20 Israel’s 16 The altar of burnt offering, willing offering. 30 The men called with his brasen grate, his staves, to direct the work. and all his vessels, the laver and ND Mo'ses gathered all the con- his foot, u gregation of the children of 17 The hangings of the court, his Is'ra-el together, and said unto pillars, and their sockets, and the them, These are the words which hanging for the door of the court,

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18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy Place, the holy garments for Air'on the priest, and die garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office. 20 And all the congregation of the children of Is'ra-el departed from the presence of Mo'ses. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up , and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord ’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord . 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them, 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord ’s offering; and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair. And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for ffie sweet incense. 29 The children of Is'ra-el brought a willing offering unto the Lord , every man and woman, whose fa^art made them willing to bring tor all manner of work, which the Digitized by

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Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Mo'ses. 30 And Mo'ses said unto the children of Is'ra-el, See, the Lord hath called by name Be-zal'e-el the son of u'ri, die son of Hfir, of the tribe of Ju'dah; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and A-hd'li-ab, the son of A-his'a-mach, of the tribe of D&n. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. CHAPTER 36 86 1 The offerings are delivered to the work-

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w r o u g ht all t h e w o r k of t h e s a n ct u a r y, c a m e e v e r y m a n f r o m hi s w o r k w hi c h t h e y m a d e; 5 5 1 A n d t h e y s p a k e u nt o M o' s e s, s a yi n g, T h e p e o pl e b ri n g m u c h m o r e t h a n e n o u g h f o r t h e s e r vi c e of t h e w o r k, w hi c h t h e L O R D c o m m a n d e d t o m a k e. 6 A n d M o' s e s g a v e c o m m a n d m e nt, a n d t h e y c a u s e d it t o b e p r o cl ai m e d t h r o u g h o ut t h e c a m p, s a yi n g, L et n eit h e r m a n n o r w o m a n m a k e a n y m o r e w o r k f o r t h e off e ri n g of t h e s a n ct u a r y. S o t h e p e o pl e w e r e r e st r ai n e d f r o m b ri n gi n g. 7 F o r t h e st uff t h e y h a d w a s s uf fi ci e nt f o r all t h e w o r k t o m a k e it, a n d t o o m u c h. 8 A n d e v e r y wi s e h e a rt e d m a n a m o n g t h e m t h at w r o u g ht t h e w o r k of t h e t a b e r n a cl e m a d e t e n c u rt ai n s of fi n e t wi n e d li n e n, a n d bl u e, a n d p u r pl e, a n d s c a rl et : wit h c h e r u bi m s of c u n ni n g w o r k m a d e h e t h e m. 9 T h e l e n gt h of o n e c u rt ai n w a s t w e nt y a n d ei g ht c u bit s, a n d t h e b r e a dt h of o n e c u rt ai n f o u r c u bit s : t h e c u rt ai n s w e r e all of o n e si z e. 1 0 A n d h e c o u pl e d t h e fi v e c u r t ai n s o n e u nt o a n ot h e r: a n d t h e ot h e r fi v e c u rt ai n s h e c o u pl e d o n e u nt o a n ot h e r. 1 1 A n d h e m a d e l o o p s of bl u e o n t h e e d g e of o n e c u rt ai n f r o m t h e s el v e d g e i n t h e c o u pli n g: li k e wi s e h e m a d e i n t h e utt e r m o st si d e of a n ot h e r c u rt ai n, i n t h e c o u pli n g of t h e s e c o n d. 1 2 Fift y l o o p s m a d e h e i n o n e c u r t ai n, a n d fift y l o o p s m a d e h e i n t h e e d g e of t h e c u rt ai n w hi c h w a s i n t h e c o u pli n g of t h e s e c o n d : t h e l o o p s h el d o n e c u rt ai n t o a n ot h e r. 1 3 A n d h e m a d e fift y t a c h e s of g ol d, a n d c o u pl e d t h e c u rt ai n s o n e u nt o a n ot h e r wit h t h e t a c h e s : s o it b e c a m e o n e t a b e r n a cl e. 1 4 T A n d h e m a d e c u rt ai n s of g o at s ’ h ai r f o r t h e t e nt o v e r t h e t a b e r n a cl e : el e v e n c u rt ai n s h e m a d e t h e m. 1 5 T h e l e n gt h of o n e c u rt ai n w a s t hi rt y c u bit s, a n d f o u r c u bit s w a s t h e b r e a dt h of o n e c u rt ai n: t h e el e v e n c u rt ai n s w e r e of o n e si z e. 1 6 A n d h e c o u pl e d fi v e c u rt ai n s b y t h e m s el v e s, a n d si x c u rt ai n s b y ' W e m s el v e s. Di giti z e d b y

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a n d fi v e b a r s f o r t h e b o a r d s of t h e t a b e r n a cl e f o r t h e si d e s w e st w a r d. 3 3 A n d h e m a d e t h e mi d dl e b a r t o s h o ot t h r o u g h t h e b o a r d s f r o m t h e o n e e n d t o t h e ot h e r. 3 4 A n d h e o v e rl ai d t h e b o a r d s wit h g ol d, a n d m a d e t h ei r ri n g s of g ol d t o b e pl a c e s f o r t h e b a r s, a n d o v e r l ai d t h e b a r s wit h g ol d. 3 5 If A n d h e m a d e a v ail of bl u e, a n d p u r pl e, a n d s c a rl et, a n d fi n e t wi n e d li n e n; wit h c h e r u bi m s m a d e h e it of c u n ni n g w o r k. 3 6 A n d h e m a d e t h e r e u nt o f o u r pill a r s of s hitti m w o o d, a n d o v e r l ai d t h e m wit h g ol d: t h ei r h o o k s w e r e of g ol d : a n d h e c a st f o r t h e m f o u r s o c k et s of sil v e r. 37 A n d h e m a d e a n h a n gi n g f o r t h e t a b e r n a cl e d o o r of bl u e, a n d p u r pl e, a n d s c a rl et, a n d fi n e t wi n e d li n e n, of n e e dl e w o r k; 3 8 A n d t h e fi v e pill a r s of it wit h t h ei r h o o k s : a n d h e o v e rl ai d t h ei r c h a pit e r s a n d t h ei r fill et s wit h g ol d: b ut t h ei r fi v e s o c k et s w e r e of b r a s s. XI C H A P TE R 37 1 T h e a r k. 6 T h e m e r c y s e at: t h e c h e r u bi m s. 1 0 T h e t a bl e wit h it s v e s s el s. 1 7 T h e c a n dl e sti c k wit h it s l a m p s a n d i n st r u m e nt s. 2 5 T h e alt a r of i n c e n s e. 2 9 T h e a n oi nti n g oil: t h e s w e et i nc e n s e.

A N D B S- z al' e- el m a d e t h e a r k A of s hitti m w o o d: t w o c u bit s a n d a h alf w a s t h e l e n gt h of it, a n d a c u bit a n d a h alf t h e b r e a dt h of it, a n d a c u bit a n d a h alf t h e h ei g ht of it: 2 A n d h e o v e rl ai d it wit h p u r e g ol d wit hi n a n d wit h o ut, a n d m a d e a c r o w n of g ol d t o it r o u n d a b o ut. 3 A n d h e c a st f o r it f o u r ri n g s of c ol d, t o b e s et b y t h e f o u r c o m e r s of it; e v e n t w o ri n g s u p o n t h e o n e M e of it, a n d t w o ri n g s u p o n t h e ot h e r si d e of it 4 A n d h e m a d e st a v e s of s hitti m w o o d, a n d o v e rl ai d t h e m wit h g ol d. 5 A n d h e p ut t h e st a v e s i nt o t h e ri n g s b y t h e si d e s of t h e a r k, t o b e a r t h e a r k. 6 J A n d h e m a d e t h e m e r c y s e at of p u r e g ol d : t w o c u bit s a n d a h alf H u t h e l e n gt h t h e r e of, a n d o n e c ri btt a n d a h alf t h e b r e a dt h t h e r eDi giti z e d b y

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7 A n d h e m a d e t w o c h e r u bi m s of g ol d, b e at e n o ut of o n e pi e c e m a d e h e t h e m, o n t h e t w o e n d s of t h e m e r c y s e at; 8 O n e c h e r u b o n t h e e n d o n t hi s si d e, a n d a n ot h e r c h e r u b o n t h e ot h e r e n d o n t h at si d e : o ut of t h e m e r c y s e at m a d e h e t h e c h e r u bi m s o n t h e t w o e n d s t h e r e of. 9 A n d t h e c h e r u bi m s s p r e a d o ut t h ei r wi n g s o n hi g h, a n d c o v e r e d wit h t h ei r wi n g s o v e r t h e m e r c y s e at, wit h t h ei r f a c e s o n e t o a n ot h e r; e v e n t o t h e m e r c y s e at w a r d w e r e t h e f a c e s of t h e c h e r u bi m s. 1 0 If A n d h e m a d e t h e t a bl e of s hitti m w o o d: t w o c u bit s w a s t h e l e n gt h t h e r e of, a n d a c u bit t h e b r e a dt h t h e r e of, a n d a c u bit a n d a h alf t h e h ei g ht t h e r e of : 1 1 A n d h e o v e rl ai d it wit h p u r e g ol d, a n d m a d e t h e r e u nt o a c r o w n of g ol d r o u n d a b o ut. 1 2 Al s o h e m a d e t h e r e u nt o a b o r d e r of a n h a n d b r e a dt h r o u n d a b o ut ; a n d m a d e a c r o w n of g ol d f o r t h e b o r d e r t h e r e of r o u n d a b o ut. 1 3 A n d h e c a st f o r it f o u r ri n g s of g ol d, a n d p ut t h e ri n g s u p o n t h e f o u r c o m e r s t h at w e r e i n t h e f o u r f e et t h e r e of. 1 4 O v e r a g ai n st t h e b o r d e r w e r e t h e ri n g s, t h e pl a c e s f o r t h e st a v e s t o b e a r t h e t a bl e. 1 5 A n d h e m a d e t h e st a v e s of s hit ti m w o o d, a n d o v e rl ai d t h e m wit h g ol d, t o b e a r t h e t a bl e. 1 6 A n d h e m a d e t h e v e s s el s w hi c h w e r e u p o n t h e t a bl e, hi s di s h e s, a n d hi s s p o o n s, a n d hi s b o wl s, a n d hi s c o v e r s t o c o v e r wit h al, of p u r e g ol d. 1 7 V A n d h e m a d e t h e c a n dl e sti c k of p u r e g ol d : of b e at e n w o r k m a d e h e t h e c a n dl e sti c k; hi s s h aft, a n d hi s b r a n c h, hi s b o wl s, hi s k n o p s, a n d hi s fl o w e r s, w e r e of t h e s a m e : 1 8 A n d si x b r a n c h e s g oi n g o ut of t h e si d e s t h e r e of; t h r e e b r a n c h e s of t h e c a n dl e sti c k o ut of t h e o n e si d e t h e r e of, a n d t h r e e b r a n c h e s of t h e c a n dl e sti c k o ut of t h e ot h e r si d e t h e r e of : 1 9 T h r e e b o wl s m a d e aft e r t h e f a s hi o n of al m o n d s i n o n e b r a n c h, a k n o p a n d a fl o w e r; a n d t h r e e b o wl s m a d e li k e al m o n d s i n a n ot h e r b r a n c h, a k n o p a n d a fl o w e r :

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s o t h r o u g h o ut t h e si x b r a n c h e s g oi n g o ut of t h e c a n dl e sti c k. 2 0 A n d i n t h e c a n dl e sti c k w e r e f o u r b o wl s m a d e li k e al m o n d s, hi s k n o p s, a n d hi s fl o w e r s: 2 1 A n d a k n o p u n d er t w o br a nc h es of t h e s a m e, a n d a k n o p u n d e r t w o b r a n c h e s of t h e s a m e, a n d a k n o p u n d e r t w o b r a n c h e s of t h e s a m e, a c c o r di n g t o t h e si x b r a n c h e s g oi n g o ut of it. 2 2 T h ei r k n o p s a n d t h ei r b r a n c h e s w e r e of t h e s a m e : all of it w a s o n e b e at e n w o r k of p u r e g ol d. 2 3 A n d h e m a d e hi s s e v e n l a m p s, a n d hi s s n uff e r s, a n d hi s s n uff di s h e s, of p u r e g ol d. 2 4 Of a t al e nt of p u r e g ol d m a d e h e it, a n d all t h e v e s s el s t h e r e of. 2 5 1 A n d h e m a d e t h e i nc e ns e alt a r of s hitti m w o o d: t h e l e n gt h of it w a s a c u bit, a n d t h e b r e a dt h of it a c u bit; it w a s f o u r s q u a r e: a n d t w o c u bit s w a s t h e h ei g ht of it; t h e h o r n s t h e r e of w e r e of t h e s a m e. 2 6 A n d h e o v e rl ai d it wit h p u r e g ol d, b ot h t h e t o p of it, a n d t h e si d e s t h e r e of r o u n d a b o ut, a n d t h e h o r n s of it: al s o h e m a d e u nt o it a c r o w n of g ol d r o u n d a b o ut. 2 7 A n d h e m a d e t w o ri n g s of g ol d f o r it u n d e r t h e c r o w n t h e r e of, b y t h e t w o c o m e r s of it, u p o n t h e t w o si d e s t h e r e of, t o b e pl a c e s f o r t h e st a v e s t o b e a r it wit h al. 2 8 A n d h e m a d e t h e st a v e s of s hitti m w o o d, a n d o v e rl ai d t h e m wit h g ol d. 2 9 1 A n d h e m a d e t h e h ol y a n oi nt i n g oil, a n d t h e p u r e i n c e n s e of s w e et s pi c e s, a c c o r di n g t o t h e w o r k of t h e a p ot h e c a r y. 88 C H A P TE R 38

3 A n d h e m a d e all t h e v e s s el s Of h e alt a r, t h e p ot s, a n d t h e s h o v el s, n d t h e b a s o n s, a n d t h e fl e s h h o o k s, n d t h e fi r e p a n s: all t h e v e s s el s h e r e of m a d e h e of b r a s s. 4 A n d h e m a d e f o r t h e alt a r a b r as e n g r at e of n et w o r k u n d e r t h e c o m p a s s t h e r e of b e n e at h u nt o t h e mi d st of it. 5 A n d h e c a st f o u r ri n g s f o r t h e f o u r e n d s of t h e g r at e of b r a s s, t o b e pl a c e s f o r t h e st a v e s. 6 A n d h e m a d e t h e st a v e s of s hit ti m w o o d, a n d o v e rl ai d t h e m wit h b r a s s. 7 A n d h e p ut t h e st a v e s i nt o t h e ri n g s o n t h e si d e s of t h e alt a r, t o b e a r it wit h al; h e m a d e t h e alt a r h oll o w wit h b o a r d s. 8 A n d h e m a d e t h e l a v e r of b r a s s, a n d t h e f o ot of it of b r a s s, of t h e l o o ki n g gl a s s e s of t h e w o m e n a s s e m bli n g, w hi c h a s s e m bl e d at t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. 9 A n d h e m a d e t h e c o u rt: o n t h e s o ut h si d e s o ut h w a r d t h e h a n g i n g s of t h e c o u rt w e r e of fi n e t wi n e d li n e n, a n h u n d r e d c u bit s : 1 0 T h ei r pill a r s w e r e t w e nt y, a n d t h ei r b r a s e n s o c k et s t w e nt y; t h e h o o k s of t h e pill a r s a n d t h ei r fill et s w e r e of sil v e r. 1 1 A n d f o r t h e n o rt h si d e t h e h a n gi n g s w e r e a n h u n d r e d c u bit s, t h ei r pill a r s w e r e t w e nt y, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s of b r a s s t w e nt y; t h e h o o k s of t h e pill a r s a n d t h ei r fill et s of sil v e r. 1 2 A n d f o r t h e w e st si d e w e r e h a n gi n g s of fift y c u bit s, t h ei r pill a r s t e n, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s t e n ; t h e h o o k s of t h e pill a r s a n d t h ei r fill et s of sil v e r. 1 3 A n d f o r t h e e a st si d e e a st w a r d 1 T h e alt ar of b ur nt off eri n g. 8 T h e l at er of br ass. 9 T h e h a n gi n gs of t h e fift y c u bit s. c o urt. 2 1 T h e v al u e of t h e gifts 1 4 T h e h a n gi n g s of t h e o n e si d e of off er e d. t h e g at e w e r e fift e e n c u bit s; t h ei r N D h e m a d e t h e alt a r of b u r nt pill a r s t h r e e, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s l off e ri n g of s hitti m w o o d : fi v e t h r e e. c u bit s w a s t h e l e n gt h t h e r e of, a n d 1 5 A n d f o r t h e ot h e r si d e of t h e fi v e c u bit s t h e b r e a dt h t h e r e of; it c o u rt g at e, o n t hi s h a n d a n d t h at w a s f o u r s q u a r e; a n d t h r e e c u bit s h a n d, w e r e h a n gi n g s of fift e e n c u t h e h ei g ht t h e r e of. bit s; t h ei r pill a r s t h r e e, a n d t h ei r 2 A n d h e m a d e t h e h o r n s t h e r e of s o c k et s t h r e e. o n t h e f o u r c o m e r s of it; t h e h o r n s 1 6 All t h e h a n gi n g s of t h e c o u rt t h e r e of w e r e of t h e s a m e : a n d h e r o u n d a b o ut w e r e of fi n e t wi n e d o v e rl ai d it wit h b r a s s. li n e n. Ori gi n al fr o m 1 1 4 Di giti z e d b y t a a t

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1 7 A n d t h e s o c k et s f o r t h e pill a r s t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d a n d w e r e of b r a s s ; t h e h o o k s of t h e pil - fift y m e n, l a r s a n d t h ei r fill et s of sil v e r; a n d 2 7 A n d of t h e h u n d r e d t al e nt s t h e o v e rl a yi n g of t h ei r c h a pit e r s of sil v e r w e r e c a st t h e s o c k et s of of sil v e r; a n d all t h e pill a r s of t h e t h e s a n ct u a r y, a n d t h e s o c k et s of c o u rt w e r e fill et e d wit h sil v e r. t h e v ail; a n h u n d r e d s o c k et s of 1 8 A n d t h e h a n gi n g f o r t h e g at e of t h e h u n d r e d t al e nt s, a t al e nt f o r a t h e c o u rt w a s n e e dl e w o r k, of bl u e, s o c k et. a n d p u r pl e, a n d s c a rl et, a n d fi n e 2 8 A n d of t h e t h o u s a n d s e v e n t wi n e d li n e n: a n d t w e nt y c u bit s h u n d r e d s e v e nt y a n d fi v e s h e k el s w a s t h e l e n gt h, a n d t h e h ei g ht i n h e m a d e h o o k s f o r t h e pill a r s, a n d t h e b r e a dt h w a s fi v e c u bit s, a n - o v e rl ai d t h ei r c h a pit e r s, a n d fill et e d s w e r a bl e t o t h e h a n gi n g s of t h e t h e m. c o u rt 2 9 A n d t h e b r a s s of t h e off e ri n g 1 9 A n d t h ei r pill a r s w e r e f o u r, a n d w a s s e v e nt y t al e nt s, a n d t w o t h o u t h ei r s o c k et s of b r a s s f o u r; t h ei r s a n d a n d f o u r h u n d r e d s h e k el s. h o o k s of sil v e r, a n d t h e o v e rl a yi n g 3 0 A n d t h e r e wit h h e m a d e t h e of t h ei r c h a pit e r s a n d t h ei r fill et s s o c k et s t o t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r of sil v e r. n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, a n d t h e 2 0 A n d all t h e pi n s of t h e t a b e r - b r a s e n alt a r, a n d t h e b r a s e n g r at e n a cl e, a n d of t h e c o u rt r o u n d a b o ut, f o r it, a n d all t h e v e s s el s of t h e w e r e of b r a s s. alt a r, 2 1 T hi s i s t h e s u m of t h e t a b e r 3 1 A n d t h e s o c k et s of t h e c o u rt n a cl e, e v e n of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of r o u n d a b o ut, a n d t h e s o c k et s of t h e t e sti m o n y, a s it w a s c o u nt e d, a c - c o u rt g at e, a n d all t h e pi n s of t h e c o r di n g t o t h e c o m m a n d m e nt of t a b e r n a cl e, a n d all t h e i n n s of t h e M o' s e s, f o r t h e s e r vi c e of t h e L e - c o u rt r o u n d a b o ut. vi e s, b y t h e h a n d of It h' a- m k r, C H A P TE R 39 89 s o n t o A A r' o n t h e p ri e st 1 T h e cl ot hs of s er vi c e a n d h ol y g ar 2 2 A n d B e- z al' e- el t h e s o n of O' ri, m e nts. 2 T h e e p h o d. 8 T h e br e ast t h e s o n of Hti r, of t h e t ri b e of J u'pl al e. 2 2 T h e r o b e of t h e e p h o d. 2 7 d a h, m a d e all t h at t h e L O R D c o m T h e c o ats, mitr e, a n d gir dl e of fi n e li n e n. 3 0 T h e pl at e of t h e h ol y m a n d e d M o' s e s. cr o w n, 3 2 All i s vi e w e d a n d a p pr o v e d 2 3 A n d wit h hi m w a s A- h d'li- a b, b y M os es. s o n of A- hi s' a- m a c h, of t h e t ri b e of Df n, a n e n g r a v e r, a n d a c u n ni n g N D of t h e bl u e, a n d p u r pl e, a n d w o r k m a n, a n d a n e m b r oi d e r e r i n l s c a rl et, t h e y m a d e cl ot h s of bl u e, a n d i n p u r pl e, a n d i n s c a rl et, s e r vi c e, t o d o s e r vi c e i n t h e h ol y Pl a c e, a n d m a d e t h e h ol y g a r m e nt s a n d fi n e li n e n. 2 4 All t h e g ol d t h at w a s o c c u pi e d f o r Ai r' o n; a s t h e L o r d c o m m a n d f o r t h e w o r k i n all t h e w o r k of t h e e d M o' s e s. h ol y pl a c e, e v e n t h e g ol d of t h e of - 2 A n d h e m a d e t h e e p h o d of g ol d, f e ri n g, w a s t w e nt y a n d ni n e t al e nt s, bl u e, a n d p u r pl e, a n d s c a rl et, a n d a n d s e v e n h u n d r e d a n d t hi rt y s h e k - fi n e t wi n e d li n e n. el s, aft e r t h e s h e k el of t h e s a n c - 3 A n d t h e y di d b e at t h e g ol d i nt o t u a r y. t hi n pl at e s, a n d c ut it i nt o wi r e s, t o 2 5 A n d t h e sil v e r of t h e m t h at w o r k it i n t h e bl u e, a n d i n t h e p u r w e r e n u m b e r e d of t h e c o n g r e g a - pl e, a n d i n t h e s c a rl et, a n d i n t h e ti o n w a s a n h u n d r e d t al e nt s, a n d fi n e li n e n, wit h c u n ni n g w o r k. a t h o us a n d s e v e n h u n dr e d a n d 4 T h e y m a d e s h o ul d e r pi e c e s f o r t h r e e s c o r e a n d fift e e n s h e k el s, it, t o c o u pl e it t o g et h e r : b y t h e t w o aft e r t h e s h e k el of t h e s a n ct u a r y: e d g e s w a s it c o u pl e d t o g et h e r. 2 6 A b e k a h f o r e v e r y m a n, t h at 5 A n d t h e c u ri o u s gi r dl e of hi s i s, h alf a s h e k el, aft e r t h e s h e k el e p h o d, t h at w a s u p o n it, w a s of t h e of t h e s a n ct u a r y, f o r e v e r y o n e s a m e, a c c o r di n g t o t h e w o r k t h e r e t h at w e nt t o b e n u m b e r e d, f r o m of; 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6 And they wrought onyx stones two sides of the ephod underneath, inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, toward the forepart of it, over as signets are graven, with the against the other coupling thereof* names of the children of Is'ra-el. above the curious girdle of the 7 And he put them on the shoul- ephod. ders of the ephod, that they should 21 And they did bind the breastbe stones for a memorial to the plate by his rings unto the rings of children of Is'ra-el; as the Lord the ephod with a lace of blue, that commanded Mo'ses. it might be above the curious girdle 8 And he made the breastplate of the ephod, and that the breastof cunning work, like the work of plate might not be loosed from the the ephod; of gold, blue, and pur- ephod; as the Lord commanded ple, and scarlet, and fine twined Mo'ses. linen. 22 And he made the robe of the 9 It was foursquare; they made ephod of woven work, all of blue. the breastplate double: a span was 23 And there was an hole in the the length thereof, and a span the midst of the robe, as the hole of an breadth thereof, being doubled. habergeon, with a band round 10 And they set in it four rows about the hole, that it should not of stones: the first row was a sar- rend. dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this 24 And they made upon the hems was the first row. of the robe pomegranates of blue, 11 And the second row, an emer- and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. ald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row, a ligure, an 25 And they made bells of pure agate, and an amethyst. gold, and put the bells between the 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, pomegranates upon the hem of the an onyx, and a jasper: they were robe, round about between the inclosed in ouches of gold in their pomegranates; inclosings. 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a 14 And the stones were according bell and a pomegranate, round to the names of the children of Is'- about the hem of the robe to minisra-el, twelve, according to their ter in; as the Lord commanded names, like the engravings of a Mo'ses. signet, every one with his name, ac- 27 And they made coats of fine cording to tiie twelve tribes. linen of woven work for Adrion, 15 And they made upon the and for his sons, breastplate chains at the ends, of 28 And a mitre of fine linen, wreathen work of pure gold. and goodly bonnets of fine linen, 16 And they made two ouches of and linen breedies of fine twined gold, and two gold rings; and put linen, the two rings in the two ends of 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen scarlet, of needlework; as the chains of gold in the two rings on Lord commanded Mo'ses. 30 And they made the plate of the ends of the breastplate. 18 And the two ends of the two the holy crown of pure gold, and wreathen chains they fastened in wrote upon it a writing, like to the the two ouches, and put them on engravings of a signet, HOLINESS the shoulderpieces of the ephod, TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of before it. 19 And they made two rings of blue, to fasten it on high upon the gold, and put them on the two ends mitre; as the Lord commanded of the breastplate, upon the border Mo'ses. of it, which was on the side of the 32 If Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the conephod inward. 20 And they made two other gold- gregation finished: and the chilen rings, and put them on the dren of is'ra-el did according to all Original from 116 Digitized by

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that the Lord commanded Md'ses, so did they. 33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Md'ses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering, 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy Place, and the holy garments for AAr'on the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office. 42 According to all that the Lord commanded Md'ses, so the children of Is'rg-el made all the work. 43 And Md'ses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Md'ses blessed them. 90

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nacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in die table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set die altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof : and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. 11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring AAr'on and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon AAr'qd . the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. 16 Thus did Md'ses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 T And it came to pass in the Original from

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first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up . 18 And Mo'ses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets* and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set die staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had commanded Mo'ses. 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 26 If And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: 27And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 30 1 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Mo'ses and AAr'on and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Mo'ses finished the work. 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35And Mo'ses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Is'ra-el went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of is'ra-el, throughout all their journeys.

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T h e b u r nt off e ri n g s s a c rifi c e of t h e h e r d, l et hi m off e r a m al e wit h o ut bl e mi s h: h e s h all off e r it of hi s o w n v ol u nt a r y will at t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n b ef o r e t h e L O R D. 4 A n d h e s h all p ut hi s h a n d u p o n t h e h e a d of t h e b u r nt off e ri n g; a n d it s h all b e a c c e pt e d f o r hi m t o m a k e at o n e m e nt f o r hi m. 5 A n d h e s h all kill t h e b ull o c k b ef o r e t h e L o r d : a n d t h e p ri e st s, A A r' o n ’s s o n s, s h all b ri n g t h e bl o o d, a n d s p ri n kl e t h e bl o o d r o u n d a b o ut u p o n t h e alt a r t h at i s b y t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g a ti o n. 6 A n d h e s h all fl a y t h e b u r nt off e r i n g, a n d c ut it i nt o hi s pi e c e s. 7 A n d t h e s o n s of A & r' o n t h e p ri e st s h all p ut fi r e u p o n t h e alt a r, a n d l a y t h e w o o d i n or d er u p o n t h e fi r e. 8 A n d t h e p ri e st s, At ri o n ’s s o n s, s h all l a y t h e p a rt s, t h e h e a d, a n d t h e f at, i n o r d e r u p o n t h e w o o d t h at i s o n t h e fi r e w hi c h i s u p o n t h e alt a r: 9 B ut hi s i n w a r d s a n d hi s l e g s s h all h e w a s h i n w at e r: a n d t h e p ri e st s h all b u r n all o n t h e alt a r, t o b e a b u r nt s a c rifi c e, a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e, of a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L o r d . 1 0 5 1 A n d if hi s off e ri n g b e of t h e fl o c k s, n a m el y, of t h e s h e e p, o r of t h e g o at s, f o r a b u r nt s a c rifi c e; h e s h all b ri n g it a m al e wit h o ut bl e m i s h. 1 1 A n d h e s h all kill it o n t h e si d e of t h e alt a r n o rt h w a r d b ef o r e t h e L o r d : a n d t h e p ri e st s, Ai r' o n ’s s o n s, s h all s p ri n kl e hi s bl o o d r o u n d a b o ut u p o n t h e alt a r. 1 2 A n d h e s h all c ut it i nt o hi s pi e c e s, wit h hi s h e a d a n d hi s f at: a n d t h e p ri e st s h all l a y t h e m i n o r d e r o n t h e w o o d t h at i s o n t h e fi r e w hi c h i s u p o n t h e alt a r : 1 3 B ut h e s h all w a s h t h e i n w a r d s a n d t h e l e g s wit h w at e r: a n d t h e p ri e st s h all b ri n g it all, a n d b u r n it u p o n t h e alt a r: it i s a b u r nt s a c ri fi c e, a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e, of a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L o r d . 1 4 5 1 A n d if t h e b u r nt s a c rifi c e f o r hi s off e ri n g t o t h e L o r d b e of f o wl s, t h e n h e s h all b ri n g hi s off e ri n g of t u rtl e d o v e s, o r of y o u n g pi g e o n s. Di giti z e d b y

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T h e m e at off eri n g. 1 2 T h e o bl ati o n of t h e firstfr uits. 1 3 T h e s alt of t h e off eri n g. A N D w h e n a n y will off e r a m e at x x off e ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d , hi s off e ri n g s h all b e of fi n e fl o u r; a n d h e s h all p o u r oil u p o n it, a n d p ut f r a n ki n c e n s e t h e r e o n : 2 A n d h e s h all b ri n g it t o A A r' o n ’s s o n s t h e p ri e st s : a n d h e s h all t a k e t h e r e o ut hi s h a n df ul of t h e fl o u r t h e r e of, a n d of t h e oil t h e r e of, wit h all t h e f r a n ki n c e n s e t h e r e of; a n d t h e p ri e st s h all b u m t h e m e m o ri al of it u p o n t h e alt a r, t o b e a n off e r i n g m a d e b y fi r e, of a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L o r d : 3 A n d t h e r e m n a nt of t h e m e at off e ri n g s h all b e A A r o' n ’s a n d hi s s o n s ’: it i s a t hi n g m o st h ol y of t h e off e ri n g s of t h e L o r d m a d e b y fi r e. 4 5 1 A n d if t h o u b ri n g a n o bl ati o n of a m e at off e ri n g b a k e n i n t h e o v e n, it s h all b e u nl e a v e n e d c a k e s of fi n e fl o u r mi n gl e d wit h oil, o r u nl e a v e n e d w af e r s a n oi nt e d wit h oil. 5 5[ A n d if t h y o bl ati o n b e a m e at off e ri n g b a k e n i n a p a n, it s h all b e of fi n e fl o u r u nl e a v e n e d, mi n gl e d wit h oil. 6 T h o u s h alt p a rt it i n pi e c e s, a n d p o u r oil t h e r e o n : it i s a m e at off e r i n g. 7 5 1 A n d if t h y o bl ati o n b e a m e at off e ri n g b a k e n i n t h e f r yi n g p a n, it s h all b e m a d e of fi n e fl o u r wit h oil. 8 A n d t h o u s h alt b ri n g t h e m e at

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off e ri n g t h at i s m a d e of t h es e t hi n gs u nt o t h e L o r d : a n d w h e n it i s p r e s e nt e d u nt o t h e p ri est, h e s h all b ri n g it u nt o t h e alt a r. 9 A n d t h e p ri est s h all t a k e f r o m t h e m e at off e ri n g a m e m o ri al t h e r eof, a n d s h all b u m it u p o n t h e alt a r; it is a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e, of a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L o r d . 1 0 A n d t h at w hi c h is l eft of t h e m e at off e ri n g s h all b e A A r' o n ’s a n d his s o ns ’ : it is a t hi n g m ost h ol y of t h e off e ri n gs of t h e L o r d m a d e b y fi r e. 1 1 N o m e at off e ri n g, w hi c h y e s h all b ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d , s h all b e m a d e wit h l e a v e n: f o r y e s h all b u m n o l e a v e n, n o r a n y h o n e y, i n a n y off e ri n g of t h e L o r d m a d e b y fi r e. 1 2 5 1 As f o r t h e o bl ati o n of t h e fi rstf r uits, y e s h all off e r t h e m u nt o t h e L o r d : b ut t h e y s h all n ot b e b u r nt o n t h e alt a r f o r a s w e et s a v o u r. 1 3 A n d e v e r y o bl ati o n of t h y m e at off e ri n g s h alt t h o u s e as o n wit h s alt; n eit h e r s h alt t h o u s uff e r t h e s alt of t h e c o v e n a nt of t h y G o d t o b e l a c ki n g f r o m t h y m e at off e ri n g: wit h all t hi n e off e ri n gs t h o u s h alt off e r s alt. 1 4 A n d if t h o u off e r a m e at off e r i n g of t h y fi rstf r uits u nt o t h e L o r d , t h o u s h alt off e r f o r t h e m e at off e r i n g of t h y fi rstf r uits g r e e n e a rs of c o m d ri e d b y t h e fi r e, e v e n c o m b e at e n o ut of f ull e a rs. 1 5 A n d t h o u s h alt p ut oil u p o n it, a n d l a y f r a n ki n c e ns e t h e r e o n: it is a m e at off e ri n g. 1 6 A n d t h e p ri est s h all b u m t h e m e m o ri al of it, P art of t h e b e at e n c o m t h e r e of, a n d P art of t h e oil t h e r e of, wit h all t h e f r a n ki n c e ns e t h e r e of: it is a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d . 93 C H APTE R 3

c o n g r e g ati o n: a n d A A r' o n ’s s o ns t h e p ri ests s h all s p ri n kl e t h e bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r r o u n d a b o ut. 3 A n d h e s h all off e r of t h e s a c ri fi c e of t h e p e a c e off e ri n g a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d ; t h e f at t h at c o v e r et h t h e i n w a r ds, a n d all t h e f at t h at is u p o n t h e i nw a r ds, 4 A n d t h e t w o ki d n e ys, a n d t h e f at t h at is o n t h e m, w hi c h zs b y t h e fl a n ks, a n d t h e c a ul a b o v e t h e li v e r, wit h t h e ki d n e ys, it s h all h e t a k e a w a y. 5 A n d A A r' o n ’s s o ns s h all b u m it o n t h e alt a r u p o n t h e b u r nt s a c ri fi c e, w hi c h is u p o n t h e w o o d t h at i s o n t h e fi r e : it is a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e, of a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L or d . 6 5[ A n d if his off e ri n g f o r a s a c rifi c e of p e a c e off e ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d b e of t h e fl o c k; m al e o r f e m al e, h e s h all off e r it wit h o ut bl e mis h. 7 If h e off e r a l a m b f o r his off e ri n g, t h e n s h all h e off e r it b ef o r e t h e L or d . 8 A n d h e s h all l a y his h a n d u p o n t h e h e a d of t his off e ri n g, a n d kill it b ef o r e t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n : a n d A & r' o n ’s s o ns s h all s p ri n kl e t h e bl o o d t h e r e of r o u n d a b o ut u p o n t h e alt a r. 9 A n d h e s h all off e r of t h e s a c ri fi c e of t h e p e a c e off e ri n g a n off e r i n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d ; t h e f at t h e r e of, a n d t h e w h ol e r u m p, it s h all h e t a k e off h a r d b y t h e b a c k b o n e; a n d t h e f at t h at c o v e r et h t h e i n w a r ds, a n d all t h e f at t h at is u p o n t h e i n w a r ds, 1 0 A n d t h e t w o ki d n e ys, a n d t h e f at t h at is u p o n t h e m, w hi c h is b y t h e fl a n ks, a n d t h e c a ul a b o v e t h e li v e r, wit h t h e ki d n e ys, it s h all h e t a k e a w a y. 1 1 A n d t h e p ri est s h all b u m it u p o n t h e alt a r : it is t h e f o o d of t h e C o n c er ni n g t h e p e a c e off eri n g. off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e * N D if his o bl ati o n b e a s a c rifi c e L o r d . 1 2 5 1 A n d if his off e ri n g b e a g o at, l of p e a c e off e ri n g, if h e off e r it of t h e h e r d; w h et h e r it b e a m al et h e n h e s h all off e r it b ef o r e t h e o r f e m al e, h e s h all off e r it wit h o ut L o r d . 1 3 A n d h e s h all l a y his h a n d u p o n bl e mis h b ef o r e t h e L o r d . t h e h e a d of it, a n d kill it b ef o r e t h e 2 A n d h e s h all l a y his h a n d u p o n t h e h e a d of bis off e ri n g, a n d kill it t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n : a n d at t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e t h e s o ns of Afi ri o n s h all s p ri n kl e

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of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall bum them upon the altar of the burnt offering. 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and 1 Concerning the offering for a sin with his legs, and his inwards, and through ignorance; 3 a price's; 13 the congregation's; 22 a ruler's; 27 the his dung, common people's. 12 Even the whole bullock shall AND the Lord spake unto Md'- he carry forth without the camp xx ses, saying, unto a clean place, where the ashes 2 Speak unto the children of !§'- are poured out, and bum him on ra-el, saying, If a soul shall sin the wood with fire: .where the ashes through ignorance against any of are poured out shall he be burnt. the commandments of the Lord 13 And if the whole congregaconcerning things which ought not tion of Is'ra-el sin through ignoto be done, and shall do against rance, and the thing be hid from any of them: the eyes of the assembly, and they 3 If the priest that is anointed do have done somewhat against any sin according to the sin of the peo- of the commandments of the Lord ple; then let him bring for his sin, concerning things which should not which he hath sinned, a young bul- be done, and are guilty; lock without blemish unto the 14 When the sin, which they have Lord for a sin offering. sinned against it, is known, then 4 And he shall bring the bullock the congregation shall offer a unto the door of the tabernacle of young bullock for the sin, and bring the congregation before the Lord ; him before the tabernacle of the and shall lay his hand upon the bul- congregation. lock’s head, and kill the bullock be- 15 And the elders of the congregafore the Lord . tion shall lay their hands upon the 5 And the priest that is anointed head of the bullock before the shall take of the bullock’s blood, Lord : and the bullock shall be and bring it to the tabernacle of the killed before the Lord . congregation: 16 And the priest that is anointed 6 And the priest shall dip his finger shall bring of the bullock’s blood to in the blood, and sprinkle of the the tabernacle of the congregation: blood seven times before the Lord , 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and before the vail of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put some of sprinkle it seven times before the the blood upon the horns of the Lord , even before the vail. altar of sweet incense before the 18 And he shall put some of the Lord , which is in the tabernacle blood upon the horns of the altar Original from 121 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall bum them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord ’s . 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. 94 CHAPTER 4

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which is before the Lord , that is in 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the tabernacle of the congregation, the head of the sin offering, and and shall pour out all the blood at slay the sin offering in the place of the bottom of the altar of the burnt the burnt offering. offering, which is at the door of the 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat put it upon the horns of the altar of from him, and bum it upon the altar. burnt offering, and shall pour out 20 And he shall do with the bul- all the blood thereof at the bottom lock as he did with the bullock for of the altar. a sin offering, so shall he do with 31 And he shall take away dll the this: and the priest shall make an fat thereof, as the fat is taken atonement for them, and it shall be away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall bum forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bul- it upon the altar for a sweet salock without the camp, and bum vour unto the LORD; and the priest him as he burned the first bullock: it shall make an atonement for him, is a sin offering for the congregation. and it shall be forgiven him. 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin 22 U When a ruler hath sinned, offering, he shall bring it a female and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the com- without blemish. mandments of the Lord his God 33 And he shall lay his hand upon concerning things which should not the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place be done, and is guilty; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath where they kill the burnt offering. sinned, come to his knowledge; he 34 And the priest shall take of the shall bring his offering, a kid of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of goats, a male without blemish: 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the altar of burnt offering, and shall the head of the goat, and kill it in pour out all the blood thereof at the place where they kill the burnt the bottom of the altar: offering before the Lord : it is a sin 35 And he shall take away all the offering. fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb 25 And the priest shall take of the is taken away from the sacrifice of blood of the sin offering with his the peace offerings; and the priest finger, and put it upon the horns of shall bum them upon the altar, acthe altar of burnt offering, and shall cording to the offerings made by pour out his blood at the bottom of fire unto the Lord : and the priest the altar of burnt offering. shall make an atonement for his 26 And he shall bum all his fat sin that he hath committed, and it upon the altar, as the fat of the shall be forgiven him. sacrifice of peace offerings: and the CHAPTER 5 95 priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it 1 He that sins in concealing his knowledge, 2 in touching an unclean shall be forgiven him. thing, 4 or in making an oath. 6 His 27 And if any one of the comtrespass offering; 14 for sacrilege, 17 mon people sin through ignorance, ana for sins of ignorance. while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the AND if a soul sin, and hear the Lord concerning things which xx voice of swearing, and is a ought not to be done, and be witness, whether he hath seen or guilty; known of it; if he do not utter it, 28 Or if his sin, which he hath then he shall bear his iniquity. sinned, come to his knowledge: 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean then he shall bring his offering, thing, whether it be a. carcase of an a kid of the goats, a female with- unclean beast, or a carcase of unout blemish, for his sin which he clean cattle, or the carcase of unhath sinned. clean creeping things, and if it be 122 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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LEVITICUS, 6 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and bum it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : it is a sin offering. 13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering. 14 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of. the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: 16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord ; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignoiance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord . CHAPTER 6 96

hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. 7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord : one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 9And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. 10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 11 H But if he be not able to bring 1 The trespass offering for sins done two turtledoves, or two young pigdeliberately. 8 The law of the burnt offering; 14 of the meat offering. 19 eons, then he that sinned shall The offering at the consecration of a bring for his offering the tenth part priest. 24 The law of the sin offering. ot an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, ND the Lord spake unto Md'k ses, saying, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. 2 If a soul sin, and commit a Original from 128 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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trespass against the Lord , and lie and he shall bum thereon the fat unto his neighbour in that which of the peace offerings. was delivered him to keep, or in 13 The fire shall ever be burning fellowship, or in a thing taken upon the altar; it shall never go away by violence, or hath deceiv- out ed his neighbour; 14 If And this is the law of the 3 Or have found that which was meat offering: the sons of Adrion lost, and lieth concerning it, and shall offer it before the Lord , besweareth falsely; in any of all these fore the altar. that a man doeth, sinning therein: 15 And he shall take of it his hand4Then it shall be, because he ful, of the flour of the meat offering, hath sinned, and is guilty, that he and of the oil thereof, and all the shall restore that which he took frankincense which is upon the violently away, or the thing which meat offering, and shall bum it he hath deceitfully gotten, or that upon the altar for a sweet savour, which was delivered him to keep, even the memorial of it, unto the or the lost thing which he found, Lord . 5 Or all that about which he hath 16 And the remainder thereof sworn falsely; he shall even restore shall Adrion and his sons eat: with it in the principal, and shall add the unleavened bread shall it be eaten fifth part more thereto, and give it in the holy place; in the court of the unto him to whom it appertained, tabernacle of the congregation they in the day of his trespass offering. shall eat it. 6 And he shall bring his trespass 17 It shall not be baken with leaoffering unto the Lord , a ram ven. I have given it unto them for without blemish out of the flock, their portion of my offerings made with thy estimation, for a trespass by fire; it is most holy, as is the offering, unto the priest: sin offering, and as the trespass 7 And the priest shall make an offering. atonement for him before the 18 All the males among the chilLord : and it shall be forgiven him dren of Adrion shall eat of it It for any thing of all that he hath shall be a. statute for ever in your done in trespassing therein. generations concerning the offer8 And the Lord spake unto Md'- ings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall ses, saying, 9 Command Adrion and his sons, be holy. saying, This is the law of the burnt 19If And the Lord spake unto offering: It is the burnt offering, Mo'ses, saying, because of the burning upon the al- 20 This is the offering of Adrion tar all night unto the morning, and and of his sons, which they shall the fire of the altar shall be burn- offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part ing in it. 10 And the priest shall put on his of an ephah of fine flour for a meat linen garment, and his linen offering perpetual, half of it in the breeches shall be put upon his morning, and half thereof at night. flesh, and take up the ashes which 21 In a pan it shall be made with the fire hath consumed with the oil; and when it is baken, thou burnt offering on the altar, and he shalt bring it in: and the baken shall put them beside the altar. pieces of the meat offering shalt 11 And he shall put off his gar- thou offer for a sweet savour unto ments, and put on other garments, the Lord . and carry forth the ashes without 22 And the priest of his sons that the camp unto a clean place. is anointed in his stead shall offer 12 And the fire upon the altar shall it: it is a statute for ever unto the be burning in it; it shall not be put Lord ; it shall be wholly burnt. out: and the priest shall bum wood 23 For every meat offering for the on it every morning, and lay the priest shall be wholly burnt: it burnt offering in order upon it; shall hot be eaten. Original from 124 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

The law of the trespass offering 24 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 25 Speak unto A^r'on and to his sons, saying. This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord : it is most holy. 26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. 27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. 28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. 30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy fflace, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. 97 CHAPTER 7

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shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. 7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have if. 8 And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. 9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it. 10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of AAr'on have, one as much as another. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord . 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanks1 The law of the trespass offering; 11 of giving of his peace offerings. the peace offerings. 22 The eating of And of it he shall offer one out fat and blood forbidden. 28 The of14the whole oblation for an heave priests' portion. offering unto the Lord , and it IKEWISE this is the law of the shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth J trespass offering: it is most the blood of the peace offerings. holy. 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice 2 In the place where they kill the of his peace offerings for thanksburnt offering shall they kill the giving shall be eaten the same day trespass offering: and the blood that it is offered; he shall not leave thereof shall he sprinkle round any of it until the morning. about upon the altar. 16 But if the sacrifice of his offer3 And he shall offer of it all the ing be a. vow, or a voluntary offerfat thereof; the rump, and the fat ing, it shall be eaten the same day that covereth the inwards, that he offereth his sacrifice: and 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on the morrow also the remainder that is on them, which is by the of it shall be eaten: flanks, and the caul that is above 17 But the remainder of the flesh the liver, with the kidneys, it shall of the sacrifice on the third day he take away: shall be burnt with fire. 5 And the priest shall bum them 18 And if any of the flesh of the upon the altar for an offering made sacrifice of his peace offerings be by fire unto the LORD: it is a tres- eaten at all on the third day, it shall pass offering. not be accepted, neither shall it be 6 Every male among the priests imputed unto him that offereth it: Original from 125 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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it s h all b e a n a b o mi n ati o n, a n d t h e s o ul t h at e at et h of it s h all b e a r his i ni q uit y. 1 9 A n d t h e fl es h t h at t o u c h et h a n y u n cl e a n t hi n g s h all n ot b e e at e n; it s h all b e b u r nt wit h fi r e: a n d as f o r t h e fl es h, all t h at b e cl e a n s h all e at t h e r e of. 2 0 B ut t h e s o ul t h at e at et h of t h e fl es h of t h e s a c rifi c e of p e a c e off e r i n gs, t h at p ert ai n u nt o t h e L o r d , h a vi n g his u n cl e a n n ess u p o n hi m, e v e n t h at s o ul s h all b e c ut off f r o m his p e o pl e. 2 1 M o r e o v e r t h e s o ul t h at s h all t o u c h a n y u n cl e a n t hi n g, as t h e u n cl e a n n ess of m a n, o r a n y u n cl e a n b e ast, o r a n y a b o mi n a bl e u n cl e a n t hi n g, a n d e at of t h e fl es h of t h e s a c rifi c e of p e a c e off e ri n gs, w hi c h p ert ai n u nt o t h e L o r d , e v e n t h at s o ul s h all b e c ut off f r o m his p e o pl e. 2 2 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M d's es, s a yi n g, 2 3 S p e a k u nt o t h e c hil d r e n of f sr a- el, s a yi n g, Y e s h all e at n o m a n n e r of f at, of o x, o r of s h e e p, o r of g o at. 2 4 A n d t h e f at of t h e b e ast t h at di et h of its elf, a n d t h e f at of t h at w hi c h is t o m wit h b e asts, m a y b e us e d i n a n y ot h e r u s e : b ut y e s h all i n n o wis e e at of it. 2 5 F o r w h os o e v e r e at et h t h e f at of t h e b e ast, of w hi c h m e n off e r a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d , e v e n t h e s o ul t h at e at et h it s h all b e c ut off f r o m his p e o pl e. 2 6 M o r e o v e r y e s h all e at n o m a n n e r of bl o o d, w h et h er it b e of f o wl o r of b e ast, i n a n y of y o u r d w ell i n gs. 2 7 W h ats o e v e r s o ul it b e t h at e at et h a n y m a n n e r, of bl o o d, e v e n t h at s o ul s h all b e c ut off f r o m his p e o pl e. 2 8 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M o's es, s a yi n g, 2 9 S p e a k u nt o t h e c hil d r e n of Is' r a- el, s a yi n g, H e t h at off e r et h t h e s a c rifi c e of his p e a c e off e ri n gs u nt o t h e L o r d s h all b ri n g his o bl ati o n u nt o t h e L o r d of t h e s a c rifi c e of his p e a c e off e ri n gs. 3 0 His o w n h a n ds s h all b ri n g t h e off e ri n gs of t h e L o r d m a d e b y fi r e, t h e f at wit h t h e b r e ast, it s h all h e b ri n g, t h at t h e b r e ast m a y b e Di giti z e d b y

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w a v e d f or a w a v e off e ri n g b ef o r e t he L or d . 3 1 A n d t h e p ri est s h all b u m t h e f at u p o n t h e alt a r: b ut t h e b r e ast s h all b e A &' o n ’s a n d his s o ns ’. 3 2 A n d t h e ri g ht s h o ul d e r s h all y e gi v e u nt o t h e p ri est f or a n h e a v e off e ri n g of t h e s a c rifi c es of y o u r p e a c e off e ri n gs. 3 3 H e a m o n g t h e s o ns of A d ri o n, t h at off e r et h t h e bl o o d of t h e p e a c e off e ri n gs, a n d t h e f at, s h all h a v e t h e ri g ht s h o ul d e r f o r his p a rt 3 4 F o r t h e w a v e b r e ast a n d t h e h e a v e s h o ul d e r h a v e I t a k e n of t h e c hil d r e n of is' r a- el f r o m off t h e s a c rifi c es of t h ei r p e a c e off e ri n gs, a n d h a v e gi v e n t h e m u nt o A d ri o n t h e p ri est a n d u nt o his s o ns b y a st at ut e f o r e v e r f r o m a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n of Is' r a- el. 3 5 5 1 T his is t h e p orti o n of t h e a n oi nti n g of A d ri o n, a n d of t h e a n oi nti n g of his s o ns, o ut of di e of f e ri n gs of t h e L o r d m a d e b y fi r e, i n t h e d a y w h e n h e p r es e nt e d t h e m t o mi nist e r u nt o t h e L o r d i n t h e p ri est ’s offi c e; 3 6 W hi c h t h e L o r d c o m m a n d e d t o b e gi v e n t h e m of t h e c hil d r e n of Is' r a- el, i n t h e d a y t h at h e a n oi nt e d t h e m, b y a st at ut e f o r e v e r t h r o u g h r o ut t h ei r g e n e r ati o ns. 3 7 T his is t h e l a w of t h e b u r nt off e ri n g, of t h e m e at off e ri n g, a n d of t h e si n off e ri n g, a n d of t h e t r esp ass off e ri n g, a n d of t h e c o ns e c r a ti o ns, a n d of t h e s a c rifi c e of t h e p e a c e off e ri n gs; 3 8 W hi c h t h e L o r d c o m m a n d e d M o's es i n m o u nt Si' n ai, i n t h e d a y t h at h e c o m m a n d e d di e c hil d r e n of is' r a- el t o off e r t h ei r o bl ati o ns u nt o t h e L o r d , i n t h e wil d e r n ess of Si' n ai. C H APTE R 8 98 1 M os es c o ns e cr at es A a r o n a n d hi s s o ns. 1 4 T h ei r si n off eri n g. 18 T h eir b ur nt off eri n g. 2 2 T h e r a m of c o ns e cr ati o n.

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3 A n d g at h e r t h o u all t h e c o n g r e 1 6 A n d h e t o o k all t h e f at t h at g ati o n t o g et h e r u nt o t h e d o o r of t h e w a s u p o n t h e i n w a r d s, a n d t h e c a ul t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. a b o v e t h e li v e r, a n d t h e t w o ki d 4 A n d M d' s e s di d a s t h e L o r d n e y s, a n d t h ei r f at, a n d M d' s e s c o m m a n d e d hi m; a n d t h e a s s e m bl y b u r n e d it u p o n t h e alt a r. w a s g at h e r e d t o g et h e r u nt o t h e 1 7 B ut t h e b ull o c k a n d hi s hi d e, d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n - hi s fl e s h, a n d hi s d u n g, h e b u r nt g r e g ati o n. wit h fi r e wit h o ut t h e c a m p; a s t h e 5 A n d M d' s e s s ai d u nt o t h e c o n - L o r d c o m m a n d e d M d' s e s. g r e g ati o n, T hi s i s t h e t hi n g w hi c h 1 8 A n d h e b r o u g ht t h e r a m f o r t h e L o r d c o m m a n d e d t o b e d o n e. t h e b u r nt off e ri n g : a n d A & r' o n a n d 6 A n d M d' s e s b r o u g ht A & r' o n a n d hi s s o n s l ai d t h ei r h a n d s u p o n t h e hi s s o n s, a n d w a s h e d t h e m wit h h e a d of t h e r a m. w at e r. 1 9 A n d h e kill e d it; a n d M d' s e s 7 A n d h e p ut u p o n hi m t h e c o at, s p ri n kl e d t h e bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r a n d gi r d e d hi m wit h t h e gi r dl e, a n d r o u n d a b o ut. cl ot h e d hi m wit h t h e r o b e, a n d p ut 2 0 A n d h e c ut t h e r a m i nt o pi e c e s ; t h e e p h o d u p o n hi m, a n d h e gi r d e d a n d M d' s e s b u r nt t h e h e a d, a n d t h e hi m wit h t h e c u ri o u s gi r dl e of t h e pi e c e s, a n d t h e f at. e p h o d, a n d b o u n d it u nt o hi m 2 1 A n d h e w as h e d t h e i n w ar ds t h e r e wit h. a n d t h e l e g s i n w at e r; a n d M d' s e s 8 A n d h e p ut t h e b r e a st pl at e u p o n b u r nt t h e w h ol e r a m u p o n t h e alt a r : hi m : al s o h e p ut i n t h e b r e a st - it w a s a b u r nt s a c rifi c e f o r a s w e et pl at e t h e { T ri m a n d t h e T h u m' mi m. s a v o u r, a n d a n off e ri n g m a d e b y 9 A n d h e p ut t h e mit r e u p o n hi s fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d ; a s t h e L o r d h e a d; al s o u p o n t h e mit r e, e v e n c o m m a n d e d M d' s e s. u p o n hi s f o r ef r o nt, di d h e p ut t h e 2 2 If A n d h e b r o u g ht t h e ot h e r g ol d e n pl at e, t h e h ol y c r o w n; a s t h e r a m, t h e r a m of c o n s e c r ati o n: a n d L o r d c o m m a n d e d M d' s e s. A A r' o n a n d hi s s o n s l ai d t h ei r h a n d s 1 0 A n d M d' s e s t o o k t h e a n oi nt - u p o n t h e h e a d of t h e r a m. i n g oil, a n d a n oi nt e d t h e t a b e r n a cl e 2 3 A n d h e sl e w it; a n d M d' s e s a n d all t h at w a s t h e r ei n, a n d s a n c - t o o k of t h e bl o o d of it, a n d p ut it tifi e d t h e m. u p o n t h e ti p of A & r' p n ’s ri g ht e a r, 1 1 A n d h e s p ri n kl e d t h e r e of u p o n a n d u p o n t h e t h u m b of hi s ri g ht t h e alt a r s e v e n ti m e s, a n d a n oi nt e d h a n d, a n d u p o n t h e g r e at t o e of hi s t h e alt a r a n d all hi s v e s s el s, b ot h ri g ht f o ot. t h e l a v e r a n d hi s f o ot, t o s a n ctif y 2 4 A n d h e b r o u g ht Ai r' o n ’s s o n s, t h e m. a n d M d' s e s p ut of t h e bl o o d u p o n 1 2 A n d h e p o u r e d of t h e a n oi nt - t h e ti p of t h ei r ri g ht e a r, a n d u p o n i n g oil u p o n A £ r' Q n ’s h e a d, a n d t h e t h u m b s of t h ei r ri g ht h a n d s, a n oi nt e d hi m, t o s a n ctif y hi m. a n d u p o n t h e g r e at t o e s of t h ei r 1 3 A n d M d' s e s b r o u g ht A & r' o n ’s ri g ht f e et: a n d M d' s e s s p ri n kl e d s o n s, a n d p ut c o at s u p o n t h e m, a n d t h e bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r r o u n d gi r d e d t h e m wit h gi r dl e s, a n d p ut a b o ut. 2 5 A n d h e t o o k t h e f at, a n d t h e b o n n et s u p o n t h e m; a s t h e L o r d r u m p, a n d all t h e f at t h at w a s u p o n c o m m a n d e d M o' s e s * t h e i n w a r d s, a n d t h e c a ul a b o v e t h e 1 4 A n d h e b r o u g ht t h e b ull o c k f o r t h e si n off e ri n g: a n d A A r' o n li v e r, a n d t h e t w o ki d n e y s, a n d a n d hi s s o n s l ai d t h ei r h a n d s u p o n t h ei r f at, a n d t h e ri g ht s h o ul d e r : t h e h e a d of t h e b ull o c k f o r t h e si n 2 6 A n d o ut of t h e b a s k et of u n l e a v e n e d b r e a d, t h at w a s b ef o r e t h e off e ri n g. L o r d , h e t o o k o n e u nl e a v e n e d 1 5 A n d h e sl e w it; a n d M o' s e s t o o k t h e bl o o d, a n d p ut it u p o n t h e c a k e, a n d a c a k e of oil e d b r e a d, h o r n s of t h e alt a r r o u n d a b o ut wit h a n d o n e w af e r, a n d p ut t h e m hi s fi n g e r, a n d p u rifi e d t h e alt a r, o n t h e f at, a n d u p o n t h e ri g ht a n d p o u r e d t h e bl o o d at t h e b ott o m s h o ul d e r : of t h e alt a r; a n d s a n ctifi e d it, t o x 2 7 A n d h e p ut all u p o n A & r' o n ’s h a n d s, a n d u p o n hi s s o n s ’ h a n d s, m a k e r e c o n cili ati o n u p o n it. 1 2 7 Ori gi n al fr o m Di giti z e d b y G o o gl e U NI V E R SI T Y O F MI C HI G A N

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and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord . 28And Md'ses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord . 29 And Mo'ses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord : for of the ram of consecration it was Mo'ses’ part; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 30 And Md'ses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon AAr'on, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified A&r'on, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him. 31 If And Md'ses said unto Air'on and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Air'on and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye bum with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord , that ye die not: for so I am commanded. 36 So Air'on and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Md'ses.

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Air'on and his sons, and the elders of is ra-el; 2 And he said unto Air'on, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a 'burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord . 3 And unto the children of is'rg-el thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord ; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the Lord will appear unto you. 5 1 And they brought that which Md'ses commanded . before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord . 6And Md'ses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. 7 And Md'ses said into A&r'on, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. 8 K AAr'on therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 And the sons of Air'on brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Md'ses. 99 CHAPTER 9 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 1 Aaron's offerings for himself and 12 And he slew the burnt offerIsrael. 23 Moses and Aaron bless the people. 24 Fire comes from the ing; and AAr'on’s sons presented Lord and consumes the offering. unto him the blood, which he Digitized by

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sprinkled round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15 And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. 17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Air'on’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aar'on waved for a wave offering before the Lord ; as Mo'ses commanded. 22 And Aar'on lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Mo'ses and A&r'on went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from before the Lord , and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 9

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ND Na'dSb and A-bi'hu, the sons of AAr'on, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord , which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord , and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Then Mo'ses said unto AArion, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And AAr'on held his peace. 4 And Mo'ses called Mish'a-el and £l'za-ph&n, the sons of Uz'zi-el the uncle of AsLr'on, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Mo'ses had said. 6 And Mo'ses said unto AAr'on, and unto E-le-a'zar and unto fth'a-mar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Is'rg-el, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Mo'ses. 8 And the Lord spake unto A&r'on, saying, 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the

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children of Is'ra-el all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Mo'ses. 12 1[ And Mo'ses spake unto AAr'on, and unto E-le-a'zar and unto fth'a-mar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: 13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded. 14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of eace offerings of the children of s'ra-el. 15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord ; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. 16 T And Mo'ses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with E-le-A'zar and Ith'a-mar, the sons of AAr'on which were left alive, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord ? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy Place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy Place, as I commanded. 19 And AAr'on said unto Mo'ses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord ; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord ? 20 And when Mo'ses heard that, he was content

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AND the Lord spake unto M6'ses and to AAr'on, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet be cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. 9 IT These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shad not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 12Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. 13 U And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

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1 4 A n d t h e v ult u r e, a n d t h e kit e aft e r hi s ki n d; 1 5 E v e r y r a v e n aft e r hi s ki n d; 1 6 A n d t h e o wl, a n d t h e ni g ht h a w k, a n d t h e c u c k o w, a n d t h e h a w k aft e r hi s ki n d, 1 7 A n d t h e littl e o wl, a n d t h e c o r m o r a nt, a n d t h e g r e at o wl, 1 8 A n d t h e s w a n, a n d t h e p eli c a n, a n d t h e gi e r e a gl e, 1 9 A n d t h e st o r k, t h e h e r o n aft e r h e r ki n d, a n d t h e l a p wi n g, a n d t h e b at. 2 0 All f o wl s t h at c r e e p, g oi n g u p o n all f o u r, s h all b e a n a b o mi n ati o n u nt o y o u. 2 1 Y et t h e s e m a y y e e at of e v e r y fl yi n g c r e e pi n g t hi n g t h at g o et h u p o n all f o u r, w hi c h h a v e l e g s a b o v e t h ei r f e et, t o l e a p wit h al u p o n t h e e a rt h; 2 2 E v e n t h e s e of t h e m y e m a y e at; t h e l o c u st aft e r hi s ki n d, a n d t h e b al d l o c u st aft e r hi s ki n d, a n d t h e b e etl e aft e r hi s ki n d, a n d t h e g r a s s h o p p e r aft e r hi s ki n d. 2 3 B ut all ot h e r fl yi n g c r e e pi n g t hi n g s, w hi c h h a v e f o u r f e et, s h all b e a n a b o mi n ati o n u nt o y o u. 2 4 A n d f o r t h e s e y e s h all b e u n cl e a n : w h o s o e v e r t o u c h et h t h e c a r c a s e of t h e m s h all b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. 2 5 A n d w h o s o e v e r b e a r et h o u g ht of t h e c a r c a s e of t h e m s h all w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. 2 6 T h e c a r c a s e s of e v e r y b e a st w hi c h di vi d et h t h e h o of, a n d i s n ot cl o v e nf o ot e d, n o r c h e w et h t h e c u d, a r e u n cl e a n u nt o y o u: e v e r y o n e t h at t o u c h et h t h e m s h all b e u n cl e a n. 2 7 A n d w h at s o e v e r g o et h u p o n hi s p a w s, a m o n g all m a n n e r of b e a st s t h at g o o n all f o u r, t h o s e a r e u n cl e a n u nt o y o u : w h o s o t o u c h et h t h ei r c a r c a s e s h all b e u n cl e a n u n til t h e e v e n. 2 8 A n d h e t h at b e a r et h t h e c a r c a s e of t h e m s h all w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n : t h e y a r e u n cl e a n u nt o y o u. 2 9 H T h e s e al s o s h all b e u n cl e a n u nt o y o u a m o n g t h e c r e e pi n g t hi n g s t h at c r e e p u p o n t h e e a rt h; t h e w e a s el, a n d t h e m o u s e, a n d t h e t o rt oi s e aft e r hi s ki n d, Di giti z e d b y

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3 0 A n d t h e f e r r et, a n d t h e c h a m e l e o n, a n d t h e li z a r d, a n d t h e s n ail, a n d t h e m ol e. 3 1 T h e s e a r e u n cl e a n t o y o u a m o n g all t h at c r e e p: w h o s o e v e r d ot h t o u c h t h e m, w h e n t h e y b e d e a d, s h all b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. 3 2 A n d u p o n w h at s o e v e r a n y of t h e m, w h e n t h e y a r e d e a d, d ot h f all, it s h all b e u n cl e a n; w h et h e r it b e a n y v e s s el of w o o d, o r r ai m e nt, o r s ki n, o r s a c k, w h at s o e v e r v e s s el it b e, w h e r ei n a n y w o r k i s d o n e, it m u st b e p ut i nt o w at e r, a n d it s h all b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n; s o it s h all b e cl e a n s e d. 3 3 A n d e v e r y e a rt h e n v e s s el, w h e r ei nt o a n y of t h e m f all et h, w h at s o e v e r i s i n it s h all b e u n cl e a n; a n d y e s h all b r e a k it. 3 4 Of all m e at w hi c h m a y b e e at e n, t h at o n w hi c h s u c h w at e r c o m et h s h all b e u n cl e a n: a n d all d ri n k t h at m a y b e d r u n k i n e v e r y s u c h v e s s el s h all b e u n cl e a n. 3 5 A n d e v e r y t hi n g w h e r e u p o n a n y P a rt of t h ei r c a r c a s e f all et h s h all b e u n cl e a n; w h et h e r it b e o v e n, o r r a n g e s f o r p ot s, t h e y s h all b e b r o k e n d o w n: f o r t h e y a r e u n cl e a n, a n d s h all b e u n cl e a n u nt o y o u. 3 6 N e v e rt h el e s s a f o u nt ai n o r pit, w h e r ei n t h e r e i s pl e nt y of w at e r, s h all b e cl e a n: b ut t h at w hi c h t o u c h et h t h ei r c a r c a s e s h all b e u n cl e a n. 3 7 A n d if a n y p a rt of t h ei r c a rc a s e f all u p o n a n y s o wi n g s e e d w hi c h i s t o b e s o w n, it s h all b e cl e a n. 3 8 B ut if a n y w at e r b e p ut u p o n t h e s e e d, a n d a n y p a rt of t h ei r c a r c a s e f all t h e r e o n, it s h all b e u n cl e a n u nt o y o u. 3 9 A n d if a n y b e a st, of w hi c h y e m a y e at, di e; h e t h at t o u c h et h t h e c a r c a s e t h e r e of s h all b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. 4 0 A n d h e t h at e at et h of t h e c a r c a s e of it s h all w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n: h e al s o t h at b e a r et h t h e c a r c a s e of it s h all w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. 4 1 A n d e v e r y c r e e pi n g t hi n g t h at c r e e p et h u p o n t h e e a rt h s h all b e a n a b o mi n ati o n; it s h all n ot b e e at e n.

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4 2 W h at s o e v er g o et h u p o n t h e b e l l y, a n d w h a t s o e v e r g o e t h u p o n a l l f o u r, o r w h a t s o e v e r h a t h m o r e f e e t a m o n g all c r e e pi n g t hi n g s t h a t c r e e p u p o n t h e e a r t h, t h e m y e s h a l l n o t e a t; f o r t h e y a r e a n a b o mi n a ­ t i o n. 4 3 Y e s h all n o t m a k e y o u r s el v e s a b o mi n a bl e wi t h a n y c r e e pi n g t hi n g t h a t c r e e p e t h, n e i t h e r s h a l l y e m a k e y o u r s e l v e s u n c l e a n w i t h t h e m, t h a t y e s h o u l d b e d e f i l e d t h e r e b y. 4 4 F or I a m t h e L or d y o ur G o d : y e s h all t h e r e f o r e s a n c ti f y y o u r ­ s e l v e s, a n d y e s h a l l b e h o l y ; f o r I a m h ol y: n ei t h e r s h all y e d e fil e y o u r s el v e s wi t h a n y m a n n er of c r e e pi n g t hi n g t h a t c r e e p e t h u p o n t h e e a r t h. 4 5 F or I a m t h e L or d t h a t b ri n g e t h y o u u p o u t o f t h e l a n d o f £' £ # p t, t o b e y o u r G o d : y e s h a l l t h e r e ­ f o r e b e h o l y, f o r I a m h o l y. 4 6 T h i s z s t h e l a w o f t h e b e a s t s, a n d o f t h e f o w l, a n d o f e v e r y l i v i n g c r e a t u r e t h a t m o v e t h i n t h e w a t e r s, a n d of e v er y cr e at ur e t h at cr e e p et h u p o n t h e e art h : 4 7 T o m a k e a di ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e u n c l e a n a n d t h e c l e a n, a n d b e ­ t w e e n t h e b e a st t h at m a y b e e at e n a n d t h e b e a s t t h a t m a y n o t b e e a t e n.

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N D t h e L or d s p a k e u n t o M d' l s e s, s a y i n g, 2 S p e a k u n t o t h e c hil d r e n o f I s' r a - e l, s a y i n g, I f a w o m a n h a v e c o n ­ c e i v e d s e e d, a n d b o m a m a n c h i l d : t h e n s h e s h all b e u n cl e a n s e v e n d a y s; a c c o r di n g t o t h e d a y s o f t h e s e p a r a ti o n f o r h e r i n fi r mi t y s h all s h e b e u n c l e a n. 3 A n d i n t h e ei g ht h d a y t h e fl e s h o f hi s f o r e s ki n s h all b e ci r c u m ­ c i s e d. 4 A n d s h e s h all t h e n c o n ti n u e i n t h e bl o o d o f h e r p u ri f yi n g t h r e e a n d t hi r t y d a y s; s h e s h all t o u c h n o h al ­ l o w e d t h i n g, n o r c o m e i n t o t h e s a n c t u a r y, u n t i l t h e d a y s o f h e r p u r i f y i n g b e f u l f i l l e d. 5 B u t i f s h e b e a r a m a i d c h i l d, t h e n s h e s h all b e u n cl e a n t w o w e e k s, a s i n h e r s e p a r a t i o n : a n d s h e s h all c o n ti n u e i n t h e bl o o d o f Di giti z e d b y

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h e r, p u r i f y i n g t h r e e s c o r e a n d s i x d a y s. 6 A n d w h e n t h e d a y s o f h e r p u ri ­ f y i n g a r e f u l f i l l e d, f o r a s o n, o r f o r a d a u g h t e r, s h e s h a l l b r i n g a l a m b o f t h e fi r s t y e a r f o r a b u r n t o f f e r ­ i n g, a n d a y o u n g p i g e o n, o r a t u r t l e ­ d o v e, f o r a s i n o f f e r i n g, u n t o t h e d o o r o f t h e t a b e r n a cl e o f t h e c o n ­ g r e g a t i o n, u n t o t h e p r i e s t : 7 W ho s h all o f f e r it b e f o r e t h e L or d , a n d m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r h e r; a n d s h e s h all b e cl e a n s e d f r o m t h e i s s u e o f h e r b l o o d. T hi s i s t h e l a w f o r h e r t h a t h a t h b o m a m al e o r a f e m a l e. 8 A n d if s h e b e n o t a bl e t o b ri n g a l a m b, t h e n s h e s h a l l b r i n g t w o t u r t l e s, o r t w o y o u n g p i g e o n s ; t h e o n e f o r t h e b u r n t o f f e r i n g, a n d t h e o t h e r f o r a si n o f f e ri n g: a n d t h e p ri e s t s h all m a k e a n a t o n e m e n t f o r h e r, a n d s h e s h a l l b e c l e a n. C H A P T E R

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N D t h e L or d s p a k e u n t o M d' l § e s a n d A & r ' o n, s a y i n g, 2 W h e n a m a n s h all h a v e i n t h e s k i n o f h i s f l e s h a r i s i n g, a s c a b, o r b r i g h t s p o t, a n d i t b e i n t h e s k i n o f hi s fl e s h li k e t h e pl a g u e o f l e p r o s y; t h e n h e s h all b e b r o u g h t u n t o A d r ' o n t h e p r i e s t, o r u n t o o n e o f hi s s o n s t h e p ri e s t s : 3 A n d t h e p ri e s t s h all l o o k o n t h e pl a g u e i n t h e s ki n o f t h e fl e s h : a n d w h e n t h e h ai r i n t h e pl a g u e i s t u r n ­ e d w h i t e, a n d t h e p l a g u e i n s i g h t b e d e e p e r t h a n t h e s k i n o f h i s f l e s h, it i s a pl a g u e o f l e p r o s y: a n d t h e p r i e s t s h a l l l o o k o n h i m, a n d p r o ­ n o u n c e h i m u n c l e a n. 4 I f t h e b ri g ht s p o t b e w hi t e i n t h e s k i n o f h i s f l e s h, a n d i n s i g h t b e n o t d e e p e r t h a n t h e s k i n, a n d t h e h a i r t h e r e o f b e n o t t u r n e d w hi t e; t h e n t h e p ri e s t s h all s h u t u p hi m t h a t h a t h t h e pl a g u e s e v e n d a y s : 5 A n d t h e p ri e s t s h all l o o k o n hi m t h e s e v e n t h d a y : a n d, b e h o l d, i f t h e p l a g u e i n h i s s i g h t b e a t a s t a y, a n d t h e pl a g u e s p r e a d n o t i n t h e s ki n; t h e n t h e p ri e s t s h all s h u t hi m u p s e v e n d a y s m o r e : 6 A n d t h e p ri e s t s h all l o o k o n hi m a g a i n t h e s e v e n t h d a y : a n d, b e h o l d, i f t h e p l a g u e b e s o m e w h a t d a r k,

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and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pitonounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the pribst for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: 8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned die hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; 17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. 18 If The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright Digitized by

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LEVITICUS, 13 spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest; 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24 K Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that bumeth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is an inflammation of the burning. 29If If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; 30 Then the priest shall see the

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plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: 32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: 34And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; 36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 If a man also or a woman have m die skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; vet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: vet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald Digitized by

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head, or bald forehead, a'white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it be in the warp or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;

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54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt bum it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin: it is a spreading Plague: thou shalt bum that wherein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. 104 ' CHAPTER 14 1 The cleansing of the leper. 33 Leprosy in a house; the manner of its cleansing.

AND the Lord spake unto Mo'M ses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in tb^ day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; 4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 5 And the priest shall command - that one of the birds be killed in an etrthen vessel over running water: 6 As for the living bird, he shall Digitized by

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take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. 9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord , at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : 13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: 15 And the priest shall take some

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Of t h e l o g of oil, a n d p o ur it i nt o t h e t h u m b of his ri g ht h a n d * a n d u p o n p al m of his o w n l eft h a n d : t h e gr e at t o e of his ri g ht f o ot: 1 6 A n d t h e pri est s h all di p his 2 6 A n d t h e pri est s h all p o ur of t h e ri g ht fi n g er i n t h e oil t h at is i n his oil i nt o t h e p al m of his o w n l eft l eft h a n d * a n d s h all s pri n kl e of t h e h a n d: oil wit h his fi n g er s e v e n ti m es b e - 2 7 A n d t h e pri est s h all s pri n kl e f or e t h e L or d : wit h his ri g ht fi n g er s o m e of t h e oil 1 7 A n d of t h e r est of t h e oil t h at is t h at is i n his l eft h a n d s e v e n ti m es i n his h a n d s h all t h e pri est p ut b ef or e t h e L or d : u p o n t h e ti p of t h e ri g ht e ar of hi m 2 8 A n d t h e pri est s h all p ut of t h e t h at is t o b e cl e a ns e d * a n d u p o n t h e oil t h at is i n his h a n d u p o n t h e ti p t h u m b of his ri g ht h a n d * a n d u p o n of t h e ri g ht e ar of hi m t h at is t o b e t h e gr e at t o e of his ri g ht f o ot * u p o n cl e a ns e d * a n d u p o n t h e t h u m b of t h e bl o o d of t h e tr es p ass off eri n g : his ri g ht h a n d * a n d u p o n t h e gr e at 1 8 A n d t h e r e m n a nt of t h e oil t h at t o e of his ri g ht f o ot * u p o n t h e pl a c e is i n t h e pri est ’s h a n d h e s h all p o ur of t h e bl o o d of t h e tr es p ass off er u p o n t h e h e a d of hi m t h at is t o b e i n g: cl e a ns e d : a n d t h e pri est s h all m a k e 2 9 A n d t h e r e st of t h e oil t h at is a n at o n e m e nt f or hi m b ef or e t h e i n t h e pri est ’s h a n d h e s h all p ut L or d . u p o n t h e h e a d of hi m t h at is t o b e 1 9 A n d t h e pri est s h all off er t h e cl e a ns e d * t o m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f or si n off eri n g * a n d m a k e a n at o n e - hi m b ef or e t h e L or d . m e nt f or hi m t h at is t o b e cl e a ns e d 3 0 A n d h e s h all off er t h e o n e of fr o m his u n cl e a n n ess; a n d aft er - •t h e t urtl e d o v es, or of t h e y o u n g w ar d h e s h all kill t h e b ur nt off er - pi g e o ns * s u c h as h e c a n g et; 3 1 E v e n s u c h as h e is a bl e t o g et, i n g: 2 0 A n d t h e pri est s h all off er t h e t h e o n e f or a si n off eri n g, a n d t h e b ur nt off eri n g a n d t h e m e at off er - ot h er f or a b ur nt off eri n g, wit h t h e i n g u p o n t h e alt ar: a n d t h e pri est m e at off eri n g : a n d t h e pri est s h all s h all m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f or hi m * m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f or hi m t h at is t o b e cl e a ns e d b ef or e t h e L O R D. a n d h e s h all b e cl e a n. 2 1 A n d if h e b e p o or * a n d c a n 3 2 T his is t h e l a w of hi m i n w h o m n ot g et s o m u c h; t h e n h e s h all t a k e is t h e pl a g u e of l e pr os y, w h os e o n e l a m b f or a tr es p ass off eri n g t o h a n d is n ot a bl e t o g et t h at w hi c h b e w a v e d, t o m a k e a n at o n e m e nt P ert ai n et h t o his cl e a nsi n g. f or hi m * a n d o n e t e nt h d e al of fi n e 3 3 A n d t h e L or d s p a k e u nt o fl o ur mi n gl e d wit h oil f or a m e at M o's es a n d u nt o A &r' o n * s a yi n g * 3 4 W h e n y e b e c o m e i nt o t h e off eri n g * a n d a l o g of oil; 2 2 A n d t w o t urtl e d o v es, or t w o l a n d of C a' n A a n, w hi c h I gi v e t o y o u n g pi g e o ns * s u c h as h e is a bl e t o y o u f or a p oss essi o n * a n d I p ut t h e g et; a n d t h e o n e s h all b e a si n off er - pl a g u e of l e pr os y i n a h o us e of t h e i n g, a n d t h e ot h er a b ur nt off eri n g. l a n d of y o ur p oss essi o n ; 2 3 A n d h e s h all bri n g t h e m o n 3 5 A n d h e t h at o w n et h t h e h o us e t h e ei g ht h d a y f or his cl e a nsi n g s h all c o m e a n d t ell t h e pri est,•s a y u nt o t h e pri est, u nt o t h e d o or of i n g, It s e e m et h t o m e t h er e is as it t h e t a b er n a cl e of t h e c o n gr e g ati o n, w er e a pl a g u e i n t h e h o u s e : 3 6 T h e n t h e pri est s h all c o m m a n d b ef or e t h e L or d . 2 4 A n d t h e pri est s h all t a k e t h e t h at t h e y e m pt y t h e h o us e * b e l a m b of t h e tr es p ass off eri n g * a n d f or e t h e pri est g o i nt o it t o s e e t h e t h e l o g of oil, a n d t h e pri est s h all pl a g u e * t h at all t h at is i n t h e h o us e w a v e t h e m f or a w a v e off eri n g b e - b e n ot m a d e u n cl e a n: a n d aft er w ar d t h e pri est s h all g o i n t o s e e f or e t h e L or d : 2 5 A n d h e s h all kill t h e l a m b of t h e h o u s e : t h e tr es p ass off eri n g, a n d t h e pri est 3 7 A n d h e s h all l o o k o n t h e pl a g u e * s h all t a k e s o m e of t h e bl o o d of t h e a n d * b e h ol d * if t h e pl a g u e b e i n tr es p ass off eri n g * a n d p ut it u p o n t h e w alls of t h e h o us e wit h h oll o w t h e ti p of t h e ri g ht e ar of hi m t h at str a k es * gr e e nis h or r e d dis h, w hi c h is t o b e cl e a ns e d ^ a n d u p o n t h e i n si g ht ar e lOriog n w Ifrero tm h a n t h e w all; 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h e t o u c h et h w hi c h h at h t h e i s s u e, a n d all t h e b e d w h e r e o n h e li et h s h all b e b r o k e n : a n d e v e r y v e s s el s h all b e u n cl e a n. of w o o d s h all b e ri n s e d i n w at e r. 2 5 A n d if a w o m a n h a v e a n i s s u e 1 3 A n d w h e n h e t h at h at h a n i s- of h e r bl o o d m a n y d a y s o ut of t h e s u e i s cl e a n s e d of hi s i s s u e; t h e n ti m e of h e r s e p a r ati o n, o r if it r u n h e s h all n u m b e r t o hi m s elf s e v e n b e y o n d t h e ti m e of h e r s e p a r ati o n; d a y s f o r hi s cl e a n si n g, a n d w a s h all t h e d a y s of t h e i s s u e of h e r u n hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b at h e hi s fl e s h i n cl e a n n e s s s h all b e a s t h e d a y s of r u n ni n g w at e r, a n d s h all b e cl e a n. h e r s e p a r ati o n: s h e s h all b e u n 1 4 A n d o n t h e ei g ht h d a y h e s h all cl e a n. t a k e t o hi m t w o t u rtl e d o v e s, o r 2 6 E v e r y b e d w h e r e o n s h e li et h t w o y o u n g pi g e o n s, a n d c o m e b e - all t h e d a y s of h e r i s s u e s h all b e f o r e t h e L o r d u nt o t h e d o o r of t h e u nt o h e r a s t h e b e d of h e r s e p a r a t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, a n d ti o n: a n d w h at s o e v e r s h e sitt et h gi v e t h e m u nt o t h e p ri e st : u p o n s h all b e u n cl e a n, a s t h e u n 1 5 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all off e r t h e m, cl e a n n e s s of h e r s e p a r ati o n. t h e o n e f o r a si n off e ri n g, a n d t h e 2 7 A n d w h o s o e v e r t o u c h et h t h o s e ot h e r f o r a. b u r nt off e ri n g; a n d t h e t hi n g s s h all b e u n cl e a n, a n d s h all p ri e st s h all m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b at h e hi m hi m b ef o r e t h e L o r d f o r hi s i s s u e. s elf i n w at e r, a n d b e u n cl e a n u ntil 1 6 A n d if a n y m a n ’s s e e d of c o p u - t h e e v e n. l ati o n g o o ut f r o m hi m, t h e n h e s h all 2 8 B ut if s h e b e cl e a n s e d of h e r w a s h all hi s fl e s h i n w at e r, a n d b e i s s u e, t h e n s h e s h all n u m b e r t o u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. h e r s elf s e v e n d a y s, a n d aft e r t h at 1 7 A n d e v e r y g a r m e nt, a n d e v e r y s h e s h all b e cl e a n. s ki n, w h e r e o n i s t h e s e e d of c o p u - 2 9 A n d o n t h e ei g ht h d a y s h e s h all l ati o n, s h all b e w a s h e d wit h w at e r, t a k e u nt o h e r t w o t u rtl e s, o r t w o a n d b e u n cl e a n u ntil t h e e v e n. y o u n g pi g e o n s, a n d b ri n g t h e m u nt o 1 8 T h e w o m a n al s o wit h w h o m t h e p ri e st, t o t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r m a n s h all li e wit h s e e d of c o p ul a - n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. ti o n, t h e y s h all b ot h b at h e t h e m - 3 0 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all off e r t h e s el v e s i n w at e r, a n d b e u n cl e a n o n e f o r a si n off e ri n g, a n d t h e ot h e r u ntil t h e e v e n. f o r a b u r nt off e ri n g; 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c o m e o ut, a n d h a v e m a d e a n at o n e m e nt f o r hi m s elf, a n d f o r hi s h o u s e h ol d, a n d f o r all t h e c o n g r e g ati o n of I §' r a- el. 1 8 A n d h e s h all g o o ut u nt o t h e alt a r t h at i s b ef o r e t h e L O R D, a n d m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r it; a n d s h all t a k e of t h e bl o o d of t h e b ul l o c k, a n d of t h e bl o o d of t h e g o at, a n d p ut it u p o n t h e h o r n s of t h e alt a r r o u n d a b o ut. 1 9 A n d h e s h all s p ri n kl e of t h e bl o o d u p o n it wit h hi s fi n g e r s e v e n ti m e s, a n d cl e a n s e it, a n d h all o w it f r o m t h e u n cl e a n n e s s of t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el. 2 0 A n d w h e n h e h at h m a d e a n e n d of r e c o n cili n g t h e h ol y pl a c e, a n d t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g a ti o n, a n d t h e alt a r, h e s h all b ri n g t h e li v e g o at : 2 1 A n d A A r' o n s h all l a y b ot h hi s h a n d s u p o n t h e h e a d of t h e li v e g o at, a n d c o nf e s s o v e r hi m all t h e i ni q uiti e s of t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el, a n d all t h ei r t r a n s g r e s si o n s i n all t h ei r si n s, p utti n g t h e m u p o n t h e h e a d of t h e g o at, a n d s h all s e n d hi m a w a y b y t h e h a n d of a fit m a n i nt o t h e wil d e r n e s s : 2 2 A n d t h e g o at s h all b e a r u p o n hi m all t h ei r i ni q uiti e s u nt o a l a n d n ot i n h a bit e d: a n d h e s h all l et g o di e g o at i n t h e wil d e r n e s s. 2 3 A n d A & r' o n s h all c o m e i nt o t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, a n d s h all p ut off t h e li n e n g a r m e nt s, w hi c h h e p ut o n w h e n h e w e nt i nt o t h e h ol y Pl a c e, a n d s h all l e a v e t h e m t h e r e: 2 4 A n d h e s h all w a s h hi s fl e s h wit h w at e r i n t h e h ol y pl a c e, a n d p ut o n hi s g a r m e nt s, a n d c o m e f o rt h, a n d off e r hi s b u r nt off e ri n g, a n d t h e b u r nt off e ri n g of t h e p e o pl e, a n d m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r hi m s elf, a n d f o r t h e p e o pl e. 2 5 A n d t h e f at of t h e si n off e ri n g s h all h e b u m u p o n t h e alt a r. 2 6 A n d h e t h at l et g o t h e g o at f o r t h e s c a p e g o at s h all w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b at h e hi s fl e s h i n w at e r, a n d aft e r w a r d c o m e i nt o t h e c a m p. 2 7 A n d t h e b ull o c k f o r t h e si n of f e ri n g, a n d t h e g o at f o r t h e si n of f e ri n g, w h o s e bl o o d w a s b r o u g ht i n t o m a k e at o n e m e nt i n t h e h ol y Di giti z e d b y

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Pl a c e, s h all o n e c a r r y f o rt h wit h o ut t h e c a m p; a n d t h e y s h all b u m i n t h e fi r e t h ei r s ki n s, a n d t h ei r fl e s h, a n d t h ei r d u n g. 2 8 A n d h e t h at b u m et h t h e m s h all w a s h hi s cl ot h e s, a n d b at h e hi s fl e s h i n w at e r, a n d aft e r w a r d h e s h all c o m e i nt o t h e c a m p. 2 9 t A n d t hi s s h all b e a st at ut e f o r e v e r u nt o y o u: t h at i n t h e s e v e nt h m o nt h, o n t h e t e nt h d a y of t h e m o nt h, y e s h all affli ct y o u r s o ul s, a n d d o n o w o r k at all, w h et h e r it b e o n e of y o u r o w n c o u nt r y, o r a st r a n g e r t h at s oj o u m et h a m o n g y o u: 3 0 F o r o n t h at d a y s h all t h e P ri e st m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r y o u, t o cl e a n s e y o u, t h at y e m a y b e cl e a n f r o m all y o u r si n s b ef o r e t h e L or d . 3 1 It s h all b e a s a b b at h of r e st u nt o y o u, a n d y e s h all affli ct y o u r s o ul s, b y a st at ut e f o r e v e r. 3 2 A n d t h e p ri e st, w h o m h e s h all a n oi nt, a n d w h o m h e s h all c o n s e c r at e t o mi ni st e r i n t h e p ri e st ’s offi c e i n hi s f at h e r ’s st e a d, s h all m a k e t h e at o n e m e nt, a n d s h all p ut o n t h e li n e n cl ot h e s, e v e n t h e h ol y g a r m e nt s : 3 3 A n d h e s h all m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r t h e h ol y s a n ct u a r y, a n d h e s h all m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, a n d f o r t h e alt a r, a n d h e s h all m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r t h e p ri e st s, a n d f o r all t h e p e o pl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. 3 4 A n d t hi s s h all b e a n e v e rl a st i n g st at ut e u nt o y o u, t o m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el f o r all t h ei r si n s o n c e a y e a r. A n d h e di d a s t h e L o r d c o m m a n d e d M o' s e s. 1

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A N D t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M d'x x s e s, s a yi n g, 2 S p e a k u nt o A A r' o n, a n d u nt o hi s s o n s, a n d u nt o all t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el, a n d s a y u nt o t h e m; T hi s i s t h e t hi n g w hi c h t h e L O R D h at h c o m m a n d e d, s a yi n g, 3 W h at m a n s o e v e r t h e r e b e of t h e h o u s e of I s' r a- el, t h at kill et h

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an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the stranger that sojoumeth among you camp, or that killeth it out of the eat blood. camp, 13 And whatsoever man there be 4 And bringeth it not unto the of the children of I§'ra-el, or of the door of the tabernacle of the con- strangers that sojourn among you, gregation, to offer an offering unto which hunteth and catcheth any the Lord before the tabernacle of beast or fowl that may be eaten; he the Lord ; blood shall be imputed shall even pour out the blood thereunto that man; he hath shed blood; of, and cover it with dust. and that man shall be cut off from 14 For it is the life of all flesh; among his people: the blood of it is for the life there5 To the end that the children of of: therefore I said unto the chil!§'ra-el may bring their sacrifices, dren of Is'ra-el, Ye shall eat the which they offer in the open field, blood of no manner of flesh: for even that they may bring them un- the life of all flesh is the blood to the Lord , unto the door of the thereof: whosoever eateth it shall tabernacle of the congregation, un- be cut off. to the priest, and offer them for 15 And every soul that eateth peace offerings unto the Lord . that which died of itself, or that 6 And the priest shall sprinkle which was tom with beasts, the blood upon the altar of the whether it be one of your own Lord at the door of the tabernacle country, or a stranger, he shall of the congregation, and bum the both wash his clothes, and bathe fat for a sweet savour unto the himself in water, and be unclean Lord . until the even: then shall he be 7 And they shall no more offer clean. their sacrifices unto devils, after 16 But if he wash them not, nor whom they have gone a whoring. bathe his flesh; then he shall bear This shall be a statute for ever un- his iniquity. to them throughout their generaCHAPTER 18 108 tions. 1 Warning to Israel to obey the LORD’S 8 And thou shalt say unto them, ordinances. . 6 Unlawful marriages. 19 Against lust and defilement. Whatsoever man there be of the house of Is'ra-el, or of the strangers AND the Lord spake unto Md'which sojourn among you, that ofses, saying, fereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'9And bringeth it not unto the ra-el, and say unto them, I am the door of the tabernacle of the con- Lord your God. gregation, to offer it unto the 3 After the doings of the land of Lord ; even that man shall be cut E'fcypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye off from among his people. not do: and after the doings of the 10 j And whatsoever man there land of Ca'naan, whither I bring be or the house of is'ra-el, or of you, shall ye not do: neither shall the strangers that sojourn among ye walk in their ordinances. you, that eateth any manner of 4 Ye shall do my judgments, blood; I will even set my face and keep mine ordinances, to walk against that soul that eateth blood, therein: I am the Lord your and will cut him off from among his God. people. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my stat11 For the life of the flesh is in utes, and my judgments: which if the blood: and I have given it to a man do, he shall live in them: I you upon the altar to make an am the Lord . atonement for your souls: for it 6 If None of you shall approach to is the blood that maketh an atone- any that is near of kin to him, to ment for the soul. uncover their nakedness: I am the 12 Therefore I said unto the chil- Lord . dren of is'ra-el, No soul of you 7 The nakedness of thy father shall eat blood, neither shall any or the nakedness of thy mother Origins rom Digitized by Google Gooele 141 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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shalt thou not uncover: she is thy 21And thou shalt not let any of mother; thou shalt not uncover thy seed pass through the fire to her nakedness. Molech, neither shalt thou pro8 The nakedness of thy father’s fane the name of thy God: I am wife shalt thou not uncover: it is the Lord . thy father’s nakedness. 22 Thou shalt not lie with man9 The nakedness of thy sister, the kind, as with womankind: it is daughter of thy father, or daughter abomination. of thy mother, whether she be 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any bom at home, or bom abroad, even beast to defile thyself therewith: their nakedness thou shalt not un- neither shall any woman stand becover. fore a beast to he down thereto: it 10 The nakedness of thy son’s is confusion. daughter, or of thy daughter’s 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any daughter, even their nakedness of these things: for in all these the thou shalt not uncover: for their’s nations are defiled which I cast is thine own nakedness. out before you: 11 The nakedness of thy father’s 25 And the land is defiled: therewife’s daughter, begotten of thy fore I do visit the iniquity thereof father, she is thy sister, thou shalt upon it, and the land itself vomitnot uncover her nakedness. eth out her inhabitants. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the 26 Ye shall therefore keep my nakedness of thy father’s sister: statutes and my judgments, and she is thy father’s near kinswo- shall not commit any of these abomman. inations; neither any of your own 13 Thou shalt not uncover the na- nation, nor any stranger that sokedness of thy mother’s sister: for joumeth among you: she is thy mother’s near kinswo- 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, man. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the which were before you, and the nakedness of thy father’s brother, land is defiled;) thou shalt not approach to his wife: 28 That the land spue not you she is thine aunt. out also, when ye defile it, as it 15 Thou shalt not uncover the spued out the nations that were nakedness of thy daughter in law: before you. she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not 29 For whosoever shall commit uncover her nakedness. any of these abominations, even 16 Thou shalt not uncover the na- the souls that commit them shall kedness of thy brother’s wife: it is be cut off from among their peothy brother’s nakedness. ple. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the na- 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine kedness of a woman and her ordinance, that ye commit not daughter, neither shalt thou take any one of these abominable cusher son’s daughter, or her daugh- toms, which were committed beter’s daughter, to uncover her fore you, and that ye defile not nakedness; for they are her near yourselves therein: I am the Lord kinswomen: it is wickedness. your God. 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife CHAPTER 19 109 Miscellaneous ordinances. to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in AND the Lord spake unto Mo'her life time, xx §e§, saying, 19 Also thou shalt not approach 2 Speak unto all the congregaunto a woman to uncover her na- tion of the children of Is'ra-el, and kedness, as long as she is put apart say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for her uncleanness. for I the Lord your God am 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie holy. carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, 3y Ye shall fear every man his to defile thyself with her. mother, and his father, and keep 142 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord : and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the comers of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God. 11 If Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 5F And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 13 If Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 If Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord . 15 If Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16 H Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. Digitized by

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17 If Thou shalt not hate thy brother in-thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 18 If Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord . 19 If Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 If And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. 23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all maimer of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised : three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. 26 H Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 27 Ye shall not round the comers of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the comers of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord .

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29 T Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 H Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord . 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one bom among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of £'£ypt: I am the Lord your God.. 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness m judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of 2'fcjfot. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord . 110 CHAPTER 20

do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Mo'lech, and kill him not: 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Mo'lech, from among their people. 6 And the soul that tumeth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among* his people. 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you. 9 I For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. 10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their Miscellaneous laws against: 1 Sacri- blood shall be upon them. ficing to Molech; 9 the cursing of 12 And if a man lie with his parents; 10 adultery; 11 incest, etc.; daughter in law, both of them shall 27 wizards. surely be put to death: they have ND the Lord spake unto Md'- wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. l ses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the 13 If a man also lie with mankind, children of Is'ra-el, Whosoever he as he lieth with a woman, both of be of the children of Is'ra-el, or of them have committed an abominathe strangers that sojourn in Is'- tion: they shall surely be put to ra-el, that giveth any of his seed death; their blood shall be upon unto Mo'lech; he shall surely be them. put to death: the people of the land 14 And if a man take a wife and shall stone him with stones. her mother, it is wickedness: they 3 And I will set my face against shall be burnt with fire, both he that man, and will cut him off from and they; that there be no wickedamong his people; because he hath ness among you. given of his seed unto Mo'lech, to 15 And if a man lie with a beast, defile my sanctuary, and to pro- he shall surely be put to death: fane my holy name. and ye shall slay the beast 4 And if die people of the land 16 And if a woman approach unto 144 Original from

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any beast, and lie down thereto, your souls abominable by beasts, or thou shalt kill the woman, and the by fowl, or by any manner of livbeast: they shall surely be put to ing thing that creepeth on the death; their blood shall be upon ground, which I have separated them. from you as unclean. 17 And if a man shall take his sis- 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: ter, his father’s daughter, or his for I the Lord am holy, and have mother’s daughter, and see her severed you from other people, that nakedness, and she see his naked- ye should be mine. ness; it is a wicked thing; and they 27 A man also or woman that shall be cut off in the sight of their hath a familiar spirit, or that is a people: he hath uncovered his sis- wizard, shall surely be put to ter’s nakedness; he shall bear his death: they shall stone them with iniquity. stones: their blood shall be upon 18 And if a man shall lie with them. a woman having her sickness, and CHAPTER 21 111 shall uncover her nakedness; he Laws relating to priests: 1 Their mourning; 7 their marriage. 17 Concerning hath discovered her fountain, and those who have blemishes. she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them ND the Lord said unto Mo'ses, shall be cut off from among their l Speak unto the priests the people. sons of A&r'on, and say unto them. 19And thou shalt not uncover There shall none be defiled for the the nakedness of thy mother’s sis- dead among his people: ter, nor of thy father’s sister: for 2 But for his kin, that is near unto he uncovereth his near kin: they him, that is, for his mother, and for shall bear their iniquity. his father, and for his son, and for 20 And if a man shall lie with his his daughter, and for his brother, uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered 3 And for his sister a virgin, that his uncle’s nakedness: they shall is nigh unto him, which hath had no bear their sin; they shall die child- husband; for her may he be deless. filed. 21 And if a man shall take his 4 But he shall not defile himself, brother’s wife, it is an unclean being a chief man among his peothing: he hath uncovered his ple, to profane himself. brother’s nakedness; they shall 5 They shall not make baldness be childless. upon their head, neither shall they 22 U Ye shall therefore keep all shave off the comer of their beard, my statutes, and all my judgments, nor make any cuttings in their and do them: that the land, whither flesh. I bring you to dwell therein, spue 6 They shall be holy unto their you not out. God, and not profane the name of 23 And ye shall not walk in the their God: for the offerings of the manners of the nation, which I cast Lord made by fire, and the bread out before you: for they commit- of their God, they do offer: thereted all these things, and therefore fore they shall be holy. I abhorred them. 7 They shall not take a wife that 24 But I have said unto you, Ye is a whore, or profane; neither shall shall inherit their land, and I will they take a woman put away from give it unto you to possess it, a land her husband: for he is holy unto that floweth with milk and honey; his God. I am the Lord your God, which 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therehave separated you from other fore; for he offereth the bread of people. thy God: he shall be holy unto 25Ye shall therefore put differ- thee: for I the LORD, which sancence between clean beasts and un- tify you, am holy. clean, and between unclean fowls 9 And the daughter of any and clean: and ye shall not make priest, if she profane herself by io Digitized by Google Original from 145

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playing the whore, she profaneth 24 And Md'ses told it unto AAr'on, her father: she shall be burnt with and to his sons, and unto all the fire. children of Is'ra-el. * 10 And he that is the high priest CHAPTER 22 112 among his brethren, upon whose 1 Priests when ceremonially unclean head the anointing oil was poured, must abstain from the holy things. 10 and that is consecrated to put on Those who may eat of the holy things. the garments, shall not uncover his 17 Sacrificial offerings must be withhead, nor rend his clothes; out blemish. 26 The age of the sacri11 Neither shall he go in to any ficial victim. 29 The ordinance governing the eating of the sacrifice of dead body, nor defile himself for thanksgiving. his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither shall he go out of the ND the Lord spake unto M6'sanctuary, nor profane the sanctu» ses, saying, ary of his God; for the crown of 2 Speak unto AAr'on and to his the anointing oil of his God is upon sons, that they separate themhim: I am the LORD. selves from the holy things of the 13 And he shall take a wife in her children of is'ra-el, and that they virginity. profane not my holy name in those 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, things which they hallow unto me: or profane, or an harlot, these shall I am the Lord . he not take: but he shall take a vir- 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be gin of his own people to wife. of all your seed among your gen15 Neither shall he profane his erations, that goeth unto the holy seed among his people: for I the things, which the children of Is'Lord do sanctify him. ra-el hallow unto the Lord , hav16 I And the Lord spake unto ing his uncleanness upon him, that Md'ses, saying, soul shall be cut off from my pres17 Speak unto A&r'on, saying, ence : I am the Lord . Whosoever he be of thy seed in 4 What man soever of the seed df their generations that hath any A&r'on is a leper, or hath a runblemish, let him not approach to ning issue; he shall not eat of the offer the bread of his God. holy things, until he be clean. And 18 For whatsoever man he be that whoso toucheth any thing that is hath a blemish, he shall not ap- unclean by the dead, or a man proach : a blind man, or a lame, or whose seed goeth from him; he that hath a flat nose, or any- 5 Or whosoever toucheth any thing superfluous, creeping thing, whereby he may be 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, made unclean, or a man of whom or brokenhanded, he may take uncleanness, whatso20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or ever uncleanness he hath; that hath a blemish in his eye, or 6 The soul which hath touched be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his any such shall be unclean until stones broken; even, and shall not eat of the holy 21 No man that hath a blemish of things, unless he wash his flesh the seed of AAr'on the priest shall with water. come nigh to offer the offerings 7 And when the sun is down, he of the Lord made by fire: he hath shall be clean, and shall afterward a blemish; he shall not come nigh eat of the holy things; because it to offer the bread of his God. is his food. 22 He shall eat the bread of his 8 That which dieth of itself, or is God, both of the most holy, and of tom with beasts, he shall not eat the holy. to defile himself therewith: I am 23 Only he shall not go in unto the the Lord . vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, 9 They shall therefore keep mine because he hath a blemish; that he ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, profane not my sanctuaries: for I and die therefore, if they profane it: the«LoRD do sanctify them. I the Lord do sanctify them. 146 Original from Digitized by

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10 There shall no stranger eat of unto the Lord , nor make an ofthe holy thing: a sojourner of the fering by fire of them upon the alpriest, or an hired servant, shall tar unto the Lord . not eat of the holy thing. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that 11 But if the priest buy anu soul hath any thing superfluous or lackwith his money, he shall eat of it, ing in his parts, that mayest thou and he that is bom in his house: offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. they shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest’s daughter also be 24 Ye shall not offer unto the married unto a stranger, she may Lord that which is bruised, or not eat of an offering of the holy crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make anu offering therethings. 13 But if the priest’s daughter be of in your land. a widow, or divorced, and have no 25 Neither from a stranger’s child, and is returned unto her fa- hand shall ye offer the bread of ther’s house, as in her youth, she your God of any of these; because shall eat of her father’s meat: but their corruption is in them, and there shall no stranger eat thereof. blemishes be in them: they shall 14 T And if a man eat of the holy not be accepted for you. thing unwittingly, then he shall put 26 And the Lord spake unto the fifth Part thereof unto it, and Mo'ses, saying, shall give it unto the priest with the 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it holy thing. 15 And they shall not profane the shall be seven days under the dam; holy things of the children of Is'- and from the eighth day and ra-el, which they offer unto the thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto Lord ; 16 Or suffer them to bear the the Lord . iniquity of trespass, when they eat 28 And whether it be cow or ewe, their holy things: for I the Lord ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. do sanctify them. 29 And when ye will offer a sac17 And the LORD spake unto rifice of thanksgiving unto the Mo'ses, saying, 18 Speak unto AAr'on, and to his Lord , offer it at your own will. sons, and unto all the children of 30 On the same day it shall be Is'ra-el, and say unto them, What- eaten up; ye shall leave none of it soever he be of the house of Is'rg-el, until the morrow: I am the LORD. or of the strangers in Is'ra-el, that 31 Therefore shall ye keep my will offer his oblation for all his commandments, and do them: I vows, and for all his freewill offer- am the Lord . ings, which they will offer unto the 32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed LORD for a burnt offering; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will among the children of is'ra-el: I a male without blemish, of the am the Lord which hallow you, beeves, of the sheep, or of the 33That brought you out of the land of £'&ypt, to be your God: I goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blem- am the Lord . ish, that shall ye not offer: for it CHAPTER 23 113 shall not be acceptable for you. the feasts of the Lord . 3 21 And whosoever offereth a sac- 1 Concerning The sabbath. 4 The LORD’S passover. rifice of peace offerings unto the 9 The first fruits of the harvest. 15 Lord to accomplish his vow, or a Pentecost. 22 Gleanings for the poor. 23 The feast of trumpets. 26 The freewill offering in beeves or sheep, day of atonement. 33 The feast of it shall be perfect to be accepted; tabernacles. there shall be no blemish therein. AND the Lord spake unto M6'22Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or xx §es, saying, scabbed, ye shall not offer these 2 Speak unto the children of Is'Original from 147 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Holy convocations: feasts

ra-el, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord , which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. 3Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 These are the feasts of the Lord , even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord ’s Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord : seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 T And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of is ra-el, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord , to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord . 13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth Part of an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched com, nor green ears, Digitized by

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until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord . 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord . 18And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord , with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord . 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord , with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22 If And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the comers of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. 23 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of !§'ra-el, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall

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T h e d a y of at o n e m e nt

y e h a v e a s a b b at h, a m e m o ri al of bl o wi n g of t r u m p ets, a n h ol y c o n v o c ati o n. 2 5 Y e s h all d o n o s e r vil e w o r k t h er ei n : b ut y e s h all off e r a n off e r i n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d . 2 6 H A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M o's es, s a yi n g, 2 7 Al s o o n t h e t e nt h d a y of t his s e v e nt h m o nt h t h er e s h all b e a d a y of at o n e m e nt: it s h all b e a n h ol y c o n v o c ati o n u nt o y o u; a n d y e s h all affli ct y o u r s o uls, a n d off e r a n off e r i n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d . 2 8 A n d y e s h all d o n o w o r k i n t h at s a m e d a y : f o r it is a d a y of at o n e m e nt, t o m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r y o u b ef o r e t h e L o r d y o u r G o d. 2 9 F o r w h ats o e v e r s o ul it b e t h at s h all n ot b e affli ct e d i n t h at s a m e d a y, h e s h all b e c ut off f r o m a m o n g his p e o pl e. 3 0 A n d w h ats o e v e r s o ul it b e t h at d o et h a n y w o r k i n t h at s a m e d a y, ffl e s a m e s o ul will I d est r o y f r o m a m o n g hi s p e o pl e. 3 1 Y e s h all d o n o m a n n e r of w o r k : it s h all b e a st at ut e f o r e v e r t h r o u g h o ut y o u r g e n e r ati o ns i n all y o u r d w elli n gs. 3 2 It s h all b e u nt o y o u a s a b b at h of r e st, a n d y e s h all affli ct y o u r s o ul s : i n t h e ni nt h d a y of t h e m o nt h at e v e n, f r o m e v e n u nt o e v e n, s h all y e c el e b r at e y o u r s a b b at h. 3 3 K A n d -t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M d's es, s a yi n g, 3 4 S p e a k u nt o t h e c hil d r e n of Is'r a- el, s a yi n g, T h e fift e e nt h d a y of t his s e v e nt h m o nt h s h all b e t h e f e ast of t a b e r n a cl es f or s e v e n d a ys u nt o t h e L o r d . 3 5 O n t h e fi rst d a y s h all b e a n h ol y c o n v o c ati o n: y e s h all d o n o s e r vil e w o r k t h er ei n. 3 6 S e v e n d a ys y e s h all off e r a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d : o n t h e ei g ht h d a y s h all b e a n h ol y c o n v o c ati o n u nt o y o u; a n d y e s h all off e r a n off e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d : it is a s ol e m n a s s e m bl y; a n d y e s h all d o n o s e r vil e w o r k t h er ei n. 3 7 T h es e ar e t h e f e asts of t h e L o r d , w hi c h y e s h all p r o cl ai m t o b e h ol y c o n v o c ati o ns, t o off e r a n off e r i n g m a d e b y fi r e u nt o t h e L o r d , a b u r nt off e ri n g, a n d a m e at off e rDi giti z e d b y

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i n g, a s a c rifi c e, a n d d ri n k off e ri n gs, e v e r y t hi n g u p o n his d a y : 3 8 B esi d e t h e s a b b at hs of t h e L o r d , a n d b esi d e y o u r gifts, a n d b esi d e all y o u r v o ws, a n d b esi d e all y o u r f r e e will off e ri n gs, w hi c h y e gi v e u nt o t h e L o r d . 3 9 Als o i n t h e fift e e nt h d a y of t h e s e v e nt h m o nt h, w h e n y e h a v e g at h e r e d i n t h e f r uit of t h e l a n d, y e s h all k e e p a f e ast u nt o t h e L o r d s e v e n d a ys: o n t h e fi rst d a y s h all b e sl s a b b at h, a n d o n t h e ei g ht h d a y s h all b e a s a b b at h. 4 0 A n d y e s h all t a k e y o u o n t h e fi rst d a y t h e b o u g hs of g o o dl y t r e es, b r a n c h es of p al m t r e es, a n d t h e b o u g hs of t hi c k t r e es, a n d wil l o ws of t h e b r o o k; a n d y e s h all r e j oi c e b ef o r e t h e L o r d y o u r G o d s e v e n d a ys. 4 1 A n d y e s h all k e e p it a f e ast u nt o t h e L o r d s e v e n d a ys i n t h e y e a r. It s h all b e a st at ut e f o r e v e r i n y o u r g e n e r ati o ns : y e s h all c el e b r at e it i n t h e s e v e nt h m o nt h. 4 2 Y e s h all d w ell i n b o ot hs s e v e n d a ys; all t h at a r e I §' r a- el-it es b o m s h all d w ell i n b o ot h s : 4 3 T h at y o u r g e n e r ati o ns m a y k n o w t h at I m a d e t h e c hil d r e n of Is' r a- el t o d w ell i n b o ot hs, w h e n I b r o u g ht t h e m o ut of t h e l a n d of E' g ^ pt : I a m t h e L o r d y o u r G o d. 4 4 A n d M o's es d e cl a r e d u nt o t h e c hil d r e n of is' r a- el t h e f e asts of t he L or d . C H A P T E R 24 114

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Punishment for blasphemy

LEVITICUS, 25 the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. 5 5[ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord . 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord . 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of I§'ra-el by an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be AAr'pn’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 5[ And the son of an Is'ra-elit-ish woman, whose father was an £-&fo'tian, went out among the children of I§'ra-el: and this son of the Is'ra-el-it-Ish woman and a man of Is'ra-el strove together in the camp; 11 And the Is'ra-el-it-ish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord , and cursed. And they brought him unto Mo'ses: (and his mother’s name was Shel'omith, the daughter of DIb'ri, of the tribe of D&n:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 13 And the LORD spake unto Md'§es, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord , he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is bom in the land, when he blasDigitized by

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phemeth the name of the Lord , shall be put to death. 17 1 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again, 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God. 23 51 And Mo'ses spake to the children of Is'ra-el, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Is'ra-el did as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. CHAPTER 25 115

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b e m e at f o r y o u; f o r t h e e, a n d f o r t h y s e r v a nt, a n d f o r t h y m ai d, a n d f o r t h y hi r e d s e r v a nt, a n d f o r t h y st r a n g e r t h at s oj o u m et h wit h t h e e, 7 A n d f o r t h y c attl e, a n d f o r di e b e a st t h at a r e i n t h y l a n d, s h all all t h e i n c r e a s e t h e r e of b e m e at. 8 A n d t h o u s h alt n u m b e r s e v e n s a b b at h s of y e a r s u nt o t h e e, s e v e n ti m e s s e v e n y e a r s; a n d t h e s p a c e of t h e s e v e n s a b b at h s of y e a r s s h all b e u nt o t h e e f o rt y a n d ni n e y e a r s. 9 T h e n s h alt t h o u c a u s e t h e t r u m p et of t h e j u bil e t o s o u n d o n t h e t e nt h d a y of t h e s e v e nt h m o nt h, i n t h e d a y of at o n e m e nt s h all y e m a k e t h e t r u m p et s o u n d t h r o u g h o ut all y o u r l a n d. 1 0 A n d y e s h all h all o w t h e fifti et h y e a r, a n d p r o cl ai m li b e rt y t h r o u g h o ut all t h e l a n d u nt o all t h e i n h a bit a nt s t h e r e of : it s h all b e a j u bil e u nt o y o u ; a n d y e s h all r et u r n e v e r y m a n u nt o hi s p o s s e s si o n, a n d y e s h all r et u r n e v e r y m a n u nt o hi s f a mil y. 1 1 A j u bil e s h all t h at fifti et h y e a r b e u nt o y o u : y e s h all n ot s o w, n ei t h e r r e a p t h at w hi c h g r o w et h of its elf i n it, n o r g at h e r t h e g r a p e s i n it of t h y vi n e u n d r e s s e d. 1 2 F o r it i s t h e j u bil e; it s h all b e h ol y u nt o y o u : y e s h all e at t h e i nc r e a s e t h e r e of o ut of t h e fi el d. 1 3 I n t h e y e a r of t hi s j u bil e y e s h all r et u r n e v e r y m a n u nt o hi s p o s s e s si o n. 1 4 A n d if t h o u s ell o u g ht u nt o t h y n ei g h b o u r, o r b u y e st o u g ht of t h y n ei g h b o u r ’s h a n d, y e s h all n ot o p p r e s s o n e a n ot h e r: 1 5 A c c o r di n g t o t h e n u m b e r of y e a r s aft e r t h e j u bil e t h o u s h alt b u y of t h y n ei g h b o u r, a n d a c c o r d i n g u nt o t h e n u m b e r of y e a r s of t h e f r uit s h e s h all s ell u nt o t h e e: 1 6 A c c o r di n g t o t h e m ultit u d e of y e a r s t h o u s h alt i n c r e a s e t h e p ri c e t h e r e of, a n d a c c o r di n g t o t h e f e wn e s s of y e a r s t h o u s h alt di mi ni s h t h e p ri c e of it: f o r a c c o r di n g t o t h e n u m b e r of t h e y e a r s of t h e f r uit s d ot h h e s ell u nt o t h e e. 1 7 Y e s h all n ot t h e r ef o r e o p p r e s s o n e a n ot h e r; b ut t h o u s h alt f e a r t h y G o d: f o r I a m t h e L o r d y o u r G o d. 18 W h e r ef o r e y e s h all d o m y Di giti z e d b y

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st at ut e s, a n d k e e p m y j u d g m e nt s, a n d d o t h e m; a n d y e s h all d w ell i n t h e l a n d i n s af et y. 1 9 A n d t h e l a n d s h all yi el d h e r f r uit, a n d y e s h all e at y o u r fill, a n d d w ell t h e r ei n i n s af et y. 2 0 A n d if y e s h all s a y, W h at s h all w e e at t h e s e v e nt h y e a r ? b e h ol d, w e s h all n ot s o w, n o r g at h e r i n o u r i n c r e a s e: 2 1 T h e n I will c o m m a n d m y bl e s s i n g u p o n y o u i n t h e si xt h y e a r, a n d it s h all b ri n g f o rt h f r uit f o r t h r e e y e a r s. 2 2 A n d y e s h all s o w t h e ei g ht h y e a r, a n d e at y et of ol d f r uit u ntil t h e ni nt h y e a r; u ntil h e r f r uit s c o m e i n y e s h all e at of t h e ol d st o r e, 2 3 T h e l a n d s h all n ot b e s ol d f o r e v e r: f o r t h e l a n d i s mi n e; f o r y e a r e st r a n g e r s a n d s oj o u r n e r s wit h m e. 2 4 A n d i n all t h e l a n d of y o u r p o s s e s si o n y e s h all g r a nt a r e d e m pti o n f o r t h e l a n d. 2 5 If t h y b r ot h e r b e w a x e n p o o r, a n d h at h s ol d a w a y s o m e of hi s p o s s e s si o n, a n d if a n y of hi s ki n c o m e t o r e d e e m it, t h e n s h all h e r e d e e m t h at w hi c h hi s b r ot h e r s ol d. 2 6 A n d if t h e m a n h a v e n o n e t o r e d e e m it, a n d hi m s elf b e a bl e t o r e d e e m it; 2 7 T h e n l et hi m c o u nt t h e y e a r s of t h e s al e t h e r e of, a n d r e st o r e t h e o v e r pl u s u nt o t h e m a n t o w h o m h e s ol d it; t h at h e m a y r et u r n u nt o hi s p o s s e s si o n. 2 8 B ut if h e b e n ot a bl e t o r e st o r e it t o hi m, t h e n t h at w hi c h i s s ol d s h all r e m ai n i n t h e h a n d of hi m t h at h at h b o u g ht it u ntil t h e y e a r of j u bil e: a n d i n t h e j u bil e it s h all g o o ut, a n d h e s h all r et u r n u nt o hi s p o s s e s si o n. 2 9 A n d if a m a n s ell a d w elli n g h o u s e i n a w all e d cit y, t h e n h e m a y r e d e e m it wit hi n a w h ol e y e a r aft e r it i s s ol d; wit hi n a f ull y e a r m a y h e r e d e e m it. 3 0 A n d if it b e n ot r e d e e m e d wit h i n t h e s p a c e of a f ull y e a r, t h e n di e h o u s e t h at i s i n t h e w all e d cit y s h all b e e st a bli s h e d f o r e v e r t o hi m t h at b o u g ht it t h r o u g h o ut hi s g e n e r ati o n s : it s h all n ot g o o ut i n t h e j u bil e. 3 1 B ut t h e h o u s e s of t h e vill a g e s

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which have no wall round about 45 Moreover of the children of the them shall be counted as the fields strangers that do sojourn among of the country: they may be re- you, of them shall ye buy, and of deemed, and they shall go out in their families that are with you, file jubile. which they begat in your land: and 32Notwithstanding the cities of they shall be your possession. the Le'vites, and the houses of the 46 And ye shall take them as an cities of their possession, may the inheritance for your children after Le'vites redeem at any time. you, to inherit them for a posses33 And if a man purchase of the sion; they shall be your bondmen LS'vites, then the house that was for ever: but over your brethren sold, and the city of his possession, the children of Is'ra-el ye shall not * shall go out in the year of jubile: rule one over another with rigour. for the houses of the cities of the 47 If And if a sojourner or stranger Lfc'vites are their possession among wax rich by thee, and thy brother the children of I§'ra-el. that dwelleth by him wax poor, and 34 But the field of the suburbs of sell himself unto the stranger or their cities may not be sold: for it sojourner by thee, or to the stock is their perpetual possession. of the stranger’s family: 35 i And if thy brother be waxen 48 After that he is sold he may be poor, and fallen in decay with thee; redeemed again; one of his breththen thou shalt relieve him: yea, ren may redeem him: though he be a stranger, or a so- 49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s journer; that he may live with thee. son, may redeem him, or any that 36 Take thou no usury of him, or is nigh of kin unto him of his family increase: but fear thy God; that may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy 50 And he shall reckon with him money upon usury, nor lend him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of thy victuals for increase. 38 I am the Lord your God, jubile: and the price of his sale' which brought you forth out of the shall be according unto the number land of E'gypt, to give you the land of years, according to the time of an of Ca'naan, and to be your God. hired servant shall it be with him. 39 If And if thy brother that dwell- 51 If there be yet many years beeth by thee be waxen poor, and be hind, according unto them he shall sold unto thee; thou shalt not com- give again the price of his redemppel him to serve as a bondservant: tion out of the money that he was 40 But as an hired servant, and as bought for. a sojourner, he shall be with thee, 52 And if there remain but few and shall serve thee unto the year years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and acof jubile: 41 And then shall he depart from cording unto his years shall he thee, both he and his children with give him again the price of his rehim, and shall return unto his own demption. family, and unto the possession of 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, shall not rule with rigour over him which I brought forth out of the in thy sight. land of £'£ypt: they shall not be 54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out sold as bondmen. 43 Thou shalt not rule over him in the year of jubile, both he, and with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of 44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, Is'ra-el are servants; they are my shall be of the heathen that are servants whom I brought forth out round about you; of them shall ye of the land of £'£fpt: I am the Lord your God. • buy bondmen and bondmaids. 152 Original from Digitized by

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£'£fpt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the 1 Against the making of idols and their bands of your yoke, and made you worship. 2 Reverence for the sabbath go upright. and the sanctuary. 3 God will bless 14 But if ye will not hearken those who keep his commandments; 14 unto me, and will not do all these and visit those who disobey with pun- commandments; ishment. 15 And if ye shall despise my statE shall make you no idols nor utes, or if your soul abhor my judggraven image, neither rear ments, so that ye will not do all my you up a standing image, neither commandments, but that ye break shall ye set up any image of stone my covenant: in your land, to bow down unto it: 16 I also will do this unto you; I for I am the Lord your God. will even appoint over you terror, 2 51 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, consumption, and the burning ague, and reverence my sanctuary: I am that shall consume the eyes, and the Lord . cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and sow your seed in vain, for your enekeep my commandments, and do mies shall eat it. them; 17 And I will set my face against 4 Then I will give you rain in due you, and ye shall be slain before season, and the land shall yield her your enemies: they that hate you increase, and the trees of the field shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach 18 And if ye will not yet for all this unto the vintage, and the vintage hearken unto me, then I will punish shall reach unto the sowing time: you seven times more for your sins. and ye shall eat your bread to the 19 And I will break the pride of full, and dwell in your land safely. your power; and I will make your 6 And I will give peace in the heaven as iron, and your earth as land, and ye shall lie down, and brass: none shall make you afraid: and I 20 And your strength shall be will rid evil beasts out of the land, spent in vain: for your land shall neither shall the sword go through not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their your land. 7 And ye shall chase your ene- fruits. mies, and they shall fall before you 21 51 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase an I will bring seven times more hundred, and an hundred of you plagues upon you according to your shall put ten thousand to flight: sins. and your enemies shall fall before 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto your children, and destroy your you, and make you fruitful, and cattle, and make you few in nummultiply you, and establish my ber; and your high ways shall be desolate. covenant with you 10 And ye shall eat old store, and 23 And if ye will not be reformed bring forth the old because of the by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; new. 11 And I will set my tabernacle 24 Then will I also walk contrary among you: and my soul shall not unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you 25 And I will bring a sword upon and will be your God, and ye shall you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye be my people. 131 am the Lord your God, which are gathered together within your brought you forth out of the land of cities, I will send the pestilence Original from 158 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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among you; and ye shall be de- 38 And ye shall perish among the livered into the hand of the enemy. heathen, and the land of your ene26 And when I have broken the mies shall eat you up. staff of your bread, ten women shall 39 And they that are left of you bake your bread in one oven, and shall pine away in their iniquity in they shall deliver you your bread your enemies’ lands; and also in again by weight: and ye shall eat, the iniquities of their fathers shall and not be satisfied. they pine away with them. 27 And if ye will not for all this 40 If they shall confess their inhearken unto me, but walk con- iquity, and the iniquity of their trary unto me; fathers, with their trespass which 28 Then I will walk contrary unto they trespassed against me, and you also in fury; and I, even I, that also they have walked conwill chastise you seven times for trary unto me; 41 And that I also have walked your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of contrary unto them, and have your sons, and the flesh of your brought them into the land of their daughters shall ye eat. enemies; if then their uncircum30 And I will destroy your high cised hearts be humbled, and they places, and cut down your images, then accept of the punishment of and cast your carcases upon the their iniquity: carcases of your idols, and my soul 42 Then will I remember my coveshall abhor you. nant with Ja'cob, and also my cove31 And I will make your cities nant with I'saac, and also my covewaste, and bring your sanctuaries nant with A'bra-h&m will I rememunto desolation, and I will not smell ber; and I will remember the land. the savour of your sweet odours. 43 The land also shall be left of 32 And I will bring the land into them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, desolation: and your enemies while she lieth desolate without which dwell therein shall be as- them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: betonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among cause, even because they despised the heathen, and will draw out a my judgments, and because their sword after you: and your land soul abhorred my statutes. shall be desolate, and your cities 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her will not cast them away, neither sabbaths, as long as it lieth deso- will I abhor them, to destroy them late, and ye be in your enemies’ utterly, and to break my covenant land; even then shall the land rest, with them: for I am the Lord their and enjoy her sabbaths. God. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it 45 But I will for their sakes reshall rest; because it did not rest member the covenant of their anin your sabbaths, when ye dwelt cestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of £'£ypt in the sight upon it. 36And upon them that are left of the heathen, that I might be their alive of you I will send a faint- God: I am the Lord . ness into their hearts in the lands 46 These are the statutes and of their enemies; and the sound of judgments and laws, which the a shaken leaf shall chase them; Lord made between him and the and they shall flee, as fleeing from children of is'ra-el in mount Si'nai a sword; and they shall fall when by the hand of Mo'ses. none pursueth. CHAPTER 27 117 37And they shall fall one upon 1 Concerning those who make vows and another, as it were before a sword, things vowed; 26 the Lord's firstlings; 30 tithes. when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your AND the Lord spake unto Md'xx ses, saying, enemies. Original from 154 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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2 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord , all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord , then he shall present the beast before the priest: 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou vainest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 K And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Digitized by

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26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord ’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord ’s . 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth Part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. 28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto die Lord . 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord ’s : it is holy unto the Lord . 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth Part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Md'ses for the children of Is'ra-el in mount Si'nai.

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AND the Lord spake unto Md'xx in the wilderness of Si'nAi, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of £'£#pt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Is'ra-el, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; 3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Is'ra-el: thou and AAr'on shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. 551 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reu'ben; fi-H'zur the son of Sh&d'e-ur.

son of Zu'ar. 9 Of Zeb'u-lun; £-11'ab the son of He'lon. 10 Of the children of Jo'seph: of E'phrA-im; £-lish'a-ma the son of Am-mi'hud: of MA-nAs'seh; GAma'li-el the son of PA-dah'zur. 11 Of Ben'ia-min; Ab'i-dAn the son of Gid-e-o'ni. 12 Of DAn; A-hl-e'zer the son of Am-mi-shAd 'da-i. 13 Of Ash'er; PA'gi-el the son of dc'ran. 14 Of GAd; £-li'a-sAph the son of Deu'el. 15 Of NAph'ta-H; A-hi'rA the son of £'nan. 16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Is'ra-el. 17 5T And Mo'ses and AAr'on took these men which are expressed by their names:

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f a mili e s, b y t h e h o u s e of t h ei r f at h e r s, a c c o r di n g t o t h e n u m b e r of t h e n a m e s, f r o m t w e nt y y e a r s ol d a n d u p w a r d, all t h at w e r e a bl e t o g o f o rt h t o w a r; 3 9 T h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d of t h e m, e v e n of t h e t ri b e of D 3 n, were t hr e esc or e a n d t w o t h o us a n d a n d s e v e n h u n d r e d. 4 0 5 1 Of t h e c hil d r e n of A s h' S r, b y t h ei r g e n e r ati o n s, aft e r t h ei r f a mili e s, b y t h e h o u s e of t h ei r f at h e r s, a c c o r di n g t o t h e n u m b e r of t h e n a m e s, f r o m t w e nt y y e a r s ol d a n d u p w a r d, all t h at w e r e a bl e t o g o f o rt h t o w a r; 4 1 T h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d of t h e m, e v e n of t h e t ri b e of A s h' e r, w e r e f o rt y a n d o n e t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d. 4 2 5 1 Of t h e c hil d r e n of N A p h't a-li, t h r o u g h o ut t h ei r g e n e r ati o n s, aft e r t h ei r f a mili e s, b y t h e h o u s e of t h ei r f at h e r s, a c c o r di n g t o t h ’e n u m b e r of t h e n a m e s, f r o m t w e nt y y e a r s ol d a n d u p w a r d, all t h at w e r e a bl e t o g o f o rt h t o w a r; 4 3 T h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d of t h e m, e v e n of t h e t ri b e of N A p h't a-li, w e r e fift y a n d t h r e e t h o u s a n d a n d f o u r h u n d r e d. 4 4 T h e s e a r e t h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d, w hi c h M o' s e s a n d A A r'o n n u m b e r e d, a n d t h e p ri n c e s of I s' r a- el, b ei n g t w el v e m e n: e a c h o n e w a s f o r t h e h o u s e of hi s f at h e r s. 4 5 S o w e r e all t h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d of t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el, b y t h e h o u s e of t h ei r f at h e r s, f r o m t w e nt y y e a r s ol d a d d u p w a r d, all t h at w e r e a bl e t o g o f o rt h t o w a r i n I s' r a- el; 4 6 E v e n all t h e y t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d w e r e si x h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d a n d t h r e e t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d a n d fift y. 4 7 5[ B ut fi x e L e' vit e s aft e r t h e t ri b e of t h ei r f at h e r s w e r e n ot n u m b e r e d a m o n g t h e m. 4 8 F o r t h e L o r d h a d s p o k e n u nt o M o' s e s, s a yi n g, 4 9 O nl y t h o u s h alt n ot n u m b e r t h e t ri b e of L e' vi, n eit h e r t a k e t h e s u m of t h e m a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el : 5 0 B ut t h o u s h alt a p p oi nt t h e L e' vit e s o v e r t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t e stiDi giti z e d b y

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fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zeb'u-lun: and £-li'ab the son of He Ion shall be captain of the children of Zeb 'u-lun. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Ju'dah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. 10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reu'ben according to their armies: and fixe captain of the children of Reu'ben shall be £-li'zur the son of Shed'A-ur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those which' pitch by him shall be the tribe of Sim'e-on: and the captain of the children of Sim'e-on shall be ShA-lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shAd'da-i. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of GAd: and the captain of the sons of GAd shall be 2-H'a-sAph the son of Reu'el. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reu'ben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. 17 H Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Le'vites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 II On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of £'phrA-im according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of £'phrA-im Digitized by

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shall be 2-lish'a-mA the son of Am-mi'hud. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of MA-nAs'seh: and the captain of the children of MA-nAs'seh shall be GA-ma'H-el the son of PA-dAh'zur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of B&n'ja-min: and the captain of the sons of Ben'ia-min shall be Ab'i-dAn the son of Gid-e-o'ni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of £'phrA-Im were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. 25 If The standard of the camp of DAn shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of DAn shall be A-hi-A'zAr the son of Am-mt-shAd'da-i. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Ash'er: and the captain of the children of Ash'er shall be PA'gi-el the son of dc'ran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 If Then the tribe of NAph'ta-li: and the captain of the children of NAph'ta-li shall be A-hi'rA the son of £'nan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

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32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Is'ra-el by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Le'vites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Md'ses. 34 And the children of Is'ra-el did according to all that the Lord commanded Mo'ses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. 120 CHAPTER 3

8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Is'ra-el, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Le'vites unto A&r'on and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Is'ra-el. 10 And thou shalt appoint A&r'on and his Sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the LORD spake unto Md'ses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Ld'vites from among the children of Is'ra-el instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among 1 The names of the sons of Aaron. 5 the children of Is'ra-el: therefore The Levites and their appointed serv- the Le'vites shall be mine; ice. 14 The numbering of the sons 13 Because all the firstborn are of Levi, their places in the camp, and mine; for on the day that I smote their appointed duties. 40 The first- all the firstborn in the land of born males of Israel freed through the E'gypt I hallowed unto me all the taking of the Levites. firstborn in Is'ra-el, both man and HESE also are the generations beast: mine shall they be: I am of A&r'on and Mo'ses in the the Lord . day that the Lord spake with Md'-14 And the Lord spake unto ses in mount Si'nai. Mo'ses in the wilderness of Si'nai, 2 And these are the names of the saying, sons of Air'on; Na'd&b the first- 15 Number the children of Le'vi born, and A-bi'hu, fi-le-d'zar, and after the house of their fathers, by Ith'a-mar. their families: every male from a 3 These are the names of the sons month old and upward shalt thou of A&r'on, the priests which were number them. anointed, whom he consecrated to 16 And Mo'ses numbered them minister in the priest’s office. according to the word of the LORD, 4 And Na'dAb and A-bi'hu died as he was commanded. before the Lord , when they offered 17 And these were the sons of strange fire before the Lord , in Le'vi by their names; Gdr'shdn, the wilderness of Si'nai, and they and Koliath, and Me-ra'ri. had no children: and E-le-a'zar 18 And these are the names of the and Ith'a-mar ministered in the sons of Ger'shon by their families; priest’s office in the sight of Adr'on Lib'ni, and Shim'e-i. their father. 19 And the sons of Ko'hath by 5 I And the LORD spake unto Md'- their families; Am'r&m, and Iz'eses, saying, har, He'bron, and tfz'zi-el. 6 Bring the tribe of Le'vi near, 20And the sons of Md-ra'ri by and present them before A^r'on their families; Mfih'li, and Mu'shi. the priest, that they may minister These are the families of the LS'unto him. vites according to the house of 7 And they shall keep his charge, their fathers. and the charge of the whole congre- 21 Of Ger'shon was the family of gation before the tabernacle of the the Lib'nites, and the family of the congregation, to do the service of Shim'ites: these are the families of the Ger'shdn-ites. the tabernacle.

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2 2 T h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d of 3 4 A n d t h o s e t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d t h e m, a c c o r di n g t o t h e n u m b e r of of t h e m, a c c o r di n g t o t h e n u m b e r all t h e m al e s, f r o m a m o nt h ol d a n d of all t h e m al e s, f r o m a m o nt h ol d u p w a r d, e v e n t h o s e t h at w e r e n u m - a n d u p w a r d, w e r e si x t h o u s a n d b e r e d of t h e m w e r e s e v e n t h o u - a n d t w o h u n d r e d. s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d. 3 5 A n d t h e c hi ef of t h e h o u s e of 2 3 T h e f a mili e s of t h e O e r' s h d n- t h e l at h e r of t h e f a mili e s of M £it e s s h all pit c h b e hi n d t h e t a b e r - r a' ri w a s Z u' ri- el t h e s o n of A b-in a cl e w e st w a r d. h a'il : t h e s e s h all pit c h o n t h e si d e 2 4 A n d t h e c hi ef of t h e h o u s e of of t h e t a b e r n a cl e n o rt h w a r d. t h e f at h e r of t h e 6 e r' s h 6 n-it e s 3 6 A n d u n d e r t h e c u st o d y a n d s h all b efi-li' a- s A p h t h e s o n of L S' el. c h a r g e of t h e s o n s of M $- r a' ri s h all 2 5 A n d t h e c h a r g e of t h e s o n s of b e t h e b o a r d s of t h e t a b e r n a cl e, a n d G e r' s h o n i n t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e t h e b a r s t h e r e of, a n d t h e pill a r s c o n g r e g ati o n s h all b e t h e t a b e r - t h e r e of, a n d t h e s o c k et s t h e r e of, n a cl e, a n d t h e t e nt, t h e c o v e ri n g a n d all t h e v e s s el s t h e r e of, a n d all t h e r e of, a n d t h e h a n gi n g f o r t h e t h at s e r v et h t h e r et o, d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n - 3 7 A n d t h e pill a r s of t h e c o u rt g r e g ati o n, r o u n d a b o ut, a n d t h ei r s o c k et s, a n d 2 6 A n d t h e h a n gi n g s of t h e c o u rt, t h ei r pi n s, a n d t h ei r c o r d s. a n d t h e c u rt ai n f o r t h e d o o r of t h e 3 8 B ut t h o s e t h at e n c a m p b e c o u rt, w hi c h i s b y t h e t a b e r n a cl e, f o r e t h e t a b e r n a cl e t o w a r d t h e a n d b y t h e alt a r r o u n d a b o ut, a n d e a st, e v e n b ef o r e t h e t a b e r n a cl e t h e c o r d s of it f o r all t h e s e r vi c e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n e a st w a r d, t h e r e of. s h all b e M o' s e s, a n d A a r' o n a n d 2 7 1 A n d of K d' h at h w a s t h e f a m- hi s s o n s, k e e pi n g t h e c h a r g e of t h e il y of t h e A m' r A m-it e s, a n d t h e s a n ct u a r y f o r t h e c h a r g e of di e f a mil y of t h e I z' e- h a r-it e s, a n d t h e c hil d r e n of ! §' r a- el; a n d t h e f a mil y of t h e H e' b r o n-it e s, a n d t h e st r a n g e r t h at c o m et h ni g h s h all b e f a mil y of t h e u z' zi- el-it e s : t h e s e a r e p ut t o d e at h. t h e f a mili e s of t h e K d' h at h-it e s. 3 9 All t h at w e r e n u m b e r e d of t h e 2 8 I n t h e n u m b e r of all t h e m al e s, L e' vit e s, w hi c h M o' s e s a n d A & r' o n f r o m a m o nt h ol d a n d u p w a r d, n u m b e r e d at t h e c o m m a n d m e nt w e r e ei g ht t h o u s a n d a n d si x h u n - of t h e L o r d , t h r o u g h o ut t h ei r d r e d, k e e pi n g t h e c h a r g e of t h e f a mili e s, all t h e m al e s f r o m a m o nt h s a n ct u a r y. ol d a n d u p w a r d, w e r e t w e nt y a n d 2 9 T h e f a mili e s of t h e s o n s of t w o t h o u s a n d. K d' h at h s h all pit c h o n t h e si d e of 4 0 J A n d t h e L o r d s ai d u nt o M o's e s, N u m b e r all t h e fi r st b o r n of t h e t h e t a b e r n a cl e s o ut h w a r d. 3 0 A n d t h e c hi ef of t h e h o u s e of m al e s of t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el fi x e f at h e r of t h e f a mili e s of t h e f r o m a m o nt h ol d a n d u p w a r d, a n d K d' h at h-it e s s h all b e fi-li z' a- p h a n t a k e t h e n u m b e r of t h ei r n a m e s. t h e s o n of O z' zl- el. 4 1 A n d t h o u s h alt t a k e t h e L e' 3 1 A n d t h ei r c h a r g e s h all b e t h e vit e s f o r m e (I a m t h e L o r d ) i na r k, a n d t h e t a bl e, a n d t h e c a n dl e - st e a d of all t h e fi r st b o r n a m o n g sti c k, a n d t h e alt a r s, a n d t h e v e s - t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el; a n d t h e s el s of t h e s a n ct u a r y w h e r e wit h c attl e of t h e L e' vit e s i n st e a d of all t h e y mi ni st e r, a n d t h e h a n gi n g, t h e fi r stli n g s a m o n g t h e c attl e of t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el. a n d all t h e s e r vi c e t h e r e of. 3 2 A n d E-l e- a' z a r t h e s o n of A A r'4 2 A n d M o' s e s n u m b e r e d, a s t h e o n t h e p ri e st s h all b e c hi ef o v e r t h e L o r d c o m m a n d e d hi m, all di e fi r stc hi ef of t h e L e' vit e s; a n d h a v e t h e b o r n a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el. o v e r si g ht of t h e m t h at k e e p t h e 4 3 A n d all t h e fi r st b o r n m al e s b y t h e n u m b e r of n a m e s, f r o m a m o nt h c h a r g e of t h e s a n ct u a r y. 3 3 T Of M $- r d' ri w a s t h e f a mil y of ol d a n d u p w a r d, of t h o s e t h at w e r e t h e M B h'lit e s, a n d t h e f a mil y of t h e n u m b e r e d of t h e m, w e r e t w e nt y M u' s hit e s: t h e s e a r e t h e f a mili e s a n d t w o t h o u s a n d t w o h u n d r e d a n d t h r e e s c o r e a n d t hi rt e e n. of Mf e- r a' ri. 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44 51 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 45 Take the Le 'vites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Is'ra-el, and the cattle of the Le'vites instead of their cattle; and the Le'vites shall be mine: I am the Lord . 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Is'ra-el, which are more than the Le'vites; 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 48 Ana thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number' of them is to be redeemed, unto AAr'on and to his sons. 49 And Md'ses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Le'vites: 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Is'ra-el took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 And Mo'ses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto AAr'on and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord , as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 121 CHAPTER 4

1 The age and length of the Lecites" service. 5 The duties of Aaron and his sons; 16 of Eleazar; 21 of the sons of Gershon; 29 of the sons of Merari. 34 The numbers of the sons of Kohath, of Gershon, and of Merari.

AND the Lord spake unto Mo'xx ses and unto Aar'on, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kd'hath from among the sons of Le'vi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kd'hath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: Digitized by

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5 And when the camp setteth forward, AAr'on shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar: 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it 15 And when AAr'on and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set for-

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w a r d; aft e r t h at, t h e s o n s of K d'h at h s h all c o m e t o b e a r it: b ut t h e y s h all n ot t o u c h a n u h ol y t hi n g, l e st t h e y di e. T h e s e t hi n g s a r e t h e b u r d e n of t h e s o n s of K o'h at h i n t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. 1 6 5 F A n d t o t h e offi c e of E-l e- a' z a r t h e s o n of A A r' o n t h e p ri e st P e rt ai n et h t h e oil f o r t h e li g ht, a n d t h e s w e et i n c e n s e, a n d t h e d ail y m e at off e ri n g, a n d t h e a n oi nti n g oil, a n d t h e o v e r si g ht of all t h e t a b e r n a cl e, a n d of all t h at t h e r ei n i s, i n t h e s a n ct u a r y, a n d i n t h e v e s s el s t h e r e of. 1 7 H A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M o' s e s a n d u nt o A A r' o n, s a yi n g, 1 8 C ut y e n ot off t h e t ri b e of t h e f a mili e s of t h e K o Ti at h-it e s f r o m a m o n g t h e L e' vit e s : 1 9 B ut t h u s d o u nt o t h e m, t h at t h e y m a y li v e, a n d n ot di e, w h e n t h e y a p p r o a c h u nt o t h e m o st h ol y t hi n g s: A A r' o n a n d hi s s o n s s h all g o i n, a n d a p p oi nt t h e m e v e r y o n e t o hi s s e r vi c e a n d t o hi s b u r d e n : 2 0 B ut t h e y s h all n ot g o i n t o s e e w h e n t h e h ol y t hi n g s a r e c o v e r e d, l e st t h e y di e. 2 1 1 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M o' s e s, s a yi n g, 2 2 T a k e al s o t h e s u m of t h e s o n s of C e r' s h o n, t h r o u g h o ut t h e h o u s e s of t h ei r f at h e r s, b y t h ei r f a mili e s; 2 3 F r o m t hi rt y y e a r s ol d a n d u p w a r d u ntil fift y y e a r s ol d s h alt t h o u n u m b e r t h e m; all t h at e nt e r i n t o p e rf o r m t h e s e r vi c e, t o d o t h e w o r k i n t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g a ti o n. 2 4 T hi s i s t h e s e r vi c e of t h e f a mili e s of t h e O e r' s h d n-it e s, t o s e r v e, a n d f or b ur d e ns : 2 5 A n d t h e y s h all b e a r t h e c u r t ai n s of t h e t a b e r n a cl e, a n d t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, hi s c o v e ri n g, a n d t h e c o v e ri n g of t h e b a d g e r s ’ s ki n s t h at i s a b o v e u p o n it, a n d t h e h a n gi n g f o r t h e d o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, 2 6 A n d t h e h a n gi n g s of t h e c o u rt, a n d t h e h a n gi n g f o r t h e d o o r of t h e g at e of t h e c o u rt, w hi c h i s b y t h e t a b e r n a cl e a n d b y t h e alt a r r o u n d a b o ut, a n d t h ei r c o r d s, a n d all t h e i n st r u m e nt s of t h ei r s e r vi c e, a n d all t h at i s m a d e f o r t h e m : s o s h all t h e y s e r v e. Di giti z e d b y

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service in the tabernacle of the sand and five hundred and fourcongregation, which Md'ses and score. A&r'on did number according to 49 According to the commandthe commandment of the Lord by ment of the Lord they were numthe hand of Mo'ses. bered by the hand of Mo'ses* 38 And those that were numbered every one according to his service, of the sons of Ger'shdn, throughout and according to his burden: thus their families, and by the house of were they numbered of him, as the their fathers, Lord commanded Mo'ses. 39 From thirty years old and upCHAPTER 5 122 ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the 1 The ceremonially unclean pul out of the camp. 5 Concerning recompense service, for the work in the taberfor a trespass. 11 The procedure of nacle of the congregation, the trial of jealousy. 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their AND the Lord spake unto Md'families, by the house of their xx ges, saying, v fathers, were two thousand and 2 Command the children of Is'six hundred and thirty. ra-el, that they put out of the 41 These are they that were num- camp every leper, and every one bered of the families of the sons of that hath an issue, and whosoever Ger'shon, of all that might do serv- is defiled by the dead: ice in the tabernacle of the con- 3 Both male and female shall ye gregation, whom Mo'ses and A£r'- put out, without the camp shall ye on did number according to the put them; that they defile not their commandment of the Lord . camps, in the midst whereof I 42 5[ And those that were num- dwell. bered of the families of the sons of 4 And the children of Is'ra-el did M&-ra'ri, throughout their families, so, and put them out without the by the house of their fathers, camp: as the Lord spake unto 43 From thirty years old and up- Mo'ses, so did the children of Is'ward even unto fifty years old, ra-el. every one that entereth into the 5 And the Lord spake unto Md'service, for the work in the taber- ses, saying, nacle of the congregation, 6 Speak unto the children of Is'44 Even those that were num- ra-el, When a man or woman shall bered of them after their families, commit any sin that men commit, were three thousand and two to do a trespass against the Lord , and that person be guilty; hundred. 45 These be those that were num- 7 Then they shall confess their bered of the families of the sons of sin which they have done: and he M$-ra'ri, whom Mo'ses and A&r'on shall recompense his trespass with numbered according to the word the principal thereof, and add unto of die Lord by the hand of Mo'ses. it the fifth Part thereof, and give it 46 All those that were numbered unto him against whom he hath of the Le'vites, whom Mo'ses and trespassed. A&r'on and the chief of Is'ra-el 8 But if the man have no kinsman numbered, after their families, to recompense the trespass unto, and after the house of their fa- let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord , even to the priest; thers, 47 From thirty years old and up- beside the ram of the atonement, ward even unto fifty years old, whereby an atonement shall be every one that came to do the made for him. service of the ministry, and the 9And every offering of all the service of the burden in the taber- holy things of the children of is'ra-el, which they bring unto the nacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were num- priest, shall be his. bered of them, were eight thou- 10 And every man’s hallowed Original from 164 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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T h e t ri al of J e al o u s y t hi n g s s h all b e hi s : w h at s o e v e r a n y m a n gi v et h t h e p ri e st it s h all b e hi s. 11 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o M o' s e s, s a yi n g, 1 2 S p e a k u nt o t h e c hil d r e n of I s'r a- el, a n d s a y u nt o t h e m, If a n y m a n ’s wif e g o a si d e, a n d c o m mit a t r e s p a s s a g ai n st hi m, 1 3 A n d a m a n li e wit h h e r c a r n all y, a n d it b e hi d f r o m t h e e y e s of h e r h u s b a n d, a n d b e k e pt cl o s e, a n d s h e b e d efil e d, a n d t h e r e b e n o wit n e s s a g ai n st h e r, n eit h e r s h e b e t a k e n wit h t h e m a n n e r; 1 4 A n d t h e s pi rit of j e al o u s y c o m e u p o n hi m, a n d h e b e j e al o u s of hi s wif e, a n d s h e b e d efil e d : o r if t h e s pi rit of j e al o u s y c o m e u p o n hi m, a n d h e b e j e al o u s of hi s wif e, a n d s h e b e n ot d efil e d : 1 5 T h e n s h all t h e m a n b ri n g hi s wif e u nt o t h e p ri e st, a n d h e s h all b ri n g h e r off e ri n g f o r h e r, t h e t e nt h p a rt of a n e p h a h of b a rl e y m e al; h e s h all p o u r n o oil u p o n it, n o r p ut f r a n ki n c e n s e t h e r e o n; f o r it i s a n off e ri n g of j e al o u s y, a n off e ri n g of m e m o ri al, b ri n gi n g i ni q uit y t o r e m e m b r a n c e. 1 6 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all b ri n g h e r n e a r, a n d s et h e r b ef o r e t h e L o r d : 1 7 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all t a k e h ol y w at e r i n a n e a rt h e n v e s s el; a n d of t h e d u st t h at i s i n t h e fl o o r of t h e t a b e r n a cl e t h e p ri e st s h all t a k e, a n d p ut it i nt o t h e w at e r : 1 8 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all s et t h e w o m a n b ef o r e t h e L O R D, a n d u n c o v e r t h e w o m a n ’s h e a d, a n d p ut t h e of f e ri n g of m e m o ri al i n h e r h a n d s, w hi c h i s t h e j e al o u s y off e ri n g : a n d t h e p ri e st s h all h a v e i n hi s h a n d t h e bitt e r w at e r t h at c a u s et h t h e c u r s e: 1 9 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all c h a r g e h e r b y a n o at h, a n d s a y u nt o t h e w o m a n, If n o m a n h a v e l ai n wit h t h e e, a n d if t h o u h a st n ot g o n e a si d e t o u n cl e a n n e s s wit h a n ot h e r i n st e a d of t h y h u s b a n d, b e t h o u f r e e f r o m t hi s bitt e r w at e r t h at c a u s et h t h e c u r s e: 2 0 B ut if t h o u h a st g o n e a si d e t o a n ot h e r i n st e a d of t h y h u s b a n d, a n d if t h o u b e d efil e d > a n d s o m e m a n h a v e l ai n wit h t h e e b e si d e t hi n e h u s b a n d: Di giti z e d b y

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2 1 T h e n t h e p ri e st s h all c h a r g e t h e w o m a n wit h a n o at h of c u r si n g, a n d t h e p ri e st s h all s a y u nt o t h e w o m a n, T h e L o r d m a k e t h e e a c u r s e a n d a n o at h a m o n g t h y p e o pl e, w h e n t h e L o r d d ot h m a k e t h y t hi g h t o r ot, a n d t h y b ell y t o s w ell; 2 2 A n d t hi s w at e r t h at c a u s et h t h e c u r s e s h all g o i nt o t h y b o w el s, t o m a k e t h y b ell y t o s w ell, a n d t h y t hi g h t o r ot : A n d t h e w o m a n s h all s a y, A m e n, a m e n. 2 3 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all w rit e t h e s e c u r s e s i n a b o o k, a n d h e s h all bl ot t h e m o ut wit h t h e bitt e r w at e r : 2 4 A n d h e s h all c a u s e t h e w o m a n t o d ri n k t h e bitt e r w at e r t h at c a u s et h t h e c u r s e: a n d t h e w at e r t h at c a u s et h t h e c u r s e s h all e nt e r i nt o h e r, a n d b e c o m e bitt e r. 2 5 T h e n t h e p ri e st s h all t a k e t h e j e al o u s y off e ri n g o ut of t h e w o m a n ’s h a n d, a n d s h all w a v e t h e of f e ri n g b ef o r e t h e L o r d , a n d off e r it u p o n t h e alt a r : 2 6 A n d t h e p ri e st s h all t a k e a n h a n df ul of t h e off e ri n g, e v e n t h e m e m o ri al t h e r e of, a n d b u m it u p o n t h e alt a r, a n d aft e r w a r d s h all c a u s e t h e w o m a n t o d ri n k t h e w at e r. 2 7 A n d w h e n h e h at h m a d e h e r t o d ri n k t h e w at e r, t h e n it s h all c o m e t o p a s s, t h at, if s h e b e d efil e d, a n d h a v e d o n e t r e s p a s s a g ai n st h e r h u s b a n d, t h at t h e w at e r t h at c a u s et h t h e c u r s e s h all e nt e r i nt o h e r, a n d b e c o m e bitt e r, a n d h e r b ell y s h all s w ell, a n d h e r t hi g h s h all r ot : a n d t h e w o m a n s h all b e a c u r s e a m o n g h e r p e o pl e. 2 8 A n d if t h e w o m a n b e n ot d efil e d, b ut b e cl e a n; t h e n s h e s h all b e f r e e, a n d s h all c o n c ei v e s e e d. 2 9 T hi s i s t h e l a w of j e al o u si e s, w h e n a wif e g o et h a si d e t o a n ot h e r i n st e a d of h e r h u s b a n d, a n d i s d efil e d; 3 0 O r w h e n t h e s pi rit of j e al o u s y c o m et h u p o n hi m, a n d h e b e j e alo u s o v e r hi s wif e, a n d s h all s et t h e w o m a n b ef o r e t h e L o r d , a n d t h e p ri e st s h all e x e c ut e u p o n h e r all t hi s l a w. 3 1 T h e n s h all t h e m a n b e g uilt l e s s f r o m i ni q uit y, a n d t hi s w o m a n s h all b e a r h e r i ni q uit y.

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the Lord the days of his separation, 1 The Nazarite vow: the law concerning and shall bring a lamb of the first it. 22 The Lord ordains the form of year for a trespass offering: but blessing the people. the days that were before shall be AND the Lord spake unto Md'- lost, because his separation was deM §es, saying, filed. 2 Speak unto the children of Is'- 13 If And this is the law of the ra-el, and say unto them, When NAz'a-rite, when the days of his either man or woman shall sepa- separation are fulfilled: he shall be rate themselves to vow a vow of a brought unto the door of the taberNdz'a-rite, to separate themselves nacle of the congregation: unto the Lord : 14 And he shall offer his offering 3 He shall separate himself from unto the LORD, one he lamb of the wine and strong drink, and shall first year without blemish for a drink no vinegar of wine, or vine- burnt offering, and one ewe lamb gar of strong drink, neither shall he of the first year without blemish drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat for a sin offering, and one ram moist grapes, or dried. without blemish for peace offer4 All the days of his separation ings, shall he eat nothing that is made 15 And a basket of unleavened of the vine tree, from the kernels bread, cakes of fine flour mingled even to the husk. with oil, and wafers of unleavened 5 All the days of the vow of his bread, anointed with oil, and their separation there shall no razor meat offering, and their drink ofcome upon his head: until the days ferings. be fulfilled, in the which he sepa- 16 And the priest shall bring them rateth himself unto the Lord , he before the Lord , and shall offer his shall be holy, and shall let the locks sin offering, and his burnt offering: of the hair of his head grow. 17 And he shall offer the ram for a 6 All the days that he separateth sacrifice of peace offerings unto the himself unto the Lord he shall Lord , with the basket of unleavcome at no dead body. ened bread: the priest shall offer 7 He shall not make himself un- also his meat offering, and his drink clean for his father, or for his offering. mother, for his brother, or for his 18 And the N&z'a-rite shall shave sister, when they die: because the the head of his separation at the consecration of his God is upon door of the tabernacle of the conhis head. gregation, and shall take the hair 8 All the days of his separation he of the head of his separation, and is holy unto the Lord . put it in the fire which is under the 9 And if any man die very sud- sacrifice of the peace offerings. denly by him, and he hath defiled 19 And the priest shall take the the head of his consecration; then sodden shoulder of the ram, and he shall shave his head in the day one unleavened cake out of the of his cleansing, on the seventh (bur basket, and one unleavened wafer, shall he shave it. and shall put them upon the hands 10 And on the eighth day he shall of the NSz'a-rite, after the hair of bring two turtles, or two young his separation is shaven: pigeons, to the priest, to the door 20 And the priest shall wave them of the tabernacle of the congrega- for a wave offering before the tion: Lord : this is holy for the priest, 11 And the priest shall offer the with the wave breast and heave one for a sin offering, and the other shoulder: and after that the N&z'for a burnt offering, and make an a-rite may drink wine. atonement for him, for that he 21 This is the law of the N&z'asinned by the dead, and shall hal- rite who hath vowed, and of his low his head that same day. offering unto the Lord for his 12 And he shall consecrate unto separation, beside that that his Original from 166 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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The offerings of the princes hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 23 Speak unto AAr'on and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Is'rg-el, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: 25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my name upon the children of I§'rg-el; and I will bless them. 124 CHAPTER 7

8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of M^-ra'ri, according unto their service, under the hand of Ith'a-m£r the son of A&r'on the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Ko'hath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Md'ses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 And he that offered his offering the first day was NSh'shon the 1 The princes bring their offerings at son of Am-min'a-d&b, of the tribe the dedication of the tabernacle. 89 of Ju'dah: God speaks to Moses from the mercy 13 And his offering was one silver seat. charger, the weight thereof was ND it came to pass on the day an hundred and thirty shekels, one l that Mo'ses had fully set up silver bowl of seventy shekels, the tabernacle, and had anointed after the shekel of the sanctuary; it, and sanctified it, and all the in- both of them were full of fine struments thereof, both the altar flour mingled with oil for a meat and all the vessels thereof, and offering: had anointed them, and sanctified 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: them; 2 That the princes of Is'rg-el, 15 One young bullock, one ram, heads of the house of their fathers, one lamb of the first year, for a who were the princes of the tribes, burnt offering: and were over them that were 16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: numbered, offered: 3 And they brought their offering 17 And for a sacrifice of peace ofbefore the Lord , six covered wag- ferings, two oxen, five rams, five ons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for he goats, five lambs of the first two of the princes, and for each one year: this was the offering of Nah'an ox: and they brought them be- shon the son of Am-min'a-d&b. 18 If On the second day N6-th£n'fore the tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Md'- e-el the son of Zu'ar, prince of is'sa-char, did offer: §es, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may 19 He offered for his offering one be to do the service of the taber- silver charger, the weight whereof nacle of the congregation; and thou was an hundred and thirty shekels, shalt give them unto the Le'vites, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, to every man according to his serv- after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour minice. 6 And Mo'ses took the wagons and gled with oil for a meat offering: die oxen, and gave them unto the 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: Le'vites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he 21 One young bullock, one ram, gave unto the sonls of Oer'shon, ac- one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: cording to their service:

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22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of N&thSn'e-el the son of Zu'ar. 24 On the third day fi-li'ab the son of He'lon, prince of the children of Zeb'u-lun, did offer: 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for. a burnt offering: 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of fe-li'ab the son of He'lon. 30 On the fourth day fi-li'zur the son of Shed'e-ur, prince of the children of Reu'ben, did offer: 31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of £-11'ziir the son of Shed'S-ur. 36 On the fifth day She-lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri-sh&d'da-i, prince of the children of Sim'e-on, did offer: 37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was Digitized by

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an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 39One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Sh&lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'da-i. 42 On the sixth day fi-li'a-s&ph the son of Deu'el, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of fi-li'a-saph the son of Deu'el. 48 t On the seventh day fi-Hsh'amd the son of Am-mi'hud, prince of the children of E'phrfi-im, offered: 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

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53 And for a sacrifice of peace of- after the shekel of the sanctuary; ferings, two oxen, five rams, five both of them full of fine flour he goats, five lambs of the first mingled with oil for a meat offeryear: this was the offering of ing: £-lish'a-mA the son of Am-mi'hud. 68 One golden spoon of ten 54 IT On the eighth day offered shekels, full of incense: GA-ma'lI-el the son of PA-dMh'- 69 One young bullock, one ram, zur, prince of the children of MA- one lamb of the first year, for a nAs'seh: burnt offering: 55 His offering was one silver 70 One kid of the goats for a sin charger of the weight of an hun- offering: dred and thirty shekels, one silver 71 And for a sacrifice of peace ofbowl of seventy shekels, after the ferings, two oxen, five rams, five shekel of the sanctuary; both of he goats, five lambs of the first them full of fine flour mingled year: this was the offering of with oil for a meat offering: A-hi-e'zer the son of Am-mi-shAd'56 One golden spoon of ten da-i. shekels, full of incense: 72 If On the eleventh day PA'Ai-el 57One young bullock, one ram, the son of oc'ran, prince of the chilone lamb of the first year, for a dren of Ash'er, offered: burnt offering: 73 His offering was one silver 58 One kid of the goats for a sin charger, the weight whereof was offering: an hundred and thirty shekels, 59 And for a sacrifice of peace of- one silver bowl of seventy shekels, ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he after the shekel of the sanctuary; goats, five lambs of the first year: both of them full of fine flour this was the offering of GA-mA'H-el mingled with oil for a meat offerthe son of PA-dfih'zur. ing: 60 t On the ninth day Ab'i-dAn 74 One golden spoon of ten file son of Gid-e-o'ni, prince of the shekels, full of incense: diildren of B&n'ia-min, offered: 75One young bullock, one ram, 61 His offering was one silver one lamb of the first year, for a charger, the weight whereof was burnt offering: an hundred and thirty shekels, one 76 One kid of the goats for a sin silver bowl of seventy shekels, offering: after the shekel of the sanctuary; 77 And for a sacrifice of peace ofboth of them full of fine flour ferings, two oxen, five rams, five mingled with oil for a meat offer- he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pa'ing: 62 One golden spoon of ten gi-el the son of Oc'ran. shekels, full of incense: 78 If On the twelfth day A-hi'rA 63One young bullock, one ram, the son of £'nan, prince of the chilone lamb of the first year, for a dren of NAph'ta-li, offered: burnt offering: 79 His offering was one silver 64 One kid of the goats for a sin charger, the weight whereof was offering: an hundred and thirty shekels, one 65 And for a sacrifice of peace of- silver bowl of seventy shekels, ferings, two oxen, five rams, five after the shekel of the sanctuary; he goats, five lambs of the first both of them full of fine flour year: this was the offering of mingled with oil for a meat offerAb'i-dAn the son of Gid-e-d'ni. ing: 661J On the tenth day A-hi-e'zer 80 One golden spoon of ten the son of Am-mi-shAd'da-i, prince shekels, full of incense: of the children of DAn, offered: 81 One young, bullock, one ram, His offering was one silver one lamb of the first year, for a charger, the weight whereof was burnt offering: an hundred and thirty shekels, 82 One kid of the goats for a sin one silver bowl of seventy shekels. offering: Original from 169 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of A-hi'ra the son of £'nan. 84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Is'ra-el: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of die sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of die first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 And when Mo'ses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. 125 CHAPTER 8

1 Concerning the lighting of the lamps. 5 The purification of the Levites for the tabernacle service. 23 Their age and limit of service.

AND the Lord spake unto Md'xx §es, saying, 2 Speak unto AAr'on, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.. 3 And AAr'on did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the Digitized by

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candlestick, as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the Lord had shewed Mo'ses, so he made the candlestick. 5 H And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 6 Take the Le'vites from among the children of Is'ra-el, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. 9 And thou shalt bring the Le'vites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Is'ra-el together: 10 And thou shalt bring the le'vites before the Lord : and the children of Is'ra-el shall put their hands upon the Le'vites: 11 And AAr'on shall offer the Le'vites before the Lord for an offering of the children of Is'ra-el, that they may execute the service of the Lord . 12 And the Le'vites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord , to make an atonement for the Le'vites. 13 And thou shalt set the Le'vites before AAr'on, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord . 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le'vites from among the children of Is'ra-el: and the Le'vites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Le'vites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.

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The passover to be kept

16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Is'* ra-el; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Is'ra-el, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Is'ra-el are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of fi'fcfpt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Le'vites for all the firstborn of the children of Is'ra-el. 19 And I have given the Le'vites as a gift to AAr'on and to his sons from among the children of Is'ra-el, to do the service of the children of Is'ra*el in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Is'ra-el: that there be no plague among the children of Is'ra~el, when the children of Is'ra-el come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Mo'ses, and A&r'on, and all the congregation of the children of Is'ra-el, did to the Le'vites according unto all that the Lord commanded Mo'ses concerning the Le'vites, so did the children of is'ra-el unto them. 21 And the Le'vites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and AAr'on offered them as an offering before the Lord ; and A&r'on made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22And after that went the Le'vites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before A&t 'qu , and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Mo'ses concerning the Le'vites, so did they unto them. 23 51 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Le'vites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the Digitized by

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congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Ld'vites touching their charge. CHAPTER 9 126 1 The passover commanded and kept. 6

Concerning the passover for those who were defiled. 15 The cloud, and the pillar of fire, over the tabernacle.

AND the Lord spake unto Md'xx §es in the wilderness of Si'nai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of fi'gjfot, saying, 2 Let the children of Is'ra-el also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Mo'ses spake unto the children of Is'ra-el, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Si'nai: according to all that the Lord commanded Mo'ses, so did the children of Is'ra-el. 6 5[ And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Mo'ses and before A&r'on on that day: 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Is'ra-el? 8 And Mo'ses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. 9 5[ And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Iszra-el, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord . 11 The fourteenth day of the

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second month at even they shall 21 And so it was, when the cloud keep it, and eat it with unleavened abode from even unto the morning, bread and bitter herbs. and that the cloud was taken up in 12 They shall leave none of it the morning, then they journeyed: unto the morning, nor break any whether it was by day or by night bone of it: according to all the or- that the cloud was taken up, they dinances of the passover they shall journeyed. keep it. 22 Or whether it were two days, 13 But the man that is clean, and or a month, or a year, that the is not in a journey, and forbeareth cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, to keep the passover, even the same remaining thereon, the children of soul shall be cut off from among Is'ra-el abode in their tents, and his people: because he brought journeyed not: but when it was not the offering of the Lord in his taken up, they journeyed. appointed season, that man shall 23 At the commandment of the bear his sin. Lord they rested in the tents, and 14 And if a stranger shall sojourn at the commandment of the LORD among you, and will keep the pass- they journeyed: they kept the over unto the Lord ; according to charge of the Lord , at the comthe ordinance of the passover, and mandment of the Lord by the according to the manner thereof, so hand of Mo'ses. shall hfe do: ye shall have one ordiCHAPTER 10 127 nance, both for the stranger, and 1 The silver trumpets: their purpose. for him that was bom in the land. 11 The Israelites journey from Sinai 15 H And on the day that the tabto Paran. ernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the AND the Lord spake unto Md'tent of the testimony: and at even §es, saying, there was upon the tabernacle as it 2 Make thee two trumpets of silwere the appearance of fire, until ver; of a whole piece shalt thou the morning. make them: that thou mayest use 16 So it was alway: the cloud cov- them for the calling of the assemered it by day, and the appearance bly, and for the journeying of the camps. of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken 3 And when they shall blow with up from the tabernacle, then after them, all the assembly shall asthat the children of Is'ra-el jour- semble themselves to thee at the neyed : and in the place where the door of the tabernacle of the concloud abode, there the children of gregation. 4 And if they blow but with one Is'ra-el pitched their tents. 18 At the commandment of the trumpet, then the princes, which Lord the children of Is'ra-el jour- are heads of the thousands of Is'neyed, and at the commandment ra-el, shall gather themselves unto of the Lord they pitched: as long thee. as the cloud abode upon the tab- 5When ye blow an alarm, then ernacle they rested in their tents. the camps that lie on the east 19 And when the cloud tarried parts shall go forward. long upon the tabernacle many 6 When ye blow an alarm the secdays, then the children of Is'ra-el ond time, then the camps that lie kept the charge of the Lord , and on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud for their journeys. was a few days upon the taber- 7 But when the congregation is to nacle; according to the command- be gathered together, ye shall blow, ment of the Lord they abode in but ye shall not sound an alarm. their tents, and according to the 8 And the sons of A&r'on, the commandment of the Lord they priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for journeyed. Original from 172 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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an ordinance for ever throughout ward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle your generations. against they came. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth 22 5[ And the standard of the camp you, then ye shall blow an alarm of the children of £zphrA-im set forwith the trumpets; and ye shall be ward according to their armies: remembered before the Lord your and over his host was £-lishza-mA God, and ye shall be saved brom the son of Am-mi'hud. 23 And over the host of the tribe your enemies. of the children of MA-nas'seh was 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and GA-ma'U-el the son of PA-dAh'zur. in the beginnings of your months, 24 And over the host of the tritye ye shall blow with the trumpets of the children of Ben'ja-min was over your burnt offerings, and over Ab'i-dAn the son of Gld-e-d'ni. the sacrifices of your peace offer- 25 5[ And the standard of the caifip ings; that they may be to you for a of the children of DAn set forward, memorial before your God: I am which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and the LoitD your God. 11 And it came to pass on the over his host was A-hl-e'zer the son twentieth day of the second month, of Am-mi-shAd'da-i. in the second year, that the cloud 26 And over the host of the tribe was taken up from off the taber- of the children of Ash'er was PAZgi-el the son of Oc'ran. nacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Is'ra-el took 27 And over the host of the tribe their journeys out of the wilder- of the children of NAph'ta-li was ness of Si'nai; and the cloud rested A-hi'rA the son of £znan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of in the wilderness of PA'ran. 13 And they first took their jour- the children of Is'ra-el according ney according to the command- to their armies, when they set forment of the Lord by the hand of ward. Mo'ses. 295[ And Mo'ses said unto H6ZbAb, the son of RA-gu'el the Mldz14 51 In the first dace went the standard of the camp of the chil- i-an-ite, Mo'ses’ father in law, We dren of Ju'dah according to their are journeying unto the place of armies: and over his host was which the Lord said, I will give it NSh'shon the son of Am-min'a-dab. you: come thou with us, and we 15 And over the host of the tribe will do thee good: for the Lord of the children of Is'sa-char was hath spoken good concerning IszN€-th&n'e-el the son of Zu'ar. ra-el. 16 And over the host of the tribe 30 And he said unto him, I will not of the children of Zeb'u-lun was go; but I will depart to mine own 2-li'ab the son of He'lon. land, and to my kindred. 17 And the tabernacle was taken 31 And he said, Leave us not, I down; and the sons of Ger'shdn pray thee; forasmuch as thou kno wand the sons of Me-ra'ri set for- est how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to ward, bearing the tabernacle. us instead of eyes. 18 5[ And the standard of the camp of Reu'ben set forward according 32 And it shall be, if thou go with to their armies: and over his host us, yea, it shall be, that what goodwas fi-li'zur the son of Shed'e-ur. ness the Lord shall do unto us, 19 And over the host of the tribe the same will we do unto thee. of the children of SIm'e-on was 33 5[ And they departed from three Shfc-lu'mI-el the son of Zu-ri-shadz- the mount of the Lord days ’ journey: and the ark of the da-i. went 20 And over the host of the tribe covenant of the Lord of the children of G&d was £-liza- before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting sAph the son of Deu'el. 21 And the Ko'hath-ites set for- place for them. Original from 173 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. A 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Mo'ses said, Rise up, Lord , and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord , unto the many thousands of fs'ra-el. 128 CHAPTER 11

1 The burning at Taberah. 4 The people tiring of the manna, lust for flesh. 10 Moses' complaint to the Lord; 16 who instructs him to choose seventy elders to share his burden* 18 He also promises flesh to eat. 31 Quails are sent.

AND when the people complainxx ed, it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Mo'ses; and when Mo'ses prayed unto the Lord , the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place T&b'e-rah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Is'ra-el also wept again, and said. Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in E'££pt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 If Then Mo'ses heard the peoweep throughout their families, k

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every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Mo'ses also was displeased. 11 And Mo'ses said unto the Lord , Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. 16 And the Lord said unto M6'ses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Is'ra-el, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in E'fe^Pt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because

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that ye have despised the Lord from the sea, and let them fall by which is among you, and have the camp, as it were a day’s jourwept before him, saying, Why ney on this side, and as it were a came we forth out of E'fcfrpt? day’s journey on the other side, 21 And Mo'ses said, The people, round about the camp, and as it among whom I am, are six hundred were two cubits high upon the face thousand footmen; and thou hast of the earth. said, I will give them flesh, that 32 And the people stood up all they may eat a whole month. that day, and all that night, and all 22 Shall the flocks and the herds the next day, and they gathered be slain for them, to suffice them? the quails: he that gathered least or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered ten homers: and they gathered together for them, to suf- spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. fice them? 23 And the Lord said unto Mou- 33 And while the flesh was yet ses, Is the Lord ’s hand waxed between their teeth, ere it was short? thou shalt see now whether chewed, the wrath of the Lord was my word shall come to pass unto kindled against the people, and the thee or not. Lord smote the people with a very 24 51 And Mo'ses went out, and great plague. told the people the words of the 34 And he called the name of that Lord , and gathered the seventy place Kib'roth-hat-tfi'a-vah: bemen of the elders of the people, cause there they buried the people and set them round about the tab- that lusted. ernacle. 35 And the people journeyed from 25 And the Lord came down in a Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah unto HA-ze'cloud, and spake unto him, and roth; and abode at HA-ze'roth. took of the spirit that was upon CHAPTER 12 129 him, and gave it unto the seventy 1 Miriam and Aaron speak against elders: and it came to pass, that, Moses. 4 The LORD rebukes the diswhen the spirit rested upon them, loyalty, 10 Miriam becoming leprous. 13 At Moses' intercession, she is they prophesied, and did not healed. * cease. 26 But there remained two of the AND Mir'i-am and AAr'on spake men in the camp, the name of the XI against Md'ses because of the one was £l'ddd, and the name of E-thi-d'pi-an woman whom he had die other Me'd&d: and the spirit married: for he had married an rested upon them; and they were E-thi-d'pi-an woman. of them that were written, but 2 And they said, Hath the Lord went not out unto the tabernacle: indeed spoken only by Mo'ses? and they prophesied in the camp. hath he not spoken also by us? 27 And there ran a young man, and the Lord heard it, and told Mo'ses, and said, £l'd£d 3 (Now the man Mo'ses was very and Me'dAd do prophesy in the meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) camp. 28 And J6sh'u-A the son of Nun, 4 And the Lord spake suddenly the servant of Mo'ses, one of his unto Mo'ses, and unto Aar'on, and young men, answered and said, unto Mir'i-am, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congreMy lord Mo'ses, forbid them. 29 And Mo'ses said unto him, gation. And they three came out. Enviest thou for my sake? would 5 And the Lord came down in God that all the Lord ’s people the pillar of the cloud, and stood were prophets, and that the Lord in the door of the tabernacle, and called AAr'on and Mir'i-am: and would put his spirit upon them! 30And Mo'ses gat him into the they both came forth. camp, he and the elders of is'ra-el. 6 And he said, Hear now my 31 K And there went forth a wind words: If there be a prophet from the Lord , and brought quails among you, I the LORD will make Original from 175 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Md'ses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Md'ses? 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Mir'I-am became leprous, white as snow: and AAr'on looked upon Mir'I-am, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And AAr'on said unto Mo'ses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb. 13 And Mo'ses cried unto the Lord , saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 And the Lord .said unto Mo'ses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Mir'I-am was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till MIr'i-am was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people removed from HA-ze'roth, and pitched in the wilderness of Pa'ran. 130 CHAPTER 13

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ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Md'ses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of PA'ran: all those men were heads of the children of Is'rg-el. 4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reu'ben, ShAm-mu'A the son of ZAc'cur. 5 Of the tribe of Sim'e-on, ShA'phat the son of Hd'ri. 6 Of the tribe of Ju'dah, CA'leb the son of Jd-phun'neh. 7 Of the tribe of Is'sg-char, I'gAl the son of Jo'seph. 8 Of the tribe of E'phrA-Im, 0she'A the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, PAl'ti the son of Ra'phu. 10 Of the tribe of ZAb'u-lun, GAd'di-el the son of So*di. 11 Of the tribe of Jo'seph, namely, of the tribe of MA-nAs'seh, GAd'di the son of Su'si. 12 Of the tribe of DAn, Am'mi-el the son of GS-mAl'li. 13 Of the tribe of Ash'er, Se'thur the son of Mi'chael. 14 Of the tribe of NAph'ta-li, NAh'bi the son of Vdph'si. 15 Of the tribe of GAd, GA-u'el the son of Ma'chi. 16 These are the names of the men which Md'ses sent to spy out the land. And Mo'ses called 0-shd'A the son of Nun JA-hdsh'u-A. 17 And Md'ses sent them to spy out the land of CA'nAan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

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21 K So they went up , and search- searched unto the children of Is'ed the land from the wilderness of ra-el, saying, The land, through Zin unto Re'hdb, as men come to which we have gone to search it, Hfi'math. is a land that eateth up the inhab22 And they ascended by the itants thereof; and all the people south, and came unto He'bron; that we saw in it are men of a great where A-hi'mAn, She'shai, and stature. TiTmai, the children of A'nAk, 33 And there we saw the giants, were. (Now He'bron was built the sons of A'nAk, which come of seven years before Zo'an in £'- the giants: and we were in our »Pt5 own sight as grasshoppers, and so 23 And they came unto the brook we were in their sight. of fish'col, and cut down from CHAPTER 14 131 thence a branch with one cluster 1 The rebellious murmuring of the people. 6 Joshua and Caleb vainly of grapes, and they bare it between strive to reassure them. 11 The LORI> two upon a staff; and they brought threatens them. 13 Moses intercedes of the pomegranates, and of the for them, 20 and obtains pardon; 23 figs. but the murmurers shall not see the 24 The place was called the brook promised land, and are condemned to fish'cdl, because of the cluster of forty years' wandering in the wilderness. 36 The men who made false grapes which the children of Is'report die by the plague. ra-el cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from search- /^ND all the congregation lifted ing of the land after forty days. Zx up their voice, and cried; and 26 And they went and came to the people wept that night. Md'ses, and to AAr'pn, and to all 2 And all the children of Is'ra-el the congregation of the children of murmured against Md'ses and is'ra-el, unto the wilderness of Pa'- against AAr'on: and the whole conran, to Ka'desh; and brought back gregation said unto them, Would word unto them, and unto all the God that we had died in the land congregation, and shewed them the of fi'gjfot! or would God we had died in this wilderness! fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We 3 And wherefore hath the Lord came unto the land whither thou brought us unto this land, to fall by sentest us, and surely it floweth the sword, that our wives and our with milk and honey; and this children should be a prey? were it is the fruit of it. not better for us to return into 28 Nevertheless the people be E'fcfa>t? strong that dwell in the land, and 4 And they said one to another. the cities are walled, and very Let us make a captain, and let us great: and moreover we saw the return into f/fcypt. children of A'nAk there. 5 Then Mo'ses and AAr'on fell on 29 The Am'a-l&k-ites dwell in the their faces before all the assembly land of the south: and the Hlt'tites, of the congregation of the children and the Jeb'u-sites, and the Am'- of is'ra-el. dr-ites, dwell in the mountains: 6 And Josh'u-A the son of Nun, and the Ca'nAan-ites dwell by the and Ca'leb the son of JA-phun'neh, which were of them that searched sea, and by the coast of Jdr'dan. 30 And Ca'leb stilled the people the land, rent their clothes: before Mo'ses, and said, Let us go 7 And they spake unto all the comup at once, and possess it; for we pany of the children of Is'ra-el, saying, The land, which we passed are well able to overcome it. 31 But the men that went up with through to search it, is an exceedhim said, We be not able to go up ing good land. against the people; for they are 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil give it us; a land which floweth report of the land which they had with milk and honey. Original from 12 177 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord , neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of !§'ra-el. 11 I And the LORD said unto Mo'ses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? 121 will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 H And Mo'ses said unto the LORD, Then the fi-gjfo'tians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 5 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto Digitized by

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the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from E'fcypt even until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord . 22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in S'gfpt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25 (Now the Am'a-lek-ites and the Ca'n&an-ites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses and unto AAr'on, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Is'ra-el, which they murmur against me. 28Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord , as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, 30Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Ca'leb the son of JS-phun'neh, and Jdsh'u-a the son of Nun. 31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wan-

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Ordinances concerning various offerings der in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. 35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men, which Mo'ses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord . 38But Josh'u-A the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of JS-phun'neh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. 39 And Mo'ses told these sayings unto all the children of Is'ra-el: and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised : for we have sinned. 41 And Mo'ses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord ? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up , for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Am'a-lek-ites and the Ca'ndan-ites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord , therefore the Lord will not be with you. 44But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord , and Mo'ses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Am'a-lek-ites came Digitized by

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down, and the CA'ndan-ites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hdr'mah. CHAPTER 15 132 1 Concerning various offerings. 32 The sabbath breaker; 35 his punishment. 37 A fringe on the garment, a constant reminderof the LORD'S commandments.

AND the Lord spake unto M6'§es, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord , a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord , of the herd, or of the flock: 4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth Part of an hin of oil. 5 And the fourth Part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third Part of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third Part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord . 8 And when thou prepares! a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord : 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord . 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

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13 All that are bom of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord . 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojoumeth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations; as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord . 16 One law and one maimer shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojoumeth with you. 17 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of die bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord . 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering : as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. 22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Mo'ses, 23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Mo'ses, from the day that the Lord commanded Mo'ses» and henceforward among your generations; 24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord , with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. 25 And the priest shall make an

atonement for all the congregation of the children of Is'ra-el, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord , and their sin offering before the Lord , for their ignorance: 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Is'ra-el, and the stranger that sojoumeth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. 27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord , to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is bom among the children of Is'ra-el, and for the stranger that sojoumeth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be bom in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord , and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Is'ra-el were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Mdses and Adr'on, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and

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cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do; Take you censers, Kd'rah, and all his company; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ve take too much upon you, ye sons of Le'vi. 8 And Mo'ses said unto Kd'rah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Le'vi: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Is'ra-el hath separated you from the congregation of Is'ra-el, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord , and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Ld'vi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered to1 The rebellion of Korah, Dothan, and gether against the Lord : and what Abiram; 31 their punishment. 41 Because of the murmuring of the is A&r'on, that ye murmur against people, 46 a great plague is sent, 49 by him? which many die. 12 And Mo'ses sent to call Dd'OW Kd'rah, the son of Iz'har, than and A-bi'rdm, the sons of £-li'the son of Kd'hath, the son of ab: which said, We will not come Le'vi, and Dd'than and A-bi'rdm, up: the sons of fi-li'ab, and On, the son 13 Is it a small thing that thou of Pe'leth, sons of Reu'ben, took hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, men: 2 And they rose up before Mo'ses, to kill us in the wilderness, except with certain of the children of Is'- thou make thyself altogether a ra-el, two hundred and fifty princes prince over us? of the assembly, famous in the con- 14 Moreover thou hast not brought gregation, men of renown: us into a land that floweth with 3 And they gathered themselves milk and honey, or given us inhertogether against Mo'ses and against itance of fields and vineyards: A&r'pn, and said unto them, Ye wilt thou put out the eyes of these take too much upon you, seeing all men? we will not come up. fixe congregation are holy, every 15 And Mo'ses was very wroth, one of them, and the Lord is and said unto the Lord , Respect among them: wherefore then lift not thou their offering: I have not ye up yourselves above the con- taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. gregation of the Lord ? 4 And when Mo'ses heard it, he 16 And Mo'ses said unto Kd'rah, Be thou and all thy company befell upon his face: fore the Lord , thou, and they, and 5 And he spake unto Kd'rah and unto all his company, saying, Even Adr'on, to morrow: to morrow the LORD will shew who 17 And take every man his censer, are his, and who is holy; and will and put incense in them, and bring

stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Md'ses. 37 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord , and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of R'titot, to be your God: I am the Lord your God. 133 CHAPTER 16

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ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and A&r'on, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Md'ses and AAr'Qn. 19 And Kd'rah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses and unto A&r'on, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? 23 H And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Kd'rah, Da'than, and A-bi'rAm. 25 And Md'ses rose up and went unto Da'than and A-bi'rAm; and the elders of Is'ra-el followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I. pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their’s, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Kd'rah, Da'than, and A-bi'rAm, on every side: and Da'than and A-bi'rAm came out and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Md'ses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own

thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord . 31 If And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Kd'rah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Is'ra-el that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the Lord , and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 36 If And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 37 Speak unto £-le-£'zar the son of AAr'on the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord , therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Is'ra-el. 39 And E-le-a'zar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad Plates for a covering of the altar: 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Is'ra-el, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of A&r'on, come near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Kd'29 If these men die the common rah, and as his company: as the death of all men, or if they be vis- Lord said to him by the hand of ited after the visitation of all men; Md'ses. 4hen the Lord hath not sent me. 41 If But on the morrow all the But if the Lord make a new congregation of the children of is'182 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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ra-el murmured against Md'ses and against Aftr'on, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord . 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Mo'ses and against A&r'on, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 And Mo'ses and A&r'on came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Mo'ses said unto A&r'on, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. 47 And A&r'on took as Mo'ses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, file plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Ko'rah. 50 And Air'on returned unto Mo'ses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. 134 CHAPTER 17 1 A rod for each tribe placed in the tabernacle. 8 Only Aaron's rod buds. 10 This is kept as a token against the rebels.

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3 And thou shalt write AAr'on’s name upon the rod of Le'vi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Is'ra-el, whereby they murmur against you. 6 IT And Mo'ses spake unto the children of Is'ra-el, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of A&r'on was among their rods. 7 And Mo'ses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Mo'ses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of A&r'on for the house of Le'vi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Mo'ses* brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Is'ra-el: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 TAnd the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Bring Aar'on’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 11 And Mo'ses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Is'ra-el spake unto Mo'ses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? CHAPTER 18 135

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t h e i ni q uit y of t h e s a n ct u a r y: a n d t h o u a n d t h y s o n s wit h t h e e s h all b e a r t h e i ni q uit y of y o u r p ri e st h o o d. 2 A n d t h y b r et h r e n al s o of t h e t ri b e of L e' vi, t h e t ri b e of t h y f at h e r, b ri n g t h o u wit h t h e e, t h at t h e y m a y b e j oi n e d u nt o t h e e, a n d mi ni st e r u nt o t h e e: b ut t h o u a n d t h y s o n s wit h t h e e s h all mi ni st e r b ef o r e t h e t a b e r n a cl e of wit n e s s. 3 A n d t h e y s h all k e e p t h y c h a r g e, a n d t h e c h a r g e of all t h e t a b e r n a cl e: o nl y t h e y s h all n ot c o m e ni g h t h e v e s s el s of t h e s a n ct u a r y a n d t h e alt a r, t h at n eit h e r t h e y, n o r y e al s o, di e. 4 A n d t h e y s h all b e j oi n e d u nt o t h e e, a n d k e e p t h e c h a r g e of di e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n, f o r all t h e s e r vi c e of t h e t a b e r n a cl e: a n d a st r a n g e r s h all n ot c o m e ni g h u nt o y o u. 5 A n d y e s h all k e e p t h e c h a r g e of t h e s a n ct u a r y, a n d t h e c h a r g e of t h e alt a r: t h at t h e r e b e n o w r at h a n y m o r e u p o n t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el. 6 A n d I, b e h ol d, I h a v e t a k e n y o u r b r et h r e n t h e L e' vit e s f r o m a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el: t o y o u t h e y a r e gi v e n a s a gift f o r t h e L o r d , t o d o t h e s e r vi c e of t h e t a b e r n a cl e of t h e c o n g r e g ati o n. 7 T h e r ef o r e t h o u a n d t h y s o n s wit h t h e e s h all k e e p y o u r p ri e st ’s offi c e f o r e v e r y t hi n g of t h e alt a r, a n d wit hi n t h e v ail; a n d y e s h all s e r v e : I h a v e gi v e n y o u r p ri e st ’s offi c e u nt o y o u a s a. s e r vi c e of gift : a n d t h e st r a n g e r t h at c o m et h ni g h s h all b e p ut t o d e at h. 8 5 1 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o A A r' o n, B e h ol d, I al s o h a v e gi v e n t h e e t h e c h a r g e of mi n e h e a v e of f e ri n g s of all t h e h all o w e d t hi n g s of t h e c hil d r e n of i s' r a- el; u nt o t h e e h a v e I gi v e n t h e m b y r e a s o n of t h e a n oi nti n g, a n d t o t h y s o n s, b y a n o r di n a n c e f o r e v e r. 9 T hi s s h all b e t hi n e of t h e m o st h ol y t hi n g s, r e s e r v e d f r o m t h e fi r e: e v e r y o bl ati o n of t h ei r ’s, e v e r y m e at off e ri n g of t h ei r ’s, a n d e v e r y si n off e ri n g of t h ei r ’s, a n d e v e r y t r e s p a s s off e ri n g of t h ei r s, w hi c h t h e y s h all r e n d e r u nt o m e, s h all b e m o st h ol y f o r t h e e a n d f o r t h y s o n s. Di giti z e d b y

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1 0 I n t h e m o st h ol y Pl a c e s h alt t h o u e at it; e v e r y m al e s h all e at it: it s h all b e h ol y u nt o t h e e. 1 1 A n d t hi s i s t hi n e; t h e h e a v e off e ri n g of t h ei r gift, wit h all di e w a v e off e ri n g s of t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el: I h a v e gi v e n t h e m u nt o t h e e, a n d t o t h y s o n s a n d t o t h y d a u g ht e r s wit h t h e e, b y a st at ut e f o r e v e r : e v e r y o n e t h at i s cl e a n i n t h y h o u s e s h all e at of it. 1 2 All t h e b e st of t h e oil, a n d all t h e b e st of t h e wi n e, a n d of t h e w h e at, t h e fi r stf r uit s of t h e m w hi c h t h e y s h all off e r u nt o t h e L o r d , t h e m h a v e I gi v e n t h e e. 1 3 A n d w h at s o e v e r i s fi r st ri p e i n t h e l a n d, w hi c h t h e y s h all b ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d , s h all b e t hi n e; e v e r y o n e t h at i s cl e a n i n t hi n e h o u s e s h all e at of it. 1 4 E v e r y t hi n g d e v ot e d i n I s' r a- el s h all b e t hi n e. 1 5 E v e r y t hi n g t h at o p e n et h t h e m at ri x i n all fl e s h, w hi c h t h e y b ri n g u nt o t h e L o r d , w h et h e r it b e of m e n o r b e a st s, s h all b e t hi n e: n e v e rt h el e s s t h e fi r st b o r n of m a n s h alt t h o u s u r el y r e d e e m, a n d t h e fi r stli n g of u n cl e a n b e a st s s h alt t h o u r e d e e m. 1 6 A n d t h o s e t h at a r e t o b e r e d e e m e d f r o m a m o nt h ol d s h alt t h o u r e d e e m, a c c o r di n g t o t hi n e e sti m ati o n, f o r t h e m o n e y of fi v e s h e k el s, aft e r t h e s h e k el of t h e s a n ct u a r y, w hi c h i s t w e nt y g er a h s. 1 7 B ut t h e fi r stli n g of a c o w, o r t h e fi r stli n g of a s h e e p, o r t h e fi r stli n g of a g o at, t h o u s h alt n ot r e d e e m; t h e y a r e h ol y: t h o u s h alt s p ri n kl e t h ei r bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r, a n d s h alt b u m t h ei r f at f o r a n of f e ri n g m a d e b y fi r e, f o r a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L o r d . 1 8 A n d t h e fl e s h of t h e m s h all b e t hi n e, a s t h e w a v e b r e a st a n d a s t h e ri g ht s h o ul d e r a r e t hi n e. 1 9 All t h e h e a v e off e ri n g s of t h e h ol y t hi n g s, w hi c h t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el off e r u nt o t h e L o r d , h a v e I gi v e n t h e e, a n d t h y s o n s a n d t h y d a u g ht e r s wit h t h e e, b y a st at ut e f o r e v e r: it i s a c o v e n a nt of s alt f o r e v e r b ef o r e t h e L o r d u nt o t h e e a n d t o t h y s e e d wit h t h e e. 2 0 5 1 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o Ori gi n al fr o m

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AAr'on, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Is'ra-el. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Le'vi all the tenth in Is'ra-el for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22Neither must the children of Is'ra-el’ henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Le'vites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Is'ra-el they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Is'ra-el, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord , I have given to the Le'vites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Is'ra-el they shall have no inheritance. 25 1 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 26 Thus speak unto the Le'vites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Is'ra-el the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord , even a tenth Part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the com of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Is'ra-el; and ye shall give thereof the Lord ’s heave offering to AAr'on the priest. 29 Outof all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord , of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the Digitized by

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best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Le'vites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Is'ra-el, lest ye die. CHAPTER 19 136 1 The water of separation: the law for its making; 11 and for its use in puri-

fying the ceremonially unclean.

AND the Lord spake unto M6'xx §es and unto AAr'on, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto £-lea'zar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And £-le-a'zar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5 And one shall bum the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he bum: 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that bumeth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp

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in a clean place, and it shall be purify himself, and wash his kept for the congregation of the clothes, and bathe himself in children of Is'ra-el for a water of water, and shall be clean at even. separation: it is a purification for 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes that soul shall be cut off from of the heifer shall wash his clothes, among the congregation, because and be unclean until the even: and he hath defiled the sanctuary of it shall be unto the children of Is'- the Lord : the water of separation ra-el, and unto the stranger that so- hath not been sprinkled upon him; joumeth among them, for a statute he is unclean. for ever. 21 And it shall be a perpetual stat11 He that toucheth the dead ute unto them, that he that sprinbody of any man shall be unclean kleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that touchseven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it eth the water of separation shall be on the third day, and on the seventh unclean until even. day he shall be clean: but if he pu- 22And whatsoever the unclean rify not himself the third day, then Person toucheth shall be unclean; the seventh day he shall not be and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead CHAPTER 20 137 body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the 1 The Israelites journey to Zin, where tabernacle of the Lord ; and that Miriam dies. 2 Lacking water, they again murmur. 11 Moses smites the soul shall be cut off from Is'ra-el: rock. 14 Edom will not permit Israel because the water of separation to pass through his border. 22 Aaron was not sprinkled upon him, he dies at mount Hor: Eleazar his sucshall be unclean; his uncleanness cessor. is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man HEN came the children of Is'dieth in a tent: all that come into ra-el, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the the tent, and all that is in the tent, first month: and the people abode shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which in KA'desh; and Mir'i-am died hath no covering bound upon it, is there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one congregation: and they gathered that is slain with a sword in the themselves together against Md'ses open fields, or a dead body, or a and against AAr'on. bone of a man, or a grave, shall 3 And the people chode with M6'be unclean seven days. ses, and spake, saying, Would God 17 And for an unclean person they that we had died when our brethshall take of the ashes of the burnt ren died before the Lord ! heifer of purification for sin, and 4 And why have ye brought up running water shall be put thereto the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our in a vessel: 18 And a clean person shall take cattle should die there? hyssop, and dip it in the water, and 5 And wherefore have ye made us sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon to come up out of £'t£pt, to bring all the vessels, and upon the per- us in unto this evil place? it is no sons that were there, and upon place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, him that touched a bone, or one or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. slain, or one dead, or a grave: 6 And Mo'ses and AAr'on went 19 And the clean person shall from the presence of the assembly sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: unto the door of the tabernacle of and on the seventh day he shall the congregation, and they fell Original from 186 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. 7 51 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and AAr'pn thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Mo'ses took the rod from before the Lord , as he commanded him. 10 And Mo'ses and Aftr'on gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Mo'ses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 51 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses and Adr'on, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Is'ra-el, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of Mdr'Ibah; because the children of is'ra-el strove with the Lord , and he was sanctified in them. 14 5[ And Mo'ses sent messengers from Ka'desh unto the king of £'dom, Thus saith thy brother Is'ra-el, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into £'£fpt, and we have dwelt in fi'&tot a long time; and the £4#p'tjans vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the Lord , he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of E'fcypt: and, behold, we are in Ka'desh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: Digitized by

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we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And fi'dom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Is'ra-el said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And £'dom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus £'dom refused to give is'ra-el passage through his border: wherefore Is'ra-el turned away from him. 22 And the children of Is'ra-el, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Ka'desh, and came unto mount Hdr. 23 And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses and Adr'on in mount Hdr, by the coast of the land of £'dom, saying, 24 A&r'on shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Is'ra-el, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of M6r'I-bah. 25 Take A&r'on and £-le-a'zar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hdr: 26 And strip AAr'on of his garments, and put them upon £-lea'zar his son: and Adr'on shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die inhere 27 And Mo'ses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hdr in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Mo'ses stripped Adr'on of his garments, and put them upon £-le-a'zar his son; and A&r'on died there in the top of the mount: and Mo'ses and £-le-a'zar came down from tiie mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Adr'on was dead, they mourned for A&r'on thirty days, even all the house of Is'ra-el.

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1 Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormdh. 4 The people murmuring again are plagued with fiery serpents. 8 The LORD commands Moses to make and raise a brasen serpent for their cure. 10 Israel journeys forward. 21 They defeat Sihon; 33 likewise Og.

AND when king A'rAd the Ca'xx nAan-ite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Is'ra-el came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Is'ra-el, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Is'ra-el vowed a vow unto the Lord , and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Is'ra-el, and delivered up the Ca'nAan-ites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hdr'mah. 4 K And they journeyed from mount H6r by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of £'dom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Mo'ses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of fi'fcfpt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Is'ra-el died. 7 If Therefore the people came to Mo'ses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the Lord , that he take away the serpents from us. And Mo'ses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Mo'ses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Digitized by

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10 If And the children of Is'ra-el set forward, and pitched in o'both. 11 And they journeyed from d'both, and pitched at ij-e-Ab'a-rim, in the wilderness which is before Mo'ab, toward the sunrising. 12 IT From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Za'red. 13From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Ar'ndn, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Am'dr-ites: for Ar'ndn is the border of Mo'ab, between Mo'ab and the Am'dr-ites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord , What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Ar'ndn, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Mo'ab. 16 And from thence they went to Be'er: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 IT Then Is'ra-el sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to MAt'ta-nah: 19 And from Mat'ta-nah to N&ha'U-el: and from NA-ha'H-el to Ba'mdth: 20 And from Ba'mdth in the valley, that is in the country of Mo'ab, to the top of Pis'gah, which looketh toward Jesh'i-mdn. 21 IT And Is'ra-el sent messengers unto Si'hon king of the Am'dr-ites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Si'hon would not suffer Is'ra-el to pass through his border: but Si'hon gathered all his people together, and went out against Is'ra-el into the wilderness: and he

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came to Ja'hAz, and fought against is'ra-el. 24 And Is'ra-el smote him with toe edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Ar'non unto JAb'bok, even unto the children of Am'mon: for the border of the children of Am'mdn was strong. 25 And Is'ra-el took all these cities: and Is'ra-el dwelt in all the cities of the Am'dr-ites, in Hesh'bon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 For Hesh'bon was the city of Si'hdn the king of the Am'6r-ites, who had fought against the former king of Md'ab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Ar'ndn. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Hdsh'bon, let the city of Si'hdn be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Hesh'bdn, a flame from the city of Si'hdn: it hath consumed Ar of Md'ab, and the lords of the high places of Ar'ndn. 29 Woe to thee, Md'ab! thou art undone, O people of Che'mdsh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and Ins daughters, into captivity unto Si'hdn king of the Am'dr-ites. 30 We have shot at them; Hesh'bdn is perished even unto Di'bon, and we have laid them waste even unto No'phah, which reacheth unto Mdd'e-ba. 31 1 Thus Is'ra-el dwelt in the land of the Am'dr-ites. 32 And Mo'ses sent to spy out JA-a'zer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Am'drites that were there. 33 And they turned and went up by the way of Ba'shAn: and Og die king of Ba'shAn went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Ed're-i. 34 And the LORD said unto Md'§es, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Si'hdn king of the Am'dr-ites, which dwelt at Hesh'bdn. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. Digitized by

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1 Israel camps in the plains of Moab. 2 Balak calls on Balaam to curse Israel, but is refused. 15 Sought the second time, Balaam goes. 22 The angel of the Lord stands in his way. 28 The ass speaks, 31 and Balaam sees the angel. 36 He comes to Balak.

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ND the children of Is'ra-el set u forward, and pitched in the plains of Md'ab on this side Jdr'dan bv Jer'i-cho. 2 TT And Ba'IAk the son of Zip'por saw all that Is'ra-el had done to the Am'dr-ites. 3 And Md'ab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Md'ab was distressed because of the children of is'ra-el. 4 And Md'ab said unto the elders of Mid'i-an, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Ba'IAk the son of Zip'por was king of the Mo'ab-ites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Ba'laam the son of Be'or to Pe'thdr, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from E'fcypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Md'ab and the elders of Mid'i-an departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Ba'laam, and spake unto him the words of Ba'IAk. 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes of Md'ab abode with Ba'laam. 9 And God came unto BA'laam, and said, What men are these with thee?

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10 And Balaam said unto God, was riding upon his ass, and his BalAk the son of Zip'por, king of two servants were with him. Md'ab, hath sent unto me, saying, 23 And the ass saw the angel of 11 Behold, there is a people come the Lord standing in the way, and out of E'£ypt, which covereth the his sword drawn in his hand: and face of the earth: come now, curse the ass turned aside out of the way, me them; peradventure I shall be and went into the field: and Ba'able to overcome them, and drive laam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, 24 But the angel of the Lord stood Thou shalt not go with them; thou in a path of the vineyards, a wall shalt not curse the people: for they being on this side, arid a wall on are blessed. that side. 13 And Balaam rose up in the 25 And when the ass saw the anmorning, and said unto the princes gel of the Lord , she thrust herself of BalAk, Get you into your land: unto the wall, and crushed Ba'for the Lord refuseth to give me laam’s foot against the wall: and leave to go with you. he smote her again. 14 And the princes of Md'ab rose 26 And the angel of the LORD up , and they went unto BalAk, and went further, and stood in a narrow said, Balaam refuseth to come place, where was no way to turn with us. either to the right hand or to the 15 And BA'IAk sent yet again left. princes, more, and more honour- 27 And when the ass saw the anable than they. gel of the Lord , she fell down un16 And they came to Balaam, and der Balaam: and Balaam’s anger said to him, Thus saith Ba'IAk the was kindled, and he smote the ass son of Zip'por, Let nothing, I pray with a staff. thee, hinder thee from coming un- 28 And the Lord opened the to me: mouth of the ass, and she said unto 17 For I will promote thee unto Balaam, What have I done unto very great honour, and I will do thee, that thou hast smitten me whatsoever thou sayest unto me: these three times? come therefore, I pray thee, curse 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, me this people. Because thou hast mocked me: I 18 And Balaam answered and would there were a sword in mine said unto the servants of BA'IAk, If hand, for now would I kill thee. BA'IAk would give me his house 30 And the ass said unto BA'full of silver and gold, I cannot go laam, Am not I thine ass, upon beyond the word of the LORD my which thou hast ridden ever since God, to do less or more. I was thine unto this day? was I 19 Now therefore, I pray you, ever wont to do so unto thee? And tarry ye also here this night, that he said, Nay. I may know what the Lord will 31 Then the Lord opened the eyes say unto me more. of Balaam, and he saw the angel 20 And God came unto Balaam of the Lord standing in the way, at night, and said unto him, If the and his sword drawn in his hand: men come to call thee, rise up, and and he bowed down his head, and go with them; but yet the word fell flat on his face. which I shall say unto thee, that 32And the angel of the Lord shalt thou do. said unto him, Wherefore hast thou 21 And Balaam rose up in the smitten thine ass these three times? morning, and saddled his ass, and behold, I went out to withstand went with the princes of Md'ab. thee, because thy way is perverse 22 If And God’s anger was kindled before me: because he went: and the angel of 33 And the ass saw me, and the Lord stood in the way for an turned from me these three times: adversary against him. Now he unless she had turned from me, 190 Original from Digitized by

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surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord , I have sinned; for 1 knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Ba'IAk. 36 H And when Ba'IAk heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Md'ab, which is in the border of Ar'ndn, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Ba'IAk said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore earnest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Ba'IAk, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Ba'laam went with Ba'IAk, and they came unto Kirjathhu'zoth. 40 And Ba'IAk offered oxen and sheep, and sent to, Balaam; and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Ba'IAk took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Ba'al, that thence he might see the utmost pari of the people. 140 CHAPTER 23 AND Balaam said unto BAlAk, xx Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Ba'IAk did as Ba'laam had spoken; and Ba'IAk and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Ba'IAk, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. Andhe went to anhigh place.

4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Ba'IAk, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Md'ab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Ba'IAk the king of Md'ab hath brought me from A'ram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Ja'cob, and come, defy Is'ra-el. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of JA'CQb, and the number of the fourth Part of Is'ra-el? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! 11 And Ba'IAk said unto Ba'laam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said. Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 13 And Ba'IAk said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 H And he brought him into the field of Zd'phim, to the top of Pis'gah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Ba'IAk, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Ba'laam, and put a word in his mouth, and

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said. Go again unto Bfi'ldk, and say 30 And BA'IAk did as Balaam had thus. said, and offered a bullock and a 17 And when he came to him, be- ram on every altar. hold, he stood by his burnt offerCHAPTER 24 141 ing, and the princes of Md'ab with I Balaam's prophecy of the blessing of him. And Ba'l&k said unto him, Israel. 10 Balak angered, dismisses Balaam. 15 The further prophecy. What hath the LORD spoken? 17 The Star out of Jacob. 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Ba'IAk, and hear; AND when Balaam saw that it hearkenuntome,thousonof Zip'por: xj L pleased the Lord to bless Is'19 God is not a man, that he ra-el, he went not, as at other times, should lie; neither the son of man, to seek for enchantments, but he that he should repent: hath he set his face toward the wilderness. said, and shall he not do it? or 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, hath he spoken, and shall he not and he saw Is'ra-el abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and make it good? 20 Behold, I have received com- the spirit of God came upon him. mandment to bless: and he hath 3 And he took up his parable, and said, BA'laam the son of Be'or hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in said, and the man whose eyes are Ja'cob, neither hath he seen per- open hath said: verseness in Is'ra-el: the Lord his 4 He hath said, which heard the God is with him, and the shout of words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of trance, but having his eyes open: £'&pt; he hath as it were the 5How goodly are thy tents, O Ja'cob, and thy tabernacles, O strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchantment Is'ra-el! against Ja'cob, neither is there any 6 As the valleys are they spread divination against Is'ra-el: accord- forth, as gardens by the river’s ing to this time it shall be said of side, as the trees of lign aloes Ja'cob and of Is'ra-el, What hath which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. God wrought! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up 7 He Shall pour .the water out of as a great lion, and lift up himself his buckets, and his seed shall be as a young lion: he shall not lie in many waters, and his king shall down until he eat of the prey, and be higher than A'gAg, and his kingdom shall be exalted. drink the blood of the slain. 8 God brought him forth out of 25 If And Ba'l£k said unto Ba'laam, Neither curse them at all, £'£fpt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall nor bless them at all. 26 But Ba'laam answered and eat up the nations his enemies, said unto Ba'l&k, Told not I thee, and shall break their bones, and saying, All that the LORD speak- pierce them through with his arrows. eth, that I must do? 9 He couched, he lay down as a 27 And Ba'IAk said unto Ba'laam, Come, I pray thee, I will lion, and as a great lion: who shall bring thee unto another place; stir him up ? Blessed is he that peradventure it will please God blesseth thee, and cursed is he that thou mayest curse me them that curseth thee. 10 And Ba'IAk’s anger was kinfrom thence. 28 And Ba'IAk brought Balaam dled against Ba'laam, and he smote unto the top of Pe'or, that looketh his hands together: and BAlAk said unto Ba'laam, I called thee to toward JAsh'i-mon. 29 And Balaam said unto Ba'IAk, curse mine enemies, and, behold, Build me here seven altars, and thou hast altogether blessed them prepare me here seven bullocks these three times. II Therefore now flee thou to thy and seven rams. 192 Original from Digitized by

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ND is'rg-el abode in Shit'tim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Md'ab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Is'ra-el joined himself unto Ba'al-pe'or: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Is'ra-el. 4 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turtied away from is'ra-el. 5 And Mo'ses said unto*the judges of is'ra-el, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Ba'alpe'or. 6 K And, behold, one of the children of is'ra-el came and brought unto his brethren a Mid'i-an-it-ish woman in the sight of Mo'ses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of is'ra-el, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phin'e-has, the son And when he looked on of E-le-a'zar, the son of AAr'on the Am'a-lek, he took up his parable, priest, saw it, he rose up from and said, Am'a-lek was the first of among the congregation, and took the nations; but his latter end shall a javelin in his hand; be that he perish for ever. 8 And he went after the man of 21 And he looked on the Ken'ites, is'ra-el into the tent, and thrust and took up his parable, and said, both of them through, the man of Strong is thy dwellingplace, and is'ra-el, and the woman through thou puttest thy nest in a rock. her belly. So the plague was 22 Nevertheless the Ken'ite shall stayed from the children of is'ra-el. be wasted, until As'shur shall carry 9 And those that died in the thee away captive. plague were twenty and four thou23 And he took up his parable, and sand. said, Alas, who shall live when God 10 51 And the LORD spake unto doeth this! Mo'ses, saying, 193 Original from 13 Digitized by Cj OOQIC UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses and the children of Is'ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E'&fot. 5 Reu'ben, the eldest son of Is'ra-el: die children of Reu'ben; Ha'noch, of whom cometh the family of the Ha'noch-ites: of Pal'lu, the family of the PAl'luites: 6 Of Hdz'rdn, the family of the Hez'ron-ites: of Car'mi, the family of the Ckr'mites. 7 These are the families of the Reu'ben-ites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pal'lu; £-li'ab. 9And the sons of £-li'ab; N6mu'el, and Da'than, and A-bi'r&m. This is that Da'than and A-bi'rAm, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Mo'ses and against AAr'on in the company of Ko'rah, when they strove against the Lord : 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Ko'rah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Ko'rah died not. 12 5[ The sons of Sim'e-on after their : of Ne-mu'el, the fam1 The number of those able to go to war ily offamilies the Ne-mu'el-ites : of Ja'is reckoned. 52 The manner of dividmin, the family of the Ja'min-ites : ing the land. 57 The Levites' families and number. 63 Only Caleb and of Ja'chin, the family of the Ja'Joshua left of those who were numbered chin-ites: at Sinai. 13Of Ze'rah, the family of the AND it came to pass after the Zar'hites: of Sha'ul, the family of xx plague, that the Lord spake the Sha'ul-ites. unto Mo'ses and unto £-le-a'zar 14 These are the families of the the son of Aar'on the priest, saying, SIm'e-on-ites, twenty and two 2Take the sum of all the con- thousand and two hundred. gregation of the children of Is'ra-el, 15 The children of Gad after from twenty years old and upward, their families: of Ze'phon, the famthroughout their father’s house, ily of the Ze'phon-ites: of H&g'all that are able to go to war in the family of the H&g'gites: of Is'ra-el. Shu'ni, the family of the Shu'nites: 3 And Mo'ses and E-le-a zar the 16 Of dz'ni, the family of the dz 'priest spake with them in the nites: of E'ri, the family of the plains of Md'ab by Jdr'dan near £'rites • Jdr'i-cho, saying, 17 Of A'rdd, the family of the Original from 194 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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A'rdd-ites: of A-re'li, the family of the A-re'lites. 18 These are the families of the children of GAd according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 5[ The sons of Ju'dah were Er and o'nan: and Er and d'nan died in the land of CA'nAan. 20 And the sons of Ju'dah after their families were; of She'lah, the family of the She'lan-ites: of Pha'rez, the family of the PhAr'zites: of Ze'rah, the family ^of the ZAr'hites. 21 And the sons of PhA'rAz were; of Hez'ron, the family of the HAz'ron-ites: of HA'mul, the family of the Ha'mul-ites. 22 These are the families of Ju'dah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 If Of the sons of Is'sa-char after their families: of Td'la, the family of the Td'lA-ites: of Pu'a, the family of the Pu'nites: 24 Of JAsh'ub, the family of the JAsh'ub-ites: of Shim'rdn, the family of the Shim'ron-ites. 25 These are the families of Is'sa-char according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 5[ Of the sons of Zeb'u-lun after their families: of Se'red, the family of the S&r'dites: of E'lon, the family of the E'lon-ites: of Jah'le-el, the family of the Jah'le-el-ites. 27 These are the families of the Zeb'u-lun-ites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 T The sons of Jo'seph after their families were MA-nAs'seh and E'phrA-im. . 29 Of die sons of MA-nAs'seh: of MA'chir, the family of the MA'chirites: and MA'chir begat Gil'e-Ad: of 6H'e-Ad come the family of the &fl'e-Ad-ites. 30 These are the sons of GU'e-Ad: of JA-e'zer, the family of the JA-e'zAr-ites: of He'lek, the family of the Hfc'lek-ites: Digitized by

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31 And of As'ri-el, the family of the As'ri-el-ites: and of ShA'chem, the family of the She'chem-ites: 32 And of ShA-mi'dA, the family of the ShA-mi'dA-ites: and of HA'pher, the family of the He'pherites. 33 51 And ZA-ld'phe-hAd the son of He'pher had no sons, but daughters : and the names of the daughters of ZA-ld'phe-hAd were Mtth'lah, and No'ah, Hdg'lah, Mfi'cah, and Tir'zah. 34 These are the families of MAnAs'seh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 5J These are the sons of E'phrAim after their families: of Shu'thelah, the family of the Shu'thalhites: of Be'cher, the family of the BAch'rites: of TA'hAn, the family of the TA'hAn-ites. 36 And these are the sons of Shu'the-lah: of E'rAn, the family of the E'rAn-ites. 37 These are the families of the sons of E'phrA-Im according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Jo'seph after their families. 38 5[ The sons of B&n'ia-min after their families: of Be'lA, the family of the Be'lA-ites: of Ash'bel, the family of the Ash'bel-ites: of A-hi'ram, the family of the A-hi'ramites: 39 Of Shu'pham, the family of the Shu'pham-ites: of Hu'pham, the family of the Hu'pham-ites. 40 And the sons of Be'lA were Ard and Na'a-man: of Ard, the family of the Ard'ites: and of NA'a-man, the family of the NA'amites. 41 These are the sons of Ben'ia-min after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 5[ These are the sons of DAn after their families: of Shu'ham, the family of the Shu'ham-ites. These are the families of DAn after their families. 43All the families of the Shu'ham-ites, according to those that

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were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 Of the children of Ash'er after their families: of Jim'nA, the family of the Jim'nites: of Jes'u-i, the family of the Jes'u-ites: of Beri'ah, the family of the BS-ri'ites. 45 Of the sons of Be-ri'ah: of Heber, the family of the He'ber-ites: of MAl'chi-el, the family of the MAl'chi-el-ites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Ash'er was SA'rah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Ash'er according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 485 Of the sons of NAph'ta-li after their families: of Jah'zA-el, the family of the Jah'ze-el-ites: of Gu'ni, the family of the Gu'nites: 49 Of Je'zer, the family of the Je'zer-itefe: of Shfl'lem, the family of the Shil'lem-ites. 50 These are the families of NAph'ta-li according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51These were the numbered of the children of is'ra-el, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 H And the Lord spake unto Mo'ses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 57 J And these are they that were numbered of the Le'vites after their families: of Ger'shfin, the family of the Ger'shdn-ites: of Ko'hath, the family of the Kd'hathDigitized by

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ites: of M6-ra'ri, the family of the MA-rA'rites. 58 These are the families of the Le'vites: the family of the Lib'nites, the family of the He'bronites, the family of the Melilites* the family of the Mu'shites, the family of the Ko'rath-ites. And Kd'hath begat Am'rAm. 59 And the name of Am'rAm’s wife was Joch'e-bed, the daughter of Le'vi, whom her mother bare to Le'vi in £'£ypt: and she bare unto Am'rAm Aar'on and Mo'ses, and Mir'i-am their sister. 60 And unto AAr'on was born Na'dAb, and A-bi'hu, E-le-A'zar, and Ith'a-mMr. 61 And Na'dAb and A-bi'hu died* when they offered strange fire before the Lord . 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of is'ra-el, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Is'ra-el. 63 These are they that were numbered by Mo'ses and E-le-A'zar the priest, who numbered the children of Iszra-el in the plains of Md'ab by Jdr'dan near Jer'l-cho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Mo'ses and Aar'on the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Is'ra-el in the wilderness of Si'nai. 65 For the Lord had said of them* They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jd-phun neh, and Jdsh'u-A the son of Nun. CHAPTER 27 144

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and Hog'lah, and Mll'cah, and Tir'zah. 2 And they stood before Mo'ses, and before £-le-&'zar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Ko'rah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. 4Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son ? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 And Mo'ses brought their cause before the Lord . 6 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 7 The daughters of Z6-ld'phe-h&d speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto Ms daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Is'ra-el a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 12 And the LORD said unto Mo'ses, Get thee up into this mount Ab'A-rim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of

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14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of M&r'i-bah in Ka'desh in the wilderness of Zin. 15 And Mo'ses spake unto the Lord , saying, 16 Let the Lord , the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And the Lord said unto Mo'ses, Take thee J6sh'u-A the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 19 And set him before £-le-ft'zar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of is'ra-el may be obedient. 21 And he shall stand before £-lea'zar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of O'rim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Is'ra-el with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Mo'ses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Jdsh'u-a, and set him before £-lea'zar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Mo'ses. CHAPTER 28 145 1 Israel not to fail in their offerings. 3 The daily burnt offering; 9 that of the sabbath day; 11 and at the beginnings of the months; 16 and at the passover. 26 The offering on the day of the firstfruits.

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ing, and my bread for my sacrifices be half an hin of wine unto a bulmade by fire, for a sweet savour lock, and the third part of an hin unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto a ram, and a fourth Part of unto me in their due season. an hin unto a lamb: this is the 3 And thou shalt say unto them, burnt offering of every month This is the offering made by fire throughout the months of the which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; year. two lambs of the first year without 15 And one kid of the goats for a spot day by day, for a continual sin offering unto the Lord shall be burnt offering. offered, beside the continual burnt 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer offering, and his drink offering. in the morning, and the other lamb 16 And in the fourteenth day of shalt thou offer at even; the first month is the passover of 5 And a tenth Part of an ephah of the Lord . flour for a meat offering, mingled 17 And in the fifteenth day of with the fourth Part of an hin of this month is the feast: seven days beaten oil. shall unleavened bread be eaten. 6 It is a continual burnt offering, 18 In the first day shall be an holy which was ordained in mount Si'- convocation; ye shall do no manner n&i for a sweet savour, a sacrifice of servile work therein : made by fire unto the Lord . 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice 7 And the drink offering thereof made by fire for a burnt offering shall be the fourth Part of an hin for unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, the one lamb: in the holy place and one ram, and seven lambs of shalt thou cause the strong wine to the first year: they shall be unto be poured unto the Lord for a you without blemish: 20 And their meat offering shall be drink offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou of flour mingled with oil: three offer at even: as the meat offering tenth deals shall ye offer for a bulof the morning, and as the drink lock, and two tenth deals for a offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, ram; a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet 21 A several tenth deal shalt thou savour unto the Lord . offer for every lamb, throughout 9 1 And on the sabbath day two the seven lambs: lamos of the first year without 22 And one goat for a sin offering, spot, and two tenth deals of flour to make an atonement for you. for a meat offering, mingled with 23 Ye shall offer these beside the oil, and the drink offering thereof: burnt offering in the morning, 10 This is the burnt offering of which is for a continual burnt ofevery sabbath, beside the continual fering. burnt offering, and his drink offering. 24 After this manner ye shall of11 5[ And in the beginnings of your fer daily, throughout the seven months ye shall offer a burnt of- days, the meat of the sacrifice fering urito the Lord ; two young made by fire, of a sweet savour unbullocks, and one ram, seven lambs to the Lord : it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, of the first year without spot; 12 And three tenth deals of flour and his drink offering. for a meat offering, mingled with 25 And on the seventh day ye oil, for one bullock; and two tenth shall have an holy convocation; ye deals of flour for a meat offering, shall do no servile work. mingled with oil, for one ram; 26 51 Also in the day of the first13 And a several tenth deal of fruits, when ye bring a new meat flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto the Lord , after your offering unto one lamb; for a weeks be out, ye shall have an burnt offering of a sweet savour, holy convocation; ye shall do no a sacrifice made by fire unto the servile work: 27 But ye shall offer the burnt Lord . 14 And their drink offerings shall offering for a sweet savour unto 198 Original from Digitized by

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the Lord ; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, 29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; 30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. 146 CHAPTER 29

of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. 12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: 13 And ye shall offer a burnt of1 The feast of trumpets: the offering. 7 fering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a The day of affliction: the offering. 12 The feast of tabernacles: the daily sweet savour unto the Lord ; offerings. thirteen young bullocks, two rams, ND in the seventh month, on the and fourteen lambs of the first u first day of the month, ye shall year; they shall be without blemish: have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of 14 And their meat offering shall blowing the trumpets unto you. be of flour mingled with oil, three 2 And ye shall offer a burnt offer- tenth deals unto every bullock of ing for a sweet savour unto the the thirteen bullocks, two tenth Lord ; one young bullock, one ram, deals to each ram of the two rams, and seven lambs of the first year 15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: without blemish: 3 And their meat offering shall be 16 And one kid of the goats for a of flour mingled with oil, three sin offering; beside the continual tenth deals for a bullock, and two burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. tenth deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, 17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, throughout the seven lambs: 5 And one kid of the goats for a two rams, fourteen lambs of the sin offering, to make an atonement first year without spot: 18 And their meat offering and for you: 6 Beside the burnt offering of the their drink offerings for the bulmonth, and his meat offering, and locks, for the rams, and for the the daily burnt offering, and his lambs, shall be according to their meat offering, and their drink offer- number, after the manner: ings, according unto their manner, 19 And one kid of the goats for a for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offerby fire unto the Lord . 7 And ye shall have on^the tenth ing thereof, and their drink offerdau of this seventh month an holy ings. convocation; and ye shall afflict 20 And on the third day eleven your souls: ye shall not do any bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; work therein: 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offer- 21 And their meat offering and ing unto the Lord for a sweet sa- their drink offerings for the bulvour; one young bullock, one ram, locks, for the rams, and for the and seven lambs of the first year; lambs, shall be according to their they shall be unto you without number, after the manner: blemish t 22 And one goat for a sin offering; 9 And their meat offering shall be beside the continual burnt offer-

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i n g, a n d hi s m e at off e ri n g, a n d hi s a s w e et s a v o u r u nt o t h e L o r d : o n e b ull o c k, o n e r a m, s e v e n l a m b s d ri n k off e ri n g. 2 3 If A n d o n t h e f o u rt h d a y t e n of t h e fi r st y e a r wit h o ut bl e mi s h: b ull o c k s, t w o r a m s, a n d f o u rt e e n 3 7 T h ei r m e at off e ri n g a n d t h ei r l a m b s of t h e fi r st y e a r wit h o ut d ri n k off e ri n g s f o r t h e b ull o c k, f o r t h e r a m, a n d f o r t h e l a m b s, s h all b e bl e mi s h : 2 4 T h ei r m e at off e ri n g a n d t h ei r a c c o r di n g t o t h ei r n u m b e r, aft e r t h e d ri n k off e ri n g s f o r t h e b ull o c k s, f o r m a n n e r: t h e r a m s, a n d f o r t h e l a m b s, s h all 3 8 A n d o n e g o at f o r a si n off e ri n g ; b e a c c o r di n g t o t h ei r n u m b e r, aft e r b e si d e t h e c o nti n u al b u r nt off e ri n g, a n d hi s m e at off e ri n g, a n d hi s t h e m a n n er : 2 5 A n d o n e ki d of t h e g o at s f o r a d ri n k off e ri n g. 3 9 T h e s e t hi n g s y e s h all d o u nt o si n off e ri n g; b e si d e t h e c o nti n u al b u r nt off e ri n g, hi s m e at off e ri n g, t h e L o r d i n y o u r s et f e a st s, b e si d e y o u r v o w s, a n d y o u r f r e e will off e r a n d hi s d ri n k off e ri n g. 2 6 1 A n d o n t h e fift h d a y ni n e b ul - i n g s, f o r y o u r b u r nt off e ri n g s, a n d l o c k s, t w o r a m s, a n d f o u rt e e n f o r y o u r m e at off e ri n g s, a n d f o r y o u r l a m b s of t h e fi r st y e a r wit h o ut s p ot : d ri n k off e ri n g s, a n d f o r y o u r p e a c e off e ri n g s. 2 7 A n d t h ei r m e at off e ri n g a n d 4 0 A n d M o' s e s t ol d t h e c hil d r e n t h ei r d ri n k off e ri n g s f o r t h e b ul l o c k s, f o r t h e r a m s, a n d f o r t h e of I s' r a- el a c c o r di n g t o all t h at t h e l a m b s, s h all b e a c c o r di n g t o t h ei r L o r d c o m m a n d e d M o' s e s. n u m b e r, aft e r t h e m a n n e r : C H A P TE R 30 147 2 8 A n d o n e g o at f o r a si n off e ri n g; 1 V o ws ar e t o b e k e pt. 3 T h e e x c e pti o n, b e si d e t h e c o nti n u al b u r nt off e ri n g, a m ai d e n's v o w. 6 C o n c er ni n g a v o w m a d e b y a wif e, b y a wi d o w, or a w o m a n d hi s m e at off e ri n g, a n d hi s a n di v or c e d. d ri n k off e ri n g. A N D M o' s e s s p a k e u nt o t h e h e a d s 2 9 A n d o n t h e si xt h d a y ei g ht of t h e t ri b e s c o n c e r ni n g t h e b ull o c k s, t w o r a m s, a n d f o u rt e e n l a m b s of t h e fi r st y e a r wit h o ut c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el, s a yi n g, T hi s i s t h e t hi n g w hi c h t h e L O R D h at h bl e mi s h : c o m m a n d e d. 3 0 A n d t h ei r m e at off e ri n g a n d 2 If a m a n v o w a v o w u nt o t h e t h ei r d ri n k off e ri n g s f o r t h e b ul l o c k s, f o r t h e r a m s, a n d f o r t h e L o r d , o r s w e a r a n o at h t o bi n d l a m b s, s h all b e a c c o r di n g t o t h ei r hi s s o ul wit h a b o n d; h e s h all n ot b r e a k hi s w o r d, h e s h all d o a c c o r d n u m b e r, aft e r t h e m a n n e r : i n g t o all t h at p r o c e e d et h o ut of 3 1 A n d o n e g o at f o r a si n off e ri n g; b e si d e t h e c o nti n u al b u r nt off e ri n g, hi s m o ut h. hi s m e at off e ri n g, a n d hi s d ri n k of - 3 If a w o m a n al s o v o w a v o w u nt o t h e L o r d , a n d bi n d h e r s elf b y a f e ri n g. . , 3 2 1 A n d o n t h e s e v e nt h d a y s e v e n b o n d, b ei n g i n h e r f at h e r ’s h o u s e b ull o c k s, t w o r a m s, a n d f o u rt e e n i n h e r y o ut h; 4 A n d h e r f at h e r h e a r h e r v o w, l a m b s of t h e fi r st y e a r wit h o ut a n d h e r b o n d w h e r e wit h s h e h at h bl e mi s h : b o u n d h e r s o ul, a n d h e r f at h e r 3 3 A n d t h ei r m e at off e ri n g a n d t h ei r d ri n k off e ri n g s f o r t h e b ul - s h all h ol d hi s p e a c e at h e r: t h e n l o c k s, f o r t h e r a m s, a n d f o r t h e all h e r v o w s s h all st a n d, a n d e v e r y l a m b s, s h all b e a c c o r di n g t o t h ei r b o n d w h e r e wit h s h e h at h b o u n d h e r s o ul s h all st a n d. n u m b e r, aft e r t h e m a n n e r : 5 B ut if h e r f at h e r di s all o w h e r i n 3 4 A n d o n e g o at f o r a si n off e ri n g; b e si d e t h e c o nti n u al b u r nt off e r - t h e d a y t h at h e h e a r et h; n ot a n y of i n g, hi s m e at off e ri n g, a n d hi s h e r v o w s, o r of h e r b o n d s w h e r e wit h s h e h at h b o u n d h e r s o ul, s h all d ri n k off e ri n g. st a n d : a n d t h e L o r d s h all f o r gi v e 3 5 O n t h e ei g ht h d a y y e s h all h a v e a s ol e m n a s s e m bl y: y e s h all h e r, b e c a u s e h e r f at h e r di s all o w e d h e r. d o n o s e r vil e w o r k t h e r ei n : 3 6 B ut y e s h all off e r a b u r nt of - 6 A n d if s h e h a d at all a n h u s b a n d, f e ri n g, a s a c rifi c e m a d e b y fi r e, of w h e n s h e v o w e d, o r utt e r e d o u g ht Ori gi n al fr o m 200 Di giti z e d b y G o o gl e U NI V E R SI T Y O F MI C HI G A N

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out of her lips, wherewith she CHAPTER 31 148 bound her soul/; Israel wars against Midian. 8 Ba7 And her husband heard it, and 1 laam is slain. 19 Those who have held his peace at her in the day killed and the spoils of war, must be that he heard it: then her vows purified. 25 The division of the spoils. shall stand, and her bonds where48 The voluntary oblation for, the LORD’S treasury. with she bound her soul shall stand. ND the Lord spake unto Md '8 But if her husband disallowed t ses, saying, her on the day that he heard it; 2 Avenge the children of is'ra-el then he shall make her vow which of the Mid'i-an-ites: afterward she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith shalt thou be gathered unto thy she bound her soul, of none people. effect: and the Lord shall forgive 3 And Mo'ses spake unto the people, saying, Ann some of yourselves her. 9 But every vow of a widow, and unto the war, and let them go of her that is divorced, wherewith against the Mid'I-an-ites, and athey have bound their souls, shall venge the Lord of Mid'i-an. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her hus- throughout all the tribes of Is'ra-el, band’s house, or bound her soul shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of by a bond with an oath; 11 And her husband heard it, and the thousands of Is'ra-el, a thouheld his peace at her, and disal- sand of every tribe, twelve thoulowed her not: then all her vows sand armed for war. shall stand, and every bond where- 6 And Mo'ses sent them to the with she bound her soul shall war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phin'e-has the son of stand. £-le-a'zar the priest, to the war, 12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he with the holy instruments, and the heard them; then whatsoever pro- trumpets to blow in his hand. ceeded out of her lips concerning 7 And they warred against the her vows, or concerning the bond Mid'i-an-ites, as the Lord comof her soul, shall not stand: her manded Mo'ses; and they slew all husband hath made them void; the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Mid'and the Lord shall forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding i-an, beside the rest of them that oath to afflict the soul, her husband were slain; namely, £'vi, and Re'may establish it, or her husband kem, and Zur, and Hdr, and Re'ba, five kings of Mid'i-an: Balaam may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether also the son of Be'or they slew hold his peace at her from day to with the sword. day; then he established! all her 9 And the children of Is'ra-el took vows, or all her bonds, which axe all the women of Mid'i-an captives, upon her: he confirmeth them, be- and their little ones, and took the cause he held his peace at her in spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. the day that he heard them, 15 But if he shall any ways make 10 And they burnt all their cities them void after that he hath heard wherein they dwelt, and all their them; then he shall bear her iniq- goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, uity. 16 These are the statutes, which and all the prey, both of men and ffle Lord commanded Mo'ses, be- of beasts. tween a man and his wife, be- 12 And they brought the captives, tween the father and his daughter, and the prey, and the spoil, unto being vet in her youth in her fa- Mo'ses, and £-le-&'zar the priest, ther’s house. and unto the congregation of the 201 Original from Digitized by

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children of Is'ra-el, unto the camp clegn, and afterward ye shall come at the plains of Md'ab, which*are into the camp. by Jdr'dan near Jer'I-cho. 25 H And the LORD spake unto 13 H And Mo'ses, and £-le-&'zar Mo'ses, saying, the priest, and all the princes of 26 Take die sum of the prey that the congregation, went forth to was taken, both of man and of meet them without the camp. beast, thou, and £-le-a'zar the 14 And Mo'ses was wroth with the priest, and the chief fathers of the officers of the host, with the cap- congregation: tains over thousands, and captains 27 And divide the prey into two over hundreds, which came from parts; between them that took the the battle. war upon them, who went out to 15 And Md'ses said unto them, battle, and between all the conHave ye saved all the women gregation : 28 And levy a tribute unto the alive? 16 Behold, these caused the chil- Lord of the men of war which dren of Is'ra-el, through the coun- went out to battle: one soul of sel of Ba'laam, to commit trespass five hundred, both of the persons, against the Lord in the matter of and of the beeves, and of the asses, Pe'or, and there was a plague and of the sheep: among the congregation of the 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto £-le-a'zar the priest, for an Lord . 17 Now therefore kill every male heave offering of the Lord . among the little ones, and kill every 30 And of the children of is'ra-el’s woman that hath known man by half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, lying with him. 18 But all the women children, of the asses, and of the flocks, of that have not known a man by ly- all manner of beasts, and give them ing with him, keep alive for your- unto the Le'vites, which keep the selves. charge of the tabernacle of the 19 And do ye abide without the Lord . camp seven days: whosoever hath 31 And Mo'ses and £-le-a'zar the killed any person, and whosoever priest did as the Lord commanded hath touched any slain, purify both Mo'ses. yourselves and your captives on 32 And the booty, being the rest the third day, and on the seventh of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thouday. 20 And purify all your raiment, and sand and seventy thousand and all that is made of skins, and all five thousand sheep, work of goats’ hair, and all things 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, made of wood. 21 If And E-le-a'zar the priest said 34 And threescore and one thouunto the men of war which went to sand asses, the battle, This is the ordinance of 35 And thirty and two thousand the law which the Lord com- persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. manded Mo'ses; 22 Only the gold, and the silver, 36 And the half, which was the the brass, the iron, the tin, and the portion of them that went out to lead, war, was in number three hundred 23 Every thing that may abide the thousand and seven and thirty fire, ye shall make it go through thousand and five hundred sheep: the fire, and it shall be clean: 37 And the Lord ’s tribute of the nevertheless it shall be purified sheep was six hundred and threewith the water of separation: and score and fifteen. all that abideth not the fire ye 38 And the beeves were thirty and shall make go through the water. six thousand; of which the Lord ’s 24 And ye shall wash your clothes tribute was threescore and twelve. on the seventh day, and ye shall be 39 And the asses were thirty 202 Original from Digitized by

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Reuben and Gad ask for their inheritance thousand and five hundred; of which the Lord ’s tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the Lord ’s tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Md'ses gave the tribute, which was the Lord ’s heave offering, unto £-le-a'zar the priest, as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 42 And of the children of Is'ra-el’s half, which Mo'ses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half that Pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons;) 47 Even of the children of Israel’s half, Mo'ses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Le'vites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 48 51 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Mo'ses: 49 And they said unto Mo'ses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord , what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord . 51 And Mo'ses and £-le-a'zar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord , of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) 54 And Md'ses and £-le-fi'zar the Digitized by

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priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Is'ra-el before the Lord . CHAPTER 32 149 1 The children of Reuben and of Gad petition for their inheritance on the east side of Jordan. 16 They offer to aid their brethren in the conquest of the promised land; 20 thereupon Moses allows their request, 33 and assigns their inheritance.

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kindled the same time, and he fore the Lord , and before Is'ra-el; and this land shall be your possessware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that sion before the Lord . came up out of E'fejfot, from twenty 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, years old and upward, shall see the ye have sinned against the Lord : land which I sware unto A'brd-h&m, and be sure your sin will find you unto I'saac, and unto Ja'cob; be- out. cause they have not wholly fol- 24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and lowed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jd- do that which hath proceeded out phun'neh the Ken'ez-ite, and Jdsh'- of your mouth. u-a the son of Nun: for they have 25 And the children of G&d and the children of Reu'ben spake unto wholly followed the Lord . 13 And the Lord ’s anger was kin- Mo'ses, saying, Thy servants will dled against Is'ra-el, and he made do as my lord commandeth. them wander in the wilderness 26 Our little ones, our wives, our forty years, until all the generation, flocks, and all our cattle, shall be that had done evil in the sight of the there in the cities of Gil'e-Ad: Lord , was consumed. 27 But thy servants will pass over, 14 And, behold, ye are risen up every man armed for war, before in your fathers’ stead, an increase the Lord to battle, as my lord of sinful men, to augment yet the saith. fierce anger of the Lord toward 28 So concerning them Mo'ses is'ra-el. commanded £-le-£'zar the priest, 15 For if ye turn away from after and Jdsh'u-a the son of Nun, and him, he will yet again leave them the chief fathers of the tribes of in the wilderness; and ye shall the children of Is'ra-el: destroy all this people. 29 And Mo'ses said unto them, If 16 1 And they came near unto the children of Gdd and the chilhim, and said, We will build sheep- dren of Reu'ben will pass with you folds here for our cattle, and cities over Jdr'dan, every man armed to for our little ones: battle, before the Lord , and the 17 But we ourselves will go ready land shall be subdued before you; armed before the children of is'- then ye shall give them the land of ra-el, until we have brought them Gil'e-Sd for a possession: unto their place: and our little ones 30 But if they will not pass over shall dwell in the fenced cities be- with you armed, they shall have cause of the inhabitants of the possessions among you in the land of Ca'n£an. land. 18 We will not return unto our 31 And the children of G&d and houses, until the children of Is'ra- the children of Reu'ben answered, el have inherited every man his in- saying, As the Lord hath said unto heritance. thy servants, so will we do. 19 For we will not inherit with 32 We will pass over armed bethem on yonder side Jdr'dan, or fore the Lord into the land of Ca'forward; because our inheritance naan, that the possession of our is fallen to us on this side Jdr'dan inheritance on this side Jdr'dan eastward. may be our’s. 20 1 And Mo'ses said unto them, 33 And Mo'ses gave unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go even to the children of GAd, and to armed before the Lord to war, the children of Reu'ben, and unto 21 And will go all of you armed half the tribe of Md-nas'seh the son over Jdr'dan before the Lord , un- of Jo'seph, the kingdom of Si'hdn til he hath driven out his enemies king of the Am'dr-ites, and ■ the from before him, kingdom of dg king of Ba'sh&n, 22 And the land be subdued be- the land, with the cities thereof in fore the Lord : then afterward ye the coasts, even the cities of the fihall return, and be guiltless be- country round about. 204 Original from Digitized by

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34 And the children of GAd built Di'bSn, and At'a-r6th, and Ar'd-er, 35 And At'roth, Shd'phan, and JA-a'zer, and Jdg'be-hah, 36 And B&th-nlm'rah, and Bethha'ran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reu'ben built Hesh'bon, and £-le-A'leh, and Kir-jath-a'im, 38And Ne'bd, and Ba'al-me'on, (their names being changed,) and Shlb'mah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Ma'chir the son of MA-nas'seh went to 011'e-Ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Am'or-ite which was in it. 40 And Mo'ses gave GIl'e-Ad unto Ma'chir the son of MA-nAs'seh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Ja'Ir the son of MA-nAs'seh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them HA'vothja'ir. 42 And No'bah went and took Ke'nath, and the villages thereof, and called it No'bah, after his own name. 150 CHAPTER 33 1 The journeys of the children of Israel. 50 They are to destroy the Canaanites.

HESE are the journeys of the children of Is'ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E'gfpt with their armies under the hand of Mo'ses and Aar'on. 2 And Mo'ses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord : and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they departed from RAme'ses, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Is'ra-el went out with an high hand in the sight of ail file fi-^yp'tians. 4For the fi-fe^p'fians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments. 5 And the children of Is'ra-el removed from RA-me'ses, and pitdied in Suc'coth. Digitized by

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6 And they departed from Suc'coth, and pitched in R'tham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from R'tham, and turned again unto Pi-ha-hi'roth, which is before Ba'al-ze'phon: and they pitched before Mig'dol. 8 And they departed from before Pi-ha-hi'roth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of fi'tham, and pitched in Ma'rah. 9 And they removed from MA'rah, and came unto fi'lim: and in £'lim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from R'Hm, and encamped by the Red sea. 11And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Doph'kah. 13 And they departed from Ddph'kah, and encamped in A'lush. 14 And they removed from A'lush, and encamped at Reph'I-dim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Reph'I-dim, and pitched in the wilderness of Si'nAi. 16 And they removed from the desert of Si'nai, and pitched at Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah. 17 And they departed from Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah, and encamped at HA-ze'roth. 18 And they departed from HAze'roth, and pitched in Rith'mah. 19 And they departed from Rith'mah, and pitched at Rlm'mon-pa'rez. 20 And they departed from Rim'mon-pa'rez, and pitched in Llb'nah. 21And they removed from Llb'nah, and pitched at Ris'sah. 22 And they journeyed from Ris'sah, and pitched in Ke-hel'a-thah. 23 And they went from Ke-hel'athah, and pitched in mount Sha'pher. 24 And they removed from mount

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ShA'pher, and encamped in HAr'a-dah. 25 And they removed from HAr'adah, and pitched in MAk-he'loth. 26 And they removed from MAkhfc'loth, and encamped at Ta'hAth. 27 And they departed from TA'hAth, and pitched at Ta'rah. 28 And they removed from Ta'rah, and pitched in Mith'cah. 29 And they went from Mith'cah, and pitched in Hash-md'nah. 30 And they departed from Hashmd'nah, and encamped at Md-se 'roth. 31And they departed from M6se'roth, and pitched in Ben-eja'a-kAn. 32 And they removed from BdnS-jA'a-kAn, and encamped at Horhft-gid'gad. 33 And they went from H6r-hAaid'gad, and pitched in Jot'bathah. 34 And they removed from J6t'ba-thah, and encamped at fi-bro'nah. 35 And they departed from fi-bro'nah, and encamped at E'zi-on-ga'ber. 36 And they removed from £'zion-ga'ber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Ka'desh. 37 And they removed from KA'desh, and pitched in mount H6r, in the edge of the land of £'dom. 38 And Aar'on the priest went up into mount H6r at the commandment of the Lord , and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Is'ra-el were come out of the land of £'£fpt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39And Aar'on was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount H6r. 40 And king A'rAd the Ca'nAanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Ca'naan, heard of the coming of the children of is'ra-el. 41 And they departed from mount H6r, and pitched in Zal-mo'nah. 42 And they departed from Zalmd'nah, and pitched in Pu'non. 43 And they departed from Pu'non, and pitched in d'both. Digitized by

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be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 1 The border limits of the land they are 13 And Md'ses commanded the to possess. 16 The names of the men children of Is'ra-el, saying, This is who are to divide the land. the land which ye shall inherit by ND the Lord spake unto Md'- lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to l ses, saying, 2 Command the children of Is'- the half tribe: ra-el, and say unto them, When ye 14 For the tribe of the children of come into the land of Ca'nAan; Reu'ben according to the house of (this is the land that shall fall unto their fathers, and the tribe of the you for an inheritance, even the children of GAd according to the land of Ca'nAan with the coasts house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half thereof:) 3 Then your south quarter shall the tribe of MA-nAs'seh have rebe from the wilderness of Zin along ceived their inheritance: by the coast of fi'dom, and your 15 The two tribes and the half south border shall be the outmost tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jdr'dan near Jdr'coast of the salt sea eastward: 4 And your border shall turn from i-cho eastward, toward the sunristhe south to the ascent of A-krAb'- ing. bim, and pass on to Zin: and the 16 And the Lord spake unto Md'going forth thereof shall be from ses, saying, the south to KA'desh-bAr'ne-A, and 17 These are the names of the shall go on to Ha'zar-Ad'dar, and men which shall divide the land pass on to Az'mdn: unto you: E-le-a'zar the priest, and 5 And the border shall fetch a Josh'u-a the son of Nun. compass from Az'mdn unto the 18 And ye shall take one prince of river of R'&tot, and the goings out every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. of it shall be at the sea. 6 And as for the western border, 19 And the names of the men are ye shall even have the great sea these: Of the tribe of Ju'dah, Ca'for a border: this shall be your leb the son of JA-phim'neh. 20 And of the tribe of the children west border. 7 And this shall be your north of SIm'e-on, ShA-mu'el the son of border: from the great sea ye shall Am-mi'hud. 21 Of the tribe of Ben'ia-min, point out for you mount Hdr: 8 From mount Hdr ye shall point fi-li'dad the son of Chls'lon. out your border unto the entrance 22 And the prince of the tribe of of Ha'math; and the goings forth the children of DAn, Buk'ki the of the border shall be to Ze'- son of Jdg'li. 23 The prince of the children of dAd: 9 H And the border shall go on to Jo'seph, for the tribe of the chilZiph'rdn, and the goings out of it dren of MA-nAs'seh, HAn'nI-el the shall be at HA'zar-e'nan: this shall son of fi'phdd. 24 And the prince of the tribe of be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your the children of E'phrA-Im, KA-mu'east border from Ha'zar-A'nan to el the son of Shiph'tan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of ShA'pham: 11 And the coast shall go down the children of ZAb'u-lun, fi-Uz'afrom She'pham to Rib'lah, on the phAn the son of Par'nach. east side of A'in; and the border 26 And the prince of the tribe of shall descend, and shall reach unto the children of is'sa-char, PAl'ti-el the side of the sea of Chin'ne-reth the son of Az'zan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of eastward: 12 And the border shall go down the children of Ash'er, A-hi'hud the to Jdr'dan, and the goings out of it son of Sh&l'o-mi. shall be at the salt sea: this shall 28 And the prince of the tribe of 207 Original from

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9 And the Lord spake unto Md'ses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Is'ra-el, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jdr'dan into the land of Ca'naan; 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that 1 Forty-eight cities to be given to the the slayer may flee thither, which Levites; 6 of which six are to be cities of refuge. 9 Laws concerning murder. killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you AND the Lord spake unto Mo'- cities for refuge from the avenger; xx ses in the plains of Md'ab by that the manslayer die not, until Jdr'dan near Jer'i-cho, saying, he stand before the congregation 2 Command the children of Isra- in judgment. el, that they give unto the Le 'vites 13 And of these cities which ye of the inheritance of their posses- shall give six cities shall ye have sion cities to dwell in; and ye shall for refuge. give also unto the Le'vites suburbs 14 Ye shall give three cities on for the cities round about them. this side Jdr'dan, and three cities 3 And the cities shall they have to shall ye give in the land of Ca'n&an, dwell in; and the suburbs of them which shall be cities of refuge. shall be for their cattle, and for 15 These six cities shall be a reftheir goods, and for all their beasts. uge, both for the children of Is'ra4 And the suburbs of the cities, el, and for the stranger, and for which ye shall give unto the Le'- the sojourner among them: that vites, shall reach from the wall of every one that killeth any person the city and outward a thousand unawares may flee thither. cubits round about. 16 And if he smite him with an 5 And ye shall measure from with- instrument of iron, so that he die, out the city on the east side two he zs a murderer: the murderer thousand cubits, and on the south shall surely be put to death. side two thousand cubits, and on 17 And if he smite him with the west side two thousand cubits, throwing a stone, wherewith he and on the north side two thousand may die, and he die, he is a murcubits; and the city shall be in the derer: the murderer shall surely midst: this shall be to them the be put to death. suburbs of the cities. 18 Or z/he smite him with an hand 6 And among the cities which ye weapon of wood, wherewith he shall give unto the Le'vites there may die, and he die, he is a murshall be six cities for refuge, which derer: the murderer shall surely ye shall appoint for the manslayer, be put to death. that he may flee thither: and to 19 The revenger of blood himself them ye shall add forty and two shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, give to the Le'vites shall be forty or hurl at him by laying of wait, and eight cities: them shall ye give that he die; 21 Or in enmity smite him with with their suburbs. 8And the cities which ye shall his hand, that he die: he that give shall be of the possession of smote him shall surely be put to the children of Is'ra-el: from them death; for he zs a murderer: the that have many ye shall give many; revenger of blood shall slay the but from them that have few ye murderer, when he meeteth him. shall give few: every one shall 22 But if he thrust him suddenly give of his cities unto the Le'vites without enmity, or have cast upon according to his inheritance which him any thing without laying of wait, he inheriteth. 208 Original from Digitized by

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23 Or with any stone, wherewith dwell: for I the Lord dwell among a man may die, seeing him not, and the children of Is'ra-el. cast it upon him, that he die, and CHAPTER 36 153 was not his enemy, neither sought 1 Concerning the inheritance of daughhis harm: ters. 5 Of marrying within their own tribes, 7 that the inheritance be not 24 Then the congregation shall moved from tribe to tribe. judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to AND the chief fathers of the famixx lies of the children of Gil'e-Ad, these judgments: 25 And the congregation shall de- the son of Ma'chir, the son of MAliver the slayer out of the hand of nAs'seh, of the families of the sons the revenger of blood, and the con- of Jo'seph, came near, and spake gregation shall restore him to the before Mo'ses, and before the city of his refuge, whither he was princes, the chief fathers of the fled: and he shall abide in it unto children of is'ra-el: the death of the high priest, which 2 And they said. The LORD commanded my lord to give the land was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any for an inheritance by lot to the time come without the border of children of Is'ra-el: and my lord the city of his refuge, whither he was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of ZA-ld'phewas fled; 27 And the revenger of blood find hAd our broflier unto his daughters. him without the borders of the city 3 And if they be married to any of of his refuge, and the revenger of the sons of the other tribes of the blood kill the slayer; he shall not children of Is'ra-el, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inbe guilty of blood: 28 Because he should have re- heritance 6f our fathers, and shall mained in the city of his refuge un- be put to the inheritance of the til the death of the high priest: but tribe whereunto they are received: after the death of the high priest the so shall it be taken from the lot of slayer shall return into the land of our inheritance. his possession. 4 And when the jubile of the chil29 So these things shall be for dren of Is'ra-el shall be, then shall a statute of judgment unto you their inheritance be put unto the throughout your generations in all inheritance of the tribe whereunto your dwellings. they are received: so shall their 30 Whoso killeth any person, the inheritance be taken away from murderer shall be put to death by the inheritance of the tribe of our file mouth of witnesses: but one fathers. witness shall not testify against any 5 And Mo'ses commanded the children of Is'ra-el according to the person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no sat- word of the Lord , saying, The tribe isfaction for the life of a murderer, of the sons of Jo'seph hath said well. which is guilty of death: but he 6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning shall be surely put to death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfac- the daughters of ZA-ld'phe-hAd, tion for him that is fled to the city saying, Let them marry to whom of his refuge, that he should come they think best; only to the family again to dwell in the land, until the of the tribe of their father shall they marry. death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land 7So shall not the inheritance of wherein ye are: for blood it defil- the children of Is'ra-el remove eth the land: and the land cannot from tribe to tribe: for every one be cleansed of the blood that is of the children of Is'ra-el shall shed therein, but by the blood of keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. him that shed it. 8 And every daughter, that pos34Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I sesseth an inheritance in any tribe 14 209 Original from Digitized by

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of the children of Is'ra-el, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of is'ra-el may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of die children of Is'ra-el shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the Lord commanded Md'ses, so did the daughters of ZMo'phe-hAd: 11 For MSh'lah, Tir'zah, and Hdg'-

lah, and Mfi'cah, and Nd'ah, the daughters of Z£-ld'ph$-hAd, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons: 12And they were married into the families of the sons of Md-nAs'seh the son of Jd'seph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Md'ses unto the children of Is'rael in the plains of Md'ab by Jdr'dan near Jdr'i-chd.

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6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Hd'reb, saying, Ye have 1 Moses speaks to the children of Israel dwelt long enough in this mount: at the end of the fortieth year, 6 recounting God's promise to them and 7 Turn you, and take your jourhappenings on the journey; 22 of the ney, and go to the mount of the sending of the spies; 34 of God’s Am'dr-ites, and unto all the places anger at their incredulity, 41 and dis- nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the obedience. hills, and in the vale, and in the HESE be the words which Md'- south, and by the sea side, to the ses spake unto all Is'ra-el on land of the Ca'nftan-ites, and unto Ldb'a-non, unto the great river, the this side Jdr'dan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red river Eu-phra'tes. sea, between Pa'ran, and Td'phel, 8 Behold, I have set the land beand La'ban, and HA-ze'roth, and fore you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto DIz'a-hab. 2 (There are eleven days’ journey your fathers, A'brA-hdm, I'saac, from Hd'reb by the way of mount and Ja'cob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. Se'Ir unto Ka'desh-bar'ne-A.) 3 And it came to pass in the for- 9 And I spake unto you at that tieth year, in the eleventh month, time, saying, I am not able to bear on the first day of the month, that you myself alone: Md'ses spake unto the children of 10 The Lord your God hath mulIs'ra-el, according unto all that the tiplied you, and, behold, ye are Lord had given him in command- this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. ment unto them; 4 After he had slain Si'hdn the 11 (The Lord God of your faking of the Am'dr-ites, which dwelt thers make you a thousand times in Hdsh'bdn, and dg the king of so many more as ye are, and bless BA'shdn, which dwelt at As'ta- you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear rdth in Ed're-i:............................ 5 On this side Jdr dan, in the land your cumbrance, and your burden, of Md'ab, began Md'ses to declare and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and unthis law, saying, 210 Original from

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Moses speaks of what befell Israel derstanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 IF And when we departed from Hd'reb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Am'or-ites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to KA'desh-bfir'ne-A. 20 And I said unto you. Ye are come unto the mountain of the Am'or-ites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto Digitized by

the valley of fsh'cdl, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up , but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God: 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of £'£fpt, to deliver us into the hand of the Am'or-ites, to destroy us. 28Whither shall we go up ? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the An'a-kfrns there. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in E'fcypt before your eyes; 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God, 33Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of J$phun'neh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord . 37 Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

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3 Y e h a v e c o m p ass e d t his m o u n t ai n l o n g e n o u g h: t u r n y o u n o rt h w a r d. 4 A n d c o m m a n d t h o u t h e p e o pl e, s a yi n g, Y e ar e t o p ass t h r o u g h t h e c o ast of y o u r b r et h r e n t h e c hil d r e n of £'s a u, w hi c h d w ell i n S e'i r; a n d t h e y s h all b e af r ai d of y o u : t a k e y e g o o d h e e d u nt o y o u rs el v es t h e r ef o r e: 5 M e d dl e n ot wit h t h e m; f o r I will n ot gi v e y o u of t h ei r l a n d, n o, n et s o m u c h as a f o ot b r e a dt h; b e c a us e I h a v e gi v e n m o u nt S e'i r u n t o £'s a u f or & p oss essi o n. 6 Y e s h all b u y m e at of t h e m f o r m o n e y, t h at y e m a y e at; a n d y e s h all als o b u y w at e r of t h e m f o r m o n e y, t h at y e m a y d ri n k. 7 F o r t h e L o r d t h y G o d h at h bl ess e d t h e e i n all t h e w o r ks of t h y h a n d : h e k n o w et h t h y w al ki n g t h r o u g h t his g r e at wil d e r n e s s : t h es e f o rt y y e a rs t h e L o r d thy G o d h at h b e e n wit h t h e e; t h o u h ast l a c k e d n ot hi n g. 8 A n d w h e n w e p ass e d b y f r o m o u r b r et h r e n t h e c hil d r e n of £' s a u, w hi c h d w elt i n S e'i r, t h r o u g h t h e w a y of t h e pl ai n f r o m £'l At h, a n d f r o m £' zi- o n- g a' b e r, w e t u r n e d a n d p ass e d b y t h e w a y of t h e wil d e r n e s s of M d' a b. 9 A n d t h e L o r d s ai d u nt o m e, Dist r ess n ot t h e M d' a b-it es, n eit h e r c o nt e n d wit h t h e m i n b attl e : f o r I will n ot gi v e t h e e of t h ei r l a n d f or a p oss essi o n; b e c a us e I h a v e gi v e n A r u nt o t h e c hil d r e n of L ot f or a p oss essi o n. 1 0 T h e £' mi ms d w elt t h e r ei n i n ti m es p ast, a p e o pl e g r e at, a n d m a n y, a n d t all, as t h e A n' a- ki ms; 1 1 W hi c h als o w e r e a c c o u nt e d gi a nts, as t h e A n' a- ki ms; b ut t h e 1 M os es c o nti n u es his r e cit al of t h eir M d' a b-it es c all t h e m £' ml ms. 1 2 T h e H d' ri ms als o d w elt i n j o ur n e y: 5 t h e y w er e n ot t o m e d di e S e'i r b ef o r eti m e; b ut t h e c hil d r e n wit h t h e c hil dr e n of Es a u; 9 n or dis tr ess t h e M o a bit es; 1 9 n or t h e A m m o n - of £'s a u s u c c e e d e d t h e m, w h e n it es. 2 4 H e r e c o u nts t h eir vi ct or y t h e y h a d d est r o y e d t h e m f r o m b e o v er Si h o n. f o r e t h e m, a n d d w elt i n t h ei r st e a d ; H E N w e t u r n e d, a n d t o o k o u r as Is' r a- el di d u nt o t h e l a n d of hi s j o u r n e y i nt o t h e wil d e r n ess b y p oss essi o n, w hi c h t h e L O R D g a v e t h e w a y of t h e R e d s e a, as t uh nt e o t h e m. L o r d s p a k e u nt o m e : a n d w e c o m - 1 3 N o w ris e u p , s ai d Z, a n d g et y o u o v e r t h e b r o o k Z e' r e d. A n d p ass e d m o u nt S e'i r m a n y d a ys. 2 A n d t h e L o r d s p a k e u nt o m e, w e w e nt o v e r t h e b r o o k Z d' r e d. 1 4 A n d t h e s p a c e i n w hi c h w e s a yi n g,

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came from KA'desh-bAr'ne-A, until tremble, and be in anguish bewe were come over the brook Ze'- cause of thee. red, was thirty and eight years; 26 And I sent messengers out until all the generation of the men of the wilderness of Ked'e-mdth of war were wasted out from among unto Si'hdn king of Hdsh'bdn with the host, as the Lord sware unto words of peace, saying, them. 27 Let me pass through thy land: 15 For indeed the hand of the I will go along by the high way, Lord was against them, to de- I will neither turn unto the right stroy them from among the host, hand nor to the left. until they were consumed. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for 16 So it came to pass, when all money, that I may eat; and give the men of war were consumed me water for money, that I may and dead from among the people, drink: only I will pass through on 17 That the Lord spake unto me, my feet; saying, 29 (As the children of E'sau 18 Thou art to pass over through which dwell in Se'Ir, and the Md'ab-ites which dwell in Ar, did unto Ar, the coast of Mo'ab, this day: 19 And when thou comest nigh me;) until I shall pass over Jdr'over against the children of Am'- dan into the land which the Lord mdn, distress them not, nor meddle our God giveth us. with them: for I will not give thee 30 But Si'hdn king of Hdsh'bdn of the land of the children of Am'- would not let us pass by him: for mdn any possession; because I the LORD thy God hardened his have given it unto the children of spirit, and made his heart obstiLdt for a possession. nate, that he might deliver him 20 (That also was accounted a into thy hand, as aPPeareth this land of giants: giants dwelt there- day. in in old time; and the Am'mdn- 31And the Lord said unto me, ites call them Zam-zum'mim§; Behold, I have begun to give 21 A people great, and many, and Si'hdn and his land before thee: tall, as the An'a-kims; but the begin to possess, zthat thou mayest Lord destroyed them before them; inherit his land. and they succeeded them, and 32 Then Si'hdn came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at dwelt in their stead: 22 As he did to the children of Ja'hAz. fi'sau, which dwelt in Se'Ir, when 33 And the Lord our God delivhe destroyed the Hd'rims from ered him before us; and we smote before them; and they succeeded him, and his sons, and all his peothem, and dwelt in their stead even ple. 34 And we took all his cities at unto this day: 23 And the A'vims which dwelt in that time, and utterly destroyed Hft-ze'rim, even unto Az'zah, the the men, and the women, and the CAph'to-rims, which came forth little ones, of every city, we left out of CAph'tdr, destroyed them, none to remain: 35 Only the cattle we took for a and dwelt in their stead.) 24 K Rise ye up, take your jour- prey unto ourselves, and the spoil ney, and pass over the river Ar'- of the cities which we took. ndn: behold, I have given into 36 From Ar'o-er, which is by the thine hand Si'hdn the Am'dr-ite, brink of the river of Ar'non, and king of Hesh'bdn, and his land: from the city that is by the river, begin to possess if, and contend even unto Gil'e-Ad, there was not one city too strong for us: the with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put Lord our God delivered all unto the dread of thee and the fear of us: thee upon the nations that are un- 37 Only unto the land of the childer the whole heaven, who shall dren of Am'mdn thou earnest not, hear report of thee, and shall nor unto any place of the river Original from SIS Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in RAb'bath of the children of Am'mon ? nine cubits was the length thereof, and 1 Moses' recital of the journey confour cubits the breadth of it, after tinued: Their victory over Og; 12 the the cubit of a man. division of the land among the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of 12 And this land, which we posManasseh. 23 Moses' prayer to sessed at that time, from Ar'd-er, enter into the land. 26 He is per- which is by the river Ar'ndn, and mitted only to see it. half mount dil'e-Ad, and the cities HEN we turned, and went up thereof, gave I unto the Reu'benthe way to Ba'shAn: and dg ites and to the GAd'ites. the king of Ba'shAn came out13 And the rest of Gfl'e-Ad, and against us, he and all his people, all Ba'shAn, being the kingdom of to battle at Ed're-i. dg, gave I unto the half tribe of 2 And the Lord said unto me, MA-nAs'seh; alL the region of Ar'Fear him not: for I will deliver gdb, with all Ba'shAn, which was him, and all his people, and his called the land of giants. land, into thy hand; and thou shalt 14 Ja'Ir the son of MA-nAs'seh do unto him as thou didst unto Si- took all the country of Ar'gdb unto hdn king of the Am'dr-ites, which the coasts of desh'u-ri and MAdwelt at Hdsh'bdn. Ach'a-thi; and called them after 3 So the Lord our God delivered his own name, Ba'shAn-hA'vothinto our hands dg also, the king of ja'Ir, unto this day. BA'shAn, and all his people: and 15 And I gave dU'e-Ad unto MA'we smote him until none was left chfr. to him remaining. 16 And unto the Reu'ben-ites and 4 And we took all his cities at unto the GAd'ites I gave from 6fl'that time, there was not a city e-Ad even unto the river Ar'ndn which we took not from them, half the valley, and the border even threescore cities, all the region of unto the river JAb'bok, which is the Ar'gdb, the kingdom of Og in Ba'- border of the children of Am'mdn; 17 The plain also, and Jdr'dan, shAn. 5 All these cities were fenced with and the coast thereof, from Chin'high walls, gates, and bars; be- ne-rdth even unto the sea of the side unwalled towns a great many. plain, even the salt sea, under 6 And we utterly destroyed them, Ash'ddth-pis'gah eastward. as we did unto Si'hon king of 18 And I commanded you at Hesh'bon, utterly destroying the that time, saying, The LORD your men, women, and children, of God hath given you this land to every city. possess it: ye shall pass over armed 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil before your brethren the children of the cities, we took for a prey to of Is'ra-el, all that are meet for ourselves. the war. 8 And we took at that time out of 19 But your wives, and your little the hand of the two kings of the ones, and your cattie, (for I know Am'dr-ites the land that was on that ye have much cattie,) shall ♦his side Jdr'dan, from the river abide in your cities which I have of Ar'non unto mount Her'mdn; given you; 9 (Which Her'mdn the Si-do'ni- 20 Until the Lord have given rest ans call Sir'j-on; and the Am'or- unto your brethren, as well as unto ites call it She'nir;) you, and until they also possess 10 All the cities of the plain, and the land which the Lord your all Gil'e-Ad, and all Ba'shAn, unto God hath given them beyond SAl'chah and £d're-i, cities of the Jdr'dan: and then shall ye return kingdom of dg in Ba'shAn. every man unto his possession, 11 For only Og king of BA'shAn which I have given you. 214 Original from Digitized by

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21 T And I commanded Jdsh'u-A at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two , kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you. 23And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 24 O Lord God , thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? 251 pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jftr'dan, that goodly mountain, and L5b'a-non. 26 But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pfo'gah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jdr'dan. 28 But charge J6sh'u-A and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-pe'6r. 157 CHAPTER 4

Lord did because of Ba'al-pS'or: for all the men that followed B&zal-pe'or, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for ? 8 And what nation is there so • great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Hd'reb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to 1 Moses exhorts Israel to obedience. 14 fear me all the days that they shall His warning against idolatry. 41 live upon the earth, and that they He designates three cities of refuge on may teach their children. the east side of Jordan. 11 And ye came near and stood OW therefore hearken, O Is'" under the mountain; and the mounra-el, unto the statutes and tain burned with fire unto the midst unto the judgments, which I teach of heaven, with darkness, clouds, you, for to do them, that ye may and thick darkness. live, and go in and possess the land 12 And the Lord spake unto you which the Lord God of your fa- out of the midst of the fire: ye thers giveth you. heard the voice of the words, but 2 Ye shall not add unto the word saw no similitude; only ye heard a which I command you, neither shall voice. ye diminish ought from it, that ye 13 And he declared unto you may keep the commandments of his covenant, which he commanded the Lord your God which I com- you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon mand you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the two tables of stone. Original from 215 Digitized by

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14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spal$e unto you in Hd'reb out of the midst of the fire: 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: * 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 2Q But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of E'fcjfot, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over J6r'dan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jdr'dan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. 25 H When thou shalt beget chilDigitized by

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dren, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger: 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jdr'dan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in E'fcfpt before your eyes ?

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35 Unto thee it was shewed, that whom Md'ses and the children of thou mightest know that the LORD Is'ra-el smote, after they were he is God; there is none else be- come forth out of E'gypt: side him. 47 And they possessed his land, 36Out of heaven he made thee and the land of Og king of Ba'to hear his voice, that he might in- shan, two kings of the Am'dr-ites, struct thee: and upon earth he which were on this side Jdr'dan toshewed thee his great fire;.and ward the sunrising; thou heardest his words out of the 48 From Ar'o-er, which is by the bank of the river Ar'non, even unto midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fa- mount Si'on, which is Her'mdn, thers, therefore he chose their seed 49 And all the plain on this side after them, and brought thee out Jdr'dan eastward, even unto the in his sight with his mighty power sea of the plain, under the springs out of E'fcypt; • of Pis'gah. 38 To drive out nations from beCHAPTER 5 158 fore thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to 1 Moses calls on Israel to hear, and tells of the covenant in Horeb; 6 the ten give thee their land for an inheritcommandments; 22 and how he reance, as it is this day. ceived the law from God on their behalf. 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the AND Md'ses called all Is'ra-el, and said unto them, Hear, O Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there Is'ra-el, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this is none else. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his day, that ye may learn them, and statutes, and his commandments, keep, and do them. which I command thee this day, 2 The Lord our God made a covethat it may go well with thee, and nant with us in Ho'reb. with thy children after thee, and 3 The Lord made not this covethat thou mayest prolong thy days nant with our fathers, but with us, upon the earth, which the Lord even us, who are all of us here alive this day. thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 Then Md'ses severed three 4 The Lord talked with you face cities on this side Jor'dan toward to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, the sunrising; 42 That the slayer might flee thith- 5 (I stood between the Lord and er, which should kill his neigh- you at that time, to shew you the bour unawares, and hated him not word of the Lord : for ye were in times past; and that fleeing unto afraid by reason of the fire, and one of these cities he might live: went not up into the mount;) say43 Namely, Be'zer in the wilder- ing, ness, in the plain country, of the 6 I am the Lord thy God, which Reu'ben-ites; and Ra'moth. in 011'- brought thee out of the land of e-dd, of the Gad'ites; and Gd'lan £'£fpt, from the house of bondage. in Ba'shan, of the M$-nds'sites. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods 44 And this is the law which before me. Md'ses set before the children of 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of h'ra-el: , 45 These are the testimonies, and any thing that is in heaven above, the statutes, and the judgments, or that is in the earth beneath, or which Mo'ses spake unto the chil- that is in the waters beneath the dren of Is'ra-el, after they came earth: forth out of E'fcypt, 9 Thou shalt not bow down thy46 On this side Jor'dan, in the self unto them, nor serve them: for valley over against Bdth-pe'dr, in I the Lord thy God am a jealous the land of Si'hon king of the Am'- God, visiting the iniquity of the fadr-ites, who dwelt at Hdsh'bdn, thers upon the children unto the Original from 217 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Moses rehearses the ten commandments third and fourth generation of 23 And it came to pass, when ye them that hate me, heard the voice out of the midst of 10 And shewing mercy unto thou- the darkness, (for the mountain sands of them that love me and did bum with fire,) that ye came keep my commandments. near unto me, even all the heads of 11 Thou shalt not take the name your tribes, and your elders; of the Lord thy God in vain: for 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord the Lord will not hold him guilt- our God hath shewed us his glory less that taketh his name in vain. and his greatness, and we have 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanc- heard his voice out of the midst of tify it, as the Lord thy God hath the fire: we have seen this day that commanded thee. God doth talk with man, and he 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and liveth. do all thy work: 25 Now therefore why should we 14 But the seventh day is the sab- die? for this great fire will conbath of the Lord thy God: in it sume us: if we hear the voice of thou shalt not do any work, thou, the Lord our God any more, then nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor we shall die. thy manservant, nor thy maid- 26 For who is there of all flesh, servant, nor thine ox, nor thine that hath heard the voice of the ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy living God speaking out of the stranger that is within thy gates; midst of the fire, as we have, and that thy manservant and thy maid- lived? > servant may rest as well as thou. 27 Go thou near, and hear all that 15 And remember that thou wast the Lord our God shall say: and a servant in the land of £'&fot, and speak thou unto us all that the that the Lord thy God brought Lord our God shall speak unto thee out thence through a mighty thee; and we will hear it, and do hand and by a stretched out arm: it. therefore the LORD thy God com- 28 And the Lord heard the voice manded thee to keep the sabbath of your words, when ye spake unto day. me; and the Lord said unto me, I 16 5[ Honour thy father and thy have heard the voice of the words mother, as the Lord thy God hath of this people, which they have commanded thee; that thy days spoken unto thee: they have well may be prolonged, and that it may said all that they have spoken. go well with thee, in the land which , i ere were such an the Lord thy God giveth thee. heart m them, that they would 17 Thou shalt not kill. fear me, and keep all my com18 Neither shalt thou commit mandments always, that it might adultery. be well with them, and with their 19 Neither shalt thou steal. children for ever! 20Neither shalt thou bear false 30 Go say to them, Get you into witness against thy neighbour. your tents again. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy 31 But as for thee, stand thou neighbour’s wife, neither shalt here by me, and I will speak unto thou covet thy neighbour’s house, thee all the commandments, and his field, or his manservant, or his the statutes, and the judgments, maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or which thou shalt teach them, that any thing that is thy neighbour’s. they may do them in the land which 22 51 These words the Lord spake I give thepi to possess it. unto all your assembly in the mount 32 Ye shall observe to do thereout of the midst of the fire, of fore as the Lord your God hath the cloud, and of the thick dark- commanded you: ye shall not turn ness, with a great voice: and he aside to the right hand or to the added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stones, and 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways delivered them unto me. which the Lord your God hath 218 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 1 Moses tells them the purpose of God's 12 Then beware lest thou forget law, 3 and exhorts them to faithful the Lord , which brought thee obedience. forth out of the land of £'&pt, OW these are the command- from the house of bondage. ments, the statutes, and the 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy judgments, which the LORD your God, and serve him, and shalt God commanded to teach you, swear by his name. that ye might do them in the land 14 Ye shall not go after other whither ye go to possess it: gods, of the gods of the people 2 That thou mightest fear the which are round about you; Lord thy God, to keep all his stat- 15(For the Lord thy God is a utes and his commandments, jealous God among you) lest the which I command thee, thou, and anger of the Lord thy God be kinthy son, and thy son’s son, all the dled against thee, and destroy thee days of thy life; and that thy days from off the face of the earth. may be prolonged. 16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD 3 K Hear therefore, O Is'ra-el, and your God, as ye tempted him in observe to do it; that it may be well MAs'sah. with thee, and that ye may increase 17 Ye shall diligently keep the mightily, as the Lord God of thy commandments of the LORD your fathers hath promised thee, in the God, and his testimonies, and his land that floweth with milk and statutes, which he hath commanded thee. honey. * 4 Hear, O Is'ra-el: the Lord our 18 And thou shalt do that which is God is one Lord : right and good in the sight of the 5 And thou shalt love the Lord Lord : that it may be well with thy God with all thine heart, and thee, and that thou mayest go in with all thy soul, and with all thy and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, might. 6 And these words, which I com- 19 To cast out all thine enemies mand thee this day, shall be in from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them dili- 20 And when thy son asketh thee gently unto thy children, and shalt in time to come, saying, What talk of them when thou sittest in mean the testimonies, and the thine house, and when thou walk- statutes, and the judgments, which est by the way, and when thou the Lord our God hath commandHest down, and when thou risest up. ed you? 8 And thou shalt bind them for a 21Then thou shalt say unto thy sign upon thine hand, and they shall son, We were Phfi'radh’s bondmen be as frontlets between thine eyes. in £'&fot; and the Lord brought 9 And thou shalt write them upon us out of £'&frt with a mighty the posts of thy house, and on thy hand: 22 And the Lord shewed signs gates. 10 And it shall be, when the Lord and wonders, great and sore, upon thy God shall have brought thee £'&ypt, upon Pha'radh, and upon into the land which he sware unto all his household, before our eyes: thy fathers, to A'brA-Mm, to I'saac, 23 And he brought us out from and to Ja'cpb, to give thee great thence, that he might bring us in, and goodly cities, which thou to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good 24 And the Lord commanded us

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you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pha'raoh king of R'&fot. 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and 1 Moses forbids relations with the nations in the land. 8 Israel is God's keep his commandments to a thouchosen because he loved them. 17 sand generations; They shall not be afraid of the nations, 10 And repayeth them that hate 21 for the Lord is with them. him to their face, to destroy them: HEN the LORD thy God shall he will not be slack to him that bring thee into the land hateth him, he will repay him to his whither thou goest to possess it,face. and hath cast out many nations before 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the thee, the Hit'tites, and the Gir'ga- commandments, and the statutes, shites, and the Am'dr-ites, and the and the judgments, which I comCa'n&an-ites, and the Per'Iz-zites, mand thee this day, to do them. and the Hi'vites, and the JSb'u- 12 Wherefore it shall come to sites, seven nations greater and pass, if ye hearken to these judgmightier than thou; ments, and keep, and do them, 2 And when the LORD thy God that the Lord thy God shall keep shall deliver them before thee; unto thee the covenant and the thou shalt smite them, and utterly mercy which he sware unto thy destroy them; thou shalt make no fathers: covenant with them, nor shew 13 And he will love thee, and bless * mercy unto them: thee, and multiply thee: he will 3 Neither shalt thou make mar- also bless the fruit of thy womb, riages with them; thy daughter and the fruit of thy land, thy com, thou shalt not give unto his son, and thy wine, and thine oil, the nor his daughter shalt thou take increase of thy kine, and the flocks unto thy son. of thy sheep, in the land which he 4 For they will turn away thy son sware unto thy fathers to give thee. from following me, that they may 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all serve other gods: so will the anger people: there shall not be male or of the Lord be kindled against female barren among you, or among your cattle. you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with 15 And the Lord will take away them; ye shall destroy their altars, from thee all sickness, and will put and break down their images, and none of the evil diseases of fi'gfot, cut down their groves, and bum which thou knowest, upon thee; their graven images with fire. but will lay them upon all them 6 For thou art an holy people unto that hate thee. the Lord thy God: the Lord thy 16 And thou shalt consume all the God hath chosen thee to be a people which the Lord thy God special people unto himself, above shall deliver thee; thine eye shall all people that are upon the face have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for of the earth. 7 The Lord did not set his love that will be a snare unto thee. upon you, nor choose you, because 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart. ye were more in number than any These nations are more than I; people; for ye were the fewest of how can I dispossess them? 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of all people: ^8 But because the Lord loved them: but shalt well remember

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what the Lord thy God did unto Pha'radh, and unto all E'gjfot; 19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. 22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye bum with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it zs a cursed thing. 161 CHAPTER 8

2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by oread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. v 4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgMoses exhorts them to obey that, they may ments, and his statutes, which I be blessed: he recalls God's goodness command thee this day: to them. 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and ALL the commandments which I art full, and hast built goodly xx command thee this day shall houses, and dwelt therein; ye observe to do, that ye may live, 13 And when thy herds and thy and multiply, and go in and pos- flocks multiply, and thy silver and sess the land which the Lord thy gold is multiplied, and all that swkre unto your fathers. thou hast is multiplied; 221 Original from Digitized by

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14 Then thinfe heart be lifted up , and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of E'Sfpt, from the house of bon dfl ge ; 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. 162 CHAPTER 9

fore thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, A'brd-h&m, I'saac, and Ja'cob. 6 Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. 7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness : from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of £'£$pt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord . 8 Also in Hd'reb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have de1 Moses tells them that it is because of stroyed you. God's goodness that they enter in to 9 When I was gone up into the possess the land, not for their right- mount to receive the tables of eousness: 7 and reminds them of how stone, even the tables of the covethey provoked the Lord . nant which the Lord made with EAR, O Is'ra-el: Thou art to you, then I abode in the mount pass over Jdr'dan this day, to forty days and forty nights, I go in to possess nations greater and neither did eat bread nor drink mightier than thyself, cities great water: 10 And the Lord delivered unto and fenced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the chil- me two tables of stone written dren of the An'a-kims, whom thou with the finger of God; and on knowest, and of whom thou hast them was written according to all heard say, Who can stand before the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the the children of A'nak! 3 Understand therefore this day, midst of the fire in the day of the that the Lord thy God is he which assembly. goeth over before thee; as a con- 11 And it came to pass at the end suming fire he shall destroy them, of forty days and forty nights, that and he shall bring them down be- the Lord gave me the two tables 222 Original from Digitized by

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of stone, even the tables of the sah, and at Kib'roth-hat-ta'a-vah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. covenant. 12 And the Lord said unto me, 23 Likewise when the Lord sent Arise, get thee down quickly from you from Ka'desh-bar'ne-d, sayhence; for thy people which thou ing, Go up and possess the land hast brought forth out of £'&tot which I have given you; then ye have corrupted themselves; they rebelled against the commandment are quickly turned aside out of the of the Lord your God, and ye beway which I commanded them; lieved him not, nor hearkened to they have made them a molten his voice. image. 24 Ye have been rebellious against 13 Furthermore the Lord spake the Lord from the day that I unto me, saying, I have seen this knew you. people, and, behold, it is a stiff- 25 Thus I fell down before the necked people: Lord forty days and forty nights, 14 Let me alone, that I may de- as I fell down at the first; because stroy them, and blot out their name the Lord had said he would defrom under heaven: and I will stroy you. make of thee a nation mightier 26 I prayed therefore unto the and greater than they. Lord , and said, O Lord God , de15So I turned and came down stroy not thy people and thine infrom the mount, and the mount heritance, which thou hast reburned with fire: and the two deemed through thy greatness, tables of the covenant were in my which thou hast brought forth out two hands. of £'£ypt with a mighty hand. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye 27 Remember thy servants, A'br&had sinned against the Lord your h&n, I'saac, and Ja'cob; look not God, and had made you a molten unto the stubbornness of this peocalf: ye had turned aside quickly ple, nor to their wickedness, nor to out of the way which the Lord their sin: 28 Lest the land whence thou had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tables, and broughtest us out say, Because the cast them out of my two hands, and Lord was not able to bring them brake them before your eyes. into the land which he promised 18And I fell down before the them, and because he hated them, LORD, as at the first, forty days he hath brought them out to slay and forty nights; I did neither eat them in the wilderness. bread, nor drink water, because of 29 Yet they are thy people and all your sins which ye sinned, in thine inheritance, which thou doing wickedly in the sight of the broughtest out by thy mighty powLord , to provoke him to anger. er and by thy stretched out arm. 19 For I was afraid of the anger CHAPTER 10 164 and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to de- 1 Moses reminds them of God's goodness to them in restoring the tables of stone, stroy you. But the Lord hearkand in other acts of God; 12 and exened unto me at that time also. horts them to holy obedience. 20 And the Lord was very angry T that time the Lord said unto with Afir'on to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Atr'on also the me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come same time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf up unto me into the mount, and which ye had made, and burnt it make thee an ark of wood. with fire, and stamped it, and 2 And I will write on the tables ground it very small, even until it the words that were in the first was as small as dust: and I cast tables which thou brakest, and the dust thereof into the brook that thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I made an ark of shittim descended out of the mount. 22 And at T£b'e-rah,(.and at Mas'- wood, and hewed two tables of 228 Original from Digitized by

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3 And his miracles, and his acts, your land in his due season, the which he did in the midst of £'- first rain and the latter rain, that tfpt unto Pha'radh the king of thou mayest gather in thy com, and £'fch>t, and unto all his land; thy wine, and thine oil. 4 And what he did unto the army 15 And I will send grass in thy of E'gypt, unto their horses, and to fields for thy cattle, that thou maytheir chariots; how he made the est eat and be full. water of the Red sea to overflow 16 Take heed to yourselves, that tiiem as they pursued after you, your heart be not deceived, and ye and how the Lord hath destroyed turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; ttiem unto this day; 5 And what he did unto you in the 17 And thenthe Lord ’s wrath be wilderness, until ye came into this kindled against you, and he shut up place; the heaven, that there be no rain, 6 And what he did unto Da'than and that die land yield not her and A-bi'rdm, the sons of fi-li'ab, fruit; and lest ye perish quickly the son of Reu'ben: how the earth from off the good land which the opened her mouth, and swallowed Lord giveth you. them up , and their households, and 18 1 Therefore shall ye lay up their tents, and all the substance these my words in your heart and that was in their possession, in the in your soul, and bind them for a midst of all Iszra-el: sign upon your hand, that they 7 But your eyes have seen all the may be as frontlets between your great acts of the Lord which he eyes. did. 19 And ye shall teach them your 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the children, speaking of them when commandments which I command thou sittest in thine house, and you this day, that ye may be when thou walkest by the way, strong, and go in and possess the when thou liest down, and when land, whither ye go to possess it; thou risest up. 9 And that ye may prolong your 20 And thou shalt write them upon days in the land, which the Lord the door posts of thine house, and sware unto your fathers to give upon thy gates: unto them and to their seed, a land 21 That your days may be multithat flo\yeth with milk and honey. plied, and the days of your chil101 For the land, whither thou dren, in the land which the Lord goest in to possess it, is not as the sware unto your fathers to give land of £z£fpt, from whence ye them, as the days of heaven upon came out, where thou sowedst thy the earth. seed, and wateredst it with thy 22 For if ye shall diligently keep foot, as a garden of herbs: all these commandments which I 11 But the land, whither ye go to command you, to do them, to love possess it, is a land of hills and the Lord your God, to walk in all valleys, and drinketh water of the his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the Lord drive out rain of heaven: 12A land which the Lord thy all these nations from before you, God careth for: the eyes of the and ye shall possess greater nations Lord thy God are always upon it, and mightier than yourselves. from the beginning of the year even 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be unto the end of the year. 13 And it shall come to pass, if your’s: from the wilderness and ye shall hearken diligently unto Lebza-non, from the river, the river my commandments which I com- Eu-phra'tes, even unto the uttermand you this day, to love the most sea shall your coast be. Lord your God, and to serve him 25 There shall no man be able to with all your heart and with all stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain of and the dread of you upon all the Original from 15 925 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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bum their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. 4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God. 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. 8 Ye shall not do *after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth. you. 10 But when ye go over Jdr'dan, and dwell in the land which the L ord your God giveth you to in1 Moses commands them to destroy every herit, and when he giveth you rest thing connected with idolatrous worship, from all your enemies round about, 5 but they shall come to and reverence the LORD'S sanctuary. 15,23 He for- so that ye dwell in safety; bids the eating of blood. 17, 20, 26 11 Then there shall be a place Holy things must be eaten only tn the which the Lord your God shall holy place. 19 They shall not forsake the Levite. 29 They are warned choose to cause his name to dwell against the snares ana temptations of there; thither Shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt idolatry. HESE are the statutes and offerings, and your sacrifices, your judgments, which ye shall tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth vows which ye vow unto the LORD: thee to possess it, all the days that 12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the and your daughters, and your menplaces, wherein the nations which servants, and your maidservants, ye shall possess served their and the Le'vite that is within your gods, upon the high mountains, gates; forasmuch as he hath no and upon the hills, and under every part nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou green tree: . 3 And ye shall overthrow their offer not thy burnt offerings in altars, and break their pillars, and every place that thou seest:

land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. 26 T Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put w the blessing upon mount Ger'I-zim, and the curse upon mount £'bal. 30 Are they not on the other side Jdr'dan, by the way where the aim goeth down, in the land of the Cii'nAan-ites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gil'gal, beside the plains of Md'reh? 31 For ye shall pass over Jor'dan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. , „ 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. 165 CHAPTER 12

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14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. 17 T Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy com, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: 18 But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Le'vite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. 19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Le'vite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alikd. 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the Digitized by

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life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. 24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. 25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord . 26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose: 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God. 29 5 When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; 30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord , which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. CHAPTER 13 166 1 Moses warns them against the false prophet, 6 and any one, however closely related, who ent ices to idolatry. 9 Such, an one is to be stoned to death. 12 Idolatrous cities are to be utterly destroyed.

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and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of E'gitot, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. 6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy fidend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; , r , 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even untn the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of fi'idfot, from the house of bondage. Digitized by

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11 And all Is'ra-el shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 12 If If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Be'U-al, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt bum with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

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unto the Lord thy God, and the 21 If Ye shall not eat of any thing Lord hath chosen thee to be a that dieth of itself: thou shalt give peculiar people unto himself, above it unto the stranger that is in thy all the nations that are upon .the gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for earth. 3 K Thou shalt not eat any abom- thou art an holy people unto the inable thing. Lord thy God. Thou shalt not 4 These are the beasts which ye seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and 22Thou shalt truly tithe all the the goat, increase of thy seed, that the field 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and bringeth forth year by year. the fallow deer, and the wild goat, 23 And thou shalt eat before the and the pygarg, and the wild ox, Lord thy God, in the place which and the chamois. he shall choose to place his name 6And every beast that parteth there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into wine, and of thine oil, and the firsttwo claws, and cheweth the cud lings of thy herds and of thy flocks; among the beasts, that ye shall eat. that thou mayest learn to fear the 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not Lord thy God always. eat of them that chew the cud, or of 24 And if the way be too long for them that divide the cloven hoof; thee, so that thou art not able to as the camel, and the hare, and the carry it; or if the place be too far coney; for they chew the cud, but from thee, which the Lord thy God divide not the hoof; therefore they shall choose to set his name there, are unclean unto you. when the Lord thy God hath 8 And the swine, because it divid- blessed thee: eth the hoof, yet cheweth not the 25 Then shalt thou turn it into cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall money, and bind up the money in not eat of their flesh, nor touch thine hand, and shalt go unto the their dead carcase. place which the LORD thy God shall 9 H These ye shall eat of all that choose: are in the waters: all that have fins 26 And thou shalt bestow that and scales shall ye eat: money for whatsoever thy soul 10 And whatsoever hath not fins lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, and scales ye may not eat; it is un- or for wine, or for strong drink, or clean unto you. for whatsoever thy soul desireth: 11 1; Of all clean birds ye shall eat. and thou shalt eat there before the 12 But these are they of which ye Lord thy God, and thou shalt shall not eat: the eagle, and the os- rejoice, thou, and thine housesifrage, and the ospray, hold, 13 And the glede, and the kite, 27 And the Le'vite that is within and the vulture after his kind, thy gates; thou shalt not forsake 14 And every raven after his kind, him; for he hath no part nor in15 And the owl, and the night heritance with thee. hawk, and the cuckow, and the 28 If At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe hawk after his kind, 16The little owl, and the great of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy owl, and the swan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier gates: 29 And the Le'vite, (because he eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron hath no part nor inheritance with after her kind, and the lapwing, and thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are file bat. 19 And every creeping thing that within thy gates, shall come, and flieth is unclean unto you: they shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all shall not be eaten. 20 Bui of all clean fowls ye may the work of thine hand which thou doest. eat 229 Original from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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AT the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord ’s release. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 4Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which die Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. 6 For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. 7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved . when thou givest unto him: beDigitized by

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cause that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 5[ And if thy brother, an He'brew man, or an He'brew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of R'gypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; 17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 51 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. 20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.

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21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. 169 CHAPTER 16

God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the Seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. 9 H Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the com. 1 Moses' regulations concerning the 10 And thou shalt keep the feast passover; 9 the feast of weeks; 13 the feast of tabernacles. 16 Every male is of weeks unto the Lord thy God to appear before the Lord on these occa- with a tribute of a freewill offering sions. 18 The institution of judges. of thine hand, which thou shalt 21 The planting of a grove, or setting give unto the LORD thy God, acup an image forbidden. cording as the Lord thy God hath AVBSERVE the month of A'bib, blessed thee: and keep the passover unto 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God: for in the the Lord thy God, thou, and thy month of A'bib the LORD thy God son, and thy daughter, and thy brought thee forth out of £'£$pt by manservant, and thy maidservant, night. and the Le'vite that is within thy 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice gates, and the stranger, and the the passover unto the Lord thy fatherless, and the widow, that are God, of the flock and the herd, in among you, in the place which the the place which the Lord shall Lord thy God hath chosen to choose to place his name there. place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened 12 And thou shalt remember that bread with it; seven days shalt thou wast a bondman in £'fcfpt: thou eat unleavened bread there- and thou shalt observe and do with, even the bread of affliction; these statutes. for thou earnest forth out of the 13 If Thou shalt observe the feast land of fi'gjfot in haste: that thou of tabernacles seven days, after mayest remember the day when that thou hast gathered in thy com thou earnest forth out of the land and thy wine: of £'£ypt all the days of thy life. 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy 4 And there shall be no leavened feast, thou, and thy son, and thy bread seen with thee in all thy daughter, and thy manservant, and coast seven days; neither shall thy maidservant, and the Le'vite, there any thing of the flesh, which the stranger, and the fatherless, thou sacrificedst the first day at and the widow, that are within thy even, remain all night until the gates. morning. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the solemn feast unto the Lord thy passover within any of thy gates, God in the place which the Lord which the Lord thy God giveth shall choose: because the LORD thee: thy God shall bless thee in all 6 But at the place which the Lord thine increase, and in all the works thy God shall choose to place his of thine hands, therefore thou shalt name in, there thou shalt sacrifice surely rejoice. the passover at even, at the going 16 If Three times in a year shall down of the sun, at the season that all thy males appear before the thou earnest forth out of E'g^pt. Lord thy God in the place which 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it he shall choose; in the feast of unin the place which the Lord thy leavened bread, and in the feast 281 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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the thing certain, that such abomi­ nation is wrought in Is'ra-el: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 8 If If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of contro­ versy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Le'vites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew 170 CHAPTER 17 thee the sentence of judgment: 1 Sacrificial victims must be without 10 And thou shalt do according to blemish. 2 Any accused of idolatry, the sentence, which they of that if found guilty, must be put to death. 8 The priests and judges to decide in place which the Lord shall choose difficult controversies. 14 Governing shall shew thee; and thou shalt ob­ the election and actions of a king. serve to do according to all that HOU shalt not sacrifice unto they inform thee: the Lord thy God any bul­ 11According to the sentence of lock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, the law which they shall teach thee, or any evilfavouredness: for that and according to the judgment is an abomination unto the LORD which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline thy God. 2 K If there be found among you, from the sentence which they shall within any of thy gates which the shew thee, to the right hand, nor Lord thy God giveth thee, man or to the left. woman, that hath wrought wicked­ 12 And the man that will do pre­ ness in the sight of the Lord thy sumptuously, and will not hearken God, in transgressing his cove­ unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord nant, 3 And hath gone and served other thy God, or unto the judge, even gods, and worshipped them, either that man shall die: and thou shalt the sun, or moon, or any of the host put away the evil from Is'ra-el. of heaven, which I have not com­ 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presump­ manded; 4 And it be told thee, and thou tuously. hast heard of it, and enquired dili­ 14 When thou art come unto the gently, and, behold, it be true, and land which the Lord thy God

of weeks, and in the feast of taber­ nacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty: 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judg­ ment; thou shalt not respect per­ sons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the right­ eous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lor d thy God giveth thee. 21 If Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the al­ tar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.

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giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to E'£fpt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Le'vites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Is'ra-el. 171 CHAPTER 18

3 And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 The firstfruit also of thy com, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord , him and his sons for ever. 6 1" And if a Le'vite come from any of thy gates out of all Is'ra-el, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose; 7Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Le'vites do, which stand there before the Lord . 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of die sale of his patrimony. 9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 1 The priests' and Levites' inheritance. 12 For all that do these things are 3 The priest's due from the people; 6 an abomination unto the Lord : the Levite's. 9 Israel forbidden to and because of these abominations follow the abominations of the nations. the Lord thy God doth drive them 15 The promised Prophet: to his out from before thee. words they shall hearken. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the HE priests the Le'vites, and all Lord thy God. the tribe of Le'vi, shall have 14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto obno part nor inheritance with Is'rael: they shall eat the offerings of servers of times, and unto diviners: the Lord made by fire, and his in- but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. hentance. ................. 2 Therefore shall they have no in- 15 5[ The Lord thy God will raise heritance among their brethren: up unto thee a Prophet from the the Lord is their inheritance, as midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shallhearken; he hath said unto them.

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16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Hb'reb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart. How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord , if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. 172 CHAPTER 19

slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: 6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. 8 And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; 9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord 1 The cities of refuge; 4 their purpose. thy God giveth thee for an inherit14 The neighbor's landmark not to be ance, and so blood be upon thee. But if any man hate his removed. 15 Two witnesses required 11 in a matter. 16 A false witness to be neighbour, and lie in wait for him, punished. and rise up against him, and smite HEN the Lord thy God hath him mortally that he die, and cut off the nations, whose fleeth into one of these cities: 12 Then the elders of his city shall land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and send and fetch him thence, and dedwellest in their cities, and in their liver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. houses; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, for thee in the midst of thy land, but thou shalt put away the guilt of which the Lord thy God giveth innocent blood from Is'ra-el, that it may go well with thee. thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, 14 T Thou shalt not remove thy and divide the coasts of thy land, neighbour’s landmark, which they which the Lord thy God giveth of old time have set in thine inheritthee to inherit, into three parts, ance, which thou shalt inherit in that every slayer may flee thither. the land that the Lord thy God 4 K And this is the case of the giveth thee to possess it.

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5 If And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not vet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is iesxful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. 10 H When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee 1 Moses exhorts Israel to enter battle fearlessly: the priests to encourage answer of peace, and open unto them. 10 Concerning cities which thee, then it shall be, that all the accept or reject their offer of peace. people that is found therein shall HEN thou goest out to battle be tributaries unto thee, and they against thine enemies, and shall serve thee. seest horses, and chariots, and12a And if it will make no peace people more than thou, be not with thee, but will make war afraid of them: for the Lord thy against thee, then thou shalt beGod is with thee, which brought siege it: thee up out of the land of R'fcypt. 13 And when the Lord thy God 2 And it shall be, when ye are hath delivered it into thine hands, come nigh unto the battle, that thou shalt smite every male therefixe priest shall approach and speak of with the edge of the sword: unto the people, 14 But the women, and the little 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, ones, and the cattle, and all that O fs'ra-el, ye approach this day un- is in the city, even all the spoil to battle against your enemies: let thereof, shalt thou take unto thynot your hearts faint, fear not, and self; and thou shalt eat the spoil do not tremble, neither be ye terri- of thine enemies, which the LORD fied because of them; thy God hath given thee. 4 For the Lord your God is he 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the that goeth with you, to fight for cities which are very far off from you against your enemies, to save thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. you.

15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord , before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall ao for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 173 CHAPTER 20

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16 But of the cities of these peo­ ple, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the HHt'tites, and the Am'or-ites, the Ca'n&an-ites, and the Per'iz-zites, the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'u-sites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: 18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God. 19 If When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forc­ ing an ax against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be sub­ dued. 174 CHAPTER 21

1 What is to be done when one is found slain by unknown hand. 10 Concerning the treatment of a captive taken to wife. 15 A law on the inherit ance of sons. 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned. 22 Concerning one hanged. F one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, bring in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor Digitized by

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sown, and shall strike off the heif­ er’s neck there in the valley: 5 And the priests the sons of Le'vi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord ; and by their: word shall every contro­ versy and every stroke be tried: 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the val­ ley: 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.' 8 Be merciful, O Lord , unto thy people is'ra-el, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Is'ra-el’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lor d . 10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lor d thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; * 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast hum­ bled her. 15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have bom him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if

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the firstborn son be her’s that was hated: 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. 18 1f If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son. is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Is'ra-el shall hear, and fear. 22 1f And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt' in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged zs accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 175 CHAPTER 22

thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. 3In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 If Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 1 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. 6 If If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 8 1f When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. 9 If Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 10 1 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. ’ 11If Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen 1 Sundry personal ordinances. 13 Con- and linen together. cerning social sins: their punishment. 12 Thou shalt make thee fringes HOU shalt not see thy broth- upon the four quarters of thy vesture, er’s ox or his sheep go wherewith thou coverest thyself, astray, and hide thyself from them13 : If If any man take a wife, and thou shalt in any case bring them go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh against her, and bring up an evil unto thee, or if thou know him not, name upon her, and say, I took this then thou shalt bring it unto thine woman, and when I came to her, I own house, and it shall be with found her not a maid:

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15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; 17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Is'ra-el: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for Hie damsel: 21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the nien of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Is'ra-el, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Is'ra-el. 23H If a damsel that is st virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. 25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then Digitized by

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the man only that lay with her shall die: 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 If If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt. CHAPTER 23 176

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nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor an dom-ite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an £-£fp'tjan; because thou wast a stranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation. 9 T When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again, 12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: 14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 H There shall be no whore of the daughters of Is'ra-el, nor a sodomite of the sons of is'ra-el. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 19 H Thou shalt not lend upon Digitized by

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usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 T When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into the standing com of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing com. / CHAPTER 24 177 1 Concerning divorce and remarriage. 5 A newly married man exempt from war service. 6, 10 Concerning pledges; 7 manstealers; 8 leprosy; 14 oppression and justice; 19 generosity.

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or if the latter husband die, which down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he took her to be his wife; 4 Her former husband, which cry against thee unto the Lord , sent her away, may not take her and it be sin unto thee. again to be his wife, after that she 16 The fathers shall not be put is defiled; for that is abomination to death for the children, neither before the Lord : and thou shalt shall the children be put to death not cause the land to sin, which for the fathers: every man shall be the Lord thy God giveth thee for put to death for his own sin. 17 U Thou shalt not pervert the an inheritance. 5 H When a man hath taken a new judgment of the stranger, nor of wife, he shall not go out to war, the fatherless; nor take a widow’s neither shall he be charged with raiment to pledge: any business: but he shall be free 18 But thou shalt remember that at home one year, and shall cheer thou wast a bondman in E'fcjfot, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee up his wife which he hath taken. 6 1[ No man shall take the nether thence: therefore I command thee or tne upper millstone to pledge: to do this thing. for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 19 1[ When thou cuttest down 7 H If a man be found stealing any thine harvest in thy field, and hast of his brethren of the children of forgot a sheaf in the field, thou fs'ra-el, and maketh merchandise shalt not go again to fetch it: it of him, or selleth him; then that shall be for the stranger, for the thief shall die; and thou shalt put fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless evil away from among you. 8 H Take heed in the plague of thee in all the work of thine hands. leprosy, that thou observe dili- 20 When thou beatest thine olive gently, and do according to all that tree, thou shalt not go over the the priests the Le'vites shall teach boughs again: it shall be for the you: as I commanded them, so ye stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. shall observe to do. 9 Remember what the LORD thy 21 When thou gatherest the grapes God did unto Mir'I-am by the way, of thy vineyard, thou shalt not after that ye were come forth out glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and of £'£ypt. for the widow. 10 11 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not 22 And thou shalt remember that go into his house to fetch his thou wast a bondman in the land of E'fcjfot: therefore I command thee pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and to do this thing. the man to whom thou dost lend CHAPTER 25 178 shall bring out the pledge abroad 1 A law governing whipping. 5 Of unto thee. raising seed unto a brother. 13 Concerning weights. 17 Israel is to blot 12 And if the man be poor, thou out the remembrance of Amalek. shalt not sleep with his pledge: 13 In any case thou shalt deliver F there be a controversy behim the pledge again when the tween men, and they come unto sun goeth down, that he may sleep judgment, that the fudges may in his own raiment, and bless thee: judge them; then they shall justiand it shall be righteousness unto fy the righteous, and condemn the wicked. thee before the Lord thy God. 14U Thou shalt not oppress an 2 And it shall be, if the wicked hired servant that is poor and man be worthy to be beaten, that needy, whether he be of thy breth- the judge shall cause him to lie ren, or of thy strangers that are down, and to be beaten before his in thy land within thy gates: face, according to his fault, by a 15 At his day thou shalt give him certain number. his hire, neither shall the sun go 3 Forty stripes he may give him> 240 Original from

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and not exceed: lest, if he should measure shalt thou have: that thy exceed, and beat him above these days may be lengthened in the with many stripes, then tHy brother land which the Lord thy God should seem vile unto thee. giveth thee. 4 If Thou shalt not muzzle the ox 16 For all that do such things, and when he treadeth out the corn. all that do unrighteously, are an 5 1f If brethren dwell together, abomination unto the Lord thy and one of them die, and have no God. child, the wife of the dead shall not 17 1f Remember what Am'a-16k marry without unto a stranger: her did unto thee by the way, when ye husband’s brother shall go in unto were come forth out of £'£#pt; her, and take her to him to wife, 18 How he met thee by the way, and perform the duty of an hus- and smote the hindmost of thee, band’s brother unto her. even all that were feeble behind 6 And it shall be, that the first- thee, when thou wast faint and born which she beareth shall suc- weary; and he feared not God. ceed in the name of his brother 19 Therefore it shall be, when which is dead, that his name be not the Lord thy God hath given thee put out of Is'ra-el. rest from all thine enemies round 7 And if the man like not to take about, in the land which the Lord his brother’s wife, then let his broth- thy God giveth thee for an inheriter’s wife go up to the gate unto ance to possess it, that thou shalt the elders, and say, My husband’s blot out the remembrance of Am'brother refuseth to raise up unto a-l&k from under heaven; thou his brother a name in Is'ra-el, he shalt not forget it. will not perform the duty of my CHAPTER 26 179 husband’s brother. 1 The offering of the basket of first8 Then the elders of his city shall fruits: the confession to be made. 12 call him, and speak unto him: and The form of acknowledgment and prayer when the third year s tithes are if he stand to it, and say, I like not given. 16 The covenant between God to take her; and Israel. 9 Then shall his brother’s wife ND it shall be, when thou art come unto him in the presence of u come in unto the land which the elders, and loose his shoe from the Lord thy God giveth thee for off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be an inheritance, and possessest it, done unto that man that will not and dwellest therein; 2 That thou shalt take of the first build up his brother’s house. 10 And his name shall be called in of all the fruit of the earth, which Is'ra-el, The house of him that hath thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and his shoe loosed. 11 If When men strive together shalt put it in a, basket, and shalt one with another, and the wife of go unto the place which the Lord the one draweth near for to de- thy God shall choose to place his liver her husband out of the hand name there. of him that smiteth him, and put- 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest teth forth her hand, and taketh that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto him by the secrets: 12 Then thou shalt cut off her the Lord thy God, that I am come hand, thine eye shall not pity her. unto the country which the Lord 13 If Thou shalt not have in thy sware unto our fathers for to give bag divers weights, a great and a us. 4 And the priest shall take the bassmall. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine ket out of thine hand, and set it house divers measures, a great and down before the altar of the Lord thy God. a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect 5 And thou shalt speak and say beand just weight, a perfect and just fore the Lord thy God, A S^r'i-an 241 16 Original from

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ready to perish was my father, and and have done according to all that he went down into £'£jfot, and so- thou hast commanded me. journed there with a few, and be- 15 Look'down from thy holy habicame there a nation, great, mighty, tation, from heaven, and bless thy and populous: people fs'ra-el, and the land which 6 And the fi-feyp'tjans evil en- thou hast given us, as thou swarest treated us, and afflicted us, and unto our fathers, a land that flowlaid upon us hard bondage: eth with milk and honey. 7 And when we cried unto the 16 If This day the Lord thy God Lord God of our fathers, the Lord hath commanded thee to do these heard our voice, and looked on our statutes and judgments: thou shalt affliction, and our labour, and our therefore keep and do them with oppression: all thine heart, and with all thy 8 And the Lord brought us forth soul. out of E'fcjfot with a mighty hand, 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord and with an outstretched arm, and this day to be thy God, and to walk with great terribleness, and with in his ways, and to keep his statsigns, and with wonders: utes, and his commandments, and 9 And he hath brought us into this his judgments, and to hearken unto place, and hath given us this land, his voice: even a land that floweth with milk 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar peoand honey. 10 And now, behold, I have ple, as he hath promised thee, and brought the firstfruits of the land, that thou shouldest keep all his which thou, O Lord , hast given commandments; me. And thou shalt set it before 19 And to make thee high above the Lord thy God, and worship all nations which he hath made, in before the Lord thy God: praise, and in name, and in honour; 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every and that thou mayest be an holy good thing which the LORD thy God people unto the Lord thy God, as hath given unto thee, and unto he hath spoken. thine house, thou, and the Le'vite, CHAPTER 27 180 and the stranger that is among you. 1 Israel commanded to preserve this law 12 11 When thou hast made an end on great plastered stones; 5 to build of tithing all the tithes of thine inan altar. 11 The tribes divided on Gerizim and Ebal. 14 The curses crease the third year, which is the pronounced by the Levites. year of tithing, and hast given it ND Mo'ses with the elders of unto tide Le'vite, the stranger, the l Is'ra-el commanded the peofatherless, and the widow, that they ple, saying, Keep all the commandmay eat within thy gates, and be ments which I command you this filled; 13 Then thou shalt say before the day. Lord thy God, I have brought 2 And it shall be on the day when away the hallowed things out of ye shall pass over Jdr'dan unto the mine house, and also have given land which the LORD thy God givthem unto the Le'vite, and unto eth thee, that thou shalt set thee the stranger, to the fatherless, and up great stones, and plaister them to the widow, according to all thy with plaister: commandments which thou hast 3 And thou shalt write upon them commanded me: I have not trans- all the words of this law, when gressed thy commandments, nei- thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which ther have I forgotten them: 141 have not eaten thereof in my the Lord thy God giveth thee, a mourning, neither have I taken land that floweth with milk and away ought thereof for any un- honey; as the Lord God of thy clean use, nor given ought thereof fathers hath promised thee. for the dead: but I have hearkened 4 Therefore it shall be when ye be to the voice of the Lord my God, gone over Jdr'dan, that ye shall set 242 Original from Digitized by Google

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The curses: the blessings up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount ETsal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon'them. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God: 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 9 J And Mo'ses and the priests the Le'vites spake unto all Is'ra-el, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Is'ra-el; this day thou art become die people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 11 And Mo'ses charged the people tne same day, saying, 12 These .shall stand upon mount Ger'i-zim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jor'dan; Sfan'eon, and Le'vi, and Ju'dah, and Is sa-char, and Jo'seph, and Ben'jamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount E'bal to curse; Reu'ben, Gid, and Ash'er, and ZSb'u-lun, Din, and NSph'ta-li. 14 5[ And the Le'vites shall speak, and say unto all the men of is'ra-el with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord , the work of the hands of. the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that makefh the Digitized by

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2t from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Ofl'gdl unto this day. 10 And the children of Is'ra-el encamped in Gil'gdl, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jdr'I-chd. 11 And they did eat of the old com of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched com in the selfsame day. 12 IF And the manna ceased on the Digitized by

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morrow after they had eaten of the old com of the land; neither had the children of Is'ra-el manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Ca'nAan that year. 13 T And it came to pass, when Jdshzu-A was by Jer'I-cho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Jdsh'u-d went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Jdsh'u-a fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? 15 And the captain of the Lord ’s host said unto Jdsh'u-a, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Jdsh'u-d did so. CHAPTER 6 193 1 Jericho prepares to resist. ’2 Go&s instruction to Joshua concerning its siege. 12 The compassing of the city. 20 The walls fall. 22 Randb saved. 26 The curse on any who rebuilds Jericho.

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6 And J6sh'u-d the son of Nun blew with the trumpets, Jdsh'u-A called the priests, and said unto said unto the people, Shout; for the them, Take up the ark of the cove- Lord hath given you the city. nant, and let seven priests bear 17 And the city shall be acseven trumpets of rams’ horns be- cursed, even it, and all that are fore the ark of the Lord . therein, to the Lord : only Ra'h&b 7And he said unto the people, the harlot shall live, she and all Pass on, and compass the city, and that are with her in the house, let him that is armed pass on before because she hid the messengers the ark of the Lord . that we sent. 8 If And it came to pass, when 18 And ye, in any wise keep i/ourJdsh'u-3. had spoken unto the peo- selves from the accursed thing, ple, that the seven priests bearing lest ye make yourselves accursed, the seven trumpets of rams’ horns when ye take of the accursed passed on before the Lord , and thing, and make the camp of Is'blew with the trumpets: and the ra-el a curse, and trouble it. ark of the covenant of the Lord 19 But all the silver, and gold, and followed them. vessels of brass and iron, are con9 H And the armed men went be- secrated unto the Lord : they shall fore the priests that blew with the come into the treasury of the Lord . trumpets, and the rereward came 20So the people shouted when after the ark, the priests going on, the priests blew with the trumpets: and blowing with the trumpets. and it came to pass, when the peo10 And J6sh'u-d had commanded ple heard the sound of the trumpet, the people, saying, Ye shall not and the people shouted with a great shout, nor make any noise with shout, that the wall fell down flat, your voice, neither shall any word so that the people went up into the proceed out of your mouth, until city, every man straight before the day I bid you shout; then shall him, and they took the city. ye shout. 21 And they utterly destroyed all 11 So the ark of the Lord com- that was in the city, both man and passed the city, going about it woman, young and old, and ox, and once: and they came into the camp, sheep, and ass, with the edge of and lodged in the camp. the sword. 12 And Josh'u-A rose early in 22 But Jdsh'u-A had said unto the the morning, and the priests took two men that had spied out the up the ark of the Lord . country, Go into the harlot’s 13 And seven priests bearing house, and bring out thence the seven trumpets of rams’ horns woman, and all that she hath, as before the ark of the Lord went ye sware unto her. on continually, and blew with the 23 And the young men that were trumpets: and the armed men went spies went in, and brought outRa'before them; but the rereward h&b, and her father, and her mothcame after the ark of the Lord , er, and her brethren, and all that the priests going on, and blowing she had; and they brought out all with the trumpets. her kindred, and left them without 14 And the second day they com- the camp of Is'ra-el. passed the city once, and returned 24 And they burnt the city with into die camp: so they did six days. fire, and all that was therein: only 15 And it came to pass on the the silver, and the gold, and the seventh day, that they rose early vessels of brass and of iron, they about the dawning of the day, and put into the treasury of the house compassed the city after the same of the Lord . manner seven times: only on that 25 And Jdsh'u-d. saved RaTi&b the day they compassed the city seven harlot alive, and her father’s times. household, and all that she had; 16 And it came to pass at the and she dwelleth in Is'ra-el even seventh time, when the priests unto this day; because she hid the Original from 260 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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messengers, which J6sh'u-A sent to spy out Jer'i-chd. 26 If And J6sh'u-A adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord , that riseth up and buildeth this city Jer'i-chd: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So the Lord was with Jdsh'u-A; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. 194 CHAPTER 7

7 And J6sh'u-A said, Alas, O Lord God , wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jor'dan, to deliver us into the hand of the Am'dr-ites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jdr'dan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Is'ra-el turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Ca'nAan-ites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear 1 Israel is defeated at Ai: the reason. of it, and shall environ us round, 6 Joshua's complaint. 10 He is in- and cut off our name from the structed what to do. 16 The lot falls earth: and what wilt thou do unto on Achan, 20 who confesses. 24 thy great name? He and all he had are destroyed. 10 H And the Lord said unto UT the children of Is'ra-el Jdsh'u-A, Get thee up ; wherefore committed a trespass in the liest thou thus upon thy face? accursed thing: for A'chAn, the son11 Is'ra-el hath sinned, and they of Cfir'mi, the son of ZAb'di, the have also transgressed my covenant son of Ze'rah, of the tribe of Ju- which I commanded them: for dah, took of the accursed thing: they have even taken of the acand the anger of the Lord was cursed thing, and have also stolen, kindled against the children of is'- and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own ra-el. 2 And Jdsh'u-A sent men from stuff. JAr'I-chb to A'i, which is beside 12 Therefore the children of Is'Beth-A'ven, on the east side of ra-el could not stand before their Bdth'-el, and spake unto them, enemies, but turned their backs saying. Go up and view the coun- before their enemies, because try. And the men went up and they were accursed: neither will viewed A'i. I be with you any more, except ye 3 And they returned to Jdsh'u-A, destroy the accursed from among and said unto him, Let not all the you. people go up; but let about two or 13 Up , sanctify the people, and three thousand men go up and say, Sanctify yourselves against smite A'i; and make not all the to morrow: for thus saith the people to labour thither; for they Lord God of Is'ra-el, There is an are but few. accursed thing in the midst of thee, 4 So there went up thither of the O Is'ra-el: thou canst not stand people about three thousand men: before thine enemies, until ye take and they fled before the men of away the accursed thing from among you. AX 5 And the men of A'i smote of 14 In the morning therefore ye them about thirty and six men: for shall be brought according to your they chased them from before the tribes: and it shall be, that the gate even unto Sheb'a-rim, and tribe which the Lord taketh shall smote them in the going down: come according to the families wherefore the hearts of the people thereof; and the family which the melted, and became as water. Lord shall take shall come by 6 And Josh'u-d rent his clothes, households; and the household and fell to the earth upon his which the Lord shall take shall face before the ark of the Lord come man by man. until the eventide, he and the 15 And it shall be, that he that is elders of Is'ra-el, and put dust taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that upon their heads.

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he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord , and because he hath wrought folly in Is'ra-el. 16 H So Jdsh'u-A rose up early in the morning, and brought is'ra-el by their tribes; and the tribe of Ju'dah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Ju'dah; and he took the family of the ZAr'hites: and he brought the family of the Zftr'hites man by man; and ZAb'di was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and A'chAn, the son of Cfir'mi, the son of ZAb'di, the son of Ze'rah, of the tribe of Ju'dah, was taken. 19 And Jdsh'u-A said unto A'chAn, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to die Lord God of Is'ra-el, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. 20And A'chAn answered Jdsh'u-A, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Is'ra-el, and thus and thus have I done: 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly BAb'jMd-nish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Jdsh'u-A sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and die silver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Jdsh'u-A, and unto all the children of Is'ra-el, and laid them out before the Lord . 24 And Jdsh'u-A, and all Is'ra-el with him, took A'chAn the son of ZA'rah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of A'chdr. 25 And Jdsh'u-A said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Is'ra-el stoned him with stones, and Digitized by

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burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of A'chdr, unto this day. CHAPTER 8 195 1 Joshua encouraged to go against Ai. 3 Ai captured by strategy, 28 and destroyed; 29 its king hanged. 30 Joshua builds an altar in Ebal; 32 he writes the Law upon stones; 34 and reads it to the people.

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mandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. 9 Josh'u-A therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth'-el and A'i, on the west side of A'i: but Jdsh'u-A lodged that night among the people. 10 And Jdsh'u-A rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of is'ra-el, before the people to AL 11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up , and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of A'i: now there was a. valley between them and AL 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth'-el and AL on the west side of the city. 13And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their tiers in wait on the west of the city, Jdsh'u-A went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 If And it came to pass, when the king of Azi saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Is'ra-el to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were tiers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Jdsh'u-A and all Is'ra-el made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people that were in Al were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Jdsh'u-A, and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in A'i or Beth'-el, that went not out after Is'ra-el: and they left the city open, and pursued after Is'ra-el. 18 And the Lord said unto Jdsh'u-A, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward A'i; for I will give it into thine hand. And Jdsh'u-A stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of A'i looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Jdsh'u-A and all Is'ra-el saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of A'i. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Is'ra-el, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. 23 And the king of A'i they took alive, and brought him to Jdsh'u-A. 24 And it came to pass, when Is'ra-el had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of A'i in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Is'ra-el-ites returned unto A'i, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of A'i. 26 For Jdsh'u-A drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of A'i. 27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Is'ra-el took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Jdsh'u-A. 28 And Jdsh'u-A burnt A'i, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 29 And the king of A'i he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Jdsh'u-A commanded that they should

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take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. 30 1 Then Josh'u-A built an altar unto the Lord God of I§'ra-el in mount £'bal, 31 As Md'ses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Is'ra-el, as it is written in the book of the law of Mo'ses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord , and sacrificed peace offerings. 32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Md'ses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Is'ra-el. 33 And all is'ra-el, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Le'vites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord , as well the stranger, as he that was bom among them; half of them over against mount Ger'i-zim, and half of them over against mount £'bal; as Mo'ses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Is'ra-el. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Md'ses commanded, which Jdsh'u-A read not before all the congregation of Is'ra-el, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. 196 CHAPTER 9 1 The kings of the land unite against Israel. 3 Gibeon by craft obtains a treaty of peace; 22 but because of their guile are condemned to perpetual bondage.

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CA'nAan-ite, the Per'iz-zite, the Hi'vite, and the Jeb'u-site, heard thereof; 2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Josh'u-A and with Is'ra-el, with one accord. 3J And when the inhabitants of Gib e-on heard what Josh'u-A had done unto Jdr'i-cho and to A'i, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Josh'u-A unto the camp at GIl'gAl, and said unto him, and to the men of Is'ra-el, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of Is'ra-el said unto the Hi'vites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 8 And they said unto Jdsh'u-A, We are thy servants. And Jdsh'u-d said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? 9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he. did in £'fefa>t, 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Am'dr-ites, that were beyond Jdr'dan, to Si'hdn king of Hesh'bon, and to dg king of Ba'sh&n, which was at Ash'ta-rdth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are beOriginal from

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come old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord . 15 And Josh'u-d made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among diem. 17 And the children of Is'ra-el journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gib'c-on, and ChS-phi'rah, and B£-e'rdth, and Kir'jathje'a-rim. 18 And the children of Is'ra-el smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Is'ra-el' And all the congregation murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Is'ra-el: now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. 22 II And Jdsh'u-A called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Jdsh'u-d, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Mo'ses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before Digitized by

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you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of is'ra-el, that they slew them not. 27 And Jdsh'u-A made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord , even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. CHAPTER 10 197 1 Five kings unite against Gibeon, & which sends to Joshua for aid. 10 The Lord fights against the kings. 12 The sun and moon stand still. 16 The kings captured, 26 and hanged. 28 Further conquests. 43 The return to Gilgal.

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OW it came to pass, when A-ddn'l-zS'dec king of Jft-ru'sA-lem had heard how Jdsh'u-A. had taken A'i, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jdr'i-cho and her king, so he had done to A'i and her king; and how the inhabitants of GIb'e-on had made peace with Is'ra-el, and were among them; 2 That they feared greatly, because Glb'e-on was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than A'i, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore A-ddn'l-ze'dec kins of JS-ru'sA-l&n sent unto Hd'ham king of He'brdn, and unto Pi'ram king of Jar'muth, and unto JAphi'A king of LA'chish, and unto De'bir king of fig'ldn, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite GIb'e-on: for it hath made peace with Jdsh'u-A and with the children of is'ra-el. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Am'or-ites, the king of Jd-ru'sAlem, the king of He'brdn, the king of Jar'muth, the king of La'chish, the king of Eg'lon, gathered themselves together, and went up , they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gib'e-on, and made war against it.

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6 If And the men of GIb'e-on sent 16 But these five kings fled, and unto J6sh'u-A to the camp of Gil'- hid themselves in a cave at Mdkg&l, saying, Slack not thy hand ke'dah. from thy servants; come up to us 17 And it was told Jdsh'u-d, sayquickly, and save us, and help us: ing, The five kings are found hid in for all the kings of the Am'dr-ites a cave at Mdk-ke'dah. that dwell in the mountains are 18 And Jdsh'u-d said, Roll great gathered together against us. stones upon the mouth of the cave, 7 So Josh'u-d. ascended from Gil'- and set men by it for to keep them: gll, he, and all the people of war 19 And stay ye not, but pursue with him, and all the mighty men of after your enemies, and smite the valour. hindmost of them; suffer them not 8 H And the Lord said unto Josh'- to enter into their cities: for the u-d, Fear them not: for I have de- Lord your God hath delivered livered them into thine hand; there them into your hand. shall not a man of them stand be- 20 And it came to pass, when fore thee. Jdsh'u-d and the children of is'9J6sh'u-d therefore came unto ra-el had made an end of slaying them suddenly, and went up from them with a very great slaughter, Gfi'gdl aU night till they were consumed, that the 10 And the LORD discomfited rest which remained of them enthem before Is'ra-el, and slew tered into fenced cities. them with a great slaughter at 21 And all the people returned to GIb'e-on, and chased them along the camp to Jdsh'u-d at Mdk-kd'the way that goeth up to Beth- dah in peace: none moved his hd'rftn, and smote them to A-ze'- tongue against any of the children of Is'ra-el. kah, and unto Mdk-ke'dah. 11 And it came to pass, as they 22 Then said Jdsh'u-d, Open the fled from before Is'ra-el, and were mouth of the cave, and bring out in the going down to B&th-ho'rdn, those five kings unto me out of the that the Lord cast down great cave. stones from heaven upon them un- 23 And they did so, and brought to A-ze'kah, and they died: they forth those five kings unto him out were more which died with hail- of the cave, the king of Jd-ru'sdstones than they whom the children lem, the king of He'brdn, the king of Is'ra-el slew with the sword. of Jar'muth, the king of La'chish, 12 If Then spake J6sh'u-d to the and the king of Sg'ldn. Lord in the day when the Lord 24 And it came to pass, when they delivered up the Am'dr-ites before brought out those kings unto Jdsh'the children of is'ra-el, and he u-d, that Jdsh'u-d called for all the said in the sight of Is'ra-el, Sun, men of Is'ra-el, and said unto the stand thou still upon GIb'e-on; and captains of the men of war which thou, Moon, in the valley of Aj'a-ldn. went with him, Come near, put 13 And the sun stood still, and the your feet upon the necks of these moon stayed, until the people had kings. And they came near, and avenged themselves upon their put their feet upon the necks of enemies. Is not this written in the them. book of Ja'sher? So the sun stood 25 And Jdsh'u-d said unto them. still in the midst of heaven, and Fear not, nor be dismayed, be hasted not to go down about a strong and of good courage: for whole day. thus shall the Lord do to all your 14 And there was no day like that enemies against whom ye fight. before it or after it, that the Lord 26 And afterward Jdsh'u-d smote hearkened unto the voice of a man: them, and slew them, and hanged for the Lord fought for Is'ra-el. them on five trees: and they were 15 K And Jdsh'u-d returned, and hanging upon the trees until the all Is'ra-el with him, unto the evening. camp to Gfi'gdL 27 And it came to pass at the time Original from 966 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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of the going down of the sun, that it with the edge of the sword, and Jdsh'u-A commanded, and they the king thereof, and all the cities took them down off the trees, and thereof, and all the souls that were cast them into the cave wherein therein; he left none remaining, they had been hid, and laid great according to all that he had done stones in the cave’s mouth, which to £g'ldn; but destroyed it utterremain until this very day. ly, and all the souls that were 28 5[ And that day Jdsh'u-A took therein. MAk-ke'dah, and smote it with the 38 51 And Jdsh'u-A returned, and edge of the sword, and the king all Is'ra-el with him, to DA'blr; thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and fought against it: and all the souls that were therein; 39 And he took it, and the king he let none remain: and he did to thereof, and all the cities thereof; the king of MAk-ke'dah as he did and they smote them with the edge unto the king of Jdr'I-cho. of the sword, and utterly destroyed 29 Then Jdsh'u-A passed from all the souls that were therein; he MAk-ke'dah, and all Is'ra-el with left none remaining: as he had him, unto Lib'nah, and fought done to He'brdn, so he did to DA'against Lib'nah: bir, and to the king thereof; as he 30 And the Lord delivered it also, had done also to Lib'nah, and to and the king thereof, into the hand her king. of Is'ra-el; and he smote it with 40 51 So Jdsh'u-A smote all the the edge of the sword, and all the country of the hills, and of the souls that were therein; he let south, and of the vale, and of the none remain in it; but did unto the springs, and all their kings: he king thereof as he did unto the left none remaining, but utterly king of Jer'I-chd. destroyed all that breathed, as 31 51 And Josh'u-a passed from the Lord God of Is'ra-el comLib'nah, and all is'ra-el with him, manded. unto La'chish, and encamped 41 And Jdsh'u-A smote them from KA'desh-bAr'ne-A even unto GA'against it, and fought against it: 32 And the Lord delivered La'- zA, and all the country of Gd'shen, chish into the hand of Is'ra-el, even unto GIb'e-on. which took it on the second day, 42 And all these kings and their and smote it with the edge of the land did Jdsh'u-A take at one time, sword, and all the souls that were because the Lord God of is'ra-el therein, according to all that he had fought for Is'ra-el. 43 And Josh'u-A returned, and all done to Lib'nah. 33 If Then Ho'ram king of Ge'zAr Is'ra-el with him, unto the camp came up to help LA'chish; and to GIl'gAl. Jdsh'u-A smote him and his peoCHAPTER 11 198 ple, until he had left him none re1 Israel victorious at Merom; 10 at maining. Hazor. 15 Joshua conquers all the 34 51 And from La'chish Jdsh'u-A land. 21 The Anakims cut off. passed unto fig'ldn, and all Is'rael with him; and they encamped AND it came to pass, when JA'bin xx king of HA'zdr had heard against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, those things, that he sent to Jd'and smote it with the edge of the bAb king of MA'ddn, and to the sword, and all the souls that were king of Shlm'ron, and to the king therein he utterly destroyed that of Ach'shAph, day, according to all that he had 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of done to LA'chish. 36 And Jdsh'u-A went up from the plains south of Chin'ne-rdth, feg'ldn, and all is'ra-el with him, and in the valley, and in the borunto He'brdn; and they fought ders of Ddr on the west, gainst it : 3 And to the CA'nAan-ite on the west, and to the 37 And they took it, and smote east and on the Original from Digitized by Cj OOQIC 967 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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kai’br-ite, and the HIt'tite, and the Pdr'Iz-zite, and the Jdb'u-site in the mountains, and to the Hi'vite under Her'mon in the land of Miz'peh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Md'rom, to fight against Is'ra-el. 6 And the Lord said unto Jdslru-a, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Is'ra-el: thou shalt hough their horses, and bum their chariots with fire. 7 So Jdsh'u-A came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Me'rom suddenly; and they fell upon them. 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Is'ra-el, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zi'don, and unto Mis'rephoth-ma'im, and unto the valley of MIz'peh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Josh'u-a did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 10 If And Jdsh'u-A at that time turned back, and took HA'zdr, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Ha'zdr beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Ha'zdr with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Jdsh'u-A take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Mo'ses the servant of the Lord commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Is'ra-el burned none of them, save Ha'zdr only; that did Jdsh'u-A bum. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, Digitized by

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and the cattle, the children of is'ra-el took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 15 As the Lord commanded Mo'ses his servant, so did Mo'ses command Josh'u-A, and so did Jdsh'u-A; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 16 So Jdsh'u-A took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Go'shen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of is'ra-el, and the valley of the same; 17 Even from the mount HA'IAk, that goeth up to Se'Ir, even unto Ba'al-gad in the valley of LAb'anon under mount Her'mdn: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18 Jdsh'u-A made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of is'ra-el, save the Hi'vites the inhabitants of Gib'e-on: all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against is'ra-el in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 21 And at that time came Jdsh'u-A, and cut off the An'a-kims from the mountains, from He'bron, from De'bir, from A'nab, and from all the mountains of Ju'dah, and from all the mountains of is'ra-el: Jdsh'u-A destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the An'akims left in the land of the children of is'ra-el: only in GA'zA, in GAth, and in Ash'ddd, there remained. 23 So Jdsh'u-A took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Mo'ses; and Jdsh'u-A gave it for an inheritance unto is'ra-el according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

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that is beside the Si-dd'ni-ans, unto A'phek, to the borders of the Am'or-ites: 5 And the land of the Gib'lites, and all L&b'a-non, toward the sunrising, from BA'al-gad under mount Her'mdn unto the entering into HA'math. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from L&b'a-non unto MIs're-photh-mA'im, and all the Si-do'ni-ans, them will I drive out from before the children of Is'ra-el: only divide thou it by lot unto the is'ra-el-ites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of MAnAs'seh, 8 With whom the Reu'ben-ites and the GAd'ites have received their inheritance, which Md'ses gave them, beyond Jdr'dan eastward, even as Md'ses the servant of the Lord gave them; 9 From Ar'5-er, that is upon the bank of the river Ar'ndn, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of M&d'e-bA unto Di'bdn; 10 And all the cities of Si'hdn king of the Am'dr-ites, which reigned in Hesh'bdn, unto the border of the children of Am'mdn; 11 And GIl'e-Ad, and the border of the Odsh'u-rites and MA-Ach'athites, and all mount Her'mdn, and all Ba'shAn unto SAl'cah; 12 All the kingdom of dg in Ba'shAn, which reigned in Ash'tardth and in £d're-i, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Md'ses smite, and cast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Is'ra-el expelled not the Gdsh'urites, nor the MA-Ach'a-thites: but the Gesh'u-rites and the MA-Ach'a-thites dwell among the Is'ra-elites until this day. 14 Only unto the tribe of Le'vi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Iszra-el made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 T And Md'ses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reu'ben in-

heritance according to their families. 16 And their coast was from Ard-er, that is on the bank of the river Ar'ndn, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Mdd'e-bA; 17 Hdsh'bdn, and all her cities that are in the plain; Di'bdn, and Ba'mdth-bA'al, and Bdth-bA'alme'on, 18 And JA-hA'zA, and Kdd'e-mdth, and Mdph'a-Ath, 19 And Kir-jath-A'im, and Sib'mah, and ZA'reth-shaliar in the mount of the valley, 2Q And Bdth-pd'dr, and Ash'ddthpis'gah, and Beth-jdsh'i-mdth, 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Si'hdn king of the Am'dr-ites, which reigned in Hdsh'bdn, whom Mo'ses smote with the princes of MIdl-an, E'vi, and Re'kem, and Zdr, and Hfir, and Re'bA, which were dukes of Si'hdn dwelling in the country. 22 5[ BA'laam also the son of Be'or, the soothsayer, did the children of Is'ra-el slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reuzben was Jdr'dan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reu'ben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Mo'ses gave inheritance unto the tribe of GAd, even unto the children of GAd according to their families. 25 And their coast was JA'zdr, and all the cities of Gfl'e-Ad, and half the land of the children of Am'mdn, unto Ar'd-er that is before RAb'bah; 26 And from Hdsh'bdn unto Ra'math-miz'peh, and Bdt'd-nim; and from Ma-hA-na'im unto the border of De'bir; 27 And in the valley, Beth-a'rAm, and Beth-nim'rah, ana Suc'coth, and Za'phdn, the rest of the kingdom of Si'hdn king of Hesh'bdn, Jdr'dan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chin'ne-rdth on the other side Jdr'dan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the

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children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 1 And Mo'ses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of MA-nAs'seh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of MAnAs'seh by their families. 30 And their coast was from MAhA-na'im, all Ba'shAn, all the kingdom of dg king of BA'shAn, and all the towns of JA'Ir, which are in BA'shAn, threescore cities: 31 And half 6H'e-Ad, and Ash'tardth, and £d're-i, cities of the kingdom of dg in Ba'shAn, were pertaining unto the children of MA'chir the son of MA-nAs'seh, even to die one half of the children of MA'chir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Md'ses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Md'ab, on the other side Jdr'dan, by Jdr'I-chd, eastward. 33 But unto the tribe of Ld'vi Md'ses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Is'r^-el was their inheritance, as he said unto them. 201 CHAPTER 14

ses, so die children of Is'ra-el did, and they divided the land. 6 If Then the children of Ju'dah came unto Jdsh'u-A in Ofl'gAl: and CA'leb the son of JA-phun'neh the Kdn'ez-ite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Md'ses the man of God concerning me and thee in KA'desh-bAr'ne-A. 7 Forty years old was I when Md'ses the servant of the Lord sent me from KA'desh-bAr'ne-A to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart 8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 And Md'ses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. 10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Md'ses* while the children of Is'ra-el wan1 The inheritance of the nine tribes and dered in the wilderness: and now, the half tribe to be determined by lot. lo, I am this day fourscore and five 6 Caleb’s inheritance. years old. AND these are the countries 11 As yet I am as strong this day xx which the children of Is'ra-el as I was in the day that Md'ses inherited in the land of CA'naan, sent me: as my strength was then, which E-le-A'zar the priest, and even so is my strength now, for Jdsh'u-A the son of Nun, and the war, both to go out, and to come heads of the fathers of die tribes in. of the children of Is'ra-el, distrib- 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake uted for inheritance to them. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as in that day; for thou heardest in the Lord commanded by the hand that day how the An'a-kims were of Md'ses, for the nine tribes, and there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will for the half tribe. 3For Md'ses had given the in- be with me, then I shall be able to heritance of two tribes and an half drive them out, as the Lord said. tribe on the other side Jdr'dan: but 13 And Jdsh'u-A blessed him, unto the Le'vites he gave none in- and gave unto CA'leb the son of JA-phun'neh He'bron for an inherheritance among them. 4 For the children of Jo'seph were itance. two tribes, MA-nAs'seh and R'phrA- 14 He'bron therefore became the fan: therefore they gave no part inheritance of CA'leb the son of JAunto the Le'vites in the land, save phun'neh the Ken'ez-ite unto this cities to dwell in, with their sub- day, because that he wholly folurbs for their cattle and for their lowed the Lord God of Is'ra-el. 15 And the name of He'bron besubstance. 5 As the Lord commanded Md - fore was Kir'jath-Ar'bA; which 271 Original from Digitized by

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Ar'bti was a great man among the 9 And the border was drawn from An'a-kims. And the land had rest the top of the hill unto the founfrom war. tain of the water of Neph'to-ah, and went out to the cities of mount 202 CHAPTER 15 1 The boundaries of Judah's inheritance. R'phron; and the border was drawn 13 Caleb's portion. 21 A list of the to Ba'al-ah, which is Kir'jath-je'cities of Judah. 63 The Jebusites a-rim: not conquered. 10 And the border compassed HIS then was the lot of the from Ba'al-ah westward unto mount tribe of the children of Ju'dah Se'ir, and passed along unto the by their families; even to the bor - of mount Je'a-rim, which is side der of E'dom the wilderness Ches'A-lon, of on the north side, and Zin southward was the uttermost went down to B&th-she'm&sh, and part of the south coast. passed on to Tim'nah: 2 And their south border was from 11 And the border went out unto the shore of the salt sea, from the the side of £k'rdn northward: and bay that looketh southward: the border was drawn to Shi'crdn, 3 And it went out to the south side and passed along to mount Ba'alto MA-al'eh-A-crAb'bim, and pass- ah, and went out unto JAb'ne-el; ed along to Zin, and ascended up on and the goings out of the border die south side unto Ka'desh-bkr'- were at the sea. ne-A, and passed along to Hez'rdn, 12 And the west border was to the and went up to A'dkr, and fetched great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of a compass to Kkr'ka-A: 4 From thence it passed toward Ju'dah round about according to Az'mdn, and went out unto the river their families. of R'fcypt; and the goings out of 13 And unto Ca'leb the son of that coast were at the sea: this Je-phun'neh he gave a part among the children of Ju'dah, according to shall be your south coast. the commandment of the Lord to 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of J6sh'u-A, even the city of Ar'bA Jdr'dan. And their border in the the father of A'nAk, which city is north quarter was from the bay of He'bron. die sea at the uttermost part of 14 And Ca'leb drove thence the three sons of A'nAk, She'shai, and Jdr'dan: 6 And the border went up to BAth- A-hi'mAn, and TAl'mai, the chilh&g'la, and passed along by the dren of A'nAk. north of Beth-Ar'A-bah; and the 15 And he went up thence to the border went up to the stone of inhabitants of De'bir: and the name of De'bir before was Kir'Bd'han the son of Reu'ben: jath-se'phSr. 7 And the border went up toward De'bir from the valley of A'chdr, 16 T And CA'leb said, He that and so northward, looking toward smiteth Kir'jath-se'pher, and takGIl'gAl, that is before the going up eth it, to him will I give Ach'sah my to A-dum'mim, which is on the daughter to wife. south side of the river: and the 17 And dth'ni-el the son of Ke'border passed toward the waters nAz, the brother of Ca'leb, took it: of £n-she'mesh, and the goings out and he gave him Ach'sah his daughter to wife. thereof were at £n-ro'gel: 8 And the border went up by the 18 And it came to pass, as she valley of the son of Hin'nom unto came unto him, that she moved him the south side of the Jeb'u-site; to ask of her father a field: and the same is Jd-ru'sA-lAm: and she lighted off her ass; and Cathe border went up to the top leb said unto her, What wouldest of the mountain that lieth before thou? the valley of Hin'nom westward, 19 Who answered, Give me a blesswhich is at the end of the valley ing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of waof the giants northward: 272 Original from

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ter. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah toward the coast of £'dom southward were KAb'ze-el, and£'der, and Ja'gur, 22 And Ki'nah, and Dt-mo'nah, and Ad'A-dah, 23 And Ke'desh, and HA'zdr, and Ith'nan, 24 ZIph, and Telem, and Be'A-16th, 25And Ha'zdr, HA-dAt'tah, and Ke'ri-6th, and H&z'rftn, which is HA'zdr, 26 A'mAm, and ShA'mA, and M61'a-dah, 27 And Ha'zar-gAd'dah, and HAsh'mdn, and B&th-pA'let, 28 And Ha'zar-shu'al, and Be'ershe'bA, and Biz-jdth'jah, 29 Ba'al-ah, and I'im, and A'zem, 30 And £l'to-lAd, and ChA'sil, and Hdr'mah, 31 And ZIk'lAg, and MAd-mAn'nah, and SAn-sAn'nah, 32 And LAb'a-dth, and Shll'him, and A'in, and Rim'mon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33 And in the valley, £sh'tA-dl, and Zo're-ah, and Ash'nah, 34 And Za-nd'ah, and £n-gAn'nim, TAp'pu-ah, and £'nam, 35 JMr'muth, and A-dul'lAm, Sd'coh, and A-ze'kah, 36 And ShAr-a'im, and Ad-i-thA'im, and GA-de'rah, and GAd-A-rdth-a'im; fourteen cities with their villages : 37 Ze'nan, and HAd'a-shah, and MIg'dal-gAd, 38 And Dfl'd-an, and MIz'peh, and Jdk'the-el, 39 La'chish, and Bdz'kAth, and £g!5n, 40And CAblion, and LAh'mam, and KIth'lish, 41 And Ge-de'rdth, Beth-da'gon, and Na'a-mah, and MAk-ke'dah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42 Lib'nah, and fi'ther, and A'shan, 43 And JIph'tah, and Ash'nah, and Ne'zib, 44 And Kdi'lah, and Ach'zib, and

MA-rd'shah; nine cities with their villages: 45 £k'rdn, with her towns and her villages: 46 From fik'ron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ash'ddd, with their villages: 47 Ash'ddd with her towns and her villages, GA'za with her towns and her villages, unto the river of £'&ypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 48 And in the mountains, ShA'mir, and JAt'tir, and So'coh, . 49 And DAn'nah, and Kir'jathsan'nah, which is De'bir, 50 And A'nab, and Esh'te-moh, and A'nim, 51 And Go'shen, and Hd'ldn, and Gi'loh; eleven cities with their villages: 52 A'rab, and Du'mah, and £'shdan, 53 And JA'num, and Bdth-tAp'PU-ah, and A-phe'kah, 54 And Hum'tah, and Kir'jathKr'bA, which is He'bron, and Zi'or; nine cities with their villages: 55 MA'on, C&r'mel, and Ziph, and Jut'tah, 56 And Jez're-el, and Jdk'de-Am, and Za-nd'ah, 57 Cain, Gib'e-ah, and Tim'nah; ten cities with their villages: 58 HAl'hul, Beth'-zdr, and Ge'd6r, 59And MA'a-rAth, and Beth-A'ndth, and fil'te-kon; six cities with their villages: 60 Kir'jath-ba'al, which is Kir'jath-je'a-rim, and RAb'bah; two cities with their villages: 61 In the wilderness, Beth-Ar'Abah, MId'din, and Sec'a-cah, 62 And NIb'shAn, and the city of Salt, and £n-ge'di; six cities with their villages. 63 As for the Jeb'u-sites the inhabitants of JA-ru'sA-lem, the children of Ju'dah could not drive them out: but the Jeb'u-sites dwell with the children of Ju'dah at JA-ru'sAlem unto this day. CHAPTER 16 ’203 1 The boundaries of the lot of the sons of Joseph; 5 of Ephraim, 10 who failed to drive out the Canaanites. AND the lot of the children of Jo'seph fell from Jdr'dan by

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therefore he had GU'e-Ad and BA'shAn. 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of MA-nAs'seh by their families; for the children of A-bi-e'zer, and for the children of He'lek, and for the children of As'ri-el, and for the children of She'chem, and for the children of He'pher, and for the children of ShA-mi'dA: these were the male children of MA-nAs'seh the son of Jd'seph by their families. 3 But ZA-ld'phe-hAd, the son of He'phAr, the son of (jfl'e-Ad, the son of Ma'chir, the son of MA-nAs'seh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, MMh'lah, and Nd'ah, Hdg'lah, Mfi'cah, and Tir'zah. 4 And they came near before £-leA'zar the priest, and before Jdsh'u-A the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying. The Lord commanded Mo'ses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to MA-nAs'seh, beside the land of GU'e-Ad and BA'shAn, which were on the other side Jdr'dan; 6 Because the daughters of MAnAs'seh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of MA-nAs'seh’s sons had the land of Gfl'eAd. 7 And the coast of MA-nAs'seh was from Ash'er to MIch'mA-thah, that lieth before She'chem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of EntAp'pu-ah. 8 Now MA-nAs'seh had the land of TAp'pu-ah: but TAp'pu-ah on the border of MA-nAs'seh belonged to 1 The inheritance of Manasseh. 12 the children of E'phrA-im; They fail to drive out the Canaanites. 9 And the coast descended unto 14 The children of Joseph obtain the river KA'nah, southward of the another lot. river: these cities of E'phrA-Im are HERE was also a lot for the among the cities of MA-nAs'seh: tribe of MA-nAs'seh; for he the coast of MA-nAs'seh also was was tiie firstborn of Jo'seph; on to the north side of the river, and wit, for Ma'chir the firstborn of the outgoings of it were at the MA-nAs'seh, the father of GIl'e-Ad: sea: because he was a man of war, 10 Southward it was E'phrA-im’s, 274 Original from Digitized by

Jdr'I-cho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from JSrl-cho throughout mount Beth'-el, 2 And goeth out from Bdth'-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Ar'chi to At'a-roth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japh-ld'ti, unto the coast of BAth-ho'ron the nether, and to Ce'zer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Jo'seph, MAnAs'seh and £'phrA-Im, took their inheritance. 5 T And the border of the children of KphrA-Im according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was At'a-rdth-Ad'dAr, unto BAth-ho'ron the upper; 6And the border went out toward the sea to Mich'md-thah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto TA'anAth-shi'ldh, and passed by it on the east to JA-no'hah; 7 And it went down from JA-no'hah to At'a-rdth, and to Na'a-rAth, and came to Jdr'I-ch6, and went out at Jdr'dan. 8 The border went out from TAp PU-ah westward unto the river KA'nah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of £'phrA-im by their families. 9 And the separate cities for the children of E'phrA-Im were among the inheritance of the children of MA-nAs'seh, Ml the cities with their villages. 10 And they drave not out the CA'nAan-ites that dwelt in Ge'zer: but the Ca'nAan-ites dwell among the E'phrA-im-ites unto this day, and serve under tribute. 204 CHAPTER 17

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The remainder of the land suneyed and northward it was MA-nAs'seh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Ash'Sr on the north, and in Is'sa-char on the east. 11 And MA-nAs'seh had in Is'sachar and in Ash'er B&th-sh&'An and her towns, and Ib'le-Am and her towns, and the inhabitants of Ddr and her towns, and the inhabitants of fin'-ddr and her towns, and the inhabitants of TA'a-nAch and her towns, and the inhabitants of MAgid'dd and her towns, even three countries. 12 Yet the children of MA-nAs'seh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the CA'nAanites would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Is'ra-el were waxen strong, that they put the Ca'nAanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. 14 And the children of Jo'seph spake unto Josh'u-A, saying. Why hast *thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto? 15 And J6sh'u-A answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the PSrlz-zites and of the giants, if mount E'phrA-im be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Jd'seph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Ca'nAan-ites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of BAth-sh6'An and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jez'1. And Jdsh'u-A spake unto the house of Jo'seph, even to R'phrAfan and to MA-nAs'seh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: 18 But die mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Ca'nAanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong Digitized by

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AND the whole congregation of the children of Is'ra-el assembled together at Shi'loh, and set up the tabernacle pf the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of is'ra-el seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 And Jdsh'u-A said unto the children of Is'ra-el, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you? 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Ju'dah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of JO'seph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But the Le'vites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and GAd, and Reu'ben, and half the tribe of MA-nAs'seh, have received their inheritance beyond Jdr'dan on the east, which Mo'ses the servant of the Lord gave them. 8 U And the men arose, and went away: and J6sh'u-A charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shi'ldh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, original from

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and came again to Jdsh'u-A to the host at Shi'loh. 10 51 And J6sh'u-A cast lots for them in Shi'loh before the Lord : and there Josh'u-A divided the land unto the children of Is'ra-el according to their divisions. 11 1 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Ben'ia-min came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Ju'dah and the children of Jo'seph. 12 And their border on the north side was from Jdr'dan; and the border went up to the side of Jer'i-cho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of BSth-a'ven. 13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is B&h'-el, southward; and the border descended to At'ardth-a'dAr, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether BSth-ho'rdn. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the comer of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before BSth-hd'rdn southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kir'jath-ba'al, which is Kir'jath-je'a-rim, a city of the children of Ju'dah: this was the west quarter. 15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kir'jath-je'a-rim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Neph'to-ah: 16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hin'nom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hin'nom, to the side of JA-bu'si on the south, and descended to En-rd'gel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to £n-she'mesh, and went forth toward Gel'I-ldth, which is over against the going up of A-dum'mim, and descended to the stone of Bd'han the son of Reu'ben, 18 And passed along toward the side over against Ar'a-bah northward,and went down unto Ar'a-bah: Digitized by

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19 And the border passed along to the side of B&th-hdg'lah northward: and the outgoings of die border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jdr'dan: this was the south coast. 20 And Jdr'dan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance o£ the children of Ben'ja-min, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Bdn'ja-min according to their families were Jdr'i-cho, and Bdth-hog'lah, and the valley of Ke'ziz, 22 And Bdth-Ar'a-bah, and Z6ma-ra'im, and Bdth -el, 23 And A'vim, and PA'rah, and dph'rah, 24 And Che'phAr-hA-Am'mo-nAi, and dph'ni, and GA'bA; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gib'e-on, and RA'mah, and B6e'rdth, 26 And MIz'peh, and Chd-phi'rah, and Md'zah, 27 And Re'kem, and tr'pA-el, and TAr'a-lah, 28 And Ze'lah, Rleph, and J6bu'si, which is JA-ru'sA-lAm, Cib'e-ath, and Kir'jath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of B&n'ja-min according to their families. CHAPTER 19 206 1 Simeon's inheritance; 10 Zebulun's; 17 Issachar's; 24 Asher's; 32 Naphtali's; 40 Dan's. 49 Israel gives an inheritance to Joshua.

AND the second lot came forth to xx SIm'e-on, even for the tribe of the children of SIm'e-on according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Ju'dah. 2 And they had in their inheritance Be'er-she'bA, and ShS'bA, and Mol'a-dah, 3 And Ha'zar-shu'al, and Ba'lah, and A'zem, 4 And £l'to-l£d, and Be'thul, and Hdr'mah, 5 And Zik'lAg, and B&th-m&r'cAbdth, and Ha'zar-su'sah, 6 And BAth-lSb'a-dth, and ShAOriginal from

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ru'hen; thirteen cities and their 19 And Haph-rA'im, and Shi'hdn, and An-S-ha'rath, villages: 7 A'in, R&n'mon, and fi'ther, and 20 And R&b'blth, and KIsh'I-on, A'shan; four cities and their vil- and A'bez, lages: 21 And Re'meth, and fen-g&n'nlm, 8 And all the villages that were and £n-hAd'dah, and Beth-p&z'round about these cities to Ba'al- zez; ' ath-be'er, Ra'math of the south. 22 And the coast reacheth to Tft'This is the inheritance of the tribe bdr, and ShA-hAz'i-mah, and Bethof the children of SIm'e-on ac- she'mdsh; and the outgoings of cording to their families. their border were at Jdr'dan: six9 Out of the portion of the chil- teen cities with their villages. dren of Ju'dah was the inheritance 23 This is the inheritance of the of the children of SIm'e-on: for the tribe of the children of is'sa-char part of the children of Ju'dah was according to their families, the too much for them: therefore the cities and their villages. children of SIm'e-on had their in- 24 And the fifth lot came out for heritance within the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ash'er them. according to their families. 10 If And the third lot came up for 25 And their border was H&l'kAth, fixe children of Zeb'u-lun accord- and Ha'li, and Be'ten, and Ach'ing to their families: and the bor- sh&ph, der of their inheritance was unto 26 And A-lAm'md-lech, and A'mid, and Mi'she-al; and reacheth to Sa'rid: 11 And their border went up to- Car'mel westward, and to Shiward the sea, and M&r'a-lah, and hdr-lib'nath; reached to Dab'ba-shdth, and 27 And tumeth toward the sunrisreached to the river that is before ing to Beth-da'gon, and reacheth Jdk'ne-Am; to Zeb'u-lun, and to the valley of 12 And turned from Sa'rid east- Jiph'thah-el toward the north side ward toward the sunrising unto the of Beth-e'mek, and Ne'I-el, and border of Chis'ldth-ta'bdr, and then goeth out to Ca'bul on the left goeth out to DAb'e-r&th, and goeth hand, up to JA-phi'A, 28 And He'bron, and Re'hdb, and 13And from thence passeth on HAm'mon, and Ka'nah, even unto along on the east to Glt'tah-he'- great Zi'ddn; phdr, to tt'tah-ka'zin, and goeth 29 And then the coast tumeth to out to Rem'mon-meth'o-ar to Ne'- Ra'mah, and to the strong city ah; Tyre; and the coast tumeth to 14 And the border compasseth it Hd'sah; and the outgoings thereof on the north side to Han'na-thon: are at the sea from the coast of and the outgoings thereof are in Ach'zlb: the valley of Jiph'thah-el: 30 thn'mah also, and A'phek, and 15 And KAt'tath, and Na-hAl'lal, Re'hob: twenty and two cities with and Shim'rdn, and I-da'lah, and their villages. Bdth'-le-hfem: twelve cities with 31 This is the inheritance of the their villages. tribe of the children of Ash'er ac16 This is the inheritance of the cording to their families, these citchildren of Zeb'u-lun according to ies with their villages. their families, these cities with 32 The sixth lot came out to the their villages. children of N&ph'ta-li even for the 17 And the fourth lot came out children of N&ph'ta-li according to to Is'sa-char, for the children of their families. fs'sa-char according to their fami- 33 And their coast was from He'leph, from Al'lon to Za'a-nAn'nim, lies. 18 And their border was toward and Ad'a-mi, Ne'keb, and Jfib'ne-el, J&z're-el, and Chd-sul'ldth, and unto L&'kum; and the outgoings Shu'nem, . thereof were atJdr'dan: Digitized by Lj OOQIC 277 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A

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34 And then the coast tumeth he asked, even TIm'nath-sd'rah westward to Azzn6th-tazb6r, and in mount E'phrS-im: and he built goeth out from thence to Huk'kdk, the city, and dwelt therein. and reacheth to Zeb'u-lun on the 51 These are the inheritances, south side, and reacheth to Ash'gr which E/le-a'zar the priest, and on the west side, and to Ju'dah up- Jbsh'u-a the son of Nun, and the on Jdr'dan toward the sunrising. heads of the fathers of the tribes of 35 And the fenced cities are Zid'- the children of Is'ra-eL divided for dim, Zer, and H&m'mAth, R&k'k&th, an inheritance by lot in Shi'ldh before the Lord , at the door of the and Chin'ne-rSth, 36 And Ad'a-mah, and RA'mah, tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the and Ha'zdr, 37 And Ke'desh, and Ed're-i, and country. fin-ha'zdr, CHAPTER 20 207 38 And I'ron, and MIg'dal-Sl, Hdz- 1 God commands the appointment of rem, and Beth-a'n&th, and B&thcities of refuge. 7 The six cities named. she'm&sh; nineteen cities with ^pHE Lord also spake unto their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the -L Josh'u-A, saying, tribe of the children of N&ph'ta-li 2 Speak to the children of Is'ra-el, according to their families, the cit- saying. Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto ies and their villages. 40 If And the seventh lot came out you by the hand of Mo'ses: for the tribe of the children of D&n 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly according to their families. 41And the coast of their inher- may flee thither: and they shall be itance was Zd'rah, and £sh'tft-dl, your refuge from the avenger of blood. and tr-shd'mSsh, 42 And Shd-al-db'bin, and Aj'a- 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the 16n, and J&th'lah, 43 And ftldn, and Thim'na-thah, entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the and fik'rSn, 44 And fil'te-keh and Gib'be-thon, ears of the elders of that city, they and Ba'al-ath, shall take him into the city unto 45 And Je'hud, and B&n'e-be'r&k, them, and give him a place, that he and GAth-rim'mon, may dwell among them. 46 And Md-jftr'kSn, and R^k'kSn, 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall with the border before Ja'phd. 47 And the coast of the children not deliver the slayer up into his of DAn went out too little for them: hand; because he smote his neightherefore the children of D&n went bour unwittingly, and hated him up to fight against Le'shem, and not beforetime. took it, and smote it with the edge 6 And he shall dwell in that city, of the sword, and possessed it, and until he stand before the congredwelt therein, and called Le'shem, gation for judgment, and until the D&n, after the name of DAn their death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the father. 48 This is the inheritance of the slayer return, and come unto his tribe of the children of D£n accord- own city, and unto his own house, ing to their families, these cities unto the city from whence he fled. 7J And they appointed Ke'desh with their villages. 49 H When they had made an end in GAl'i-lee in mount N&ph'ta-li, of dividing the land for inheritance and She'chem in mount E/phrS-im, by their coasts, the children of is'- and Kir'jath-^r'ba, which is He'ra-el gave an inheritance to Josh- bron, in the mountain of Ju'dah. 8 And on the other side Jdr'dan u-4 the son of Nun among them: 50 According to the word of the by JSr'I-chS eastward, they assigned Be'zer in the wilderness Lord they gave hi the city which _ no Original from Digitized by 321e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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upon the plain out of the tribe of Reu'ben, and RA'moth in 6fl'e-Ad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gd'lan in Ba'shAn out of the tribe of MAnAs'seh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Is'ra-el, and for the stranger that sojoumeth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of die avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

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GAd, and out of the tribe of Zdb'u-lun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Is'ra-el gave by lot unto the Le'vites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Md'ses. 9 IT And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim'0-on, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of AAr'on, being of the families of the Kd'hath-ites, who were of the children 208 CHAPTER 21 of Ld'vi, had: for their’s was the 1 The cities given unto the Lecites. 43 first lot The land God promised now possessed 11 And they gave them the city by Israel. 44 He gives them rest. of Ar'bA the father of A'nAk, which HEN came near the heads of city is He'bron, in the hill country the fathers of die Le'vites un- of Ju'dah, with the suburbs thereto E-le-A'zar the priest, and unto of round about it. Jdsh'u-A the son of Nun, and unto 12 But the fields of the city, and the heads of the fathers of die the villages thereof, gave they to tribes of the children of Is'ra-el; Ca'leb the son of JA-phun'neh for 2 And they spake unto them at his possession. Shi'ldh in the land of CA'nAan, say- 13 I Thus they gave to the chiling, the Lord commanded by the dren of AAr'on the priest He'bron hand of Mo'ses to give us cities to with her suburbs, to be a city of dwell in, with the suburbs thereof refuge for the slayer; and LIb'nah for our cattle. with her suburbs, 3 And the children of Is'ra-el gave 14 And JAt'tir with her suburbs, unto the Le'vites out of their inher- and £sh-te-md'A with her suburbs, itance, at the commandment of the 15 And Ho'ldn with her suburbs, Lord , these cities and their sub- and De'bir with her suburbs, urbs. 16 And A'in with her suburbs, 4 And the lot came out for the fam- and Jut'tah with her suburbs, ilies of the Ko'hath-ites: and the and B&th-she'm&sh with her subchildren of AAr'on the priest, which urbs; nine cities out of those two were of the Le'vites, had by lot out tribes. of the tribe of Ju'dah, and out of 17 And out of the tribe of BAn'the tribe of Sim'e-on, and out of the ja-min, Gib'e-on with her suburbs, tribe of Ben'jg-min, thirteen cities. 6e'bA with her suburbs, 5 And the rest of the children of 18 An'a-thoth with her suburbs, Kd'hath had by lot out of the fami- and Al'mdn with her suburbs; four lies of the tribe of E'phrA-im, and cities. out of the tribe of DAn, and out of 19 All the cities of the children of the half tribe of MA-nAs'seh, ten AAr'on, the priests, were thirteen cities. cities with their suburbs. 6 And the children of Ger'shdn 20 If And the families of the chilhad by lot out of the families of the dren of Kd'hath, the Le'vites which tribe of Is'sa-char, and out of the remained of the children of Kd'tribe of Ash'er, and out of the tribe hath, even they had the cities of of NAph'ta-li, and out of the half their lot out of the tribe of E'phrAtribe of MA-nAs'seh in Ba'shAn, thirteen cities. 21 For they gave them She'chem 7 The children of MA-ra'ri by with her suburbs in mount fi'phrAtheir families had out of the tribe of Im, to be a city of refuge for the slaywith her suburbs, Reu'ben* and out erf the tribe of er; and Ge'zdr OnginaTrrom Digitized by OOQle 2 9 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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22 And KIb'za-im with her suburbs, and B6th-hd'r6n with her suburbs; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Din, £1'te-keh with her suburbs, Gib'bethon with her suburbs, 24 Aij'a-lon with her suburbs, G&th-rim'mon with her suburbs; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of M&nis'seh, Ta'n&ch with her suburbs, and Gith-rim'mon with her suburbs; two cities. 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kd'hath that remained. 27 J And unto the children of Oer'shdn, of the families of the Le'vites, out of the other half tribe of MA-n&s'seh they gave Gd'lan in Bfi'sh&n with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and B$-esh'-te-rah with her suburbs; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Is'sachar, Ki'shon with her suburbs, Dib'a-reh with her suburbs, 29 Jkr'muth with her suburbs, fin-g&n'nim with her suburbs; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Ash'er, Mi'shal with her suburbs, Ab'dSn with her suburbs, 31 Hel'k&th with her suburbs, and Rilidb with her suburbs; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Niph'ta-li, Ke'desh in GAl'I-lee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Him'moth-ddr with her suburbs, and Kar'tan with her suburbs; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Ger'shonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 if And unto the families of the children of M$-ra'ri, the rest of the Le'vites, out of the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Jok'ne-fim with her suburbs, and KHr'tah with her suburbs, 35 Dim'nah with her suburbs, Na'ha-lal with her suburbs; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Be'zer with her suburbs, and | Ji-ha'zah with her suburbs, Digitized by

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The returning tribes build an altar at Jordan as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Mo'ses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jor'dan. 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Md'ses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So J6sh'u-a blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. 7 If Now to the one half of the tribe of Md-nAs'seh Mo'ses had given possession in Ba'sh&n: but unto the other half thereof gave Jdsh'u-A among their brethren on this side Jdr'dan westward. And when J5sh'u-a sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 T And the children of Reu'ben and the children of GAd and the half tribe of MA-nAs'seh returned, and departed from the children of Is'ra-el out of Shi'loh, which is in the land of Ca'nAan, to go unto the country of Gil'e-Ad, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Md'ses. 10 T And when they came unto the borders of Jdr'dan, that are in the land of Ca'nAan, the children of Reu'ben and the children of GAd and the half tribe of Mi-nAs'seh built there an altar by Jdr'dan, a great altar to see to. 11 IT And the children of Is'ra-el heard say, Behold, the children of Reu'ben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of MA-nAs'seh have built an altar over against the land of Ca'nAan, in the borders of Digitized by

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Jdr'dan, at the passage of the children of Is'ra-eh 12 And when the children of Is'ra-el heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Is'ra-el gathered themselves together at ShTloh, to go up to war against them. 13 And the children of Is'ra-el sent unto the children of Reu'ben, and to the children of GAd, and to the half tribe of M&-nAs'seh, into the land of OU'e-fid, Phin'e-has the son of E-le-a'zar the priest, 14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of is'ra-el; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Is'ra-el. 15 5T And they came unto the children of Reu'ben, and to the children of G&d, and to the half tribe of MA-nAs'seh, unto the land of Gfl'e-Ad, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord , What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of is'ra-el, to turn away this day from following the Lord , in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord ? 17 Is the iniquity of Pe'or too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord , 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord ? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord , that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Is'ra-el. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the Lord ’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord , nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God. 20 Did not A'chAn the son of Ze'rah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all Original from

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the congregation of Is'ra-el? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 "|[ Then the children of Reu'ben and the children of GAd and the half tribe of MA-nAs'seh answered, and said unto the heads of ‘the thousands of Is'ra-el, 22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Is'ra-el he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord , (save us not this day,) 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord , or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it; 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Is'ra-el? 25 For the Lord hath made Jdr'dan a border between us and you, ye children of Reu'ben and children of GAd; ye have no part in the Lord : so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord . 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for a sacrifice: 27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord . 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord , which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a. witness between us and you. 29 God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord , and turn this day from following the Lord , to build an altar for burnt offerDigitized by

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ings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 U And when Phin^e-has the priest, and the princes of the congregation and the heads of thethousands of Is'ra-el which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reu'ben and the children of GAd and the children of MA-nAs'seh spake, it pleased them. 31 And Phln'e-has the son of £-lea'zar the priest said unto the children of Reu'ben, and to the children of GAd, and to the children of MAnAs'seh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord : now ye have delivered the children of is'ra-el out of the hand of the Lord . 32 And Phin'e-has the son of E-le-a'zar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reu'ben, and from the children of GAd, out of the land of OIl'e-Ad, unto the land of Ca'nAan, to the children of Is'ra-el, and brought them word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Is'ra-el; and the children of Is'ra-el blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reu'ben and GAd dwelt. 34 And the children of Reu'ben and the children of GAd called the altar td: for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God. CHAPTER 23 210 Joshua exhorts Israel before his death.

AND it came to pass a long time xx after that the Lord had given rest unto Is'ra-el from all their enemies round about, that Jdsh'u-A waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Jdsh'u-A called for all Is'ra-el, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.

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4 Behold, I have divided unto you the Lord your God spake concernby lot these nations that remain, to ing you; all are come to pass unto be an inheritance for your tribes, you, and not one thing hath failed from Jfir'dan, with all the nations thereof. that I have cut off, even unto the 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, great sea westward. that as all good things are come 5 And the Lord your God, he shall upon you, which the Lord your expel them from before you, and God promised you; so shall the drive them from out of your sight; Lord bring upon you all evil things, and ye shall possess their land, as until he have destroyed you from the Lord jrour God hath promised off this good land which Ike LORD unto you. your God hath given you. 6 Be ye therefore very courageous 16 When ye have transgressed the to keep and to do all that is writ- covenant of the Lord your God, ten in the book of the law of M6Z- which he commanded you, and ses, that ye turn not aside there- have gone and served other gods, from to the right hand or to the and bowed yourselves to them; left; then shall the anger of the LORD 7 That ye come not among these be kindled against you, and ye nations, these that remain among shall perish quickly from off the you; neither make mention of the good land which he hath given unname of their gods, nor cause to to you. swear by them, neither serve them, CHAPTER 24 211 nor bow yourselves unto them: 1 Joshua calls the tribes together at 8 But cleave unto the Lord your Shechem. 2 His address. 14 The God, as ye have done unto this day. covenant renewed. 26 He erects a stone of witness. 29 His death, age, 9 For the Lord hath driven out and burial. 32 Joseph's bones buried from before you great nations and in Shechem. 33 The death of Eleazar. strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto AND J6shzu-A gathered all the this day. Zx tribes of I§'ra-el to She'chem, 10 One man of you shall chase a and called for the elders of fs'ra-el, thousand: for the Lord your God, and for their heads, and for their he it is that fighteth for you, as he judges, and for their officers; and hath promised you. they presented themselves before 11 Take good heed therefore unto God. yourselves, that ye love the Lord 2 And Josh'u-a said unto all the your God. people, Thus -saith the Lord God 12 Else if ye do in any wise go of I§'ra-el, Your fathers dwelt on back, and cleave unto the remnant the other side of the flood in old of these nations, even these that re- time, even TS'rah, the father of main among you, and shall make Azbr£-h£m, and the father of Nazmarriages with them, and go in un- chor: and they served other gods. to them, and they to you: 3 And I took your father Azbr&13 Know for a certainty that the h&m from the other side of the Lord your God will no more drive flood, and led him throughout all out any of these nations from before the land of C£znAan, ai;d multiyou; but they shall be snares and plied his seed, and gave him Iztraps unto you, and scourges in §aac. your sides, and thorns in your eyes, 4 And I gave unto Tsaac JA'cob until ye perish from off this good and £zsau: and I gave unto £zsau land which the Lord your God mount Se'Ir, to possess it; but Jazcob and his children went down inhath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am go- to £' ££pt. ing the way of all the earth: and ye 5 I sent Mo'ses also and AArzon, know in all your hearts and in all and I plagued £z£$pt, according to your souls, that not one thing hath that which I did among them: failed of all the good things which and afterward I brought you out Original from Digitized by Google 288 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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6 And I brought your fathers out that were on the other side of the of fi'gfpt: and ye came unto the flood, or the gods of the Amz6r-ites, sea; and the fi-gjfo'tjans pursued in whose land ye dwell: but as for after your fathers with chariots and me and my house, we will serve the horsemen unto the Red sea. Lord . 7 And when they cried unto the 16 And the people answered and Lord , he put darkness between said, God forbid that we should you and the fi-Afp-tjans, and forsake the Lord , to serve other brought the sea upon them, and gods; covered them; and your eyes have 17 For the Lord our God, he it is seen what I have done in E'fcfpt: that brought us up and our fathers and ye dwelt in the wilderness a out of the land of £'£fpt, from the long season. house of bondage, and which did 8 And I brought you into the land those great signs in our sight, and of the Amzdr-ites, which dwelt on preserved us in all the way wherein the other side Jdr'dan; and they we went, and among all the people fought with you: and I gave them through whom we passed: into your hand, that ye might pos- 18 And the Lord drave out from sess their land; and I destroyed before us all the people, even the them from before you. Am'dr-ites which dwelt in the land: 9 Then Ba'IAk the son of ZIp'por, therefore will we also serve the king of Mdzab, arose and warred Lord ; for he is our God. against Is'ra-el, and sent and called 19And Jdsh'u-A said unto the BAlaam the son of Be'or to curse people, Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is an holy God; he is a jealyou: 10 But I would not hearken unto ous God; he will not forgive your B&'laam; therefore he blessed you transgressions nor your sins. still: so I delivered you out of his 20 If ye forsake the Lord , and hand. serve strange gods, then he will 11 And ye went over Jdr'dan, and turn and do you hurt, and concame unto Jer'I-cho: and the men sume you, after that he hath done of JSr'I-cho fought against you, the you good. Am'dr-ites, and the PSr'Iz-zites, 21 And the people said unto J6shzand the Ca'nAan-ites, and the Hit- u-A, Nay; but we will serve the tites, and the Oir'ga-shites, the Lord . Hi'vites, and the JSb'u-sites; and I 22 And Jdsh'u-A said unto the peodelivered them into your hand. ple, Ye are witnesses against your12 And I sent the hornet before selves that ye have chosen you the you, which drave them out from Lord , to serve him. And they said. before you, even the two kings of We are witnesses. the Am'or-ites; but not with thy 23 Now therefore put away, said sword, nor with thy bow. he, the strange gods which are 13 And I have given you a land among you, and incline your heart for which ye did not labour, and unto the Lord God of Is'ra-el. cities which ye built not, and ye 24 And the people said unto J6shzdwell in them; of the vineyards u-A, The Lord our God will we and olive-yards which ye planted serve, and his voice will we obey. |not do ye eat. 25 So J6sh'u-A made a covenant 14 H Now therefore fear the with the people that day, and set /Lord , and serve him in sincerity them a statute and an ordinance in and in truth: and put away the Shezchem. gods which your fathers served on 26 K And Jdsh'u-A wrote these the other side of the flood, and in words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and E'&fpt; and serve ye the Lord . 15 And if it seem evil unto you to set it up there under an oak, that serve the Lord , choose you this was by the sanctuary of the LORD. day whom ye will serve; whether 27 And Jdsh'u-A said unto all the the gods which your fathers served people, Behold, this stone shall be Original from 284 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you* lest ye deny your God. 28 So J6sh'u-A let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 T And it came to pass after these things, that Jdsh'u-d the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died, being an hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Tim'nathsS'rah, which is in mount fi'phrftfcn, on the north side of the hill of Ga'fish. 31 And Is'ra-el served the Lord

days of the elders that overlived Jdsh'u-A, and which had known all the works of the Lord , that he had done for Is'ra-el. 32 And the bones of Jo'seph, which the children of is'ra-el brought up out of £'£$pt, buried they in She'chem, in a parcel of ground which Ja'cob bought of the sons of Ha'mor the father of She'chem for an hundred pieces of silver : and it became the inheritance of the children of Jo'seph. 33 And E-le-a'zar the son of AAr'on died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phin'e-has his son, which was given him in mount £'phri-Im.

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12 And CA'leb said. He that smit- 24 And the spies saw a man come eth Kir'jath-sA'phAr, and taketh it, forth out of the city, and they said to him will I give Ach'sah my daugh- unto him. Shew us, we pray thee, ter to wife. the entrance into the city, and we 13 And dth'ni-el the son of Ke'- will shew thee mercy. nAz, CA'leb’s younger brother, took 25 And when he shewed them the it: and he gave him Ach'sah his entrance into the city, they smote daughter to wife. the city with the edge of the sword; 14 And it came to pass, when she but they let go the man and all his came to him, that she moved him family. to ask of her father a field; and she 26 And the man went into the land lighted from off her ass; and CA'leb of the HIt'tites, and built a city, and said unto her, What wilt thou? called the name thereof Luz: which 15 And she said unto him, Give is the name thereof unto this day. me a blessing: for thou hast given 27 T Neither did MA-nAs'seh drive me a south land; give me also out the inhabitants of BAth-shd'An springs of water. And Caleb gave and her towns, nor Ta'a-nAch and her the upper springs and the her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ddr and her towns, nor the inhabnether springs. 16 11 And the children of the KAn'- itants of fble-Am and her towns, ite, Mo'ses’ father in law, went up nor the inhabitants of Md-gld'd6 out of the city of palm trees with and her towns: but the CA'nAanthe children of Ju'dah into the wil- ites would dwell in that land. derness of Ju'dah, which Heth in 28 And it came to pass, when Is'the south of A'rAd; and they went ra-el was strong, that they put the and dwelt among the people. CA'nAan-ites to tribute, and did not 17 And Ju'dah went with Sim'- utterly drive them out e-on his brother, and they slew the 29 Neither did E'phrA-frn drive CA'nAan-ites that inhabited Ze'- out the CA'nAan-ites that dwelt in phath, and utterly destroyed it. Gd'zer; but the CA'nAan-ites dwelt And the name of the city was called in Ge'zer among them. 30 T Neither did ZAb'u-lun drive Hdr'mah. 18 Also Ju'dah took GA'zA with out the inhabitants of KIt'rdn, nor the coast thereof, and As'ke-ldn the inhabitants of NA'ha-l&l; but with the coast thereof, and fik'rdn the CA'nAan-ites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. with the coast thereof. 19 And the Lord was with Ju'- 31 5 Neither did Ash'Ar drive out dah; and he drave out the inhabit- the inhabitants of Ac'cho, nor the ants of the mountain; but could not inhabitants of Zi'ddn, nor of Ah'drive out the inhabitants of the val- lAb, nor of Ach'zib, nor of HAl'bah, ley, because they had chariots of nor of A'phik, nor of Re'hAb: 32 But the Ash'Ar-ites dwelt iron. 20 And they gave HA'bron unto among the CA'nAan-ites, the inCaleb, as Md'ses said: and he ex- habitants of the land: for they did pelled thence the three sons of not drive them out. 33 IT Neither did NAph'ta-li drive A'nAk. 21 And the children of BAn'ia- out the inhabitants of Beth-shA'min did not drive out the JAb'u- mesh, nor the inhabitants of BAthsites that inhabited JA-ru'sA-lAm; A'nAth; but he dwelt among the but the JAb'u-sites dwell with the CA'nAan-ites, the inhabitants of the diildren of BAn'ja-min in JA-ru'sA- land: nevertheless the inhabitants of BAth-she'mAsh and of BAth-A'lem unto this day. 22 K And the house of Jo'seph, nAth became tributaries unto them. they also went up against BAth'-el: 34 And the Am'dr-ites forced the children of DAn into the mountain: and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Jo'seph sent for they would not suffer them to to descry BAth'-el. (Now the name come down to the valley: 35 But the Am'dr-ites would dwell of the city before was Luz.) 286 Original from Digitized by

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and said, I made you to go up out of £'£$pt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Is'ra-el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5And they called the name of that place Bo'chim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord . 6 K And when Josh'u-a had let the people go, the children of Is'ra-el went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Jdsh'u-a, and all the days of the elders that outlived Jdsh'u-d, who had seen all the great works of the Lord , that he did for Is'ra-el. * 8 And Jdsh'u-A the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died, being an hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Tim'nathhfi'rSs, in the mount of £'phr&-im, on the north side of the hill GA'Ash. Digitized by

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10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord , nor yet the works which he had done for Is'ra-el. 11H And the children of Is'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Lord , and served B&'al-im: 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of E'feypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Ba'al and Ash'ta-rdth. 14 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Is'ra-el, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. 16 If Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord ; but they did not so. 18And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with 1he judges, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following

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other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 And the anger of the Lord was not against Is'ra-el; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 211 also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Jdsh'u-d. left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Is'ra-el, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Josh'u-d. 214 CHAPTER 3

daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Is'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Lord , and forgat the Lord their God, and served Ba'al-Im and the groves. 8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Is'ra-el, and he sold them into the hand of Chu'shan-rish-a-tha'im king of Mes-o-pd-ta'mi-a: and the children of Is'ra-el served Chu'shanrish-a-tha'im eight years. 9 And when the children of Is'rael cried unto the Lord , the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Is'ra-el, who delivered them, even dth'nl-el the son of Ke'nAz, Ca'leb’s younger brother. 10And the spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Is'ra-el, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chu'shan-risha-tha'im king of Mes-o-pd-ta'ml-d 1 The nations left to prove Israel. 5 into his hand; and his hand preIsrael intermarries with them and falls into idolatry. 8 Their punish- vailed against Chu'shan-rish-ament. 9 Othniel raised up as de- tha'im. liverer. 12 Ehud delivers them from 11 And the land had rest forty Eglon. 31 Shamgar, from the Phil- years. And dth'nl-el the son of istines. KS'n&z died. OW these are the nations 12 And the children of Is'ra-el which the Lord left, to prove did evil again in the sight of the Is'ra-el by them, even as many Loford : and the Lord strengthened is'ry-el as had not known all the fig'ldn the king of Md'ab against wars of Ca'nAan; Is'ra-el, because they had done 2 Only that the generations of the evil in the sight of the Lord . children of Is'ra-el might know, to 13 And he gathered unto him the teach them war, at the least such as children of Am'mdn and Am'a-ldk, before knew nothing thereof; and went and smote Is'ra-el, and 3 Namely, five lords of the Phi- possessed the city of palm trees. Us'tines, and all the Ca'n&an-ites, 14 So the children of Is'ra-el and the Si-do'ni-ans, and the Hi'- served fig'ldn the king of Md'ab vites that dwelt in mount Leb'a- eighteen years. non, from mount Ba'al-her'mdn 15 But when the children of Is'raunto the entering in of Ha'math. el cried unto the Lord , the Lord 4 And they were to prove Is'ra-el raised them up a deliverer, R'hud by them, to know whether they the son of Ge'rd, a Ben'ja-mite, a would hearken unto the command- man lefthanded: and by him the ments of the Lord , which he com- children of Is'ra-el sent a present manded their fathers by the hand unto fig'ldn the king of Md'ab. 16 But R'hud made him a dagger of Mo'ses. 5 1 And the children of Is'ra-el which had two edges, of a cubit dwelt among the Ca'ndan-ites, Hit'- length; and he did gird it under tites, and Am'dr-ites, and Pdr'Iz- his raiment upon his right thigh. zites, and Hf'vites, and Jdb'u- 17 And he brought the present sites: unto figldn king of Md'ab: and 6 And they took their daughters fig'ldn was a very fat man. to be their wives, and gave their 18 And when he had made an end

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to offer the present, he sent away lusty, and all men of valour; and the people that bare the present. there escaped not a man. 19 But he himself turned again 30 So Md'ab was subdued that from the quarries that were by day under the hand of is'ra-el. Sfl'gal, and said, I have a secret And the land had rest fourscore errand unto thee, O king: who years. said, Keep silence. And all that 31 And after him was Sh&m'stood by him went out from him. gar the son of A'ndth, which slew 20 And E'hud came unto him; and of the Phi-lis'tines six hundred men he was sitting in a summer par- with an ox goad: and he also delour, which he had for himself livered Is'ra-el. alone. And E'hud said, I have a CHAPTER 4 215 message from God unto thee. 1 The deliverance wrought through And he arose out of his seat. Deborah and Barak. 18 Joel kills Sisera. 21 And E'hud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from AND the children of Is'ra-el his right thigh, and thrust it into xx again did evil in the sight of his belly: the Lord , when E'hud was dead. 22 And the haft also went in after 2 And the Lord sold them into the blade; and the fat closed upon the hand of Ja'bin king of Ca'n&an, the blade, so that he could not draw that reigned in Ha'zdr; the captain the dagger out of his belly; and of whose host was Sis'e-ra, which the dirt came out. dwelt in HA-rd'sheth of the Gdn'23 Then E'hud went forth through tiles. the porch, and shut the doors of the 3 And the children of Is'ra-el cried parlour upon him, and locked unto the Lord : for he had nine them. hundred chariots of iron; and 24 When he was gone out, his twenty years he mightily oppressed servants came; and when they the children of Is'ra-el. saw that, behold, the doors of the 4 H And D&b'o-rah, a prophetess, parlour were locked, they said, the wife of LAp'i-ddth, she judged Surely he covereth his feet in his Is'ra-el at that time. summer chamber. 5 And she dwelt under the palm 25 And they tarried till they were tree of Deb'o-rah between Ra'mah ashamed: and, behold, he opened and B&th'-el in mount E'phrA-Im: not the doors of the parlour; there- and the children of Is'ra-el came fore they took a key, and opened up to her for judgment. them: and, behold, their lord was 6 And she sent and called Ba'rak fallen down dead on the earth. the son of A-bin'6-im out of Ke'26 And E'hud escaped while they desh-nAph'ta-li, and said unto tarried, and passed beyond the him, Hath not the Lord God of quarries, and escaped unto Se'i- Is'ra-el commanded, saying. Go r&th. and draw toward mount Ta'bor, 27 And it came to pass, when he and take with thee ten thousand was come, that he blew a trumpet men of the children of NAph'ta-U in the mountain of E'phrd-Im, and and of the children of Zeb'u-hin? the children of Is'ra-el went down 7 And I will draw unto thee to with him from the mount, and he the river Ki'shon Sis'e-ra, the before them. captain of Ja'bin’s army, with his 28 And he said unto them, Follow chariots and his multitude; and I after me: for the Lord hath de- will deliver him into thine hand. livered your enemies the Md'ab- 8 And Ba'rak said unto her, If ites into your hand. And they thou wilt go with me, then I will went down after him, and took the go: but if thou wilt not go with me, fords of Jdr'dan toward Md'ab, and then I will not go. suffered not a man to pass over. 9 And she said, I will surely go 29 And they slew of Md'ab At that with thee: notwithstanding the time about ten thousand men, all journey that thou takest shall not Original from 19 289 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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be for thine honour; for the Lord a bottle of milk, and gave him shall sell SIs'e-rd into the hand of a drink, and covered him. woman. And Deb'Q-rah arose, and 20 Again he said unto her, Stand went with Ba'rak to Ke'desh. in the door of the tent, and it shall 10 IT And Ba'rak called Zeb'u-lun be, when any man doth come and and Ndph'ta-li to Ke'desh; and he enquire of thee, and say, Is there went up with ten thousand men at any man here? that thou shalt say, his feet: and Deb'Q-rah went up No. 21 Then JA'el He'ber’s wife took with him. 11 Now He'bdr the Kdn'ite, which a nail of the tent, and took an hamwas of the children of Ho'bdb the mer in her hand, and went softly father in law of Mo'ses, had severed unto him, and smote the nail into himself from the KSn'ites, and his temples, and fastened it into the pitched his tent unto the plain of ground: for he was fast asleep and Za-a-na'im, which is by Ke'desh. weary. So he died. 12 And they shewed SIs'e-rd that 22 And, behold, as Ba'rak pursued Ba'rak the son of A-bin'6-dm was Sis'e-rd, Ja'el came out to meet gone up to mount Ta'bor. him, and said unto him, Come, 13 And Sis'e-ra gathered together and I will shew thee the man whom all his chariots, even nine hundred thou seekest. And when he came chariots of iron, and all the people into her tent, behold, Sis'e-rd lay that were with him, from Hd-rd'- dead, and the nail was in his temsheth of the Gdn'tfles unto the river ples. 23 So God subdued on that day of Ki'shdn. 14 And DSb'p-rah said unto Ba'- Ja'bin the king of Ca'ndan before rak, Up; for this is the day in which the children of Is'ra-el. the Lord hath delivered Sis'e-rd 24 And the hand of the children of into thine hand: is not the Lord Is'ra-el prospered, and prevailed gone out before thee? So Ba'rak against Ja'bin the king of Ca'ndan, went down from mount Ta'bdr, until they had destroyed Jd'bin and ten thousand men after him. king of Ca'ndan. 15 And the Lord discomfited CHAPTER 5 216 Sls'e-rd, and all his chariots, and The song of Deborah, and Barak. all his host, with the edge of the sword before Ba'rak; so that Sis'- rpHEN sang Ddb'o-rah and Bde-rd lighted down off his chariot, X rak the son of A-bin'6-dm on that day, saying, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Ba'rak pursued after the 2 Praise ye the Lord for the chariots, and after the host, unto avenging of Is'ra-el, when the Hd-ro'sheth of the 6dn'tfles: and people willingly offered themselves. all the host of Sis'e-rd fell upon the 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O edge of the sword; and there was ye princes; I, even I*, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing Praise to the not a man left. 17 Howbeit Sis'e-rd fled away on Lord God of Is'ra-el. his feet to the tent of Ja'el the wife 4 Lord , when thou wentest out of He'ber the Ken'ite: for there of Se'ir, when thou marchedst out was peace between Ja'bin the king of the field of £'dom, the earth of Ha'zdr and the house of He'ber trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. the Ken'ite. 5 The mountains melted from be18 And Ja'el went out to meet SIs'e-rd, and said unto him, Turn fore the Lord , even that Si'ndi in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. from before the Lord God of Is'And when he had turned in unto ra-el. her into the tent, she covered him 6 In the days of Shdm'gdr the son of A'ndth, in the days of Ja'el, the with a mantle. 19 And he said unto her, Give me, highways were unoccupied, and the I pray thee, a little water to drink; travellers walked through byways. ■for I am thirsty. And she opened 7 The inhabitants of the villages 290 Original from Digitized by

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ceased, they ceased in Is'ra-el, until then fought the kings of CA'nAan that I D&b'o-rah arose, that I arose in TA'a-nAch by the waters of MAa mother in Is'ra-el. gid'dd; they took no gain of money. 8 They chose new gods; then was 20 They fought from heaven; the war in the gates: was there a stars in their courses fought against shield or spear seen among forty SIs'e-rA. thousand in is'ra-el? 21 The river of Ki'sh6n swept 9 My heart is toward the governors them away, that ancient river, the of Is'ra-el, that offered themselves river Ki'shdn. O my soul, thou willingly among the people. Bless hast trodden down strength. ye the Lord . 22 Then were the horsehoofs bro10Speak, ye that ride on white ken by the means of the pransings, asses, ye that sit in judgment, and the pransings of their mighty ones. walk by the way. 11 They that are delivered from 23 Curse ye Me'rdz, said the angel the noise of archers in the places of of the Lord , curse ye bitterly the drawing water, there shall they re- inhabitants thereof; because they hearse the righteous acts of the came not to the help of the Lord , Lord , even the righteous acts to- to the help of the Lord against the ward the inhabitants of his villages mighty. in Is'ra-el: then shall the people 24 Blessed above women shall of die Lord go down to the JA'el the wife of He'ber the K&n'gates. ite be, blessed shall she be above 12 Awake, awake, D&b'o-rah: women in the tent. awake, awake, utter a song: arise, 25 He asked water, and she gave BA'rak, and lead thy captivity cap- him milk; she brought forth butter tive, thou son of A-bin'6-Am. in a lordly dish. 13 Then he made him that remain- 26 She put her hand to the nail, eth have dominion over the nobles and her right hand to the workamong the people: the Lord made men’s hammer; and with the hamme have dominion over the mighty. mer she smote SIs'e-rA, she smote 14 Out of £'phrft-im was there a off his head, when she had pierced root of them against Am'a-l&k; and stricken through his temples. after thee, B&n'ja-min, among thy 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, people; out of Ma'chir came down he lay down: at her feet he bowed, governors, and out of Zdb'u-lun he fell: where he bowed, there he they that handle the pen of the fell down dead. writer. 28 The mother of SIs'e-rA looked 15 And the princes of Is'sa-char out at a window, and cried through were with Deb'o-rah; even Is'sa- the lattice, Why is his chariot so char, and also BA'rak: he was sent long in coming? why tarry the on foot into the valley. For the wheels of his chariots? divisions of Reu'ben there were 29 Her wise ladies answered her, great thoughts of heart yea, she returned answer to her16 Why abodest thou among the self, sheepfolds, to hear the Hearings of 30 Have they not sped? have they die flocks? For the divisions of not divided the prey; to every man Reu'ben there were great search- a damsel or two; to SIs'e-rA a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers ings of heart. 17 GU'e-Ad abode beyond Jdr'dan: colours of needlework, of divers and why did DAn remain in ships? colours of needlework on both Ash'er continued on the sea shore, sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? and abode in his breaches. 18 Zeb'u-lun and NAph'ta-li were 31 So let all thine enemies persl people that jeoparded their lives ish, O Lord : but let them that love unto the death in the high places of him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might And the land the field. 19 The kings came and fought, had rest forty years. Original from 291 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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MXD the children of Is'ra-el did £1 evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord delivered them into the hand of MId'I-an seven years. 2 And the hand of MId'I-an prevailed against Is'ra-el: and because of the MId'i-an-ites the children of Is'ra-el made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Is'ra-el had sown, that the MId'i-an-ites came up, and the Am'a-lek-ites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto GA'zd, and left no sustenance for Is'ra-el, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Is'ra-el was greatly impoverished because of the MldT-anites; and the children of is'ra-el cried unto the Lord . 7 U And it came to pass, when the children of Is'ra-el cried unto the Lord because of the MId'i-anites, 8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of is'ra-el, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Is'ra-el, I brought you up from R'tifot, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the 2-fe^p'tjans, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land: Digitized by

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10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Am'dr-ites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 T And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in dph'rah, that Pertained unto Jo'&sh the A'bl-ez'rite: and his son Gid'e-on threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the MId'i-an-ites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And GId'e-on said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from fi'A^Pt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the MId'i-an-ites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Is'ra-el from the hand of the MId'i-an-ites: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Is'rael? behold, my family is poor in MA-nAs'seh, and I am the least in my father’s house. 16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the MId'i-an-ites as one man. 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. 19 1 And Gid'e-on went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him. Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon

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30 Then the men of the city said unto Jd'Ash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Ba'al, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Jd'Ash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Ba'al? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jd-rub'ba-Al, saying, Let Ba'al plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 33 T Then all the MId'i-an-ites and the Am'a-lek-ites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jdz're-el. 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gid'e-on, and he blew a trumpet; and A'bi-e'zer was gathered after him. 35 And . he sent messengers throughout all MA-nAs'seh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Ash'er, and unto Zeb'u-lun, and unto NAph'ta-li; and they came up to meet them. 36 And Gid'e-on said unto God, If thou wilt save Is'ra-el by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save is'ra-el by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gid'e-on said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

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on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord , and of GId'e-on. 19 11 So Gid'e-on, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord , and of Gid'e-on. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to B&h-shlt'tah in ZSr'e-rAth, and to the border of A'bil-m€-ho'lah, unto TAb'bath. 23 And the men of fs'ra-el gathered themselves together out of NAph'ta-li, and out of Ash'Sr, and out of all MA-nAs'seh, and pursued after the MId'i-an-ites. 24 H And Gid'e-on sent messengers throughout all mount fi'phrAim, saying, Come down against the MId'I-an-ites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-ba'rah and Jdr'dan. Then 'all the men of £'phra-Im gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto B&th-bA'rah and Jor'dan. 25 And they took two princes of the MId'i-an-ites, O'reb and Ze'eb; and they slew o'reb upon the rock O'reb, and Ze'eb they slew at the winepress of Ze'eb, and pursued MId'i-an, and brought the heads of O'reb and ZA'eb to Gid'e-on on the other side Jdr'dan. Digitized by

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AND the men of E'phrA-im said xx unto him. Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the MId'i-an-ites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of £'phrA-Im better than the vintage of A'bi-e'zer? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of MId'I-an, o'reb and Zd'eb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that 4 J And GId'e-on came to Jdr'dan, ana passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them, 5 And he said unto the men of Suc'coth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Ze'bah and Zalmun'nd, kings of Mid'i-an. 6 And the princes of Suc'coth said, Are the hands of Ze'bah and Zal-mun'nA now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And GId'e-on said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Ze'bah and Zal-mun'nA into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 K And he went up thence to P6nu'el, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Pd-nu'el answered him as the men of Suc'coth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of PA-nu'el, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 If Now Ze'bah and Zal-mun'nA were in KAr'kdr, and their hosts

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with them, about fifteen thousand And Gid'e-on arose, and slew Ze'men, all that were left of all the bah and Zal-mun'nd, and took hosts of the children of the east: away the ornaments that were on for there fell an hundred and twen- their camels’ necks. ty thousand men that drew sword. 22 If Then the men of Is'ra-el said 11 If And Gid'e-on went up by the unto Gid'e-on, Rule thou over us, way of them that dwelt in tents on both thou, and thy son, and thy the east of No'bah and Jdg'be-hah, son’s son also: for thou hast deand smote the host: for the host livered us from the hand of Mid'was secure. i-an. 12And when Ze'bah and Zal23 And Gid'e-on said unto them, I mun'nd fled, he pursued after will not rule over you, neither shall them, and took the two kings of my son rule over you: the Lord Mid'I-an, Ze'bah and Zal-mun'nA, shall rule over you. and discomfited all the host. 24 1| And Gid'e-on said unto them, 13 If And Gid'e-on the son of Jo'- I would desire a request of you, Ash returned from battle before the that ye would give me every man sun was up, the earrings of his prey. (For they 14 And caught a young man of the had golden earrings, because they men of Suc'coth, and enquired of were Ish'ma-el-ites.) him: and he described unto him the 25 And they answered, We will princes of Suc'coth, and the elders willingly give them. And they thereof, even threescore and seven- spread a garment, and did cast teen men. therein every man the earrings of 15 And he came unto the men of his prey. Suc'coth, and said, Behold Ze'bah 26 And the weight of the golden and Zal-mun'na, with whom ye did earrings that he requested was a upbraid me, saying, Are the hands thousand and seven hundred of Ze'bah and Zal-mun'nA now in shekels of gold; beside ornaments, thine hand, that we should give and collars, and purple raiment that bread unto thy men that are was on the kings of MId'i-an, and beside the chains that were about weary? 16 And he took the elders of the their camels’ necks. city, and thorns of the wilderness 27 And Gid'e-on made an ephod and briers, and with them he taught thereof, and put it in his city, even in dph'rah: and all Is'ra-el went the men of Suc'coth. 17 And he beat down the tower of thither a whoring after it: which PS-nu'el, and slew the men of the thing became a snare unto Gid'eon, and to his house. city. 18 If Then said he unto Ze'bah 28 Thus was Mid'i-an subdued and Zal-mun'na, What manner of before the children of is'ra-el, so men were they whom ye slew at that they lifted up their heads no Ta'bor? And they answered, As more. And the country was in thou art, so were they; each one quietness forty years in the days of resembled the children of a king. Gid'e-on. 19 And he said, They were my 29 If And J6-rub'ba-Al the son of brethren, even the sons of my Jd'Ash went and dwelt in his own mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye house. had saved them alive, I would not 30 And Gid'e-on had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: slay you. 20 And he said unto Je'ther his for he had many wives. firstborn, Up , and slay them. But 31 And his concubine that was in the youth drew not his sword: for She'chem, she also bare him a son, he feared, because he was yet a whose name he called A-bim'5lech. youth. 32 y And Gid'e-on the son of Jd'21 Then Ze'bah and Zal-mun'nA said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: Ash died in a good old age, and was for as the man is, so is his strength. buried in the sepulchre of Jo'Ash Original from 296 Digitized by Google . NIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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his father, in Gph'rah of the A'biSz'rites. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gld'e-on was dead, that the children of Is'ra-el turned again, and went a whoring after Ba'al-Im, and made Ba'al-be'rith their god. 34 And the children of Is'ra-el remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jd-rub'ba-aL namely, GId'e-on, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto is'ra-el. 220 CHAPTER 9

6 And all the men of She'chem gathered together, and all the house of MIl'16, and went, and made A-bim'e-lech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in She'chem. 7 H And when they told it to Jd'tham, he went and stood in the top of mount Ger'i-zim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of She'chem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and 1 Abimelech plots with, and is made man, and go to be promoted over king by, the Shechemites. 5 Jotham only escapes the slaughter; 7 his par- the trees? able of the trees. 22 Gaal's conspir- 10 And the trees said to the fig acy against Abimelech, 34 who defeats tree, Come thou, and reign over us. him and the Shechemites. 50 Abim- 11 But the fig tree said unto them, elech slain. Should I forsake my sweetness, ND A-bim'e-lech the son of J$- and my good fruit, and go to be l rub'ba-Al went to She'chem promoted over the trees? unto his mother’s brethren, and12 Then said the trees unto the communed with them, and with all vine, Come thou, and reign over us. die family of the house of his 13 And the vine said unto them, mother’s father, saying, Should I leave my wine, which 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of cheereth God and man, and go to all the men of She/chem, Whether be promoted over the trees? is better for you, either that all the 14 Then said all the trees unto the sons of J$-rub'ba-Al, which are bramble, Come thou, and reign over threescore and ten persons, reign us. over you, or that one reign over 15 And the bramble said unto the you? remember also that I am trees, If in truth ye anoint me king your bone and your flesh. over you, then come and put your 3 And his mother’s brethren trust in my shadow: and if not, let spake of him in the ears of all the fire come out of the bramble, and men of She'chem all these words: devour the cedars of Leb'a-non. and their hearts inclined to follow 16 Now therefore, if ye have done A-bfrn'e-lech; for they said, He is truly and sincerely, in that ye have our brother. made A-bim'e-lech king, and if ye 4 And they gave him threescore have dealt well with J^-rub'ba-Al and ten pieces of silver out of the and his house, and have done unto house of Ba'al-be'rith, wherewith him according to the deserving of A-bim'e-lech hired vain and light his hands; persons, which followed him. 17 (For my father fought for you, 5 And he went unto his father’s and adventured his life far, and dehouse at dph'rah, and slew his livered you out of the hand of Mld'brethren the sons of J$-rub'ba-al, i-an: being threescore and ten persons, 18 And ye are risen up against my upon one stone: notwithstanding father’s house this day, and have yet Jo'tham the youngest son of slain his sons, threescore and ten Jg-rub'ba-Al was left; for he hid persons, upon one stone, and have made A-bim'S-lech, the son of his himself.

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maidservant, king over the men 29 And would to God this people of She'chem, because he is your were under my hand! then would I remove A-bim'e-lech. And he brother;) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and said to A-bim'e-lech, Increase sincerely with JA-rub'ba-fil and thine army, and come out with his house this day, then re- 30 If And when Ze'bul the ruler joice ye in A-bim'6-lech, and let of the city heard the words of him also rejoice in you: Ga'al the son of 2'bed, his anger 20 But if not, let fire come out was kindled. from A-bim'6-lech, and devour the 31 And he sent messengers unto men of She'chem, and the house of A-bim'e-lech privily, saying, BeMfi'16; and let fire come out from hold, Ga'al the son of fi'bed and the men of She'chem, and from the his brethren be come to She'chem; house of Mfi'ld, and devour A-bim'- and, behold, they fortify the city a6-lech. gainst thee. 21 And Jo'tham ran away, and 32 Now therefore up by night, fled, and went to Be'er, and dwelt thou and the people that is with there, for fear of A-bim'd-lech his thee, and lie in wait in the field: 33 And it shall be, that in the brother. 22 If When A-bim'S-lech had morning, as soon as the sun is up, reigned three years over Is'ra-el, thou shalt rise early, and set upon 23 Then God sent an evil spirit the city: and, behold, when he and between A-bim'e-lech and the men the people that is with him come of She'chem; and the men of She'- out against thee, then mayest thou chem dealt treacherously with do to them as thou shalt find ocA-bim'6-lech: casion. 24 That the cruelty done to the 34 1 And A-bim'e-lech rose up, threescore and ten sons of J$-rub'- and all the people that were with ba-Al might come, and their blood him, by night, and they laid wait be laid upon A-bim'S-lech their against She'chem in four combrother, which slew them; and panies. upon the men of She'chem, which *35 And Ga'al the son of f'bed went aided him in the killing of his out, and stood ip the entering of the brethren. gate of the city: and A-bim'6-lech 25 And the men of She'chem set rose up, and the people that were tiers in wait for him in the top of with him,.from lying in wait. the mountains, and they robbed all 36 And when Ga'al saw the people, that came along that way by them: he said to Ze'bul, Behold, there and it was told A-bim'e-lech. come people down from the top of 26 And Ga'al the son of E'bed the mountains. And Ze'bul said came with his brethren, and went unto him. Thou seest the shadow over to She'chem: and the men of of the mountains as if they were She'chem put their confidence in men. him. 37 And Ga'al spake again and 27And they went out into the said, See there come people down fields, and gathered their vine- by the middle of the land, and anyards, and trode the grapes, and other company come along by the made merry, and went into the plain of M$-on'e-nim. house of their god, and did eat 38 Then said Ze'bul unto him, and drink, and cursed A-bim'e-lech. Where is now thy mouth, where28 And Ga'al the son of E'bed with thou saidst, Who is A-bim'5said, Who is A-bim'e-lech, and who lech, that we should serve him? is is She'chem, that we should serve not this the people that thou hast him? is not he the son of Je-rub'- despised? go out, I pray now, and ba-dl? and Ze'bul his officer? serve fight with them. the men of Ha'mor the father of 39 And Ga'al went out before the She'chem: for why should we men of She'chem, and fought with A-bim'S-lech. serve him? Original from 298 Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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51But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And A-bim'6-lech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to bum it with fire. 53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon A-bim'5lech’s head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Is'ra-el saw that A-bim'5-lech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 If Thus God rendered the wickedness of A-bim'6-lech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 57 And all the evil of the men of She'chem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jd'tham the son of JS'rub'ba-Al. CHAPTER 10 221 1 Tola judges Israel. 3 Jair. 6 Israel,

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2 And he judged Is'ra-el twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Sha'mir. 3 And after him arose Ja'ir, a Gil'e-ftd-ite, and judged Is'rA-el twenty and two years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Ha'voth-ja'ir unto this day, which are in the land of OIl'e-Ad. 5 And Ja'ir died, and was buried in Ca'mdn. 6 H And the children of Is'ra-el

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did evil again in the sight of the Lord , and served BA'al-Im, and Ash'ta-roth, and the gods of Sfr'1-A, and the gods of Zi'ddn, and the gods of Md'ab, and the gods of the children of Am'mdn, and the gods of the Phi-Hs'tines, and forsook the Lord , and served not him. 7 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Is'ra-el, and he sold them into the hands of the Phi-lis'tines, and into the hands of the children of Am'mdn. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of is'ra-el: eighteen years, all the children of Is'ra-el that were on the other side Jdr'dan in the land of the Ambrites, which is in GIl'e-Ad. 9 Moreover the children of Am'mdn passed over Jdr'dan to fight also against Ju'dah, and against Bdn'ja-min, and against the house of E'phrA-im; so that Is'ra-el was sore distressed. 10 And the children of Is'ra-el cried unto the Lord , saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Ba'al-Im. 11And the Lord said unto the children of Is'ra-el, Did not I deliver you from die £-£fp'tjans, and from the Am'dr-ites, from the children of Am'mdn, and from the Phi-Hs'tines? 12 The Zi-do'nI-ans also, and the Am'a-lek-ites, and the Ma'on-ites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 15 And the children of Is'ra-el said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this

17 Then the children of Am'mdn were gathered together, and encamped in Gil'e-Ad. And the children of Is'ra-el assembled themselves together, and encamped in Miz'peh. 18 And the people and princes of Gil'e-Ad said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Am'mdn? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gil'e-Ad. CHAPTER 11 222

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head over all the inhabitants of Gfl'e-fid. 9 And Jeph'thah said unto the elders of Gil'e-ad, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Am'mon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head? 10 And the elders of Ofl'e-Ad said unto Jeph'thah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. 11 Then Jeph'thah went with the elders of Gil'e-ad, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jeph'thah uttered all his words before the Lord in Miz'peh. 12 And JAph'thah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Am'mon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? 13 And the king of the children of Am'mon answered unto the messengers of Jeph'thah, Because Is'ra-el took away my land, when they came up out of R'gjfot, from Ar'non even unto JAb'bok, and unto Jor'dan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And J&ph'thah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Am'mon: 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jeph'thah, Is'ra-el took not away the land of Mo'ab, nor the land of the children of Am'mon: 16 But when is'ra-el came up from E'&tot, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Ka'desh; 17 Then Is'ra-el sent messengers unto the king of S'dom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of E'dom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Mo'ab: but he would not consent: and Is'ra-el abode in Ka'desh. 18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of £'dom, and the land of Mo'ab, and came by the east side of the land of Mo'ab, and pitched on the other side of Ar'non, but came not within the border of Mo'ab: for Ar'ndn was the border of Mo'ab. Digitized by

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19 And Is'ra-el sent messengers unto Si'hdn king of the Am'dr-ites, the king of Hesh'bdn; and Is'ra-el said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. 20 But Si'hdn trusted not Is'ra-el to pass through his coast: but Si'hdn gathered all his people together, and pitched in Ja'hAz, and fought against Is'ra-el. 21 And the Lord God of Is'ra-el delivered Si'hdn and all his people into the hand of Is'ra-el, and they smote them: so Is'ra-el possessed all the land of the Am'dr-ites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Am'dr-ites, from Ar'ndn even unto JAb'bok, and from the wilderness even unto Jdr'dan. 23 So now the LORD God of Is'ra-el hath dispossessed the Am'dr-ites from before his people Is'ra-el, and shouldest thou possess it? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Che'mdsh thy God giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. 25 And now art thou any thing better than Ba'IAk the son of Zip'por, king of Mo'ab? did he ever strive against Is'ra-el, or did he ever fight against them, 26 While is'ra-el dwelt in Hdsh'bon and her towns, and in Ar'5-er and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Ar'non, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time? 27Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of I$'ra-el and the children of Am'mon. 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Am'mon hearkened not unto the words of Jeph'thah which he sent him. 29 If Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jeph'thah, and he passed over Gfi'e-Ad, and MA-nAs'seh, and passed over Miz'peh of Gil'e-

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Ad, and from MIz'peh of Gll'e-dd he passed over unto the children of Am'mdn. 30 And Jdph'thah vowed a vow unto the Lord , and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Am'mdn into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Am'mdn, shall surely be the Lord ’s , and I will offer it Up for a burnt offering. 32 So Jeph'thah passed over unto the children of Am'mdn to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Ar'd-er, even till thou come to Min'nith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Am'mdn were subdued before the children of Is'ra-el. 34 And Jeph'thah came to MIz'peh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord , and I cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord , do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth: forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Am'mdn. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. 39 And it came topass at the end Digitized by

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of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in fs'ra-el, 4G That the daughters of is'ra-el went yearly to lament the daughter of Jdph'thah the GU'e-Ad-ite four days in a year. CHAPTER 12 223 1 The men of Ephraim quarrel with Jephthah; 4 they are slam. 7 Jephthah's death. 8 Ibzan, 11 Elon, 13 Abdon, judge Israel.

AND the men of £'phrA-Im gath£1 ered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jeph'thah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Am'mon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jeph'thah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Am'mdn; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. ■ 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Am'mdn, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? 4 Then Jeph'thah gathered together all the men of OU'e-Ad, and fought with £'phrA-im: and the men of Gil'e-Ad smote E'phrA-im, because they said, Ye Gil'e-Ad-ites are fugitives of £'phra-Im among the £'phrA-Im-ites, and among the MA-nAs'sites. 5 And the OU'e-Ad-ites took the passages of Jdr'dgn before the £'phra-Im-ites: and it was so, that when those £'phrA-im-ites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of GU'e-Ad said unto him, Art thou an £'phr£-im-ite? If he said, Nay; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shib'bo-ldth: and he said Sib'bo-leth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jdr'dan: and there fell at

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that time of the £'phrA-im-ites forty and two thousand. 7 And Jeph'thah judged Is'ra-el six years. Then died Jeph'thah the Gfl'e-ad-ite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gil'e-dd. 8 U And after him Ib'zAn of Beth'le-hem judged is'ra-el. 9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Is'ra-el seven years. 10 Then died Ib'zAn, and was buried at Beth'-ld-hem. 11 And after him £'lon, a ZSb'u-lon-ite, judged is'ra-el; and he judged Is'ra-el ten years. 12 And £'16n the Zeb'u-lon-ite died, and was buried in Aij'a-ldn in the country of Zeb'u-lun. 13 And after him Ab'ddn the son of Hfl'lel, a Pir'a-thon-ite, judged Is'ra-el. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Is'ra-el eight years. 15 And Ab'ddn the son of Hfl'lel the Pir'a-thon-ite died, and was buried in Pir'a-thon in the land of £'phrfi-im, in the mount of the Am'a-lek-ites. 224 CHAPTER 13

bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a NAz'a-rite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Is'ra-el out of the hand of the Phl-Hs'tines. 6T Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Naz'a-rite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 If Then MA-nd'ah intreated the Lord , and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be bom. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of MA-no'ah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but MA-nd'ah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came 1 Israel subject to the Philistines. 2 The angel of the LORD appears to unto me the other day. Manoah’s wife; 8 and to Manoah. 15 11 And MA-nd'ah arose, and went His sacrifice. 24 Samson is born. after his wife, and came to the ND the children of Is'ra-el did man, and said unto him, Art thou u evil again in the sight of the the man that spakest unto the Lord ; and the Lord delivered woman? And he said, I am, them into the hand of the Phi-lis- 12 And MA-nd'ah said, Now let tines forty years. thy words come to pass. How 2 And there was a certain man shall we order the child and how of Zd'rah, of the family of the shall we do unto him? DAn'ites, whose name was MA- 13 And the angel of the Lord nd'ah; and his wife was barren, said unto MA-nd'ah, Of all that I and bare not. said unto the woman let her be3 And the angel of the Lord ap- ware. peared unto the woman, and said 14 She may not eat of any thing unto her, Behold now, thou art that cometh of the vine, neither barren, and bearest not: but thou let her drink wine or strong drink, shalt conceive, and bear a son. nor eat any unclean thing: all that 4 Now therefore beware, 1 pray I commanded her let her observe. thee, and drink not wine nor strong 15 y And MA-nd'ah said unto the drink, and eat not any unclean angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall thing: 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and have made ready a kid for thee.

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16 And the angel of the Lord said unto M^-nd'ah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord . For Ma-nd'ah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord . 17 And MS-no'ah said unto the angel of the Lord , What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? 19 So MA-nd'ah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord : and the angel did wonderously; and M&nd'ah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven.from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And MA-nd'ah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to MA-nd'ah and to his wife. Then MA-no'ah knew that he was an angel of the Lord . 22 And M^-nd'ah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. 23 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 24 If And the woman bare a son, and called his name S&m'son: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of DSn between Zo'rah and £sh'ta-61. 225 CHAPTER 14

in Tim'nath of the daughters of the Phi-lis'tines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Tim'nath of the daughters of the Phi-lis bines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Phi-lis'tines? And S&m'son said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Phi-lis'tines: for at that time the Phi-lis'tines had dominion over is'ra-el. 5 If Then went S&m'son down, and his father and his mother, to Tim'nath, and came to the vineyards of Tim'nath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased S&m'son well. 8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. 10 1 So his father went down unto 1 Samson desires a Philistine woman the woman: and S&m'son made for wife. 5 He kills a lion; 8 and there a feast; for so used the young later finds honey in the carcase. 10 men to do. His marriage feast. 12 His riddle: 11 And it came to pass, when they the manner of its solving. saw him, that they brought thirty ND Sfim'son went down to companions to be with him. t Tim'nath, and saw a woman 12 H And S&m'son said unto them. 804 Original from

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I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him. Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto S&n'son’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? 16 And S&m'son’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 19 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ash'ke-ldn, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went upto his father’s house. 20 But SAm'son’s wife was given Digitized by

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to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. CHAPTER 15 226 1 Samson is refused his wife. 3 He bums the Philistines' com. 9 The men of Judah bind Samson and deliver him to the Philistines. 14 Breaking his bonds, he slays them with a jawbone.

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8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock E'tam. 9 TI Then the Phi-Hs'tines went up , and pitched in Ju'dah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 10 And the men of Ju'dah said, Why are ye come up against us?

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And they answered, To bind Sfim'son are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11Then three thousand men of Ju'dah went to the top of the rock E'tam, and said to S&m'son, Knowest thou not that the Phi-lis'tines are rulers over us? whatis this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. And S&m'son said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock. 14 If And when he came unto Le'hi, the Phi-lis'tines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 16 And S&m'son said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Rft'math-le'hi. 18 IT And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord , and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he Digitized by

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9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Phi-lls'tines be upon thee, SAm'son. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And DS-li'lah said unto SSm'son, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 DS-li'lah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Phi-Hs'fineg be upon thee, SAm'son. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And D$-lizlah said unto S&m'son, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. Andhe said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Phi-lis' fines be upon thee, SSm'son. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 T And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Niz'a-rite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when D6-li'lah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Digitized by

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Phi-liszfineg, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Phi-Hs'fineg came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Phi-Hs'fineg be upon thee, SSm'son. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. 21 But the Phi-Hs'fineg took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Ga'zd, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Phl-Hs'fineg gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dazgdn their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered S&m'son our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Sim'son, that he may make us sport. And they called for S&m'son out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. 26 And SSm'son said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Phi-lis'fineg were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while S&m'son made sport

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28 And Sam'son called unto the Lord , and said, O Lord God , remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Phi-lis'tines for my two eyes. 29 And S£m'son took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And S&m'son said, Let me die with the Phi-lis'tines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zo'rah and Esh'ta-61 in the buryingplace of MA-nd'ah his father. And he judged Is'ra-el twenty years. 228 CHAPTER 17 1 Of money which Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes graven images. 7 He hires a Levite to be his priest.

AND there was a man of mount £'phiA-im, whose name was Mi'cah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord , my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Mi'cah. Digitized by

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5 And the man Mi'cah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in is'ra-el, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7T And there was a young man out of Beth'-le-h&n-ju'dah of the family of Ju'dah, who was a Le'vite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth'-le-hem-ju'dah to sojourn where he could find a Place: and he came to mount £'phr&-im to the house of Mi'cah, as he journeyed. 9 And Mi'cah said unto him. Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Le'vite of Bdth'le-hdm-ju'dah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a Place. 10 And Mi'cah said unto him. Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Le'vite went in. 11 And the Le'vite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12And Mi'cah consecrated the Le'vite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Mi'cah. 13 Then said Mi'cah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Le'vite to my priest CHAPTER 18 229 1 The Danites seek an inheritance for a dwelling-place. 7 Their spies come to Laish. 27 Their army takes it. 30 They set up idolatry there.

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said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount £'phrA-Im, to the house of Mi'cah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Mizcah, they knew the voice of the young man the Le'vite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this tdace? and what hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Mi'cah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. 7 If Then the five men departed, and came to La'ish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zi-dd'ni-ans, quiet and secure ; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zi-do'nI-ans, and had no business with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zo'rah and £sh'tA-dl: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 11 H And there went from thence of the family of the DAn'ites, out of Zo'rah and out of £sh'tA-ol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kir'jath-je'a-rim, in Ju'dah: wherefore they called that place

MA'hA-neh-dAn unto this day: behold, it is behind Kir'jath-je'a-rim. 13 And they passed thence unto mount £'phrA-im, and came unto the house of Mi'cah. 14 If Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of La'ish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Le'vite, even unto the house of Mi'cah, and saluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which Were of the children of DAn, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up , and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Mi'cah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in is'ra-el? 20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. 22 T And when they were a good way from the house of Mi'cah, the men that were in the houses near to Mi'cah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of DAn. 23 And they cried unto the children of DAn. And they turned

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Is'ra-eL that there was a certain Le'vite sojourning on the side of mount £'phr&-Im, who took to him a concubine out of B&th'-16-h6mju'dah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth'-le-h&m-ju'dah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5If And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him. 1 A Levite journeys to Bethlehem to Behold, now the day draweth tobring his concubine home. 16 At ward evening, I pray you tarry all Gibeah they lodge with an old man. night: behold, the day groweth to 22 The men of the place abuse the an end, lodge here, that thine heart concubine to death. 29 The Levite may be merry; and to morrow get divides her body into twelve pieces and you early on your way, that thou sends them into all Israel. mayest go home. AND it came to pass in those days, 10 But the man would not tarry when there was no king in that night, but he rose up and de810 Original from Digitized by

their faces, and said unto Mi'cah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? 24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of D&n said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of D&n went their way: and when Mi'cah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which Mi'cah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto La'ish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote tiiem with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zi'dftn, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by BSth-re'hdb. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city D&n, after the name of D&n their father, who was bom unto Is'ra-el: howbeit the name of the city was La'ish at the first. 30 And the children of D&n set up the graven image: and J6n'athan, the son of Oer'shSm, the son of MA-n&s'seh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of D&n until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Mi'cah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shi'loh. 230 CHAPTER 19

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parted, and came over against J6'- wants lie upon me; only lodge not bus, which is Jfc-ru'sA-l&n; and in the street. there were with him two asses 21 So he brought him into his saddled, his concubine also was house, and gave provender unto with him. the asses: and they washed their 11 And when they were by Je'- feet, and did eat and drink. bus, the day was far spent; and the 22 T Now as they were making servant said unto his master, Come, their hearts merry, behold, the men I pray thee, and let us turn in into of the city, certain sons of Be'U-al, this city of the Jeb'u-sites, and beset the house round about, and lodge in it. beat at the door, and spake to the 12 And his master said unto him, master of the house, the old man, We will not turn aside hither into saying, Bring forth the man that the city of a stranger, that is not of came into thine house, that we may the children of Is'rg-el; we will know him. pass over to GIb'e-ah. 23 And the man, the master of the 13 And he said unto his servant, house, went out unto them, and Come, and let us draw near to one said unto them, Nay, my brethren, of these places to lodge all night, in nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; Gib'e-ah, or in R&'mah. seeing that this man is come into 14 And they passed on and went mine house, do not this folly. their way; and the sun went down 24 Behold, here is my daughter a upon them when they were by maiden, and his concubine; them I Gib'e-ah, which belongeth to Ben'- will bring out now, and humble ye ja-min. them, and do with them what seem15 And they turned aside thither, eth good unto you: but unto this to go in and to lodge in Gib'e-ah: man do not so vile a thing. and when he went in, he sat him 25 But the men would not hearkdown in a street of the city: for en to him: so the man took his there was no man that took them concubine, and brought her forth into his house to lodging. unto them; and they knew her, 16 H And, behold, there came an and abused her all the night until old man from his work out of the the morning: and when the day field at even, which was also of began to spring, they let her go. mount £'phr&-im; and he sojourn- 26 Then came the woman in the ed in GIb'e-ah: but the men of the dawning of the day, and fell down place were B&n'ia-mites. at the door of the man’s house 17 And when he had lifted up his where her lord was, till it was light eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in 27And her lord rose up in the the street of the city: and the old morning, and opened the doors of man said, .Whither goest thou? and the house, and went out to go his whence comest thou? way: and, behold, the woman his 18 And he said unto him, We are concubine was fallen down at the passing from Beth'-le-hdm-ju'dah door of the house, and her hands toward the side of mount £'phr&- were upon the threshold. im; from thence am I: and I went 28 And he said unto her, Up , and to Beth'-16-h6m-ju'dah, but I am let us be going. But none annow going to the house of the swered. Then the man took her Lord ; and there is no man that up upon an ass, and the man rose receiveth me to house. up , and gat him unto his place. 19 Yet there is both straw and 29 And when he was come into provender for our asses; and there his house, he took a knife, and laid is bread and wine also for me, and hold on his concubine, and divided for thy handmaid, and for the young her, together with her bones, into man which is with thy servants: twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of is'ra-el. there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said, Peace 30 And it was so, that all that saw be with thee; howsoever let all thy it said, There was no such deed 811 Original from Digitized by

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of is'ra-el, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gib'e-ah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that 1 Israel gathers at Mizpeh. 3 The they have wrought in is'ra-el. Levite tells his wrong. 8 The as- 11 So all the men of is'ra-el were sembly's decree. 18 Israel, after being gathered against the city, knit todefeated two days, 26 the third day gether as one man. destroys all the Benjamites, except six 12 And the tribes of is'ra-el hundred. sent men through all the tribe of HEN all the children of is'ra-el Ben'ja-min, saying, What wickedwent out, and the congrega- ness is this that is done among tion was gathered together as one you? man, from Dan even to Be'er-she'- 13 Now therefore deliver us the ba, with the land of Gil'e-&d, unto men, the children of Be'li-al, which the Lord in Miz'peh. are in Gib'e-ah, that we may put 2 And the chief of all the people, them to death, and put away evil even of all the tribes of Is'ra-el, from is'ra-el. But the children of presented themselves in the as- Ben'ja-min would not hearken to sembly of the people of God, four the voice of their brethren the hundred thousand footmen that children of is'ra-el: drew sword. . 14 But the children of Ben'ja-min 3 (Now the children of Ben'ja-min gathered themselves together out heard that the children of is'ra-el of the cities unto Gib'e-ah, to go were gone up to Miz'peh.) Then out to battle against the children said the children of is'ra-el, Tell of Is'ra-el. us, how was this wickedness? 15 And the children of Ben'ja-min 4 And the Le'vite, the husband of were numbered at that time out of the woman that was slain, answer- the cities twenty and six thousand ed and said, I came into Gib'e-ah men that drew sword, beside the that belongeth to Ben'ja-min, I inhabitants of Gib'e-ah, which were and my concubine, to lodge. numbered seven hundred chosen 5 And the men of Gib'e-ah rose men. against me, and beset the house 16 Among all this people there round about upon me by night, and were seven hundred chosen men thought to have slain me: and my left-handed; every one could sling concubine have they forced, that stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and 17 And the men of is'ra-el, becut her in pieces, and sent her side Ben'ja-min, were numbered throughout all the country of the four hundred thousand men that inheritance of Is'ra-el: for they drew sword: all these were men have committed lewdness and folly of war. in is'ra-el. 18 And the children of is'ra-el 7 Behold, ye are all diildren of arose, and went up to the house of Is'ra-el; give here your advice and God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up counsel. first to the battle against the children 8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us of Ben'ja-min? And the Lord go to his tent, neither will we any said, Ju'dah shall go up first. 19And the children of is'ra-el of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall be the thing rose up in the morning, and enwhich we will do to Gib'e-ah; we camped against Gib'e-ah. 20 And the men of is'ra-el went will go up by lot against it; 10 And we will take ten men of an out to battle against Ben'ja-min; hundred throughout all the tribes and the men of is'ra-el put them812

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selves in array to fight against them at Gib'e-ah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gib'e-ah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Is'ra-el-ites that day twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people the men of Is'ra-el encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of Is'ra-el went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord , saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Ben'ja-min my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.) 24 And the children of Is'ra-el came near against the children of B&i'ja-min the second day. 25 And BenJa-min went forth against them out of Gib'e-ah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Is'ra-el again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. 26 Then all the children of Is'ra-el, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord , and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord . 27 And the children of Is'ra-el enquired of the Lord , (for the ark of tire covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phin'e-has, the son of £-le-a'zar, the son of A&r'on, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of BenJa-min my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up ; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29And Is'ra-el set liers in wait round about Gib'e-ah. 30 And the children of Is'ra-el went up against the children of B&n'ja-min on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gib'e-ah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people,

and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in die highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gib'e-ah in the field, about thirty men of Is'ra-el. 32 And the children of Ben Ja-min said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Is'ra-el said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Is'ra-el rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Ba'al-ta'mSr: and the liers in wait of Is'ra-el came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gib'e-ah. 34 And there came against Gib'eah ten thousand chosen men out of all Is'ra-el, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And the Lord smote Benjamin before Is'ra-el: and the children of Is'ra-el destroyed of the BenJa-mites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Ben'ja-min saw that they were smitten: for the men of Is'ra-el gave place to the Ben'ja-mites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gib'e-ah. 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Is'ra-el and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Is'ra-el retired in the battle, Ben'ja-min began to smite and kill of the men of Is'ra-el about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Ben'ja-mites looked behind them, and, behold, the

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flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of Is'ra-el turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Is'ra-el unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they inclosed the B£nja-mites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Glb'e-ah toward the sunrising. 44 And there fell of B&n'ia-min eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rim'mdn: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gi'dom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Bdn'ja-min were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rim'mdn, and abode in the rock Rim'mdn four months. 48 And the men of Is'ra-el turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. 232 CHAPTER 21 1 Israel bewails the desolation of Benjamin. 7,16 They consult how to find wives for those that remain.

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ra-el, why is this come to pass in Is'ra-el, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Is'ra-el? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. 5 And the children of Is'ra-el said, Who is there among all the tribes of Is'ra-el that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord ? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to MIz'peh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the children of Is'ra-el repented them for Bdn'ja-min their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Is'ra-el this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? 8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Is'ra-el that came not up to MIz'peh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Ja'besh-gll'e-dd to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jft'besh-gll'e-dd there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'e-dd with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. 11 And this fs the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gll'e-dd four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto his the camp to Shi'loh, which is in the land of Ca'nAan. 13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Bdn'ja-min that were in the rock Rim'mdn, and to call peaceably unto them.

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14 And Bdn'ja-min came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Ja'besh-£fl'e-&d: and yet so they sufficed them not. 15 And the people repented them for Ben'ja-min, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of is'ra-el. 16 HI Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of BSn'ja-min? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of B&n'ja-min, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Is'ra-el. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of is'ra-el have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Ben'ja-min. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shi'ldh yearly in a Place which is on the north side of B&th'-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from B&th'-el to She'chem, and on the south of L$-bd'nah. 20 Therefore they commanded the children of BSn'ja-min, say-

ing, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shi'loh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shi'ldh, and go to the land of B&n'ja-min. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them. Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Is'ra-el departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Is'ra-el: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

THE BOOK OF RUTH two sons MMhlon and Chfl'I-on, feph'rith-ites of Bdth'-lS-hdm-ju'1 Because of famine. Elimelech goes into Moab, where he dies. 5 His dah. And they came into the counsons, Mahlon and Chilion, die there try of Mo'ab, and continued there. also. 6 His wife, Naomi, journeys 3 And £-Um'e-lech NA-d'mi’s hushomeward. 14 Orpah leaves her.but band died; and she was left, and Ruth accompanies her. 19 They her two sons. arrive at Bethlehem. 4 And they took them wives of the OW it came to pass in the days women of Mo'ab; the name of the when the judges ruled, that one was Or'pah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of BSth'-lfc- there about ten years. h&n-ju'dah went to sojourn in the 5 And MMh'lon and Chfl'I-on died countnr of Mo'ab, he, and his wife, also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was husband. Then she arose with her t-lhn'4-lech, and the name of his 6 wife NA-d'mi, and the name of his daughters in law, that she might 233

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return from the country of M6'ab: for she had heard in the country of Mo'ab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Ju'dah. 8 And NA-o'mi said unto her two daughters in law, Go return each to her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. 11 And said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out a ora in at TTIP 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Or'pah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. 15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and Ahere will I be buried: the Lord do Digitized by

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so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 19 1 So they two went until they came to Beth'-ld-hem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth'-lS-hem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this NA-d'mi? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Nd-o'mi, call me Ma'rA: for the Almighty hath dealt very ' bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me NA-6'mi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So NA-o'mi returned, and Ruth the Md'ab-it-ess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Mo'ab: and they came to Bdth'-ld-h&n in the beginning of barley harvest CHAPTER 2 234

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AND N£-o'mi had a kinsman of xx her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of fi-lfan'6-lech; and his name was Bo'az. 2 And Ruth the Md'ab-it-ess said unto NA-d'mi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Bo'&z, who was of the kindred of 2-lim'd-lech. 4 5[ And, behold, Bo'az came from Beth'-le-h&m, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. 5Then said Bd'&z unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Mo'ab-it-ish damsel

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Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz: his kindness that came back with NA-d'mi out of the country of Md'ab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Bb'&z unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Bo'Az answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Is'ra-el, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And Bo'Az said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside file reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Bd'Az commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even Digitized by

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among the sheaves, and reproach her not: 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And she took it up , and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. 19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said. The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Bo'Az. 20 And NA-o'mi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord , who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And NA-o'mi said unto her, The man zs near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Md'ab-it-ess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest 22And NA-6'mi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Bo'Az to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. CHAPTER 3 235 1 Following Naomi's instructions, 5 Ruth lies at the feet of Boaz. 8 He acknowledges the right of a kinsman. 14 He sends her away with a generous gift.

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kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, AU that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to aU that her mother in law bade her. 7 And when Bb'&z had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of com: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8T And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord , my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou foUowedst not young men, whether poor or rich. 11And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee aU that thou requires!: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shaU be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he wiU not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as Digitized by

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the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning. 14 5[ And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into j the city. 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art j thou, my daughter? And she told | her all that the man had done to her. ’ 17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me. Go not empty unto thy mother in law. 18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAPTER 4 236 1 Boaz consults with the next kinsman, 6 who refuses the redemption. 9 Boaz buys it, and marries Ruth. 13 She bears Obed. 18 The generations of Pharez.

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o'mi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Mo'ab-it-ess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it, 7 Now this was the manner in former time in Is'ra-el concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Is'ra-el. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Bo'&z, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 951 And Bo'&z said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was fi-lim'e-lech’s, and all that was Chil'i-dn’s and MShlon’s, of the hand of N&-o'mi. 10Moreover Ruth the Mo'ab-itess, the wife of M&h'lon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this

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£ph'ra-tah, and be famous in Bdth'-ld-hdm: 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pha'rdz, whom TA'mar bare unto Ju'dah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. 13 So Bo'&z took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto N&o'rni, Blessed be the Lord , which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Is'ra-el. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath bom him. 16 And N&-o'mi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son bom to N&-d'mi; and they called his name d'bed: he is the father of J&s'se, the father of D&'vid. 18 H Now these are the generations of Ph&'rdz: Pha'rSz begat Hez'rdn, 19 And Hez'rdn begat R&m, and R&m begat Am-min'a-dab, 20 And Am-min'a-dab begat NMh'shon, and Nfih'shdn begat S&l'mdn, 21 And S&l'mdn begat Bd'&z, and Bd'&z begat d'bed, 22 And d'bed begat Jds'se, and Jds'se begat D&'vid.

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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS mount £'phr&-Im, and his name 237 CHAPTER 1 1 Elkanah and his two wives: Hannah was £l'k&-nah, the son of Jer'othe favored, though childless. 9 Her h&m, the son of fi-li'hu, the son of prayer. 20 Samuel is born; 24 and To'hu, the son of Zuph, an £ph'presented to the Lord . r&th-ite: OW there was a certain man 2 And he had two wives; the name of Ra-math-a'im-zd'phim, of of the one was H&n'nah, and the

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name of the other Pd-nin'nah: and 14 And E'li said unto her, How P£-nin'nah had children, but Han- long wilt thou be drunken? put nah had no children. away thy wine from thee. 3 And this man went up out of 15 And H&n'nah answered and his city yearly to worship and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk in Shiloh. And the two sons of neither wine nor strong drink, but Eli, Hdph'ni and Phin'e-has, the have poured out my soul before priests of the Lord , were there. the Lord . 4 IF And when the time was that 16 Count not thine handmaid for El'ka-nah offered, he gave to P$- a daughter of Be'll-al: for out of nin'nah. his wife, and to all her the abundance of my complaint sons and her daughters, por- and grief have I spoken hitherto. tions: 17 Then E'li answered and said, 5 But unto H&n'nah he gave a Go in peace: and the God of !§'worthy portion; for he loved Han- ra-el grant thee thy petition that nah: but the Lord had shut up thou hast asked of him. her womb. 18 And she said, Let thine hand6 And her adversary also pro- maid find grace in thy sight. So voked her sore, for to make her the woman went her way, and did fret, because the Lord had shut eat, and her countenance was no up her womb. more sad. 7 And as he did so year by year, 19 And they rose up in the mornwhen she went up to the house ing early, and worshipped before of the Lord , so she provoked her; the Lord , and returned, and came therefore she wept, and did not to their house to Ra'mah: and £1'eat. k£-nah knew HAn'nah his wife; 8 Then said El'kft-nah her hus- and the Lord remembered hen band to her, H^n'nah, why weep- 20 Wherefore it came to pass, est thou? and why eatest thou when the time was come about not? and why is thy heart grieved? after Han'nah had conceived, that am not I better to thee than ten she bare a son, and called his name sons? Sfim'u-el, saving, Because I have 9 6 51 In the ninth year of Hd-she'A Original from Digitized by Vj OOQLC .463 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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the king of As-sfr'I-A took SA-mA'ri-A, and carried Is'ra-el away into As-sjh-'I-A, and placed them in Ha'lah and in HA'bftr by the river of Gd'zan, and in the cities of the M&des. 7 For so it was, that the children of Is'ra-el had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of £'&pt, from under the hand of PhA'radh king of fi'idfot, and'had feared other gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of is'ra-el, and of the kings of Is'ra-el, which they had made. 9 And the children of Is'ra-el did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: 11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: 12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto then), Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Lord testified against Is'ra-el, and against Ju'dah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fattiers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round Wout them, concerning whom the Digitized by

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Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them. 16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Ba'al. 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord , to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Is'ra-el, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Ju'dah only. 19 Also Ju'dah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Is'ra-el which they made. 20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Is'ra-el, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he rent Is'ra-el from the house of Da'vid; and they made JSr-Q-bo'am the son of NA'bAt king: and Jer-Q-bd'am drave I$ra-el from following the Lord , and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Is'ra-el walked in all the sins of JSr-o-bo'am which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the Lord removed Is'rael out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Is'ra-el carried away out of their own land to As-s^r'I-a unto this day. 24 And the king of As-sfr'I-A brought men from BAb'y-lon, and from Cu'thah, and from A'vA, and from HA'math, and from Seph-arva'im, and placed them in the cities of SA-ma'ri-A instead of the children of Is'ra-el: and they possessed SA-mA'ri-A, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord : therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

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26 Wherefore they spake to the king of As-sjfr'I-A, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of SA-ma'ri-a, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent Hons among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of As-sjfr'i-a commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from SA-ma'ri-d came and dwelt in Beth'-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the SA-mdr'i-tans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of BAb'Mon made Suc'coth-be'noth, and the men of Cuth made Ner'gal, and the men of HA'math made Ash'i-md, 31And the A'vites made NlbliAz and TAr'tAk, and the S&ph'ar-vites burnt their children in fire to A-dram'm&-lech and A-nAm'mdlech, the gods of Sdph-ar-va'im. 32 So they feared the Lord , and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared the Lord , and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of JA'cpb, whom he named fs'ra-el; 35 With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: Digitized by

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36But the Lord , who brought you up out of the land of £'££pt with great power and-a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. 39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So these nations feared the Lord , and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. CHAPTER 18 331 1 Hezekiah's good reign. 4 He destroys idolatry. 9 Samaria carried away captive because of their transgressions. 13 Sennacherib invades Judah. 17 Rab-shakeh's offensive message.

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n KINGS, 18 of Ju'dah, nor any that were before him. 6 For he clave to the Lord , and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Mo'ses. 7 And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of As-sjhr'i-A, and served him not. 8 He smote the Phl-lis'tines, even unto Ga'zA, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 9 If And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hez-e-ki'ah, which was the seventh year of H5shA'A son of £'lah king of Is'ra-el, that ShAl-man-e'ser king of Assfr'I-A came up against SA-ma'ri-a, and besieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hez-e-ki'ah, that is the ninth year of Hd-she'A king of Is'ra-el, SA-ma'ri-A was taken. 11 And the king of As-syr'i-A did carry away Is'ra-el unto As-sjfr'I-A, and put them in Ha'lah and in Ha'bdr by the river of Gd'zan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Mo'ses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 f Now in the fourteenth year of king Hez-e-ki'ah did Sen-nAch'e-rib king of As-syr'i-a come up against all the fenced cities of Ju'dah, and took them. 14 And Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah sent to the king of As-syr'i-A to La'chish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which * thou puttest on me will I bear. And the long of As-sfr'i-a appointed unto Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hez-e-ki'ah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord , and in the treasures of the king’s house. 16 At that time did H&z-e-ki'ah cut off the gold from the doors of the Digitized by

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temple of the Lord , and from the pillars which Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of As-syr'i-a. 17 U And the king of As-sfr'i-A sent Tar'tan and RAb'sa-ris and RAb'sha-keh from La'chish to king Hez-e-ki'ah with a great host against JA-ru'sA-lem. And they went up and came to Je-ru'sA-l&n. And when they were come up , they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which u in the highway of the fuller’s field. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them £-li'a-kim the son of HH-ki'ah, which was over the household, and Sheb'nA the scribe, and Jo'ah the son of A'saph the recorder. 19 And RAb'-sha-keh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hez-e-ki'ah, Thus saith the great king, the king of As-syr'i-A, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon E'gypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pha'raoh king of £'&rpt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hez-e-ki'ah hath taken away, and hath said to Ju'dah and JA-ru'sA-lem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Je-ru'sA-lem? 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of As-s^r'i-A, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on £'£ypt for chariots and for horsemen? 25 Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

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Hezekiah sends to Isaiah 26 Then said 2-li'a-kfcn the son of Hll-ki'ah, and Sh&b'nA, and Jd'ah, unto RAb'-sha-keh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syr'I-an language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 27 But RAb'-sha-keh' said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? 28 Then RAb'-sha-keh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language. and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of As-sfr'I-A: 29 Thus saith the king, Let not HAz-e-ki'ah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 30 Neither let Hez-e-ki'ah make you trust in the Lord , saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of As-sjhr'i-a. 31 Hearken not to Hez-e-ki'ah: for thus saith the king of As-s£r'I-A, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hez-e-ki'ah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of As-sfr'i-a? 34 Where are the gods of Ha'math, and of Ar'pad? where are the gods of S&ph-ar-va'im, He'na, and I'vah? have they delivered SAmA'ri-A out of mine hand? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should :deDigitized by

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liver JA-ru'sA-l&n out of mine hand? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. 37 Then came fe-li'a-kim the son of Hfl-ki'ah, which was over the household, and ShAb'nA the scribe, and Jd'ah the son of A'saph the recorder, to H&z-e-ki'ah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of RAb'-sha-keh. CHAPTER 19 332 1 Hezekiah sends to Isaiah. 6 His encouraging message. 8 Sennacherib's blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah spreads the letter before the Lord , ana prays to him. Isaiah's prophecy. 35 The angel of the LORD smites the Assyrians. 37 Sennacherib slain.

AND it came to pass, when king xx Hez-e-ki'ah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord . 2 And he sent ft-li'a-kim, which was over the household, and ShAbnA the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to I-sa'jah the prophet the son of A'moz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith H&z-e-ki'ah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of RAb'-sha-keh, whom the king of As-sfr'i-A his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. 5 So the servants of king Hez-eki'ah came to I-sa'jah. 61 And I-sA'jah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord , Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of As-sfr'i-A have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and heOriginal shall hear a rumour, n om UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 | So RAb'-sha-keh returned, and found the king of As-sfr'I-A warring against Lib'nah: for he had heard that he was departed from LA'chish. 9 And when he heard say of Tir'ha-kah king of E-thl-o'pi-A, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hez-e-ki'ah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-eki'ah king of Ju'dah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, JA-ru'sA-lAm shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of As-sfr'1-A. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of As-sfr'I-A have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly : and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Go'zan, and Ha'ran, and Re'zeph, and the children of £'den which were in ThA-lA'sar? 13 Where is the king of Ha'math, and the king of Ar'pad, and the king of the city of Sdph-ar-va'im, of He'nA, and I'vah? 14 If And Hez-e-ki'ah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hez-e-ki'ah went up into the house of the Lord , and spread it before the Lord . 15 And Hez-e-ki'ah prayed before the Lord , and said, O Lord God of Is'rg-el, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 Lord , bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord , thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of SAn-nAch'e-rib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, Lord , the kings of As-sfr'i-A have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -

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19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hanc^ that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only. 20 U Then I-sa'jah the son of A'moz sent to HSz-e-ki'ah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of I§'ra-el, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sen-nAch'e-rib king of As-sjfr'I-A I have heard. 21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zi'dn hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of JA-ru'sA-ldm hath shaken her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of !§'ra-el. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord , and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Leb'a-non, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his CAr'mel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all file rivers of besieged places. 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up . 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine o Original from

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ears- therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest. 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee. Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Ju'dah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of JS-ru'sA-lfcm shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zi'on: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of As-s#rzI-A, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord . 34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant Da'vid’s sake. 35 H And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the As-sjfr'I-ans an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So S&n-nAch'e-rib king of AssfrK-A departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at NIn'e-veh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of NIszrdch his god, that A-drAm'm$-lech and ShA-re'zer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ar-me'ni-A. And £'sar-hftd'don his son reigned in his stead. 333 CHAPTER 20

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phet I-sA'iah the son of A'moz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord , saying, 3 I beseech thee, O Lord , remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hfcz-e-ki'ah wept sore. 4 And it came to pass, afore I-sA'iah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 5 Turn again, and tell H&z-e-ki'ah the captain of my people. Thus saith the Lord , the God of DAzvid thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord . 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of As-s£rzi-A; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant Da'vid’s sake. 7 And I-sa'jah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 1 And HAz-e-ki'ah said unto I-sa'iah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day? 9 And I-sa'jah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord , that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10 And Hez-e-ki'ah answered, It is a light thing for die shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten de1 Hezekiah, being mortally ill, through grees. 11 And I-sa'jah the prophet cried prayer has his life lengthened. 8 unto the Lord : and he brought The sun goes backward ten degrees as a sign in fulfilment. 14 Isaiah fore- the shadow ten degrees backward, tells the Babylonian captivity. 21 by which it had gone down in the Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah. dial of A'hAz. N those days was Hdz-e-ki'ah 12 At that time B$-ro'dAchsick unto death. And the pro- bAl'a-dAn, the son of BAl'a-dAn, Original from 459 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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king of BAb'f-lon, sent letters and CHAPTER 21 334 a present unto HAz-e-ki'ah: for he 1 Manasseh’s reign. 10 His wickedhad heard that HAz-e-ki'ah had ness the cause of prophecies against been sick. Judah. 18 Amon succeeds him; his wickedness. 23 His servants slay him, 13 And Hez-e-ki'ah hearkened 26 and Josiah succeeds him. unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, A-NAS'SEH was twelve years the silver, and the gold, and the old when he began to reign* spices, and the precious ointment, and reigned fifty and five years in and all the house of his armour, JA-ru'sfl-lAm. And his mother’s and all that was found in his name was H&ph'zi-bah. treasures: there was nothing 2 And he did that which was evil in his house, nor in all his domin- in the sight of the Lord , after the ion, that HAz-e-ki'ah shewed them abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before die chilnot. 14 51 Then came t-sa'iah the pro- dren of Is'ra-el. phet unto king H&z-e-ki'ah, and 3 For he built up again the high said unto him, What said these places which H&z-e-ki'ah his famen? and from whence came they ther had destroyed; and he reared unto thee? And H&z-e-ki'ah said, up altars for Ba'al, and made a They are come from a far country, grove, as did A'hAb king of Is'ra-el; even from BAb'jMon. and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hez- 4 And he built altars in the house e-ki'ah answered, All the things of the Lord , of which the Lord that are in mine house have they said, In JA-ru'sA-lAm will I put my seen: there is nothing among my name. treasures that I have not shewed 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of them. 16 And I-sA'jah said unto Hez- the house of the Lord . e-ki'ah, Hear the word of the 6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed Lord . 17 Behold, the days come, that all times, and used enchantments* that is in thine house, and that and dealt with familiar spirits and which thy fathers have laid up in wizards: he wrought much wickedstore unto this day, shall be carried ness in the sight of the Lord , to into BAb'jr-lon: nothing shall be provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of left, saith the Lord . 18 And of thy sons that shall issue the grove that he had made in the from thee, which thou shalt beget, house, of which the Lord said to shall they take away; and they Da'vid, and to Sol'o-mon his son* shall be eunuchs in the palace of In this house, and in JA-ru'sA-lem, which I have chosen out of all the king of BAb'jMon. tribes of Is'ra-el, will I put my 19 Then said Hez-e-ki'ah unto t-sA'jah, Good is the word of the name for ever: Lord which thou hast spoken. 8 Neither will I make the feet of And he said, Is it not good, if Is'ra-el move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; peace and truth be in my days? 20 51 And the rest of the acts of only if they will observe to do acH&z-e-ki'ah, and all his might, and cording to all that I have commandhow he made a pool, and a con- ed them, and according to all the duit, and brought water into the law that my servant Mo'ses comcity, are they not written in the manded them. book of the chronicles of the kings 9 But they hearkened not: and MA-nAs'seh seduced them to do of Ju'dah? 21 And Hez-e-ki'ah slept with his more evil than did the nations whom fathers: and MA-nAs'seh his son the Lord destroyed before the children of Is'ra-el. reigned in his stead. Original from 460 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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10 1 And the Lord spake by his that his father walked in, and servants the prophets, saying, served the idols that his father 11 Because MA-nAs'seh king of served, and worshipped them: Ju'dah hath done these abomina- 22 And he forsook the LORD God tions, and hath done wickedly of his fathers, and walked not in the above all that the Am'or-ites did, way of the Lord . which were before him, and hath 23 1 And the servants of A'mon made Ju'dah also to sin with his conspired against him, and slew idols: the king in his own house. 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord 24 And the people of the land slew God of Is'ra-el, Behold, I am bring- all them that had conspired against ing such evil upon JA-ru'sA-l&n and king A'mon; and the people of the Ju'dah, that whosoever heareth of land made Jd-si'ah his son king in it, both his ears shall tingle. his stead. 13 And I will stretch over J6-ru'- 25Now the rest of the acts of sA-Um the line of SA-ma'ri-A, and A'mon which he did, are they not the plummet of the house of Aliib: written in the book of the chroniand I will wipe Je-ru'sA-lem as a cles of the kings of Ju'dah? man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and 26 And he was buried in his sepulturning it upside down. chre in the garden of Cz'zA: and 14 And I will forsake the rem- Jd-si'ah his son reigned in his nant of mine inheritance, and de- stead. liver them into the hand of their CHAPTER 22 335 enemies; and they shall become a 1 Josiah’s good reign. 3 He arranges prey and a spoil to all their enefor the repairing of the temple. 8 Hilkiah, having found the book of the mies; law, Josiah sends to Huldah to en15 Because they have done that quire of the Lord . 15 Her prophecy. which was evil in my sight, and O-SI'AH was eight years old have provoked me to anger, since when he began to reign, and he the day their fathers came forth reigned thirty and one years in out of i't^pt, even unto this day. 16 Moreover MA-nas'seh shed in- Je-ru'sA-lem. And his mother’s nocent blood very much, till he name was J6-di'dah, the daughter had filled JA-ru'sA-l&n from one of Ad-a-i'ah of Bds'cath. end to another; beside his sin 2 And he did that which was right wherewith he made Ju'dah to sin, in the sight of the Lord , and in doing that which was evil in walked in all the way of Da'vid his father, and turned not aside to the fixe sight of the Lord . 17 1 Now the rest of the acts of right hand or to the left. MA-nas'seh, and all that he did, 3 H And it came to pass in the and his sin that he sinned, are they eighteenth year of king JA-si'ah, not written in the book of the that the king sent Sha'phan the son chronicles of the kings of Ju'dah? of Az-a-li'ah, the son of Me-shul'18 And MA-nAs'seh slept with his lam, the scribe, to the house of the fathers, and was buried in the gar- Lord , saying, den of his own house, in the garden 4 Go up to Hil-ki'ah the high of ftz'zd: and A'mon his son reigned priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house in his stead. 19 H A'mon was twenty and two of the Lord , which the keepers years old when he began to reign, of the door have gathered of the and he reigned two years in J$-ru'- people: sd-lem. And his mother’s name 5 And let them deliver it into the was Md-shulle-meth, the daughter hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of of Ha'ruz of Jdt'bah. 20 And he did that which was the Lord : and let them give it to evil in the sight of the LORD, as the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord , to repair his father MA-nAs'seh did. 21 And he walked in all the way the breaches of the house, Original from 461 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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6 Unto carpenters, and builders, 16 Thus saith the Lord , Behold, and masons, and to buy timber I will bring evil upon this place, and hewn stone to repair the house. and upon the inhabitants thereof, 7 Howbeit there was no reckon- even all the words of the book ing made with them of the money which the king of Ju'dah hath that was delivered into their hand, read: because they dealt faithfully. 17 Because they have forsaken 8 And Hil-ki'ah the high priest me, and have burned incense unto said unto Sha'phan the scribe, I other gods, that they might prohave found the book of tbe law in voke me to anger with all the works the house of the Lord . And Hil- of their hands; therefore my wrath ki'ah gave the book to Sha'phan, shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. and he read it. 9 And Sha'phan the scribe came to 18 But to the king of Ju'dah the king, and brought the king which sent you to enquire of the word again, and said, Thy servants Lord , thus shall ye say to him. have gathered the money that was Thus saith the Lord God of Is'refound in the house, and have de- el, As touching the words which livered it into the hand of them that thou hast heard; do the work, that have the over- 19 Because thine heart was tensight of the house of the Lord . der, and thou hast humbled thyself 10 And Sha'phan the scribe shew- before the Lord , when thou hearded the king, saying, Hil-ki'ah the est what I spake against this place, priest hath delivered me a book. and against the inhabitants thereof, And Sha'phan read it before the that they should become a desolaking. tion and a curse, and hast rent thy 11 And it came to pass, when the clothes, and wept before me; I also king had heard the words of the have heard thee, saith die Lord . book of die law, that he rent his 20 Behold therefore, I will gather clothes. thee unto thy fathers, and thou 12 And the king commanded Hil- shalt be gathered into thy grave ki'ah the priest, and A-hi'kam the in peace; and thine eyes shall not son of Sh&'phan, and Ach'bor the see all the evil which I will bring son of Mi-cha'iah, and Sha'phan upon this place. And they brought the scribe, and A-sa-hi'ah a serv- the king word again. ant of the king’s, saying, CHAPTER 23 336 13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD 1 Having gathered all the people, Josiah for me, and for the people, and for has the book read. 3 He renews the all Ju'dah, concerning the words covenant. 4 He destroys idolatry. 21 of this book that is found: for He keeps a solemn passover. 29 great is the wrath of the Lord that Josiah is slain at Megiddo: Jeis kindled against us, because our hoahaz his successor. 33 Pharaohnechoh deposes him, and makes fathers have not hearkened unto Jehoiakim king: 37 his wicked reign. the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is AND the king sent, and they written concerning us. xx gathered unto him all the eld14 So Hil-ki'ah the priest, and ers of Ju'dah and of J$-ru's£-leni. A-hi'kam, and Ach'bdr, and Sha'- 2 And the king went up into the phan, and A-sa-hi'ah, went unto house of the Lord , and all the men Hul'dah the prophetess, the wife of Ju'dah and all the inhabitants of of ShAl'lum the son of Tik'vah, the Je-ru'sS-lem with him, and the son of Har'has, keeper of the ward- priests, and the prophets, and all robe; (now she dwelt in Jg-ru'sft- the people, both small and great: l&n in the college;) and they com- and he read in their ears all the muned with her. words of the book of the covenant 15 And she said unto them, which was found in the house of Thus saith the Lord God of Is'rael, the Lord . Tell the man that sent you to me, 3 H And the king stood by a pilOriginal from 462 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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lar, and made a covenant before the Lord , to walk after the Lord , and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hilki'ah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Ba'al, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without JA-ru'sA-lem in the fields of Kid'ron, and carried the ashes of them unto B&th'-el. 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Ju'dah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Ju'dah, and in the places round about JAru'sA-l&n; them also that burned incense unto Ba'al, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord , without JA-ru'sA-lem, unto the brook Kid'ron, and burned it at the brook Kid'ron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. 7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord , where the women wove hangings for the grove. 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Ju'dah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from G6'bA to Be'er-shA'bA, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Jdsh'u-A the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in JA-rp'sA-lAm, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. 10 And he defiled Td'pheth, which is in the valley of the chilDigitized by

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dren of HIn'nom,. that no man might make his son or* his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Ju'dah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord , by the chamber of Na'than-me'lech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of A'hAz, which the kings of Ju'dah hadmade, and the altars which MA-nAs'seh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord , did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kid'ron. 13 And the high places that were before JA-ru'sA-lem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Sol'o-mon the king of Is'ra-el had builded for Ash'td-reth the abomination of the Zi-dd'nI-ans, and foJ Che'mdsh the abomination of the Md'ab-ites, and for MU'com the abomination of the children of Am'mdn, did the king defile. 14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 U Moreover the altar that was at Beth'-el, and the high place which Jer-Q-bo'am the son of Ne'bAt, who made Is'ra-el to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. 16 And as Jd-si'ah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon tide altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. 17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Ju'dah, and proclaimed these things

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that thou hast done against the altar of Beth't-el. 18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Sd-ma'ri-A. 19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of S4-mi'ri-a, which the kings of Is'ra-el had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Jd-si'ah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth'-el. 20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jd-ru'sd-lem. 21 5[ And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Is'ra-el, nor in all the dayfe of the kings of Is'ra-el, nor of the kings of Ju'dah; 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Jd-si'ah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jd-ru'si-ldm. 24 1 Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Jfi'dah and in Jd-ru'sd-ldm, did Jd-si'ah put away, that be might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hil'ki'ah the priest found in the house of the Lord . 25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Mo'ses; neither after him arose there any like him. 26 5[ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Ju'dah, because of all the provocations that Mft-n&s'seh had provoked him withal. Digitized by

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27 And the Lord said, I will remove Ju'dah also out of my sight, as I have removed Is'ra-el, and will cast off this city Jd-ru'sA-ldm which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jdsi'ah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju'dah? 29 51 In his days Ph&'raoh-nd'choh king of £'&pt went up against the king of As-s#r'i-A to the river Euphra'tes: and king Jd-si'ah went against him; and he slew him at Md-gid'dd, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Md-gid'dd, and brought him to Jd-ru'sd-lem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jd-ho'a-h&z the son of Jd-si'ah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead. 3151 Jd-hd'a-h&z was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Je-ru'sd-ldm. And his mother’s name was HA-mu'tal, the daughter of Jdr-e-mi'ah of Lib'nah. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And Pha'raoh-ne'choh put him in bands at Rib'lah in the land of Ha'math, that he might not reign in Jd-ru'sA-l&n; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And Pha'raoh-ne'choh made t-li'a-ldm the son of Jd-si'ah king in the room of Jd-si'ah his father, and turned his name to Jd-hoi'akim, and took Jd-ho'a-h&z away: and he came to £'££pt, and died there. 35 And Jd-hoi'a-kim gave the silver and the gold to Phi'raoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pha'raoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pha'radhne'choh. 36 5[ Jd-hoi'a-kim was twenty and five years old when he began

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3 Now for a long season Is'ra-el 15 And all Ju'dah rejoiced at the hath been without the true God, oath: for they had sworn with all and without a teaching priest, and their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was without law. 4 But when they in their trouble found of them: and the Lord gave did turn unto the Lord God of is'- them rest round about. ra-el, and sought him, he was found 16If And also concerning Ma'achah the mother of A'sA the king, of them. 5 And in those times there was no he removed her from being queen, peace to him that went out, nor to because she had made an idol in a him that came in, but great vexa- grove: and A'sA cut down her idol, tions were upon all the inhabitants and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook KId'ron. of the countries. 17 But the high places were not 6 And nation was destroyed of taken away out of Is'ra-el: nevernation, and city of city: for God did theless the heart of A'sA was pervex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let fect all his days. not your hands be weak: for your 18 K And he brought into the house of God the things that his work shall be rewarded. 8 And when A'sA heard these father had dedicated, and that he words, and the prophecy of d'ded himself had dedicated, silver, and the prophet, he took courage, and gold, and vessels. put away the abominable idols out 19 An there was no more war of all the land of Ju'dah and Ben- unto the five and thirtieth year of jg-min, and out of the cities which the reign of A'sA. he had taken from mount E'phrACHAPTER 16 383 im, and renewed the altar of the Lord , that was before the porch 1 Asa through the aid of the Syrians ? revents Baasha from building Ramah. of the Lord . A prophet, rebuking Asa because of 9 And he gathered all Ju'dah and his league with Syria, is imprisoned. Ben'ja-min, and the strangers with 11 Asa's death. them out of E'phrA-Im and MAnAs'seh, and out of SIm'e-on: for N the six and thirtieth year of the reign of A'sa Ba'a-shA they fell to him out of Is'ra-el in abundance, when they saw that king of is'ra-el came up against the Lord his God was with him. Ju'dah, and built Ra'mah, to the 10 So they gathered themselves intent that he might let none together at JA-ru'sA-lAm in the go out or come in to A'sA king of third month, in the fifteenth year Ju'dah. of the reign of A'sa. 2 Then A'sA brought out silver and 11 And they offered unto the gold out of the treasures of the Lord the same time, of the spoil house of the Lord and of the which they had brought, seven king’s house, and sent to Ben-hA'hundred oxen and seven thousand dAd king of Sfr'i-A, that dwelt at DA-mAs'cus, saying, sheep. 12 And they entered into a cove- 3 There is a league between me nant to seek the Lord God of their and thee, as there was between fathers with all their heart and with my father and thy father: behold, all their soul; I have sent thee silver and gold; 13 That whosoever would not go, break thy league with Ba'aseek the Lord God of Is'ra-el shA king of is'ra-el, that he may should be put to death, whether depart from me. small or great, whether man or 4 And Ben-ha'dAd hearkened unto king A'sa, and sent the captains woman. 14 And they sware unto the LORD of his armies against the cities of with a loud voice, and with shout- is'ra-el; and they smote i'jon, and ing, and with trumpets, and with DAn, and A'bAl-ma'im, and all the cornets. store cities of NAph'ta-li. 518 Original from Digitized by

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5 And it came to pass, when BA'CHAPTER 17 384 a-shA heard it, that he left off 1 Jehoshaphat's prosperous reign. 7 He commissions the princes and Lebuilding of R&'mah, and let his 6 Then A'sA the king took all Ju'dah; and they carried away the stones of Ra'mah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Ba'g-shA was building; and he built therewith OA'bA and Miz'pah. 7 Tf And at that time HA-na'ni the seer came to A'sA king of Ju'dah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Sjhr'I-A, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Sjrr'I-a escaped out of thine hand. 8 Were not the E-thi-6'pi-ans and the Lu'bims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 10 Then A'sa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And A'sA oppressed some of the people the same time. 11 If And, behold, the acts of A'sA, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Ju'dah and Is'ra-el. 12 And A'sa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord , but to the physicians. 13 If And A'sa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of DA'vid, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him. Digitized by

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AND J$-h6sh'a-phAt his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Is'ra-el. 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Ju'dah, and set garrisons in the land of Ju'dah, and in the cities of £'phrA-im, which A'sA his father had taken. 3 And the Lord was with Jdhdsh'a-phAt, because he walked in the first ways of his father Da'vid, and sought not unto BA'al-im; 4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Is'ra-el. 5 Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Ju'dah brought to J$-hdsh'a-phAt presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance. 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord : moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Ju'dah. 7 K Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-ha'il, and to o-ba-di'ah, and to ZAch-a-ri'ah, and to N£thAn'e-el, and to Mi-cha'jah, to teach in the cities of Ju'dah. 8 And with them he sent Le'vites, even Shem-a-i'ah, and Neth-a-niCah, and Zeb-a-di'ah, and A'sa-h&l, and She-mir'a-moth, and Je-ndn'a-than, and Ad-o-ni'jah, and Tdbi'jah, and Tdb-Ad-o-ni'jah, Le'vites; and with them £-lish'a-ma and Jd-hd'ram, priests. 9 And they taught in Ju'dah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Ju'dah, and taught the people. 10 5f And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Ju'dah, so that they made no war against JA-hdsh'a-PhAt. 11 Also some of the Phi-lis'tlnes brought J6-hdsh'ft-phSt presents. .9 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, MicA'iah, shall we go to Ra'mothgil'e-&d to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord ? 16 Then he said, I did see all Is'ra-el scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Is'ra-el said to J£-hdsh'a-phAt, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord ; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and ah the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And the Lord said, Who shall entice A'hAb king of is'ra-el, that he may go up and fall at Ra'mothgfl'e-Ad? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord , and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. 22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee. 23 Then Z&d-e-ki'ah the son of ChA-nd'A-nah came near, and smote Mi-cA'jah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee? y 24 And Mi-ca'jah said, Behold, Digitized by

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thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 Then the king of Is'ra-el said; Take ye Mi-ca'jah, and carry him back to A'mon the governor of the city, and to Jo'Ash the king’s son; 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. 27 And Mi-ca'jah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. 28 So the king of is'ra-el and J&hfish'a-phAt the king of Ju'dah went up to Ra'moth-gil'e-Ad. 29 And the king of is'ra-el said unto J£-hdsh'a-phAt, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of is'ra-el disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 30 Now the king of Sjhr'I-A had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Is'ra-el. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw J&hosh'A-phAt, that they said, It is the king of is'ra-el. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but JS-hdsh'a-phAt cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of is'ra-el, they turned back again from pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of is'ra-el between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of is'ra-Ql stayed himself up in his chariot against the SfrT-ans until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

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AND J$-hdsh'a-ph£t the king of Zx Ju'dah returned to his house in peace to J6-ru'sA-l&n. 2 And Jehu the son of HA-n&'ni the seer went out to meet him, and said to king JS-hdsh'a-PhAt, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord . 3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. 4 And J$-h5sh'a-ph£t dwelt at Jfc-ru'sA-l&m- and he went out again through the people from Be'er-she'bd to mount E'phrA-im, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers. 5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Jil'dah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord , who is with you in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 T Moreover in Jfc-ru'sA-l&n did J6-hdsh'a-ph£t set of the L€'vites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Is'ra-el, for the judgment of the Lord , and for controversies, when they returned to J6-ru'sA-16m. 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord , faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord , and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. M r1 6 Digitized by Cj OOQIC

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9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Am'mdn and Md'ab and mount SS'ir, whom thou wouldest not let Is'ra-el invade, when they came out of the land of fi'&tot, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11 Behold, I scat, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Ju'dah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 5[ Then upon JA-ha'zi-el the son of ZSch-a-ri'ah, the son of B6nA'jah, the son of Je-i'el, the son of MAt-ta-ni'ah, a Le'vite of the sons of A'saph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation; 15 And he said. Hearken ye, all Ju'dah, and ye inhabitants of J&ni'sfi-l&n, and thou king Jd-hosh'a-ph&t, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your’s, but God’s. 16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of JSr'u-el. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Ju'dah and J£ru'sA-l&n: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. 18 And J$-h6sh'a-ph£t bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Jfi'dah and the inhabitants Digitized by

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of J6-ru'sA-16m fell before the Lord , worshipping the Lord . 19 And the Le'vites, of the children of the Ko'hath-ites, and of the children of the Kdr'hites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Is'ra-el with a loud voice on high. 2051 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Te-ko'd: and as they went forth, J£-hdsh'a-phAt stood and said, Hear mef, O Ju'dah, and ye inhabitants of J£-ru'sA-l&n; believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord , and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord ; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22 5f And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Am'mdn, Md'ab, and mount SS'ir, which were come against Ju'dah; and they were smitten. 23 For the children of Am'mdn and Md'ab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Se'ir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Se'ir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Ju'dah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25 And when Jd-hdsh'a-phAt and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 2651 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of B&r'A-chah; for there they blessed the Lord : therefore the name of the same place was called,

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The valley of Bdr'i-chah, unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Ju'dah and J^-ru'sA-lem, and J£-hdsh'a-phAt in the forefront of them, to go again to Je-ru'sA-Um with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. < 28 And they came to JA-ru'sd-lfcm with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto 'the house of the Lord . 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of jg 'rg—el. 30 So the realm of JS-hdsh'a-phAt was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. 31 1 And JA-hosh'a-ph&t reigned over ju'dah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Je-ru'sA-lem. And his mother’s name was A-zu'bah the daughter of ShU'hi. 32 And he walked in the way of A'sA his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord . 3^ Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of J&h6sh'a-ph&t, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Je'hu the son of HA-na'ni, who zs mentioned in the book of the kings of Is'ra-el. 35If And after this did JS-h6sh'a-phat king of Ju'dah join himself with A-ha-zi'ah king of Is'ra-el, who did very wickedly: 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to TMr'shish: and they made the ships in £'zi-on-gA'ber. 37 Then fi-li-e'zer the son of Dod'a-vah of MA-re'shah prophesied against Jg-hosh'a-phAt, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with A-ha-zi'ah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to TMr'shish. Digitized by

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hand; because he had forsaken the CHAPTER 22 389 Lord God of his fathers. 1 Ahazidh's evil reign. 5 Jehu kills 11 Moreover he made high places him. ' 10 Athaliah kills all the royal seed except Joash, and usurps the in the mountains of Ju'dah, and throne. caused the inhabitants of JS-ru'sAlem to commit fornication, and AND the inhabitants of J6-ru'compelled Ju'dah thereto. sd-lem made A-ha-zi'ah Ms 12 And there came a writing to youngest son king in hisistead: for him from fi-li'jah the prophet, say- die band of men that came with the ing, Thus saith the Lord God of A-ra'bi-ans to the camp had slain all Da'vid thy father, Because thou the eldest. So A-ha-zi'ah the son hast not walked in the ways of J$- of Je-hd'ram king of Ju'dah reigned. hdsh'a-ph&t thy father, nor in the 2Forty and two years old was ways of A'sd king of Ju'dah, A-ha-zi'ah when he began to reign, 13 But hast walked in the way of and he reigned one year in J$-ru'the kings of Is'ra-el, and hast made sd-lem. His mother’s name also was Ju'dah and the inhabitants of J$- Ath-a-li'ah the daughter of dm'ri. ru'sd-lem to go a whoring, like to 3 He also walked in the ways of the whoredoms of the house of the house of A'hab: for his mother A'hAb, and also hast slain thy was his counsellor to do wickedly. brethren of thy father’s house, 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight which were better than thyself: of the Lord like the house of A'hAb: 14 Behold, with a great plague for they were his counsellors after will the Lord smite thy people, the death of his father to his deand thy children, and thy wives, struction. and all thy goods: 5 5f He walked also after their 15 And thou shalt have great sick- counsel, and went with JS-hd'ram ness by disease of thy bowels, un- the son of A'hAb king of Is'ra-el to til thy bowels fall out by reason of war against HAz'a-el king of Sjhr'i-A the sickness day by day. at Ra'moth-gil'e-Ad: and the Sfr'16 Moreover the Lord stirred up i-ans smote Jo'ram. against J6-hd'ram the spirit of the 6 And he returned to be healed Phl-lis'tmes, and of the A-ra'bi-an§, in Jez're-el because of the wounds that were near the £-thi-d'pI-ans: which were given him at Ra'mah, 17 And they came up into Ju'dah, when he fought with HAz'a-el king and brake into it, and carried away of Sjfr'i-A. And Az-a-ri'ah the son all the substance that was found in of J$-hd'ram king of Ju'dah went the king’s house, and his sons also, down to see JS-hd'ram the son of and his wives; so that there was A'hdb at J&z're-el, because he was never a son left him, save Je-hd'a- sick. hftz, the youngest of his sons. 7 And the destruction of A-ha18 51 And after all this the Lord zi'ah was of God by coming to Josmote him in his bowels with an ram: for when he was come, he incurable disease. went out with Je-hd'ram against 19 And it came to pass, that in pro- Je'hu the son of Nim'shi, whom cess of time, after the end of two the Lord had anointed to cut off years, his bowels fell out by reason the house of A'hAb. of his sickness: so he died of sore 8 And it came to pass, that, when diseases. And his people made no Je'hu was executing judgment burning for him, like the burning upon the house of A'hab, and found the princes of Ju'dah, and the sons of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was of the brethren of A-ha-zi'ah, that he when he began to reign, and he ministered to A-ha'zi-ah, he slew reigned in JS-ru'sd-lem eight years, them. and departed without being de- 9 And he sought A-ha-zi'ah: and sired. Howbeit they buried him in they caught him, (for he was hid in the city of DA'vid, but not in the SA-mA'ri-a,) and brought him to sepulchres of the kings. Je'hu: and when they had slain Original from 525 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of J6h6sh'a-PhAt, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of A-ha-zi'ah had no power to keep still the kingdom. 10 But when Ath-a-li'ah the mother of A-ha-zi'ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Ju'dah. 11 But J6-h6-shAb'e-Ath, the daughter of the king, took Jd'Ash the son of A-ha-zi'ah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So J6-hd-shAb'e-Ath, the daughter of king J6-ho'ram, the wife of J6hoi'a-dA the priest, (for she was tiie sister of A-ha-zi'ah,) hid him from Ath-a-li'ah, so that she slew him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Ath-a-li'ah reigned over the land. 390 CHAPTER 23

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5 And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. 6 But let none come into the house of the Lord , save the priests, and they that minister of the Le 'vites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord . 7 And the Le'vites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out 8 So the Le'vites and all Ju'dah did according to all things that JA-hoi'a-dA the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for JA-hoi'a-dA the priest dismissed not the courses. 9 Moreover JA-hoi'a-dA the priest delivered to the captains of hun1 Jehoiada, the priest, plans to put dreds spears, and bucklers, and Joash on the throne. 12 Athalian is shields, that had beep king DA'killed. 16 Jehoiada restores the true vid’s, which were in the house of worship. God. AND in the seventh year J$-hoi'- 10 And he set all the people, every xx a-dA strengthened himself, man having his weapon in his hand, and took the captains of hundreds, from the right side of the temple Az-a-ri'ah the son of JAr'o-hAm, to the left side of the temple, along and Ish'ma-el the son of J$-hd- by the altar and the temple,, by the hA'nan, and Az-a-ri'ah the son of king round about. d'bed, and Ma-a-se'jah the son of 11 Then they brought out the Ad-a-i'ah, and 2-lish'a-phAt the king’s son, and put upon him the son of ZIch'ri, into covenant with crown, and gave him the testimony, him. and made him king. And JA-hoi'a2 And they went about in Ju'dah, dA and his sons anointed him, and and gathered the Le'vites out of all said, God save the king. the cities of Ju'dah, and the chief of 12 Now when Ath-a-li'ah heard the fathers of Is'ra-el, and they came the noise of the people running and to J6-ru'sA-lem. praising the king, she came to the 3 And all the congregation made a people into the house of the Lord : covenant with the king in the house 13 And she looked, and, behold, of God. And he said unto them, the king stood at his pillar at the Behold, the king’s son shall reign, entering in, and the princes and the as the Lord hath said of the sons trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and of Da'vid. 4 This is the thing that ye shall sounded with trumpets, also the do; A third part of you entering singers with instruments of muon the sabbath, of the priests and sick, and such as taught to sing of the L&'vites, shall be porters of praise. Then Ath-a-li'ah rent her the doors; clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Original from 626 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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14 Then J$-hoi'a-dA the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord . 15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there. 16 T And J6-hoi'a-dA made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord ’s people. 17 Then all the people went to the house of BA'al, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew MAt'tan the priest of Ba'al before the altars. 18 Also J$-hoi'a-d£ appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Le'rites, whom Da'vid had distributed in the house of the Lord , to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord , as it is written in the law of Md'ses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by Da'vid. 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord , that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord : and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Ath-a-li'ah with the sword. 391 CHAPTER 24 1 Joash's goodly reign, under the influence of Jehoiada. 4 He repairs the temple. 15 After Jehoiada's death he becomes idolatrous. 20 He is spoiled by the Syrians, 25 and slain by his servants. 27 Amaziah, his successor.

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sA-lem. His mother’s name also was Zib'I-ah of Be'er-she'bA. 2 And Jo'Ash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of JS-hoi'a-dA the priest. 3 And Je-hoi'a-da took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. 4 And it came to pass after this that Jd'Ash was minded to repair the house of the Lord . 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Le'rites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Ju'dah, and gather of all is'rg-el money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit die Le'rites hastened it not 6 And the king called for J$-hoi'a-dA the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Le'rites to bring in out of Ju'dah and out of JS-ru'sA-l&m the collection, according to the commandment of Mo'ses the servant of the Lord , and of the congregation of Is'rg-el, for the tabernacle of witness? 7 For the sons of Ath-a-li'ah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon BA'al-im. 8 And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of die Lord . 9 And they made a proclamation through Ju'dah and Je-ru'sA-lem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Mo'ses the servant of God laid upon Is'rg-el in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Le'rites, and when they saw that there was much money, die king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day; and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jg-hoi'a-dA

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gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord , and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord , and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord . 13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and JS-hoi'a-da, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord , even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of JA-hoi'a-dd. 15 1 But J6-hoiza-dd waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of Da'vid among the kings, because he had done good in Is'ra-el, both toward God, and toward his house. 17 Now after the death of J6-hoiza-dd came the princes of Juzdah, and made obeisance to the king. Then die king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Jiizdah and J6-ruzs&16m for this their trespass. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord ; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Z6ch-a-rizah the son of J6hoi'a-dA the priest, which stood above die people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of die Lord , that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord . Digitized by

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22 Thus Jo'&sh the king remembered not the kindness which J6hoi'a-dA his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it. 23 K And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Sirrl-i came up against him: and they came to Ju'dah and JA-ru'sd16m, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of D£-mAszcus. 24 For the army of the Sfr'I-ans came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Jdz£sh. 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of J6-hoi'a-dd the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in die city of Dazvid, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that conspired against him; Z&zb£d the son of Shim'e-fith an Amzm6n-itess, and J6-hdz'a-bad the son of Shim'rith a Md'ab-it-ess. 27 If Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of die book of the kings. And Am-a-a'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 25 392 1 Amaziah’s reign begins auspiciously. 5 He hires an army out of Israel, hut dismisses them. 11 He conquers the Edomites, 14 and falls into idolatry. 17 He is overthrown by Joash. 25 His reign and death.

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Amaziah defeats the Edomites: his idolatry 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants thkt had killed the king his father. 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Mo'ses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 5 5[ Moreover Am-a-zi'ah gathered Ju'dah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Ju'dah. and Ben'ja-min: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Is'ra-el for an hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Is'ra-el go with thee; for the Lord is not with Is'ra-el, to wit, with all the children of E'phrk-im. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. 9 And Am-a-zi'ah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for die hundred talents which I have given to the army of Is'ra-el? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Am-a-zi'ah separated Oiem, to wit, the army that was come to him out of E/phrA-im, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Ju'dah, and they returned home in great anger. 11 AndAm-a-zi'ah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of skit, and smote of the children of Se'ir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand left Digitized by

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alive did the children of Ju'dah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13 J But the soldiers of the army which Am-a-zi'ah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Ju'dah, from SA-ma'ri-A even unto Bdthhd'ron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. 14 51 Now it came to pass, after that Am-a-zi'ah was come from the slaughter of the £'dom-ites, that he brought the gods of the children of Se'ir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Am-azi'ah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why has thou sought after the gods oi the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the kino said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 17 5f«Then Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah took advice, and sent to Jd'Ash, the son of J£-hd'a-hAz, the son of Je'hu, king of is'ra-el, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Jd'Ash king of Is'ra-el sent to Am-a-zi'ah king of Jh'dah, saying, The thistle that was in Leb'a-non sent to the cedar that was in Leb'a-non, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Leb'a-non, and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the £'dom-ites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou

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meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 20 But Am-a-zi'ah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of £'dom. 21 So Jo'Ash the king of Is'ra-el went up ; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Am-azi'ah king of Ju'dah, at BAthshe'm&sh, which belongeth to Ju'dah. 22 And Ju'dah was put to the worse before Is'ra-el, and they fled every man to his tent. 23 And Jd'Ash the king of Is'ra-el took Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, the son of Jd'Ash, the son of Jd-hd'ahAz, at Bdth-she'mesh, and brought him to Jd-ru'sA-lem, and brake down the wall of Jd-ru'sA-lem from the gate of E'phrA-im to the comer gate, four hundred cubits. 24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with O'bed-e'dom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to SA-ma'ri-A. 25 And Am-a-zi'ah the son of Jd'Ash king of Ju'dah lived after the death of Jd'Ash son of Jd-hd'ahAz king of Is'ra-el fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Ama-zi'ah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Ju'dah and Is'ra-el? 27 H Now after the time that Ama-zi'ah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jd-ru'sA-lem; and he fled to La'chish: but they sent to La'chish after him, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Ju'dah. 393 CHAPTER 26 1 Uzziah made king: his prosperous reign. 16 In his pride, he invades the priest’s office, and is punished with leprosy. 22 His death: Jotham, his successor.

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in the room of his father Am-azi'ah. 2 He built fi'ldth, and restored it to Ju'dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was tfz-zi'ah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in J6ru'sA-lAm. His mother’s name also was Jec-o-li'ah of Jd-ru'sA-lem. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Am-a-zi'ah did. 5 And he sought God in the days of Zech-a-ri'ah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord , God made him to prosper. 6 And he went forth and warred against the Phi-lis'tines, and brake down the wall of GAth, and the wall of JAb'neh, and the wall of Ash'dod, and built cities about Ash'ddd, and among the Phi-lis'tines. 7 And God helped him against the Phi-lis'tines, and against the A-ra'bi-ans that dwelt in Gfir-bA'al, and the Md-hu'nims. 8 And the Am'mdn-ites gave gifts to tfz-zi'ah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of E'&fot; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. 9 Moreover tfz-zi'ah built towers in Jfe-ru'sA-lftm at the comer gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen, also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in CMr'mel: for he loved husbandry. 11 Moreover Oz-zi'ah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of J6-i'el the scribe and MAa-se'iah the ruler, under the hand of Han-a-ni'ah, one of the king’s captains. 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was an

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22 IT Now the rest of the acts of tfz-ziah, first and last, did I-sA'iah the prophet, the son of A'moz, write. 23 So tfz-zi'ah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jd'tham his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 27 394 1 Jotham's good reign: his activities. 9 His death: Ahaz, his successor.

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O'THAM was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in J£-ru's£-lem. His mother’s name also was J€-ru'shah, die daughter of Za'ddk. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father Cz-zi'ah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord . And the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord , and on the wall of O'phel he built much. 4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Ju'dah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5 T He fought also with the king of the Am'mdn-ites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Am'mdn gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Am'mdn pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. 6 So Jo'tham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 7 H Now the rest of the acts of Jd'tham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the books of the kings of Is'ra-el and Ju'dah. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jd-ru'sAlem. 9 H And Jo'tham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of DA'vid: and A'hdz his son reigned in Origin; his stead. )m

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ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. 10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Ju'dah and JS-ru'sd-l&m for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God? 11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, whidi ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of £'phrA-im, Az-a-ri'ah the son of Jd-ha'nan, Ber-e-chi'ah the son of M$-shil'le-moth, and J&hiz-ki'ah the son of ShAl'lum, and Am'a-sd the son of HAd'la-i, stood up against them that came from the war, 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass : for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Is'ra-el. 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to SA-ma'ri-A. 16 At that time did king A'hAz send unto the kings of As-sfrl-d to help him. 17 For again the £'dom-ites had come and smitten Ju'dah and carried away captives. 18 The Phi-lis'tihes also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Ju'dah, and had taken Beth-she'mesh, and Aj'a-16n, and Gfc-de'rdth, and Sho'cho with the villages thereof, and Tim'nah with the villages thereof, Gim'zd’ also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

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19 For the Lord brought Jti'dah low because of A'hAz king of !$'ra-el; for he made Ju'dah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord . 20 And Tll'gath-pll-ne'ser king of As-sfr'I-A came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 21 For A'hAz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord , and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of As-syr'i-a: but he helped him not. 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord : this is that king A'hAz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of DA-mAs'cus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Sfr'i-a help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Is'ra-el. 24And A'hAz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord , and he made him altars in every comer of JA-ru'sA-lAm. 25 And in every several city of Ju'dah he made high places to bum incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers. 26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Ju'dah and Is'ra-el. 27 And A'hAz slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city, even in J6-ru'sA-lAm: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Is'ra-el: and HAz-e-ki'ah his son reigned in his stead. 396 CHAPTER 29 1 Hezekiah's good reign. 3 He opens the house of the Lord , and restores true worship. 5 He exhorts the Levites, 12 who sanctify themselves and cleanse the temple. 20 Hezekiah’$ sacrifices.

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years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in J^-ru'sA-lAm. And his mother’s name was A-bi'jah, the daughter of Zech-a-ri'ah. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that Da'vid his father had done. 3 H He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord , and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Le 'vites, and gathered them together into the east street, 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Le'vites, santify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy Place, 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord , and turned their backs. 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy Place unto the God of Is'ra-el. 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Ju'dah and J6-ru'sA-lAm, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Is'ra-el, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye shall minister unto him, and bum incense. 12 1 Then the Le'vites arose, MA'hath the son of A-mAs'a-i, and Jo'el the son of Az-a-ri'ah, of the sons of the Kd'hath-ites: and of the sons of MA-ra'ri, Kish the son of Ab'di, and Az-a-ri'ah the son of Jg-hal'e-l&l: and of the GAr'shon-ites; Jo'ah die

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s o n of ZI m' m a h, a n d £' d £ n t h e s o n of J o' a h : 1 3 A n d of t h e s o ns of £l' z a- p h A n; S hl m' ri, a n d J A-i' el: a n d of t h e s o ns of A's a p h; Z 6 c h- a- ri' a h, a n d M At-t a- ni' a h : 1 4 A n d of t h e s o ns of H A' m a n; J 6hi' el, a n d S hi m' e-i : a n d of t h e s o ns of J A d' u-t h u n; S h & n- a-i' a h, a n d tf z- zi' el. 1 5 A n d t h e y g at h e r e d t h ei r b r et h r e n, a n d s a n ctifi e d t h e ms el v es, a n d c a m e, a c c o r di n g t o t h e c o m m a n d m e nt of t h e ki n g, b y t h e w o r ds of t h e L o r d , t o cl e a ns e t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d . 1 6 A n d t h e p ri ests w e nt i nt o t h e i n n e r p a rt of t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d ,, t o cl e a ns e if, a n d b r o u g ht o ut all t h e u n cl e a n n ess t h at t h e y f o u n d i n t h e t e m pl e of t h e L o r d i nt o t h e c o u rt of t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d . A n d t h e L A' vit es t o o k it, t o c a r r y it o ut a b r o a d i nt o t h e b r o o k Ki d' r o n. 1 7 N o w t h e y b e g a n o n t h e fi rst d a y of t h e fi rst m o nt h t o s a n ctif y, a n d o n t h e ei g ht h d a y of t h e m o nt h c a m e t h e y t o t h e p o r c h of t h e L o r d : s o t h e y s a n ctifi e d t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d i n ei g ht d a ys; a n d i n t h e si xt e e nt h d a y of t h e fi rst m o nt h t h e y m a d e a n e n d. 1 8 T h e n t h e y w e nt i n t o H e z- eki' a h t h e ki n g, a n d s ai d, W e h a v e cl e a ns e d all t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d , a n d di e alt a r of b u r nt off e ri n g, wit h all t h e v e s s el s t h e r e of, a n d t h e s h e w b r e a d t a bl e, wit h all t h e v e s s el s t h e r e of. 1 9 M o r e o v e r all t h e v e s s el s, w hi c h ki n g A' h A z i n his r ei g n di d c ast a w a y i n his t r a ns g r essi o n, h a v e w e p r e p a r e d a n d s a n ctifi e d, a n d, b e h ol d, t h e y ar e b ef o r e t h e alt a r of t he L or d . 2 0 T h e n H e z- e- ki' a h t h e ki n g r os e e a rl y, a n d g a r n e r e d t h e r ul e rs of t h e cit y, a n d w e nt u p t o t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d . 2 1 A n d t h e y b r o u g ht s e v e n b ul l o c ks, a n d s e v e n r a ms, a n d s e v e n l a m bs, a n d s e v e n h e g o ats, f o r a si n off e ri n g f o r t h e ki n g d o m, a n d f o r t h e s a n ct u a r y, a n d f o r J u' d a h. A n d h e c o m m a n d e d t h e p ri ests t h e s o ns of A A r' o n t o off e r t h e m o n t h e ^t a r of t h e L o r d . ■ R S o t h e y kill e d t h e b ull o c ks,

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a n d t h e p ri ests r e c ei v e d t h e bl o o d, a n d s p ri n kl e d it o n t h e alt a r : li k ewi s e, w h e n t h e y h a d kill e d t h e r a ms, t h e y s p ri n kl e d t h e bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r: t h e y kill e d al s o t h e l a m bs, a n d t h e y s p ri n kl e d m e bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r. 2 3 A n d t h e y b r o u g ht f o rt h t h e h e g o ats f or t h e si n off e ri n g b ef o r e t h e ki n g a n d t h e c o n g r e g ati o n; a n d t h e y l ai d t h ei r h a n ds u p o n t h e m: 2 4 A n d t h e p ri ests kill e d t h e m, a n d t h e y m a d e r e c o n cili ati o n wit h t h ei r bl o o d u p o n t h e alt a r, t o m a k e a n at o n e m e nt f o r all Is' r a- el: f o r t h e ki n g c o m m a n d e d t h at t h e b u r nt off e ri n g a n d t h e si n off e ri n g s h o ul d b e m a d e f or all Is' r a- el. 2 5 A n d h e s et t h e L e' vit es i n t h e h o us e of t h e L o r d wit h c y m b als, wit h ps alt e ri es, a n d wit h h a r ps, a c c o r di n g t o t h e c o m m a n d m e nt of D a' vi d, a n d of G A d t h e ki n g ’s s e e r, a n d N A't h a n t h e p r o p h et : f o r s o w as t h e c o m m a n d m e nt of t h e L o r d b y hi s p r o p h ets. 2 6 A n d t h e L e' vit es st o o d wit h t h e i nst r u m e nts of D A' vi d, a n d t h e p ri ests wit h t h e t r u m p ets. 2 7 A n d H e z- e- ki' a h c o m m a n d e d t o off e r t h e b u r nt off e ri n g u p o n t h e alt a r. A n d w h e n t h e b u r nt off e r i n g b e g a n, t h e s o n g of t h e L o r d b e g a n als o wit h t h e t r u m p ets, a n d wit h t h e i nst r u m e nts or d ai n e d b y D A' vi d ki n g of Is' r a- el. 2 8 A n d all t h e c o n g r e g ati o n w o r s hi p p e d, a n d t h e si n g e rs s a n g, a n d t h e t r u m p et e rs s o u n d e d: a n d all t hi s c o nti n u e d u ntil t h e b u r nt off e ri n g w as fi nis h e d. 2 9 A n d w he n t he y h a d m a de a n e n d of off e ri n g, t h e ki n g a n d all t h at w e r e p r es e nt wit h hi m b o w e d t h e ms el v es, a n d w o rs hi p p e d. 3 0 M o r e o v e r H e z- e-l a' a h t h e ki n g a n d t h e p ri n c es c o m m a n d e d t h e L e' vit es t o si n g p r ais e u nt o t h e L o r d wit h t h e w o r ds of D a' vi d, a n d of A's a p h t h e s e e r. A n d t h e y s a n g p r ais es wit h gl a d n ess, a n d t h e y b o w e d t h ei r h e a ds a n d w o r s hi p p e d. 3 1 T h e n H e z- e- ki' a h a ns w e r e d a n d s ai d, N o w y e h a v e c o ns e c r at e d y o u rs el v es u nt o t h e L o r d , c o m e n e a r a n d b ri n g s a c rifi c es a n d t h a n k off e ri n gs i nt o t h e h o us e of t h e

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make proclamation throughout all Is'ra-el, from Be'er-she'bA even to DAn, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Is'ra-el at JA-ru'sA-lem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. 6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Is'ra-el and Ju'dah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Is'ra-el, turn again unto the Lord God of A'brA-hAm, I'saac, and Is'ra-el, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of As-sfr'i-A. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord , and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord , your brethren and your chil1 Hezekiah proclaims a solemn passover, dren shall find compassion before inviting all Israel. 13 The assembly them that lead them captive, so destroys the idolatrous altars, then keeps that they shall come again into the passover. this land: for the Lord your ND HAz-e-ki'ah sent to all Is'- God is gracious and merciful, and L ra-el and Jfi'dah, and wrote will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. letters also to R'phrA-frn and MAnAs'seh, that they should come to 10 So the posts passed from city to the house of the Lord at JA-ru'sA- city through the country of E'phrA1dm, to keep the passover unto the Im and MA-nAs'seh even unto ZAb'u-hrn: but they laughed them to Lord God of Is'ra-el. 2 For the king had taken counsel, scorn, and mocked them. and his princes, and all the congre- 11 Nevertheless divers of Ash'Ar gation in JA-ru'sA-l&m, to keep the and MA-nAs'seh and of ZAb'u-lun humbled themselves, and came to passover in the second month.. 3 For they could not keep it at JA-ru'sA-lAm. that time, because the priests had 12 Also in Ju'dah the hand of God not sanctified themselves suffi- was to give them one heart to do ciently, neither had the people gath- the commandment of the king and ered themselves together to JA- of the princes, by the word of the Lord . ru'sA-l&m. 4 And the thing pleased the king 13 And there assembled at JA-r ru'sA-lAm much people to keep the and all the congregation. 5 So they established a decree to feast of unleavened bread in the

Lord . And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord . 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Le'vites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the L£'vites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order. 36 And Hez-e-ki'ah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. 397 CHAPTER 30

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second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in J6-ru'sd-l&n. and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kid'ron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Le'vites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in file burnt offerings into the house of the Lord . 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Mo'ses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they 'received of the hand of the LS'vites. 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Le'vites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord . 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of £'phrA-im, and M&nAs'seh, Is'sa-char, and Zeb'u-lun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But HAz-eki'ah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And the Lord hearkened to H&z-e-ki'ah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of Is'ra-el that were present at JS-ru'sA-lem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Le'vites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lord . 22 And Hez-e-ki'ah spake comfortably unto all the Le'vites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord : and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers. Digitized by

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23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For H&z-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and. a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 25 And all the congregation of Ju'dah, with the priests and the L€'vites, and all the congregation that came out of Is'ra-el, and the strangers that came out of the land of Is'ra-el, and that dwelt in Ju'dah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in J6ru'sA-l&n: for since the time of Sdlo-mon the son of Di'vid king of Is'ra-el there was not the like in J6nfsA-lAm. 27 Then the priests the Le'vites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. CHAPTER 31 398 1 The people destroy the idolatrous altars and places. 2 Hezekiah appoints the courses of the priests and Levites. 5 The people bring their offerings and tithes. 11 Hezekiah appoints temple officers.

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3 He appointed also the king’s Jer'i-m6th, and Jdz'a-b&d, and Sortion of his substance for the fi-li'el, and Is-ma-chi'ah, and Mft'unit offerings, to wit, for the morn- hath, and BS-nA'jah, were overing and evening burnt offerings, seers under the hand of Con-dand the burnt offerings for the ni'ah and Shim'e-i his brother, at sabbaths, and for the new moons, the commandment of Hez-e-ki'ah and for the set feasts, as it is the king, and Az-a-ri'ah the ruler written in the law of the Lord . of the house of God. 4 Moreover he commanded the 14 And Ko'rS the son of Im'nah people that dwelt in J6-ru's£-lem the Le'vite, the porter toward the to give the portion of the priests and east, was over the freewill offerthe Le 'vites, that they might be en- ings of God, to distribute the obcouraged in the law of the Lord . lations of the Lord , and the most 5 And as soon as the command- holy things. ment came abroad, the children of • 15 And next him were £'d£n, and Is'ra-el brought in abundance the Mi-ni'a-min, and Jesh'u-d, and firstfruits of com, wine, and oil, and Sh&n-a-i'ah, Am-a-ri'ah, and Shechoney, and of all the increase of a-ni'ah, in the cities of the priests, the field; and the tithe of all things in their set office, to give to their brought they in abundantly. brethren by courses, as well to 6 And concerning the children of the great as to the small: Is'ra-el and Ju'dah, that dwelt in 16 Beside their genealogy of the cities of Ju'dah, they also males, from three years old and brought in the tithe of oxen and upward, even unto every one that sheep, and the tithe of holy things entereth into the house of the which were consecrated unto the Lord , his daily portion for their Lord their God, and laid them by service in their charges according heaps. to their courses; 7 In the third month they began to 17 Both to the genealogy of the lay the foundation of the heaps, and priests by the house of their fathfinished them in the seventh month. ers, and the Le'vites from twenty 8 And when H6z-e-ki'ah and the years old and upward, in their princes came and saw the heaps, charges by their courses; they blessed the Lord , and his 18And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and people Is'ra-el. 9 Then Hez'e-ki'ah questioned their sons, and their daughters, with the priests and the L6 'vites through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified concerning the heaps. 10 And Az-a-ri'ah the chief priest themselves in holiness: of the house of Za'ddk answered 19 Also of the sons of AAr'on the him, and said, Since the People be- priests, which were in the fields of gan to bring the offerings into the the suburbs of their cities, in every house of the Lord , we have had several city, the men that were exenough to eat, and have left plenty: pressed by name, to give portions for the Lord hath blessed his peo- to all the males among the priests, ple; and that which is left is this and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Le'vites. great store. 11 KT Then HSz-e-ki'ah commanded 20 And thus did Hez-e-ki'ah to prepare chambers in the house throughout all Ju'dah, and wrought of the Lord ; and they prepared that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his them, 12 And brought in the offerings God. and the tithes and the dedicated 21 And in every work that he things faithfully: over which Cdn- began in the service of the house 6-ni'ah the Le'vite was ruler, and of God, and in the law, and Shlm'e-i his brother was the next. in the commandments, to seek 13 And Jg-hi'el, and Az-a-zi'ah, his God, he did it with all his and N&'hAth, and A'sa-h&L and heart, and prospered. Digitized by Google 587 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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to J6-ru'sA-16m, (but he himself laid siege against La'chish, and all his 1 Sennacherib invades Judah: Hezekiah power with him,) unto H&z-e-ki'ah strengthens his defence, and encourking of Ju'dah, and unto all Ju'ages nis people. 9 Sennacherib's insolent messages. 21 An angel of the dah that were at Jg-ru'sd-l&n, Lord destroys the enemy. 24 Heze- saying, kiah’s sickness. 27 His riches and 10 Thus saith S6n-nAch'e-rib public works. 33 His death: Man- king of As-sfrl-A, Whereon do ye asseh, his successor. trust, that ye abide in the siege in AFTER these things, and the Jd-ru'sft-lem? xx establishment thereof, Sen- 11 Doth not HAz-e-ki'ah persuade nAch'e-rib king of As-sfrT-A came, you to give over yourselves to die and entered into Ju'dah, and en- by famine and by thirst, saying, camped against the fenced cities, The Lord our God shall deliver and thought to win them for him- us out of the hand of the king of self. As-s^rT-d? 2 And when Hez-e-ki'ah saw that 12 Hath not the same Hez-e-ki'ah SAn-nAch'e-rib was come, and that taken away his high places and his he was purposed to fight against altars, and commanded Ju'dah and Jfc-ru'sft-l&n, JS-ru'sA-l&n, saying, Ye shall wor3 He took counsel with his princes ship before one altar, and burn inand his mighty men to stop the cense upon it? waters of the fountains which were 13 Know ye not what I and my without the city: and they did help fathers have done unto all the peohim. ple of other lands? were the gods of 4 So there was gathered much peo- the nations of those lands any ways ple together, who stopped all the able to deliver their lands out of fountains, and the brook that ran mine hand? through the midst of the land, 14 Who was there among all the saying, Why should the kings of gods of those nations that my fathAs-sjhr'i-A come, and find much ers utterly destroyed, that could water? deliver his people out of mine hand, 5 Also he strengthened himself, that your God should be able to and built up all the wall that was deliver you out of mine hand? broken, and raised it up to the tow- 15 Now therefore let not Hez-eers, and another wall without, and ki'ah deceive you, nor persuade you repaired Mfl'ld in the city of DA'- on this manner, neither yet believe vid, and made darts and shields in him: for no god of any nation or abundance. kingdom was able to deliver his 6 And he set captains of war over people out of mine hand, and out of the people, and gathered them to- the hand of my fathers: how much gether to him in the street of the less shall your God deliver you out gate of the city, and spake com- of mine hand? fortably to them, saying, 16 And his servants spake yet 7 Be strong and courageous, be more against the Lord God, and not afraid nor dismayed for the against his servant HAz-e-ki'ah. king of As-syr'i-A, nor for all the 17 He wrote also letters to rail on multitude that is with him: for the Lord God of Is'ra-el, and to there be more with us than with speak against him, saying, As the him: gods of the nations of other lands 8With him is an arm of flesh; have not delivered their people out but with us is the Lord our God of mine hand, so shall not the God to help us, and to fight our battles. of H6z-e-ki'ah deliver his people And the people rested themselves out of mine hand. upon the words of Hez-e-ki'ah 18 Then they cried with a loud king of Ju'dah. voice in the Jews’ speech unto the 9 After this did Sen-nftch'e-rib people of J$-ru'sA-l&n that were king of As-sfr'I-A send his servants on the wall, to affright them, and to Original from 588 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 399

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Hezekiah's prosperity. Manasseh's evil reign trouble them; that they might take the city. 19 And they spake against the God of JA-ru'sA-l&n, as against die gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. 20 And for this cause H&z-e-ki'ah the king, and the prophet I-sA'jah the son of A'moz, prayed and cried to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of As-sfr'i-a. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. 22 Thus the Lord saved HAz-eki'ah and the inhabitants of J$-rusA-13m from the hand of S&n-nAch'e-rib the king of As-syr'I-A, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. 23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to JA-ru'sA-lAm, and presents to Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. 24 K In those days H&z-e-ki'ah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. 25 But Hdz-e-ki'ah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Ju'dah and J$-ru'sA-lem. 26 Notwithstanding H&z-e-ki'ah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of J6-ru'sA-lem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of HAz-e-ki'ah. 27 IT And Hdz-e-ki'ah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and lor all manner of pleasant jewels; 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; Digitized by

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and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. 30 This same Hdz-e-ki'ah also stopped the upper watercourse of Oi'hon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of DA'vid. And HAz-e-ki'ah prospered in all his works. 31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes cd BAb'jMon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 32 H Now the rest of the acts of Hez-e-ki'ah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of I-sa'jah the prophet, the son of A'moz, and in the book of the kings of Ju'dah and Is'ra-el. 33 And H&z-e-ki'ah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of Da'vid: and all Ju'dah and the inhabitants of JA-ru'sA-l&n did him honour at his death. And MA-nAs'seh his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER 33 400 1 Manasseh's evil reign. 3 He introduces idolatry again. 11 He is carried a captive to Babylon. 12 In his affliction he prays to God and is released. 15 He puts down idolatry. 20 His death: Amon, his successor. 21 His evil reign: he is slain by his servants.

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was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in JA-ru'sA-lem: 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Is'ra-el. 3 For he built again the high places which Hez-e-ki'ah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Ba'al-Im, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord , whereof the Lord had

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said, In JA-ru'sA-l&n shall my even to the entering in at the fish name be for ever. gate, and compassed about O'phel, 5 And he built altars for all the and raised it up a very great host of heaven in the two courts height, and put captains of war in of the house of the Lord . all the fenced cities of Ju'dah. 6 And he caused his children to 15 And he took away the strange pass through the fire in the valley gods, and the idol out of the house of the son of Hin'nom: also he of the Lord , and all the altars that observed times, and used enchant- he had built in the mount of the ments, and used witchcraft, and house of the Lord , and in JA-ru'dealt with a familiar spirit, and sA-lAm, and cast them out of the with wizards: he wrought much city. evil in the sight of the Lord , to 16 And he repaired the altar of provoke him to anger. the Lord , and sacrificed thereon 7 And he set a carved image, the peace offerings and thank offeridol which he had made, in the ings, and commanded Ju'dah to house of God, of which God had serve the LORD God of Is'ra-eL said to Da'vid and to Sdl'o-mon 17 Nevertheless the people did his son, In this house, and in J6- sacrifice still in the high places, yet ru'sA-lem, which I have chosen unto the Lord their God only. before all the tribes of is'ra-el, 18 V Now the rest of the acts of will I put my name for ever: MA-nas'seh, and his prayer unto his 8 Neither will I any more re- God, and the words of the seers move the foot of Is'ra-el from out that spake to him in the name of of the land which I have appointed the Lord God of Is'rg-el, behold, for your fathers; so that they will they are written in the book of the take heed to do all that I have com- kings of Is'ra-el. manded them, according to the 19 His prayer also, and how God whole law and the statutes and the was intreated of him, and all his ordinances by the hand of Mo'ses. sins, and his trespass, and the 9 So MA-nAs'seh made Ju'dah and places wherein he built high places, the inhabitants of J6-ru'sA-lem to and set up groves and graven imerr, and to do worse than the ages, before he was humbled: beheathen, whom the Lord had hold, they are written among the destroyed before the children of sayings of the seers. Is'-ra-el. 20 If So MA-nAs'seh slept with his 10 And the Lord spake to MA- fathers, and they buried him in his nAs'seh, and to his people: but own house: and A'mon his son they would not hearken. reigned in his stead. 11 Wherefore the Lord brought 21 A'mon was two and twenty upon them the captains of the host years old when he began to reign, of the king of As-sjfr'i-A, which and reigned two years in JA-ru'sAtook MA-nAs'seh among the thorns, lem. and bound him with fetters, and 22 But he did that which was evil carried him to BAb'y-lon. in the sight of the Lord , as did 12 And when he was in affliction, MA-nAs'seh his father: for A'mon he besought the Lord his God, and sacrificed unto all the carved imhumbled himself greatly before the ages which MA-nAs'seh his father God of his fathers, had made, and served them; 13 And prayed unto him: and he 23 And humbled not himself bewas intreated of him, and heard fore the Lord , as MA-nAs'seh his his supplication, and brought him father had humbled himself; but again to JA-ru'sA-lem into his king- A'mon trespassed more and more* dom. Then MA-nAs'seh knew that 24 And his servants conspired the Lord he was God. against him, and slew him in his 14 Now after this he built a wall own house. without the city of DA'vid, on the 25 1 But the people of the land west side of Gi'hon, in the valley, slew all them that had conspired Original from 540 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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ki'ah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Le'vites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of MA-nAs'seh 1 Josiah's good reign. 3 His determined efforts to destroy idolatry. 8 He and £'phrA-im, and of all the remrepairs the temple. 14 Hilkiah finds nant of is'ra-el, and of all Ju'dah the book of the law. 18 It is read to and B&n'ja-min; and they returned the king. 23 Huldah's prophecy. 29 to Je-ru'sA-lem. Josiah renews the covenant. 10 And they put it in the hand of O-SI'AH was eight years old the workmen that had the overwhen he began to reign, and he sight of the house of the Lord , reigned in J$-ru's£-l&n one andand they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right Lord , to repair and amend the in the sight of the Lord , and house: walked in the ways of Da'vid his 11 Even to the artificers and father, and declined neither to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, right hand, nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his and to floor the houses which the reign, while he was yet young, he kings of Ju'dah had destroyed. began to seek after the God of Da'- 12 And the men did the work vid his father: and in the twelfth faithfully: and the overseers of year he began to purge Ju'dah and them were Ja'hAth and O-ba-di'ah, Jfc-ru'sd-l&n from the high places, the Le'vites, of the sons of M6-ra'and the groves, and the carved im- ri; and Zech-a-ri'ah and Meshul'lam, of the sons of the Ko'ages, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars hath-ites, to set it forward; and of Ba'al-im in his presence; and other of die Le'vites, all that could the images, that were on high skill of instruments of musick. above them, he cut down; and the 13 Also they were over the beargroves, and the carved images, and ers of burdens, and were overseers the molten images, he brake in of all that wrought the work in anj? pieces, and made dust of them, manner of service: and of the Le'and strowed it upon the graves of vites there were scribes, and offithem that had sacrificed unto them. cers, and porters. 14 And when they brought out 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and the money that was brought into cleansed Ju'dah and J$-ru's£-lSm. the house of the Lord , Hil-ki'ah 6 And so did he in the cities of the priest found a book of the law MA-n&s'seh, and E'phrA-im, and of the Lord given by Mo'ses. Sim'e-on, even unto N&ph'ta-li, 15 And Hil-ki'ah answered and with their mattocks round about. said to Sha'phan the scribe, I have 7 And when he had broken down found the book of the law in the the altars and the groves, and had house of the Lord . And Hil-ki'beaten the graven images into ah delivered the book to Sha'phan. powder, and cut down all the idols 16 And Sha'phan carried the book throughout all the land of Is'ra-el, to the king, and brought the king he returned to Jfc-ru'sft-lem. word back again, saying, All that 8 Now in the eighteenth year of was committed to thy servants, his reign, when he had purged the they do it. land, and the house, he sent Sha'- 17 And they have gathered phan the son of Az-a-li'ah, and Ma- gether the money that was found a-s&'iah the governor of the city, in the house of the Lord , and and Jd'ah the son of Jd'a-haz the have delivered it into the hand of recorder, to repair the house of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. the Lord his God. 9 And when they came to Hil- 18 Then Sha'phan the scribe told

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the king, saying, HH-ki'ah. the priest hath given me a book. And Sha'phan read it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded HI1ki'ah, and A-hi'kam the son of ShA'phan, and Ab'ddn the son of Micah, and Shft'phan the scribe, and A-sa-i'ah a servant of the king’s, saying, 21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in la'ra-el and in Ju'dah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord , to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And HH-ki'ah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Hul'dah the prophetess, the wife of ShAl'lum die son of TIk'vath, the son of HAs'rah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in J6ru'sA-lem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect, 23 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Is'ra-el, Tell ye the man that sent ^ou to me, 24 Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Ju'dah: 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Ju'dah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord , so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Is'ra-el concerning the words which thou hast heard; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, Digitized by

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and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord . 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 H Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Ju'dah and J£-ru'sA-lem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord , and all the men of Ju'dah, and the inhabitants of J$-ru'sA-lem, and the priests, and the Le'vites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord . 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord , to walk after the Lord , and to keep his c-nmmandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in J$-ru'sA-lem and Ben'Ja-min to stand to it. And the inhabitants of J6-ru'sA-lem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Jd-si'ah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that Pertained to the children of Is'ra-el, and made all that were present in Is'ra-el to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord , the God of their fathers. CHAPTER 35 402 1 Josiah keeps the passover. 20 He is killed at Megiddo in battle with, the Egyptians. 25 Jeremiah laments his

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Josiah and the people keep the passovei charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord , 3 And said unto the Le'vites that taught all Is'ra-el, which were holy unto the Lord , Put the holy ark in the house which Sol'o-mon the son of Da'vid king of Is'ra-el did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Is'ra-el, 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of Da'vid king of Is'rg-el, and according to the writing of Sdl'omon his son. 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Le'vites. 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mo'ses. 7 And Jd-si'ah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance. 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Le'vites: Hil-ki'ah and ZSch-a-ri'ah and Jd-hi'el, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Cdn-a-ni'ah also, and Sh&n-ai'ah and Nd-th&n'e-el, his brethren, and Hash-a-bi'ah and Je-i'el and Joz'g-b&d, chief of the Le'vites, gave unto the Le'vites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Le'vites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment. 11 And they killed the passover, Digitized by

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and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Le'vites flayed them, 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord , as it is written in the book of Mo'ses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance : but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of AAr'on were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Le'vites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of AAr'on. 15 And the singers the sons of A'saph were in their place, according to the commandment of Da'vid, and A'saph and He'man, and Jdd'u-thun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Le'vites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord , according to the commandment of king Jd-si'ah. 17 And the children of Is'ra-el that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 18 And there was no passover like to that kept in is'ra-el from the days of S&m'u-el the prophet; neither did all the kings of Is'ra-el keep such a passover as Jd-si'ah kept, and the priests, and the Le'vites, and all Ju'dah and Is'ra-el that were present, and the inhabitants of Je-ru'sd-lem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jd-si'ah was this passover kept. 20 After all this, when Jd-si'ah had prepared the temple, Ne'chd king of £'£jfot came up to fight

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against Chfir'chfc-mish by Euphrates: and J6-sizah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Ju'dah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 22 Nevertheless Jd-si'ah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Ne'chd from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of MMId'dd. 23 And the archers shot at king Jd-si'ah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to J&ru'sA-lem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Juzdah and J6-ru'sA-lem mourned for Jd-sizah. 25 1 And Jer-e-mi'ah lamented for Jo-si'ah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Jd-si'ah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Is'ra-el: and, behold, they ore written in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of J6sizah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord , 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Is'ra-el and Ju'dah. 403 CHAPTER 36

Jd-si'ah, and made him king in his father’s stead in JS-ru'si-lem. 2 Jg-ho'a-h&z was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Je-ru'sfc-lem. 3 And the king of £'&fot put him down at JS-ru'sA-lem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of £z£$pt made £-li'a-kim his brother king over Ju'dah and JA-ru'sA-lem, and turned his name to JA-hoi'a-kim. And Ne'chd took JA-hd'a-hAz his brother, and carried him to £'£#pt. 5 51 J6-hoi'a-kim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in JA-ru'sA-l&n: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Against him came up N&b-uch&d-nez'zar king of BAbzf-lon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to BAb'f-lon. 7 Neb-u-chAd-n&z'zar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to B&b'^-lon, and put them in his temple at Bdb'^-lon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of J6hoi'a-kim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of I$zra-el and Ju'dah: and J6-hoizachin his son reigned in his stead. 9 51 JS-hoi'a-chin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in JA-ru'sA-l&n: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord . 10 And when the year was expired, king N£b-u-chAd-n£zzzar sent, and brought him to BAbz£lon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord , and made 1 Jehoahaz made king. 3 He is de- Z&d-e-ki'ah his brother king over posed by Pharaoh ana carried to Egypt. Ju'dah and JS-ru'sA-l&n. 11 5T Zed-e-ki'ah was one and 5 Jehoiakim's evil reign: he is earned captive to Babylon. 9 Jehoiachin also twenty years old when he began to carried to Babylon. 11 Zedekiah's reign, and reigned eleven years in evil reign. 14 Jerusalem completely JA-ru'sA-lem. destroyed. 22 Cyrus* proclamation. 12 And he did that which was evil HpHEN the people of the land in the sight of the Lord his God, A took Jfc-hd'a-hiz the son of and humbled not himself before Original from 544 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Lord , and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to B&b'y-lon. 19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of J£-ru's£-lem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to BAb'jMon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Per'sjd: 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jer-e-mi'ah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths : for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 Now in the first year of C^'rus king of Per'sja, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jer-e-mi'ah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Qy'rus king of Per'sjA, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and Put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Qy'sus king of Per'sjA, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Je-ru'sft15m, which is in Ju'dah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.

EZRA sja, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the 1 Cyrus" proclamation concerning the building of the temple. 5 The people earth; and he hath charged me to prepare for the return. 7 Cyrus re- build him an house at J5-ru'sfi-15m, stores the vessels of the temple. which is in Ju'dah. OW in the first year of Cy'rus 3 Who is there among you of all king of Per'sja, that the word his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to J5-ru'sA-15m, of the LORD by the mouth of Jere-mi'ah might be fulfilled, the which is in Ju'dah, and build the Lord stirred up the spirit of Qy'rus house of the Lord God of Is'ra-eL king of Per'sja that he made a (he is the God,) which is in J5-ru'proclamation throughout all his sA-lem. kingdom, and put it also in writing, 4 And whosoever remaineth in saying, any place where he sojoumeth, let 2 Thus saith Ct'rus king of Per'- the men of his place help him with CHAPTER 1

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them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up\a priest with O'rim and with Thum'mim. 64 1 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore. 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at J6-ru's£-lem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place. 69 They gave after their ability unto die treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments. 70 So the priests, and the Le'vites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Neth'i-nims, dwelt in their cities, and all Is'ra-el in their cities. 406 CHAPTER 3

cause of the people of those countries : and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord , even burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto die Lord . 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zi'don, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Leaa-non to the sea of Jop'pd, according to the grant that they had of Qy'rus king of Per'sja. 81 Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God at JA-ru'sA-lem, in the second month, began Zg-rub'ba-bel the son of Sh&-Al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-d the son of Joz'a-dak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Le'vites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto 1 The altar is set up. 4 Daily offerings Je-ru's^-lem; and appointed the established. 8 The foundations of the Le'vites, from twenty years old temple are laid amid great joy and and upward, to set forward the mourning. work of the house of the Lord . AND when the seventh month 9 Then stood Jesh'u-a with his was come, and the children sons and his brethren, K&d'mi-el of Is'rael were in the cities, the and his sons, the sons of Ju'dah, people gathered themselves to- together, to set forward the workgether as one man to Je-ru'sA-lem. men in the house of God: the sons 2 Then stood up Jesh'u-a the son of Hen'a-d&d, with their sons and of Joz'a-dAk, and his brethren the their brethren the Le'vites. priests, and Z€-rub'ba-bel the son 10 And when the builders laid the of She-al'ti-el, and his brethren, foundation of the temple of the and builded the altar of the God Lord , they set the priests in their of is'ra-el, to offer burnt offerings apparel with trumpets, and the Le'thereon, as it is written in the law vites the sons of A'saph with cymbals, to praise the Lord , after the of Mo'ses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his ordinance of D&'vid king of Is'ra-el. bases; for fear was upon them be- 11 And they sang together by 548 Original from Digitized by

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course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord ; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Is'ra-el. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord , because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Le'vites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. 407 CHAPTER 4

6 And in the reign of A-hA§-u-e'rus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Ju'dah and JS-ru'sA-lem. 7 And in the days of Ar-tAxerx'es wrote Bish'lAm, Mith'redAth, Ta'be-el, and the rest of their companions, unto Ar-tAx-erx'es king of Per's#; and the writing of the letter was written in the Sjhr'Ian tongue, and interpreted in the Sjhr'i-an tongue. 8 Re'hum the chancellor and Shim'shai the scribe wrote a letter against J^-ru'sA-lem to Ar-tAx-Arx'es the king in this sort: 9 Then wrote Re'hum the chancellor, and Shim'shai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Di'na-ites, the A-phar'sath-chites, the Tar'pgl-ites, the A-phar'sites, the Ar'che-vites, the BAb-^'ld'ni1 The adversaries, not permitted to aid ans, the Su'san-chites, the D$-ha'in the work, endeavor to hinder it. 7 vites, and the E-lAm-ites, Their letter to Artaxerxes. 17 His 10 And the rest of the nations reply. 23 The work stops. whom the great and noble As-nAp'OW when the adversaries of per brought over, and set in the Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min heard cities of SA-ma'ri-A, and the rest that are on this side the river, and that the children of the captivity * builded the temple unto the Lord at such a time. 11 H This is the copy of the letter God of is'rg-el; 2 Then they came to Ze-rub'ba- that they sent unto him, even unto bAl, and to the chief of the fathers, Ar-tAx-erx'es the king; Thy servand said unto them, Let us build ants the men on this side the with you: for we seek your God, as river and at such a time. ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him 12Be it known unto the king, since the days of E'sar-hAd'don that the Jews which came up from king of As'sur, which brought us up thee to us are come unto J6-ru'sAlem, building the rebellious and hither. 3 But Ze-rub'ba-bel, and Jesh'- the bad city, and have set up the u-A, and the rest of the chief of the walls thereof, and joined the founfathers of Is'ra-el, said unto them, dations. Ye have nothing to do with us to 13 Be it known now unto the king, build an house unto our God; but that, if this city be builded, and the we ourselves together will build walls set up again, then will they not unto the Lord God of Is'ra-el, as pay toll, tribute, and custom, and king Qy'rus the king of Per's# so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. hath commanded us. 4 Then the people of the land 14 Now because we have mainteweakened the hands of the people nance from the king's palace, and it of Ju'dah, and troubled them in was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent building, 5 And hired counsellors against and certified the king; them, to frustrate their purpose, 15 That search may be made in all the days of Cy'rus king of the book of the records of thy fathPAr's#, even'until the reign of ers : so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this DA-ri'us king of Per's#.

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city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. 16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up , by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. 17 TT/ien sent the king an answer unto Re'hum the chancellor, and to Shim'shai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in SA-ma'ri-A, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. 20 There have been mighty kings also over J€-ru's&-l&n, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 23 5[ Now when the copy of king Ar-tdx-erx'es’ letter was read before Re'hun, and Shim'shai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to J6-ru'sA-lem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jfc-ru'sdl&m. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Dd-ri'us king of Pdr'sid. 408 CHAPTER 6 1 Haggai and Zechariah inspire Zerub-

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the son of Id'dd, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Ju'dah and JS-ru'sA-l&n in the name of the God of Is'ra-el, even unto them. 2 Then rose up Z6-rub'ba-bel the son of Shfc-M'S-el, and Jdsh'u-A the son of Jdz'a-ddk, and began to build the house of God which is at J$-ru'sA-16m: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 IT At the same time came to them T&t'na-i, governor on this side the river, and She'thdr-bdz'na-i, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this maimer, What are the names of the men that make this building? 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Dd-ri'us: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. 6 The copy of the letter that T&t'na-i, governor on this side the river, and She'thdr-boz'na-i, and his companions the A-ph&r'sdchites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Dd-ri'us the king: 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto DA-ri'us the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto lhe king, that we went into the province of Jude'A, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. 9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. 11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Is'ra-el builded and set up. 12 But after that our fathers had

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a decree concerning the house of God at Jg-ru'sA-l&n, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house: 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which N6b-u-cMd-n$z'zar took forth out of the temple which is at J^-ru'sA-lem, and brought unto BAb'jMon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at JA-ru'sA-lem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 6 Now therefore, T&t'na-i, governor beyond the river, She'thilrbdz'ng-i, and your companions the A-phar's&ch-ites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: 7Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. 8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings 1 Darius, having found the decree of Cyrus, authorizes the continuance of of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, the work. 13 The temple is finished. wine, and oil, according to the ap16 The feast of dedication: 19 the pass- pointment of the priests which are over. at J£-ru's£-lem, let it be given them HEN DA-ri'us the king made a day by day without fail: decree, and search was made 10 That they may offer sacrifices in the house of the rolls, where of sweet savours unto the God of the treasures were laid up in B&b'- heaven, and pray for the life of the jr-lon. king, and of his sons. 2 And there was found at Ach'- 11 Also I have made a decree, that me-thd, in the palace that is in the whosoever shall alter this word, let province of the Medes, a roll, and timber be pulled down from his therein was a record thus written: house, and being set up , let him be 3 In the first year of Qy'rus the hanged thereon; and let his house king the same Qy'rus the king made be made a dunghill for this. nal from

provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Neb-u-chAd-nez'zar the king of Bdb'f-lon, the Ch&l-de'an, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into B&b'y-lon. 13 But in the first year of C^'rus the king of B&b'£-lon the same king gy'rus made a decree to build this ouse of God. 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Neb-u-chAd-nez'zar took out of the temple that was in JS-ru's^-lem, and brought them into the temple of B&b'iMon, those did Gy'rus the king take out of the temple of Bab'jr-lon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Shesh-b&z'zar, whom he had made governor; 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in J$-ru's£-l&n, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came the same Sheshbftz'zar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in J&ru'sA-lem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at BAb'jr-lon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Gy'rus the king to build this house of God at Je-ru'sA-lem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. 409 CHAPTER 6

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12 And the God that hath caused land, to seek the Lord God of ishis name to dwell there destroy all ra-el, did eat, kings and people, that shall put to 22 And kept the feast of unleavtheir hand to alter and to destroy ened bread seven days with joy: this house of God which is at J6- for the Lord had made them joyru's^-Um. I DA-ri'us have made a- ful, and turned the heart of the decree; let it be done with speed. king of As-sjfr'i-a unto them, to 13 If Then Tat'na-i, governor on strengthen their hands in the work this side the river, She'thSr-boz'- of the house of God, the God of na-i, and their companions, accord- is ra-el. CHApTER 7 410 ing to that which DA-ri'us the king 1 Ezra goes to Jerusalem. 11 The king’s had sent, so they did speedily. 14 And the elders of the Jews commission. 27 Ezra’s thanksgiving. OW after these things, in the builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of HAg'reign of Ar-tAx-erx'es king of Pergle.

of understanding. 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Id'dd the chief at the place CA-sfph'I-a, and I told them what they should say unto id'dd, and to his brethren the Neth'inims, at the place CA-siphl-a, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mfih'li, the son of Le'vi, the son of Is'ra-el; and Sh£r-ebi'ah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 19 And Hash-a-bi'ah, and with him JS-sha'jah of the sons of MS-ra'ri, his brethren and their sons, twenty; 20 Also of the Nethzi-nims, whom Da'vid and the princes had appointed for the service of the Lezvites, two hundred and twenty NStb'inims: all of them were expressed by name. 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of A-ha'vA, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. 24 T Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sh&r-e-bi'ah, Hash-a-bi'ah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Is'ra-el there present, had offered: 261 even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred

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talents, and of gold an hundred talCHAPTER 9 412 ents; 1 Ezra's sorrow because the people 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a have not refrained from all intercourse with aliens. 5 His confession and thousand drams; and two vessels prayer. of fine copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are OW when these things were holy unto the Lord ; the vessels done, the princes came to me, are holy also; and the silver and saying, The people of Is'ra-el, and the gold are a freewill offering unto the priests, and the Le'vites, have the Lord God of your fathers. not separated themselves from the 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until people of the lands, doing accordye weigh them before the chief of ing to their abominations, even of the priests and the Le'vites, and the Ca'n&an-ites, the HIt'tites, the chief of the fathers of Is'ra-el, at Per'iz-zites, the JSb'u-sites, the JA-ru'sA-lem, in the chambers of Am'mdn-ites, the Md'ab-ites, the the house of the Lord . ' fi-^^p'tjans, and the Am'dr-ites. 30 So took the priests and the 2 For they have taken of their L&'vites the weight of the silver, daughters for themselves, and for and the gold, and the vessels, to their sons: so that the holy seed bring them to JS-ru'sd-ISm unto have mingled themselves with the the house of our God. people of those lands: yea, the hand 31 T Then we departed from the of the princes and rulers hath been river of A-ha'vd on the twelfth day chief in this trespass. of the first month, to go unto J$- 3 And when I heard this thing, I ru'sd-lem: and the hand of our God rent my garment and my mantle, was upon us, and he delivered us and plucked off the hair of my head from the hand of the enemy, and of and of my beard, and sat down such as lay in wait by the way. astonied. 32 And we came to Jg-ru'sA-l&m, 4 Then were assembled unto me and abode there three days. every one that trembled at the 33 If Now on the fourth day was words of the God of Is'ra-el, bethe silver and the gold and the cause of the transgression of those vessels weighed in the house of that had been carried away; and I sat our God by the hand of M&r'e- astonied until the evening sacrifice. mdth the son of U-ri'ah the priest; 5 If And at the evening sacrifice I and with him was E-le-a'zar the arose up from my heaviness; and son of Phin'e-has; and with them having rent my garment and my was Joz'a-Md the son of JSsh'u-d, mantle, I fell upon my knees, and and Nd-a-di'ah the son of Bin'- spread out my hands unto the nu-i, Le'vites; Lord my God, 34 By number and by weight of 6 And said, O my God, I am every one: and all the weight was ashamed and blush to lift up my written at that time. face to thee, my God: for our 35 Also the children of those that iniquities are increased over our had been carried away, which were head, and our trespass is grown up come out of the captivity, offered unto the heavens. burnt offerings unto the God of 7 Since the days of our fathers Is'ra-eL twelve bullocks for all have we been in a great trespass is'ra-el, ninety and six rams, unto this day; and for our iniqseventy and seven lambs, twelve uities have we, our kings, and he goats for a sin offering: all this our priests, been delivered into was a burnt offering unto the Lord . the hand of the kings of the lands, 36 T And they delivered the king’s to the sword, to captivity, and to a commissions unto the king’s lieu- spoil, and to confusion of face, as tenants, and to the governors on it is this day. this side the river: and they fur- 8 And now for a little space grace thered the people, and the house hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to of God. Original from Digitized by Google 555 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of PSr'sid, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of ouTGod, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Ju'dah and in J6ru'sd-l&m. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? 15 O Lord God of Is'ra-el, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses : for we cannot stand before thee because of this. 413 CHAPTER 10 1 Shechaniah’s counsel. 6 The people called together. 9 Ezra’s exhortation: the people’s promise. 15 The names of those who had married alien wives.

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trembling because of this matter, fered a ram of the flock for their and for the great rain. trespass. 10 And fiz'rA the priest stood up, 20And of the sons of im'mer; and said unto them, Ye have trans- HA-nA'ni, and Z&b-a-di'ah. gressed, and have taken strange 21 And of the sons of HA'rim; MAwives, to increase the trespass of a-se'iah, and fi-li'jah, and ShSmIs'ra-el. a-i'ah, and JA-hi'el, and Uz-zi'ah. 11 Now therefore make confession 22 And of the sons of PAsh'ur; unto the Lord God of your fathers, El-i-o-e'nA-i, MA-g-se'jah, Ish'maand do his pleasure: and separate el, Ne-than'e-el, J6z'a-bad, and yourselves from the people of the £l'a-sah. land, and from the strange wives. 23 Also of the Le'vites; Jdz'a12 Then all the congregation an- bAd, and Shim'e-i, and KA-la'jah, swered and said with a loud voice, (the same is Kel'i-tA,) Peth-a-hi'As thou hast said, so must we do. ah, Ju'dah, and fi-li-e'zer. 13 But the people are many, and 24 Of the singers also; fi-li'ait is a time of much rain, and we shib: and of the porters; ShAl'lum, are not able to stand without, nei- and Te'lem, and O'ri. ther is this a work of one day or 25 Moreover of is'rg-el: of the two: for we are many that have sons of PA'rdsh; RA-mi'ah, and JA-zi'ah, and MAl-chi'ah, and Miztransgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the a-min, and E-le-A'zar, and MA1congregation stand, and let all chi'jah, and BA-nA'jah. them which have taken strange 26 And of the sons of £zlAm; MAtwives in our cities come at ap- tg-ni'ah, Zech-a-ri'ah, and J6-hipointed times, and with them the el, and Ab'di, and JAr'e-mdth, and elders of every city, and the judges fi-li-ah. thereof, until the fierce wrath of 27 And of the sons of ZAt'tu; £1our God for this matter be turned i-o-e'nA-i, £-li'a-shib, MAt-ta-nizah, and J6r'e-m6th, and Za'bAd, from us. 15 J Only Jfln'a-than the son of and A-zi'za. A'sa-n&l and JA-hA-zi'ah the son of 28Of the sons also of BAb'A-i; Tik'vah were employed about this Je-hd-ha'nan, HAn-a-ni'ah, ZAb'matter: and MA-shuHam and bAi, and Ath'lAi. Shab-bdth'a-i the Le'vite helped 29 And of the sons of BA'ni; M&shul'lam, MAl'luch, and Ad-a-i'ah, them. 16 And the children of the captiv- JAsh'ub, and She'al, and Ra'moth. ity did so. And £z'ra the priest, 30 And of the sons of PA'hathwith certain chief of the fathers, af- md'ab; Ad'nA, and Che'lAl, Be~nazter the house of their fathers, and jah, Ma-a-se'iah, MAt-ta-ni'ah, B$all of them by their names, were zAl'e-el, and Bin'nu-i, and Ma-nAszseparated, and sat down in the first seh. day of the tenth month to examine 31 And of the sons of HA'rim; £-li-e'zer, Ish-i'jah, MAl-chi'ah, the matter. 17 And they made an end with all Shem-a-i'ah, Shim'e-on, the men that had taken strange 32 Ben'ja-min, MAl'luch, and wives by the first day of the first Shem-a-ri'ah. 33 Of the sons of HA'shum; MAtmonth. te-na'i, MAt'ta-thah, ZA'bAd, £18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had liph'e-let, Jer'e-mAi, MA-nAs'seh, taken strange wives: namely, of and Shim'e-i. the sons of Jesh'u-A the son of 34 Of the sons of BA'ni; MA-AdzJdz'a-dAk, and his brethren; MA- Ai, Am'rAm, and O'el, a-sA'jah, and £-li-e'zer, and JA'rib, 35 BA-nA'iah, BA-de'jah, Ch&lluh, 36 VA-ni'ah, MAr'e-mdth, £-H'aand G&d-a-li'ah. 19 And they gave their hands shib, that they would put away their 37 MAt-ta-ni'ah, MAt-te-na'i, and wives; and being guilty, they of- JA a-SftU, original from Digitized by ia >Qle 557 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Nehemiah reaches Jerusalem: he views the ruins secretly thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Ju'dah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Ju'dah; 8 And a letter unto A'saph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them file king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When S&n-bAl'lat the H6r'onite, and T6-bi'ah the servant, the Am'mdn-ite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Is'ra-el. 11 So I came to J6-ru'sA-lSm, and was there three days. 12 T And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at J6-ru'sA-lem: neither was there any Dig* :ized by Google 5

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beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of J6ru's^-ldm, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how J&ru'sft-lemlh’eZh waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of J6ru'sfc-lem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. 19 But when SAn-b&l'lat the H6r'Q-nite, and Td-bi'ah the servant, the Am'mon-ite, and Ge'shem the A-ra'bi-an, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? 20Then answered I them, and said unto them. The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in J6-ru'sAlem. CHAPTER 3 416 Those who aided in the building.

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the doors of it; even unto the tower of Me'ah they sanctified it, unto the tower of HA-nAn'e-el. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jer'i-chd. And next to them builded ZAc'cur the son of Im'ri. 3 But the fish gate did the sons of HAs-s6-na'ah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Mer'e-mdth the son of U-ri'jah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired MA-shul'lam the son of Ber-e-chi'ah. the son of M6-shez'a-be-el. And next unto them repaired Za'ddk the son of BA'a-nA. 5 And next unto them the TA-kd'ites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord . 6 Moreover the old gate repaired JA-hoi'a-da the son of Pa-s6'ah, and MA-shul'lam the son of Besd-de'jah; they laid the beams there of, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired M61-a-ti'ah the GIb'e-on-ite, and Ja'don the MA-rdn'o-thite, the men of Gib'e-on, and of Miz'pah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. 8 Next unto him repaired tiz-zi'el the son of Har-hA-i'ah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired HAn-a-ni'ah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified JA-ru'sA-ldm unto the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Reph-a-i'ah the son of Hfir, the ruler of the half part of JA-ru'sA16m. 10 And next unto them repaired JA-da'jah the son of HA-ru'maph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired HAt'tush the son of Hash-ab-m'ah. 11 MAl-chi'jah the son of HA'rim, and HA'shub the son of PA'hathmd'ab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. 12 And next unto him repaired ShAl'lum the son of HA-ld'hesh, the -

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ruler of the half part of JA-ru'sl16m, he and his daughters. 13 The valley gate repaired HA'ndn, and the inhabitants of Za-nd'ah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. 14 But the dung gate repaired MAl-chi'ah the son of Re'chAb, the ruler of part of Bdth-hAc'ce-rdm; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired ShAl'lum the son of C51ho'zeh, the ruler of part of Miz'pah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and ' the wall of the pool of Si-lo'ah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of DA'vid. 16 After him repaired Ne-h©-mi'ah the son of Az'buk, the ruler of the half part of B6th'-zdr, unto the Place over against the sepulchres of Da'vid, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. 17 After him repaired the Le'vites, Rehumthesonof BA'ni. Next unto him repaired Hash-a-bi'ah, the ruler of the half part of Kei'lah, in his part. 18 After him repaired their brethren. BAv'A-i the son of Hen'adAa, the ruler of the half part of Kei'lah. 19 And next to him repaired 2'zer the son of J6sh'u-A, the ruler of Miz'pah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the k turning of the walk 20 After him BA'ruch the son of ZAb'bai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto die door of the house of fi-li'a-shib the high priest 21 After him repaired Mer'e-mdth the son of U-ri'jah the son of Kdz another piece, from the door of the house of 2-li'a-shib even to the end of the house of fc-li'a-shib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

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23 After him repaired BAn'jg-min and Ha'shub over against their house. After him repaired Az-ari'ah the son of Ma-a-se'jah the son of An-a-ni'ah by his house. 24 After him repaired Bin'nu-i the son of Hen'a-dAd another piece, from the house of Az-a-ri'ah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the comer. 25 Pa'lal the son of O'za-i, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him P6ddiah the son of Pa'rosh. 26 Moreover the Neth'i-nims dwelt in d'phel, unto the Place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 27After them the Te-kd'ites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of d'phel. 28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. 29 After them repaired ZA'd6k the sen of Im'mer over against his house. After him repaired also Sh&n-g-i'ah the son of Shechg-ni'ah, the keeper of the east gate. 30 After him repaired H&n-a-ni'ah the son of Shel-e-mi'ah, and HA'nun the sixth son of Za'laph, another piece. After him repaired MA-shul'lam the son of B&r-e-chTah over against his chamber. 31After him repaired MAl-chi'ah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Neth'i-nims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miph'kAd, and to the going up of the comer. 32 And between the going up of the comer unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. 417 CHAPTER 4 1 Their enemies scoff al their efforts. 7 Expecting them to attack, 9 q watch is set, 13 the laborers are armed, 19 and instructions given to answer the alarm.

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builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of SA-ma'ri-g, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Td-bi'ah the Am'mbn-ite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up , he shall even break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity : 5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. 7 But it came to pass, that when SAn-bAl'lat, and Td-bi'ah, and the A-ra'bi-ans, and the Am'mftn-ites, and the Ash'ddd-ites, heard that the walls of J$-ru'sA-lem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Je-ru'sA-lem, and to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Ju'dah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From

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all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. 13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord , which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Ju'dah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19 H And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. 21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within J$ru'sft-l&n, that in the night they Digitized by

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10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and com: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth Part of the money, and of the com, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. 13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that perfomieth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord . And the people did according to this promise. 14 1 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Ju'dah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Ar-tAxgrx'es the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. 16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. 17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. 18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the Digitized by

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governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. CHAPTER 6 419 1 Sanballat and others attempt to terrify

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OW it came to pass, when SAn-bATlat, and Td-bi'ah, and Ge'shem the A-ra'bi-an, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That SAn-bAl'lat and Ge'shem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of O'nd. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 Then sent SAn-bAl'lat his servant unto me in like maimer the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and GAsh'mu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at J&ru'sA-lem, saying, There is a king in Ju'dah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, Original thatfrom it be not done.

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Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shem-a-i'ah the son of Del-a-i'ah the son of Md-het'a-beel, who was shut up ; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for To-bi'ah and San-bal'lat had hired him. 13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. 14 My God, think thou upon Tdbi'ah and SAn-bAl'lat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Nd-a-di'ah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month E'lul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Ju'dah sent many letters unto Td-bi'ah, and the letters of Td-bi'ah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Ju'dah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of ShAch-a-ni'ah the son of A'rah; and his son J6ha'nan had taken the daughter of MS-shul'lam the son of BSr-e-chi'-

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OW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters an the singers and the Le'vites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother HA-na ni, and Han-a-ni'ah the ruler of the palace, charge over JA-ru'sA-lem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of JA-ru'sA-lem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of JAru'sA-l&n, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. 4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5 51 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, 6 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Neb-u-chAdnez'zar the king of BAb'^-lon had carried away, and came again to J$-ru'sA-lem and to Ju'dah, every one unto his city; 7 Who came with ZA-rub'ba-bM, JSsh'u-A, Ne-he-mi'ah, Az-a-ri'ah, Ra-a-mi'ah, Na-ham'a-ni, MSr'decai, Bil'shAn, Mis'pe-r&th, Big'va-i, Nehum, Ba'a-nah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Is'ra-el was this; 8 The children of Pa'rosh, two 19Also they reported his good thousand an hundred seventy and deeds before me, and uttered my two. words to him. And Td-bi'ah sent 9 The children of Sh&ph-a-ti'ah, k letters to put me in fear, three hundred seventy and two. _ _ _ J|r 'om Digitized by

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10 The children of A'rah, six hun- 36 The children of Jer'I-ch6, three dred fifty and two. hundred forty and five. 11 The children of Pa'hath-md'ab, 37The children of IM HA'did, of the children of Jesh'u-A and Jo'- and O'n6, seven hundred twenty ib, two thousand and eight hun- and one. dred and eighteen. 38 The children of S6-nA'ah, three 12 The children of £'l£m, a thou- thousand nine hundred and thirty. sand two hundred fifty and four. 39 The priests: the children of 13 The children of ZAt'tu, eight JS-da'jah, of the house of Jesh'u-d, hundred forty and five. nine hundred seventy and three. 14 The children of Z&c'ca-i, seven 40 The children of im'mer, a thouhundred and threescore. sand fifty and two. 15 The children of Bln'nu-I six 41 The children of PAsh'ur, a hundred forty and eight. thousand two hundred forty and 16The children of B^b'S-i, six seven. hundred twenty and eight. 42 The children of Ha'rim, a thou17 The children of Az'gad, two sand and seventeen. thousand three hundred twenty 43 The Le'vites: the children of and two. Jeslru-a, of KAs'mi-el, and of the 18 The children of A-don'i-k&m, children of Hd-de'vah, seventy six hundred threescore and seven. and four. 19 The children of BIg'va-i, two 44 The singers: the children of thousand threescore and seven. A'saph, an hundred forty and 20 The children of A'din, six hun- eight. dred fifty and five. 45 The porters: the children of 21 The children of A'ter of HSz-g- ShAl'Ium, the children of A'ter, the ki'ah, ninety and eight. children of Tal'mon, the children 22 The children of Ha'shum, three of Ak'kub, the children of HAtl-tA, hundred twenty and eight. the children of Sho'bg-i, an hun23 The children of Be'zai, three dred thirty and eight. hundred twenty and four. 46 H The Neth'i-nims: the chil24 The children of Ha'riph, an dren of Zi'ha, the children of HAhundred and twelve. su'phA, the children of TAb'ba-dth, 25 The children of Gib'e-on, nine- 47 The children of Ke'ros, the ty and five. children of Si'a, the children of 26 The men of Beth'-le-h&n and Pa'don, N€-td'phah, an hundred fourscore 48 The children of Leb'a-nd, the children of HAg'a-ba, the children and eight. 27 The men of An'a-thoth, an of ShAl'ma-i, hundred twenty and eight. 49 The children of Ha'nan, the 28 The men of BSth-Az'ma-veth, children of Gid'del, the children of Ga'har, forty and two. 29 The men of Kir'jath-je'a-rim, 50 The children of Re-a-i'ah, the Ch£-phi'rah, and Be-e'rSth, seven children of Re'zin, the children of Ne-ko'da, hundred forty and three. 30 The men of Ra'mah and Ga'- 51The children of GAz'zam, the bd, six hundred twenty and one. children of tJz'zA, the children of 31 The men of Mich'mas, an hun- PhA-se'ah, 52 The children of Be'sai, the dred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth'-el and A'i, children of MA-u'nim, the children of Ne-phish'e-sim, an hundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Ne'bd, 53 The children of BAk'buk, the children of HA-ku'phA, the children fifty and two. 34 The children of the other of Har'hvlr, J/lAm, a thousand two hundred 54The children of BAz'lith, the children of MA-hi'dA, the children fifty and four. 35 The children of Ha'rim, three of HUr'shA, 55 The children of Bar'kds, the hundred and twenty. ''iginal from Digitized by (jQ 565 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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children of Sis'e-rA, the children of TA'mah, 56 The children of N6-zi'ah, the children of HAt'I-phA. 57 If The children of S61'o-mon’s servants: the children of Sd'ta-i, the children of Sdph'e-r6th, the children of P6-ri'dA, 58 The children of JA-A'IA, the children of DAr'kon, the diildren of GId'del, 59 The children of ShSph-a-ti'ah, the children of HAt'til, the children of P6ch'e-reth of Z6-bA'im, the children of A'mon. 60 All the NSth'i-nims, and the children of Sbl'o-mon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61 And these were they which went up also from T61-me'lah, T61ha-rfc'sha, Cher'ub, Ad'ddn, and hn'mer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Is'ra-el. 62 The children of Del-a-i'ah, the children of Td-bi'ah, the children of N6-kd'dA, six hundred forty and two. 63 5[ And of the priests: the children of HA-ba'jah, the children of Kdz, the children of BAr-zfl'la-i, which took one of the daughters of BMr-zfl'la-i the Gil'e-Ad-ite to wife, and was called after their name. 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 65 And the Tir'sha-thA said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with U'rim and Thum'mim. 66 51 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. 68Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: 69 Their camels, four hundred Digitized by

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thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 70 5[ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tir'sha-thA gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments. 73 So the priests, and the Le'vites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Neth'i-nims, and all Is'ra-el, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of is'ra-el were in their cities. CHAPTER 8 421

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AND all the people gathered xx themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto £z'rA the scribe to bring the book of the law of Mo'ses, which the Lord had commanded to Is'ra-el. 2 And £z'rA the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand ; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And £z'rA the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they bad made for the purpose; and beside him stood MAt-ti-thi'ah, and Sh6'mA, and An-a-i'ah, and U-ri'jah, and Hil-ki'ah, and MA-a-s6'jah, on his rightOriginarrrom hand; and on his left

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hand, PS-da'jah, and Mfeh'a-el, scribe, even to understand \ and M&l-chi'ah, and H&'shum, words of the law. \ and H&sh-bAd'a-nd, Z&h-a-ri'ah, 14 And they found written in the and Me-shul'lam. law which the Lord had command5 And £z'ra opened the book in ed by Mo'ses, that the children of the sight of all the people; (for he is'ra-el should dwell in booths in was above all the people;) and the feast of the seventh month: when he opened it, all the people 15 And that they should publish stood up: and Proclaim in all their cities, and 6 And £z'rA blessed the Lord , the in Je-ru'sd-ISm, saying, Go forth great God. And all the people an- unto the mount, and fetch olive swered, Amen, Amen, with lifting branches, and pine branches, and up their hands: and they bowed myrtle branches, and palm branches, their heads, and worshipped the and branches of thick trees, to Lord with their faces to the make booths, as it is written. ground. 16 t So the people went forth, 7 Also Jesh'u-A, and Ba'ni, and and brought them, and made Sh&r-e-bi'ah, J&'min, Ak'kub, Shab- themselves booths, every one upon b6th'a-i, Hd-di'jah, Ma-a-se'iah, the roof of his house, and in their K&l'i-ta, Az-a-ri'ah, Jdz'a-b&d, Ha'- courts, and in the courts of the nan, Pel-a-i'ah, and the Le'vites, house of God, and in the street of caused the people to understand the the water gate, and in the street law: and the people stood in their of the gate of £'phr£-im. place. 17 And all the congregation of 8 So they read in the book in the them that were come again out of law of God distinctly, and gave the the captivity made booths, and sat sense, and caused them to under- under the booths: for since the days stand the reading. of Jesh'u-a the son of Nun unto 9 JL And Ne-he-mi'ah, which is that day had not the children of the Tir'sha-thd, and £z'rd the priest is'ra-el done so. And there was the scribe, and the Le'vites that very great gladness. taught the people, said unto all the 18 Also day by day, from the first people, This day is holy unto the day unto the last day, he read in Lord your God; mourn not, nor the book of the law of God. And weep. For all the people wept, they kept the feast seven days; when they heard the words of the and on the eighth day was a solemn law. assembly, according unto the man10 Then he said unto them, Go ner. your way, eat the fat, and drink the CHAPTER 9 422 1 A solemn fast and confession of their sweet, and send portions unto sins. 4 The prayer offered by the them for whom nothing is prepared: Levites at this time. for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of OW in the twenty and fourth the Lord is your strength. day of this month the chil11 So the Le'vites stilled all the dren of is'ra-el were assembled people, saying, Hold your peace, with fasting, and with sackclothes, for the day is holy; neither be ye and earth upon them. grieved. 2 And the seed of is'ra-el sepa12 And all the people went their rated themselves from all strangers, way to eat, and to drink, and to and stood and confessed their sins, send portions, and to make great and the iniquities of their fathers. mirth, because they had under- 3 And they stood up in their place, stood the words that were de- and read in the book of the law of clared unto them. the Lord their God one fourth part 13 K And on the second day were of the day; and another fourth part gathered together the chief of the they confessed, and worshipped fathers of all the people, the priests, the Lord their God. and the Le'vites, unto Ez'rA the 4 If Then stood up upon the stairs, Original from 567 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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at the Le'vites, Jdsh'u-A, and BA'm, KAd'mi-eL Sheb-a-ni'ah, Bun'ni, ShSr-e-bi'ah, Ba'ni, and Ch6n'a-ni, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Le'vites, Jesh'u-d, and K&d'mi-el, Ba'ni, Hash-ab-ni'ah, Sh&r-e-bi'ah, Hd-di'jah, Sheb-ani'ah, and Peth-a-hi'ah, fcaid, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preserves! them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose A'brAm, and broughtest him forth out of Or of the ChAl'dees, and gavest him the name of A'brfi-hSm; 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the CA'nAan-ites, the HIt'tites, the Am'dr-ites, and the Pdr'iz-zites, and the J&b'u-sites, and the Gir'ga-shites, to give it, I sou, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in S'gypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pha'radh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 Thou earnest down also upon mount Si'nAi, and spakest with Digitized by

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them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments : 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Mo'ses thy servant: 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess .the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, 17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of £'gypt, and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into comers: so they possessed the land of Si'h6n, and

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the land of the king of HSsh'bdn, and the land of dg king of Ba'sh&n. 23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Ca'nAan-ites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. 27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest* them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; • 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in mem;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardDigitized by

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ened their neck, and would hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou bear them, and testifiedst agi them by thy spirit in thy prophets : yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of tile lands. 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of As-s#r'i-4 unto this day. 33Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Le'vites, and priests, seal unto it.

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ters, every one having knowledge, 1 The names of those who entered into and having understanding; the covenant. 29 A summary of the 29 They clave to their brethren, covenant. their nobles, and entered into a OW those that sealed were, curse, and into an oath, to walk in Ne-he-mi'ah, the Tir'sha- God’s law, which was given by thA, the son of HAch-a-fi'ah, and Mo'ses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandZId-ki'jah, 2 SSr-a-i'ah, Az-a-ri'ah, Jfcr-e- ments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; mi'ah, 3 PAsh'ur, Am-a-ri'ah, MAl-chi'- 30And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of jah, 4 HAt'tush, Shdb-a-ni'ah, MAI the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: Inch, 5 HA'rim, M&r'e-mdth, O-ba-di'- 31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the 6*DAn'jel, Oin'nA-thon, BA'ruch, sabbath day to sell, that we would 7 Mg-shullam, A-bi'jah, MU'a- not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we mln, 8 MA-a-zi'ah, Bfl'ga-b Shem-a-i'- would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. ah: these were the priests. 9 And the Le'vites: both J&sh'u-A 32 Also we made ordinances for the son of Az-a-ni'ah, Bin'nu-i of us, to charge ourselves yearly the sons of H6n'a-dAd, KAd'mi-el; with the third part of a shekel for 10 And their brethren, Shfeb-a- the service of the house of our ni'ah, Hd-di'jah, KAl'I-tA, Pel-a-i - God; 33 For the shewbread, and for the ah, Ha'nan, 11 Mi'chA, Re'hdb, Hash-a-bi'ah, continual meat offering, and for 12 ZAc'cur, Sh&r-e-bi'ah, ShAb-a- the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy 13 Hd-di'jah, BA'ni, B&n'i-nu. 14 The chief of the people; Pa'- things, and for the sin offerings to rdsh, Pa'hath-md'ab, £'lAm, ZAt'- make an atonement for I$'ra-el, and for all the work of the house thu, Ba'ni, of our God. 15 Bun'ni, Az'gad, B&b'A-i, 34 And we cast the lots among the 16 Ad-6-ni'jah, Big'va-i, A'din, priests, the Le'vites, and the people, 17 A'ter, Hiz-ki'jah, Az'zur, 18 Hd-di'jah, Ha'shum, Be'zAi, for the wood offering, to bring it 19 Ha'riph, An'a-thdth, NAb'a-L into the house of our God, after the 20 MAg'pi-Ash, MS-sMl'lam, He'- houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to bum upon zir, 21 M$-shez'a-be-el, Za'dSk, Jad- the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law: du'A, i 22 PAl-a-ti'ah, HA'nan, An-a-i'ah, 35 And to bring the firstfruits of 23 Hb-she'A, HAn-a-ni'ah, HA'- our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, shub, 24 HAl-16'hesh, PIl'e-hA, Sho'bek, unto the house of the Lord : 25 Relium, HA-shab'nah, Ma-a- 36 Also the firstborn of our sons, se'iah, and of our cattle, as it is written in 26 And A-hi'jah, Ha'nan, A'nan, the law, and the firstlings of our 27 MAI'Inch, Ha'rim, Ba'a-nah. herds and of our flocks, to bring to 28 And the rest of the people, the house of our God, unto the the priests, the Le'vites, the por- priests that minister in the house ters, the singers, the Neth'i-nims, of our God: and all they that had separated 37 And that we should bring the themselves from the people of the firstfruits of our dough, and our oflands unto the law of God, their ferings, and the fruit of all manner wives, their sons, and their daugh- of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the 570 Original from Digitized by

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6 All the sons of Pe'rez that dwk at Jd-ru'sA-lem were four hun\ dred threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Bdn'ja-min; S&l'lu the son of Me-shul'lam, the son of Jo'ed, the son of Pd-da'iah, the son of Kol-a-i'ah, the son of Ma-a-se'iah, the son of Ith'i-el, the son of Jd-sa'iah. 8 And after him GAb'ba-L SAl'la-i, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Jo'el the son of Zich'ri was their overseer: and Ju'dah the son of Se-nu'ah was second over the city. 10 Of the priests: Jg-da'jah the son of Joi'a-rib, Ja'chin. 11 Ser-a-i'ah the son of HH-ki'ah, the son of M€-shul'lam, the son of Z&'ddk, the son of M6-ra'joth, the son of A-hi'tub was the ruler of the house of God. 12 And their brethren that did the 1 The rulers and the tenth man chosen by lot, to dwell in Jerusalem. 3 Their work of the house were eight hunnames. 20 The residue dwell in other dred twenty and two: and Ad-a-i'cities. ah the son of Jer'o-h&m, the son of AND the rulers of the people Pel-a-li'ah, the son of Am'zi, the Xx dwelt at JS-ru'sA-lfcm: the son of Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of rest of the people also cast lots, PAsh'ur, the son of MAl-chi'ah, to bring one of ten to dwell in J$- 13 And his brethren, chief of the ru'sA-lem the holy city, and nine fathers, two hundred forty and parts to dwell in other cities. two: and A-mAsh'a-i the son of 2 And the people blessed all the A-z&r'e-el, the son of A-hAs'A-i, men, that willingly offered them- the son of Me-shfl'le-mdth, the selves to dwell at J^-ru'sA-lem. son of Im'mer, 14 And their brethren, mighty 3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in J6-ru'sA- men of valour, an hundred twenty 1dm: but in the cities of Ju'dah and eight: and their overseer was dwelt every one in his possession Zab'dl-el, the son of one of the in their cities, to wit, Is'ra-el, the great men. priests, and the Le'vites, and the 15 Also of the Le'vites: Shem-aNdth'i-nims, and the children of i'ah the son of Ha'shub, the son of Az'ri-kam, the son of Hash-a-bi'ah, Sdl'o-mon’s servants. 4 And at Jd-ru's^-lem dwelt cer- the son of Bun'ni; tain of the children of Ju'dah, and 16 And Shab-beth'a-i and Jdz'aof the children of Ben'ja-min. Of bad, of the chief of the Le'vites, the children of Ju'dah; Ath-a-i'ah had the oversight of the outward the son of tiz-zi'ah, the son of business of the house of God. Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Am-a-ri'- 17 And MAt-ta-ni'ah the son of ah, the son of Sheph-a-ti'ah, the Mi'cha, the son of Zab'di, the son of son of Mi-ha'la-le-el, of the chil- A'saph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and dren of Pe'rez; 5 And Ma-a-se'iah the son of Ba'- Bak-buk-i'ah the second among his ruch, the son of Cdl-hd'zeh, the brethren, and Ab'da the son of son of HA-za'jah, the son of Ad-a- ShAm-mu'a, the son of Ga'IAl, the i'ah, the son of Joi'a-rib, the son of son of JSd'u-thun. 18 AU the Le'vites in the holy city ZSch-a-ri'ah, the son of Shl-lo'ni. 571 Original from priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Le'vites, that the same Le'vites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And the priest the son of AAr'on shall be with the Le'vites, when the Le'vites take tithes: and the Le'vites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. 39 For the children of Is'ra-el and the children of Le'vi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. 424 CHAPTER 11

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were two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover the porters, Ak'kub, Tdl'mon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. 20 And the residue of Is'ra-el, of the priests, and the Le'vites, were in all the cities of Ju'dah, every one in his inheritance. 21 But the Neth'i-nims dwelt in d'phel: and Zi'hb. and GIs'pd were over the Neth'i-nims. 22 The overseer also of the Le'vites at Je-ru'sA-lem was trz'zi the son of Ba'ni, the son of Hash-abi'ah, the son of Mdt-ta-ni'ah, the son of Mi'cha. Of the sons of A'saph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. 23 For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. 24 And Peth-a-hi'ah the son of MA-shez'a-be-el, of the children of Ze'rah the son of Ju'dah was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people. 25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Ju'dah dwelt at Kirjath-fir'bd, and in the villages thereof, and at Di'bon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jd-kdb'ze-el, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jesh'u-d, and at M51'a-dah, and at Beth-phe'let, 27 And at Ha'zar-shu'al, and at Be'er-she'bd, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Zik'ldg, and at M&k'onah, and in the villages thereof, 29 And at £n-rim'mon, and at Za're-ah, and at Jar'muth, 30 Za-nd'ah, A-dul'ldm, and in their villages, at La'chish, and the fields thereof, at A-ze'kah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Be'er-she'bd unto the valley of Hin'nom. 31 The children also of Benjamin from Ge'bd dwelt at Michmash, and A-i'jd, and BSth'-el, and in their villages, 32 And at An'a-thoth, Ndb, An-a33 Hd'zdr, Ra'mah, Git'ta-im, Digitized by

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20 Of SAl'la-L KAl'la-i; of A'mok, fi'ber; 21 Of Hil-ki'ah, Hash-a-bi'ah; of JA-da'jah, NA-thAife-el. 22 If The Le'vites in the days of £-li'a-shib, Joi'a-da, and Jd-ha'nan, and Jad-du'A, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of DA-ri'us the Persian. 23 The sons of Le'vi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Jd-hA'nan the son of £-li'a-shib. 24 And the chief of the Le'vites: Hash-a-bi'ah, ShAr-e-bi'ah, and JAsh'u-A the son of KAd'mi-el, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of Da'vid the man of God, ward over against ward. 25 MAt-ta-ni'ah, and BAk-buk-i'ah, d-ba-di'ah, MA-shul'lam, TAl'mon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joi'a-kim the son of JAsh'u-A, the son of JAz'a-dAk, and in the days of Ne-he'mi'ah the governor, and of £z'rA the priest, the scribe. 27 And at the dedication of the wall of JA-ru'sA-lAm they sought the Le'vites out of all their places, to bring them to JA-ru'sA-lAm, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about JA-ru'sA-lAm, and from the villages of NA-tdph'a-thi; 29 Also from the house of Cil'gAl, and out of the fields of Ge'bA and Az'ma-veth: for the singers had budded them villages round about JA-ru'sA-lAm. 30 And the priests and the Le'vites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 31 Then I brought up the princes of Jfi'dah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of

them that gave thanks, whered^ one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 32 And after them went HAsh-ai'ah, and half of the princes of Ju dah, 33 And Az-a-ri'ah, £z'rA, and MAshul'lam, 34 Ju'dah, and BAn'ja-min, and Shem-a-i'ah, and JAr-e-mi'ah, 35 And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; namely, ZAch-ari'ah the son of J6n'a-than, the son of ShAm-a-i'ah, the son of MAt-tani'ah, the son of Mi-chA'iah, the son of ZAc'cur, the son of A'saph: 36 And his brethren, Shem-a-i'ah, and A-zAr'a-el, MH-a-la'i, Gil'a-lAi, MA-a'i, NA-thAn'e-el, and Ju'dah, HA-na'ni, with the musical instruments of Da'vid the man of God, and £z'rA the scribe before them. 37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of Da'vid, at the going up of the wall, above the house of Da'vid, even unto the water gate eastward. 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 39And from above the gate of £'phrA-im, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of HA-nAn'e-el, and the tower of Me'ah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 41 And the priests; £-li'a-kim, Ma-a-se'jah, Mi-ni'a-min, Mi-cha'iah, El-i-o-e'nA-i, Zech-a-ri'ah, and HAn-a-ni'ah, with trumpets; 42 And Ma-a-se'jah, and ShAma-i'ah, and E-le-a'zar, and tfz'zi, and Je-hd-ha'nan, and MAl-chi'jah, and £'lAm, and £'zer. And the singers sang aloud, with JAz-rahi'ah their overseer. 43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with

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great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the com, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Le'vites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. 6 But in all this time was not I at Jd-ru'sA-lem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Ar-tAx-erx'es king of BAb'jMon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 7 And I came to JA-ru'sA-lem, and understood of the evil that £-H'ashib did for Td-bi'ah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Td-bi'ah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. 10 And I perceived that the portions of the Le'vites had not been given them: for the Le'vites and the singers, that did the work/were fled every one to his field. law, the mixed multitude is sepa- 11 Then contended I with the rulrated from Israel. 4 Nehemiah reforms ers, and said, Why is the house various abuses. 15 The desecration of of God forsaken? And I gathered the sabbath. 23 Mixed marriages. them together, and set them in N that day they read in the their place. book of Mo'ses in the audi- 12 Then brought all Ju'dah the tithe of the com and the new wine ence of the people; and therein was found written, that the Am'- and the oil unto the treasuries. mdn-ite and the Md'ab-ite should 13And I made treasurers over not come into the congregation of the treasuries, Shel-e-mi'ah the priest, and Za'dftk the scribe, and God for ever; 2 Because they met not the chil- of the Le'vites, Pd-da'jah: and next dren of Is'ra-el with bread and to them was Ha'nan the son of ZAc'with water, but hired Balaam cur, the son of MAt-ta-ni'ah: for against them, that he should they were counted faithful, and curse them: howbeit our God their office was to distribute unto their brethren. turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they 14 Remember me, O my God, conhad heard the law, that they sepa- cerning this, and wipe not out my rated from Is'ra-el all the mixed good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the multitude. 4 And before this, fc-li'a-shib offices thereof. the priest, having the oversight of 15 if In those days saw I in Ju'dah the chamber of the house of our some treading wine presses on the God, was allied unto Td-bi'ah: sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, 5 And he had prepared for him a and lading asses; as also wine, 574 Origins, rom

great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of J5-ru'sA-16m was heard even . afar off. 44 y And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions, of the law for the priests and Le'vites: for Ju'dah rejoiced for the priests and for the Le'vites that waited. 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and tiie ward of the purification, according to the commandment of DA'vid, and of Sol'd-mon his son. 46 For in the days of Da'vid and A'saph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 47 And all Is'ra-el in the days of ZA-rub'ba-b&l, and in the days of Ne-he-mi'ah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Le'vites; and the Le'vites sanctified them unto the children of Adr'on. 426 CHAPTER 13 1 According to the commandment of the

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grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into JS-ru'sA-lem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Ju'dah, and in J£-ru'sA-lem. 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Ju'dah, and said unto them. What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Is'ra-el by profaning the sabbath. 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Je-ru'sA-lem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath : and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jd-ru'sA-ldm once or twice. 21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. 22 And I commanded the Le'vites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

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23 if In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ash'dod, of Am'mdn, and of Mo'ab: 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ash'ddd, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saving, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. 26 Did not Sdl'o-mon king of Is'ra-el sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Is'ra-el: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? 28 And one of the sons of Joi'a-dA, the son of £-li'a-shib the high priest, was son in law to SAn-billat the Hor'o-nite: therefore I chased him from me. 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the L€'vites. 30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Le'vites, every one in his business; 31And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

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house which belonged to king A-hAs-u-e'rus. 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded M£-hu'man, Biz'tha, Har-bo'na, Big'tha, OW it came to pass in the days and A-bAg'tha, Ze'thar, and Car'cas, of A-hAs-u-e'rus, (this is the seven chamberlains that served A-hds-u-e'rus which reigned, from in the presence of A-has-u-e'rus India even unto £-thi-d'pi-A, over the king, an hundred and seven and twenty 11 To bring VAsh'ti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to provinces:) 2 That in those days, when the shew the people and the princes her king A-hAs-u-e'rils sat on the beauty: for she was fair to look on. throne of his kingdom, which was 12 But the queen Vash'ti refused in Shu'shan the palace, to come at the king’s command3 In the third year of his reign, he ment by his chamberlains: theremade a feast unto all his princes fore was the king very wroth, and and his servants; the power of his anger burned in him. Per's# and Me'di-a, the nobles 13 Then the king said to the and princes of the provinces, being wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner before him: 4 When he shewed the riches of toward all that knew law and his glorious kingdom and the hon- judgment: our of his excellent majesty many 14 And the next unto him was days, even an hundred and four- Cfir-she'na, She'thar, Ad'mA-tha, TAr'shish, Me'res, Mar'se-nd, and score days. 5 And when these days were ex- Me-mu'can, the seven princes of pired, the king made a feast unto all Per's# and Me'di-a, which saw the die people that were present in Shu'- king’s face, and which sat the first shan the palace, both unto great in the kingdom;) and small, seven days, in the court 15 What shall we do unto the of the garden of the king’s palace; queen V&sh'ti according to law, be6 Where were white, green, and cause she hath not performed the blue, hangings, fastened with cords commandment of the king A-hfisof fine linen and purple to silver u-e'rus by the chamberlains? rings and pillars of marble: the 16 And Me-mu'can answered bebeds were of gold and silver, upon fore the king and the princes, V&sh'a pavement of red, and blue, and ti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the white, and black, marble. 7 And they gave them drink in ves- princes, and to all the people thatI sels of gold, (the vessels being di- are in all the provinces of the king verse one from another,) and royal A-hAs-u-e'rus. wine in abundance, according to 17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, die *state of the king. 8 And the drinking was according so that they shall despise their to the law; none did compel: for so husbands in their eyes, when it the king had appointed to all the shall be reported, The king A-hAsofficers of his house, that they u-e'rus commanded VAsh'ti the should do according to every man’s queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. pleasure. 9 Also VAsh'ti the queen made a 18 Likewise shall the ladies of feast for the women in the royal Per's# and Me'di-A say this day 576 Original from Digitized by 1 Ahasuerus1 feasts. 10 Vashti, the queen, is sent for, but refuses to come. 13 The king banishes her from his presence ana decrees that every man shall bare the rule in his own house.

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eth the king be queen instead ot V&sh'ti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. 5 Now in Shu'shan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mdr'de-cai, the son of Ja'ir, the son of Shim'e-i, the son of Kish, a Ben'ja-mite; 6 Who had been carried away from J$-ru's£-l&m with the captivity which had been carried away with Jdc-o-ni'ah king of Ju'dah, whom Neb-u-chAd-n&z'zar the king of B£bzjMon had carried away. 7 And he brought up H^-d&s'sah, that is, fis'ther, his uncle’s daughter : for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mor'de-cai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. 8 K So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shu'shan the palace, to the custody of H&g'a-i, that fes'thSr was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Heg'g-i, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; 1 A queen is to be chosen. 5 Mordecai and he speedily gave her her things cares for Esther as his own daughter. for purification, with such things 8 The Jewish maid is selected. 15 as belonged to her, and seven She is made queen. 21 Mordecai maidens, which were meet to be discovers a treasonable plot. given her, out of the king’s house: FTER these things, when the and he preferred her and her k wrath of king A-hAs-u-e'rus maids unto the best place of the was appeased, he remembered house of the women. VAsh'ti, and what she had done, 10 fs'ther had not shewed her and what was decreed against people nor her kindred: for Mdr'her. de-cai had charged her. that she 2 Then said the king’s servants should not shew it. that ministered unto him, Let there 11 And Mor'de-cai walked every be fair young virgins sought for the day before the court of the women’s king: house, to know how fis'ther did, 3 And let the king appoint officers and what should become of her. in all the provinces of his kingdom, 12 Now when every maid’s that they may gather together all turn was come to go in to king the fair young virgins unto Shu'- A-hAs-u-e'rus, after that she had shan the palace, to the house of the been twelve months, according to women, unto the custody of He'- the manner of the women, (for so fce the king’s chamberlain, keeper were the days of their purifications of the women; and let their things accomplished, to wit, six months for purification be given them: with oil of myrrh, and six months 4 And let the maiden which pleas- with sweet odours, and with other

unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. 19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That V&sh'ti come no more before king A-his-ue'rus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. 20 And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Md-mu'can: 22 For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. 428 CHAPTER 2

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things for the purifying of the wom- the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king A-hAs-fi-Azen:) 13 Then thus came every maiden rus. unto the king; whatsoever she de- 22 And the thing was known to sired was given her to go with her Mdr'de-cai, who told it unto £szout of the house of the women unto thSr the queen; and Es'thAr certithe king’s house. fied the king thereof in Mdr'de14 In the evening she went, and cAi’s name. on the morrow she returned into 23 And when inquisition was made the second house of the women, of the matter, it was found out; to the custody of ShA-dsh'g&z, the therefore they were both hanged on king’s chamberlain, which kept the a tree: and it was written in the concubines: she came in unto the book of the chronicles before the king no more, except the king de- king. lighted in her, and that she were CHAPTER 3 429 called by name. 1 Haman, because Mordecai refuses to show him honor, determines to revenge 15 Now when the turn of feshimself on all the Jews. 8 He obtains thdr, the daughter of Ab-i-hA'il the a decree from the king to put them to uncle of Mdr'de-cAi, who had taken death. her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required AFTER these things did king nothing but what H&g'a-i the king’s XTl A-hAs-u-A'rus promote HA'chamberlain, the keeper of the man the son of HAm-med'a-thd women, appointed. And Es'ther the A'gAg-ite, and advanced him, obtained favour in the sight of all and set his seat above all the them that looked upon her. princes that were with him. 16 So Es'ther was taken unto king 2 And all the king’s servants, that A-hAs-u-e'rus into his house royal were in the king’s gate, bowed, and in the tenth month, which is the reverenced HA'man: for the king month Te'beth, in the seventh year had so commanded concerning him. of his reign. But Mdr'de-cAi bowed not, nor did 17 And the king loved fcs'ther him reverence. above all the women, and she ob- 3 Then the king’s servants, which tained grace and favour in his were in the king’s gate, said unto sight more than all the virgins; so Mor'de-cai, Why transgresses! thou that he set the royal crown upon the king’s commandment? her head, and made her queen in- 4 Now it came to pass, when they stead of VAsh'ti. spake daily unto him, and he heark18 Then the king made a great ened not unto them, that they told feast unto all his princes and his HA'man, to see whether Mdr'deservants, even Es'ther’s feast; and cAi’s matters would stand: for he made a release to the provinces, he had told them that he was a and gave gifts, according to the Jew. state of the king. 5 And when Ha'man saw that 19 And when the virgins were M6rzde-cAi bowed not, nor did him gathered together the second time, reverence, then was Ha'man full of then Mdr'de-cai sat in the king’s wrath. gate. 6 And he thought scorn to lay 20 Es'ther had not vet shewed her hands on Mdr'de-cAi alone; for kindred nor her people; as Mdr'de- they had shewed him the people cdi had charged her: for fis'ther of Mdr'de-cai: wherefore Ha'man did the commandment of Mdr'de- sought to destroy all the Jews that cAi, like as when she was brought were throughout the whole kingdom of A-hAs-u-e'rus, even the up with him. 21 If In those days, while Mor'de- people of Mdr'de-cAi. cAi sat in the king’s gate, two of 7 5F In the first month, that is, the the king’s chamberlains, Big'thAn month Ni'san, in the twelfth year and Te'resh, of those which kept of king A-hAs-u-5'rus, they cast 578 Original from Digitized by

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Pfir, that is, the lot, before Ha'- Shu'shan the palace. And the man from day to day, and from king and H&'man sat down to month to month, to the twelfth drink; but the city Shu'shan was month, that is, the month A'dfir. perplexed. ^8 JI And Ha'man said unto king CHAPTER 4 430 A-has-u-e'rus, There is a certain 1 Mordecai’s mourning. 4 Esther people scattered abroad and dislearns the reason from him and is urged to intercede for the Jews. 15 persed among the people in all the She appoints a fast and agrees to go' provinces of thy kingdom; and before the king. their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s HEN Mdr'de-cAi perceived laws: therefore it is not for the all that was done, Mdr'deking’s profit to suffer them. cai rent his clothes, and put on 9 If it please the king, let it be sackcloth with ashes, and went written that they may be de- out into the midst of the city, stroyed: and I will pay ten thou- and cried with a loud and a bitter sand talents of silver to the hands cry; of those that have the charge of 2 And came even before the king’s the business, to bring it into the gate: for none might enter into the king’s treasuries. king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 10 And the king took his ring 3 And in every province, whitherfrom his hand, and gave it unto soever the king’s commandment Ha'man the son of HAm-med'a- and his decree came, there was tha the A'gAg-ite, the Jews’ enemy. great mourning among the Jews, 11 And the king said unto Ha'- and fasting, and weeping, and man, The silver is given to thee, wailing; and many lay in sackthe people also, to do with them cloth and ashes. as it seemeth good to thee. 4 1 So Es'ther’s maids and her 12 Then were the king’s scribes chamberlains came and told it her. called on the thirteenth day of the Then was the queen exceedingly first month, and there was written grieved; and she sent raiment to according to all that Ha'man had clothe Mdr'de-cai, and to take commanded unto the king’s lieu- away his sackcloth from him: but tenants, and to the governors that he received it not. were over every province, and to 5 Then called ks'ther for HA'tAch, the rulers of every people of every one of the king’s chamberlains, province according to the writing whom he had appointed to attend thereof, and to every people after upon her, and gave him a commandtheir language; in the name of ment to Mdr'de-cAi, to know what king A-hAs-u-e'rus was it written, it was, and why it was. and sealed with the king’s ring. 6 So HA'tAch went forth to Mdr'13 And the letters were sent by de-cai unto the street of the city, posts into all the king’s provinces, which was before the king’s gate. to destroy, to kill, and to cause to 7 And Mdr'de-cai told him of all perish, all Jews, both young and that had happened unto him, and old, little children and women, in of the sum of the money that Ha'one day, even upon the thirteenth man had promised to pay to the day of the twelfth month, which is king’s treasuries for the Jews, to the month A'dfir, and to take the destroy them. spoil of them for a prey. 8 Also he gave him the copy of the 14 The copy of the writing for a writing of the decree that was commandment to be given in every given at Shu'shan to destroy them, province was published unto all peo- to shew it unto fis'ther, and to deple, that they should be ready clare it unto her, and to charge her against that day. that she should go in unto the 15 The posts went out, being king, to make supplication unto hastened by the king’s command- him, and to make request before ment/ and the decree was given in him for her people. 579 Original from Digitized by

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against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw £s'ther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to £s'ther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So £s'ther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen fis'ther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. 4 And £s'ther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and H&'man come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. 5 Then the king said, Cause H&'man to make haste, that he may do as fis'ther hath said. So the king and Ha'man came to the banquet that fis'ther had prepared. 6 51 And the king said unto fis'ther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. 7 Then answered fis'ther, and said, My petition and my request is; 8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king*, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Ha'man come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said. 9 Then went Ha'man forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Ha'man saw Mor'de-cii in the king’s gate, that he stood 431 CHAPTER 5 not up, nor moved for him, he was 1 Esther receives the king's favor, and in- full of indignation against Mor'devites him and Haman to a banquet. 6 cai. She invites them to another banquet the 10 Nevertheless Ha'man refrained next day. 9 Haman's hatred for Mor- himself: and when he came home, decai: he builds a gallows for him. he sent and called for his friends, OW it came to pass on the and Ze'resh his wife. third day, that fis'ther put on 11 And Ha'man told them of the her royal apparel, and stood in the glory of his riches, and the multiinner court of the king’s house, over tude of his children, and all the 1 580 Original from

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things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12 Ha'man said moreover, Yea, fcs'thSr the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see M6r'de-c£i the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. 14 Then said Ze'resh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mor'de-cai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased HA'man: and he caused the gallows to be made. 432 CHAPTER 6

6 So Ha'man came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Ha'man thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? 7 And Ha'man answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 10 Then the king said to Ha'man, 1 The king, reading in the chronicles the Make haste, and take the apparel record of Mordecai's good service, determines to reward him. 4 Hamon, and the horse, as thou hast said, coming to petition that Mordecai might and do even so to Mdr'd$-cai the be hanged, unawares gives the counsel Jew, that sitteth at the king’s that is to honor him. gate: let nothing fail of all that thou N that night could not the king hast spoken. sleep, and he commanded to 11 Then took Ha'man the apparel bring the book of records of the and the horse, and arrayed M6r'chronicles; and they were read de-cai, and brought him on horsebefore the king. back through the street of the 2 And it was found written, that city, and proclaimed before him, Mdr'de-cai had told of BIg'tha-na Thus shall it be done unto the and Te'resh, two of the king’s man whom the king delighteth to chamberlains, the keepers of the honour. door, who sought to lay hand on 12 And Mdr'de-cai came again the king A-Ms-u-e'rus. to the king’s gate. But Ha'man 3 And the king said, What honour hasted to his house mourning, and and dignity hath been done to Mdr'- having his head covered. dp-cai for this? Then said the 13 And Ha'man told Ze'resh his king’s servants that ministered un- wife and all his friends every thing tojiini, There is nothing done for that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Ze'resh his wife 4 And the king said, Who is in unto him, If Mdr'de-cai be of the the court? Now Ha'man was come seed of the Jews, before whom into the outward court of the king’s thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt house, to speak unto the king to not prevail against him, but shalt hang Mdr'de-cM on the gallows surely fall before him. that he had prepared for him. 14 And while they were yet talk5 And the king’s servants said ing with him, came the king’s unto him, Behold, Hft'man stand- chamberlains, and hasted to bring eth in the court. And the king said, Ha'man unto the banquet that £s'Let him come in. ther had prepared.

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fis'ther on the second day at the pleads to have Haman's orders recalled. 7 The king permits the Jews to defend banquet of wine, What is thy petithemselves. 15 Mordecai's honor. tion, queen fis'ther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy reN that day did the king A-hfisu-e'rus give the house of Ha'quest? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. man the Jews’ enemy unto fis'the 3 Then fts'ther the queen an- the queen. And M6r'de-cai came swered and said, If I have found before the king; for Es'ther had favour in thy sight, O king, and if told what he was unto her. it please the king, let my life be 2 And the king took off his ring, given me at my petition, and my which he had taken from Ha'man, people at my request: and gave it unto M6r'de-cai. And 4 For we are sold, I and my peo- fes'ther set M6r'de-cai over the ple, to be destroyed, to be slain, house of Ha'man. and to perish. But if we had been 3 And fes'ther spake yet again sold for bondmen and bondwomen, before the king, and fell down at I had held my tongue, although the his feet, and besought him with enemy could not countervail the tears to put away the mischief of king’s damage. Ha'man the A'g&g-ite, and his de5 Then the king A-hfis-u-e'rus vice that he had devised against answered and said unto fis'ther the Jews. the queen, Who is he, and where 4 Then the king held out the goldis he, that durst presume in his en sceptre toward fis'ther. So fes'heart to do so? ther arose, and stood before the 6 And £s'ther said, The adver- king, sary and enemy is this wicked 5 And said, If it please the king, Ha'man. Then Ha'man was afraid and if I have found favour in his before the king and the queen. sight, and the thing seem right be7 And the king arising from the fore the king, and I be pleasing in banquet of wine in his wrath went his eyes, let it be written to reverse into the palace garden: and Ha- the letters devised by Ha'man the man stood up to make request for son of H&m-med'a-tha the A'gAghis life to Es'ther the queen; for he ite, which he wrote to destroy the saw that there was evil determined Jews which are in all the king’s against him by the king. provinces: 8 Then the king returned out of 6 For how can I endure to see the the palace garden into the place of evil that shall come unto my peothe banquet of wine; and Ha'man ple? or how can I endure to see the was fallen upon the bed whereon destruction of my kindred? Then the king A-hAs-u-6'rus fis'ther was. Then said the king, 7 Will he force the queen also before said unto fs'ther the queen and to me in the house? As die word Mor'de-cai the Jew, Behold, I have went out of the king’s mouth, they given fis'ther the house of Ha'man, and him they have hanged upon the covered Ha'man’s face. 9 And Har-bo'nah, one of the gallows, because he laid his hand chamberlains, said before the upon the Jews. king, Behold also, the gallows 8 Write ye also for die Jews, as it fifty cubits high, which Hfi'man liketh you, in the king’s name, and 682 Original from Digitized by

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and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shu'shan rejoiced and was glad. 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. CHAPTER 9 435 1 The Jews smite their enemies. 12 The king grants them a secend day. 20 The feast of Purim instituted.

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12 And the king said unto £s'thSr the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shu'shan the palace, and the ten sons of Ha'man; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done. 13 Then said Es'ther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shu'shan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Ha'man’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shu'shan; and they hanged Ha'man’s ten sons. 15 For the Jews that were in Shu'shan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month A'dir, and slew three hundred men at Shu'shan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. 16 But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17 On the thirteenth day of the month A'd&r; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews that were at Shu'shan assembled together on the thirteenth dav thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth dav of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of Digitized by

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The righteousness of Job the memorial of them perish from their seed. 29 Then fis'ther the queen, the (laughter of Ab-i-ha'il, and Mdr'decAi the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Pfi'rim. 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of A-hAs-u-e'rus, with words of peace and truth, 31 To confirm these days of Pu'rim in their times appointed, according as Mor'de-cai the Jew and £s'th€r the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. 32 And the decree of £s'th@r confirmed these matters of Pu'-

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AND the king A-h&s-u-e'rus laid fx a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mor'de-cai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Me'di-A and Per'siA? 3 For Mor'de-cai the Jew was next unto king A-hAs-u-e'rus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

THE BOOK OF JOB cording to the number of them all: for Jdb said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 6 If Now there was a day when HERE was a man in the land the sons of God came to present of tiz, whose name was Job; themselves before the Lord , and Sa'tan came also among them. and that man was perfect and up right, and one that feared God, and 7 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, eschewed evil. Whence comest thou? Then Sa'2 And there were bom unto him tan answered the Lord , and said, seven sons and three daughters. From going to and fro in the earth* 3 His substance also was seven and from walking up and down in it. thousand sheep, and three thousand 8 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, camels, and five hundred yoke of Hast thou considered my servant oxen, and five hundred she asses, Job, that there is none like him in and a very great household; so the earth, a perfect and an upright that this man was the greatest of man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? all the men of the east. 4 And his sons went and feasted 9 Then Sa'tan answered the LORD* in their houses, every one his day; and said, Doth Job fear God for and sent and called for their three nought? sisters to eat and to drink with 10 Hast not thou made an hedge them. about him, and about his house* 5 And it was so, when the days of and about all that he hath on every their feasting were gone about, side? thou hast blessed the work that Job sent and sanctified them, of his hands, and his substance is and rose up early in the morning, increased in the land. and offered burnt offerings ac- 11 But put forth thine hand now*

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and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. 12 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Sa'tan went forth from the presence of the Lord . 13 If And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the SA-be'ang fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Ch&l-de'ans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord . 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. Digitized by

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1 Again Satan obtains permission to tempt Job. 7 He afflicts him with boils. 9 Job reproves his wife for her evil counsel. 11 His three friends come to comfort him.

KGtKXH there was a day when xx the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Sa'tan came also among them to present himself before the Lord . 2 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, From whence comest thou? And Sa'tan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it 3 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. 4 And S&'tan answered the Lord , and said. Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for Ins life. 5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And the Lord said unto S&'tan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. 7 So went Sa'tan forth from the presence of the Lord , and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 9 T Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God,v and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; £l'i-ph#z the Te'man-ite, and Bfi'dad the Shu'hite, and Zd'phar the Na'a-mathite: for they had made an appoint-

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1 Job curses the day of his birth. 13 He speaks of the quietness and rest of death. 20 His complaint of life.

AFTER this opened Jdb his xx mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Jdb spake, and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was bom, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of Digitized by Cj OOQIC £1

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1 Eliphaz reproves Job. 7 God's judgments are not against the righteous, but against the wicked.

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3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swap loweth up their substance. 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is bom unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 81 would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices 15 Then a spirit passed before my of the crafty, so that their hands face; the hair of my flesh stood up: cannot perform their enterprise. 16 It stood still, but I could not dis- 13 He taketh the wise in their cern the form thereof: an image own craftiness: and the counsel of was before mine eyes, there was the froward is carried headlong. silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 14 They meet with darkness in 17 Shall mortal man be more just the daytime, and grope in the noonthan God? shall a man be more pure day as in the night. 15 But he saveth the poor from than his maker? 18 Behold, he put no trust in his the sword, from their mouth, and servants; and his angels he charged from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniqwith folly: 19 How much less in them that uity stoppeth her mouth. dwell in houses of clay, whose 17 Behold, happy is the man whom foundation is in the dust, which God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Alare crushed before the moth? 20 They are destroyed from mighty: morning to evening: they perish 18 For he maketh sore, and bindfor ever without any regarding it. eth up: he woundeth, and his hands 21 Doth not their excellency make whole. which is in them go away? they die, 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall even without wisdom. no evil touch thee. 441 CHAPTER 5 20 In famine he shall redeem 1 The end of the wicked is misery. 6 In affliction God is to be sought. 17 thee from death: and in war from • Happy is the man whom God corrects. the power of the sword. ALL now, if there be any that 21 Thou shalt be hid from the will answer thee; and to scourge of the tongue: neither shalt which of the saints wilt thou turn? thou be afraid of destruction when 2 For wrath killeth the foolish it cometh. man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 22 At destruction and famine thou Original from Digitized by GoOQle 088 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad. 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to

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shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. 26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of com cometh in in his season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. 442

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1 Job answers, that his complaints are not without cause. 8 He longs to die. 14 He reproves his friends for lack of pity.

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11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of TS'md looked, the companies of She'bd waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye * imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a Pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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every moment? TS there not an appointed time 19 How long wilt thou not depart 1 to man upon earth? are not his from me, nor let me alone till I days also like the days of an hire- swallow down my spittle? ling? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do 2 As a servant earnestly desireth unto thee, O thou preserver of the shadow, and as an hireling men? why hast thou set me as a looketh for the reward of his work: mark'against thee, so that I am a 3 So am I made to possess months burden to myself? of vanity, and wearisome nights 21 And why dost thou not pardon are appointed to me. my transgression, and take away 4 When I lie down,* I say, When mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep shall I arise, and the night be in the dust; and thou shalt seek gone? and I am full of tossings to me in the morning, but. I shad not be. and fro unto the dawning of the CHAPTER 8 444 day. 1 Bildad speaks of God's justice. 8 The 5 My flesh is clothed with worms past shows that the end of the hypoand clods of dust; my skin is brocrite is destruction. 20 God does not forsake a righteous man. ken, and become loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weaHEN answered BH'dAd the Shu'hite, and said, ver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. 2 How long wilt thou speak these 7 O remember that my life is things? and how long shall the wind: mine eye shall no more words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen 3 Doth God pervert judgment? me shall see me no more: thine or doth the Almighty pervert justice? eyes are upon me, and I am not 9 As the cloud is consumed and 4 If thy children have sinned vanisheth away: so he that goeth against him, and he have cast them down to the grave shall come up away for their transgression; no more. 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God 10 He shall return no more to his betimes, and make thy supplicahouse, neither shall his place know tion to die Almighty; him any more. 6 If thou wert pure and upright; 11 Therefore I will not refrain surely now he would awake for my mouth; I will speak in the an- thee, and make the habitation of guish of my spirit; I will complain thy righteousness prosperous. in the bitterness of my soul. 7 Though thy beginning was 12 Am I sl sea, or a whale, that small, yet thy latter end should thou settest a watch Over me? greatly increase. 13 When I say, My bed shall 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the comfort me, my couch shall ease former age, and prepare thyself to my complaint; the search of their fathers: 14 Then thou scarest me with 9 (For we are but of yesterday, dreams, and terrifiest me through and know nothing, because our visions: days upon earth are sl shadow:) 15 So that my soul chooseth 10 Shall not they teach thee, and strangling, and death rather than tell thee, and utter words out of my life. their heart? 16 I loathe it; I would not live 11 Can the rush grow up without alway: let me alone; for my days mire? can the flag grow without are vanity. water? 17 What is man, that thou should- 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenest magnify him? and that t^ou ness, and not cut down, it withershouldest set thine heart upon him? eth before any other herb. Original from 690 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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on, and Ple'ja-d€$, and the chambers of the south. 10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? 13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If Z speak of strength, lo, he is Job acknowledges God's justice,-but what strong: and if of judgment, who __ is man to contend with him! shall set me a time to Plead? 'TpHEN Job answered and said, 20 If I justify myself, mine own X 2 1 know it is so of a truth: mouth shall condemn me: if I say, but how should man be just with I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. God? 3 If he will contend with him, he 21 Though I were perfect, yet cannot answer him one of a thou- would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. sand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty 22 This is one thing, therefore I in strength: who hath hardened said it, He destroyeth the perfect himself against him, and hath pros- and the wicked. pered? 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, 5 Which removeth the moun- he will laugh at the trial of the tains, and they know not: which innocent. overtumeth them in his anger. 24 The earth is given into the hand 6 Which shaketh the earth out of of the wicked: he covereth the her place, and the pillars thereof faces of the judges thereof; if not. tremble. where, and who is he? 7 Which commandeth the sun, and 25 Now my days are swifter than it riseth not; and sealeth up the a post: they flee away, they see no good. stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the 26 They are passed away as the heavens, and treadeth upon the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. waves of the sea. 9 Which maketh Arc-tu'rus, 0-ri'- 27 If I say, I will forget my Original from 591 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish: 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evildoers: 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. 445 CHAPTER 9

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Job's complaint. Zophar's reproof

complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear ter-

11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou she west thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increases! thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 191 should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. CHAPTER 11 447

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1 Job's complaint about his afflictions. 18 He complains of life and asks a little ease before he dies.

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5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. , 7 Canst thou by searching find /out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt. 13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. 448 CHAPTER 12

people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as thgse? 41 am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7But ask now die beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and # shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of die Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh dotal, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up : also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, 1 Job replies to the reproof of his friends. and girdeth their loins with a 7 He speaks of God's almighty power: girdle. nothing can stand against him. 19 He leadeth princes away spoilND Job answered and said, ed, and overthroweth the mighty. l 2 No doubt but ye are the 20 He removeth away the speech

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of the trusty, and taketh away die understanding of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He discovereth .deep things out of darkness, and oringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increased! the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. 449 CHAPTER 13

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14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost 20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer : or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and boldest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth

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5 Seeing his days are determined, he knoweth it not; and they are tiie number of his months are with brought low, but he perceiveth it thee, thou hast appointed his not of them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Turn from him, that he may have pain, and his soul within him rest, till he shall accomplish, as shall mourn. an hireling, his day. CHAPTER 15 451 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it Job. 17 The ill case be cut down, that it will sprout 1 EUphaz reproves of the wicked. again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 'T'HEN answered £l'I-ph&z the 8 Though the root thereof wax old X Te'man-ite, and said, in the earth, and the stock thereof 2 Should a wise man utter vain die in the ground; knowledge, and fill his belly with 9Yet through the scent of water the east wind? it will bud, and bring forth boughs 3 Should he reason with unprofitlike a plant. able talk? or with speeches where10But man dieth, and wasteth with he can do no good? away: yea, man giveth up the 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine and the flood decayeth and drieth iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. up: 12 So man lieth down, and riseth 6 Thine own mouth condemneth not: till the heavens be no more, thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips they shall not awake, nor be raised testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first man that was out of their sleep. 13 O that thou wouldest hide me bom? or wast thou made before in the grave, that thou wouldest the hills? keep me secret, until thy wrath be 8 Hast thou heard the secret of past, that thou wouldest appoint me God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? a set time, and remember me! 9 What knowest thou, that .we 14 If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of my appointed know not? what understandest time will I wait, till my change thou, which is not in us? 10 With us are both the graycome. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will an- headed and very aged men, much swer thee: thou wilt have a desire elder than thy father. 11 Are the consolations of G,od to the work of thine hands. 16 For now thou numberest my small with thee? is there any secret steps: dost thou not watch over my thing with thee? 12 Why doth thine heart carry sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up thee' away? and what do thy eyes in a bag, and thou sewest up mine wink at, 13 That thou tumest thy spirit iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain fall- against God, and lettest such words ing cometh to nought, and the go out of thy mouth? 14 What is man, that he should be rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: clean? and he which is bom of a thou washest away the things woman, that he should be rightwhich grow out of the dust of the eous? earth and thou destroyest the hope 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against clean in his sight. him, and he passeth: thou changest 16 How much more abominable his countenance, and sendest him and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? away. thee, hear me; and 21 His sons come to honour, and 171 will shewOriginal from Digitized by GoOQle 596 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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that which 1 have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses qf his bucklers: 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 2% And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire Digitized by

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are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 141 have said to corruption. Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. CHAPTER 18 454 1 Bildad reproves Job. 5 The calamities of the wicked.

'T'HEN answered Bfi'ddd the JL Shu'hite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his igirie strength. >m

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side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 161 called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body. 455 CHAPTER 19 18 Yea, young children despised 1 Job complains of his friends* cruelty: me; I arose, and they spake against he shows how great is his affliction. 21 me. He asks for pity. 23 His faith, in the 19 All my inward friends abresurrection. horred me: and they whom I HEN Job answered and said, loved are turned against me. 2 How long will ye vex my 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin soul, and break me in pieces with and to my flesh, and I am escaped words? with the skin of my teeth. 3 These ten times have ye re- 21 Have pity upon me, have pity proached me: ye are not ashamed upon me, O ye my friends; for the that ye make yourselves strange to hand of God hath touched me. me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as 4 And be it indeed that I have God, and are not satisfied with my erred, mine error remaineth with flesh? myself. 23Oh that my words were now 5 If indeed ye will magnify your- written! oh that they were printed selves against me, and plead against in a book! me my reproach: 24 That they were graven with an 6 Know now that God hath over- iron pen and lead in the rock for thrown me, and hath compassed ever! me with his net. 25 For I know that my redeemer 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but liveth, and that he shall stand at the I am not heard: I cry aloud, but latter day upon the earth: there is no judgment. 26 And though after my skin 8 He hath fenced up my way that worms destroy this body, yet in my I cannot pass, and he hath set dark- flesh shall I see God: ness in my paths. 27 Whom I shall see for myself, 9 He hath stripped me of my and mine eyes shall behold, and glory, and taken the crown from not another; though my reins be my head. consumed within me. 10 He hath destroyed me on every 28 But ye should say, Why perseOriginal from 598 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and Zophar, replying to Job, speaks of the state and portion of the wicked. hath forsaken the poor; because he HEN answered Zd'phar the hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; N&'a-math-ite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause 20 Surely he shall not feel quietme to answer, and for this 1 make ness in his belly, he shall not save haste. of that which he desired. 3 I have heard the check of my 21 There shall none of his meat reproach, and the spirit of my un- be left; therefore shall no man look derstanding causeth me to answer. for his goods. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency since man was placed upon earth, he shall be in straits: every hand 5 That the triumphing of the of the wicked shall come upon him. wicked is short, and the joy of the 23 When he is about to fill his hypocrite but for a moment? belly, God shall cast the fury of his 6 Though his excellency mount up wrath upon him, and shall rain it to the heavens, and his head reach upon him while he is eating. unto the clouds; 24 He shall flee from the iron 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like weapon, and the bow of steel shall his own dung: they which have strike him through. seen him shall say, Where is he? 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of 8 He shall fly away as a dream, the body; yea, the glittering sword and shall not be found: yea, he cometh out of his gall: terrors are shall be chased away as a vision of upon him. the night. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his 9 The eye also which saw him secret places: a fire not blown shall shall see him no more; neither shall consume him; it shall go ill with his place any more behold him. him that is left in his tabernacle. 10 His children shall seek to 27 The heaven shall reveal his please the poor, and his hands shall iniquity: and the earth shall rise up restore their goods. against him. 11 His bones are full of the sin of 28 The increase of his house shall his youth, which shall lie down depart, and his goods shall flow with him in the dust. away in the day of his wrath. 12 Though wickedness be sweet 29 This is the portion of a wicked in his mouth, though he hide it man from God, and the heritage under his tongue; appointed unto him by God. 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his CHAPTER 21 457 mouth: 1 Job maintains that he has reason for 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is complaint. 7 Sometimes the wicked prosper. 16 Sometimes their destructurned, it is the gall of asps within tion is manifest. 22 All are alike in him. death. 27 The wicked are reserved to 15 He hath swallowed down riches, the day of wrath. and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his UT Job answered and said, belly. 2 Hear diligently my speech, 16 He shall suck the poison of and let this be your consolations. asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 17 He shall not see the rivers. 4 As for me, is my complaint to cute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. 456 CHAPTER 20

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5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had die earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and ate glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up , thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold Digitized by

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as dust, and the gold of O'phir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. CHAPTER 23 459 1 Job longs to appear before God, 6 being confident he would find mercy. 8 Though he cannot see God's way, God knows his. 11 Job's faithfulness. 13 God’s unchangeableness.

HEN Jdb answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order mu cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, Original from

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without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to them 1 Wickedness is often unpunished; 17 but there is a secret judgment for the even as the shadow of death: if one wicked. know them, they are in the terrors HY, seeing times are not of the shadow of death. hidden from the Almighty, 18 He is swift as the waters; do they that know him not seetheir his portion is cursed in the earth: days? he beholdeth not the way of the i 2 Some remove the landmarks; vineyards. they violently take away flocks, 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the those which have sinned. fatherless, they take the widow’s 20The womb shall forget him; ox for a pledge. the worm shall feed sweetly on 4 They turn the needy out of the him; he shall be no more rememway: the poor of the earth hide bered; and wickedness shall be themselves together. broken as a tree. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the des- 21 He evil entreateth the barren ert, go they forth to their work; that beareth not: and doeth not rising betimes for a prey: the wil- good to the widow. derness yieldeth food for them and 22 He draweth also the mighty for their children. with his power: he riseth up, and 6 They reap every one his com in no man is sure of life. the field: and they gather the vin- 23 Though it be given him to tage of the wicked. be in safety, whereon he rest7 They cause the naked to lodge eth; yet his eyes are upon their without clothing, that they have no ways. covering in the cold. 24 They are exalted for a little 8 They are wet with the showers while, but are gone and brought of the mountains, and embrace the low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the rock for want of a shelter. 9 They pluck the fatherless from tops of the ears of com. the breast, and take a pledge of the 25 And if it be not so now, who poor. will make me a liar, and make my 10 They cause him to go naked speech nothing worth?

his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. 460 * CHAPTER 24

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the heavens; his hand hath fomled the crooked serpent. Bildad asserts that man cannot be justified before God. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: HEN answered Bfl'dAd the but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power Shu'hite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with who can understand? him, he maketh peace in his high CHAPTER 27 463 places. 1 Job protests his sincerity. 8 He asks, 3 Is there any number of his arWhat hope has the hypocrite? 11 The mies? and upon whom doth not seeming prosperity of the wicked is but turned to destruction. his light arise? OREOVER Job continued his 4 How then can man be justified parable, and said, with God? or how can he be clean 2 As God liveth, who hath taken that is bom of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it away my judgment; and the Alshineth not; yea, the stars are not mighty, who hath vexed my soul; pure in his sight. 3 All the while my breath is in 6 How much less man, that is a me, and the spirit of God is in my worm? and the son of man, which nostrils; is a worm? 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit 462 CHAPTER 26 5 God forbid that I should justify Job, reproving Bildad, speaks of the infi- you: till I die I will not remove nite and unsearchable power of God. mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, UT Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him and will not let it go: my heart that is without power? how savest shall not reproach me so long as I thou the arm that hath no strength? live. 3 How hast thou counselled him 7 Let mine enemy be as the that hath no wisdom? and how wicked, and he that riseth up hast thou plentifully declared the against me as the unrighteous. tiling as it is? 8 For what is the hope of the hypo4 To whom hast thou uttered crite, though he hath gained, when words? and whose spirit came from God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when thee? 5 Dead things are formed from trouble cometh upon him? under the waters, and the inhabi- 10 Will he delight himself in the tants thereof. Almighty? will he always call upon 6 Hell is naked before him, and God? destruction hath no covering. 111 will teach you by the hand of 7 He stretcheth out the north God: that which is with the Alover the empty place, and hangeth mighty will I not conceal. the earth upon nothing. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves 8 He bindeth up the waters in his have seen it; why then are ye thus thick clouds; and the cloud is not altogether vain? rent under them. 13 This is the portion of a wicked 9 He holdeth back the face of his man with God, and the heritage of throne, and spreadeth his cloud oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. upon it. 10 He hath compassed the wa- 14 If his children be multiplied, it ters with bounds, until the day and is for the sword: and his offspring night come to an end. shall not be satisfied with bread. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble 15 Those that remain of him shall and are astonished at his reproof. be buried in death: and his widows 12 He divideth the sea with his shall not weep. power, and by his understanding he 16 Though he heap up silver smiteth through the proud. as the dust, and prepare raiment 13 By his spirit he hath garnished as the clay;

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Where shall wisdom be found?

17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not 20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. 464 CHAPTER 28 Where shall wisdom be found? The true answer.

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12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of d'phir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of E-thl-d'pI-A shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord , that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. CHAPTER 29 465

URELY there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen: 8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. Jb& bemoans his former prosperity and honor. 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is 7V/TOREOVER Job continued his hid bringeth he forth to light. AVA parable, and said. ~ i 6 Original from Digitized by

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2 Oh that I were as in months waited, and kept silence at my past, as in the days when God pre- counsel. served me; 22 After my words they spake not 3 When his candle shined upon again; and my speech dropped upon my head, and when by his light I them. walked through darkness; 23 And they waited for me as for 4 As I was in the days of my the rain; and they opened their youth, when the secret of God was mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they beupon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with lieved it not; and the light of my me, when my children were about countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat me; 6 When I washed my steps with chief, and dwelt as a king in the butter, and the rock poured me army, as one that comforteth the mourners. out rivers of oil; 7 When I went out to the gate CHAPTER 30 466 through the city, when I prepared 1 Job's honor is turned to contempt; 15 his prosperity into calamity. my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid UT now they that are younger themselves: and the aged arose, than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disand stood up . 9 The princes refrained talking, dained to have set with the dogs of and laid their hand on their my flock. mouth. 2 Yea, whereto might the strength 10The nobles held their peace, of their hands proht me, in whom and their tongue cleaved to the old age was perished? roof of their mouth. 3 For want and famine they were 11When the ear heard me, then solitary; fleeing into the wilderit blessed me; and when the eye ness in former time desolate and waste. saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushthat cried, and the fatherless, and es, and juniper roots for their meat. him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was 5 They were driven forth from ready to perish came upon me: and among men, (they cried after them I caused the widow’s heart to sing as after a thief;) 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valfor joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it leys, in caves of the earth, and in clothed me: my judgment was as a the rocks. robe and a diadem. 7 Among the bushes they brayed; 15 I was eyes to the blind, and under the nettles they were gathered together. feet was I to the lame. 161 was a father to the poor: and 8 They were children of fools, yea, the cause which I knew not I children of base men: they were searched out. viler than the earth. 17 And I brake the jaws of the 9 And now am I their song, yea, wicked, and plucked the spoil out I am their byword. of his teeth. 10 They abhor me, they flee far 18 Then I said, I shall die in my from me, and spare not to spit in nest, and I shall multiply mu days my face. as the sand. 11 Because he hath loosed my 19 My root was spread out by cord, and afflicted me, they have the waters, and the dew lay all also let loose the bridle before me. night upon my branch. 12 Upon mu right hand rise the 20 My glory was fresh in me, and youth; they push away my feet, my bow was renewed in my and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and 13 They mar my path, they set 605 Original from

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forward my calamity, they have no CHAPTER 31 467 Job solemnly protests his faithfulness helper. ana right living. 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desoMADE a covenant with mine lation they rolled themselves upon eyes; why then should I think upon>a maid? me. 15 Terrors are turned upon me: 2 For what portion of God is there they pursue my soul as the wind: from above? and what inheritance and my welfare passeth away as a of the Almighty from on high? cloud. 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? 16 And now my soul is poured out and a strange punishment to the upon me; the days of affliction have workers of iniquity? taken hold upon me. 4 Doth not he see my ways, and 17 My bones are pierced in me in count all my steps? the night season: and my sinews 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; take no rest. 18 By the great force of my dis- 6 Let me be weighed in an even ease is my garment changed: it balance; that God may know mine bindeth me about as the collar of integrity. 7 If my step hath turned out of my coat 19 He hath cast me into the mire, the way, and mine heart walked and I am become like dust and after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; ashes. 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost 8 Then let me sow, and let annot hear me: I stand up, and thou other eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. regardest me not. 21 Thou art become cruel to me: 9 If mine heart have been dewith thy strong hand thou opposes! ceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; thyself against me. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; 10 Then let my wife grind unto thou causest me to ride upon it, and another, and let others bow down dissolves! my substance. upon her. 23 For I know that thou wilt 11 For this is an heinous crime; bring me to death, and to the yea, it is an iniquity to be punished house appointed for all living. bv the judges. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out 12 For it is a fire that consumeth his hand to the grave, though they to destruction, and would root out cry in his destruction. all mine increase. 25 Did not I weep for him that 13 If I did despise the cause of my was in trouble? was not my soul manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; grieved for the poor? 26 When I looked for good, then 14 What then shall I do when God evil came unto me: and when I riseth up ? and when he visiteth, waited for light, there came dark- what shall I answer him? 15 Did not he that made me in ness. 27 My bowels boiled, and rested the womb make him? and did not not: the days of affliction pre- one fashion us in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the poor vented me. 28 I went mourning without the from their desire, or have caused sun: I stood up, and I cried in the the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel mycongregation. 29 I am a brother to dragons, and self alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; a companion to owls. 30 My skin is black upon me, and 18 (For from my youth he was my bones are burned with heat. brought up with me, as with a fa31 My harp also is turned to ther, and I have guided her from mourning, and my organ into the my mother’s womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for voice of them that weep. 606 Original from

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want of clothing, or any poor with- number of my steps; as a prince out covering; would I go near unto him. 20 If his loins have not blessed 38 If my land cry against me, or me, and if he were not warmed with that the furrows likewise thereof the fleece of my sheep; complain; 21 If I have lifted up my hand 39 If I have eaten the fruits against the fatherless, when I saw thereof without money, or have my help in the gate: caused the owners thereof to lose 22 Then let mine arm fall from my their life: shoulder blade, and mine arm be 40 Let thistles grow instead of broken from the bone. wheat, and cockle instead of bar23 For destruction from God was ley. The words of Jdb are ended. a terror to me, and by reason of his CHAPTER 32 468 highness I could not endure. 1 Elihu is angry with Job and his three 24 If I have made gold my hope, friends. 11 He reproves them because or have said to the fine gold, Thou they did not answer Job successfully. 16 His zeal to speak. art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my O these three men ceased to wealth was great, and because answer Job, because he was mine hand had gotten much; righteous in his own eyes. 26If I beheld the sun when it 2 Then was kindled the wrath of shined, or the moon walking in 2-li'hu the son of BAr'd-chel the brightness; Bu'zite, of the kindred of RAm: 27 And my heart hath been against Jdb was his wrath kindled, secretly enticed, or my mouth hath because he justified himself rather kissed my hand: than God. 28 This also were an iniquity to be 3 Also against his three friends tmmshed by the judge: for I was his wrath kindled, because should have denied the God that they had found no answer, and is above. yet had condemned Job. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction 4 Now 2-li'hu had waited till Job of him that hated me, or lifted up had spoken, because they were elmyself when evil found him: der than he. 30 Neither have I suffered my 5 When fc-li'hu saw that there mouth to sin by wishing a curse to was no answer in the mouth of his soul. these three men, then his wrath 31 If the men of my tabernacle was kindled. said not, Oh that we had of his 6 And fe-li'hu the son of BAr'A-chel flesh! we cannot be satisfied. the Buzzite answered and said, I 32 The stranger did not lodge in am young, and ye are very old; the street: but I opened my doors wherefore I was afraid, and durst to the traveller. not shew you mine opinion. 33 If I covered my transgressions 7 I said, Days should speak, and as Ad'&m, by hiding mine iniquity multitude of years should teach wisdom. in my bosom: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, 8 But there is a spirit in man: and or did the contempt of families ter- the inspiration of the Almighty rify me, that I kept silence, and giveth them understanding. went not out of the door? 9 Great men are not always wise: 35 Oh that one would hear me! neither do the aged understand behold, my desire is, that the Al- judgment. mighty would answer me, and that 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to mine adversary had written a me; I also will shew mine opinion. book. 11 Behold, I waited for your 36 Surely I would take it upon my words; I gave ear to your reasons, shoulder, and bind it as a crown to whilst ye searched out what to say. me. 37 I would declare unto him the 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and Original from Digitized by Google 60^ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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behold, there was none of you that convinced Jdb, or that answered his words: 13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. 14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. 15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. 469 CHAPTER 33

mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. 14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of 1 Elihu offers to reason with Job. 8 his bones with strong pain: God does not give an account of his 20 So that his life abhorreth actions. 14 God calls man to repent- bread, and his soul dainty meat ance by visions, 19 by chastenings, 23 21 His flesh is consumed away, and by his messenger. that it cannot be seen; and his HEREFORE, Jdb, I pray bones that were not seen stick out thee, hear my speeches, 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto and hearken to all my words. the grave, and his life to the de2 Behold, now I have opened my stroyers. mouth, my tongue hath spoken in 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a my mouth. 3 My words shall be of the upright- thousand, to shew unto man his ness of my heart: and my lips shall uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, utter knowledge clearly. 4 The spirit of God hath made me, and saith, Deliver him from going and the breath of the Almighty hath down to the pit: I have found a ransom. given me life. 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy 25 His flesh shall be fresher than words in order before me, stand up. a child’s: he shall return to the 6 Behold, I am according to thy days of his youth: wish in God’s stead: I also am 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and formed out of the clay. 7 Behold, my terror shall not make he shall see his face with joy: for thee afraid, neither shall my hand he will render unto man his rightbe heavy upon thee. eousness. 8 Surely thou hast spoken in 27 He looketh upon men, and if

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anu say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. 29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will S3^K thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. 470 CHAPTER 34

wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? - 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, 1 Elihu accuses Job of charging God with injustice, 10 and asserts that God nor regardeth the rich more than cannot do wickedness or be unjust. 31 the poor? for they all are the work Man must humble himself and repent. of his hands. urthermore fc-im an- 20 In a moment shall they die, and swered and said, the people shall be troubled at 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; midnight, and pass away: and the and give ear unto me, ye that have mighty shall be taken away without knowledge. hand. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the 21 For his eyes are upon the ways mouth tasteth meat. of man, and he seeth all his goings. 4 Let us choose to us judgment: 22 There is no darkness, nor let us know among ourselves what shadow of death, where the workis good. ers of iniquity may hide them5 For Job hath said, I am right- selves. eous: and God hath taken away 23 For he will not lay upon man my judgment more than right; that he should 6 Should I lie against my right? enter into judgment with God. my wound is incurable without 24 He shall break in pieces mighty transgression. men without number, and set 7 What man is like Job, who others in their stead. drinketh up scorning like water? 25 Therefore he knoweth their 8 Which goeth in company with works, and he overtumeth them the workers of iniquity, and walk- in the night, so that they are deeth with wicked men. stroyed. 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a 26 He striketh them as wicked man nothing that he should delight men in the open sight of others; himself with God. 27 Because they turned back 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye from him, and would not consider men of understanding: far be it any of his ways: from God, that he should do wicked- 28 So that they cause the cry of ness; and from the Almighty, that the poor to come unto him, and he he should commit iniquity. heareth the cry of the afflicted. 11 For the work of a man shall he 29 When he giveth quietness, who render unto him, and cause every then can make trouble? and when man to find according to his ways. he hideth his face, who then can 12 Yea, surely God will not do behold him? whether it be done

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against a nation* or against a man only: 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. 34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. 35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. 37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. 471 CHAPTER 35

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, vet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Jdb open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. CHAPTER 36 472

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10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have -re- moved thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set ou thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. 27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the 'taoise of bis tabernacle? Digitized by

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30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. CHAPTER 37 473 1 God is to be feared because of his wondrous works. 15 His wisdom is

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AT this also my heart trembleth, Tl and is moved out of his place. 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

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14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up . 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart 474 CHAPTER 38

together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed Place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place * 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into die springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of die depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived die breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, God challenges Job to answer. He enu- where is the place thereof, ______ morales his mighty works. 20 That thou shouldest take it to 'T'HEN the Lord answered Jdb the bound thereof, and that thou -L out of the whirlwind, and shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth 21 Knowest thou it, because thou counsel by words without know- wast then bom? or because the number of thy days is great? ledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a 22 Hast thou entered into the man; for I will demand of thee, and treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, answer thou me. 4 Where wast thou when I laid 23 Which I have reserved against the foundations of the earth? de- the time of trouble, against the day clare, if thou hast understanding. of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light parted, 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations 25 Who hath divided a waterthereof fastened? or who laid the course for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning comer stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang of thunder; 612 Original from Digitized by

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God’s mighty works 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Ple'ia-des, or loose the bands of d-ri on? 32 Canst thou bring forth M&z'zgrdth in his season? or canst thou guide Xrc-tu'rus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee. Here we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. 475 CHAPTER 39

3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with com; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. 7 He scometh the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy bam? 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scometh the horse and his rider. 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his God enumerates his mighty works. neck with thunder? NOWEST thou the time when 20 Canst thou make him afraid as the wild goats of the rock a grasshopper? the glory of his nosbring forth? or canst thou mark trils is terrible. when the hinds do calve? 21He paweth in the valley, and 2 Canst thou number the months rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth that they fulfil? or knowest thou on to meet the armed men. the time when they bring forth? 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not

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affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. 476 CHAPTER 40

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and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jdr'dgn into his mouth. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. CHAPTER 41 477 eGod's mighty power in the leviathan.

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a bird? or wilt thou bind him for at him cannot hold: the spear, the thy maidens? dart, nor the habergeon. 6 Shall the companions make a 27He esteemeth iron as straw, banquet of him? shall they part and brass as rotten wood. him among the merchants? 28 The arrow cannot make him 7 Canst thou fill his skin with flee: slingstones are turned with barbed irons? or his head with fish him into stubble. spears? 29 Darts are counted as stubble: 8 Lay thine hand upon him, re- he laugheth at the shaking of a member the battle, do no more. spear. 9 Behold, the hope of him is in 30 Sharp stones are under him: vain: shall not one be cast down he spreadeth sharp pointed things even at the sight of him? upon the mire. 10 None is so fierce that dare stir 31 He maketh the deep to boil him up : who then is able to stand like a pot: he maketh the sea like before me? a pot of ointment. 11 Who hath prevented me, that 32 He maketh a path to shine after I should repay him? whatsoever is him; one would think the deep to under the whole heaven is mine. be hoary. 121 will not conceal his parts, nor 33 Upon earth there is not his his power, nor his comely propor- like, who is made without fear. tion. 34 He beholdeth all high things: 13 Who can discover the face of his he is a king over all the children of garment? or who can come to him pride. With his double bridle? CHAPTER 42 478 14 Who can open the doors of his 1 Job humbly submits himself to God: face? his teeth are terrible round his confession. 7 God's anger against about. Job's friends: they submit themselves to Job. 10 God blesses him. 16 His 15 His scales are his pride, shut age and death. up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that HEN Job answered the Lord , no air can come between them. and said, 17 They are joined one to another, 21 know that thou canst do every they stick together, that they can- thing, and that no thought can be not be sundered. withholden from thee. 18 By his neesings a light doth 3 Who is he that hideth counsel shine, and his eyes are like the without knowledge? therefore have eyelids of the morning. I uttered that I understood not; 19 Out of his mouth go burning things too wonderful for me, which lamps, and sparks of fire leap I knew not. out. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, speak: I will demand of thee, and as out of a seething pot or caldron. declare thou unto me. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and 51 have heard of thee by the heara flame goeth out of his mouth. ing of the ear: but now mine eye 22 In his neck remaineth strength, seeth thee. and sorrow is turned into joy be- 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and fore him. repent in dust and ashes. 23 The flakes of his flesh are 7 5[ And it was so, that after the joined together: they are firm in Lord had spoken these words unto themselves; they cannot be moved. Job, the Lord said to El'I-phaz the 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; Te'man-ite, My wrath is kindled yea, as hard as a piece of the nether against thee, and against thy two millstone. friends: for ye have not spoken of 25 When he raiseth up himself, the me the thing that is right, as my mighty are afraid: by reason of servant Job hath. breakings they purify themselves. 8 Therefore take unto you now 26 The sword of him that layeth seven bullocks and seven rams, Original from 615 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So £l'I-ph&z the Te'man-ite and Bfl'dAd the Shu'hite and Zo'phar the Na'a-math-ite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Jdb. 10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Jdb twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord

had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning : for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first, J^-mi'ma; and the name of the second, K&-zi'A; and the name of the third, K&r'en-hap'puch. 15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 After this lived Jdb an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. 17 So Jdb died, being old and fuH of days.

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2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Digitized by

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2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord , and against his anointed, saving, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

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8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 481 PSALM 3

enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Se'lah. 3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself : the Lord will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. S6'lah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord . 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord , lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their com and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord , only makest me dwell in safety. PSALM 5 483

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IVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up . 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers 1 The psalmist calls on God to hear his of iniquity. prayer, 3 testifies that he hears the 6Thou shalt destroy them that righteous, 5 and exhorts men to put speak leasing: the Lord will abtheir trust in him. hor the bloody and deceitful man. To the chief Musician on Nfig'I-ndth, A 7 But as for me, I will come into Psalm of D&'vid. thy house in the multitude of thy EAR me when I call, O God of mercy: and in thy fear will I wormy righteousness: thou hast ship toward thy holy temple. Digitized by oogie 0617 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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8 Lead me, O Lord , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, Lord , wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 484 PSALM 6

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thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou safest in the throne judging right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for God's glory is magnified by his works, ever and ever. and by his love to man. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are To the chief Musician upon Glt'tith, A come to a perpetual end: and thou Psalm of Da'vid. hast destroyed cities; their memoLORD our Lord, how excel- rial is perished with them. lent zs thy name in all the 7 But the Lord shall endure for earth! who hast set thy glory ever: he hath prepared his throne above the heavens^ for judgment. 2 Out of the mouth of babes 8 And he shall judge the world in and sucklings hast thou ordained righteousness,* he shall minister strength because of thine enemies, judgment to the people in uprightthat thou mightest still the enemy ness. and the avenger. 9 The Lord also will be a refuge 3 When I consider thy heavens, for the oppressed, a refuge in times the work of thy fingers, the moon of trouble. and the stars, which thou hast or- 10 And they that know thy name dained; will put their trust in thee: for 4 What is man, that thou art thou, Lord , hast not forsaken mindful of him? and the son of them that seek thee. man, that thou visitest him? 11 Sing praises to the Lord , 5 For thou hast made him a little which dwelleth in Zi'dn: declare lower than the angels, and hast among the people his doingscrowned him with glory and 12 When he maketh inquisition honour. for blood, he remembereth them: 6 Thou madest him to have do- he forgetteth not the cry of the minion over the works of thy humble. hands; thou hast put all things 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; under his feet: consider my trouble which I suffer 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the of them that hate me, thou that lift— beasts of the field; est me up from the gates of death: 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish 14 That I may shew forth all thy of the sea, and whatsoever passeth praise in the gates of the daughter through the paths of the seas. of Zi'on: I will rejoice in thy sal9 O Lord our Lord, how excel- vation. lent is thy name in all the earth! 15 The heathen are sunk down in 487 PSALM 9 the pit that they made: in the net 1 The psalmist praises the Lord for which they hid is their own foot his marvellous works. 3 It is he who taken. has made him victorious. 7 God a , 16 The Lord is known by the righteous judge and a refuge. 11 The psalmist calls on men to praise judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his him. To the chief Musician upon Miith-lab'ben, own hands.. Hig-ga'jon. Se'lah. A Psalm of Da-vid. 17The wicked shall be turned WILL praise thee, O Lord , with into hell, and all the nations that my whole heart; I will shew forget God. forth all thy marvellous works. 18 For the needy shall not alway A Digitized by 619 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A

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boldest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. 17 Lord , thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. PSALM 11 489

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lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord , thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every sid$, when the vilest men are exalted. 491 PSALM 13

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3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people os they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord . 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge. 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zi'6n! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jfi'cob shall rejoice, and Is'rg-el shall be glad. PSALM 15 493

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0RD, who shall abide in thy v tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. PSALM 16 494

HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the Lord , be- 1 The psalmist prays for God's care, cause he hath dealt bountifully 5 confesses the Lord to be his portion and the source of his constant blessings. with me. MYch'tam of Da'vid. 492 PSALM 14 Evil men and their works. RESERVE me, O God: for in To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid. thee do I put my trust. HE fool hath said in his heart, 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto There is no God. They are the Lord , Thou art my Lord: my corrupt, they have done abomin goodness extendeth not to thee; able works, there is none that do- 3 But to the saints that are in the eth good. earth, and to the excellent, in 2 The Lord looked down from whom is all my delight. heaven upon the children of men, 4 Their sorrows shall be multito see if there were any that did plied that hasten after another god: understand, and seek God. their drink offerings of blood will I

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Prayer for protection.

Praise for blessings

me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord , disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: 14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord , from men of the world. which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. PSALM 18 496 1 The psalmist calls on God to judge The psalmist praises God for his mani-

not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 71 will bless the Lord , who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 81 have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 495 PSALM 17

between him and his enemies, 8 and ana marvellous blessings. to guard him. 10 He describes them. To thefold chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid, A Prayer of Da'vid.

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EAR the right, O Lord , atto the Lord the words of this song in tend unto my cry, give ear the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and unto my prayer, that goeth not out from the hand of S$ul: And he said, of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from WILL love thee, O Lord , my thy presence; let thine eyes behold strength. the things that are equal. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; fortress, and my deliverer; my God, thou hast visited me in the night; my strength, in whom I will trust; thou hast tried me, and shalt find my buckler, and the horn of my salnothing; I am purposed that my vation, and my high tower. mouth shall not transgress. 31 will call upon the Lord , who is 4 Concerning the works of men, by worthy to be praised: so shall I be the word of thy lips I have kept me saved from mine enemies. from the paths of the destroyer. 4 The sorrows of death compassed 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, me, and the floods of ungodly men that my footsteps slip not. made me afraid. 61 have called upon thee, for thou 5 The sorrows of hell compassed wilt hear me, O God: incline thine me about: the snares of death preear unto me, and hear my speech. vented me. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving- 6 In my distress I called upon the kindness, O thou that savest by Lord , and cried unto my God: he thy right hand them which put heard my voice out of his temple, their trust in thee from those that and my cry came before him, even into his ears. rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the 7 Then the earth shook and tremeye, hide me under the shadow of bled; the foundations also of the thy wings, hills moved and were shaken, be9 From the wicked that oppress cause he was wroth. Original from 688 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mputh devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord , at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 20 The Lord rewarded me accarding to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have/kept the ways of the Lord , and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my Digitized by

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righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the fro ward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God win enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord , but he answered them not 1 alrrom

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42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49Therefore will I give thanks, unto thee, O Lord , among the heathen, and sing Praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to Da'vid, and to his seed for evermore. 497 PSALM 19

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. * 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord , my strength, and my redeemer. PSALM 20 498

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2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zi'on; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Sg'lah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down and

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Prayer in trouble

fallen: but we are risen, and stand PSALM 22 500 tJ§1s!ave, Lord : let the king hear 1 In the midst of sore trouble, the psalmist prays to God. 22 He testifies of, . ana praises, him because he knows us when we call.

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inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power ad die dog. 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the Lord , praise him; all ye the seed of Ja'cob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Is'ra-el. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. x 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord ’s : and he is the governor among the nations. 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be bom, that he hath done this. 501 PSALM 23

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou prepares! a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. PSALM 24 . 502

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ZT'HE ’s , and X the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord , and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Ja'cob. Se'lah. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up , ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shaU come in. God’s tender and constant care. A Psalm of Da'vid. 10 Who is this King of gloty? The HE Lord is my shepherd; I Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Se'lah. v shall not want 626 Original from Digitized by

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me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to enquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 7 Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord , will I seek. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord , and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thineheart: wait, I say, on the LORD. 506 PSALM 28

Prayer for help: praise for answer

me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. 5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord , nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. 6 Blessed be the Lord , because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. PSALM 29

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IVE unto the Lord , O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is uron many waters. 1 The psalmist cries to God against his 4 The voice of the Lord is powerenemies. 6 He blesses God because ful; the voice of the LORD is full he heard his cry. 9 He prays for of majesty. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh God's people. A Psalm of Da'vid. the cedars; yea, the LORD breakNTO thee will I cry, O Lord eth the cedars of LSb'a-non. my rock; be not silent to 6 He maketh them also to skip 628 Digitized by

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like a calf; L&b'g-non and Sir'j-dn like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Ka'desh. 9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. 10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 508 PSALM 30

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while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 15 HLy times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. 17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord ; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from die strife of tongues. 21 Blessed be the Lord : for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, when I cried unto thee. 23 O love the Lord , all ye his saints: for die Lord preserved! the faithful, and plentifully rewarded! the proud doer. 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord . 510 PSALM 32 The blessedness of him whose transgression is forgiven. A Psalm of Da'vid, M&s'chll.

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waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Sfe'lah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. Isaid, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a tune when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Se'lah. 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusted! in the Lord , mercy shall compass him about. 11 Be glad in the Lord , and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. PSALM 33 511 1 God is to be praised for his goodness, 6 for his power. 12 The nation he hath chosen is blessed. 18 His providence; 20 confidence in him.

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host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considered! all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help and our shield. 21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O Lord , be upon us, according as we hope in thee. 512 PSALM 34 1 The psalinist praises God and exhorts others to do likewise. 8 They are blessed who trust in him. 11 Instruction in the fear of the Lord . 15

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2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord , and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord , ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young Hons do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord . 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do goods seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

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I bowed down heavily, as one that moumeth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered The psalmist prays for his own safety themselves together against me, and his enemies' confusion. and I knew it not: they did tear me, A Psalm of Da'vid. and ceased not: LEAD mv cause, O LORD, with 16 With hypocritical mockers in them that strive with me: feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. fight against them that fight against me. 17 Lord , how long wilt thou look 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, on? rescue my soul from their deand stand up for mine help. structions, my darling from the 3 Draw out also the spear, and lions. stop the way against them that 18 I will give thee thanks in the persecute me: say unto my soul, great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and 19 Let not them that are mine put to shame that seek after my enemies wrongfully rejoice over soul: let them be turned back and me: neither let them wink with brought to confusion that devise the eye that hate me without a cause. my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the 20 For they speak not peace: but wind: and let the angel of the Lord they devise deceitful matters chase them. against them that are quiet in the 6 Let their way be dark and slip- land. pery : and let the angel of the Lord 21Yea, they opened their mouth persecute them. wide against me, and said, Aha, 7 For without cause have they hid aha, our eye hath seen it. for me their net in a pit, which 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord : without cause they have digged for keep not silence: O Lord , be not far from me. my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to at unawares; and let his net that my judgment, even unto my cause, he hath hid catch himself: into my God and my Lord . that very destruction let him fall. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, 9 And my soul shall be joyful in according to thy righteousness; the Lord : it shall rejoice in his and let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord , hearts, Ah, so would we have it: who is like unto thee, which de- let them not say, We have swalliverest the poor from him that is lowed him up. too strong for him, yea, the poor 26 Let them be ashamed and and the needy from him that spoil- brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be eth him? 11 False witnesses did rise up; clothed with shame and dishonour they laid to my charge things that that magnify themselves against I knew not. me. ‘ 12 They rewarded me evil for 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were cause: yea, let them say continsick, my clothing was sackcloth: I ually, Let the Lord be magnified, humbled my soul with fasting; which hath pleasure in the prosand my prayer returned into mine perity of his servant. 28 And my tongue shall speak of own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though thy righteousness and of thy praise he had been my friend or brother: all the day long. Original from 682 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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like the grass, and wither as the 1 The state of the wicked. 5 God's great green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord , and do good; mercy, 7 and lovingkindness. 10 The psalmist prays that he may con- so shalt thou dwell in the land, and tinue to enjoy these. verily thou shalt be fed. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid 4 Delight thyself also in the the servant of the Lord . Lord ; and he shall give thee the HE transgression of the wick- desires of thine heart ed saith within my heart, that 5 Commit thy way unto the there is no fear of God before his Lord ; trust also in him; and he eyes. shall bring it to pass. 2 For he flattereth himself in his 6 And he shall bring forth thy own eyes, until his iniquity be righteousness as the light, and thy found to be hateful. judgment as the noonday. 3 The words of his mouth are 7 Rest in die Lord , and wait iniquity and deceit: he hath left off patiendy for him: fret not thyself to be wise, and to do good. because of him who prospered! in 4 He deviseth mischief upon his his way, because of the man who bed; he setteth himself in a way bringeth wicked devices to pass. that is not good; he abhorreth not 8 Cease from anger, and forsake evil. wrath: fret not thyself in any wise 5 Thy mercy, O Lord , is in the to do evil. heavens; and thy faithfulness 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: reacheth unto the clouds. but those that wait upon the Lord , 6 Thy righteousness zs like the they shall inherit the earth. great mountains; thy judgments 10 For yet a little while, and the axe a great deep: O Lord , thou wicked shall not be: yea, thoU preserves! man and beast. shalt diligendy consider his place, 7 How excellent is thy loving- and it shall not be. kindness, O God I therefore the chil- 11 But the meek shall inherit the dren of men put their trust under earth; and shall delight themselves the shadow of thy wings. in the abundance of peace. 8 They shall be abundantly satis- 12 The wicked plotteth against fied with the fatness of thy house; the just, and gnasheth upon him and thou shalt make them drink of with his teeth. die river of thy pleasures. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: 9 For with thee is the fountain of for he seeth that his day is coming. life: in thy light shall we see light. 14 The wicked have drawn out the 10 O continue thy lovingkindness sword, and have bent their bow, to unto them that know thee; and cast down the poor and needy, and thy righteousness to the upright in to slay such as be of upright conheart. versation. 11 Let not the foot of pride come 15Their sword shall enter into against me, and let not the hand their own heart, and their bows of the wicked remove me. shall be broken. 12 There are the workers of iniq- 16 A little that a righteous man uity fallen: they are cast down, hath is better than the riches of many wicked. and shall not be able to rise. 17For the arms of the wicked 515 PSALM 37 The psalmist exhorts to patience and shall be broken :• but the LORD confidence in God, comparing the upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days conditions of the righteous and the wicked. of the upright: and their inheritA Psalm of Da'vid. ance shall be for ever. RET not thyself because of evil- 19 They shall not be ashamed in doers, neither be thou envious the evil time: and in the days of against the workers of iniquity. famine they shall be satisfied. 2 For they shall soon be cut down 20 But the wicked shall perish,

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and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he de-* lighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the Lord , and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 351 have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the ^wicked shall be cut off. Digitized by

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39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord : he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. PSALM 38

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hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. 17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord : O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation. 517 PSALM 39

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9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. • 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. S&'lah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. PSALM 40 518

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in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy Salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 13 Be pleased, O Lord , to deliver me: O Lord ,make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; vet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. 519 PSALM 41 1 God's blessing on the charitable man. 4 The psalmist complains of his enemies. 10 He pleads for God's merci-

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BLESSED is he that considered! the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, Lord , be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. Digitized by

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5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathered iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 8 An evil disease, sav they, cleared fast unto him: and now that he lied he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, had lifted up his heel against me. 10 But dou, O Lord , be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite dem. 11 By this I know dat don favourest me, because mine enemy dod not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, dou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before dy face for ever. 13 Blessed be de Lord God of Is'ra-el from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. PSALM 42 52b The psalmist's zeal to serve God in his temple.

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and of the Serinon-ites, from the hill Mi'zar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 91 will say unto God my rock. Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 521 PSALM 43 The psalmist beseeches God to deliver him from the unjust, and to lead him that he may come joyfully to God's altar.

TUDGE me, O God, and plead J my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 522 PSALM 44 The psalmist recounts what God did of old and complains of present calamities; but in continued trust, prays for succor. To the chief Musician for the sons of Ko'rah, MAs'chll.

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told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. 4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Ja'cob. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. SS'lah. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. 15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back,

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neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord ? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake. 523 PSALM 45

The majesty and grace of the king. To the chief Musician upon 8h6-sh£n'nim, for the sons of Ko'rah, M&s'ohll, A Song of loves.

ly/fY heart is inditing a good matXVX ter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and fratest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 8 AU thy garments smell of myrrh, Digitized by

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and aloes, and cassia, out of die ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of o'phir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of T^re shad be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. PSALM 46 524

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dams were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Ja'cob is our refuge. Se'lah. 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord , what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he bumeth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know thatl am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in theearth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Ja'cob is our refuge. Se'lah. 525 PSALM 47

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CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of J&'cob whom he loved. Se'lah. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of A'brft-h&m: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. 526 PSALM 48 The beauty and glory of the city of God and Mt. Zion. A Song and Psalm for the sons of Kfj'rah.

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our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zi'bn, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7 Thou breakest the ships of Tfir'shish with an east wind. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Se'lah. 9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. 11 Let mount Zi'on rejoice, let the daughters of Ju'dah be glad, because of thy judgments. 12 Walk about Zi'dn, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. PSALM 40 527

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the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zi'dn, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Se'lah. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Is'ra-el, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of die forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, 1 The majesty of God in Zion. 7 then thou consentedst with him, His pleasure is not in sacrifices, 14 and hast been partaker with adulbut in a thankful and obedient heart. terers. A Psalm of A'saph. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, HE mighty God, even the and thy tongue frameth deceit Lord, hath spoken, and called 20 Thou sittest and speakest Original from 640 Digitized by Google

6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth forever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Se'lah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Se'lah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou dpest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. 528 PSALM 50

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against thy brother; thou slenderest thine own mother’s son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

ence; and take* not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord , open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou de529 PSALM 51 lightest not in burnt offering. David's confession of sin and humble 17The sacrifices of God are a prayer for forgiveness. broken spirit: a broken and a conTo the chief Musician, A Psalm of Da'vid, trite heart, O God, thou wilt not when N&'than the prophet came unto despise. him, after he had gone in to B&th'shft-bfi. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zi'dn: build thou the walls of AVE mercy upon me, O God, JS-ru'sfi-l&n. according to thy lovingkind19 Then shalt thou be pleased ness: according unto the multitude with the sacrifices of righteousness, of thy tender mercies blot out my with burnt offering and whole transgressions. burnt offering : then shall they offer 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my bullocks upon thine altar. sin. PSALM 52 530 3 For I acknowledge my trans- David, condemning the informer Doeg, gressions : and my sin is ever beprophesies his destruction fore me. To the chief Musician, M£s'chll, A Psalm 4 Against thee, thee only, have I of Da'vid, when DS'eg the E'dom-Ite sinned, and done this evil in thy came and told Saul, and said unto him, Da'vid is come to the house of A-hlm'sight: that thou mightest be Jus§-18ch. tified when thou speakest, ana be HY boastest thou thyself in clear when thou judgest. mischief, O mighty man? 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniqthe goodness of God endureth conuity; and in sin did my mother tinually. conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; the inward parts: and in the hid- like a sharp razor, working deceitden part thou shalt make me to fully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; know wisdom. and lying rather than to speak 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall righteousness. Se'lah. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, be whiter than snow. O thou deceitful tongue. 8 Make me to hear joy and glad5 God shall likewise destroy thee ness; that the bones which thou for ever, he shall take thee away, hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O of the living. Se'lah. God; and renew a right spirit with- 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: 11 Cast me not away from thy pres- 7 Lo, this is the man that made not 641

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God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. 531 PSALM 53

4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will prai$e thy name, O Lord ; for it is good. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. PSALM 55 533

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God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word. 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from* falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? PSALM 57 535 The psalmist's trust in God.

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my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Se'lah. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. 536 PSALM 58

there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. PSALM 59 537 The psalmist prays to be delivered from his enemies. To the chief Musician, Al-t&s'chith, Mlch'tam of D&'vid; when S^ul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

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like a dog, and go round about the city. 15 Let them wonder up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. 538 PSALM 60

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 12 Through God we shall do valiantly; for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM 61 539

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3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away/ 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy templeZ 5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: 6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: 7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice/ 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them com, when thou hast so provided for it. 10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with com; they shout for joy, they also sing. 544 PSALM 66

greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. 4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Se'“lah. 5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Se'lah. 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 151 will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fallings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Se'lah. 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 1 The psalmist exhorts to praise God; 5 17 I cried unto him with my to consider his works; 8 and to bless mouth, and he was extolled with him for his benefits. 13 The psalmist’s my tongue. thanksgiving. 18 If I regard iniquity in my To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. heart, the Lord will not hear me: MAKE a joyful noise unto God, 19 But verily God hath heard me; all ye lands: he hath attended to the voice of my 2 Sing forth the honour of his prayer. name: make his praise glorious. 20 Blessed be God, which hath not 3 Say unto God, How terrible art turned away my prayer, nor his thou in thy works! through the mercy from me. Original from 647 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; SS'lah: 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Si'nfti itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Is'rg-eL Digitized by

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9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. 12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in SAl'mdn. 15 The hill of God is as the hill of B&'sh&n; an high hill as the hill of B&'sh&n. 16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels : the Lord is among them, as in Si'nai, in the holy place. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Blessed be the Lord , who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Se'lah. 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. 22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Ba'shAn, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: 23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. 24 They have seen thy goings,

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my King, in the sanctuary. 25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. 26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord , from the fountain of Is'ra-el. 27 There is little Ben'ia-min with their ruler, the princes of Ju'dah and their council, the princes of Z&b'u-hm, and the princes of N&ph'ta-li. 28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. 29 Because of thy temple at J€ru's^-lem shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. 31 Princes shall come out of B'fcfpt; E-thi-d'pi-a shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord ; Selah: 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Is'ra-el, and his strength is in the clouds. 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Is'ra-el is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. 547 PSALM 69

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4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee» O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Is'ra-el. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath, eaten me up ; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. 111 made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord , in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach

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and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become sl trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. 27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. 29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This also shall please the Lord better man an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. 35 For God will save Zi'bn, and will build the cities of Ju'dah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love n name shall dwell therein. Digitized by

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hAAKE haste, O God, to deliver IV1 me; make haste to help me, O Lord . 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord , make no tarrying. PSALM 71 549 1 The psalmist trusts in God, 4 and

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old age; forsake me not when my PSALM 72 550 strength faileth. The psalmist prays for the king and his son. 10 For mine enemies speak against A Psalm for Sdl'o-mon. me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, IVE the king thy judgments, O 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: God, and thy righteousness persecute and take him; for there unto the king’s son. is none to deliver him. 2 He shall judge thy people with 12 O God, be not far from me: O righteousness, and thy poor with my God, make haste for my help. judgment. 13 Let them be confounded and 3 The mountains shall bring peace consumed that are adversaries to to the people, and the little hills, by my soul; let them be covered with righteousness. reproach and dishonour that seek 4 He shall judge the poor of the my hurt. people, he shall save the children of 14 But I will hope continually, and the needy, and shall break in pieces will yet praise thee more and more. the oppressor. 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy 5 They shall fear thee as long as righteousness and thy salvation all the sun and moon endure, throughthe day; for I know not the num- out all generations. bers thereof. 6 He shall come down like rain 16 I will go in the strength of the upon the mown grass: as showers Lord God : I will make mention of that water the earth. thy righteousness, even of thine 7 In his days shall the righteous only. flourish; and abundance of peace 17O God, thou has taught me so long as the moon endureth. from my youth: and hitherto have 8 He shall have dominion also I declared thy wondrous works. from sea to sea, and from the river 18 Now also when I am old and unto the ends of the earth. greyheaded, O God, forsake me 9 They that dwell in the wildernot; until I have shewed thy ness shall bow before him; and his strength unto this generation, and enemies shall lick the dust. thy power to every one that is to 10 The kings of T&r'shish and of come. the isles shall bring presents: the 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, kings of She'bA and Se'bd shall is very high, who hast done great offer gifts. things: O God, who is like unto 11 Yea, all kings shall fall down thee! before him: all nations shall serve 20 Thou, which hast shewed me him. great and sore troubles, shalt 12 For he shall deliver the needy quicken me again, and shalt bring when he crieth; the poor also, and me up again from the depths of the him that hath no helper. earth. 13 He shall spare the poor and 21 Thou shalt increase my great- needy, and shall save the souls of ness, and comfort me on every side. the needy. 22 I will also praise thee with the 14 He shall redeem their soul psaltery, even thy truth, O my from deceit and violence: and God: unto thee will I sing with precious shall their blood be in his the harp, O thou Holy One of Is'- sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him ra-el. 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice shall be given of the gold of She'when I sing unto thee; and my ba: prayer also shall be made for soul, which thou hast redeemed. him continually; and daily shall he 24 My tongue also shall talk of be praised. thy righteousness all the day 16 There shall be an handful of long: for they are confounded, com in the earth upon the top of the for they are brought unto shame, mountains; the fruit thereof shall that seek my hurt shake like L&b'a-non: and they of 651 Original from

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the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Is'ra-el, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 20 The prayers of D&'vid the son of J&s'se are ended. 551 PSALM 73

14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; The psalmist having prevailed in a tempso, O Lord , when thou awakest, tation shows the cause of it. A Psalm of A'saph. thou shalt despise their image. RULY God is good to Is'ra-el, 21 Thus my heart was grieved, even to such as are of a clean and I was pricked in my reins. heart. 22 So foolish was I, and igno2 But as for me, my feet were rant : I was as a beast before thee. almost gone; my steps had well 23 Nevertheless I am continually nigh slipped. with thee: thou hast holden me by 3 For I was envious at the foolish, my right hand. when I saw the prosperity of the 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy wicked. counsel, and afterward receive me 4 For there are no bands in their to glory. death: but their strength is firm. 25 Whom have I in heaven but 5 They are not in trouble as thee? and there is none upon earth other men; neither are they that I desire beside thee. plagued like other men. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: 6 Therefore pride compasseth but God is the strength of my them about as a chain; violence heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far from covereth them as a garment 7 Their eyes stand out with fat- thee shall perish: thou hast desness: they have more than heart troyed all them that go a whoring from thee. could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak 28 But it is good for me to draw wickedly concerning oppression: near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God , that I may dethey speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against clare all thy works. the heavens, and their tongue walkPSALM 74 552 eth through the earth. 1 The desolation and desecration of the 10 Therefore his people return sanctuary. 10 The psalmist seeks hither: and waters of a full cup God's help. Mfts'chll of A'saph. are wrung out to them. GOD, why hast thou cast us 11 And they say, How doth God off for ever? why doth thine know? and is there knowledge in anger smoke against the sheep of the most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, thy pasture? who prosper in the world; they 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; Increase in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed my the rod of thine inheritance, which heart in vain, and washed my thou hast redeemed; this mount ZU'bn, wherein thou hast dwelt. hands in innocency. 659 Original from

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3 Lift up thy feet unto the per- 20 Have respect unto the covepetual desolations; even all that nant: for the dark places of the the enemy hath done wickedly in earth are full of the habitations of the sanctuary. cruelty. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst 21 O let not the oppressed return of thy congregations; they set up ashamed: let the poor and needy their ensigns for signs. praise thy name. 5 A man was famous according as 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own he had lifted up axes upon the thick cause: remember how the foolish trees. man reproacheth thee daily. 6 But now they break down the 23 Forget not the voice of thine carved work thereof at once with enemies: the tumult of those that axes and hammers. rise up against thee increaseth 7 They have cast fire into thy continually. sanctuary, they have defiled by PSALM 75 553 casting down the dwelling place of The psalmist praises God and promises thy name to the ground. to judge uprightly. 8 They said in their hearts, Let us To the chief Musician, Al-t&s'chith, A Psalm or Song of A'saph. destroy them together: they have NTO thee, O God, do we give burned up all the synagogues of thanks, unto thee do we give God in the land. thanks: for that thy name is near 9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is thy wondrous works declare. there among us any that knoweth 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. how long. 10 O God, how long shall the ad- 3 The earth and all the inhabitants versary reproach? shall the enemy thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. blaspheme thy name for ever? 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck foolishly: and to the wicked. Lift not up the horn: it out of thy bosom. 12 For God is my King of old, 5 Lift not up your horn on high: working salvation in the midst of speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither the earth. from the east, nor from the west, 13 Thou didst divide the sea by nor from the south. thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth 14Thou brakest the heads of down one, and setteth up another. leviathan in pieces, and gavest 8 For in the hand of the Lord him to be meat to die people in- there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he habiting the wilderness. 15 Thou didst cleave the foun- poureth out of the same: but the tain and the flood: thou driedst up dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night drink them. also is thine: thou hast prepared 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of JA'cob. the light and the sun. 17 Thou hast set all the borders of 10 All the horns of the wicked also the earth: thou hast made sum- will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. mer and winter. 18 Remember this, that the enemy PSALM 76 554 hath reproached, O Lord , and that God's majesty and power. the foolish people have blasphemed To the chief Musician on Nftg'I-nfith, A thy name. Psalm or Song of A'saph. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy N Ju'dah is God known: his turtledove unto the multitude of name is great in Is'ra-el. the wicked: forget not the congre- 2 In SA'lem also is his tabernacle, gation of thy poor for ever. and his dwelling place in Zi'bi. Original from 658 Digitized by

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3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield* and the sword, and the battle. SS'lah. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jfi'cob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. SS'lah. 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. 555 PSALM 77 1 The psalmist tells of the struggle he had with diffidence. 10 His victory. To the chief Musician, to J&l'p-thiin, A Psalm of A'saph.

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ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Se'lah. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. Ill will remember the works of the Lord : surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of JA'cob and Joseph. Se'lah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Mo'ses and A&r'on. PSALM 78 ; 556 An exhortation to learn and teach God's law.

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IVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath dime.

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5 For he established a testimony in Ja'cob, and appointed a law in Is'ra-el, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be bom; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. 9 The children of £'phr£-frn, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of ft'i^pt, in the field of Zd'an. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made file waters to stand as an heap. 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. 17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in file wilderness? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Ja'cob, and anger also came up against is'rg-el; Digitized by

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22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the com of heaven. 25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full. 26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; 30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Is'ra-el. 32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they provoke

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him in the wilderness, and grieve were turned aside like a deceitful him in the desert! bow. 41 Yea, they turned back and 58 For they provoked him to tempted God, and limited the Holy anger with their high places, and One of Is'ra-eL moved him to jealousy with their 42 They remembered not his hand, graven images. nor the day when he delivered 59 When God heard this, he was them from the enemy. wroth, and greatly abhorred Is'43 How he had wrought his signs ra-el: in £'&ypt, and his wonders in the 60 So that he forsook the taberfield of Zo'an: nacle of Shi'ldh, the tent which he 44And had turned their rivers placed among men; into blood; and their floods, that 61 And delivered his strength into they could not drink. captivity, and his glory into the 45He sent divers sorts of flies enemy’s hand. among them, which devoured 62 He gave his people over also them; and frogs, which destroyed unto the sword; and was wroth them. with his inheritance. 46 He gave also their increase 63 The fire consumed their young unto the caterpiller, and their la- men; and their maidens were not bour unto the locust. given to marriage. 47 He destroyed their vines with 64 Their priests fell by the sword; hail, and their sycomore trees with and their widows made no fomentation. frost. 48He gave up their cattle also 65 Then the Lord awaked as one to the hail, and their flocks to hot out of sleep, and like a mighty thunderbolts. man that shouteth by reason of 49 He cast upon them the fierce- wine. ness of his anger, wrath, and in- 66 And he smote his enemies in dignation, and trouble, by sending the hinder parts: he put them to a evil angels among them, perpetual reproach. 50 He made a way to his anger; 67 Moreover he refused the taberhe spared not their soul from nacle of Jo'seph, and chose not the death, but gave their life over to tribe of £'phrfi-lm: the pestilence; 68 But chose the tribe of Ju'dah, 51 And smote all the firstborn in the mount Zi'dn which he loved. £'&rpt; the chief of their strength 69 And he built his sanctuary like in the tabernacles of H&m: high palaces, like the earth which 52 But made his own people to go he hath established for ever. forth like sheep, and guided them 70 He chose Da'vid also his servin the wilderness like a flock. ant, and took him from the sheep53 And he led them on safely, so folds : that they feared not: but the sea 71 From following the ewes overwhelmed their enemies. great with young he brought him 54 And he brought them to the to feed Ja'cob his people, and Is'border of his sanctuary, even to ra-el his inheritance. this mountain, which his right 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and hand had purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also guided them by the skilfulness of before them, and divided them an his hands. inheritance by line, and made the PSALM 79 557 tribes of is'ra-el to dwell in their The psalmist 's prayer over the desolation of Jerusalem. tents. A Psalm of A'saph. . 56 Yet they tempted and proGOD, the heathen are come voked the most high God, and kept into thine inheritance; thy not his testimonies: 57 But turned back, and dealt holy temple have they defiled; they unfaithfully like their fathers: they have laid JS-ru'sft-l&n on heaps. 656 Original from Digitized by

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2 Before E'phr&-im and BSn'iamin and MA-n&s'seh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8Thou hast brought a vine out of £'££pt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the landt 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man The psalmist complains of the miseries of thy right hand, upon the son of of God’s people, and asks for his man whom thou madest strong for thyself. favor. To the chief Musician upon Shd-sh&n'18 So will not we go back from nim-E'duth, A Psalm of A'saph. thee: quicken us, and we will call IVE ear, O Shepherd of Is'ra- upon thy name. el, thou that leadest Jo'seph 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and like a flock: thou that dwellest be tween the cherubims, shine forth. we shall be sayed.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Je-ru'sd-ISm; and there was none to bury- them, 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, Lord ?1 wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like* fire? 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. 7 For they have devoured Ja'cob, and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake. 10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord . 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. 558 PSALM 80

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ING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jft'cob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of JA'cob. 5 This he ordained in Jo'seph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of £'££pt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of M&r'i-bah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Is'ra-el, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange God. 101 am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of fi'fcjfot: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Is'ra-el would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Is'ra-el had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. Digitized by

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OD standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? SS'lah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. PSALM 83

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EEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Is'ra-el may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of £'dom, and the Ish'ma-el-ites; of Md'ab, and the Ha'gar-enes; 7 Ce'bal, and Am'mon, and Am'a-lek; the Phi-lis'tines, with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 As'sur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Se'lah. 9 Do unto them as unto the Mid'I-an-ites; as to SIs'e-rA, as to Jfi'bin, at the brook of Ki'son:

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10 Which perished at En'-ddr: they became as dung for the earth. 11 Make their nobles like O'reb, and like Ze'eb: yea, all their princes as Ze'bah, and as Zalmun'na: 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire bumeth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord . 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may know that thou* whose name alone is Jfc-Ho'VAH, art the most high over all the earth. 562 PSALM 84

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prayer: give ear, O God of Ja'cpb. Se'lah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. PSALM 85 563 The psalmist acknowledges God's mercies to his people, and prays for their continuance.

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ORD, thou hast been favourable > unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jfizcob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast 1 The psalmist longs for the sanctuary: covered all their sin. SS'lah. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy 4 the man who dwells there is blessed. wrath: thou hast turned thyself 8 His prayer to be restored to it. To the chief Musician upon Gft'tith, A from the fierceness of thine anger. Psalm for the sons of Ko'rah. 4 Turn us, O God of our salvaOW amiable are thy taberna- tion, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. cles, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even faint- 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for eth for the courts of the Lord : my ever? wilt thou draw out thine anheart and my flesh crieth out for ger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an that thy people may rejoice in house, and the swallow a nest for thee? herself, where she may lay her 17 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord , young, even thine altars, O Lord of and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hear what God the LORD hosts, my King, and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in will speak: for he will speak peace thy house: they will be still prais- unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to hurthee. Se'lah. Z5 Blessed is the man whose folly. strength is in thee; in whose heart 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may are the ways of them. 6 Who passing through the valley dwell in our land. of Ba'ca make it a well; the rain 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace also filleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to have kissed each other. strength, every one of them in 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look Zi'6n appeareth before God. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my down from heaven. Original from 659 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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Prayer for preservation.

Citizenship in Zion

12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. 564 PSALM 86

longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see The psalmist prays God to preserve him. it, and be ashamed: because thou, A Prayer of Dft'vid. Lord , hast holpen me, and comOW down thine ear, O Lord , forted me. hear me: for I am poor and PSALM 87 565 needy. 1 The glory of the city of God: 4 to 2 Preserve my soul; for I am have been bom there a special honor. holy: O thou my God, save thy A Psalm or Song for the sons of Ko'rah. servant that trusteth in thee. IS foundation is in the holy 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : mountainsfor I cry unto thee daily. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord , do I lift up Zi'bn more than all the dwellings of Ja'cob. my soul. 5 For thou, LORD, art good, and 3 Glorious things are spoken of ready to forgive; and plenteous in thee, O city of God. Selah. mercy unto all them that call upon 4 I will make mention of Ra/h&b and B&b'jMon to them that know thee. me: behold Phi-Hs'tjA, and Tyre, 6 Give ear, O Lord , unto my with £-thI-d'pl-d; this man was prayer; and attend to the voice of bom there. my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I will 5 And of Zi'dn it shall be said, call upon thee: for thou wilt answer This and that man was bom in her: and the highest himself shall me. 8 Among the gods there is none establish her. like unto thee, O LORD; neither 6 The Lord shall count, when are there any works like unto thy he writeth up the people, that this man was bom there. Se'lah. v^mrks. 9 All nations whom thou hast 7 As well the singers as die players made shall come and worship be- on instruments shall be there; all fore thee, O Lord ; and shall my springs are in thee. glorify thy name. PSALM 88 566 10 For thou art great, and doest The psalmist's prayer in the midst of wondrous things: thou art God great affliction. alone. A Song or Psalm for the sons of Kd'rah, to 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I the chief Musician upon Ma'ha-lath will walk in thy truth: unite my L6-ftn'noth, M&s'chH of HS'man the £z'rg-hite. heart to fear thy name. LORD God of my salvation, I 12 I will praise thee, O LORD my have cried day and night beGod, with all my heart: and I will fore thee: glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward 2 Let my prayer come before thee: me: and thou hast delivered my incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: soul from the lowest hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen and my life draweth nigh unto the against me, and the assemblies of grave. violent men have sought after my 4 I am counted with them that go soul; and have not set thee before down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: them. 15 But thou, O Lord , art a God 5 Free among the dead, like full of compassion, and gracious. the slain that lie in the grave.

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whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Se'lah. 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 9 Mine eye moumeth by reason of affliction: Lord , I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Se'lah. 11 Shall thy lovingkmdness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. 567 PSALM 89 The psalmist praises God for his covenant and for his mercies to David. Mfis'chfl of E'than the £z'r$-hlte.

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and build up thy throne to all generations. Se'lah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord : thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord ? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord ? 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. 8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? 9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 10 Thou hast broken Ra'h&b in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies.with thy strong arm. 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Ta'bdr and Her'mdn shall rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord , in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 18 For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Is'ra-el is our king. 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 I have found Da'vid my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be

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established: mine arm also shall 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact all his enemies to rejoice. upon him; nor the son of wicked- 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him ness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes to stand in the battle. before his face, and plague them 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to that hate him. 24But my faithfulness and my the ground. mercy shall be with him: and in 45 The days of his youth hast thou my name shall his horn be exalted. shortened: thou hast covered him 25 I will set his hand also in the with shame. SS'lah. sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 46 How long, Lord ? wilt thou 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art hide thyself for ever? shall thy my father, my God, and the rock wrath bum like fire? 47 Remember how short my time of my salvation. 27 Also I will make him mi/ first- is: wherefore hast thou made all born, higher than the kings of the men in vain? 48 What man is he that liveth, earth. 28 My mercy will I keep for him and shall not see death? shall he for evermore, and my covenant deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Se'lah. shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to 49 Lord , where are thy former endure for ever, and his throne as lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto Da'vid in thy truth? the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my 50Remember, Lord , the reproach law, and walk not in my judgments; of thy servants; how I do bear in 31 If they break my statutes, and my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; keep not my commandments; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have 32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their in- reproached, O Lord ; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps iquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkind- of thine anointed. ness will I not utterly take from him, 52 Blessed be the Lord for evernor suffer my faithfulness to fail. more. Amen, and Amen. 34 My covenant will I not break, PSALM 90 568 nor alter the thing that is gone out 1 Moses, reciting God's providence, 3 of my Ups. complains of human frailty, 7 divine 35 Once have I sworn by my holichastisements, 10 and the brevity of life. ness that I will not lie unto D&'vid. A Prayer of Mo'geg the man of God. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. ORD, thou hast been our dwell37 It shall be established for ever J ing place in all generations. as the moon, and as a faithful wit- 2 Before the mountains were ness in heaven. Se'lah. brought forth, or ever thou hadst 38 But thou hast cast off and formed the earth and the world, abhorred, thou hast been wroth even from everlasting to everlastwith thine anointed. ing, thou art God. 39 Thou hast made void the cove- 3 Thou tumest man to destruction; nant of thy servant: thou hast pro- and sayest, Return, ye children of faned his crown by casting it to the men. 4 For a thousand years in thy ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all sight are but as yesterday when it his hedges; thou hast brought his is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Thou earnest them away as strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil with a flood; they are as a sleep: in him: he is a reproach to his neigh- the morning they are like grass bours. which groweth up . 662 Original from

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6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 569 PSALM 91

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because thou hast made the Lord , which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. PSALM 92 570 The psalmist exhorts to praise the Lord . A Fsalm or Song for the sabbath day.

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whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. 3 Lord , how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? 4How Iona shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord , and afflict thine heritage. 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Ja'cob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? 10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 571 PSALM 93 12 Blessed is the man whom thou The majesty and power of the LORD chastenest, O Lord , and teachest ana the holiness of his house. him out of thy law; HE Lord reigneth, he is 13 That thou mayest give him rest clothed with majesty; the from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: 14 For the Lord will not cast off the world also is stablished, that his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. it cannot be moved. 2 Thy throne is established of 15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright old: thou art from everlasting. in heart shall follow it 3 The floods have lifted up, O 16 Who will rise up for me against Lord , the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of inwaves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier iquity? than the noise of many waters, yea, 17 Unless the Lord had been my than the mighty waves of the sea. help, my soul had almost dwelt in 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: silence. holiness becometh thine house, O 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy O Lord , held me up. Lord , for ever. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts 572 PSALM 94 within me thy comforts delight my The psalmist's complaint to God of the soul. triumph of the wicked and of their 20 Shall the throne of iniquity impiety. have fellowship with thee, which LORD God, to whom ven- frameth mischief by a law? geance belcngeth; O God, to 21 They gather themselves togethOriginal from 664 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: 8 But thou, Lord , art most high for evermore. 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord , foh lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also shall see mu desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear mu desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Leb'a-non. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew that the LORD is upright : he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. The psalmist exhorts to praise and wor- 7 Give unto the Lord , O ye kinship God because of his greatness and dreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. care. C0ME, let us sing unto the 8 Give unto the Lord the glory Lord : let us make a joyful due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence 9 O worship the Lord in the with thanksgiving, and make a beauty of holiness: fear before joyful noise unto him with psalms. him, all the earth. 3 For the Lord is a great God, 10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places shall be established that it shall of the earth: the strength of the not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it: 11Let the heavens rejoice, and and his hands formed the dry land. let the earth be glad; let the sea 6 O come, let us worship and bow roar, and the fulness thereof. down: let us kneel before the 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that ts therein: then shall all the Lord our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are trees of the wood rejoice the people of his pasture, and the 13 Before the Lord : for he comsheep of his hand. To day if ye eth, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in with righteousness, and the people the provocation, and as in the day with his truth. PSALM 97 575 of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, 1 The Lord 's majesty. 8 Zion rejoices in his judgments. 12 An exhortation proved me, and saw my work. to rejoice and give thanks. 10 Forty years long was I grieved EDS Lord reigneth; let the with this generation, and said, It is earth rejoice; let the multia people that do err in their heart, tude of isles be glad thereof. and they have not known my ways: 2 Clouds and darkness are round 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his into my rest. throne. 3 A fire goeth before him, and 574 PSALM 96 The psalmist exhorts to praise God and bumeth up his enemies round testify to the heathen of his glory and about. goodness. 4 His lightnings enlightened the SING unto the Lord a new world: the earth saw, and tremsong: sing unto the Lord , all bled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the the earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord , bless his presence of the Lord , at the presname; shew forth his salvation ence of the Lord of die whole from day to day. earth.

er against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off. 573 PSALM 95

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6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. 8 Zi'6n heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Ju'dah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord . 9 For thou, Lord , art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 Ye that love the Lord , hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the Lord , ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 576

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HE Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. 2 The Lord is great in Zi'fin; and he is high above all the people. 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Ja'cob. 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. 6 Mo'ses and AAr'on among his priests, and S&m'u-el among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord , and he answered them. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar; they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that and forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. PSALM 100 578

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WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 31 will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked Person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord . 580 PSALM 102 The psalmist's prayer in the midst of great trouble. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord .

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EAR my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilDigitized by

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derness: I am like an owl of the desert 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou, O LORD, Shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zi'dn: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord , and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the Lord shall build up Zi'dn, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord . 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; 21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zi'dn, and his praise in Je-ru's£-lem; 22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord . 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 241 said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old hast thou laid the

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PSALMS, 103,104 foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

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grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the mercy of the Lord zs from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 Bless the Lord , ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the Lord , all ve his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord , all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord , O my soul.

LESS the Lord , O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender PSALM 104 582 mercies; The psalmist meditates upon the wonder 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with ful providence of God. good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. LESS the Lord , O my soul. 6 The Lord executeth righteousO Lord my God, thou art ness and judgment for all that are very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto 2 Who coverest thyself with light Md'ses, his acts unto the children as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: of Is'ra-el. 8 The Lord is merciful and gra- 3 Who layeth the beams of his cious, slow to anger, and plenteous chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: nei- walketh upon the wings of the ther will he keep his anger for wind: 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after his ministers a flaming fire: our sins; nor rewarded us accord- 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be reing to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high moved for ever. above the earth, so great is his 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep mercy toward them that fear him. as with a garment: the waters 12 As far as the east is from the stood above the mountains. west, so far hath he removed our 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the transgressions from us. voice of thy thunder they hasted 13 Like as a father pitieth his away. children, so the Lord pitieth them 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he the place which thou hast founded remembereth that we are dust for them. 15 As for man, his days are as 9 Thou hast set a bound that they

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may not pass over; that they turn 28 That thou givest them they not again to cover the earth. gather: thou openest thine hand, 10 He sendeth the springs into they are filled with good. the valleys, which run among the 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are hills. troubled: thou takest away their 11 They give drink to every beast breath, they die, and return to of the field: the wild asses quench their dust their thirst. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, 12 By them shall the fowls of the they are created: and thou renewheaven have their habitation, which est the face of the earth. sing among the branches. 31 The glory of the Lord shall en13 He watereth the hills from his dure for ever: the Lord shall rechambers: the earth is satisfied joice in his works. with the fruit of thy works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it 14 He causeth the grass to grow trembleth: he toucheth the hills, for the cattle, and herb for the ser- and they smoke. vice of man: that he may bring forth 33 I will sing unto the Lord as food out of the earth; long as I live: I will sing praise to 15 And wine that maketh glad my God while I have my being. the heart of man, and oil to make 34 My meditation of him shall be his face to shine, and bread which sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. strengtheneth man’s heart. 35 Let the sinners be consumed 16 The trees of the Lord are full out of the earth, and let the wicked of sap; the cedars of Leb'a-non, be no more. Bless thou the LORD, which he hath planted; O my soul. Praise ye the Lord . 17 Where the birds make their PSALM 105 583 nests: as for the stork, the fir trees 1 The psalmist exhorts to praise God, 7 are her house. and recounts his providential dealings 18 The high hills are a refuge for with the fathers. the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; call upon his name: make 19 He appointed the moon for known his deeds among the peoseasons: the sun knoweth his ple. going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto is night: wherein all the beasts of him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. the forest do creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let prey, and seek their meat from God. the heart of them rejoice that seek 22The sun ariseth, they gather the Lord . themselves together, and lay them 4 Seek the Lord , and his strength: seek his face evermore. down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work 5 Remember his marvellous works and to his labour until the evening. that he hath done; his wonders, 24 O Lord , how manifold are thy and the judgments of his mouth; works! in wisdom hast thou made 6 O ye seed of A'brA-hAm his servthem all: the earth is full of thy ant, ye children of Ja'cob his chosen. riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, 7 He is the Lord our God: his wherein are things creeping innu- judgments are in all the earth. merable, both small and great 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is commanded to a thousand generathat leviathan, whom thou hast tions. 9 Which covenant he made with made to play therein. 27 These wait all upon thee; that A'brA-hAm, and his oath unto thou mayest give them their meat I'saac • in due season. 10 And confirmed the same unto Original from 669 Digitized by

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JA'cpb for a law, and to Is'ra-el for vers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. an everlasting covenant: 11Saying, Unto thee will I give 32 He gave them hail for rain, the land of Ca'nAan, the lot of your and flaming fire in their land. inheritance: 33 He smote their vines also and 12 When they were but a few men their fig trees; and brake the trees in number; yea, very few, and of their coasts. strangers in it. 34 He spake, and the locusts 13 When they went from one na- came, and caterpillers, and that tion to another, from one kingdom without number, to another people; 35 And did eat up all the herbs in 14 He suffered no man to do them their land, and devoured the fruit wrong: yea, he reproved kings for of their ground. their sakes; 36 He smote also all the firstborn 15 Saying, Touch not mine anoint- in their land, the chief of all their strength. ed, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a famine 37 He brought them forth also upon the land: he brake the whole with silver and gold: and there was staff of bread. not one feeble person among their 17 He sent a man before them, tribes. even Jo'seph, who was sold for a 38 £'££pt was glad when they deservant: parted: for the fear of them fell 18 Whose feet they hurt with fet- upon them. ters : he was laid in iron: 39 He spread a cloud for a cover19 Until the time that his word ing; and fire to give light in the came: the word of the Lord tried night. him. 40 The people asked, and he 20 The king sent and loosed him; brought quails, and satisfied them even the ruler of the people, and let with the bread of heaven. him go free. 41 He opened the rock, and the 21 He made him lord of his house, waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his 42For he remembered his holy pleasure; and teach his senators promise, and A'bra-hAm his servant. wisdom. 43 And he brought forth his peo23 is'ra-el also came into R'fcjfot; ple with joy, and his chosen with and Ja'cQb sojourned in the land of gladness: HAm. 44 And gave them the lands of the 24 And he increased his people heathen: and they inherited the greatly; and made them stronger labour of the people; than their enemies. 45 That they might observe his 25 He turned their heart to hate statutes, and keep his laws. Praise his people, to deal subtilly with his ye the Lord . servants. PSALM 106 584 26He sent Mo'ses his servant; 1 After an exhortation to praise God, 7 the psalmist recounts the story of and AAt 'qu whom he had chosen. Israel's rebellion, and God's mercy. 27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of RAISE ye the LORD. O give HAm. thanks unto the Lord ; for 28 He sent darkness, and made it he is good: for his mercy endureth dark; and they rebelled not against for ever. his word. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts 29 He turned their waters into of the Lord ? who can shew forth all his praise? blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs 3 Blessed are they that keep judgin abundance, in the chambers of ment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. their kings. 31 He spake, and there came di- 4 Remember me, O LORD, with 670 Original from Digitized by

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the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; 5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. 6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in E'fcypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up : so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited net for his counsel : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 A^d he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Md'ses also in the camp, and A&r'on the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Da'than, and covered the company of A-bi'r&n. 18 And a fire fras kindled in their company; the flame burned up the 'Wicked. 19 They made a calf in Hfifreb, and worshipped the molten iniage. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in

of H&m, and terrible things by the Red sea. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Mouses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord . 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: 27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Ba'al-pe'or, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phin'e-has, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Mo'ses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Ca'n&an: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his 22 Wondrous works in the land own inheritance. 671 Original from Digitized by

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41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the Lord God of Is'ra-el from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord . 585 PSALM 107

soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. (13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorreth all man” 1 The psalmist exhorts the redeemed to praise God for his great mercies, 4 to ner of meat; and they draw near the wanderers, 10 the captives, 17 the unto the gates of death. afflicted, 23 the seamen, 33 and in 19 Then they cry unto the LORD other walks of life. in their trouble, and he saveth them GIVE thanks unto the Lord , out of their distresses. for he is good: for his mercy 20 He sent his word, and healed endureth for ever. them, and delivered them from 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord their destructions. say so, whom he hath redeemed 21 Oh that men would praise the from the hand of the enemy; Lord for his goodness, and for his 3 And gathered them out of the wonderful works to the children of lands, from the east, and from the men! west, from the north, and from the 22 And let them sacrifice the sacsouth. rifices of thanksgiving, and declare 4 They wandered in the wilder- his works with rejoicing. ness in a solitary way; they found 23 They that go down to the sea no city to dwell in. in ships, that do business in great 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul waters; fainted in them. 24These see the works of the 6 Then they cried unto the LORD Lord , and his wonders in the deep. in their trouble, and he delivered 25 For he commandeth, and raisthem out of their distresses. eth the stormy wind, which lifteth 7 And he led them forth by the up the waves thereof. right way, that they might go to 26 They mount up to the heaven, a city of habitation. they go down again to the depths: 8 Oh that men would praise the their soul is melted because of Lord for his goodness, and for his trouble. wonderful works to the children of 27 They reel to and fro, and stagmen! ger like a drunken man, and are 9 For he satisfieth the longing at their wit’s end. 679 Original from

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Prayers for help, and against enemies 28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 He tumeth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35 He tumeth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43Whoso zs wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord . 586 PSALM 108

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2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I muself will awake early. 3 I will praise thee, O Lord , among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is.great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; 6 That thy beloved may be delivered : save with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide She'chem, and mete out the valley of Suc'coth. 8 Ofl'e-dd is mine; MA-nAs'seh is mine; £'phrd-Im also is the strength of mine head; Ju'dah is my lawgiver; 9 Mo'ab is my washpot; over £'dom will I cast out my shoe; over Phi-lis'tid will I triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into E'dom? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly : for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM 109 587

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HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto The psalmist prays for God's help accord- prayer. ing to his promise. 5 And they have rewarded me evil A Song or Psalm of Da'vid. for good, and hatred for my love. GOD, my heart is fixed; I will 6 Set thou a wicked man over sing and give praise, even with him: and let Sa'tan stand at his right hand. my glory.

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7When he shall be judged, let fasting; and my flesh faileth of fathim be condemned: and let his ness. prayer become sin. 25 I became also a reproach unto 8 Let his days be few; and let an- them: when they looked upon me other take his office. they shaked their heads. 9 Let his children be fatherless, 26 Help me, O Lord my God: O and his wife.a widow. save me according to thy mercy: 10 Let his children be continually 27 That they may know that this vagabonds, and beg: let them seek zs thy hand; that thou, Lord , hast their bread also out of their deso- done it. late places. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: 11 Let the extortioner catch all when they arise, let them be athat he hath; and let the strangers shamed; but let thy servant rejoice. spoil his labour. 29 Let mine adversaries be 12 Let there be none to extend clothed with shame, and let them mercy unto him: neither let there cover themselves with their own be any to favour his fatherless confusion, as with a mantle. children. 30 I will greatly praise the Lord 13 Let his posterity be cut off; with my mouth; yea, I will praise and in the generation following let him among the multitude. their name be blotted out 31 For he shall stand at the right 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers hand of the poor, to save him from be remembered with the Lord ; those that condemn his souL and let not the sin of his mother be PSALM 110 588 blotted out. The Lord ’s king. 15 Let them be before the Lord A Psalm of Da'vid. continually, that he may cut off the HE Lord said unto my Lord, memory of them from the earth. Sit thou at my right hand, un16 Because that he remembered til I make thine enemies thy footnot to shew mercy, but persecuted stool. the poor and needy man, that he 2 The Lord shall send the rod of might even slay the broken in thy strength out of Zi'dn: rule thou heart. in the midst of thine enemies. 17 As he loved cursing, so let it 3 Thy people shall be willing in come unto him: as he delighted not the day of thy power, in the beauin blessing, so let it be far from ties of holiness from the womb of him. the morning: thou hast the dew of 18 As he clothed himself with curs- thy youth. ing like as with his garment, so let 4 The Lord hath sworn, and will it come into his bowels like water, not repent, Thou art a priest for and like oil into his bones. ever after the order of Mel-chiz'e19 Let it be unto him as the gar- dek. ment which covereth him, and for 5 The Lord at thy right hand a girdle wherewith he is girded shall strike through kings in the continually. day of his wrath. 20 Let this be the reward of mine 6 He shall judge among the heaadversaries from the Lord , and of then, he shall fill the places with them that speak evil against my the dead bodies; he shall wound the soul. heads over many countries. 21 But do thou for me, O God the 7 He shall drink of the brook in Lord, for thy name’s sake: because the way: therefore shall he lift up thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. the head. 22 For I am poor and needy, and PSALM 111 589 my heart is wounded within me. 1 The psalmist praises God for his great, 23 I am gone like the shadow 5 and gracious works: 10 the fear of him is the beginning of wisdom. when it declineth: I am tossed ap and down as the locust. RAISE ye the LORD. I will 24 My knees are weak through praise the Lord with my 674 Original from

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17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord . 18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the Lord ’s house, -in the midst of thee, O JA-ru'sd-l&n. Praise ye the Lord . 595 PSALM 117

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13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. 14 The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord . 18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord : 20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. 211 will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the comer. 23 This is the Lord ’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : O Lord , I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord : we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord . 27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 29 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 119 597

GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Is'ra-el now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of A&r'on now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in distress : the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see mu desire upon them that hate me. 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: Prayers, praises, and professions of but in the name of the LORD I will obedience. ALEPH destroy them. LESSED are the undefiled in 12 They compassed me about like the way, who walk in the law bees; they are quenched as the of the Lord . fire of thorns: for in the name of 2 Blessed are they that keep his the Lord I will destroy them.

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PSALMS, 119 testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. BETH

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cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : teach me thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 161 will delight myself in thy statutes : I will not forget thy word. GIMEL

against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. DALETH

25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 28 My soul melteth for heaviness : strengthen thou me according unto thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. 301 have diosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies : O Lord , put me not to shame. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart HE

33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with mu whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. , _ 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. . 19 I am a stranger m the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from VAU thy commandments. 22 Remove from me reproach and 41 Let thy mercies come also unto contempt; for I have kept thy tes- me, O Lord , even thy salvation, according to thy word. timonies. 23 Princes also did sit and speak 42 So shall I have wherewith to 678 Original from Digitized by

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Meditations on the law of God answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for 1 have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. ZAIN

49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction : for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: vet have I not declined from thy law. 521 remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord ; and have comforted myself. 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord , in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 64 The earth, O Lord , is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. TETH

65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord , according unto thy word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD

73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 751 know, O Lord , that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful CHETH kindness be for my comfort, ac57 Thou art my portion, O Lord : cording to thy word unto thy servI have said that I would keep thy ant. words. 77 Let thy tender mercies come 58 I intreated thy favour with mu unto me, that I may live: for thy whole heart: be merciful unto me law is my delight. according to thy word. 78 Let the proud be ashamed; 59 I thought on my ways, and for they dealt perversely with me turned my feet unto thy testi- without a cause: but I will medimonies. tate in thy precepts. 60 I made haste, and delayed not 79 Let those that fear thee turn to keep thy commandments. unto me, and those that have 61 The bands of the wicked have known thy testimonies. robbed me: but I have not for- 80 Ldt my heart be sound in thy gotten thy law. statutes; that I be not ashamed. Original from 679 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation : but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; vet do I not forget thy statutes. „ , , 84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. . 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness ; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. LAMED

than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. NUN

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord , according unto thy word. 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord , and teach me thy judgments. 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have incnned mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. . 90 Thy faithfulness is unto an generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. e , 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 941 am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. SAMECH 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider 113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. thy testimonies. 96 I have seen an end of all per- 114 Thou art my hiding place and fection: but thy commandment is my shield: I hope in thy word. 115 Depart from me, ye evilexceeding broad. doers : for I will keep the commandMEM ments of my God. 116 Uphold me according unto thy 97O how love I thy law! it is word, that I may live: and let me my meditation all the day. not be ashamed of my hope. 98 Thou through thy command117 Hold thou me up, and I shall ments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. with me. 99 I have more understanding 118 Thou hast trodden down all Digitized by

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2 I said of laughter, It is mad: also, that one event happeneth to and of mirth, What doeth it? them all. 3 I sought in mine heart to give 15 Then said I in my heart, As it myself unto wine, yet acquainting happeneth to the fool, so it hapmine heart with wisdom; and to peneth even to me; and why was I lay hold on folly, till I might see then more wise? Then I said in my what was that good for the sons of heart, that this also is vanity. men, which they should do under 16 For there is no remembrance the heaven all the days of their of the wise more than of the fool life. for ever; seeing that which now zs 4 I made me great works; I in the days to come shall all be builded me houses; I planted me forgotten. And how dieth the wise vineyards: man? as the fool. 51 made me gardens and orchards, 17 Therefore I hated life; because and I planted trees in them of all the work that is wrought under the kind of fruits: sun is grievous unto me: for all is 6 I made me pools of water, to vanity and vexation of spirit. water therewith the wood that 18 Yea, I hated all my labour bringeth forth trees: which I had taken under the sun: 7 I got me servants and maidens because I should leave it unto the and had servants bom in my house; man that shall be after me. also I had great possessions of great 19 And who knoweth whether he and small cattle above all that were shall be a wise man or a fool? yet in J^-ru'sA-lem before me: shall he have rule over all my la8 I gathered me also silver and bour wherein I have laboured, and gold, and the peculiar treasure of wherein I have shewed myself kings and of the provinces: I gat wise under the sun. This is also me men singers and women sing- vanity. ers, and the delights of the sons of 20 Therefore I went about to men, as musical instruments, and cause my heart to despair of all the that of all sorts. labour which I took under the sun. 9 So I was great, and increased 21For there is a man whose lamore than all that were before me bour is in wisdom, and in knowlin J€-ru'sA-lem; also my wisdom edge, and in equity; yet to a man remained with me. that hath not laboured therein 10 And whatsoever mine eyes de- shall he leave it for his portion. sired I kept not from them, I with- This also is vanity and a great evil. held not my heart from any joy; 22 For what hath man of all his for my heart rejoiced in all my la- labour, and of the vexation of his bour: and this was my portion of heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? all my labour. 11 Then I looked on all the works 23 For all his days are sorrows, that my hands had wrought, and and his travail grief; yea, his heart on the labour that I had laboured taketh not rest in the night. This to do: and, behold, all was vanity is also vanity. and vexation of spirit, and there 24 There is nothing better for a , man, than that he should eat and was no profit under the sun. 12 K And I turned myself to behold drink, and that he should make his wisdom, and madness, and folly: soul enjoy good in his labour. This for what can the man do that com- also I saw, that it was from die eth after the king? even that which hand of God. hath been already done. 25 For who can eat, or who else 13 Then I saw that wisdom excel- can hasten hereunto, more than I? leth folly, as far as light excelleth 26 For God giveth to a man that is darkness. good in his sight wisdom, and 14 The wise man’s eyes are in knowledge, and joy: but to the his head; but the fool walketh in sinner he giveth travail, to gather darkness: and I myself perceived and to heap up , that he may give Original from 719 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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to him that is good before God. ready been; and God requireth. that This also is vanity and vexation of which is past. spirit 16 51 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that 662 CHAPTER 3 1 There is a time for everything. 11 wickedness was there; and the God's works: man is to enjoy them place of righteousness, that iniquity and fear him. 16 God will judge the was there. righteous and the wicked. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall X'T'O every thing there is a season, judge the righteous and the wickX and a time to every purpose ed : for there is a time there under the heaven: for every purpose and' for every 2 A time to be bom, and a time work. to die; a time to plant, and a time 18 I said in mine heart concernto pluck up that which is planted; ing the estate of the sons of men, 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; that God might manifest them, and a time to break down, and a time to that they might see that they themselves are beasts. build up ; 4 A time to weep, and a time to 19 For that which befalleth the laugh; 'a time to mourn, and a time sons of men befalleth beasts; even to dance; one thing befalleth them: as the one 5 A time to cast away stones, and dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they a time to gather stones together; a have all one breath; so that a man time to embrace, and a time to hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to 20 All go unto one place; all are of lose; a time to keep, and a time to the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of cast away; 7 A time to rend, and a time to man that goeth upward, and the sew; a time to keep silence, and a spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to 22 Wherefore I perceive that there hate; a time of war, and a time of is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; peace. 9 What profit hath he that work- for that is his portion: for who eth in that wherein he laboureth? shall bring him to see what shall 10 I have seen the travail, which be after him? God hath given to the sons of men CHAPTER 4 . 663 to be exercised in it. 1 The Preacher considers oppressions, 4 envy and idleness, 7 great, 9 solitari11 He hath made every thing ness and companionship. beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so O I returned, and considered all that no man can find out the work the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the that God maketh from the beginning to the end. tears of such as were oppressed, 12 I know that there is no good and they had no comforter; and on in them, but for a man to rejoice, the side of their oppressors there and to do good in his life. was power; but they had no com13 And also that every man should forter. eat and drink, and enjoy the good 2 Wherefore I praised the dead of aill his labour, it is the gift of which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God 3 Yea, better is he than both they, doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing which hath not yet been, who hath can be put to it, nor any thing taken not seen the evil work that is done from it: and God doeth it, that men under the sun. should fear before him. 4 Again, I considered all travail, 15 That which hath been is now; and every right work, that for and that which is to be hath al- this a man is envied of his neighOriginal from 790 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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hour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. 7 T Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. 13 If Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished/ 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 151 considered all the living which walk under the sun; with the second child thAt shall stand up in his stead. 16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. 664 CHAPTER 5

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil which I 1 The Preacher's instructions for divine have seen under the sun, namely, worship. 8 Concerning oppression of the poor. 9 The vanity of riches. riches kept for the owners thereof 18 To rejoice in one's possessions is to their hurt. the gift of God. 14 But those riches perish by evil EEP thy foot when thou goest travail: and he begetteth a son, to the house of God, and be and there is nothing in his hand. more ready to hear, than to give 15 As he came forth of his moththe sacrifice of fools: for they con- er’s womb, naked shall he return sider not that they do evil. to go as he ctfme, and shall take Original from 46 721 Digitized by Google

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nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 18 1f Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. 665 CHAPTER 6

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9 If Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 115 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a -shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? CHAPTER 7 666

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birth. 2 5 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in die house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. 7 If Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to

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be angry: for anger resteth in the and to seardi, and to seek out wisbosom of fools. dom, and the reason of things, and 10 Say not thou, What is the cause to know the wickedness of folly, that the former days were better even of foolishness and madness: than these? for thou dost not en- 26 And I find more bitter than quire wisely concerning this. death the woman, whose heart is 11 Wisdom is good with an in- snares and nets, and her hands as heritance : and by it there is profit bands: whoso pleaseth God shall to them that see the sun. escape from her; but the sinner 12 For wisdom is a defence, and shall be taken by her. money is a defence: but the excel- 27 Behold, this have I found, saith lency of knowledge is, that wisdom the preacher, counting one by one, giveth life to them that have it. to find out the account: 13 Consider the work of God: for 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, who can make that straight, which but I find not: one man among a he hath made crooked? thousand have I found; but a wom14 In the day of prosperity be an among all those have I not joyful, but in the day of adversity found. consider: God also hath set the 29 Lo, this only have I found, that one over against the other, to the God hath made man upright; but end that man should find nothing they have sought out many inventions. after him. 15 All things have I seen in the CHAPTER 8 667 days of my vanity: there is a just 1 The Preacher counsels to keep the man that perisheth in his righteouskina's commandment. 12 It is better with the godly in adversity, than with ness, and there is a wicked man the wicked in prosperity. 16 Man that prolongeth his life in his cannot find out Goa's work. wickedness. HO is as the wise man? and 16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: who knoweth the interprewhy shouldest thou destroy thytation of a thing? a man’s wisdom self? maketh his face to shine, and die 17 Be not over much wicked, nei- boldness of his face shall be ther be thou foolish: why shouldest changed. thou die before thy time? 21 counsel thee to keep the king’s 18 It is good that thou shouldest commandment, and that in regard take hold of this; yea, also from of the oath of God. this withdraw not thine hand: for 3 Be not hasty to go out of his he that feareth God shall come sight: stand not in an evil thing; forth of them all. for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the him. wise more than ten mighty men 4 Where the word of a king is, which are in the city. there is power: and who may say 20 For there is not a just man upon unto him, What doest thou? earth, that doeth good, and sinneth 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and not. 21 Also take no heed unto all a wise man’s heart discemeth both words that are spoken; lest thou time and judgment. hear thy servant curse thee: 6 I Because to every purpose 22 For oftentimes also thine own there is time and judgment, thereheart knoweth that thou thyself fore the misery of man is great upon him. likewise hast cursed others. 23 All this have I proved by wis7 For he knoweth not that which dom: I said, I will be wise; but it shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and ex- 8 There is no man that hath power ceeding deep, who can find it out? over the spirit to retain the spirit; 25 I applied mine heart to know, neither hath he power in the day of 728 Original from

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death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. 9 AU this have I seen, and appUed my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. 11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evU. 12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shaU be weU with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13 But it shaU not be weU with the wicked, neither shaU he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth' not before God. 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shaU abide with him of his labour the days of his Ufe, which God giveth him under the sun. 16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shaU not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shaU he not be able to find it. Digitized by

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edge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. 13 If This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. 669 CHAPTER 10 1 The Preacher's observations on wisdom and folly, 16 profligacy, 18 sloth, 19 money. 20 Revile not the king nor the rich!

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against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. x 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. 12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. 16 1[Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 18 K By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. 20 T Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

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3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6 Or ever the silver cord be j loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out* and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much 1 The Preacher urges remembrance of study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of God in youth; 9 his purpose was to teach the people. 13 The fear of God the whole matter: Fear God, and-, is the whole duty of man. keep his commandments: for this EMEMBER now thy Creator is the whole duty of man. in the days of thy youth, while 14 For God shall bring every work the evil days come not, nor the into judgment, with every secret years draw nigh, when Ihou shalt thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. I have no pleasure in them; 726 Original from Digitized by

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8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night 9 King Sdl'o-mon made himself a chariot of the wood of L&b'a-non. 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of JA-ru'sd-lem. 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zi'dn, and behold king Sol'o-mon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart

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10 How fair is thy love, my sister, mu spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O mu spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of LSb'a-non. 12 A garden inclosed is my sister, mu spouse; a spring shut up , a fountain sealed. 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Leb'a-non. 16 If Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 676 CHAPTER 5

61 opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my vail from me. 8 I charge you, O daughters of JS-ru'sd-l&n, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 9 H What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eves of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like Iflies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright Iivory overlaid with sapphires. 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Leb'a-non, excellent as the cedars. 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of JS-ru'sA-lSm. CHAPTER 6 677

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rftb'bim: thy nose is as the tower of Leb'a-non which looketh toward D&-mAs'cus. 5 Thine head upon thee is like CMr'mel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. 10 K I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. CHAPTER 8 679

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any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. *6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putnfying sores: they have not HE vision of t-sa'jah the son been closed, neither bound up, neiof A'moz, which ne saw con- ther mollified with ointment. cerning Ju'dah and Jfc-ru'sA-l&n 7 Your country is desolate, your in the days of frz-zi'ah, Jd'tham, cities are burned with fire: your A'hAz, and Hez-e-ki'ah, kings of land, strangers devour it in your Ju'dah. presence, and it is desolate, as 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, overthrown by strangers. O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, 8 And the daughter of Zi'dn is left I have nourished and brought up as a cottage in a vineyard, as a children, and they have rebelled lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as against me. a besieged city. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and 9 Except the Lord of hosts had the ass his master’s crib: but Is'- left unto us -*• vary small remnant, ra-el doth not know, my people we should have been as Soj^pfil, doth not consider. and we should have been like uffto 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden GO-mdr'rah. with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, 10 Hear the word of the Lord , children that are corrupters: they ye rulers of Sdd'om; give ear unto have forsaken the Lord , they have the law of our God, ye people of provoked the Holy One of Is'ra-el Gd-mdr'rah. unto anger, they are gone away 11 To what purpose is the multiba ckwn rd • tude of your sacrifices unto me? 5 H Why should ye be stricken saith the Lord : I am full of the

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the Lord , to provoke the eyes of his glory. 9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sdd'om, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shcHl be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 12 II As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. 13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts. 16Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zi'6n are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zi'dn, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23 The glasses, and die fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

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AND in that day seven women lx shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. 2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Is'ra-el. 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zi'dn, and he that remaineth in J£-ru's&-lem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in J6-ru'sd-lem: 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zi'bn, and shall have purged the blood of J6-ru's£-l&n from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount 23'on, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. CHAPTER 5 684 1 The parable of the vineyard: 3 its application. 8 The woe pronounced on covetousness and intemperance. 18 on the scoffers and unjust. 26 Those who will execute God's judgments.

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6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 9 I And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, 12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy Isaiah’s vision and commission. seed shall be the substance thereof. N the year that king tfz-zi'ah 7 686 died I saw also the Lord sitting 1 Rezin andCHAPTER Pekah make war aaainst upon a throne, high and lifted up , Jerusalem: Ahaz is fearful. 3 and his train filled the temple. Isaiah’s comforting message to Mm. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: 10 The child Immanuel, the Lord 's sign to Ahaz. 17 God’s judgment shall each one had six wings; with twain be brought to pass through Assyria. he covered his face, and with twain ND it came to pass in the days he covered his feet, and with twain b. of A'hAz the son of Jo'tham, he did fly. the son of trz-zi'ah, king of Juzdah, 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord that Re'zin the king of Sjh7-A, and of hosts: the whole earth is full Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-li'ah, king of Is'ra-el, went up toward of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved JS-ru'sA-l&n to war against it, but at the voice of him that cried, and could not prevail against it. the house was filled with smoke. 2 And it was told the house of Dfi'5 Then said I, Woe is me! for vid, saying, Sfr'I-A is confederate I am undone; because I am a man with £'phrA-Im. And his heart was of unclean lips, and I dwell in the moved, and the heart of his people, midst of a people of unclean lips: as the trees of the wood are for mine eyes have seen the King, moved with the wind. the Lord of hosts. 3 Then said the Lord unto I-si hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were tom in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 I And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they, shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. 685 CHAPTER 6

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jah, Go forth now to meet ATiAz, thy father’s house, days that have thou, and She'Ar-ja'shub thy son, not come, from the day that £'phrAat the end of the conduit of the im departed from Ju'dah; even the upper pool in the highway of the king of As-sjfr'i-a. 18 And it shall come to pass in fuller’s field; 4 And say unto him, Take heed, that day, that the Lord shall hiss and be quiet; fear not, neither be for the fly that is in the uttermost fainthearted for the two tails of part of the rivers of E'&tot, and for these smoking firebrands, for the the bee that is in the land of Asfierce anger of Re'zin with Syr'I-a, sjhrT-A. and of the son of R&n-a-li'ah. 19 And they shall come, and shall 5 Because Sfr'i-A, E'phrft-im, and rest all of them in the desolate valthe son of R&m-a-li'ah, have taken leys, and in the holes of the rocks, evil counsel against thee, saying, and upon all thorns, and upon 6 Let us go up against Ju'dah, and all bushes. vex it, and let us make a breach 20 In the same day shall the Lord therein for us, and set a king in shave with a razor that is hired, the midst of it, even the son of namely, by them beyond the river, Ta'be-al: by the king of As-sfr'I-A, the head, 7 Thus saith the Lord God , It and the hair of the feet: and it shall not stand, neither shall it shall also consume the beard. come to pass. 21 And it shall come to pass in that 8 For the head of SjhrT-A is DA- day, that a man shall nourish a mAs'cus, and the head of DA-mAs'- young cow, and two sheep; cus isRe'zin; and within threescore 22 And it shall come to pass, for and five years shall £'phrA-Im be the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for broken, that it be not a people. 9 And the head of £'phrA-Im is butter and honey shall every one SA-ma'ri-A, and the head of SA- eat that is left in the land. mA'ri-A is Rdm-a-li'ah’s son. If 23 And it shall come to pass in ye will not believe, surely ye shall that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines not be established. 10 Moreover the LORD spake at a thousand silverlings, it shall again unto A'hAz, saying, even be for briers and thorns. 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord 24 With arrows and with bows thy God; ask it either in the depth, shall men come thither; because or in the height above. all the land shall become briers 12 But A'hAz said, I will not ask, and thorns. neither will I tempt the Lord . 25 And on all hills that shall be 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O digged with the mattock, there house of DA'vid; Is it a small thing shall not come thither the fear of for you to weary men, but will ye briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and weary my God also? 14 Therefore the * Lord himself for the treading of lesser cattle. shall give you a sign: Behold, a CHAPTER 8 687 virgin shall conceive, and bear a 1 Isaiah’s son and the devastation of son, and shall call his name imDamascus and Samaria by Assyria: 5 Judah also subdued. 9 Jehovah, mAn'u-el. not enemies, to be feared. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, ore ove r the lord said unthat he may know to refuse the to me, Take thee a great roll, evil, and choose the good. and write in it with a man’s pen con16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose cerning Ma'her-shAl'al-hAsh'-bAz. fixe good, the land that thou ab- 2 And I took unto me faithful withorrest shall be forsaken of both nesses to record, U-ri'ah the priest, and ZAch-g-ri'ah the son of JA-bArher kings. 17 K The Lord shall bring upon e-chi'ah. thee, and upon thy people, and upon 3 And I went unto the prophetess; 47 Original from 787 Digitized by

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and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Ma'her-sh&Tal-hash'-b&z. .4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of DAmAs'cus and the spoil of SA-ma'ri-d shall be taken away before the king of As-s^r'i-a. 5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying, 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shi-ld'ah that go softly, and rejoice in R&'zin and Rem-a-li'ah’s son; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of As-sfr'I-A, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Im-mAn'u-el. 9 T Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Is'ra-el, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of JS-ru'sMem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Digitized by

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16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the Lord , that hideth his face from the house of Ja'cob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Is'ra-el from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zi'on. 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. CHAPTER 9 688 1 Light and liberty promised God?s people. 6 The birth and kingdom of the Prince of Peace. 8 Prophetic

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the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zeb'u-lun and the land of NAph'ta-li, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jdr'dgn, in GAl'I-lee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of MIdl-an.

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5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is bom, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of Da'vid, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 8 K The Lord sent a word into Ja'cpb, and it hath lighted upon Is'ra-el. 9 And all the people shall know, even £'phra-im and the inhabitant of SA-ma'ri-d, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Re'zin against him, and join his enemies together; 12 The Syr'I-ans before, and the Phl-lis'tines behind; and they shall devour Is'ra-el with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 13 For the people tumeth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts. 14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Is'ra-el head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and Digitized by

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every mouth speaketh folly. For all tins his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 18 If For wickedness bumeth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. 20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 21 MA-nAs'seh, E'phiA-Im; and £'phr£-im, M^-rAs'seh: and they together shall be against Ju'dah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out stilL CHAPTER 10 689

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take the prey, and to tread them of his forest, and of his fruitful down like the mire of the streets. field, both soul and body: and they 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, shall be as when a standardbearer neither doth his heart think so; but fainteth. it is in his heart to destroy and cut 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child off nations not a few. 8 For he saith, Are not my princes may write them. 20 II And it shall come to pass in altogether kings? 9 Is not CAl'nd as Cfir'chS-mish? that day, that the remnant of Is'razs not Ha'math as Ar'pad? zs not el, and such as are escaped of the SA-ma'ri-A as DA-m&s'cus? house of J&'cob, shall no more 10 As my hand hath found the again stay upon him that smote kingdoms of the idols, and whose them; but shall stay upon the graven images did excel them of Lord , the Holy One of Is'ra-el, in truth. JS-ru'sS-lem and of SA-mA'ri-A; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto 21 The remnant shall return, even SA-ma'ri-d and her idols, so do to the remnant of J&'cpb, unto the mighty God. J£-ru's£-lem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, 22 For though thy people Is'ra-el that when the Lord hath performed be as the sand of the sea, vet a his whole work upon mount Zi'6n remnant of them shall return: the and on Je-ru'sA-lem, I will pun- consumption decreed shall overish the fruit of the stout heart of flow with righteousness. the king of As-sjhr'i-A, and the glory 23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even deterof his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength mined, in the midst of all the land. Therefore thus saith the of my hand I have done it, and 24 by my wisdom; for I am prudent: Lord God of hosts, O my people and I have removed the bounds of that dwellest in Zi'dn, be not the people, and have robbed their afraid of the As-sjfr'i-An: he shall treasures, and I have put down the smite thee with a rod, and shall inhabitants like a valiant man: lift up his staff against thee, after 14 And my hand hath found as a the manner of R'ifpt. nest the riches of the people: and 25 For yet a very little while, and as one gathereth eggs that are left, the indignation shall cease, and have I gathered all the earth; and mine anger in their destruction. there was none that moved the 26 And the Lord of hosts shall wing, or opened the mouth, or stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Mid'i-an at peeped. 15 Shall the ax boast itself against the rock of o'reb: and as his rod him that heweth therewith? or was upon the sea, so shall he lift shall the saw magnify itself against it up after the manner of E'££pt. him that shaketh it? as if the rod 27And it shall come to pass in should shake itself against them that day, that his burden shall be that lift it up, or as if the staff taken away from off thy shoulder, should lift up itself, as if it were no and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed wood. 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the because of the anointing. Lord of hosts, send among his fat 28 He is come to A-i'ath, he is ones leanness; and under his glory passed to Mig'ron; at Mich'mash he shall kindle a burning like the he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over the pasburning of a fire. 17 And the light of Is'ra-el shall sage: they have taken up their be for a fire, and his Holy One for a lodging at Oe'bd; Ra'mah is afraid; flame: and it shall bum and de- GIb'e-ah of Saul is fled. vour his thorns and his briers in 30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of G&l'lim: cause it to be heard one day; 18 And shall consume the glory unto L&'ish, O poor An'a-thoth. 740 Original from Digitized by

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31 MAd-me'nah is removed; the inhabitants of Oe'bim gather themselves to flee. 32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zi'dn, the hill of J^-ru's^-lem. 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. 34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Leb'a-non shall fall by a mighty one. 690 CHAPTER 11 1 The righteous reign of the Branch out of Jesse's roots: 10 he will be an ensign of the people and the nations. there shall come forth a rod xx out of the stem of Jes'se, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 3And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the Digitized by

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be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate : and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of O'phir. 13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall reThe prophecy of the destruction of __ Babylon. move out of her place, in the wrath HE burden of BAb'f-lon, which of the Lord of hosts, and in the l-S&'jah the son of A'moz did day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall be as the chased see. 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the roe, and as a sheep that no man high mountain, exalt the voice unto taketh up : they shall every man them, shake the hand, that they turn to his own people, and flee may go into the gates of the every one into his own land. nobles. 15 Every one that is found shall 3 I have commanded my sancti- be thrust through; and every one fied ones, I have also called my that is joined unto them shall fall mighty ones for mine anger, even by the sword. them that rejoice in my highness. 16 Their children also shall be 4 The noise of a multitude in the dashed to pieces before their eyes; mountains, like as of a great peo- their houses shall be spoiled, and ple; a tumultuous noise of the king- their wives ravished. doms of nations gathered together: 17 Behold, I will stir up the MSdes the Lord of hosts mustereth the against them, which shall not rehost of the battle. gard silver; and as for gold, they 5 They come from a far country, shall not delight in it. from the end of heaven, even the 18 Their bows also shall dash the Lord , and the weapons of his in- young men to pieces; and they shall dignation, to destroy the whole have no pity on the fruit of the land. womb; their eye shall not spare 6 If Howl ye; for the day of the children. Lord is at hand; it shall come as a 19 5T And B&b'f-lon, the glory of destruction from the Almighty. kingdoms, the beauty of the Chdl'7 Therefore shall all hands be dees’ excellency, shall be as when faint, and every man’s heart shall God overthrew Sdd'om and G6melt: mdr'rah. 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs 20 It shall never be inhabited, neiand sorrows shall take hold of ther shall it be dwelt in from generthem; they shall be in pain as a ation to generation: neither shall woman that travaileth: they shall the A-rA'bi-an pitch tent there; nei742 Original from

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ther shall the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. 693 CHAPTER 14

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all the diief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lu'ci-fer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down 1 A promise of restoration to Israel: 4 to the ground, which didst weaken their song of triumph over Babylon's the nations! destruction. 24 Assyria to be broken. 13 For thou hast said in thine 29 Palestina to be punished. heart, I will ascend into heaven, I OR the Lord will have mercy will exalt my throne above the stars on Ja'cob, and will yet choose of God: I will sit also upon the Is'ra-el, and set them in their own mount of the congregation, in the land: and the strangers shall be sides of the north: joined with them, and they shall 141 will ascend above the heights cleave to the house of Ja'cob. of the clouds; I will be like the 2 And the people shall take them, most High. and bring them to their place: and 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down the house of Is'ra-el shall possess to hell, to the sides of the pit. them in the land of the Lord for 16 They that see thee shall narservants and handmaids: and they rowly look upon thee, and conshall take them captives, whose sider thee, saying, Is this the man captives they were; and they shall that made the earth to tremble, rule over their oppressors. that did shake kingdoms; 3 And it shall come to pass in the 17 That made the world as a wilday that the Lord shall give thee derness, and destroyed the cities rest from thy sorrow, and from thy thereof; that opened not the house fear, and from the hard bondage of his prisoners? wherein thou wast made to serve, 18 All the kings of the nations, 4If That thou shalt take up this even all of them, lie in glory, every proverb against the king of Baby- one in his own house. lon, and say, How hath the oppres- 19 But thou art cast out of thy sor ceased! the golden city ceased! grave like an abominable branch, 5 The Lord hath broken the staff and as the raiment of those that of the wicked, and the sceptre of the are slain, thrust through with a rulers. sword, that go down to the stones 6 He who smote the people in of the pit; as a carcase trodden wrath with a continual stroke, he under feet. that ruled the nations in anger, is 20 Thou shalt not be joined with persecuted, and none hindereth. them in burial, because thou hast 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is destroyed thy land, and slain thy Quiet: they break forth into sing- people: the seed of evildoers shall ing. never be renowned. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at 21 Prepare slaughter for his chilthee, and the cedars of L&b'a-non, dren for the iniquity of their fasaying, Since thou art laid down, no thers; that they do not rise, nor feller is come up against us. possess the land, nor fill the face 9 Hell from beneath is moved for of the world with cities. thee to meet thee at thy coming: it 22 For I will rise up against them, stirreth up the dead for thee, even saith the Lord of hosts, and cut Original from 748 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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off from BAb'f-lon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord . 231 will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 That I will break the As-s^r'Ian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is tiie hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 28 In the year that king A'hAz died was this burden. 29 K Rejoice not thou, whole PAl-es-ti'nd, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole PAl-es-ti'nA, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zi'dn, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. 694 CHAPTER 15

2 He is gone up to BA'jith, and to Di'bdn, the high places, to weep: Md'ab shall howl over Ne'bd, and over Med'e-bd: on all their Heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. 4 And Hdsh'bon shall cry, and E-le-a'leh: their voice shall be heard even unto J&'hdz: therefore the armed soldiers of Md'ab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. 5 My heart shall cry out for Md'ab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zo'ar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luliith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Hdr-p-nA'im they shall raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of 'NIm'rim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Md'ab; the howling thereof unto Eg'la-im, and the howling thereof unto Be'er-elim. 9 For the waters of Di'mon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Di'mon, lions upon him that escapeth of Md'ab, and upon the remnant of the land. CHAPTER 16 695 1 The prophet's counsel to Moab: 6 their pride condemned: 12 their judg-

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4 Let mine outcasts dwell with years of an hireling, and the glory thee, Md'ab; be thou a covert to of Md'ab shall be contemned, with them from the face of the spoiler: all that great multitude; and the for the extortioner is at an end, remnant shall be very small and the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors feeble. CHAPTER 17 696 are consumed out of the land. The prophecy against Damascus. 5 And in mercy shall the throne HE burden of DA-m&s'cus. Bebe established: and he shall sit hold, DA-mAs'cus is taken upon it in truth in the tabernacle away from being a city, and it of Da'vid, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteous- shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Ar'd-er are forness. 6 We have heard of the pride of saken: they shall be for flocks, Md'ab; he is very proud: even of which shall lie down, and none his haughtiness, and his pride, and shall make them afraid. his wrath: but his lies shall not be 3 The fortress also shall cease from £'phr&-Im, and the kingdom so. 7 Therefore shall Md'ab howl for from DA-m&s'cus, and the remMd'ab, every one shall howl: for nant of SJr'I-a: they shall be as the foundations of KIr-h&r'e-sSth the glory of the children of Is'ra-el, shall ye mourn; surely they are saith the Lord of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to stricken. pass, that the glory of Ja'cob shall 8 For die fields of Hdsh'bdn languish, and the vine of Sib'mah: be made thin, and the fatness of the lords of the heathen have bro- his flesh shall wax lean. ken down the principal plants 5 And it shall be as when the harthereof, they are come even unto vestman gathereth the com, and J&'zer, they wandered through the reapeth the ears with his arm; and wilderness: her branches are it shall be as he that gathereth ears stretched out, they are gone over in the valley of Rdph'a-Im. 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be the sea. 9 Therefore I will bewail with left in it, as the shaking of an olive the weeping of J&'zer the vine of tree, two or three berries in the top Sib'mah: I will water thee with my of the uppermost bough, four or tears, O H&sh'bdn, and E-le-a'leh: five in the outmost fruitful brandies for the shouting for thy summer thereof, saith the Lord God of Is'fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. ra-el. 10 And gladness is taken away, 7 At that day shall a man look to and joy out of the plentiful field; his Maker, and his eyes shall have and in the vineyards there shall be respect to the Holy One of is'ra-el. no singing, neither shall there be 8 And he shall not look to the alshouting: the treaders shall tread tars, the work of his hands, neither out no wine in their presses; I have shall respect that which his fingers made their vintage shouting to have made, either the groves, or the images. cease. 11 Wherefore my bowels shall 9 1 In that day shall his strong citsound like an harp for Md'ab, and ies be as a forsaken bough, and an mine inward parts for Kir-ha'resh. uppermost branch, which they left 12 And it shall come to pass, because of the children of Is'ra-el: when it is seen that Md'ab is weary and there shall be desolation. on the high place, that he shall 10 Because thou hast forgotten come to his sanctuary to pray; but the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy he shall not prevail. 13 This is the word that the Lord strength, therefore shalt thou hath spoken concerning Md'ab plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: since that time. 14 But now the Lord hath spoken, 11 In the day shalt thou make thy saying, Within three years, as the plant to grow, and in the morning 745 Original from

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shalt thou make thy seed to flourish : but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 12 If Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but Gad shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. 697 CHAPTER 18

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10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. 11 51 Surely the princes of Zd'an are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pha'raoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pha'radh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon £'£#pt. 13 The princes of Zd'an are become fools, the princes of Ndph are deceived; they have also seduced £'££pt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. 14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused E'titot to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. 15 Neither shall there be any work for £'£jfot, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. 16 In that day shall £'Afpt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it. 17 And the land of Ju'dah shall be a terror unto fi'A^pt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, whidi he hath determined against it. 18 51 In that day shall five cities in the land of fi'gypt speak the language of Ca'nSan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of fi'&fot, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord . 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of fi'fcfpt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. 21 And the Lord shall be known to E'Afpt and the £-&rp'tjans shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; Digitized by

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yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord , and perform it. 22 And the Lord shall smite £'&Pt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord , and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. 23 51 In that day shall there be a highway out of £'Afpt to As-sjrr'i-A, and the As-s^r'i-an shall come into £'£fpt, and the 2-£fo'tian into Assfr'i-A, and the £-£fp'tjan$ shall serve with the As-sjhr'i-ans. 24 In that day shall Is'ra-el be the third with fi'titot and with As-sjhr'I-A, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be £'&pt my people, and As-syr'i-A the work of my hands, and Is'ra-el mine inheritance. CHAPTER 20 699

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/pHE burden of the desert of the lodge, O ye travelling companies X sea. As whirlwinds in the of Ded'a-nim. south pass through; so it cometh 14 The inhabitants of the land of from the desert, from a terrible Te'ma brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with land. 2 A grievous vision is declared their bread him that fled. unto me; the treacherous deal- 15 For they fled from the swords, er dealeth treacherously, and the from the drawn sword, and from spoiler spoileth. Go up , O £'l£m: the bent bow, and from the grievbesiege, O Me'di-a; all the sigh- ousness of war. ing thereof have I made to cease. 16 For thus hath the Lord said 3 Therefore are my loins filled unto me, Within a year, according with pain: pangs have taken hold to the years of an hireling, and all upon me, as the pangs of a woman the glory of Ke'dfir shall fail: that travaileth: I was bowed 17 And the residue of the number down at the hearing of it; I was of archers, the mighty men of the dismayed at the seeing of it. children of Ke'dar, shall be dimin4 My heart panted, fearfulness af- ished : for the Lord God of Is'rafrighted me: the night of my pleas- el hath spoken it. ure hath he turned into fear unto CHAPTER 22 701 me. 1 The invasion of Judah. 15 Shebna, 5 Prepare the table, watch in the the treasurer, dismissed: 20 Eliakim replaces him. watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye HE burden of the valley of princes, and anoint the shield. 6 For thus hath the Lord said vision. What aileth thee now, unto me, Go, set a watchman, let that thou art wholly gone up to the house tops? him declare what he seeth. 7 And he saw a chariot with a 2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tucouple of horsemen, a chariot of multuous city, a joyous city: thy asses, and a chariot of camels; and slain men are not slain with the he hearkened diligently with much sword, nor dead in battle. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, heed: 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, they are bound by the archers: all I stand continually upon the watch- that are found in thee are bound tower in the daytime, and I am set together, which have fled from far. in my ward whole nights: 9 And, behold, here cometh a 4 Therefore said I, Look away chariot of men, with a couple of from me; I will weep bitterly, horsemen. And he answered and labour not to comfort me, because said, BAb'jMon is fallen, is fallen; of the spoiling of the daughter of and all the graven images of her my people. gods he hath broken unto the 5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity ground. 10 O my threshing, and the corn by the Lord God of hosts in the of my floor: that which I have valley of vision, breaking down the heard of the Lord of hosts, the walls, and of crying to the mounGod of Is'ra-el, have I declared tains. 6 And ElAm bare the quiver with unto you. , , _ 11 The burden of Du'mah. He chariots of men and horsemen, and calletn to me out of Se'Ir, Watch- Kir uncovered the shield. man, what of the night? Watch- 7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full man, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morn- of chariots, and the horsemen shall ing cometh, and also the night: if set themselves in array at the gate. Original from 748 Digitized by Google

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8 TI And he discovered the cover- 21 And I will clothe him with thy ing of Ju'dah, and thou didst look robe, and strengthen him with thy in that day to the armour of the girdle, and I will commit thy govhouse of the forest. ernment into his hand: and he shall 9 Ye have seen also the breaches be a father to the inhabitants of of the city of Da'vid, that they are J€-ru'sA-lem, and to the house of many: and ye gathered together Ju'dah. 22 And the key of the house of the waters of the lower pool. 10 And ye have numbered the Da'vid will I lay upon his shoulder; houses of J£-ru's£-lem, and the so he shall open, and none shall houses have ye broken down to for- shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. tify the wall. 11 Ye made also a ditch between 23 And I will fasten him as a nail the two walls for the water of the in a sure place; and he shall be old pool: but ye have not looked for a glorious throne to his father’s unto the maker thereof, neither had house. respect unto him that fashioned 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord the offspring and the issue, all vesGod of hosts call to weeping, and sels of small quantity, from the to mourning, and to baldness, and vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. the girding with sackcloth: 13 And behold joy and gladness, 25 In that day, saith the Lord of slaying oxen, and killing sheep, hosts, shall the nail that is fastened eating flesh, and drinking wine: in the sure place be removed, and let us eat and drink; for to morrow be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be we shall die. 14 And it was revealed in mine cut off: for the Lord hath spoken ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely it. CHAPTER 23 702 this iniquity shall not be purged The prophecy against Tyre. from you till ye die, saith the Lord HE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye God of hosts. 15 t. And they fetched forth U-ri'jah out of E'^pt, and brought him unto JS-hoi'a-kim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. 24 Nevertheless the hand of X-hi'kam the son of Sha'phan was with JAr-e-mi'ah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. Digitized by

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hall not serve the king of BAb'jfdh : 10 For they prophesy a lie onto rou, to remove you far from your and; and that I should drive you >ut, and ye should perish. 11But the nations that bring their leek under the yoke of the king of JAb'jMon, and serve him, those will ' let remain still in their own land, wuth the Lord ; and they shall till t, and dwell therein. 12 If I spake also to Zed-e-ki'ah ring of Ju'dah according to all these words, saying. Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of BAb'jMon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of BAb'Mon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of BAb'jMon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord , yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord ’s house shall now shortly be brought again from BAb'f-lon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. IT Hearken not unto them; serve the king of BAb'jMon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord , and in the house of the king of Ju'dah, and at J$-ru'sA-lAm, go not to Babylon. 19 H For thus saith the Lord of Digitized by

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hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 Which N&b-u-chAd-n&z'zar king of BAb'^-lon took not, when he carried away captive JAc-o-ni'ah the son of J£-hoi'a-kim king of Ju'dah from JA-ru'sA-l&n to BAb'Mon, and all the nobles of Ju'dah and J$-ru'sA-lem; 21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord , and in the house of the king of Ju'dah and of JA-ru'sA-lem; 22 They shall be carried to BAb'£-lon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord ; then will I bring them up* and restore them to this place. CHAPTER 28 773 1 Hananiah's false prophecy. 5, 12 Jeremiah's answers to him, 15 and the prophecy of his death.

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that stood in the house of the The Lord hath not sent thee; Lord , but .thou makest this people to 6Even the prophet Jdr-e-mi'ah trust in a lie. said, Amen: the Lord do so: the 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Lord perform thy words which Behold, I will cast thee from off the thou hast prophesied, to bring face of the earth: this year thou again the vessels of the Lord ’s shalt die, because thou hast taught house, and all that is carried away rebellion against the Lord . captive, from BAb'jMon into this 17 So HAn-a-ni'ah the prophet place. died the same year in the seventh 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this month. word that I speak in thine ears, and CHAPTER 29 774 in die ears of all the people; letter to the captives in 8 The prophets that have been be- 1 Jeremiah's Babylon: 5 he advises them to be fore me and before thee of old procontent: 10 he foretells the return phesied both against many counafter seventy years, 15 the evil conraition of those remaining; 20 he detries, and against great kingdoms, nounces false prophets, 24 and Shemof war, and of evil, and of pestiaiah. lence. 9 The prophet which prophesieth OW these are the words of the of peace, when the word of the proletter that Jer-e-mi'ah the phet shall come to pass, then shall prophet sent from JS-ru'sA-lem unthe prophet be known, that the to the residue of the elders which Lord hath truly sent him. were carried away captives, and to 10 5[ Then HAn-a-ni'ah the pro- the priests, and to the prophets, phet took the yoke from off the and to all the people whom N&bprophet JSr'e-mi'ah’s neck, and u-chAd-n6z'zar had carried away captive from J$-ru'sA-16m to BAbbrake it. • 11 And HAn-g-ni'ah spake in the jMon; presence of all the people, saying, 2 (After that J&c-Q-ni'ah the Thus saith the Lord ; Even so will king, and the queen, and the euI break the yoke of NAb-u-chAd- nuchs, the princes of Ju'dah and n&z'zar king of Bab'^-lon from the JA-ru'sA-l&n, and the carpenters, neck of all nations within the space and the smiths, were departed of two full years. And the pro- from J£-ru'sA-lem;) phet Jer-e-mi'ah went his way. 3 By the hand of £l'a-sah the son 12 51 Then the word of the Lord of ShA'phan, and Gem-a-ri'ah die came unto Jer-e-mi'ah the prophet, son of Hil-ki'ah, (whom Zed-e-ki'after that H&n-a-ni'ah the prophet ah king of Ju'dah sent unto Babyhad broken the yoke from off the lon to Ndb-u-chAd-nfcz'zar king of neck of the prophet Jer-e-mi'ah, BAb'£-lon) saying, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 13 Go and tell HSn-g-ni'ah, say- the God of Is'ra-el, unto all that ing, Thus saith the Lord ; Thou are carried away captives, whom I hast broken the yokes of wood; have caused to be carried away but thou shalt make for them yokes from JS-ru'sA-l&n unto BAb'^-lon; of iron. 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in 14 For thus saith the Lord of them; and plant gardens, and eat hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; I have the fruit of them; put a yoke of iron upon the neck of 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons all these nations, that they may and daughters; and take wives for serve NAb-u-chAd-nez'zar king of your sons, and give your daughters B&b'jMon; and they shall serve to husbands, that they may bear him: and I have given him the sons and daughters; that ye may beasts of the field also. be increased there, and not di15 51 Then said the prophet JSr-e- minished. mi'ah unto HAn-a-ni'ah the pro- 7 And seek the peace of the city phet, Hear now, HAn-q-niah; whither I have caused you to be Original from 822 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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'he prophet's letter to the Babylonian captives arried away captives, and pray nto the Lord for it: for in the eace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 For thus saith the Lord of iosts, the God of i§'ra-el; Let not our prophets and your diviners, hat be in the midst of you, deceive ou, neither hearken to your [reams which ye cause to be (reamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto rou in my name: I have not sent hem, saith the Lord . 10 For thus saith the LORD, Chat after seventy years be accomplished at BAb'^-lon I will visit iron, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord : and I will turn away your captivity^ and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord ; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. 15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in B&b'f-lon; 16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of Da'vid, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a Digitized by

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curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord . 20 J Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord , all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from J8-ru'sil&n to BAb'^-lon: 21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el, of A'hAb the son of Kdl-a-i'ah, and of Zed-e-ki'ah the son of MA-a-se'jah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Ndb-u-chAd-r&z'zar king of BAb'^-lon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Jd'dah which are in BAb'jMon, saying, The Lord make thee like Z&d-e-ki'ah and like A-hAb, whom the king of B&b'jr-lon roasted in the fire; 23 Because they have committed villany in is'ra-el, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord . 24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shdm-a-i'ah the NA-hAl'a-mite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at JA-ru'sA-l&n, and to ZSpha-ni'ah the son of MA-a-se'jah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Je-hoi'a-dA the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord , for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jer-e-mi'ah of An'athoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?

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28 For therefore he sent unto us in B&b'f-lon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29 And Z&ph-a-ni'ah the priest read this letter in the ears of J6re-mi'ah the prophet. 30 51 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jer-e-mi'ah, saying, 31 Send to all them of the captiv, ity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Sh&n-a-i'ah the N6hdl'a-mite; Because that Shem-ai'ah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will punish Shem-a-i'ah the N^-hel'a-mite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell • among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the Lord ; because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord . 775 CHAPTER 30

8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9 But they shall serve the Lord

whom I will raise up unto them. 10 5[ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Ja'cob, saith the Lord ; neither be dismayed, O Is'ra-el: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Ja'cob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord , to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. 12 For thus saith the Lord , Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound The prophecy of Judah's return from is grievous. — captivity. 13 There is none to plead thy 'T'HE word that came to J&r-e- cause, that thou mayest be bound JL mi'ah from the Lord , saying, up: thou hast no healing medicines. 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of 14 All thy lovers have forgotten Is'ra-el, saying, Write thee all the thee; they seek thee not; for I words that I have spoken unto thee have wounded thee with the wound in a book. of an enemy, with the chastise3 For, lo, the days come, saith the ment of a cruel one, for the multiLord , that I will bring again the tude of thine iniquity; because thy captivity of my people Is'ra-el and sins were increased. Ju'dah, saith the Lord : and I will 15 Why criest thou for thine affliccause them to return to the land tion? thy sorrow is incurable for the that I gave to their fathers, and multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have they shall possess it. 4^T And these are the words that done these things unto thee. the Lord spake concerning Is'ra-el 16 Therefore all they that devour and concerning Ju'dah. thee shall be devoured; and all 5 For thus saith the LORD; We thine adversaries, every one of have heard a voice of trembling, of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, fear, and not of peace. 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a and all that prey upon thee will I man doth travail with child? where- give for a prey. fore do I see every man with his 17 For I will restore health unto hands on his loins, as a woman in thee, and I will heal thee of thy travail, and all faces are turned into wounds, saith the Lord ; because they called thee an Outcast, saying> paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so This is Zi'dn, whom no man seekthat none is like it; it is even the eth after. time of Ja'cob’s trouble; but he 18 5[ Thus saith the LORD; Beshall be saved out of it. hold, I will bring again the cap824 Original from k Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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dty of Jfi'cob’s tents* and have ercy on his dwellingplaces; and e city shall be builded upon her vn heap* and the palace shall ream after the manner thereof. 19 And out of them shall proceed Lanksgiving and the voice of them iat make merry: and I will multiy them* and they shall not be few; will also glorify them* and they lall not be small. 20 Their children also shall be as foretime* and their congregation aall be established before me* and will punish all that oppress them. 21 And their nobles shall be of lemselves* and their governor hall proceed from the midst of lem; and I will cause him to draw ear* and he shall approach unto le: for who is this that engaged is heart to approach unto me? aith the Lord . 22 And ye shall be my people, nd I will be your God. 23 Behold* the whirlwind of the ,ORD goeth forth with fury* a coninuing whirlwind: it shall fall nth pain upon the head of the kicked. 24 The fierce anger of the Lord hall not return* until he have done t, and until he have performed the ntents of his heart: in the latter burs ye shall consider it. r76 CHAPTER 31 PTie prophecy of the restoration of Israel. AT the same time, saith the lx Lord * will I be the God of all he families of Is'ra-el, and they shall be my people. 2 Thus saith the Lord * The people which were left of the sword found ?race in the wilderness; even Is'ra-el, when I went to cause him to rest. 3 The Lord hath appeared of old untotme, saying, Yea* I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 4 Again I will build thee* and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Is'ra-el: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. Digitized by

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5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Sd-ma'ri-d: the planters shall plant* and shall eat them as common things. 6 For there shall be a day* that the watchmen upon the mount £'phr&-im shall cry* Arise ye* and let us go up to Zi'dn unto the Lord our God. 7 For thus saith the Lord ; Sing with gladness for Ja'cob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye* praise ye, and say* O Lord * save thy people* the remnant of Is'ra-el. 8 Behold* I will bring them from the north country* and gather them from the coasts of the earth* and with them the blind and the lame* the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9 They shall come with weeping* and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way* wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Is'ra-el, and E'phrd-im is my firstborn. 10 Hear the word of the Lord * O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off* and say, He that scattered Is'ra-el will gather him* and keep him* as a shepherd doth his flock. 11 For the Lord hath redeemed Ja'cob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zi'dn* and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord * for wheat, and for wine* and for oil* and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy* and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people

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shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord . 15 Thus saith the Lord ; A voice was heard in Ra'mah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; RA'hel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord , that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18 H I have surely heard E'phrdim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is E'phrd-im my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord . 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Is'ra-el, turn again to these thy cities. 22 II How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new th:ng in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Ju'dah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. 24 And there shall dwell in Ju'dah Digitized by

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itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. 25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. 26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. 27 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will sow the house of Is'ra-el and the house of Ju'dah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord . 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. 30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. 31 If Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Is'ra-el, and with the house of Ju'dah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of £'£fpt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Is'ra-el; After those days, saith the Lord , I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and qvery man his brother, saying, Know the Lord : for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquityand I will remember their sin no more. 35 IT Thus saith the Lord , which giveth the sun for a light by day,

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4 And ZSd-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chal-de'ans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of B&b'jr-lon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; 5 And he shall lead Z&d-e-ki'ah to BAb'y-lon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the ChAl-de'ans, ye shall not prosper. 6 y And Jer-e-mi'ah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 7 Behold, Hfi-nAm'e-el the son of Sh&Tluni thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in An'a-thoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. 8 So Hft-ndm'e-el mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord , and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in An'athoth, which is in the country of B6n'ia-min: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord . 9 And I bought the field of HfinAm'e-el my uncle’s son, that was in An'a-thoth, and weighed him 1 Zedekiah imprisons Jeremiah because the money, even seventeen shekels he had prophesied the fall of the city. 6 Jeremiah commanded to buy Han- of silver. ameers field. IQ His prayer; 26 God's 10 And I subscribed the evidence, answer, confirming the captivity, 36 and sealed it, and took witnesses, and promising a restoration. and weighed him the money in the HE word that came to Jer-e- balances. mi'ah from the Lord in the 11 So I took the evidence of the both that which was tenth year of ZSd-e-ki'ah king purchase, of Ju'dah, which was the eighteenth sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: year of Neb-u-chAd-rez'zar. 2 For then the king of BAb'jMon’s 12 And I gave the evidence of the army besieged J$-ru's^-lem: and purchase unto Ba'ruch the son of J§r-e-mi'ah the prophet was shut N^-ri'ah, the son of Ma-a-se'jah, in up in the court of the prison, the sight of H^-nAm'e-el mine which was in tike king of Ju'dah’s uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the house. 3 For Zed-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah book of the purchase, before all the had shut him up, saying, Where- Jews that sat in the court of the fore dost thou prophesy, and say, prison. Thus saith the Lord , Behold, I 13 y And I charged Ba'ruch before will give this city into the hand of them, saying. the king of BAb'Mon, and he shall 14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Take these take it;

7uf the ordinances of the moon nd of the stars for a light by night, riiich divideth the sea when the paves thereof roar; The Lord of osts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from •efore me, saith the Lord , then he seed of Is'ra-el also shall cease com being a nation before me for ver. 37 Thus saith the Lord ; If heavn above can be measured, and the oundations of the earth searched ►ut beneath, I will also cast off all he seed of Is'ra-el for all that they iave done, saith the Lord . 38 J Behold, the days come, saith he Lord , that the city shall be >uilt to the Lord from the tower >f H^-n&n'e-el unto the gate of the ;onier. 39 And the measuring line shall ret go forth over against it upon he hill GS'rSb, and shall compass ibout to Go'ath. 40 And the whole valley of the lead bodies, and of the ashes, and ill the fields unto the brook of KId'ron, unto the comer of the wrse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord ; it shall not je plucked up , nor thrown down iny more for ever. 777 CHAPTER 32

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evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put tiiem in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. 15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, die God of Is'ra-el; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. 16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto B&'ruch the son of N$-ri'ah, I prayed unto the Lord , saying, 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompenses! the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: die Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: 20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of E'gfpt, even unto this day, and in Is'ra-el, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 21 And hast brought forth thy people Is'ra-el out of the land of fi'gfpt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; 22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Ch&l-de'ans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and Digitized by

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what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God , Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Ch&l-de'ans. 26 Then came the word of the Lord unto JSr-e-mi'ah, saying, 27Behold, I am the Lord , the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Ch&l-de'ans, and into the hand of Neb-u-ch&d-rez'zar king of Bab'jMon, and he shall take it: 29 And the Ch&l-de'ans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and bum it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Ba'aL and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Is'ra-el and the children of Ju'dah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Is'ra-el have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the Lord . 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Is'ra-el and of the children of Ju'dah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Ju'dah, and the inhabitants of J$-ru's£-l£m. 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearekned to receive instruction. 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. 35 And they built the high places of Ba'al, which are in the valley of the son of HIn'nom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass

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trough the fire unto Md'lech; CHAPTER 33 778 riiich I commanded them not, nei- 1 To the imprisoned prophet, God announces again the return of Israel and her came it into my mind, that they Judah from captivity. 9 Peace, joy, hould do this abomination, to and prosperity to be Jerusalem’s conause Ju'dah to sin. dition then. 15 The Branch of 36 And now therefore thus saith righteousness, 19 and God’s sure covenant. be Lord , the God of Is'ra-el, conerning this city, whereof ye say, oreov er the word of the t shall be delivered into the hand Lord came unto J€r-e-mi'ah »f the king of B&b'jMon by the the second time, while he was yet word, and by the famine, and by shut up in the court of the prison, he pestilence; saying, 37 Behold, I will gather them out 2 Thus saith the Lord the maker >f all countries, whither I have thereof, the Lord that formed it, to [riven them in mine anger, and in establish it; the Lord is his name; ny fury, and in great wrath; and I 3 Call unto me, and I will answer vill bring them again unto this thee, and shew thee great and >lace, and I will cause them to mighty things, which thou know[well safely: est not. 38 And they shall be my people, 4 For thus saith the Lord , the ind I will be their God: God of is'ra-el, concerning the 39 And I will give them one houses of this city, and concernieart, and one way, that they ing the houses of the kings of Jfi'nay fear me for ever, for the good dah, which are thrown down by the »f them, and of their children after mounts, and by the sword; hem: 5 They come to fight with the 40And I will make an everlasting Ch&l-de'ans, but it is to fill them covenant with them, that I will not with the dead bodies of men, whom urn away from them, to do them I have slain id mine anger and in jood; but I will put my fear in my fury, and for all whose wickedheir hearts, that they shall not ness I have hid my face from this lepart from me. city. 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them 6 Behold, I will bring it health :o do them good, and I will plant and cure, and I will cure them, and hem in this land assuredly with will reveal unto them the abunny whole heart and with my whole dance of peace and truth. soul. 7 And I will cause the captivity of 42 For thus saith the Lord ; Like Ju'dah and the captivity of Is'ra-el is I have brought all this great evil to return, and will build them, as ipon this people, so will I bring at the first. ipon them all the good that I have 8 And I will cleanse them from all promised them. their iniquity, whereby they have 43 And fields shall be bought in sinned against me; and I will parhis land, whereof ye say, It is deso- don all their iniquities, whereby ate without man or beast; it is they have sinned, and whereby they siven into the hand of the Ch&l- have transgressed against me. ie'ans. 9 If And it shall be to me a name 44 Men shall buy fields for money, of joy, a praise and an honour beind subscribe evidences, and seal fore all the nations of the earth, them, and take witnesses in the which shall hear all the good that 1 and of B&n'ja-min, and in the do unto them: and they shall fear places about J6-ru's&-lem, and in and tremble for all the goodness he cities of Ju'dah, and in the and for all the prosperity that I tides of the mountains, and in the procure unto it. tides of the valley, and in the 10 Thus saith the Lord ; Again tides of the south: for I will cause there shall be heard in this place, heir captivity to return, saith the which ye say shall be desolate withLord . out man and without beast, even 829 Original from Digitized by

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in the cities of Jfi'dah and in the streets of Jg-ru'sA-l&n, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord . For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord . 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Ben'ja-min, and in the places about Jd-ru'si-lem, and in the cities of Ju'dah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord . 14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Is'rg-el and to the house of Ju'dah. 15 T In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto Da'vid; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days shall Ju'dah be saved, and J6-ru'sa-lem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness. 17 For thus saith the LORD; Da'via shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of I§'rg—el; 18 Neither shall the priests the Le'vites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. 19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jer-e-mi'ah, saying, 20 Thus saith the Lord ; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and it,

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my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with Da'vid my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Le'vites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of Da'vid my servant, and the Le'vites that minister unto me. 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to J^r-e-mi'ah, saying, 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus saith the Lord ; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then will I cast away the seed of Ja'cob, and Da'vid my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of A'brd-h&m, I'saac, and Ja'cob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. CHAPTER 34 779 1 Jeremiah prophesies Zedekiah’s captivity. 8 Concerning the sham abolition of bond servitude. 12 The

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and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of B&b'jMon, and be shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to B&b'Mon. 4 Yet hear the word of the Lord , O Zed-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah; Thus saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they bum odours for thee; and thby will lament thee, saving, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord ! 6 Then Jer-e-mi'ah the prophet spake all these words unto Z£d-eki'ah king of Ju'dah in J6-ru'sil&m, 7 When the king of B&b'^-lon’s army fought against JS-ru'sft-l&n, and against all the cities of Ju'dah that were left, against LS'chish, and against A-ze'kah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Ju'dah. 8 This is the word that came unto J6r-e-mi'ah from the LORD, after that the king Zed-e-ki'ah had made a covenant with aH the people which were at JS-ru'sA-l&n, to proclaim liberty unto them; 9 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an He'brew or an He'brew-ess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. 10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. 12 H Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jer-e-mi'ah from the LORD, saying, 13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Is'ra-el: I made a covenant with Digitized by

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your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of R'gfpt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 14 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty1 every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord , to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 19 The princes of Ju'dah, and the princes of J6-ru's&-lem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. 21 And Z&d-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life,

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and into the hand of the king of Bdb'y-lon’s army, which are gone up from you. 22 Behold, I will command, saith the Lord , and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and bum it with fire: and I will make file cities of Ju'dah a desolation without an inhabitant. 780 CHAPTER 35 1 Jeremiah commanded to go to the Rechabites. 12 The example of their obedience the basis of a rebuke to Judah. 18 God's blessing on the Rechabites.

'T'HE word which came unto JSre-mi'ah from the Lord in the days of Jfc-hoi'a-kim the son of J6si'ah king of Ju'dah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Re'chab-ites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the Lord , into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jft-Sz-a-ni'ah the son of JSr-e-mi'ah, me son of H&b-a-zi-ni'ah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Re'chab-ites; 4And I brought them into the house of the Lord , into the chamber of the sons of Ha'nan, the son of Ig-da-li'ah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the. chamber of MA-a-se'jah the son of Shdllum, the keeper of the door: 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Re'chab-ites pots rull of wine, and cups , and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jdn'a-ddb the son of Rg'chab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jdn'a-dAb the son of Re'chab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, Digitized by

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we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jdn'a-d&b our father commanded us. 11 But it came to pass, when NSbu-chdd-riz'zar king of BAb'^-lon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jg-ru'sd-l&n for fear of the army of the Chdlde'ans, and for fear of the army of the Sjh-'i-ans: so we dwell at J5ru's&-l£m. 12 Then came the word of the Lord unto J&r-e-mi'ah, saying, 13 Thus saith fixe Lord of hosts, the God of is'rg-el; Go and tell the men of Ju'dah and the inhabitants of J$-ru's&-lem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord . 14 The words of Jdn'a-ddb the son of Re'chab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment : notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. 151 have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 16 Because the sons of Jdn'a-dAb the son of Re'chab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of fs'ra-el; Behold, I will bring upon Ju dah and upon all the inhabitants of Jfcru'sd-lem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they

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Baruch records and reads Jeremiah's prophecies have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. 18 IT And J&r-e-mi'ah said unto the house of the Re'chab-ites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jon'a-dAb your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of is'ra-el; J6na-dAb the son of Re'chab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. 781 CHAPTER 36 1 Jeremiah ordered to record Ms prophecies: Baruch writes them in a roll, 5 and, at Jeremiah’s command, reads them in the temple. 11 They are read to the princes. 20 Jehoiakim hears part read then bums the roll. 27 Jeremiah ordered to record them on another roll: the prophecy of Jehoiakim's doom.

AND it came to pass in the fourth xT year of JA-hoi'a-kim the son of Jd-si'ah king of Ju'dah, that this word came unto J&r-e-mi'ah from the Lord , saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against is'ra-el, and against Ju'dah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Jd-si'ah, even unto this day. 3 It may be that the house of Ju'dah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 4 Then JAr-e-mi'ah called Ba'ruch the son of N$-ri'ah: and BA'ruch wrote from the mouth of JAr-e-mi'ah all the words of the Lord , which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jer-e-mi'ah commanded BA'ruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord : 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord ’s house upon the fasting Digitized by

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day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Ju'dah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the Lord hath pronounced against this people. 8 And Ba'ruch the son of N6-ri'ah did according to all that Jer-e-mi'ah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord ’s house. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jd-hoi'a-kim the son of J6si'ah king of Ju'dah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in JS-ru'sA-l&n, and to all the people that came from the cities of JU'dah unto JS-ru'sA-l&n. 10 Then read BA'ruch in the book the words of JAr-e-mi'ah in the house of the Lord , in the chamber of GAm-a-ri'ah the son of Sha'phan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord ’s house, in the ears of all the people. 11 51 When Mi-chA'jah the son of OAm-a-ri'ah, the son of ShA'phan, had heard out of the book all die words of the Lord , 12 Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even £-lish'a-mA the scribe, and Del-a-i'ah the son of Sh&n-a-i'ah, and £l'na-than the son of Ach'bor, and G&n-a-ri'ah the son of ShA'phan, and ZAd-eki'ah the son of HAn-a-ni'ah, and all the princes. 13 Then Mi-chA'jah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Ba'ruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jg-hti'di the son of NAth-a-ni'ah, the son of Shel-e-mi'ah, the son of Cu'shi, unto Ba'ruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Ba'ruch the son of NA-ri'ah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. 15 And they said unto him, Sit

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down now, and read it in our ears. So Ba'ruch read it in their ears. 16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto B&'ruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Ba'ruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Ba'ruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then said the princes unto Ba'ruch, Go, hide thee, thou and JSr-e-mi'ah; and let no man know where ye be. 20 If And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of £-lish'a-md the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent J$-hu'di to fetch the roll: and he took it out of fi-lish'a-md the scribe’s chamber. And JS-hu'di read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 23 And it came to pass, that when Jd-hu'di had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 25 Nevertheless £l'na-than and Del-a-i'ah and GSm-a-ri'ah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. 26 But the king commanded JS-rMh'me-el the son of H&n'meISch, and SSr-a-i'ah the son of Az'ri-el, and ShSl-e-mi'ah the son of Ab'-de-el, to take Ba'ruch the scribe) and JSr-e-mi'ah the prophet: but the Lord hid them. Digitized by

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27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jdr-e-mi'ah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Ba'ruch wrote at the mouth of Jdr-e-mi'ah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which J€-hoi'a-kim the king of Ju'dah hath burned. 29 And thou shalt say to J6-hoi'akim king of Ju'dah, Thus saith the Lord ; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Bdb'jMon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of J6-hoi'a-kim king of Ju'dah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of Da'vid: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of J6-ru'sA-lSm, and upon the men of Jfi'dah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. 32 H Then took Jdr-e-mi'ah another roll, and gave it to Ba'ruch the scribe, the son of N6-ri'ah; who wrote therein from the mouth of JSr-e-mi'ah all the words of the book which J6-hoi'a-kim king of Ju'dah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. CHAPTER 37

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hearken unto the words of the Lord , which he spake by the prophet Jdr-e-mi'ah. 3 And Z&d-e-ki'ah the king sent J6'hu-cal the son of Sh61-e-mi'ah and Zeph-a-ni'ah the son of MA-ase'jah the priest to the prophet Jere-mi'ah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us. 4 Now J&r-e-mi'ah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then Pha'radh’s army was come forth out of £'&fot: and when the ChAl-de'ans that besieged J£-ru'sA-lem heard tidings of them, they departed from JS-ru'sA-l&n. 651 Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet J&r-e-mi'ah, saying, 7 Thus saith the Lord , the God of Is'ra-el; Thus shall ye say to the king of Ju'dah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, PhA'radh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to fi'gjfot into their own land. 8 And the ChAl-de'ans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and bum it with fire. 9 Thus saith the Lord ; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The ChAld&'ans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the ChAl-de'ans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, vet should they rise up every man in his tent, and bum this city with fire. 11 5[ And it came to pass, that when the army of the ChAl-de'ans was broken up from JA-ru'sA-lem for fear of Pha'radh’s army, 12 Then Jer-e-mi'ah went forth out of JA-ru'sA-lem to go into the land of BAn'ia-min, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 13 And when he was in the gate of Ben'ia-min, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was I-ri'jah, the son of Shel-e-mi'ah, the son of HAn-a-ni'ah; and he took JAr-e-mi'ah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the ChAlde'ans. Digitized by

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14 Then said Jdr-e-mi'ah, It is false; I fall not away to the ChAlde'ans. But he hearkened not to him: so I-ri'jah took Jer-e-mi'ah, and brought him to the princes. 15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jer-e-mi'ah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jon'a-than the scribe: for they had made that the prison. 16 51 When Jer-e-mi'ah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jer-e-mi'ah had remained there many days; 17 Then Zed-e-ki'ah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord ? And Jer-e-mi'ah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of BAb'#-lon. 18 Moreover Jer-e-mi'ah said unto king Zdd-e-ki'ah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? 19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of BAb'^-lon shall not come against you, nor against this land? 20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jdn'a-than the scribe, lest I die there. 21 Then Zed-e-ki'ah the king commanded that they should commit Jer-e-mi'ah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jer-e-mi'ah remained in the court of the prison. CHAPTER 38 783 1 Jeremiah is cast into a loathsome

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son of Mil-chi'ah, heard the words that JSr-e-mi'ah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Ch&l-de'ans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith the Lord , This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of B&b'jMon’s army, which shall take it. 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 5 Then ZSd-e-ki'ah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took they Jer-e-mi'ah, and cast him into the dungeon of Mdlchi'ah the son of H&m'me-lech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jer-e-mi'ah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so JSr-e-mi'ah sunk in the mire. 7 IF Now when E'bdd-me'ldch the E-thi-d'pi-an, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put JSr-e-mi'ah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of B&n'ia-min; 8 E'bed-mS'l&ch went rorth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to J&r-e-mi'ah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king commanded E'b&d-me'lech the E-thi-d'pi-an, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up J&r-emi'ah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 11 Sofi'bdd-mS'lechtookthe men Digitized by

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with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to J6r-emi'ah. 12, And E'bfcd-me'lech the E-thlo'pi-an said unto Jer-e-mi'ah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And J^r-e-mi'ah did so. 13 So they drew up Jer-e-mi'ah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and J6r-e-mi'ah remained in the court of the prison. 14 Then Zed-e-ki'ah the king sent, and took Jer-e-mi'ah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord : and the king said unto Jer-e-mi'ah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jer-e-mi'ah said unto Zed-e-ki'ah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Z&d-e-ki'ah the king sware secretly unto J&r-e-mi'ah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. 17 Then said J6r-e-mi'ah unto Zed-e-ki'ah, Thus saith the Lord > the God of hosts, the God of Is'rael; If thou wilt assuredly go form unto the king of Bdb'f-lon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shaft live, and thine house: 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of B&b'jMon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Ch&l-de'ans, and they shall bum it with fire, and thou shaft not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zed-e-ki'ah the king said unto Jer-e-mi'ah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chfilde'ans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jer-e-mi'ah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord , which I speak unto thee:

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so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: 22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Ju'dah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Bab'jMon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Ch&lde'ans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of B&b'£lon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. 24 H Then said Zdd-e-ki'ah unto JSr-e-mi'ah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 But if 1he princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee. Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jon'a-than’s house, to die there. 27 Then came all the princes unto JSr-e-mi'ah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28So Jer-e-mi'ah abode in the court of the prison until the day that JS-ru'sA-l&n was taken: and he was there when J$-ru'sA-16m was taken. 784 CHAPTER 39 1 The Chaldeans take Jerusalem. 4 Zedr ekiah is blinded and sent to Babylon. 8 The city is destroyed and the people carried into captivity. 11 Nebuchadrezzar's instructions concerning Jeremiah: he remains with Gedaliah. 15 God's promise to Ebedr-melech.

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month, came N6b-u-chAd-r&z'zar king of B&b'f-lon and all his army against JS-ru'sA-l&n, and they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zed-e-ki'ah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And all the princes of the king of B&b'y-lon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Ner'galshd-re'zer, Sam'gar-ne'bb, Sdrse'chim, RAb'-sa-ris, Ner'gal-shdre'zer, Rab'-mAg, with all the residue of the princes of the king of BAb'jMon. 4 II And it came to pass, that when ZAa-e-ki'ah the king of Ju'dah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the ChAl-de'ans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zed-e-ki'ah in the plains of JAr'Icho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to N6bu-chAd-nez'zar king of BAb'Mon to Rib'lah in the land of HA'math, where he gave judgment upon him. 6 Then the long of BAb'jMon slew the sons of Z&d-e-ki'ah in Rib'lah before his eyes: also the king of BAb'jMon slew all the nobles of Ju'dah. 7 Moreover he put out Zed-e-kizah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to BAb'^-lon. 8II And the ChAl-de'ans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of JS-ru'sA-l&n. 9 Then Neb'u-zAr-a'dan the captain of the guard carried away captive into BAb'jMon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. 10 But N&b'u-zkr-a'dan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Ju'dah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. 11 H Now N6b-u-chAd-rAz'zar

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king of BAb'jMon gave charge concerning JAr-e-mi'ah to NAb'u-zHrA'dan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. 13 So NAb'u-zAr-A'dan the captain of the guard sent, and NAb-ushAs'ban, RAb'-sa-ris, and Ner'gal-shA-re'zer, RAb'-mAg, and all the king of BAb'f-Ion’s princes; 14 Even they sent, and took JAre-mi'ah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto OAd-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam the son of Sha'phan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. 15 H Now the word of the Lord came unto Jer-e-mi'ah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 16 Go and speak to E'bAd-me'lAch the £-thI-d'pi-an, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord : and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. 785 CHAPTER 40

1 Jeremiah freed, 6 dwells with Gedaliah, the governor, 7 who cares for the pepple who remain. 13 Johanan warns Gedaliah of Ishmael's conspiracy.

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took JAr-e-mi'ah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord , and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into BAb'^-lon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into BAb'?-lon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. 5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Ged-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam die son of ShA'phan, whom the king of BAb'f-lon hath made governor over the cities of Ju'dah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. 6 Then went JAr-e-mi'ah unto &Ad-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam to MIz'pah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. 7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Bab'f-lon had made &Ad-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to BAb'f-lon; 8 Then they came to OAd-a-li'ah to MIz'pah, even Ish'ma-el the son of NAth-a-ni'ah, and Jd-ha'nan and Jon'a-than the sons of KA-re'ah, and SAr-a-i'ah the son of TAn'humAth, and the sons of £'phai the NA-t6ph'a-thite, and JAz-a-ni'ah the son of a MA-Ach'a-thite, they and their men. 9 And 6Ad-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam the son of ShA'phan

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sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chdl-de'ans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Bdb'jMon, and it shall be well with you. 10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at MIz'pah, to serve the Ch&l-de'ans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. 11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Md'ab, and among the Am'mon-ites, and in £'dom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of BAb'jMon had left a remnant of Ju'dah, and that he had set over them GSd-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam the son of Sh&'phan; 12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Ju'dah, to 66d-a-li'ah, unto MIz'pah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. 13 T Moreover Jd-ha'nan the son of Ka-re'ah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Oed-a-li'ah to MIz'pah, 14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Bd'a-lls the king of the Am'mdn-ites hath sent Ish'ma-el the son of Neth-a-ni'ah to slay thee? But Ged-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam believed them not. 15 Then Jd-ha'nan the son of KAre'ah spake to Ged-a-li'ah in MIz'pah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ish'mael the son of NSth-a-ni'ah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews* which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Ju'dah perish? 16 But G&d-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam said unto Jd-ha'nan the son of KA-re'ah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ish'ma-el. 786 CHAPTER 41

1 Ishmael murders Gedaliah and many others and flees unto the Ammonites. 11 Johanan pursues, recovering the captives: Ishmael escapes.

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el the son of Ndth-a-ni'ah the son of £-Ush'a-md, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gdd-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam to MIz'pah; and there they did eat bread together in MIz'pah. 2 Then arose Ish'ma-el the son of Neth-a-ni'ah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote G&d-ali'ah the son of A-hi'kam the son of Sha'phan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Bdb'y-lon had made governor over the land. 3 Ish'ma-el also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gdda-li'ah, at MIz'pah, and the Ch&lde'ans that were found there, and the men of war. 4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gdd-a-li'ah, and no man knew it, 5That there came certain from Shg'chem, from Shi'loh, and from Sd-ma'rl-A, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord . 6 And Ish'ma-el the son of NStha-ni'ah went forth from MIz'pah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Odd-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that ish'ma-el the son of Ndth-a-ni'ah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ish'ma-el, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit wherein Ish'ma-el had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Oed-a-li'ah, was it which A'sA the king had made for fear of B&'a-shd king of Is'ra-el: and Ish'ma-el the son of Neth-a-ni'ah filled it with them that were slain.

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/ou down, and I will plant you, and lot pluck you up : for I repent me )f the evil that I have done unto rou. 11 Be not afraid of the king of BAb'jMon, of whom ye are afraid; ie not afraid of him, saith the Lord : for I am with you to save rou, and to deliver you from his land. 12 And I will shew mercies unto rou, that he may have mercy upon rou, and cause you to return to rour own land. 13 If But if ye say, We will not Iwell in this land, neither obey the roice of the Lord your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into lie land of £'£$pt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the Lord , ye remnant of Ju'dah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into B'fitfpt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of B'fcfpt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in £'4fpt; and there ye shall die. 17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into £'£frt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of J£-ru'sA-lem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into £'&tot: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. 19 1 The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Ju'dah; Go ye not into R'gfpt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. Digitized by

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20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire A go and to sojourn. CHAPTER 43 788 1 Johanan, refusing io believe Jeremiah’s prophecy, takes him and the remnant into Egypt. 8 Jeremiah foretells the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar.

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the captain of the guard had left with Ged-a-li'ah the son of A-hi'kam the son of Shft'phan, and JSr-e-mi'ah the prophet, and Ba'ruch the son of N£-ri'ah. 7 So they came into the land of £'£Jpt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord : thus came they even to T&h'pan-hes. 8 1f Then came the word of the Lord unto Jdr-e-mi'ah in Tdh'panh€s, saying, 9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pha'radh’s house in T&h'pan-hes, in the sight of the men of Juidah; 10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of !§'ra-el; Behold, I will send and take Nfcb-u-chAd-rez'zar the king of BAb'^-lon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of £'£fpt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of £'&tot; and he shall bum them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of £'&tot, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. 13 He shall break also the images of B&th-she'm&sh, that is in the land of £'£fpt; and the houses of the gods of file £-&yp'tjans shall he bum with fire. 789 CHAPTER 44

upon J€-ru'sA-l£m, and upon all the cities of Ju'dah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, 3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to bum incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to bum no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was -poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Ju'dah and in the streets of J^-ru's^-ldm; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith the Lord , the God of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Ju'dah, to leave you none to remain; 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of £'&tot, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Ju'dah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the 1 Jeremiah's prophecy against the Jews wickedness of your wives, which in Egypt because of their idolatry. 15 they have committed in the land The people spurn his word. 19 He of Ju'dah, and in the streets of J&renews his warnings. ru's^-lem? HE word that came to JSr-e- 10 They are not humbled even mi-ah concerning all the Jews unto this day, neither have they which dwell in the land of £'&pt, feared, nor walked in my law, nor which dwell at MIg'dol, and at in my statutes, that I set before TMh'pan-hes, and at Ndph, and in you and before your fathers. the country of Pdth'ros, saying, 11 If Therefore thus saith the LORD 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; Bethe God of Is'ra-el; Ye have seen hold, I will set my face against you all the evil that I have brought for evil, and to cut off all Ju'dah

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he Jews spurn Jeremiah's warning 12 And I will take the remnant of i'dah, that have set their faces to > into the land of £'£jfot to soum there, and they shall all be >nsumed, and fall in the land of gjfot; they shall even be conimed by the sword and by the mine: they shall die, from the ast even unto the greatest, by ie sword and by the famine: and iey shall be an execration, and an stonishment, and a curse, and a jproach. 13 For I will punish them that well in the land of £'£fpt, as I have unished JS-ru'sA-l&n, by the word, by the famine, and by the estilence: 14 So that none of the remnant of u'dah, which are gone into the ind of fi'fchrt to sojourn there, hall escape or remain, that they hould return into the land of u'dah, to the which they have a esire to return to dwell there: 3r none shall return but such as hall escape. 15 Then all the men which knew hat their wives had burned incense into other gods, and all the women hat stood by, a great multitude, ;ven all the people that dwelt in he land of £'£jrpt, in P&th'ros, answered Jer-e-mi'ah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast ;poken unto us in the name of the >ORD, we will not hearken unto hee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our >wn mouth, to bum incense unto he queen of heaven, and to pour jut drink offerings unto her, as we lave done, we, and our fathers, our rings, and our princes, in the cities af Ju'dah, and in the streets of J£ru'sft-lem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we left off to bum incense to the queen of heaven, and to porn* out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we Digitized by

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make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? 20If Then Jfer-e-mi'ah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Ju'dah, and in the streets of J£-ru'sA-l£m, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. 23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord , nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. 24 Moreover Jer-e-mi'ah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Ju'dah that are in the land of £'£$pt: 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is'ra-el, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to bum incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord , all Ju'dah that dwell in the land of £'£$pt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord , that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Ju'dah in all the land of £'g$pt, saying, The Lord God liveth. 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Ju'dah that are in the land of £'gfpt shall be consumed

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2 Against £'tfpt, against the army of Phfi'radh-nd'chd king of fi'fe^pt, which was by the river Euphrates in Cfir'che-mish, which Neb-u-diAd-rez'zar king of BAb'Mon smote in the fourth year of Jg-hoi'a-kim the son of JO-si'ah king of Ju'dah. 3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. 4 Hamess the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. 5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord . 6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Eu-phra'tes. 7 Who is this that cometh up as a Jeremiah’s message to Baruch. flood, whose waters are moved as HE word that Jdr-e-mi'ah the the rivers? prophet spake unto B&'ruch 8 E'ifpt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivthe son of NS-ri'ah, when he had written these words in a book at ers; and he saith, I will go up, and the mouth of Jer-e-mi'ah, in the will cover the earth; I will defourth year of J€-hoi'a-kim the son stroy the city and the inhabitants of Jd-si'ah king of Ju'dah, saying, thereof. 2 Thus saith the Lord , the God of 9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men Is'ra-el, unto thee, O Ba'ruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! come forth; the £-thi-d'pi-ans and for the Lord hath added grief to the LIbMans, that handle the my sorrow; I fainted in my sigh- shield; and the Lj^d'I-ans, that handle and bend the bow. ing, and I find no rest. 10 For this is the day of the Lord 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that God of hosts, a day of vengeance, which I have built will I break down, that he may avenge him of his adaftd that which I have planted I will versaries : and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and pluck up, even this whole land. 5 And seekest thou great things made drunk with their blood: for for thyself? seek them not: for, the Lord God of hosts hath a sacbehold, I will bring evil upon all rifice in the north country by the flesh, saith the Lord : but thy river Eu-phra'tes. life will I give unto thee for a prey 11 Go up into Gil'e-dd, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of in all places whither thou goest. fi'i^pt; in vain shalt thou use 791 CHAPTER 46 1 Jeremiah foretells the defeat of Pha- many medicines; for thou shalt raoh’s army in Carchemish, 13 and not be cured. 12 The nations have heard of thy the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar. 27 He comforts Israel. shame, and thy cry hath filled the HE word of the Lord which land: for the mighty man hath came to Jer-e-mi'ah the pro- stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. phet against the Gen'tfles; Original from 844 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

by the *sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of S'&fot into the land of Ju'dah, and all the remnant of Ju'dah, that are gone into the land of E'titot to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their’s. 29 If And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord , that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: 30 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will give Ph&'raoh-hdph'ra king of 2'tifot into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zdde-ki'ah king of Ju'dah into the hand of NSb-u-chdd-rSz'zar king of Bib'-* Mon, his enemy, and that sought his life. 790 CHAPTER 45

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and their kings; even Phft'radh, 13If The word that the Lord and all them that trust in him: spake to Jdr-e-mi'ah the prophet, how N£b-u-ch£d-rSz'zar king of 26 And I will deliver them into BSb'jMon should come and smite the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of N&b-uthe land of £'£jfot. 14 Declare ye in £'&rpt, and pub- ch&d-rfcz'zar king of B&b'f-lon, and lish in MIg'dol, and publish in Ndph into the hand of his servants: and and in Tah'pan-hes: say ye, Stand afterward it shall be inhabited, as fasti and prepare thee; for the in the days of old, saith the Lord . sword shall devour round about 27 J But fear not thou, O my servant JS'cob, and be not dismayed, thee. 15 Why are thy valiant men swept O Is'ra-el: for, behold, I will save away? they stood not, because the thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; Lord did drive them. 16 He made many to fall, yea, one and Jfi'cpb shall return, and be in fell upon another: and they said, rest and at ease, and none shall Arise, and let us go again to our make him afraid. own people, and to the land of our 28 Fear thou not, O JS'cQb my nativity, from the oppressing sword. servant, saith the LORD: for I am 17 They did cry there, Ph&'radh with thee; for I will make a full king of £'£fpt is but a noise; he end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not hath passed the time appointed. 18 As I live, saith the King, whose make a full end of thee, but corname is the Lord of hosts, Surely rect thee in measure; yet will I as Ta'bdr is among the mountains, not leave thee wholly unpunished. and as C&r'mel by the sea, so shall CHAPTER 47 792 he come. The prophecy against the Philistines. 19 O thou daughter dwelling in E'&fot, furnish thyself to go into THE word of the Lord that came to JSr-e-mi'ah the procaptivity: for Ndph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. phet against the Phi-Hs'flnes, be20 £'£fpt is like & very fair heifer, fore that Pha'radh smote Ga'zd. but destruction cometh; it cometh 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, out of the north. waters rise up out of the north, 21 Also her hired men are in the and shall be an overflowing flood, midst of her like fatted bullocks; and shall overflow the land, and all for they also are turned back, and that is therein; the city, and them are fled away together: they did that dwell therein: then the men not stand, because the day of their shall cry, and all the inhabitants of calamity was come upon them, the land shall howl. and the time of their visitation. 3 At the noise of the stamping of 22 The voice thereof shall go like the hoofs of his strong horses, at the a serpent; for they shall march with rushing of his chariots, and at the an army, and come against her rumbling of his wheels, the fathers with axes, as hewers of wood. shall not look back to their children 23 They shall cut down her for- for feebleness of hands; est, saith the Lord , though it can- 4 Because of the day that cometh not be searched; because they are to spoil all the Phl-lis'tines, and to more than the grasshoppers, and cut off from Ty'rus and Zi'don are innumerable. every helper that remaineth: for 24 The daughter of £'£#pt shall be the Lord will spoil the Phi-Us'confounded; she shall be delivered tines, the remnant of the country into the hand of the people of the of CAph'tdr. north. 5 Baldness is come upon G&'zd; 25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Ash'ke-ldn is cut off with the remIs'ra-el, saith; Behold, I will pun- nant of their valley: how long wilt ish the multitude of Nd, and Phft'- thou cut thyself? raoh, and £'&pt, with their gods, 6 O thou sword of the Lord , how Original from 845 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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ied from vessel to vessel, neither lath he gone into captivity: thereore his taste remained in him, and lis scent is not changed. 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and 793 CHAPTER 48 shall empty his vessels, and break The prophecy against, Moab. their bottles. GAINST Md'ab thus saiththe 13 And Md'ab shall be ashamed of b Lord of hosts, the God of Is'- Che'mdsh, as the house of Is'ra-el was ashamed of Bdth'-el their ra-el; Woe unto Nd'bd! for it is spoiled: KIr-i-a-tha'im is confound- confidence. ed and taken: Mis'gab is confound- 14 If How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? ed and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of 15 Md'ab is spoiled, and gone up Md'ab: in Hesh'bdn they have de- out of her cities, and his chosen vised evil against it; come, and let young men are gone down to the us cut it off from being a nation. slaughter, saith the King, whose Also thou shalt be cut down, O name is the Lord of hosts. MAd'men; the sword shall pursue 16 The calamity of Md'ab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth thee. 3 A voice of crying shall be from fast. Hdr-o-na'im, spoiling and great de- 17 All ye that are about him, bestruction. moan him; and all ye that know his 4 Md'ab is destroyed; her little name, say, How is the strong staff ones have caused a cry to be broken, and the beautiful rod! heard. 18Thou daughter that dost in5 For in the going up of Lu'hith habit Di'bdn, come down from thy continual weeping shall go up ; for glonr, and sit in thirst; for the in the going down of Hdr-o-nA'im spoiler of Md'ab shall come upon the enemies have heard a cry of de- thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. struction. 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like 19 O inhabitant of Ar'd-er, stand the heath in the wilderness. by the way, and espy; ask him that 7 If For because thou hast trusted fleeth, and her that escapeth, and in thy works and in thy treasures, say, What is done? thou shalt also be taken: and Che'- 20 Md'ab is confounded; for it is mdsh shall go forth into captivity broken down: howl and cry; tell with his priests and his princes to- ye it in Ar'ndn, that Md'ab is gether. spoiled, 8 And the spoiler shall come upon 21 And judgment is come upon the every city, and no city shall escape: plain country; upon Hd'ldn, and the valley also shall perish, and the upon JA-hA'zah, and upon Mdph'aplain shall be destroyed, as the Ath, Lord hath spoken. 22 And upon Di'bdn, and upon Nd'9 Give wings unto Md'ab, that it bd, and upon Bdth-dib-la-tha'im, may flee and get away: for the 23 And upon KIr-I-a-thA'im, and cities thereof shall be desolate, upon Beth-ga'mul, and upon Bdthme'on, without any to dwell therein. 10 Cursed be he that doeth the 24 And upon Ke'ri-oth, and upon work of the Lord deceitfully, anc Bdz'rah, and upon all the cities of cursed be he that keepeth back his the land of Md'ab, far or near. sword from blood. 25 The hom of Md'ab is cut off, 11Mo 'ab hath been at ease from and his arm is broken, saith the his youth, and he hath settled on Lord . his lees, and hath not been emp- 26 Make ye him drunken: for

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he magnified himself against the Lord : Md'ab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 27 For was not Is'ra-el a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 28 O ye that dwell in Md'ab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth. 29 We have heard the pride of Md'ab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his wrath, saith the Lord ; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. 31 Therefore will I howl for Md'ab, ano I will cry out for all Md'ab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-he'res. 32 O vine of Slb'mah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Ja'zer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Ja'zer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Md'ab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses : none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. 34 From the cry of Hesh'bdn even unto E-le-a'leh, and even unto Ja'hdz, have they uttered their voice, from Zo'ar even unto Hdr-o-na'im, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nim'rim shall be desolate. 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Md'ab, saith the Lord , him that offereth in the high places, and him that bumeth incense to his gods. 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Md'ab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-he'res: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. 37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all Digitized by

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the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the house tops of Md'ab, and in the streets thereof : for I have broken Md'ab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord . 39 They shall howl, saving, How is it broken down! how hath Md'ab turned the back with shame! so shall Md'ab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. 40 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Mo'ab. 41 Ke'ri-oth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Mo'ab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 42 And Md'ab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord . 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Md'ab, saith the Lord . 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Md'ab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord . 45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Hesh'bdn because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Hdsh'bdn, and a flame from the midst of Si'hon, and shall devour the comer of Mo'ab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 46 Woe be unto thee, O Md'ab! the people of Che'mosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. 47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Md'ab in the latter days, saith the Lord . Thus far is the judgment of Md'ab. CHAPTER 49 ‘ 794 1 Prophecies against the Ammonites; 7 Edom; 23 Damascus; 28 Kedar; 30 Hazor; 34 Elam.

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inherit G&d, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in R&b'bah of the Am'mdn-ites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Is'ra-el be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord . 3 Howl, O HSsh'bSn, for A'i is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of R&b'bah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saving. Who shall come unto me? 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. 6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Am'mdn, saith the Lord . 7 1 Concerning £'dom, thus saith the lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Te'man? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of De'dan; for I will bring the calamity of £'sau upon him, the time that I will visit him. 9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. 10 But I have made £'sau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. 12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not Digitized by

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to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord , that Bfiz'rah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 141 have heard a rumour from the Lord , and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saving, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. 15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that boldest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord . 17 Also £'dom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. 18 As in the overthrow of Sdd'om and Gd-mor'rah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord , no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jdr'dan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the counsel at the Lord , that he hath taken against £'dom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Te'man: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. 22 Behold, he shall come up and

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fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bdz'rah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of £zdom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 23 Concerning DA-mfis'cus. HA'math is confounded, and Arzpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 24 DA-mAs'cus is waxed feeble, and tumeth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts. 27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Dd-mAs'cus, and it shall consume the palaces of Bfen-ha'dAd. 28 J Concerning Ke'dMr, and concerning the kingdoms of Ha'zdr, which Neb-u-chAd-r$zzzar king of BAb'jr-lon shall smite, thus saith the Lord ; Arise ye, go up to Ke'dkr, and spoil the men of the east. 29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them. Fear is on every side. 30 If Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazz6r, saith the Lord ; for Neb-u-chAdrAz'zar king of BAb'jMon hath ta^en counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost comers; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord . 33 And Ha'zdr shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for Digitized by

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ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. 34 H The word of the Lord that came to Jdr-e-mi'ah the prophet against £zlAm in the beginning of the reign of Zed-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah, saying, 35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of £zlAm, the chief of their might. 36 And upon fi'IAm will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of fi'IAm shall not come. 37 For I will cause £zlAm to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my .fierce anger, saith the Lord ; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: 38And I will set my throne in £zlAm, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord . 39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of fi'IAm, saith the Lord . CHAPTER 50 795 The doom of Babylon and the redemption of Israel.

qpHE word that the Lord spake X against BAb'jMon and against the land of the ChAl-de'ans by Jere-mi'ah the prophet. 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; Publish, and conceal not: say, BAbzy-lon is taken, Bel is confounded, M$-rd'dAch is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. 3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. 4 T In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord , the children of Is'ra-el shall come, they and the children of Ju'dah together, going and

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weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their god. 5 They shall ask the way to Zi'dn with their faces thitherward, saving, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord , the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. 8 Remove out of the midst of B£bzJ-lon and go forth out of the land of the Ch&l-de'ans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. 9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against B&b'f-lon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. 10 And Chal-de'A shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord . 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded ; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by B&b'y-lon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 14 Put yourselves in array against Bib'y-lon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord . 15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her founDigitized by

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dations are fallen, h®1 walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord : take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. 16 Cut off the sower from Bab'Jlon, and him* that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. 17 Is'rg-el is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of As-sJr'i-A hath devoured him; and last this NSb-uchAd-rez'zar king of BAb'J-lon hath broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of is'ra-el; Behold, I will punish the king of B&b'y-lon and his land, as I have punished the king of As-s^rl-a. 19 And I will bring is'ra-el again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Car'mel and Ba'sh&n, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount E'phrA-Im and Ofl'e-dd. 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord , the iniquity of is'ra-el shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Juzdah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. 21 Go up against the land of Mer-a-tha'im, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pe'kdd: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord , and do according to all that I have commanded thee. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is B&b'jMon become a desolation among the nations! 241 have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O BAb'J-lon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord . 25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Ch&l-de'ans.

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26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe uflto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of B&b'jMon, to declare in Zi'on the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against B&b'jMon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord , against the Holy One of Is'ra-el. 30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord . 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up : and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. 33 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Is'ra-el and the children of Ju'dah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer zs strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of BAb'jMon. 36 K A sword is upon the ChAl-de'ans, saith the Lord , and upon the inhabitants of B&b'jMon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword zs upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword zs upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword zs upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in Digitized by

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the midst of her; and they shall become as women; a sword zs upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up : for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sdd'om and Gd-mdrirah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of B&b'f-lon. 43 The king of B&b'jMon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jor'dan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who zs* that shepherd that will stand before me? 46 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord , that he hath taken against B&b'jMon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Ch&l-de'an§: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. 46 At the noise of the taking of B&b'jMon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.

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in pieces the young man and the maid; 231 will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. 24 And I will render unto BAb'jMon and to all the inhabitants of ChAl-de'A all their evil that they have done in Zl'bn in your sight, saith the Lord . 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord , which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a comer, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord . 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ar'A-rat, Min'ni, and Ash'chA-naz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses, to come up as the rough caterpillers. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the riders thereof, and all the land of his dominion. < 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against BAb'jMon, to make the land of BAb'jMon a desolation without an inhabitant. 30 The mighty men of BAb'^-lon have forbom to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. 31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of BAb'#lon that his city is taken at one end, 32 And that the passages are stopped,, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. 33 For thus saith the Lord of Digitized by

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hosts, the God of Is'ra-el; The daughter of BAb'f-lon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. 34 N&b-u-chAd-r&z'zar the king of BAb'jMon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon BAb'f-lon, shall the inhabitant of Zl'bn say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of ChAl-de'A, shall JS-ru'sA-l&n say. 36 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. 37 And BAb'f-lon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. 38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps. 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord . 40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. 41 How is She'shAch taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is BAb'j^-lon become an astonishment among the nations! 42 The sea is come up upon BAb'f-lon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. 44 And I will punish Bel in BAb'#-lon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up : and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of BAbf-lon shall fall. 45 My people, go ye out of the

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midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord . 46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment up on the graven images of BAb'jMon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for BAb'jMon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. 49 As BAb'f-lon hath caused the slain of Is'ra-el to fall, so at BAb'jflon shall fall the slain of all the earth. 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let J6-ru'sA16m come into your mind. 51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord ’s house. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will do judgment upon her graven images : and through all her land the wounded shall groan. 53 Though B&b'^-lon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord . 54 A sound of a cry cometh from B&b'jMon, and great destruction from the land of the ChAl-de'an§: 55 Because the Lord hath spoiled BAb'£-lon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 56' Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon BSb'jMon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the Lord God of recompenses shall surely requite.

57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of BAb'jMon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. 59 51 The word which Jer-e-mi'ah the prophet commanded Ser-a-i'ah the son of NS-ri'ah, the son of MAa-se'jah, when he went with Z6de-ki'ah the king of Ju'dah into B&b'jMon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Sdr-a-i'ah was a quiet prince. 60 So Jdr-e-mi'ah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon BAb'jMon, even all these words that are written against BAb'y-lon. 61And JAr-e-mi'ah said to S&ra-i'ah, When thou comest to BAb'£-lon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord , thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of EuphrA'tSs: 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall BAb'^-lon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of JAr-emi'ah. CHAPTER 52 797

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years in J$-ru'sft-16m. And his mother’s name was HS-mu'tal the daughter of Jer-e-mi'ah of Lib'nah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord , according to all that J^-hoi'a-kim had done. 3 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Je-ru'sS16m and Ju'dah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Z6d-e-kTah rebelled against the king of Bab'y-lon. 4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Neb-u-chAd-rez'zar king of Bdb'jMon came, he and all his army, against J£-ru'sd-lem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. 5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zdd-eki'ah. 6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up , and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Ch&l-de'ans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 t But the army of the Chil-de'ans pursued after the king, and overtook Zed-§-ki'ah in the plains of JSr'l-chd; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Bdb'jMon to Rib'lah in the land of Hfi'math; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 And the king of B&b'jMon slew the sons of Zdd-e-ki'ah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Ju'dah in Rib'lah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Z6d-e-ki'ah; and the king of B&b'jMon bound him in chains, and carried him to BAb'jMon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. 12 51 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which

was the nineteenth year of N6bu-chftd-r&z'zar king of B&b'f-lon, came Neb'u-zar-a'dan, captain of the guard, which served the king of B&b'f-lon, into JS-ru'sd-lem, 13 And burned the house of the Lord , and the king’s house; and all the houses of Je-ru's£-16m, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: 14 And all the army of the ChAlde'ans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of J€-ru'sA-lem round about. 15 Then NSb'u-zar-a'dan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of B&b'jMon, and the rest of the multitude. 16 But N&b'u-zar-a'dan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. 17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LoRD^the ChAl-de'ans brake, and carried all the brass of them to BAb'jMon. 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups ; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Sdl'omon had made in the house of the Lord : the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it, and the height of one

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chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. 24 And the captain of the guard took Ser-a-i'ah the chief priest, and Z&ph-a-ni'ah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Neb'u-zkr-a'dan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of B&b'f-lon to Rlb'lah. Z7 And the king of B&b'^-lon smote them, and put them to death in Rlb'lah in the land of Ha'math. Thus Ju'dah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28 This is the people whom NSbu-chAd-rSz'zar carried away captive: in the seventh year three

thousand Jews and three and twenty: 29 In the eighteenth year of Nfebu-chdd-rez'zar he carried away captive from J&-ru'sA-lem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 30 In the three and twentieth year of Neb-u-ch&d-r&z'zar Neb'u-zilra'dan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of J6-hoi'a-chin king of Ju'dah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that R'vll-mfc-rd'dach king of B&b'jMon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of J6-hoi'a-chin king of Ju'dah, and brought him forth out of prison, 32 And spake kindly unto him. and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in B&b'f-lon, 33And changed his prison garments : and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of B&b'f-lon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

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OW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. she 4 The ways of Zi'dn do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children

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are gone into captivity before the into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up . enemy. 6 And from the daughter of Zi'bn 15 The Lord hath trodden under all her beauty is departed: her foot all my mighty men in the midst princes are become like harts that of me: he hath called an assembly find no pasture, and they are gone against me to crush my young men: without strength before the pur- the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Ju'dah, as in a suer. 7 J$-ru'si-l&n remembered in the winepress. days of her affliction and of her mis- 16 For these things I weep; mine eries all her pleasant things that eye, mine eye runneth down with she had in the days of old, when her water, because the comforter that people fell into the hand of the ene- should relieve my soul is far from my, and none did help her: the ad- me: my children are desolate, beversaries saw her, and did mock at cause ffle enemy prevailed. 17 Zi'on spreadeth forth her hands, her sabbaths. 8 J$-ru'sA-lem hath grievously and there is none to comfort her: sinned; therefore she is removed: ffle Lord hath commanded conall that honoured her despise her, cerning Ja'cob, that his adversaries because they have seen her naked- should be round about him: J$-ru'ness: yea, she sigheth, and tum- sd-l&n is as a menstruous woman among them. eth backward. 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; 18 The Lord is righteous; for I she remembereth not her last have rebelled against his comend; therefore she came down mandment : hear, I pray you, all wonderfully: she had no com- people, and behold my sorrow: my forter. O Lord , behold my afflic- virgins and my young men are gone tion : for the enemy hath magnified into captivity. 191 called for my lovers, but they himself, 10 The adversary hath spread out deceived me: my priests and mine his hand upon all her pleasant elders gave up the ghost in the city, things: for she hath seen that the while they sought their meat to heathen entered into her sanctuary, relieve their souls. whom thou didst command that 2d Behold, O Lord ; for I am in they should not enter into thy con- distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for gregation. 11 All her people sigh, they seek I have grievously rebelled: abroad bread; they have given their pleas- the sword bereaveth, at home there ant things for meat to relieve the is as death. soul: see, O Lord , and consider; 21They have heard that I sigh: for I am become vile. there is none to comfort me: all 12 51 Is it nothing to you, all ye mine enemies have heard of my that pass by? behold, and see if trouble; they are glad that thou there be any sorrow like unto my hast done it: thou wilt bring the sorrow, which is done unto me, day that thou hast called, and they wherewith the Lord hath afflicted shall be like unto me. me in the day of his fierce anger. 22 Let all their wickedness come 13 From above hath he sent fire before thee; and do unto them, as into my bones, and it prevaileth thou hast done unto me for all my against them: he hath spread a net transgressions: for my sighs are for my feet, he hath turned me many, and my heart is faint. back: he hath made me desolate CHAPTER 2 799 and faint all the day. 14 The yoke of my transgressions Jerusalem's miseries sent by the Lord . is bound by his hand: they are OW hath the Lord covered the wreathed, and come up upon my daughter of Zi'dn with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me heaven unto the earth the beauty Original from 867 Digitized by Google

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of Is'ra-el, and remembered not the law is no more; her prophets his- footstool in the day of his also find no vision from the Lord . 10 The elders of the daughter of anger I 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all Zi'dn sit upon the ground, and the habitations of Ja'cob, and hath keep silence: they have cast up not pitied: he hath thrown down dust upon their heads; they have in his wrath the strong holds of girded themselves with sackcloth: the daughter of Ju'dah; he hath the virgins of Jd-ru's^-ldm hang brought them down to the ground: down their heads to the ground. he hath polluted the kingdom and 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver the princes thereof. 3 He hath cut off in his fierce an- is poured upon the earth, for the ger all the horn of Is'ra-el: he hath destruction of the daughter of my drawn back his right hand from be- people; because the children and fore the enemy, and he burned the sucklings swoon in the streets against Ja'cob like a flaming fire, of the city. 12 They say to their mothers, which devoureth round about. 4 He. hath bent his bow like an Where is com and wine? when enemy: he stood with his right they swooned as the wounded in hand as an adversary, and slew all the streets of the city, when their that were pleasant to the eye in the soul was poured out into their tabernacle of the daughter of Zi'dn: mothers’ bosom. 13 What thing shall I take to withe poured out his fury like fire. 5 The Lord was as an enemy: he ness for thee? what thing shall I hath swallowed up Is'ra-el, he hath liken to thee, O daughter of Jd-ruswallowed up all her palaces: he sA-lem? what shall I equal to thee, hath destroyed his strong holds, that I may comfort thee, O virgin and hath increased in the daugh- daughter of Zi'dn? for thy breach is ter of Ju'dah mourning and lam- great like the sea: who can heal thee? entation. 14 Thy prophets have seen vain 6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were and foolish things for thee: and of a garden: he hath destroyed his they have not discovered thine places of the assembly: the Lord iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; hath caused the solemn feasts and but have seen for thee false bursabbaths to be forgotten in Zi'dn, dens and causes of banishment. and hath despised in the indigna- 15 All that pass by clap their tion of his anger the king and the hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of J5priest. 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, ru'sd-lem, saving, Is this the city he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he that men call The perfection of hath given up into the hand of beauty, The joy of the whole the enemy the walls of her palaces; earth? they have made a noise in the 16 All thine enemies have opened house of the Lord , as in the day their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We of a solemn feast. 8 The Lord hath purposed to have swallowed her up : certainly destroy the wall of the daughter this is the day that we looked for; of Zi'dn: he hath stretched out a we have found, we have seen it. line, he hath not withdrawn his 17 The Lord hath done that hand from destroying: therefore which he had devised; he hath he made the rampart and the wall fulfilled his word that he had to lament; they languished to- commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath gether. 9 Her gates are sunk into the not pitied: and he hath caused ground; he hath destroyed and thine enemy to rejoice over thee, broken her bars: her king and her he hath set up the horn of princes are among the 6dn'tiles: thine adversaries. Original from 858 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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The lament of the afflicted 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zi'6n, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. 20 Behold, O Lord , and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anaer; thou hast killed, and not pitiea. 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord ’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. 800 CHAPTER 3

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hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 141 was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 17 And thou hast removed my soul far oft from peace: I forgat prosperity. 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord : 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. 21 This I recall to mymifid, therefore have I hope. C 22 It is of the Lord ’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord . 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.' 28 He.sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

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31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. 37 If Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commanded! it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50 Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven. 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 If I called upon thy name. O Lord , out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst. Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59 O Lord , thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; 62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. 63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. 64 1f Render unto them a recompence, O Lord , according to the work of their hands. 65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord .

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OW is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of ZI'6n, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed aa earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they

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Zion's pitiful condition. A prayer that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of S6d'om, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. 7 Her NAz'a-rites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ijiddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. 9 They that be slam with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. 10 The hands of the pitiful women Have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zi'dn, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of JS-ru'sA-l&n. 13 K For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. Digitized by

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LAMENTATIONS, 5 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching . we have watched for a nation that could not save us. 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord , was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. 21 If Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of £'dom, that dwellest in the land of flz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. 22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zi'dn; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of fi'dom; he will discover thy sins.

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, o lord , what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution : we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the £-£yp'tjans, and to the As-syr'i-ans, to be satisfied with bread. 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. 8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. 9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

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10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. 11They ravished the women in Zi'6n, and the maids in the cities of Ju'dah. 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. 16 The crown is fallen from our

head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. 18 Because of the mountain of Zi'dn, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 19 Thou, O Lord , remaihest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord , and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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7 And their feet were straight 1 The time of Ezekiel's call. 4 The feet; and the sole of their feet was vision of the four cherubim; 15 of the like the sole of a calf’s foot: and four wheels; 26 of the LORD'S glory. they sparkled like the colour of OW it came to pass in the thir- burnished brass. tieth year, in the fourth 8 And they had the hands of a month, in the fifth day of the man under their wings on their four month, as I was among the cap- sides; and they four had their faces tives by the river of Che'bftr, that and their wings. the heavens were opened, and I 9 Their wings were joined one to saw visions of God. another; they turned not when 2 In the fifth day of the month, they went; they went every one which was the fifth year of king straight forward. JA-hoi'a-chin’s captivity, 10As for the likeness of their 3 The word of the Lord came ex- faces, they four had the face of a pressly unto fc-ze'ki-el the priest, man, and the face of a lion, on the the son of Bu'zi, in the land of the right side: and they four had the Ch&l-de'ans by the river Che'bkr; face of an ox on the left side; they and the hand of the Lord was four also had the face of an eagle. there upon him. 11 Thus were their faces: and 4 T And I looked, and, behold, a their wings were stretched upwhirlwind came out of the north, a ward; two wings of every one were great cloud, and a fire infolding it- joined one to another, and two self, and a brightness was about it, covered their bodies. and out of the midst thereof as the 12 And they went every one colour of amber, out of the midst of straight forward: whither the the fire. spirit was to go, they went; and 5 Also out of the midst thereof they turned not when they went. came the likeness of four living 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures. And this was their ap- creatures, their appearance was pearance; they had the likeness of like burning coals of fire, and like a man. the appearance of lamps: it went 6 And every one had four faces, up and down among the living and every one had four wings. creatures; and the fire was bright,

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and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the' wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, theSe stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of tiie Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the Digitized by

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firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord . And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

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AND he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Is'ra-el, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 4 For they are impudent children and stifihearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God . 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there ham been a prophet among them. 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be Jljl

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dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. 9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God ; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saving. Blessed be the 805 CHAPTER 3 glory of the Lord from his place. 13 I heard also the noise of the 1 The prophet is commissioned -to go to Israel. 15 The watchman's office. wings of the living creatures that 22 God shuts and opens the prophet's touched one another, and the noise mouth. of the wheels over against them, OREOVER he said unto me, and a noise of a great rushing. Son of man, eat that thou 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and findest; eat this roll, and go speak took me away, and I went in bitunto the house of Is'ra-el. terness, in the heat of my spirit; 2 So I opened my mouth, and he but the hand of the Lord was caused me to eat that roll. strong upon me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of 15 Then I came to them of the man, cause thy belly .to eat, and captivity at Tdl-ii'bib, that'dwelt fill thy bowels with this roll that by the river of Che'bfir, and I sat I give thee. Then did I eat it; and where they sat, and remained it was in my mouth as honey for there astonished among them seven days. sweetness. 4 And he said unto me, Son of 16 And it came to pass at the end man, go, get thee unto the house of seven days, that the word of the of Is'ra-el, and speak with my Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee words unto them. 5 For thou art not sent to a people a watchman unto the house of Is'of a strange speech and of an hard ra-el: therefore hear the word at language, but to the house of Is'- my mouth, and give them warning from me. ra-el; 6 Not to many people of a strange 18 When I say unto the wicked, speech and of an hard language, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givwhose words thou canst not under- est him not warning, nor speakest stand. Surely, had I sent thee to warn the wicked from his to them, they would have heark- wicked way, to save his life; the ened unto thee. same wicked man shall die in his 7 But the house of Is'ra-el will iniquity; but his blood will I renot hearken unto thee; for they quire at thine hand. will not hearken unto me: for all 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, the house of Is'ra-el are impudent and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he and hardhearted. 8 Behold, I have made thy face shall die in his iniquity; but thou strong against their faces, and thy hast delivered thy soul.

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3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Is'ra-el. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Is'ra-el upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Is'ra-el. 6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Ju'dah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jd-ru'sA16m, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. o And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. 9 H Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou shalt drink also water by The mimic siege of Jerusalem. measure, the sixth part of an hin: HOU also, son of man, take from time to time shalt thou drink. thee a tile, and lay it before 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley thee, and pourtray upon it the city, cakes, and thou shalt bake it with even J6-ru'sA-lSm: dung that cometh out of man, in 2 And lay siege against it, and their sight. build a fort against it, and cast a 13 And the Lord said, Even thus mount against it; set the camp also shall the children of is'ra-el eat against it, and set battering rams their defiled bread among the against it round about. G&n'tiles, whither I will drive them.

20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. 22 And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Che'bfir: and I fell on my face. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. 806 CHAPTER 4

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14 Then said L Ah Lord God ! behold, my soul hath not been polluted : for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that ’which dieth of itself, or is tom in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in J6-ru's£-16m: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment : 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

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AND thou, son of man, take thee xx a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 2 Thou shalt bum with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and bum them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Is'ra-el. 5 Thus saith the Lord God ; This is J€-ru's£-lem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused Digitized by

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my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, L even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto 1 will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; ahd I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God ; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. 12 K A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger

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The prophecy against idolatrous Israel and in fury and in furious rebukes. 1 the Lord have spoken it. 16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: 17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I tiie Lord have spoken it. 808 CHAPTER 6

1 The prophecy against Israel because of their idolatry: 8 a remnant to remain. 11 The prophet ordered to bewail his country.

AND the word of the LORD came Za unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Is'ra-el, and prophesy against them, 3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, L even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Is'ra-el before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord . 8 U Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 9 And they that escape of you shall Digitized by

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remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. 10 And they shall know that I am the Lord , and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 11 Thus saith the Lord God ; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of is'ra-el! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by th a DPQtilpncp 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. 13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord , when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. 14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Dib'l&th, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord . CHAPTER 7 809 1 Israel's doom. 16 The mourning of the escaped. 20 The sanctuary defiled. 23 The chain: a type of the captivity.

■R/TOREOVER the word of the AVJL Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Is'ra-el; An end, the end is come upon the four comers of the land. 3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

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4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord . 5 Thus saith the Lord God ; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: die time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in die midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth. 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their’s: neither shall there be wailing for them. 12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. 14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the Digitized by

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city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 16 51 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord : they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. 20 5T As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. 23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will

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do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord . 810 CHAPTER 8 The prophet's vision in the presence cf the elders: the visit in spirit to Jerusalem and the abominations there beheld. AND it came to pass in the sixth Tx year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Ju'dah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from file appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. 3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to JS-ru'sA-lem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Is'ra-el was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. 5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the $ate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Is'ra-el committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. 7H And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in die wall, behold a door. 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and Digitized by

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behold the wicked abominations that they do here. 10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Is'ra-el, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Is'ra-el, and in the midst of them stood J£-&z-a-ni'ah the son of Sha'phan, with every man his censer m his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up . 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Is'ra-el do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 13 H He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord ’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for T&m'muz. 15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord ’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord , and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 17 If Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Juzdah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, vet will I not hear them.

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E cried also in mine ears with and the Lord seeth not. a loud voice, saying, Cause 10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man pity, but I will recompense their with his destroying weapon in his way upon their head. 11 And, behold, the man clothed hand. 2 And, behold, six men came with linen, which had the inkhom from the way of the higher gate, by his side, reported the matter, which lieth toward the north, and saying, I have done as thou hast every man a slaughter weapon in commanded me. his hand; and one man among CHAPTER 10 812 them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhom by his side: and 1 The prophet's vision of the coals of fire; 8 of the cherubim, and of Gods they went in, and stood beside the glory. brasen altar. 3 And the glory of the God of HEN I looked, and, behold, in is'ra-el was gone up from the the firmament that was above cherub, whereupon he was, to the the head of the cherubims there threshold of the house. And he appeared over them as it were a called to the man clothed with sapphire stone, as the appearance linen, which had the writer’s ink- of the likeness of a throne. horn by his side; 2 And he spake unto the man 4 Aug the Lord said unto him, Go clothed with linen, and said. Go in through the midst of the city, between the wheels, even under through the midst of JA-ru'sd-lSm, the cherub, and fill thine hand with and set a mark upon the foreheads coals of fire from between the of the men that sigh and that cry cherubims, and scatter them over for all the abominations that be the city. And he went in in my done in the midst thereof. sight. 5 51 And to the others he said in 3 Now the cherubims stood on the mine hearing, Go ye after him right side of the house, when the through the city, and smite: let man went in; and the cloud filled not your eye spare, neither have the inner court. ye pity: 4 Then the glory of the LORD 6 Slay utterly old and young, both went up from the cherub, and maids, and little children, and wom- stood over the threshold of the en : but come not near any man up- house; and the house was filled on whom is the mark; and begin at with die cloud, and the court was my sanctuary. Then they began at full of the brightness of the Lord ’s the ancient men which were before glory. the house. 5 And the sound of the cherubims’ 7 And he said unto them, Defile wings was heard even to the outer the house, and fill the courts with court, as the voice of the Almighty the slain: go ye forth. And they God when he speaketh. went forth, and slew in the city. 6 And it came to pass, that when 8 T And it came to pass, while he had commanded the man clothed they were slaying them, and I was with linen, saying, Take fire from left, that I fell upon my face, and between the wheels, from between cried, and said, Ah Lord God ! the cherubims; then he went in, wilt thou destroy all the residue of and stood beside the wheels. Is'ra-el in thy pouring out of thy 7 And one cherub stretched forth fury upon J6-ru's&-l&m? his hand from between the cheru9 Then said he unto me, The in- bims unto the fire that was beiquity of the house of Is'ra-el and tween the cherubims, and took Jfi'dah is exceeding great, and the thereof, and put it into the hands

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>f him that was clothed with linen: Lord ’s house; and the glory of the God of Is'ra-el was over them arho took it, and went out. 8 T And there appeared in the above. iherubims the form of a man’s 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Is'ra-el by rand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold the the river of Che'bfir; and I knew :our wheels by the cherubims, one that they were the cherubims. wheel by one cherub, and another 21 Every one had four faces wheel by another cherub: and the apiece, and every one four wings; ippearance of the wheels was as and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. tjie colour of a beryl stone. 10 And as for their appearances, 22 And the likeness of their faces they four had one likeness, as if a was the same faces which 1 saw by wheel had been in the midst of a the river of Che'bar, their appearances and themselves: they went wheel. 11 When they went, they went every one straight forward. upon their four sides; they turned CHAPTER 11 813 aot as they went, but to lhe place 1 The prophet rebukes the city's wicked whither the head looked they folrulers. 13 God promises mercy in lowed it; they turned not as they punishment and restoration. 22 The went. vision ended. 24 Ezekiel carried back in spirit to Chaldea. 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and oreo ver the spirit lifted their wings, and the wheels, were me up , and brought me unto full of eyes round about, even the the east gate of the Lord ’s house, wheels that they four had. which looketh eastward: and be13 As for the wheels, it was cried hold at the door of the gate five unto them in my hearing, O wheel. and twenty men; among whom I 14 And every one had four faces: saw J&-Az-a-m'ah the son of A'zur, the first face was the face of a cher- and Pel-a-ti'ah the son of B$-na'ub, and the second face was the jah, princes of the people. face of a man, and the third the 2 Then said he unto me, Son of face of a lion, and the fourth the man, these are the men that deface of an eagle. vise mischief, and give wicked 15 And the cherubims were lifted counsel in this city: up . This is the living creature 3 Which say, It is not near; let that I saw by the river of Che'bMr. us build houses: this city is the 16 And when the cherubims went, caldron, and we be the flesh. the wheels went by them: and 4 51 Therefore prophesy against when the cherubims lifted up their them, prophesy, O son of man. wings to mount up from the earth, 5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell the same wheels also turned not upon me, and said unto me, Speak; from beside them. Thus saith the Lord ; Thus have 17 When they stood, these stood; ye said, O house of is'ra-el: for I and when they were lifted up , know the things that come into these lifted up themselves also: your mind, every one of them. for the spirit of the living creature 6 Ye have multiplied your slain was in them. in this city, and ye have filled the 18 Then the glory of the Lord streets thereof with the slain. departed from off the threshold of 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord the house, and stood over the cher- God ; Your slain whom ye have ubims. laid in the midst of it, they are the 19 And the cherubims lifted up flesh, and this city is the caldron: their wings, and mounted up from but I will bring you forth out of the earth in my sight: when they the midst of it. went out, the wheels also were 8 Ye have feared the sword; and beside them, and every one stood I will bring a sword upon you, at the door of the east gate of the saith the Lord God . Original from 871 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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9 And I will bring you out of the 20 That they may walk in my statmidst thereof, and deliver you into utes, and keep mine ordinances, the hands of strangers, and will and do them: and they shall be my execute judgments among you. people, and I will be their God. 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I 21 But as for them whose heart will judge you in the border of walketh after the heart of their Is'ra-el; and ye shall know that I detestable things and their abomam the Lord . inations, I will recompense their 11 This city shall not be your cal- way upon their own heads, saith dron, neither shall ye be the flesh the Lord GOD. in the midst thereof; but I will 22 Then did the cherubims lift judge you in the border of Is'ra-el: up their wings, and the wheels be12 And ye shall know that I am side them; and the glory of the God the Lord : for ye have not walked of Is'ra-el was over them above. in my statutes, neither executed 23 And the glory of the Lord my judgments, but have done after went up from the midst of the city, the manners of the heathen that and stood upon the mountain which are round about you. is on the east side of the city. 13 And it came to pass, when 24 Afterwards the spirit took me I prophesied, that PSl-a-ti'ah the up , and brought me in a vision by son of BS-na'jah died. Then fell I the Spirit of God into Ch&l-dg'A, to down upon my face, and cried with them of the captivity. So the a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord vision that I had seen went up God ! wilt thou make a full end of from me. the remnant of Is'ra-el? 25 Then I spake unto them of the 14 Again the word of the LORD captivity all the things that the came unto me, saying, Lord had shewed me. 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even CHAPTER 12 814 thy brethren, the men of thy kin- 1 The prophet ordered to move to aitdred, and all the house of Is'ra-el other house: a type of the captivity of wholly, are they unto whom the the prince in Jerusalem. 17 Desolainhabitants of Jte-ru'sA-l&n have tion of the land. 21 A warning against false proverbs. 26 Speedy said. Get you far from the Lord : fulfilment of the prophecies. unto us is this land given in possession. HE word of flie Lord also 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the came unto me, saying, Lord God ; Although I have cast 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the them far off among the heathen, midst of a rebellious house, which and although I have scattered have eyes to see, and see not; they them among the countries, yet will have ears to hear, and hear not: for I be to them as a little sanctuary in they are a rebellious house. the countries where they shall come. 3 Therefore, thou son of man, pre17 Therefore say, Thus saith the pare thee stuff for removing, and Lord God ; I will even gather you remove by day in their sight; and from the people, and assemble you thou shalt remove from thy place out of the countries where ye have to another place in their sight: it been scattered, and I will give you may be they will consider, though the land of Is'ra-el. they be a rebellious house. 18 And they shall come thither, 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy and they shall take away all the stuff by day in their sight, as stuff detestable things thereof and all for removing: and thou shalt go the abominations thereof from forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. thence. 19 And I will give them one heart, 5 Dig thou through the wall in and I will put a new spirit within their sight, and carry out thereby. you; and I will take the stony 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it heart out of their flesh, and will upon thy shoulders, and carry it give them an heart of flesh: forth in the twilight: thou shalt Original from 872 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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he captivity of the prince in Jerusalem foretold >ver thy face, that thou see not ie ground: for I have set thee for sign unto the house of is'ra-el. 7 And I did so as I was commandci: I brought forth my stuff by ay, as stuff for captivity, and in ie even I digged through the wall dth mine hand; I brought it forth i the twilight, and I bare it upon iu shoulder in their sight. 8 And in the morning came the rord of the Lord unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, hath not the house f Is'ra-el, the rebellious house, aid unto thee, What doest thou? 10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith he Lord God ; This burden con•emeth the prince in J6-ru'sd-lSm, ind all the house of is'ra-el that ire among them. 11 Say, I am your sign: like as I lave done, so shall it be done unto hem: they shall remove and go nto captivity. 12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. 13 My net also will I spread upon snare: and I will bring him to Bib'Mon to the land of the Chdlde'ans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am the Lord , when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord . 17 U Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19 And say unto the people of the Digitized by

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land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of JS-ru'sd-l&n, and of the land of is'ra-el; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. 20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate? and ye shall know that I am the Lord . 21 If And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Is'ra-el, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God ; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Is'ra-el; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Is'ra-el. 25 For I am the Lord : I will speak, and the word that I shall

be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God . 26 T Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Is'ra-el say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God . CHAPTER 13 815 1 The prophet commanded to prophesy against the false prophets, 17 and the false prophetesses.

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and say thou unto them that proph- 14 So will I break down the wall esy out of their own hearts, Hear that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to ye the word of the Lord : 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; Woe the ground, so that the foundation unto the foolish prophets, that fol- thereof shall be discovered, and it low their own spirit, and have seen shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall nothing! 4 O Is'ra-el, thy prophets are like know that I am the Lord . 15 Thus will I accomplish my the foxes in the deserts. 5 Ye have not gone up into the wrath upon the wall, and upon gaps, neither made up die hedge them that have daubed it with unfor the house of •Is'ra-el to stand in tempered morter, and will say unto the battle in the day of the Lord . you, The wall is no more, neither 6 They have seen vanity and lying they that daubed it; divination, saying, The LORD saith: 16 To wit, the prophets of Is'ra-el and the Lord hath not sent them: which prophesy concerning JA-ruand they have made others to hope sd-l&m, and which see visions of that they would confirm the word. peace for her, and there is no peace, 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, saith the Lord God . and have ye not spoken a lying divi- 17 Likewise, thou son of man, nation, whereas ye say, The Lord set thy face against the daughters saith it; albeit I have not spoken? of thy people, which prophesy out 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of their own heart; and prophesy God ; Because ye have spoken van- thou against them, ity, and seen lies, therefore, be- 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord hold, I am against you, saith the God ; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make Lord God . 9 And mine hand shall be upon the kerchiefs upon the head of every prophets that see vanity, and that stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt divine lies: they shall not be in the the souls of my people, and will ye assembly of my people, neither save the souls alive that come unto shall they be written in the writing you? of the house of Is'ra-el, neither 19 And will ye pollute me among shall they enter into the land of is'** my people for handfuls of barley ra-el; and ye shall know that I am and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to the Lord God . 10 Because, even because they save the souls alive that should have seduced my people, saying, not live, by your bring to my peoPeace; and there was no peace; ple that hear vour lies? and one built up a wall, and, lo, 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord others daubed it with untempered God ; Behold, I am against your morter: pillows, wherewith ye there hunt 11 Say unto them which daub it the souls to make them fly, and I with untempered morter, that it will tear them from your arms, and shall fall: there shall be an over- will let the souls go, even the souls flowing shower; and ye, O great that ye hunt to make them fly. hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, wind shall rend it and deliver my people out of your 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, hand, and they shall be no more in shall it not be said unto you, Where your hand to be hunted; and ye is the daubing wherewith ye have shall know that I am the Lord . daubed it? 22 Because with lies ye have 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord made the heart of the righteous God ; I will even rend it with a sad, whom I have not made stormy wind in my fury; and there sad; and strengthened the hands shall be an overflowing shower in of the wicked, that he should mine anger, and great hailstones in not return from his wicked way, mu fury to consume it by promising him life: Original from 874 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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^enunciation of the idolaters 23 Therefore ye shall see no more anity, nor divine divinations: for I rill deliver my people out of your and: and ye shall know that I am le Lord . 16 CHAPTER 14 Through the prophet, the Lord answers the idolaters, denouncing them. 12 God's message to the sinful land. 22 A remnant shall be left.

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HEN came certain of the elders of Is'ra-el unto me, and sat >efore me. 2 And the word of the LORD came into me, saying, 3 Son of man, these men have set ip their idols in their heart, and >ut the stumblingblock of their inanity before their face: should I >e enquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and >ay unto them, Thus saith the Lord j OD; Every man of the house of fs'ra-el that setteth up his idols in lis heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 5 That I may take the house of Is'ra-el in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. 6 Therefore say unto the house of is'ra-el, Thus saith the Lord God ; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For every one of the house of Is'ra-el, or of the stranger that sojoumeth in Is'ra-el, which separated! himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from die midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, Digitized by

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and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Is'ra-el. 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 11 That the house of Is'ra-el may go no more astray from me, neither be Polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God . 12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 13Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though these three men, Nd'ah, D&n'jel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God . 15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God , they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God , they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 T Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though Nd'ah, D&n'iel, and Job, were in it/ as I live, saith the Lord God , they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

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21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God ;) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. 25. Thou hast built thy high place at every head of th^ way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the fi-gyp'tjans thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Phi-lis'tines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. 28Thou hast played the whore also with the As-sfr'I-ans, because thou wast unsatiable; yeaP thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of CA'nAan unto ChAl-dA'A; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God , seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scomest hire; 32 But as a wife that committed! adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! 33 They give gifts to all whores:

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b ut t h o u gi v e st t h y gift s t o all t h y l o v e r s, a n d hi r e st t h e m, t h at t h e y m a y c o m e u nt o t h e e o n e v e r y si d e f o r t h y w h o r e d o m. 3 4 A n d t h e c o nt r a r y i s i n t h e e f r o m ot h e r w o m e n i n t h y w h o r e d o m s, w h e r e a s n o n e f oll o w et h t h e e t o c o m mit w h o r e d o m s: a n d i n t h at t h o u gi v e st a r e w a r d, a n d n o r e w a r d i s gi v e n u nt o t h e e, t h e r e f o r e t h o u a rt c o nt r a r y. 3 5 J W h e r ef o r e, O h a rl ot, h e a r t h e w o r d of t h e L o r d : 3 6 T h u s s ait h t h e L o r d G o d ; B e c a u s e t h y filt hi n e s s w a s p o u r e d o ut, a n d t h y n a k e d n e s s di s c o v e r e d t h r o u g h t h y w h o r e d o m s wit h t h y l o v e r s, a n d wit h all t h e i d ol s of t h y a b o mi n ati o n s, a n d b y t h e bl o o d of t h y c hil d r e n, w hi c h t h o u di d st gi v e u nt o t h e m; 3 7 B e h ol d, t h e r ef o r e I will g at h e r all t h y l o v e r s, wit h w h o m t h o u h a st t a k e n pl e a s u r e, a n d all t h e m t h at t h o u h a st l o v e d, wit h all t h e m t h at t h o u h a st h at e d; I will e v e n g at h e r t h e m r o u n d a b o ut a g ai n st t h e e, a n d will di s c o v e r t h y n a k e d n e s s u nt o t h e m, t h at t h e y m a y s e e all t h y n a k e d n e s s. 3 8 A n d I will j u d g e t h e e, a s w o m e n t h at b r e a k w e dl o c k a n d s h e d bl o o d a r e j u d g e d; a n d I will gi v e t h e e bl o o d i n f u r y a n d j e alo u s y. 3 9 A n d I will al s o gi v e t h e e i nt o t h ei r h a n d, a n d t h e y s h all t h r o w d o w n t hi n e e mi n e nt pl a c e, a n d s h all b r e a k d o w n t h y hi g h pl a c e s : t h e y s h all st ri p t h e e al s o of t h y cl ot h e s, a n d s h all t a k e t h y f ai r j e w el s, a n d l e a v e t h e e n a k e d a n d b a r e. 4 0 T h e y s h all al s o b ri n g u p a c o m p a n y a g ai n st t h e e, a n d t h e y s h all st o n e t h e e wit h st o n e s, a n d t h r u st t h e e t h r o u g h wit h t h ei r s w o r d s. 4 1 A n d t h e y s h all b u m t hi n e h o u s e s wit h fi r e, a n d e x e c ut e j u d gm e nt s u p o n t h e e i n t h e si g ht of m a n y w o m e n : a n d I will c a u s e t h e e t o c e a s e f r o m pl a yi n g t h e h a rl ot, a n d t h o u al s o s h alt gi v e n o hi r e a n y m o r e. 4 2 S o will I m a k e m y f ur y t o w a r d t h e e t o r e st, a n d m y j e al o u s y s h all d e p a rt f r o m t h e e, Di giti z e d b y

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a n d I will b e q ui et, a n d will b e n o m o r e a n g r y. 4 3 B e c a u s e t h o u h a st n ot r e m e m b e r e d t h e d a y s of t h y y o ut h, b ut h a st f r ett e d m e i n all t h e s e t hi n g s; b e h ol d, t h e r ef o r e I al s o will r e c o m p e n s e t h y w a y u p o n t hi n e h e a d, s ait h t h e L o r d G o d : a n d t h o u s h aft n ot c o m mit t hi s l e w d n e s s a b o v e all t hi n e a b o mi n ati o n s. 4 4 B e h ol d, e v e r y o n e t h at u s et h p r o v e r b s s h all u s e t hi s p r o v e r b a g ai n st t h e e, s a yi n g, A s i s t h e m o t h e r, s o i s h e r d a u g ht e r. 4 5 T h o u a rt t h y m ot h e r ’s d a u g ht e r, t h at l ot h et h h e r h u s b a n d a n d h e r c hil d r e n; a n d t h o u a rt t h e si st e r of t h y si st e r s, w hi c h l ot h e d t h ei r h u s b a n d s a n d t h ei r c hil d r e n : y o u r m ot h e r w a s a n Hit-tit e, a n d y o u r f at h e r a n A m' d r-it e. 4 6 A n d t hi n e el d e r si st e r i s Sim a' ri- A, s h e a n d h e r d a u g ht e r s t h at d w ell at t h y l eft h a n d: a n d t h y y o u n g e r si st e r, t h at d w ell et h at t h y ri g ht h a n d, i s S o d' o m a n d h e r d a u g ht e r s. 4 7 Y et h a st t h o u n ot w al k e d aft e r t h ei r . w a y s, n o r d o n e aft e r t h ei r a b o mi n ati o n s : b ut, a s if t h at w e r e a v e r y littl e t hi n g, t h o u w a st c o r r u pt e d m o r e t h a n t h e y i n all t h y w a y s. ' 4 8 A s I li v e, s ait h t h e L o r d G o d , S o d' o m t h y si st e r h at h n ot d o n e, s h e n o r h e r d a u g ht e r s, a s t h o u h a st d o n e, t h o u a n d t h y d a u g ht e r s. 4 9 B e h ol d, t hi s w a s t h e i ni q uit y of t h y si st e r S d d' o m, p ri d e, f ul n e s s of b r e a d, a n d a b u n d a n c e of i dl e n e s s w a s i n h e r a n d i n h e r d a u g ht e r s, n eit h e r di d s h e st r e n gt h e n t h e h a n d of t h e p o o r a n d n e e d y. 5 0 A n d t h e y w e r e h a u g ht y, a n d c o m mitt e d a b o mi n ati o n b ef o r e m e : t h e r ef o r e I t o o k t h e m a w a y a s I s a w g o o d, 5 1 N eit h e r h at h Sft- m a' ri- A c o m mitt e d h alf of t h y si n s; b ut t h o u h a st m ulti pli e d t hi n e a b o mi n ati o n s m o r e t h a n t h e y, a n d h a st j u stifi e d t h y si st e r s i n all t hi n e a b o mi n ati o n s w hi c h t h o u h a st d o n e. 5 2 T h o u al s o, w hi c h h a st j u d g e d t h y si st e r s, b e a r t hi n e o w n s h a m e f o r t h y si n s t h at t h o u h a st c o m mitt e d m o r e a b o mi n a bl e t h a n t h e y : t h e y a r e m o r Orie gi n ri g ht e o u s t h a n t h o u: al T o m

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arable of two eagles and a vine be thou confounded also, and Bar thy shame, in that thou hast istified thy sisters. >3 When I shall bring again their Lptivity, the captivity of Sdd'om id her daughters, and the capvity of SA-ma'ri-d and her daugh>rs, then will I bring again the lptivity of thy captives in the lidst of them: 54 That thou mayest bear thine wn shame, and mayest be connmded in all that thou hast done, i that thou art a comfort unto lem. 55 When thy sisters, Sftd'om and er daughters, shall return to their inner estate, and Si-ma'ri-A and er daughters shall return to their ormer estate, then thou and thy laughters shall return to your former estate. , 56 For thy sister Sftd'om was not nentioned by thy mouth in the lay of thy pride. 57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy re>roach of the daughters of Sjfr'I-a, ind all that are round about her, he daughters of the Phi-Us'tines, which despise thee round about. 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness ind thine abominations, saith the Lord . 59For thus saith the Lord God ; [ will even deal with thee as thou bast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 60 H Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. 62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God . Digitized by

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ND the word of the Lord came u unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of is'ra-el; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto L&b'a-non, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God ; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. 11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 12 Say now to the rebellious

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house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them. Behold, the king of BAb'jMon is come to JS-ru'sA-l&n, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to BAb'f-lon; 13 And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into fi'tfpt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? 16 As I live, saith the Lord God , surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of BAb'jMon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pha'radh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. 20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to BAb'jMon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know Jhat I the Lord have spoken it. ^2 U Thus saith the Lord God ; I Digitized by

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will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: 23 In the mountain of the height of Is'ra-el will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwelt 24 And all the trees of die field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made file dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it. CHAPTER 18

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qpHE word of the Lord came A unto me again, saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Is'ra-el, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Is'ra-el. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 5 5T But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right* 6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Is'ra-el, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn« his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

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9 Hath walked in my statutes, and Lath kept my judgments, to deal ruly; he is just, he shall surely ive, saith the Lord God . ‘ 10 IT If he beget a son that is a obber, a shedder of blood, and hat doeth the like to any one of hese things, 11 And that doeth not any of those tuties, but even hath eaten upon he mountains, and defiled his leighbour’s wife, 12 Hath oppressed the poor and leedy, hath spoiled by violence, xath not restored the pledge, and lath lifted up his eyes to the idols, xath committed abomination, 13Hath given forth upon usury, ind hath taken increase: shall he :h.en live? he shall not live: he hath lone all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. 14 H Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Is'ra-el, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife, 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 19 H Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall Digitized by

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die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God : and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24 1[ But when the righteous tumeth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned : in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 25 U Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equid. Hear now, O house of Is'ra-el; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man tumeth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man tumeth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28Because he considereth, and tumeth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Is'ra-el, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Is'ra-el, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Is'ra-el, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God . Repent, and turn yourselves from JI Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of is'ra-el? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. 821

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OREOVER take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Is'ra-el, 2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. 4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. 7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of B&b'y-lon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of is'ra-el. 10 If Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. 11 And she had strong rods for Digitized by

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the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

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1 Certain elders inquire of the Lord ,

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tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Is'ra-el came to enquire of the Lord , and sat before me. 2 Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying, 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Is'ra-el, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. 4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: 5 And say unto them. Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day when I chose is'ra-el, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Ja'cob, and made myself known unto them in the land of £'&ypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of £'&pt into a land that I had espied for them.

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flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of E'gfpt: I am the Lord your God. 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of f'gypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of E'&fot. 9 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of E'Sfpt. 10 t Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of ft'gfpt, and brought them into the wilderness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 13 But the house of Is'ra-el rebelled against me in the wilderness : they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my

statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. 18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: 191 am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. 231 lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols. 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord . 27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Is'ra-el, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Yet in this your fathers have

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that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of is'ra-el: and ye shall know that I am the Lord . 39 As for you, O house of is'ra-el, thus saith the Lord God ; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. 40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Is'rael, saith the Lord God , there shall all the house of is'ra-el, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord , when I shall bring you into the land of Is'ra-el, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. 43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord , when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Is'ra-el, saith the Lord God . 45 H Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in

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thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. 48 And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 49 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? 823 CHAPTER 21 1 Prophecies of the Lord 's sword against Jerusalem; 28 against Ammon. AND the word of the Lord came

xx unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward J6-ru'sft-lem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Is'ra-el, 3 And say to the land of Is'ra-el, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God . 8 T Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord ; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished : 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make Digitized by

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mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Is'ra-el: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God . 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. 151 have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it. 18 If The word of the Lord came, unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of BAb'^-lon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to RAb'bath of the Am'm6n-ites, and to Ju'dah in JA-ru'sd-l&m the defenced. 21 For the king of BAb'^-lon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination : he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jte-ru'sft-l&n, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in flie slaughter, to Jift up the voice

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with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. 25 If And thou, profane wicked prince of Is'ra-el, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, 26 Thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. 23 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Am'mdn-ites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. 31And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I die Lord have spoken it. Digitized by

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of the saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God , The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketli idols against herself to defile herself. 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. 6 Behold, the princes of I§'ra-el, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. 8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. 9 In thee are men that cany tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. 10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usuiy and increase, and thou hast greed*

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precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God , when the Lord hath not spoken. 29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God .

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rpHE word of the Lord came *!• again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in E'fcjfot; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were A-hd'lah the elder, and A-hdl'I-bah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; SA-mA'ri-A is A-hd'lah, and JA-ru'sA-lAm A-hdl'I-bah.

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5 And A-hd'lah played the harlot to her into the bed of love, and they when she was mine; and she doted defiled her with their whoredom, on her lovers, on the As-sfr'i-ans and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from her neighbours, 6Which were clothed with blue, them. captains and rulers, all of them de- 18 So she discovered her whoresirable young men, horsemen tid- doms, and discovered her nakeding upon horses. ness : then my mind was alienated 7 Thus she committed her whore- from her, like as my mind was doms with them, with all them that alienated from her sister. were the chosen men of As-sjM-A, 19 Yet she multiplied her whoreand with all on whom she doted: doms, in calling to remembrance with all their idols she defiled her- the days of her youth, wherein die self. had played the harlot in the land of 8 Neither left she her whoredoms fi'kfpt. brought from E'fc^pt: for in her 20 For she doted upon their parayofith they lay with her, and they mours, whose flesh is as the flesh bruised the breasts of her virginity, of asses, and whose issue is tike and poured their whoredom upon the issue of horses. her. 21 Thus thou calledst to remem9 Wherefore I have delivered her brance the lewdness of thy youth, into the hand of her lovers, into in bruising thy teats by the fi-kfp'the hand of the As-sjfr'i-ans, upon tjans for the paps of thy youth. whom she doted. 22 If Therefore, O A-hol'i-bah, 10 These discovered her naked- thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, ness : they took her sons and her I will raise up thy lovers against daughters, and slew her with the thee, from whom thy mind is aliensword: and she became famous ated, and I will bring them against among women; for they had exe- thee on every side; cuted judgment upon her. 23 The BAb-jMd'ni-ans, and all the 11And when her sister A-h61'i- ChAl-de'ans, PS'kSd, and Shd'A, bah saw this, she was more cor- and Ko'd, and all the As-sfrl-ans rupt in her inordinate love than with them: all of them desirable die, and in her whoredoms more young men, captains and rulers, than her sister in her whoredoms. great lords and renowned, all of 12 She doted upon the As-sfr'i- them riding upon horses. ans her neighbours, captains and 24 And they shall come against rulers clothed most gorgeously, thee with chariots, wagons, and horsemen riding upon horses, all wheels, and with an assembly of of them desirable young men. people, which shall set against thee 13 Then I saw that she was de- buckler and shield and helmet filed, that they took both one way, round about: and I will set judg14 And that she increased her ment before them, and they shall whoredoms: for when she saw men judge thee according to their judgpourtrayed upon the wall, the im- ments. ages of the Ch&l-de'ans pourtrayed 25 And I will set my jealousy with vermilion, against thee, and they shall deal 15 Girded with girdles upon their furiously with thee: they shall take loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon away thy nose and thine ears; and their heads, all of them princes to thy remnant shall fall by the sword: look to, after the manner of the they shall take thy sons and thy Bftb-jh-lo'ni-ans of Chil-de'd, the daughters; and thy residue shall be land of their nativity: devoured by the fire. 16 And as soon as she saw them 26 They shall also strip thee out with her eyes, she doted upon of thy clothes, and take away thy them, and sent messengers unto fair jewels. them into Ch|l-de'a. 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness 17 And the BAb-jMd'ni-ans came to cease from thee, and thy whore888 Original from Digitized by

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iom brought from the land of so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember £'&tot any more. 28 For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: 29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 301 will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. 32 Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup o^thy sister SA-ma'ri-A. 34 Thou'shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God . 35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 36 The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge A-hdzlah and A-hdl'I-bah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Digitized by

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39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. 40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, 41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. 42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought SA-be'ans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. 43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? 44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto A-ho'lah and unto A-hdl'i-bah, the lewd women. 45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 46 For thus saith the Lord God ; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and bum up their houses with fire. 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. 49 And they shall recompaase your lewdness upon you, anoTye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God .

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13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and 1 The parable of the pot: Jerusalem. thou wast not purged, thou shalt 15 The death of Ezekiel's wife: he is commanded not to mourn. The not be purged from thy filthiness prophecy which follows. any more, till I have caused my GAIN in the ninth year, in the fury to rest upon thee. t tenth month, in the tenth day 14 I the Lord have spoken it: it of the month, the word of the Lordshall come to pass, and I will do it; came unto me, saying, I will not go back, neither will I 2 Son of man, write thee the name spare, neither will I repent; acof the day, even of this same day: cording to thy ways, and accordthe king of Bdb'Mon set himself ing to thy doings, shall they judge against Jd-ru'sd-l&n this same thee, saith the Lord God . 15 5[ Also the word of the Lord 3 And utter a parable unto the re- came unto me, saying, bellious house, and say unto them, 16 Son of man, behold, I take Thus saith the Lord God ; Set on a away from thee the desire of thine pot, set it on, and also pour water eyes with a stroke: yet neither into it: shalt thou mourn nor weep, nei4 Gather the pieces thereof into ther shall thy tears run down. it, even every good piece, the thigh, 17 Forbear to cry, make no and the shoulder; fill it with the mourning for the dead, bind the choice tones. tire of thine head upon thee, and 5 Take the choice of the flock, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, bum also the bones under it, and and cover not thy lips, and eat make it boil well, and let them not the bread of men. 18 So I spake unto the people in seethe the bones of it therein. 6 51 Wherefore thus saith the Lord the morning: and at even my wife God ; Woe to the bloody city, to died; and I did in the morning as the pot whose scum is therein, and I was commanded. whose scum is not gone out of it! 19 51 And the people said unto me, bring it out piece by piece; let no Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thoh doest so? lot fall upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midst of 20 Then I answered them, The her; she set it upon the top of a word of the Lord came unto me, rock; she poured it not upon the saying, 21 Speak unto the house of Is ground, to cover it with dust; 8 That it might cause fury to come ra-el, Thus saith the Lord God ; up to take vengeance; I have set Behold, I will profane my sanctuher blood upon the top of a rock, ary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord which your soul pitieth; and your God ; Woe to the bloody city! I sons and your daughters whom ye will even make the pile for fire have left shall fall by the sword. 22 And ye shall do as I have done: great. 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat consume the flesh, and spice it the bread of men. well, and let the bones be burned. 23 And your tires shall be upon 11 Then set it eippty upon the your heads, and your shoes upon coals thereof, that the brass of it your feet: ye shall not mourn nor may be hot, and may bum, and weep; but ye shall pine away for that the filthiness of it may be your iniquities, and mourn one molten in it, that the scum of it toward another. 24 Thus fc-ze'ki-el is unto you a may be consumed. 12 She hath wearied herself with sign: according to all that he hath lies, and her great scum went not done shall ye do: and when this forth out of her: her scum shall be cometh, ye shall know that I am in the fire. the Lord God .

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25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, 26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord .

cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt .know that I am the Lord . 8 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because that Md'ab and Selr do say, Behold, the house of Ju'dah is like unto all the heathen; 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Md'ab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jesh'i-moth, Ba'al-me'on, and Kir-I-a-tha'im, 10 Unto the men of the east with the Am'mdn-ites, and will give them in possession, that the 827 CHAPTER 25 Am'mdn-ites may not be remem1 The prophet commanded to prophesy bered among the nations. against the Ammonites; 8 Moab and 11 And I will execute judgments Seir; 12 Edom; 15 the Philistines. upon Md'ab; and they shall know HE word of the Lord came that I am the Lord . again unto me, saying, 12 Thus saith the Lord God ; 2 Son of man, set thy face against Because that E'dom hath dealt the Am'mdn-ites, and prophesy against the house of Ju'dah by against them; taking vengeance, and hath greatly 3 And say unto the Am'mdn-ites, offended, and revenged himself Hear the word of the Lord God ; upon them; Thus saith the Lord God ; Because 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord thou saidst, Aha, against my sanc- God ; I will also stretch out mine tuary, when it was profaned; and hand upon E'dom, and will cut off against the land of Is'ra-el, when it man and beast from it; and I will was desolate; and against the make it desolate from Te'man; and house of Ju'dah, when they went they of De'dan shall fall by the into captivity; sword. 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver 14 And I will lay my vengeance thee to the men of the east for a upon E'dom by the hand of my peopossession, and they shall set their ple I§'ra-el: and they shall do in palaces in thee, and make their E'dom according to mine anger and dwellings in thee: they shall eat according to my fury; and they thy fruit, and they shall drink thy shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God . 5 And I will make RAb'bah a sta- 15H Thus saith the Lord God ; ble for camels, and the Am'mdn- Because the Phl-lis'tines have ites a couching place for flocks: dealt by revenge, and have taken and ye shall know that I am the vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; Lord . 6 For thus saith the Lord God ; 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord Because thou hast clapped thine God ; Behold, I will stretch out hands, and stamped with the feet, mine hand upon the Phi-lis'flnes, and rejoiced in heart with all and I will cut off the Cher'eth-ims, thy despite against the land of and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. Is'ra-el; 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch 17 And I will execute great venout mine hand upon thee, and geance upon them with furious rewill deliver thee for a spoil to bukes; and they shall know that I the heathen; and I will cut thee am the Lord , when I shall lay my off from the people, and I will vengeance upon them. 891 Original from

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shall he tread down all thy streets: 1 The prophecy against Tyre: her ruin he shall slay thy people by the foretold. 15 The princes of the sea sword, and thy strong garrisons mourn at her fall. shall go down to the ground. ND it came to pass in the elev- 12 And they shall make a spoil of u enth year, in the first day of thy riches, and make a prey of thy the month, that the word of the merchandise: and they shall break Lord came unto me, saying, down thy walls, and destroy thy 2 Son of man, because that Ty'- pleasant houses: and they shall rus hath said against J6-ru'sd-l§m, lay thy stones and thy timber and Aha, she is broken that was the thy dust in the midst of the water. gates of the people: she is turned 13 And I will cause the noise of unto me: I shall be replenished, thy songs to cease; and the sound now she is laid waste: of thy harps shall be no more 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord heard. GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O 14 And I will make thee like the Tp'rus, and will cause many na- top of a rock: thou shalt be a Place tions to come up against thee, as to spread nets upon; thou shalt be the sea causeth his waves to come built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God . up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls 15 51 Thus saith the Lord God to of Ty'rus, and break down her tow- Ty'rus; Shall not the isles shake ers : I will also scrape her dust from at the sound of thy fall, when the her, and make her like the top of wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? a rock. 5 It shall be a Place for the spread- 16 Then all the princes of the ing of nets in the midst of the sea: sea shall come down from their for I have spoken it, saith the Lord thrones, and lay away their robes, God : and it shall become a spoil and put off their broidered garto the nations. ments : they shall clothe themselves 6 And her daughters which are with trembling; they shall sit upon in the field shall be slain by the the ground, and shall tremble at sword; and they shall know that every moment, and be astonished at thee. I am the Lord . 7 51 For thus saith the Lord God ; 17 And they shall take up a lamenBehold, I will bring upon Ty'rus tation for thee, and say to thee, N6b-u-ch&d-r6z'zar king of B&b'jr- How art thou destroyed, that wast lon, a king of kings, from the north, inhabited of seafaring men, the with horses, and with chariots, and renowned city, which wast strong with horsemen, and companies, and in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on much people. all that haunt it! 8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall 18 Now shall the isles tremble in make a fort against thee, and cast the day of thy fall; yea, the isles a mount against thee, and lift up that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. the buckler against thee. 9 And he shall set engines of war 19 For thus saith the Lord God ; against thy walls, and with his axes When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhe shall break down thy towers. 10 By reason of the abundance of habited; when I shall bring up the his horses their dust shall cover deep upon thee, and great waters thee: thy walls shall shake at the shall cover thee; noise of the horsemen, and of the 20 When I shall bring thee down wheels, and of the chariots, when with them that descend into the he shall enter into thy gates, as pit, with the people of old time, and men enter into a city wherein is shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, made a breach. 11 With the hoofs of his horses with them that go down to the pit,

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HE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Ty'rus; 3 And say unto Ty'rus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God ; O Ty'rus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. 4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of SS'nir: they have taken cedars from Ldb'a-non to make masts for thee. 6 Of the oaks of Ba'sh&n have they made thine oars; the company of the Ash'ur-ites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chit'tim. 7 Fine linen with broidered work from E'fcypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of £-lishah was that which covered thee. 8 The inhabitants of Zi'don and Ar'v&d were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Ty'rus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. 9 The ancients of Ge'bal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. 10 They of Per'sja and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. 11 The men of Ar'v&d with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the G&m'ma-dims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. Digitized by

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12 Tfir'shish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all hind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. 13 Ja'v&n, Tu'bal, and Me'shech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market 14 They of the house of T6-gfir/mah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. 15 The men of De'dan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebdny. 16 Sfr'i-d was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. 17 Ju'dah, and the land of Is'rael, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Min'nith, and PAn'nAg, and honey, and oil, and balm. 18 Dd-m&s'cus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Hdl'bon, and white wool. 19 D&n also and Ja'v&n going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. 20De'dan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. 21 A-ra'bl-A, and all the princes of Ke'dar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. 22 The merchants of She'ba and Ra'a-mah, they were thy merchants : they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Ha'ran, and CAn'neh, and R'den, the merchants of ShS'bd, As'shur, and Chfl'mad, were thy merchants. 24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in diests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise25 The ships of Tiir'shish did sing

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of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. 27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. • 28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. 29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saving, What citv is like Ty'rus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? 33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. 35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. 36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. Digitized by

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HE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Ty'rus, Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thine heart is lifted up , and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Dan'jel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. 8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God . 11 T Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Ty'rus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in E'd&n die garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,

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in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Is'ra-el, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God . 25 Thus saith the Lord God ; When I shall have gathered the house of Is'ra-el from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Ja'cob. 26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.

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3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pha'radh king of £'£ypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. 4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat

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EZEKIEL, 30 to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. 6 And all the inhabitants of fi'tfpt shall know that I am the Lord , because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Is'ra-el. 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and b^ast out of thee. 9 And the land of fi'gfpt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of fi'kfpt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Sy-e'ne even unto the border of E-thl-o'pi-d. 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beasts shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 12 And I will make the land of E'&pt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the fi-$#p'tians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD r At the end of forty years will I gather the £-&p'tians from die people whither they were scattered: 14 And I will bring again the captivity of E'&fot, and will cause them to return into the land of PAth'ros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. 16 And it shall be no more the Digitized by

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confidence of the house of Is'ra-el, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God . 17 If And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, NSb-u-chAd-r&E'zar king of B&b'jMon caused his army to serve a great service against Ty'rus: evry head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Ty'rus, for the service that he had served against it: 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will give the land of E'££pt unto Ndb-u-chAd-rSz'zar king of B&b'f-lon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of £'fc#pt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God . 21 If In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Is'ra-el to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord .

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HE word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy and say. Thus saith the Lord God ; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3 For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the sword shall come upon E'££pt, and great pain shall be in E-thi-d-pi-A, when the slain shall fad in £'&fot, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. 5 E-thi-d'pI-A, and Ub'jh4, and

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jrd'l-a, and all the mingled peole, and Chub, and the men of the ind that is in league, shall fall with lem by the sword. 6 Thus saith the Lord ; They also xat uphold E'gypt shall fall; and ae pride of her power shall come own: from the tower of Sy-e'ne hall they fall in it by the sword, aith the Lord God . 7 And they shall be desolate in the lidst of the countries that are deslate, and her cities shall be in the xidst of the cities that are wasted. 8 And they shall know that I am tie Lord , when I have set a fire in 'A^pt, and when all her helpers tiall be destroyed. 9 In that day shall messengers go orth from me in ships to make the areless E-thi-d'pi-ans afraid, and reat pain shall come upon them, ,s in the day of £z£ypt: for, lo, it ometh. 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; I vill also make the multitude of /&fot to cease by the hand of NAbi-chAd-r&z'zar king of BAb'y-lon. 11 He and his people with him, he terrible of the nations, shall »e brought to destroy the land: jid they shall draw their swords .gainst £z&pt, and fill the land vith the slain. 12 And I will make the rivers try, and sell the land into the Land of the wicked: and I will aake the land waste, and all that s therein, by the hand of stran;ers: I the Lord have spoken it. 13Thus saith the Lord God ; I will Iso destroy the idols, and I will ause their images to cease out of ioph; and there shall be no more l prince of the land of fi'^pt: and will put a fear in the land of /A^Pt. 14 And I will make PAth'ros desdate, and will set fire in Zd'an, ind will execute judgments in Nd. 15 And I will pour my fury upon >in, the strength of £z£$pt; and I vill cut off the multitude of Nd. 16 And I will set fire in £'£$pt: sin shall have great pain, and Nd shall be rent asunder, and Ndph thall have distresses diuly. 17 The young men of A ven and of 57

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i n t h e fi r st d a y of t h e m o nt h, t h at t h e w o r d of t h e L o r d c a m e u nt o m e, s a yi n g, 2 S o n of m a n, s p e a k u nt o P h a'r afi h ki n g of £ z £ h >t, a n d t o hi s m ulti t u d e; W h o m a rt t h o u li k e i n t h y g r e at n e s s ? 3 B e h ol d, t h e A s- s ^ r'I- a n w a s a c e d a r i n L & b' a- n o n wit h f ai r b r a n c h e s, a n d wit h a s h a d o wi n g s h r o u d, a n d of a n hi g h st at u r e; a n d hi s t o p w a s a m o n g t h e t hi c k b o u g h s. 4 T h e w at e r s m a d e hi m g r e at, t h e d e e p s et hi m u p o n hi g h wit h h e r ri v e r s r u n ni n g r o u n d a b o ut hi s pl a nt s, a n d s e nt o ut h e r littl e ri v e r s u nt o all t h e t r e e s of t h e fi el d. 5 T h e r ef o r e hi s h ei g ht w a s e x alt e d a b o v e all t h e t r e e s of t h e fi el d, a n d hi s b o u g h s w e r e m ulti pli e d, a n d hi s b r a n c h e s b e c a m e l o n g b e c a u s e of t h e m ultit u d e of w at e r s, w h e n h e s h ot f o rt h. 6 All t h e f o wl s of h e a v e n m a d e t h ei r n e st s i n hi s b o u g h s, a n d u n d e r hi s b r a n c h e s di d all t h e b e a st s of t h e fi el d b ri n g f o rt h t h ei r y o u n g, a n d u n d e r hi s s h a d o w d w elt all g r e at n ati o n s. 7 T h u s w a s h e f ai r i n hi s g r e at n e s s, i n t h e l e n gt h of hi s b r a n c h e s : f o r hi s r o ot w a s b y g r e at w at e r s. 8 T h e c e d a r s i n t h e g a r d e n of G o d c o ul d n ot hi d e hi m: t h e fi r t r e e s w e r e n ot li k e hi s b o u g h s, a n d t h e c h e st n ut t r e e s w e r e n ot li k e hi s b r a n c h e s; n o r a n y t r e e i n t h e g a r d e n of G o d w a s li k e u nt o hi m i n hi s b e a ut y. 2 9 1 h a v e m a d e hi m f ai r b y t h e m ul tit u d e of hi s b r a n c h e s : s o t h at all t h e t r e e s of £' d £ n, t h at w e r e i n t h e g a r d e n of G o d, e n vi e d hi m. 1 0 H T h e r ef o r e t h u s s ait h t h e L o r d G o d ; B e c a u s e t h o u h a st lift e d u p t h y s elf i n h ei g ht, a n d h e h at h s h ot u p hi s t o p a m o n g t h e t hi c k b o u g h s, a n d hi s h e a rt i s lift e d u p i n hi s h ei g ht; 1 1 1 h a v e t h e r ef o r e d eli v e r e d hi m i nt o t h e h a n d of t h e mi g ht y o n e of t h e h e at h e n; h e s h all s u r el y d e al wit h hi m : I h a v e d ri v e n hi m o ut f o r hi s wi c k e d n e s s. 1 2 A n d st r a n g e r s, t h e t e r ri bl e of t h e n ati o n s, h a v e c ut hi m off, a n d h a v e l eft hi m : u p o n t h e m o u nt ai n s Di giti z e d b y

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he first day of the month, that the vord of the Lord came unto me, laying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentaion for Pha'raoh king of E'^ypt, nd say unto him, Thou art like a roung lion of the nations, and thou trt as a whale in the seas: and hou earnest forth with thy rivers, mdtroubledst the waters with thy eet, and fouledst their rivers. 3 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will herefore spread out my net over hee with a company of many peo>le; and they shall bring thee up n my net. 4 Then will I leave thee upon the and, I will cast thee forth upon the >pen field, and will cause all the owls of the heaven to remain upon hee, and I will fill the beasts of the vhole earth with thee. 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the nountains, and fill the valleys with hy height. 6 I will also water with thy blood he land wherein thou swimmest, wen to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 7 And when I shall put thee out, ’ will cover the heaven, and make he stars thereof dark; I will cover he sun with a cloud, and the moon ihall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set iarkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God . 9 I will also vex the hearts of nany people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, nto the countries which thou hast lot known. 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man [or his own life, in the day of thy fafl. 11 H For thus saith the Lord God ; Hie sword of the king of BAb'jMon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp Digitized by

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of £'&pt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 131 will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God . 15 When I shall make the land of L'fcfpt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord . 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for E'i^pt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. 17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of R'gfpt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 21The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 As'shyr is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. 24 There is £zl&n and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down

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uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down into the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude : her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Me'shech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war :.and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is E/dom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with tiie tmcircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidd'ni-ans, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pha'raoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pha'raoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God . 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain Digitized by

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AGAIN the word of the LORD xx came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand. 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Is'ra-el; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, 0 wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Is'ra-el; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us,

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Jerusalem smitten: the reason md we pine away in them, how ihould we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith he Lord God , I have no pleasure n the death of the wicked; but that he wicked turn from his way and ive: turn ye, turn ye from your evil vays; for why will ye die, O house >f Is'ra-el? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say into the children of thy people, The ighteousness of the righteous shall lot deliver him in the day of his ransgression: as for the wickedless of the wicked, he shall not fall hereby in the day that he tumeth rom his wickedness; neither shall he righteous be able to live for his ighteousness in the day that he >inneth. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he rust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteouslesses shall not be remembered; >ut for his iniquity that he hath lommitted, he shall die for it. 14 Again, when I say unto the ricked, Thou shalt surely die; if ie turn from his sin, and do that vhich is lawful and right; 15 If the wicked restore the >ledge, give again that he had obbed, walk in the statutes of ife, without committing iniquity; ie shall surely live, he shall not lie. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto iim: he hath done that which is awful and right; he shall surely ive. 17 If Yet the children of thy peo>le say, The way of the Lord is not jqual: but as for them, their way is iot equal. 18 When the righteous tumeth rom his righteousness, and comnitteth iniquity, he shall even die hereby. 19 But if the wicked turn from his rickedness, and do that which is awful and right, he shall live there>y. 20 H Yet ye say, The way of the >>rd is not equaL O ye house of :s'ra-el, I will judge you every one ifter his ways. Digitized by

21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth dau of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jd-ru'sA-lem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Is'rg-el speak, saying, A'brA-h&m was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them. Thus saith fixe Lord God ; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 Tor I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and die mountains of Is'ra-el shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord , when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord . 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit

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before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 33 And when this cometh to pass; (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. 836 CHAPTER 34 prophet ordered to prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. 7 God’s judgment against them: 11 his care for his flock. 20 He will set up one shepherd, David, over them.

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every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds* hear the word of the Lord ; 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 11 T For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed than upon the mountains of Is'ra-el by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 141 will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Is'ra-el shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of is'ra-el. 151 will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God . 161 will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with

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»ur feet the residue of your pasres? and to have drunk of the sep waters, but ye must foul the sidue with your feet? ’ 9 And as for my flock, they eat at which ye have trodden with >ur feet; and they drink that hich ye have fouled with your et. JO Therefore thus saith the 3rd God unto them; Behold, I, ten I, will judge between the fat ittle and between the lean cattle. 21 Because ye have thrust with de and with shoulder, and pushed 1 the diseased with your horns, U ye have scattered them abroad; 22 Therefore will I save my flock, id they shall no more be a prey; id I will judge between cattle id cattle. 23 And I will set up one shepherd rer them, and he shall feed them, pen my servant D£'vid; he shall >ed them, and he shall be their lepherd. 24 And I the Lord will be their rod, and my servant Da'vid a rince among them; I the Lord ave spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a jvenant of peace, and will cause le evil beasts to cease out of the ind: and they shall dwell safely i the wilderness, and sleep in the roods. 26 And I will make them and the laces round about my hill a blessig; and I will cause the shower to ome down in his season; there hall be showers of blessing. 27 And the tree of the field shall ield her fruit, and the earth shall ield her increase, and they shall >e safe in their land, and shall mow that I am the Lord , when I Lave broken the bands of their roke, and delivered them out of he hand of those that served hemselves of them. 28 And they shall no more be a >rey to the heathen, neither shall he beast of the land devour them; put they shall dwell safely, and lone shall make them afraid. 29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in Digitized by

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the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Is'rael, are my people, saith the Lord God . 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God .

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EZEKIEL, 36 thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. 12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord , and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Is'ra-el, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. 14 Thus saith the Lord Gob; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of is'ra-el, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Se'ir, and all 1-dume'd, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord . 838

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ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of is'rael, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord : 2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are our’s in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Is'ra-el, hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to die cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord ax

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God ; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all 1-du-me'A, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Is'ra-el, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 7Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 8 But ye, O mountains of Isra-el, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Is'ra-el; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Is'ra-el, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your, beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord . 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Is'ra-el; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 13 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God . 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any

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lore, neither shalt thou cause thy ations to fall any more, saith the ord God . 16 Moreover the word of the ord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of ?'ra-el dwelt in their own land, ley defiled it by their own way nd by their doings: their way was efore me as the uncleanness of a amoved woman. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upfl them for the blood that they had bed upon the land, and for their lols wherewith they had polluted 19 And I scattered them among le heathen, and they were disersed through the countries: acjrding to their way and according > their doings I judged them. 20 And when they entered unto le heathen, whither they went, ley profaned my holy name, when ley said to them, These are the eople of the Lord , and are gone >rth out of his land. 21 But I had pity for mine holy ame, which the house of Is'ra-el ad profaned among the heathen, 'hither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house E Is'ra-el, Thus saith the Lord rOD; I do not this for your sakes, > house of is'ra-el, but for mine oly name’s sake, which ye have rofaned among the heathen, 'hither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great ame, which was profaned among le heathen, which ye have proined in the midst of them; and le heathen shall know that I am le Lord , saith the Lord God , hen I shall be sanctified in you efore their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among le heathen, and gather you out of 11 countries, and will bring you ito your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean 'ater upon you, and ye shall be ean: from all your filthiness, and om all your idols, will I cleanse JU. 26' A new heart also will I give ou, and a new spirit will I put 'ithin you: and I will take away Digitized by

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the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them, 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the com, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God , be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Is'ra-el. 33 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say. This land that was desolate is become like the garden of £'ddn; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined Places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it, 37Thus saith the Lord God ; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Is'ra-el, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of JA-ru'sA-l&n in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be

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filled with flocks of men: and they 11 5[ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole shall know that I am the Lord . house of Is'ra-el: behold, they say, 839 CHAPTER 37 Our bones are dried, and our hope 1 The vision of the valley of dry bones. is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 15 The union of the sticks, type of the 12 Therefore prophesy and say union of Judah and Israel; 24 David unto them, Thus saith the Lord to be their king; 26 The everlasting God ; Behold, O my people, I will -covenant of peace. open your graves, and cause you to I 'T'HE hand of the Lord was upon come up out of your graves, and l X me, and carried me out in the bring you into the land of Is'ra-eL spirit of the Lord , and set me down 13 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of the valley which was the Lord , when I have opened your graves, O my people, and full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them brought you up out of your graves, round about: and, behold, there 14 And shall put my spirit in you, were very many in the open valley; and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of know that I the Lord have spoken man, can these bones live? And it, and performed it, saith the I answered, O Lord God , thou Lord . 15 5f The word of the Lord came Imowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy again unto me, saying, upon these bones, and say unto 16Moreover, thou son of man, them, O ye dry bones, hear the take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Ju'dah, and for the word of the Lord . 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto children of Is'ra-el his companions: these bones; Behold; I will cause then take another stick, and write breath to enter into you, and ye upon it, For Jo'seph, the stick of E'phra-im, and for all the house of shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, Is'ra-el his companions: and will bring up flesh upon you, 17 And join them one to another and cover you with skin, and put into one stick; and they'shall bebreath in you, and ye shall live; come one in thine hand. and ye shall know that I am the 18 T And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, sayLord . 7 So I prophesied as I was com- ing, Wilt thou not shew us what manded : and as I prophesied, there thou meanest by these? was a noise, and behold a shaking, 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the and the bones came together, bone Lord God ; Behold, I will take the to his bone. stick of Jo'seph, which is in the 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sin- hand of £'phrd-hn, and the tribes ews and the flesh capie up upon of Is'ra-el his fellows, and will put them, and the skin covered them them with him, even with the stick K above: but there was no breath in of Ju'dah, and make them one ^\them. stick, and they shall be one in mine Then said he unto me, Prophesy hand. unto the wind, prophesy, son of 20 51 And the sticks whereon thou man, and say to the wind, Thus writest shall be in thine hand besaith the Lord God ; Come from fore their eyes. the four winds, O breath, and 21 And say unto them, Thus saith breathe upon these slain, that they the Lord God ; Behold, I will take may live. the children of Is'ra-el from among 10 So I prophesied as he com- the heathen, whither they be gone, manded me, and the breath came and will gather them on every side, into them, and they lived, and stood and bring them into their own i up upon their feet, an exceeding land: great army. 22 And I will make them one naDigitized by

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horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Per'sja, E-thl-o'pi-d’, and Lib'^-A with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Go'mer, and all his bands; the house of Td-gSr'mah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Is'ra-el, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a 840 CHAPTER 38 prey; to turn thine hand upon die The prophecy against Gog. desolate places that are now in/^ND the word of the Lord came habited, and upon the people that xx unto me, saying, are gathered out of the nations, 2 Son of man, set thy face against which have gotten cattle and goods, Gdg, the land of Ma'gdg, the chief that dwell in the midst of the land. prince of Me'shech and Tu'bal, 13 She'bd, and De'dan, and the merchants of Tar'shish, with all and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord the young lions thereof, shall sdy GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O unto thee, Art thou come to take a Gdg, the chief prince of Me'shech spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away and Tu'bal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and silver and gold, to take away cattle ut hooks into thy jaws, and I will and goods, to take a great spoil? •ring thee forth, and all thine army, 14 H Therefore, son of man, Original from Digitized by Google 907 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN tion in the land upon the mountains of I§'ra-el; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And Da'vid my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Ja'cob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant Da'vid shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify is'ra-el, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

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d they shall spoil those that oiled them, and rob those that bbed them, saith the Lord God . 1 And it shall come to pass in at day, that I will give unto Gdg a ice there of graves in Is'ra-el, the Iley of the passengers on the east die sea: and it shall stop the >ses of the passengers: and there all they bury Gog and all his mulude: and they shall call it The illey of Ha'mon-g6g. 2 And seven months shall the >use of is'ra-el be burying of them, at they may cleanse the land. .3 Yea, all the people of the land tall bury them; and it shall be to em a renown the day that I shall * glorified, saith the Lord God . L4 And they shall sever out men : continual employment, passing trough the land to bury with the issengers those that remain upon te face of the earth, to cleanse it: ter the end of seven months shall iey search. 15 And the passengers that pass trough the land, when any seeth a tan’s bone, then shall he set up a tgn by it, till the buriers have burjd it in the valley of Ha'mon-gog. 16 And also the name of the city hall be H^-mo'nah. Thus shall iey cleanse the land. 17 And, thou son of man, thus aith the Lord God ; Speak unto very feathered fowl, and to every east of the field, Assemble yourelves, and come; gather yourselves n every side to my sacrifice that I b sacrifice for you, even a great acrifice upon the mountains of s'ra-el, that ye may eat flesh, and I rink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the nighty, and drink the blood of the >rinces of the earth, of rams, of ambs, and of goats, of bullocks, ill of them fallings of Ba'sh&n. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be ull, and drink blood till ye be Irunken, of my sacrifice which I rave sacrificed for you. 2Q Thus ye shall be filled at my able with horses and chariots, with nighty men, and with all men of ivar, saith the Lord God . 21 And I will set my glory among Digitized by

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the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 22 So the house of Is'ra-el shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward. 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Is'ra-el went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Now will I bring again the captivity of Ja'cob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Is'ra-el, and will be jealous for my holy name; 26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Is'ra-el, saith the Lord God .

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wi n d o w s t h e r ei n a n d i n t h e a r c h e s t h e r e of r o u n d a b o ut: it w a s fift y c u bit s l o n g, a n d fi v e a n d t w e nt y c u bit s b r o a d. 3 4 A n d t h e a r c h e s t h e r e of w e r e t o w a r d t h e o ut w a r d c o uft; a n d p al m t r e e s w e r e u p o n t h e p o st s t h e r e of, o n t hi s si d e, a n d o n t h at si d e: a n d t h e g oi n g u p t o it h o d ei g ht st e p s. 35 A n d h e b r o u g ht m e t o t h e n o rt h g at e, a n d m e a s u r e d it a c c o r di n g t o t h e s e m e a s u r e s; 3 6 T h e littl e c h a m b e r s t h e r e of, t h e p o st s t h e r e of, a n d t h e a r c h e s t h e r e of, a n d t h e wi n d o w s t o it r o u n d a b o ut: t h e l e n gt h w a s fift y c u bit s, a n d t h e b r e a dt h fi v e a n d t w e nt y c u bit s. 3 7 A n d t h e p o st s t h e r e of w e r e t o w a r d t h e utt e r c o u rt; a n d p al m t r e e s w e r e u p o n t h e p o st s t h e r e of, o n t hi s si d e, a n d o n t h at si d e : a n d t h e g oi n g u p t o it h a d ei g ht st e p s. 3 8 A n d t h e c h a m b ers a n d t h e e n t ri e s t h e r e of w e r e b y t h e p o st s of t h e g at e s, w h e r e t h e y w a s h e d t h e b u r nt off e ri n g. 3 9 A n d i n t h e p o r c h of t h e g at e w e r e t w o t a bl e s o n t hi s si d e, a n d t w o t a bl e s o n t h at si d e, t o sl a y t h e r e o n t h e b u r nt off e ri n g a n d t h e si n off e ri n g a n d t h e t r e s p a s s off e r i n g. 4 0 A n d at t h e si d e wit h o ut, a s o n e g o et h u p t o t h e e nt r y of t h e n o rt h g at e, w e r e t w o t a bl e s; a n d o n t h e ot h e r si d e, w hi c h w a s at t h e p o r c h of t h e g at e, w e r e t w o t a bl e s. 4 1 F o u r t a bl e s w e r e o n t hi s si d e, a n d f o u r t a bl e s o n t h at si d e, b y t h e si d e of t h e g at e ; ei g ht t a bl e s, w h e r e u p o n t h e y sl e w t h ei r s a c rifi c e s, 4 2 A n d t h e f o u r t a bl e s w e r e of h e w n st o n e f o r t h e b u r nt off e ri n g, of a c u bit a n d a n h alf l o n g, a n d a c u bit a n d a n h alf b r o a d, a n d o n e c u bit hi g h: w h e r e u p o n al s o t h e y l ai d t h e i n st r u m e nt s w h e r e wit h t h e y sl e w t h e b u r nt off e ri n g a n d t h e s a c rifi c e. 4 3 A n d wit hi n w e r e h o o k s, a n h a n d b r o a d, f a st e n e d r o u n d a b o ut : a n d u p o n t h e t a bl e s w a s t h e fl e s h of t h e off e ri n g. 4 4 A n d wit h o ut t h e i n n e r g at e w e r e t h e c h a m b e r s of t h e si n g e r s i n t h e i n n e r c o u rt, w hi c h w a s at

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t h e r e of, t w e nt y c u bit s; a n d t h e b r e a dt h, t w e nt y c u bit s, b ef o r e t h e t e m pl e : a n d h e s ai d u nt o m e, T hi s i s t h e m o st h ol y pl a c e. 5 Aft e r h e m e a s u r e d t h e w all of t h e h o u s e, si x c u bit s; a n d t h e b r e a dt h of e v e r y si d e c h a m b e r, f o u r c u bit s, r o u n d a b o ut t h e h o u s e o n e v e r y si d e. 6 A n d t h e si d e c h a m b e r s w e r e t h r e e, o n e o v e r a n ot h e r, a n d t hi rt y i n o r d e r; a n d t h e y e nt e r e d i nt o t h e w all w hi c h w a s of t h e h o u s e f o r t h e si d e c h a m b e r s r o u n d a b o ut, t h at t h e y mi g ht h a v e h ol d, b ut t h e y h a d n ot h ol d i n t h e w all of t h e h o u s e. 7 A n d t h e r e w a s a n e nl a r gi n g, a n d a wi n di n g a b o ut still u p w a r d t o t h e si d e c h a m b e r s : f o r t h e wi n d i n g a b o ut of t h e h o u s e w e nt stfll u p w a r d r o u n d a b o ut t h e h o u s e: t h e r ef o r e t h e b r e a dt h of t h e h o u s e w a s still u p w a r d, a n d s o i n c r e a s e d f r o m t h e l o w e st c h a m b e r t o fil e hi g h e st b y t h e mi d st. 8 I s a w al s o t h e h ei g ht of t h e h o u s e r o u n d a b o ut: t h e f o u n d a ti o n s of t h e si d e c h a m b e r s ' w e r e a. f ull r e e d of si x g r e at c u bit s. 9 T h e t hi c k n e s s of t h e w all, w hi c h w a s f o r t h e si d e c h a m b e r wit h o ut, w a s fi v e c u bit s : a n d t h at w hi c h w a s l eft w a s t h e pl a c e of t h e si d e c h a m b e r s t h at w e r e wit hi n. 1 0 A n d b et w e e n t h e c h a m b e r s w a s t h e wi d e n e s s of t w e nt y c u bit s r o u n d a b o ut t h e h o u s e o n e v e r y si d e. 1 1 A n d t h e d o o r s of t h e si d e di a m b e r s w e r e t o w a r d t h e Pl a c e t h at w a s l eft, o n e d o o r t o w a r d t h e n o rt h, a n d a n ot h e r d o o r t o w a r d t h e s o ut h: a n d t h e b r e a dt h of t h e pl a c e t h at w a s l eft w a s fi v e c u bit s r o u n d a b o ut. 1 2 N o w t h e b uil di n g t h at w a s b e f o r e t h e s e p a r at e pl a c e at t h e e n d t o w a r d t h e w e st w a s s e v e nt y c u bit s b r o a d; a n d t h e w all of t h e b uil di n g w a s fi v e c u bit s t hi c k r o u n d a b o ut, a n d t h e l e n gt h t h e r e of ni n et y c u bit s. 1 3 S o h e m e a s u r e d t h e h o u s e, a n h u n d r e d c u bit s l o n g; a n d t h e s e p a r at e pl a c e, a n d t h e b uil di n g, wit h t h e w all s t h e r e of, a n h u n d r e d c u bit s l o n g;

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b ef o r e t h e b uil di n g t o w a r d t h e 1 7 T o t h at a b o v e t h e d o o r, e v e n n o rt h. 2 B ef o r e t h e l e n gt h of a n h u n u nt o t h e i n n e r h o u s e, a n d wit h o ut, a n d b y all t h e w all r o u n d a b o ut d r e d, c u bit s w a s t h e n o rt h d o o r, a n d t h e b r e a dt h w a s fift y c u bit s. wit hi n a n d wit h o ut, b y m e a s u r e. 1 8 A n d it w a s m a d e wit h c h e r u3 O v e r a g ai n st t h e t w e nt y c u bit s bi m s a n d p al m t r e e s, s o t h at a w hi c h w e r e f o r t h e i n n e r c o u rt, a n d p al m t r e e w a s b et w e e n a c h e r u b o v e r a g ai n st t h e p a v e m e nt w hi c h a n d a c h e r u b; a n d e v e r y c h e r u b w a s f o r t h e utt e r c o u rt, w a s g all e r y a g ai n st g all e r y i n t h r e e st o ri e s. h a d t w o f a c e s; 1 9 S o t h at t h e f a c e of a m a n w a s 4 A n d b ef o r e t h e c h a m b e r s w a s sl t o w a r d t h e p al m t r e e o n t h e o n e w al k of t e n c u bit s b r e a dt h i n w a r d, si d e, a n d t h e f a c e of a y o u n g li o n a w a y of o n e c u bit; 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a n d t h e c o r n e r s t h e r e - o v e r a g ai n st t h e c h a m b e r s, t o w a r d of, a n d t h e l e n gt h t h e r e of, a n d t h e t h e utt e r c o u rt o n t h e f o r e p a rt of w all s t h e r e of, w e r e of w o o d: a n d t h e c h a m b e r s, t h e l e n gt h t h e r e of h e s ai d u nt o m e, T hi s i s t h e t a bl e w a s fift y c u bit s. t h at i s b ef o r e t h e L o r d . 8 F o r t h e l e n gt h of t h e c h a m b e r s 2 3 A n d t h e t e m pl e a n d t h e s a n c - t h at w e r e i n t h e utt e r c o u rt w a s t u a r y h a d t w o d o o r s. fift y c u bit s: a n d, l o, b ef o r e t h e 2 4 A n d t h e d o o r s h a d t w o l e a v e s t e m pl e w e r e a n h u n d r e d c u bit s. a pi e c e, t w o t u r ni n g l e a v e s; t w o 9 A n d f r o m u n d e r t h e s e c h a m b e r s l e a v e s f o r t h e o n e d o o r, a n d t w o w a s di e e nt r y o n t h e e a st si d e, a s l e a v e s f o r t h e ot h e r d o o r. o n e g o et h i nt o t h e m f r o m t h e utt e r 2 5 A n d t h e r e w e r e m a d e o n t h e m, c o u rt. o n t h e d o o r s of t h e t e m pl e, c h e r u 1 0 T h e c h a m b ers w er e i n t h e bi m s a n d p al m t r e e s, li k e a s w e r e t hi c k n e s s of t h e w all of t h e c o u rt m a d e u p o n t h e w all s; 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separate place, and over against CHAPTER 43 the building. 1 The glory of the Lord fills the 10 The law of the house. 13 The nHO* . 11 And the way before them was urements of the altar; 18 its ordinaqtyl like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as AFTERWARD he brought mete long as they, and as broad as they: ax the gate, even the gate Alt and all their goings out were both looketh toward the east: according to their fashions, and ac- 2 And, behold, the glory of ’•t cording to their doors. God of Isra-el came from the vat 12 And according to the doors of of the east: and his voice was fife the chambers that were toward the a noise of many waters: and *£ south was a door in the head of the earth shined with his glory. way, even the way directly before 3 And it was* according to the apdie wall toward die east, as one pearance of the vision which I saw, entereth into them. even according to the vision that J 13 H Then said he unto me, The saw when I came to destroy w north chambers and the south city: and the visions were like the chambers, which are before the vision that I saw by the river Ch&separate place, they be holy cham- bftr; and I fell upon my face. bers, where the priests that ap- 4 And the glory of the Lord came proach unto the Lord shall eat into the house by the way offffe the most holy things: there shall gate whose prospect is toward w they lay the most holy things, and east. the meat offering, and the sin of- 5 So the spirit took me up , ml fering, and the trespass offering; brought me into the inner cock for the place is holy. and, behold, the glory of the Lo* 14 When the priests enter there- filled the house. in, then shall they not go out of the 6 And I heard him speaking laa holy place into the utter court, but me out of the house; and the map there they shall lay their garments stood by me. wherein they minister; for they are 7 And he said unto me, Sostsf holy; and shall put on other gar- man, the place of my throne, aid ments, and shall approach to those the place of the soles of my fast, things which are for the people. where I will dwell in the midst of 15 Now when he had made an the children of Is'ra-el for ever, aid end of measuring the inner house, my holy name, shall the house*of he brought me forth toward the Is'ra-el no more defile, neiter gate whose prospect is toward the they, nor their kings, by tHr east, and measured it round about whoredom, nor by the carcases of 16 He measured the east side with their kings in their high places, -v the measuring reed, five hundred 8 In their setting of their threshreeds, with the measuring reed old by my thresholds, and tiMfr round about. post by my posts, and the wall be17 He measured the north side, tween me and them, they base five hundred reeds, with the meas- even defiled my holy name Jby uring reed round about their abominations that they have 18 He measured the south side, committed: wherefore I have five hundred reeds, with the meas- consumed them in mine anger. uring reed. 9 Now let them put away tbfir 19 He turned about to the west whoredom, and the carcasesUgf side, and measured five hundred their kings, far from me, and I tefll reeds with the measuring reed. dwell in the midst of them for era. 20 He measured it by the four 10 T Thou son of man, shew Ae sides: it had a wall round about, house to the house of Is'ra-el, Ast five hundred reeds long, and five they may be ashamed of thein»hundred broad, to make a separa- iquities: and let them measure Ae ttUu tion between the sanctuary and pattern. tiie profane place. 11 And if they be ashamed oMl Original from 914 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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iat they have done, shew them the 20 And thou shalt take of the inn of the house, and the fashion blood thereof, and put it on the Lereof, and the goings out there- four horns of it, and on the four f, and the comings in thereof, and comers of the settle, and upon the 11 the forms thereof, and all the border round about: thus shalt refinances thereof, and all the thou cleanse and purge it. inns thereof, and all the laws 21 Thou shalt take the bullock lereof: and write it in their sight, also of the sin offering, and he iat they may keep the whole form shall bum it in the appointed lereof, and all the ordinances place of the house, without the sanctuary. lereof, and do them. 12 This is the law of the house; 22 And on the second day thou pon the top of the mountain the shalt offer a kid of the goats withhole limit thereof round about out blemish for a sin offering; and hall be most holy. Behold, this they shall cleanse the altar, as r the law of the house. they did cleanse it with the bul-r 13 And these are the measures lock. f the altar after the cubits: The 23 When thou hast made an end of ubit is a cubit and an hand cleansing it, thou shalt offer a readth; even the bottom shall be young bullock without blemish, cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and a ram out of the flock without nd the border thereof by the edge blemish. lereof round about shall be a 24 And thou shalt offer them bepan: and this shall be the higher fore the Lord , and the priests lace of the altar. shall cast salt upon them, and they 14 And from the bottom upon the shall offer them up for a burnt ofround even to the lower settle fering unto the Lord . hall be two cubits, and the breadth 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare •ne cubit; and from the lesser every day a goat for a sin offering: ettle even to the greater settle they shall also prepare a young bulhaZZ be four cubits, and the breadth lock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. me cubit. 15 So the altar shall be four cubits; 26 Seven days shall they purge nd from the altar and upward shall the altar and purify it; and they >e four horns. shall consecrate themselves. 16 And the altar shall be twelve 27 And when these days are ex-ubits long, twelve broad, square pired, it shall be, that upon the q the four squares thereof. eighth day, and so forward, the 17 And the settle shall be four- priests shall make your burnt een cubits long and fourteen offerings upon the altar, and your >road in the four squares thereof; peace offerings; and I will accept ind the border about it shall be you, saith the Lord God . lalf a cubit; and the bottom thereof 44 846 thaU be a cubit about; and his 1 The east CHAPTER gate for the prince only. 4 rtairs shall look toward the east. Warning as to the temple’s sanctity: 18 And he said unto me, Son of duties of the Levites who went astray. 15 Ordinances governing the priests’ nan, thus saith the Lord God ; duties, Phese are the ordinances of the iltar in the day when they shall 'T'HEN he brought me back the nake it, to offer burnt offerings A. way of the gate of the outward hereon, and to sprinkle blood sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. hereon. 2 Then said the Lord unto me; 19 And thou shalt give to the >riests the LS'vites that be of the This gate shall be shut, it shall not seed of Za'ddk, which approach be opened, and no man shall enter into me, to minister unto me, in by it; because the Lord , the saith tide Lord God , a young bul- God of is'ra-el, hath entered in by lock for a sin offering. it, therefore it shall be shut. Original from 915 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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3 It is for the prince: the prince, the house of Is'ra-el to fall into inhe shall sit in it to eat oread before iquity; therefore have I lifted up the Lord ; he shall enter by the mine hand against them, saith the way of the porch of that gate, and Lord God , and they shall bear shall go out by the way of the their iniquity. same. 13 And they shall not come near 4 Then brought he me the way unto me, to do the office of a priest of the north gate before the house: unto me, nor to come near to any and I looked, and, behold, the glory of my holy things, in the most holy of the Lord filled the house of the Place: but they shall bear their Lord : and I fell upon my face. shame, and their abominations 5 And the Lord said unto me, Son which they have committed. of man, mark well, and behold with 14 But I will make them keepers thine eyes, and hear with thine of the charge of the house, for all ears all that I say unto thee con- the service thereof, and for all that cerning all the ordinances of the shall be done therein. house of the Lord , and all the 15 H But the priests the Le'vites, laws thereof; and mark well the the sons of Za'ddk, that kept the entering in of the house, with every charge of my sanctuary when the going forth of the sanctuary. children of Is'ra-el went astray 6 And thou shalt say to the rebel- from me, they shall come near to lious, even to the house of Is'ra-el, me to minister unto me, and they Thus safth the Lord God ; O ye shall stand before me to offer unto house of Is'ra-el, let it suffice you me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God : of all your abominations, 7 In that ye have brought into mu 16 They shall enter into my sancsanctuary strangers, uncircumcised tuary, and they shall come near to in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, my table, to minister tmto me, and to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, they shall keep my charge. even my house, when ye offer my 17 1 And it shall come to pass, bread, the fat and the blood, and that when they enter in at the gates they have broken my covenant be- of the inner court, they shall be cause of all your abominations. clothed with linen garments; and 8 And ye have not kept the charge no wool shall come upon them, of mine holy things: but ye have whiles they minister in the gates set keepers of my charge in my of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen bonnets sanctuary for yourselves. 9 Thus saith the Lord God ; No upon their heads, and shall have stranger, uncircumcised in heart, linen breeches upon their loins; nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall they shall not gird themselves with enter into my sanctuary, of any any thing that causeth sweat. stranger that is among the children 19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter of is'ra-el. 10 And the Le'vites that are gone court to the people, they shall pot away far from me, when Is'ra-el off their garments wherein they went astray, which went astray ministered, and lay them in the away from me after their idols; holy chambers, and they shall put they shall even bear their iniquity. on other garments; and they shall 11 Yet they shall be ministers in not sanctify the people with their my sanctuary, having charge at the garments. gates of the house, and minister- 20 Neither shall they shave their ing to the house: they shall slay heads, nor suffer their locks to grow the burnt offering and the sacri- long; they shall only poll their heads. fice for the people, and they shall 21 Neither shall any priest drink stand before them to minister unto wine, when they enter into the inner court. them. 12 Because they ministered unto 22 Neither shall they take for them before their idols, and caused their wives a widow, nor her that Original from 916 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Portions of land for priests, city, and prince

is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Is'ra-el, or a widow that had a priest before. 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God . 28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Is'ra-el: I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Is'ra-el shall be their’s. 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or tom, whether it be fowl or beast 847 CHAPTER 45

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heritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto die Lord , an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length. with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy Place. 4 The holy Portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord : and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Le'vites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. 6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Is'ra-el. 7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy Portion, and before the possession of the city, from file west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of file portions, from the west border unto the east border.

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Ordinances concerning sacrifices

Let it suffice you, O princes of Is'ra-el: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God . 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. 13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of is'ra-el; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God . 16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Is'ra-el. 17 And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Is'ra-el: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Is'ra-el. 18 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four comers of the settle of the altar, and upon Digitized by

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HUS saith the Lord God ; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

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4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. 5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 6 And ip the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. 7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. 9U But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. 10 And the prince jn the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. 11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. 12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a Digitized by

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lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto lhe Lord . 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil. every morning for a continual burnt offering. 16 If Thus saith the Lord God ; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them. 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. 19 If After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. 20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. 21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four comers of the court; and, behold, in every comer of the court there was a court. 22 In the four comers of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four comers were of one measure. 23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made

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A F T E R W A R D h e b r o u g ht m e a g ai n u nt o t h e d o o r of t h e h o u s e; a n d, b e h ol d, w at e r s i s s u e d o ut f r o m u n d e r t h e t h r e s h ol d of t h e h o u s e e a st w a r d: f o r t h e f o r ef r o nt of t h e h o u s e st o o d t o w a r d t h e e a st, a n d t h e w at e r s c a m e d o w n f r o m u n d e r f r o m t h e ri g ht si d e of t h e h o u s e, at t h e s o ut h si d e of t h e al t a r. 2 T h e n b r o u g ht h e m e o ut of t h e w a y of t h e g at e n o rt h w a r d, a n d l e d m e a b o ut t h e w a y wit h o ut u nt o t h e utt e r g at e b y t h e w a y t h at l o o k et h e a st w a r d; a n d, b e h ol d, t h e r e r a n o ut w at e r s o n t h e ri g ht si d e. 3 A n d w h e n t h e m a n t h at h a d t h e li n e i n hi s h a n d w e nt f o rt h e a st w a r d, h e m e a s u r e d a t h o u s a n d c u bit s, a n d h e b r o u g ht m e t h r o u g h t h e w at e r s; t h e w at e r s w e r e t o t h e a n cl e s. 4 A g ai n h e m e a s u r e d a t h o u s a n d, a n d b r o u g ht m e t h r o u g h t h e w a t e r s; t h e w at e r s w e r e t o t h e k n e e s. A g ai n h e m e a s u r e d a t h o u s a n d, a n d b r o u g ht m e t h r o u g h; t h e w a t e r s w e r e t o t h e l oi n s. 5 Aft e r w a r d h e m e a s u r e d a t h o u s a n d; a n d it w a s a ri v e r t h at I c o ul d n ot p a s s o v e r : f o r t h e w at e r s w e r e ri s e n, w at e r s t o s wi m i n, a ri v e r t h at c o ul d n ot b e p a s s e d o v e r. 6 1 A n d h e s ai d u nt o m e, S o n of m a n, h a st t h o u s e e n t hi s ? T h e n h e b r o u g ht m e, a n d c a u s e d m e t o r e t u r n t o t h e b ri n k of t h e ri v e r. 7 N o w w h e n I h a d r et u r n e d, b e h ol d, at t h e b a n k of t h e ri v e r w e r e v e r y m a n y t r e e s o n t h e o n e si d e a n d o n t h e ot h e r. 8 T h e n s ai d h e u nt o m e, T h e s e w at e r s i s s u e o ut t o w a r d t h e e a st c o u nt r y, a n d g o d o w n i nt o t h e d e s e rt, a n d g o i nt o t h e s e a : w hi c h b ei n g b r o u g ht f o rt h i nt o t h e s e a, t h e w at e r s s h all b e h e al e d. 92 Di giti z e d b y xi

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9 A n d it s h all c o m e t o p a s s, t h at e v e r y t hi n g t h at li v et h, w hi c h m o vet h, w hit h e r s o e v e r t h e ri v e r s s h all c o m e, s h all li v e: a n d t h e r e s h all b e a v e r y g r e at m ultit u d e of fi s h, b e c a u s e t h e s e w at e r s s h all c o m e t hit h e r: f o r t h e y sl ^ all b e h e al e d; a n d e v e r y t hi n g s h all li v e w hit h e r t h e ri v e r c o m et h. 1 0 A n d it s h all c o m e t o p a s s, t h at t h e fi s h e r s s h all st a n d u p o n it f r o m £ n- £ e' di e v e n u nt o £ n- 6 g'l a-I m; t h e y s h all b e a pl a c e t o s p r e a d f o rt h n et s; t h ei r fi s h s h all b e a c c o r di n g t o t h ei r ki n d s, a s t h e fi s h of t h e g r e at s e a, e x c e e di n g m a n y. 1 1 B ut t h e mi r y pl a c e s t h e r e of a n d t h e m a ri s h e s t h e r e of s h all n ot b e h e al e d; t h e y s h all b e gi v e n t o s alt. 1 2 A n d b y t h e ri v e r u p o n t h e b a n k t h e r e of, o n t hi s si d e a n d o n t h at si d e, s h all g r o w all t r e e s f o r m e at, w h o s e l e af s h all n ot f a d e, n eit h e r s h all t h e f r uit t h e r e of b e c o n s u m e d : it s h all b ri n g f o rt h n e w f r uit a c c o r di n g t o hi s m o nt h s, b e c a u s e t h ei r w at e r s t h e y i s s u e d o ut of t h e s a n ct u a r y: a n d t h e f r uit t h e r e of s h all b e f o r m e at, a n d t h e l e af t h e r e of f o r m e di ci n e. 1 3 1 T h u s s ait h t h e L o r d G o d ; T hi s s h all b e t h e b o r d e r, w h e r e b y y e s h all i n h e rit t h e l a n d a c c o r di n g t o t h e t w el v e t ri b e s of I s' r g- el: J o' s e p h s h all h a v e t w o p o rti o n s. 1 4 A n d y e s h all i n h e rit it, o n e a s w ell a s a n ot h e r: c o n c e r ni n g t h e w hi c h I lift e d u p mi n e h a n d t o gi v e it u nt o y o u r f at h e r s: a n d t hi s l a n d s h all f all u nt o y o u f o r i n h e rit a n c e. 1 5 A n d t hi s s h all b e t h e b o r d e r of t h e l a n d t o w a r d t h e n o rt h si d e, f r o m t h e g r e at s e a, t h e w a y of H et h'l d n, a s m e n g o t o Z e' d A d; 1 6 H a' m at h, B e- r d't h a h, Si b' r gi m, w hi c h i s b et w e e n t h e b o r d e r of D A- m A s' c u s a n d t h e b o r d e r of Hi'm at h; H A' z a r- h at'ti- c d n, w hi c h i s b y t h e c o a st of H a u' r a n. 1 7 A n d t h e b or d er fr o m t h e s e a s h all b e H A' z a r- e' n a n, t h e b o r d e r of D A- m A s' c u s, a n d t h e n o rt h n o rt h w a r d, a n d t h e b o r d e r of Hft'm at h. A n d t hi s i s t h e n o rt h si d e. 1 8 A n d t h e e a st si d e y e s h all m e a s u r e f r o m H a u' r a n, a n d f r o m D A- m A s' c u s, a n d f r o m Gfl' e-i d, a n d 0 Ori gi n al fr o m U NI V E R SI T Y O F MI C HI G A N

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7 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of R e u' b e nf r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e, a p o rti o n f o r J u' d a h. 8 K A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of J u' d a h, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e, s h all b e t h e off e ri n g w hi c h y e s h all off e r of fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d r e e d s i n b r e a dt h, a n d i n l e n gt h a s o n e of t h e ot h e r p a rt s, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e : a n d t h e s a n ct u a r y s h all b e i n t h e mi d st of it. 9 T h e o bl ati o n t h at y e s h all off e r u nt o t h e L o r d s h all b e of fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d i n l e n gt h, a n d of t e n t h o u s a n d i n b r e a dt h. 1 0 A n d f o r t h e m, e v e n f o r t h e p ri e st s, s h all b e t hi s h ol y o bl ati o n; t o w a r d t h e n o rt h fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d i n l e n gt h, a n d t o w a r d t h e w e st t e n t h o u s a n d i n b r e a dt h, a n d t o w a r d t h e e a st t e n t h o u s a n d i n b r e a dt h, a n d t o w a r d t h e s o ut h fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d i n l e n gt h: a n d t h e s a n ct u a r y of t h e L o r d s h all b e i n t h e mi d st t h e r e of. 1 1 It s h all b e f o r t h e p ri e st s t h at a r e s a n ctifi e d of t h e s o n s of Z &'d o k; w hi c h h a v e k e pt m y c h a r g e, w hi c h w e nt n ot a st r a y w h e n t h e 850 C H A P TE R 48 c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el w e nt a st r a y, a s 1 T h e p orti o ns of s e v e n tri b es, 8 of t h e t h e L e' vit e s w e nt a st r a y. p ri e st s, 1 5 of t h e cit y, 2 1 of t h e pri n c e, 1 2 A n d t hi s o bl ati o n of t h e l a n d 2 3 of t h e ot h er fi v e tri b es. 3 0 T h e g at es t h at i s off e r e d s h all b e u nt o t h e m a of t h e cit y. 3 5 T h e cit y's n a m e. t hi n g m o st h ol y b y t h e b o r d e r of O W t h e s e a r e t h e n a m e s of t h e t h e L e' vit e s. t ri b e s. F r o m t h e n o rt h e n d 1 3 A n d o v e r a g ai n st t h e b o r d e r of t o t h e c o a st of t h e w a y of H et h'l dt n,h e p ri e st s t h e L e' vit e s s h all h a v e a s o n e g o et h t o H a' m at h, H a' z a r- fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d i n l e n gt h, e' n a n, t h e b o r d e r of D d- m & s' c u s a n d t e n t h o u s a n d i n b r e a dt h: all n o rt h w a r d, t o t h e c o a st of H a' m at h ; t h e l e n gt h s h all b e fi v e a n d t w e nt y f o r t h e s e a r e hi s si d e s e a st a n d t h o u s a n d, a n d t h e b r e a dt h t e n t h o u s a n d. w e st; a P o rti o n f o r D A n. 2 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of D S n, f r o m 1 4 A n d t h e y s h all n ot s ell of it, t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e, a n eit h e r e x c h a n g e, n o r ali e n at e t h e p o rti o n f o r A s h' e r. fi r stf r uit s of t h e l a n d: f o r it i s h ol y 3 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of A s h' S r, u nt o t h e L o r d . f r o m t h e e a st si d e e v e n u nt o t h d 1 5 II A n d t h e fi v e t h o u s a n d, t h at w e st si d e, a p o rti o n f o r N A p h't a-li. a r e l eft i n t h e b r e a dt h o v e r a g ai n st 4 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of N a p h't a-li, t h e fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d, s h all f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st b e a p r of a n e pl a c e f o r t h e cit y, si d e, a p o rti o n f o r M A- n A s' s e h. f o r d w elli n g, a n d f o r s u b u r b s : 5 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of M A- n A s'- a n d t h e cit y s h all b e i n t h e mi d st s e h, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e t h e r e of. w e st si d e, a p o rti o n f o r E' p h r A-I m. 1 6 A n d t h e s e s h all b e t h e m e a s 6 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of E' p h r A-i m, u r e s t h e r e of; t h e n o rt h si d e f o u r f r o m t h e e a st si d e e v e n u nt o t h e t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d, a n d w e st si d e, a p o rti o n f o r R e u' b e n. t h e s o ut h si d e f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d f r o m t h e l a n d of I s' r a- el b y J 6 r'd a n, f r o m t h e b o r d e r u nt o t h e e a st s e a. A n d t hi s i s t h e e a st si d e. 1 9 A n d t h e s o ut h si d e s o ut h w a r d, f r o m T a' m a r e v e n t o t h e w at e r s of st rif e i n K a' d e s h, t h e ri v e r t o t h e g r e at s e a. A n d t hi s i s t h e s o ut h si d e s o ut h w a r d. 2 0 T h e w e st si d e al s o s h all b e t h e g r e at s e a f r o m t h e b o r d e r, till a m a n c o m e o v e r a g ai n st H A' m at h. T hi s z s t h e w e st si d e. 2 1 S o s h all y e di vi d e t hi s l a n d u n t o y o u a c c o r di n g t o t h e t ri b e s of i s' r a- el. 2 2 A n d it s h all c o m e t o p a s s, t h at y e s h all di vi d e it b y l ot f o r a n i n h e rit a n c e u nt o y o u, a n d t o t h e st r a n g e r s t h at s oj o u r n a m o n g y o u, w hi c h s h all b e g et c hil d r e n a m o n g y o u: a n d t h e y s h all b e u nt o y o u a s b o m i n t h e c o u nt r y a m o n g t h e c hil d r e n of I s' r a- el; t h e y s h all h a v e i n h e rit a n c e wit h y o u a m o n g t h e t ri b e s of I s' r a- el. 2 3 A n d it s h all c o m. e t o p a s s, t h at i n w h at t ri b e t h e st r a n g e r s oj o u r net h, t h e r e s h all y e gi v e hi m hi s i nh e rit a n c e, s ait h t h e L o r d G O D.

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fi v e h u n d r e d, a n d o n t h e e a st si d e f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d, a n d t h e w e st si d e f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d. 1 7 A n d t h e s u b u r b s of t h e cit y s h all b e t o w a r d t h e n o rt h t w o h u n d r e d a n d fift y, a n d t o w a r d t h e s o ut h t w o h u n d r e d a n d fift y, a n d t o w a r d t h e e a st t w o h u n d r e d a n d fift y, a n d t o w a r d t h e w e st t w o h u n d r e d a n d fift y. 1 8 A n d t h e r e si d u e i n l e n gt h o v e r a g ai n st t h e o bl ati o n of t h e h ol y P o r ti o n s h all b e t e n t h o u s a n d e a st w a r d, a n d t e n t h o u s a n d w e st w a r d : a n d it s h all b e o v e r a g ai n st t h e o bl ati o n of t h e h ol y p o rti o n; a n d t h e i n c r e a s e t h e r e of s h all b e f o r f o o d u nt o t h e m t h at s e r v e t h e cit y. 1 9 A n d t h e y t h at s e r v e t h e cit y s h all s e r v e it o ut of all t h e t ri b e s of I s' r a- el. 2 0 All t h e o bl ati o n s h all b e fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d b y fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d: y e s h all off e r t h e h ol y o bl ati o n f o u r s q u a r e, wit h t h e p o s s e s si o n of t h e cit y. 2 1 A n d t h e r e si d u e s h all b e f o r t h e p ri n c e, o n t h e o n e si d e a n d o n t h e ot h e r of t h e h ol y o bl ati o n, a n d of t h e p o s s e s si o n of t h e cit y, o v e r a g ai n st t h e fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d of t h e o bl ati o n t o w a r d t h e e a st b o r d e r, a n d w e st w a r d o v e r a g ai n st t h e fi v e a n d t w e nt y t h o u s a n d t o w a r d t h e w e st b o r d e r, o v e r a g ai n st t h e p o rti o n s f o r t h e p ri n c e : a n d it s h all b e t h e h ol y o bl ati o n; a n d t h e s a n ct u a r y of t h e h o u s e s h all b e i n t h e mi d st t h e r e of. 2 2 M o r e o v e r f r o m t h e p o s s e s si o n of t h e L e vit e s, a n d f r o m t h e p o s s e s si o n of t h e cit y, b ei n g i n t h e mi d st of t h at w hi c h i s t h e p ri n c e ’s, b et w e e n t h e b o r d e r of J u' d a h a n d t h e b o r d e r of B e n'j g- mi n, s h all b e f o r t h e p ri n c e. 2 3 A s f o r t h e r e st of t h e t ri b e s, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e, B & n'j a- mi n s h all h a v e a p o r ti o n.

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2 4 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of B & n'i ami n, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o fil e w e st si d e, SI m' e- o n s h aft h a v e a P o rti o n, 2 5 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of Si m' e- o n, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e, I s' s a- c h a r a p o rti o n, 2 6 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of I s' s a- c h a r, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o t h e w e st si d e, Z e b' u-l u n a P o rti o n. 2 1 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of Z S b' ul u n, f r o m t h e e a st si d e u nt o fi x e w e st si d e, G d d a P o rti o n. 2 8 A n d b y t h e b o r d e r of G £ d, at t h e s o ut h si d e s o ut h w a r d, t h e b o r d e r s h all b e e v e n f r o m Tfi' m a r u nt o t h e w at e r s of st rif e i n K A'd e s h, a n d t o t h e ri v e r t o w a r d t h e g r e at s e a. 2 9 T hi s i s t h e l a n d w hi c h y e s h all di vi d e b y l ot u nt o t h e t ri b e s oi I s' r a- el f o r i n h e rit a n c e, a n d t h e s e a r e t h ei r p o rti o n s, s ait h t h e L o r d G od . 3 0 A n d t h e s e a r e t h e g oi n g s o ut of t h e cit y o n t h e n o rt h si d e, f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d m e a s u r e s. 3 1 A n d t h e g at e s of t h e cit y s h all b e aft e r t h e n a m e s of t h e t ri b e s of I s' r a- el: t h r e e g at e s n o rt h w a r d; o n e g at e of R e u b e n, o n e g at e of J u' d a h, o n e g at e of L e' vi. 3 2 A n d at t h e e a st si d e f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d: a n d t h r e e g at e s; a n d o n e g at e of J d' s e p h, o n e g at e of B e n'j a- mi n, o n e g at e of D d n. 3 3 A n d at t h e s o ut h si d e f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d m e a s u r e s: a n d t h r e e g at e s; o n e g at e of Si m e- o n, o n e g at e of I s' s a- c h a r, o n e g at e of Z e b' u-l u n. 3 4 At t h e w e st si d e f o u r t h o u s a n d a n d fi v e h u n d r e d, wit h t h ei r t h r e e g at e s; o n e g at e of G A d, o n e g at e of A s h' e r, o n e g at e of N A p h't a-li. ' 3 5 It w a s r o u n d a b o ut ei g ht e e n t h o u s a n d m e a s u r e s: a n d t h e n a m e of t h e cit y f r o m t h at d a y s h all b e, T h e L o r d i s t h e r e.

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1 Nebuchadnezzar forgets his dream: his demand of the magicians. 10 Unable to reveal it, they are condemned to death. 14 Daniel asks for time: in a vision it is revealed to him. 24 His audience with the kind: 31 the king's dream, 36 its interpretation. 46 Daniel promoted.

AND in the secondyear of the reign ofNdb-u-ch&d-ndz'zarNdb-uchAd-nez'zar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Ch&l-de'ans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the ChAl-de'ans to the king in S^r'i-ack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chdl-de'ans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and honour: therefore shew me earn, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

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9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. 101 The Chdl-de'ans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chdlde'an. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Bfib'^-lon. 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Ddn'jel and his fellows to be slain. 14 1 Then Ddn'jel answered with counsel and wisdom to A'ri-dch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of B&b't-lon: 15 He answered and said to A’ridch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then A'ri-dch made the thing known to D&n'jel. 16 Then Ddn'iel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. 17 Then D&n'jel went to his house, and made the thing known to HAn-a-ni'ah, Mish'a-el, and Aza-ri'ah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that D&n'jel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Bftb'£lon. 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Dfin'iel in a night vision. Then Dfinlel blessed the God of heaven.

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D a ni el r e v e als a n d i nt er pr ets t h e ki n g's dr e a m 2 0 D A n'i el a ns w e r e d a n d s ai d, Bl e s s e d b e t h e n a m e of G o d f o r e v e r a n d e v e r: f o r wis d o m a n d mi g ht a r e hi s : 2 1 A n d h e c h a n g et h t h e ti m es a n d t h e s e as o ns: h e r e m o v et h ki n gs, a n d s ett et h u p ki n gs: h e gi v et h wis d o m u nt o t h e wis e, a n d k n o wl e d g e t o t h e m t h at k n o w u n d e r st a n di n g: 2 2 H e r e v e al et h t h e d e e p a n d s e c r et t hi n g s : h e k n o w et h w h at is i n t h e d a r k n ess, a n d t h e li g ht d w ellet h wit h hi m. 2 3 1 t h a n k t h e e, a n d p r ais e t h e e, O t h o u G o d of m y f at h e rs, w h o h ast gi v e n m e wis d o m a n d mi g ht, a n d h a st m a d e k n o w n u nt o m e n o w w h at w e d esi r e d of t h e e: f o r t h o u h a st n o w m a d e k n o w n u nt o us t h e ki n g ’s m att e r. 2 4 1 T T h e r ef o r e D A n'i el w e nt i n u nt o A' ri- d c h, w h o m t h e ki n g h a d o r d ai n e d t o d est r o y t h e wis e m e n of B A b'j M o n: h e w e nt a n d s ai d t h u s u nt o hi m; D est r o y n ot t h e wi s e m e n of B A b'j M o n: b ri n g m e i n b ef o r e t h e ki n g, a n d I will s h e w u nt o t h e ki n g t h e i nt e r p r et ati o n. 2 5 T h e n A' ri- d c h b r o u g ht i n D A n' i el b ef o r e t h e ki n g i n h ast e, a n d s ai d t h us u nt o hi m, I h a v e f o u n d a m a n of t h e c a pti v es of J u' d a h, t h at will m a k e k n o w n u nt o t h e ki n g t h e i nt e r p r et ati o n. 2 6 T h e ki n g a ns w e r e d a n d s ai d t o D A n'i el, w h os e n a m e w as B dl-t es h A z z a r, A rt t h o u a bl e t o m a k e k n o w n u nt o m e t h e d r e a m w hi c h I h a v e s e e n, a n d t h e i nt e r p r et ati o n t h e r e of ? 2 7 D A n'i el a ns w e r e d i n t h e p r es e n c e of t h e ki n g, a n d s ai d, T h e s e c r et w hi c h t h e ki n g h at h d e m a n d e d c a n n ot t h e wis e m e n, t h e ast r ol o g e rs, t h e m a gi ci a ns, t he s o ot hs a y e rs, s h e w u nt o t h e ki n g; 2 8 B ut t h e r e i s a G o d i n h e a v e n t h at r e v e al et h s e c r ets, a n d m a k et h k n o w n t o t h e ki n g N e b- u- c h A dn d z' z a r w h at s h all b e i n t h e l att e r d a ys. T h y d r e a m, a n d t h e visi o ns of t h y h e a d u p o n t h y b e d, a r e t h e s e; 2 9 As f o r t h e e, O ki n g, t h y t h o u g hts c a m e i nt o t h y mi n d u p o n t h y b e d, w h at s h o ul d c o m e t o p ass h e r e aft e r: a n d h e t h at r e v e al et h Di giti z e d b y

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41 And whereas thou sawest the CHAPTER 3 853 feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, 1 Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image. 8 and part of iron, the kingdom shall Daniel's three friends refuse to wonhip be divided; but there shall be in it it and are cast into the fiery furnace. 26 God preserves and delivers than. of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron KB-U-CHAD-NEZ'ZAR the king mixed with miry clay. made an image of gold, whose 42 And as the toes of the feet were height was threescore cubits, an part of iron, and part of clay, so the the breadth thereof six cubits: he kingdom shall be partly strong, and set ;it up in the plain of Du'ra, in partly broken. the province of Bfib'Mon. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron 2 Then N&b-u-ch&d-n&z'zar the mixed with miry clay, they shall king sent to gather together die mingle themselves with the seed of princes, the governors, and the men: but they shall not cleave one captains, the judges, the treasto another, even as iron is not urers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, mixed with clay. and all the rulers of the provinces, 44 And in the days of these kings to come to the dedication of the shall the God of heaven set up a image which Neb-u-chad-nez'zar kingdom, which shall never be de- the king had set up. stroyed: and the kingdom shall 3 Then the princes, the governors, not be left to other people, but it and captains, the judges, the treasshall break in pieces and consume urers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, all these kingdoms, and it shall and all the rulers of the provinces, stand for ever. were gathered together unto the 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that dedication of the image that Ndb-uthe stone was cut out of the moun- ch&d-nez'zar the king had set up; tain without hands, and that it and they stood before the image brake in pieces the iron, the brass, that Neb-u-chAd-nez'zarhad setup. the clay, the silver, and the gold; 4 Then an herald cried aloud, To the great God hath made known to you it is commanded, O people, the king what shall come to pass nations, and languages, hereafter: and the dream is cer- 5 That at what time ye hear the tain, and the interpretation thereof sound of the comet, flute, harp, sure. sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all 46 If Then the king Neb-u-ch&d- kinds of musick, ye fall down and nSz'zar fell upon his face, and wor- worship the golden image that N6bshipped D&i'jel, and commanded u-ch£d-nezzzar the king hath set that they should offer an oblation up: and sweet odours unto him. 6 And whoso falleth not down and 47 The king answered unto D&n'- worshippeth shall the same hour jel, and said, Of a truth it is, that be cast into the midst of a burnyour God is a God of gods, and a ing fiery furnace. Lord of kings, and a revealer of 7 Therefore at that time, when all secrets, seeing thou couldest re- the people heard the sound of the veal this secret. comet, flute, harp, sackbut, psal48 Then the king made D&n'iel a tery, and all kinds of musick, all great man, and gave him many the people, the nations, and the great gifts, and made him ruler languages, fell down and worover the whole province of B&b'£- shipped the golden image that lon, and chief of the governors Neb-u-chSd-nez'zar the kina had over all the wise men of B&b'y-lon. set up . Wherefore at that time cer49 Then D£nzjel requested of the 8 king, and he set Sha'drach, Mez- tain Chai-de'ans came near, and shach, and A-bed'-nS-go, over the accused the Jews. affairs of the province of B&b'f- 9 They spake and said to the king lon: but DAn'jel sat in the gate of Neb-u-chAd-ndz'zar, O king, live for ever. the king. 996 Original from

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gd; therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Sha'drach, Me'shach, and A-bdd'-nd-gd, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Sha'drach, Me'shach, and A-bed'-ne-gd. 23 And these three men, ShA'drach, Me'shach, and A-bdd'-ndgd, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Neb-u-chAd-nez'zar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. 25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. 26 Then Neb-u-chAd-ndz'zar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Sha'drach, Me'shach, and A-bed'-ne-gd, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Sha'drach, Me'shach, and A-bdd'-ne-go, came forth of the midst of the fire. 27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 28 Then Ndb-u-chAd-nez'zar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Sha'drach, Me'shach, and A-bed'-nd-gd, who hath sent his

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all the wise men of my kingdom 26 And whereas they commanded are not able to make known unto to leave the stump of the tree roots; me the interpretation: but thou thy kingdom shall be sure unto art able; for the spirit of the holy thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. gods is in thee. 27 Wherefore, O king, let my coun19i Then D&n'jel, whose name sel be acceptable unto thee, and was B&l-te-sh&z'zar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts break off thy sins by righteoustroubled him. The king spake, and ness, and thine iniquities by shewsaid, Bel-te-sh&z'zar, let not the ing mercy to the poor; if it may be a dream, or the interpretation there- lengthening of thy tranquillity. of, trouble thee. B&l-te-sh&z'zar 28 If All this came upon the king answered and said, My lord, the N6b-u-chAd-n6z 'zar. dream be to them that hate thee, 29 At the end of twelve months he and the interpretation thereof to walked in the palace of the kingdom of B&b'f-lon. thine enemies. 30 The king spake, and said, Is 20 The tree that thou sawest, not this great Bdb'^-lon, that I have which grew, and was strong, whose height readied unto the heaven, built for the house of the kingdom and the sight thereof to all the by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? earth; 31 While the word was in the 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it king’s mouth, there fell a voice was meat for all; under which the from heaven, saving, O king N&bbeasts of the field dwelt, and upon u-chdd-nez'zar, to thee it is spoken; whose branches the fowls of the The kingdom is departed from thee. heaven had their habitation: 32 And they shall drive thee from 22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy men, and thy dwelling shall be with greatness is grown, and reacheth the beasts of the field: they Shall unto heaven, and thy dominion to make thee to eat grass as oxen, and the end of the earth. seven times shall pass over thee, 23 And whereas the king saw a until thou know that the most High watcher and an holy one coming ruleth in the kingdom of men, and down from heaven, and saying, giveth it to whomsoever he will. Hew the tree down, and destroy 33 The same hour was the thing it; yet leave the stump of the roots fulfilled upon Neb-u-chAd-ndz'zar: thereof in the earth, even with a and he was driven from men, and band of iron and brass, in the did eat grass as oxen, and his body tender grass of the field; and let was wet with the dew of heaven, it be wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ and let his portion be with the feathers, and his nails like birds’ beasts of the field, till seven times claws. pass over him; 34 And at the end of the days I 24 This is the interpretation, O Neb-u-ch£d-nez'zar lifted up mine king, and this is the decree of the eyes unto heaven, and mine undermost High, which is come upon my standing returned unto me, and I lord the king: blessed the most High, and I 25 That they shall drive thee from praised and honoured him that men, and thy dwelling shall be liveth for ever, whose dominion is with the beasts of the field, and an everlasting dominion, and his they shall make thee to eat grass kingdom is from generation to genas oxen, and they shall wet thee eration : with the dew of heaven, and seven 35 And all the inhabitants of the times shall pass over thee, till thou earth are reputed as nothing: and know that the most High ruleth in he doeth according to his will in the kingdom of men, and giveth it the army of heaven, and among the to whomsoever he will. inhabitants of the earth: and none 59 i 929 Original from Digitized by

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spake, and said to the wise men of Bib'jMon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 9 Then was king Bel-shAz'zar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. 10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords i Belshazzar’s feast and the writing on came into the banquet house: and the wall. 17 Daniel’s rebuke to the king and interpretation of the writing. the queen spake and said, O king, 30 Belshazzar slain, the Medes take live for ever: let not thy thoughts the kingdom. trouble thee, nor let thy countefeL-SHAZ'ZAR the king made nance be changed: a great feast to a thousand of 11There is a man in thy kinghis lords, and drank wine before dom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy the thousand. 2 BSl-sMz'zar, whiles he tasted father light and understanding and the wine, commanded to bring the wisdom, like the wisdom of the golden and silver vessels which gods, was found in him; whom the his father NSb-u-chfcd-nfcz'zar had king N&b-u-ch&d-n&z'zar thy fataken out of the temple which was ther, the king, I say, thy father, in JS-ru'si-l&n; that the king, and made master of the magicians, ashis princes, his wives, and his trologers, Ch&l-d€'ans, and soothsayers; concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden 12 Forasmuch as an excellent vessels that were taken out of the spirit, and knowledge, and undertemple of the house of God which standing, interpreting of dreams, was at Jfc-ru'si-lem; and the king, and shewing of hard sentences, and and his princes, his wives, and his dissolving of doubts, were found concubines, drank in them. in the same D&n'jel, whom the 4 They drank wine, and praised king named Bel-te-sh&z'zar: now the gods of gold, and of silver, of let D&n'jel be called, and he will brass, of iron, of wood, and of shew the interpretation. stone. 13 Then was Ddn'jel brought in 5 In the same hour came forth before the king. And the king fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote spake and said unto Ddn'jel, Art over against the candlestick upon thou that Ddn'jel, which art of the the plaister of the wall of the king’s children of the captivity of Ju'dah, palace: and the king saw the part whom the king my father brought of the hand that wrote. out of Jew'r#? 6 Then the king’s countenance 141 have even heard of thee, that was changed, and his thoughts the spirit of the gods is in thee, and troubled him, so that the joints of that light and understanding and his loins were loosed, and his excellent wisdom is found in thee. knees smote one against another. 15 And now the wise men, the 7 The king cried aloud to bring astrologers,, have been brought in in the astrologers, the Ch&l-de'ans, before me, that they should read and the soothsayers. And the king this writing, and make known un-

can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory or my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 37 Now I Nfeb-u-chAd-nSz'zar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. 855 CHAPTER 5

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to me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: 16 And-1 have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17 5T Then D&n'jel answered and said before the long, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Neb-u-chAd-nez'zar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up ; and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointed! over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Bel-shAz'zar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of’silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the Digitized by

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he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this D&n'iel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King D&-ri'us, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign die writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore king D^-ri'us signed the writing and the decree. 10 Now when D&n'jel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward J3-ru's£-lem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 11 Then these men assembled, and found D&n'jel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which al«tereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before die king, That D&n'jel, which is of the children of the captivity of Ju'dah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. Digitized by

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14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Dan iel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Per'sjans is, That no decree nor statute which the king established! may be changed. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Ddn'iel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Ddn'jel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Ddn'jel. 18 If Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto D&n'jel: and the king spake and said to Dftn'jel, O Ddn'jel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then said DSn'jel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take D&n'jel up out of the den. So D&n'jel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. * 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men Which

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dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 15 H I D&n'jel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of title things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I would know the truth of die fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up , and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. 21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most Digitized by

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High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto* the end. 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me D&n'jel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. CHAPTER 8

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N the third year of the reign of king Bel-shAz'zar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me D&n'jel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shu'shan in the palace, which is in the province of E'l&m; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of O'la-i. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood hefore the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 41 saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so * that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. 5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram that

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Gabriel interprets the vision for Daniel had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the * ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I D&n'jeL had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of O'la-i, which Digitized by

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called, and said, Ga'bri-el, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. 20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Me'di-& and PSr'sjd. 21 And the rough goat is the king of Gre'cjA: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes: but he shall be broken without hand. 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. 27 And I D&n'jel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up , and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

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N the first year of Dd-ri'us the ing, that they might not obey thy son of A-Ms-u-e'rus, of the seed voice; therefore the curse is poured of the Medes, which was madeupon us, and the oath that is king over the realm of the Chil- written in the law of Mo'ses the d£'ans; servant of God, because we have 2 In the first year of his reign I sinned against him. Ddn'iel understood by books the 12 And he hath confirmed his number of the years, whereof the words, which he spake against us, word of the Lord came to JSr-e- and against our judges that judged mi'ah the prophet, that he would us, by bringing upon us a great evil: accomplish seventy years in the for under the whole heaven hath desolations of J6-ru'sd-ldm. not been done as hath been done 3 IT And I set my face unto the upon J6-ru'sd-lem. Lora God, to seek by prayer and 13 As it is written in the law of supplications, with fasting, and Mo'ses, all this evil is come upon sackcloth, and ashes: us: yet made we not our prayer 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my before the Lord our God, that we God, and made my confession, and might turn from our iniquities, and said, O Lord, the great and dread- understand thy truth. ful God, keeping the covenant and 14 Therefore hath the Lord mercy to them that love him, and watched upon the evil, and brought to them that keep his command- it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which ments; 5 We have sinned, and have com- he doeth: for we obeyed not his mitted iniquity, and have done voice. wickedly, and have rebelled, even 15 And now, O Lord our God, by departing from thy precepts and that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of E'fcjfot with a from thy judgments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto mighty hand, and hast gotten thee thy servants the prophets, which renown, as at this day; we have spake in thy name to our kings, our sinned, we have done wickedly. princes, and our fathers, and to all 16 IT O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness belong- thine anger and thy fury be turned eth unto thee, but unto us confu- away from thy city J^-ru'sfi-ldm, sion of faces, as at this day; to the thy holy mountain: because for men of Ju'dah, and to the inhab- our sins, and for the iniquities of itants of J$-ru's£-lem, and unto all our fathers, J6-ru's£-l&n and thy is'ra-el, that are near, and that are people are become a reproach to all far off, through all the countries that are about us. whither thou hast driven them, be- 17 Now therefore, O our God, cause of their trespass that they hear the prayer of thy servant, and bis supplications, and cause thy have trespassed against thee. 8 O Lord, to us belonaeth confu- face to shine upon thy sanctuary sion of face, to our kings, to our that is desolate, for the Lord’s princes, and to our fathers, be- sake. cause we have sinned against 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and bethee. 9 To the Lord our God belong hold our desolations, and the city mercies and forgivenesses, though which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplicawe have rebelled against him; tions before thee for our righteous10 Neither bave we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to nesses, but for thy great mercies. walk in his laws, which he set 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; Digitized by

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O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 20 K And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Is'ra-el, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Ga'bri-el, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O DAn'jel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jte-ru'sd-ISm unto the Mfes-si'ah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall MSs-si'ah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading Digitized by

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D&n'jel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, DAn'jel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, andhl am come for thy words. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Per'siA withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Mi'chaSl, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Per'sjd. 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. 18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 20Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Per'sja: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Gre'cjd shall come. . 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: Digitized by

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ALSO I in the first year of Dfiri'us the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Per'sjA; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Gre'ciA 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4 And when he shall stand up , his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. 5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. 6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: 8 And shall also carry captives into E'fcfpt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

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9 S o t h e ki n g of t h e s o ut h s h all c o m e i nt o hi s ki n g d o m, a n d s h all r et u r n i nt o hi s o w n l a n d. 1 0 B ut hi s s o n s s h all b e sti r r e d u p, a n d s h all a s s e m bl e a m ultit u d e of g r e at f o r c e s: a n d o n e s h all c e r t ai nl y c o m e, a n d o v e rfl o w, a n d p a s s t h r o u g h : t h e n s h all h e r et u r n; a n d b e sti r r e d u p, e v e n t o hi s f o rt r e s s. 1 1 A n d t h e ki n g of t h e s o ut h s h all b e m o v e d wit h c h ol e r, a n d s h all c o m e f o rt h a n d fi g ht wit h hi m, e v e n wit h t h e ki n g of t h e n o rt h : a n d h e s h all s et f o rt h a g r e at m ultit u d e; b ut t h e m ultit u d e s h all b e gi v e n i nt o hi s h a n d. 1 2 A n d w h e n h e h at h t a k e n a w a y t h e m ultit u d e, hi s h e a rt s h all b e lift e d u p; a n d h e s h all c a st d o w n m a n y t e n t h o u s a n d s : b ut h e s h all n ot b e st r e n gt h e n e d b y it. 1 3 F o r t h e ki n g of t h e n o rt h s h all r et u r n, a n d s h all s et f o rt h a m ulti t u d e g r e at e r t h a n t h e f o r m e r, a n d s h all c e rt ai nl y c o m e aft e r c e rt ai n y e a r s wit h a g r e at a r m y a n d wit h m u c h ri c h e s. 1 4 A n d i n t h o s e ti m e s t h e r e s h all m a n y st a n d u p a g ai n st t h e ki n g of t h e s o ut h : al s o t h e r o b b e r s of t h y p e o pl e s h all e x alt t h e m s el v e s t o e s t a bli s h t h e vi si o n; b ut t h e y s h all f all. 1 5 S o t h e ki n g of t h e n o rt h s h all c o m e, a n d c a st u p a m o u nt, a n d t a k e t h e m o st f e n c e d citi e s: a n d t h e a r m s of t h e s o ut h s h all n ot wit h st a n d, n eit h e r hi s c h o s e n p e o pl e, n eit h e r s h all t h e r e b e a n y st r e n gt h t o wit h st a n d. 1 6 B ut h e t h at c o m et h a g ai n st hi m s h all d o a c c o r di n g t o hi s o w n will, a n d n o n e s h all st a n d b ef o r e hi m: a n d h e s h all st a n d i n t h e gl o ri o u s l a n d, w hi c h b y hi s h a n d s h all b e c o n s u m e d. 1 7 H e s h all al s o s et hi s f a c e t o e n t e r wit h t h e st r e n gt h of hi s w h ol e ki n g d o m, a n d u p ri g ht o n e s wit h hi m; t h u s s h all h e d o : a n d h e s h all gi v e hi m t h e d a u g ht e r of w o m e n, c o r r u pti n g h e r: b ut s h e s h all n ot st a n d o n hi s si d e, n eit h e r b e f o r hi m. 1 8 Aft e r t hi s s h all h e t u r n hi s f a c e u nt o t h e i sl e s, a n d s h all t a k e m a n y : b ut a p ri n c e f o r hi s o w n b e h alf s h all c a u s e t h e r e p r o a c h off e r e d Di giti z e d b y

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b y hi m t o c e a s e; wit h o ut hi s o w n r e p r o a c h h e s h all c a u s e it t o t u r n u p o n hi m. 1 9 T h e n h e s h all t u r n hi s f a c e t o w a r d t h e f o rt of hi s o w n l a n d: b ut h e s h all st u m bl e a n d f all, a n d n ot b e f o u n d. 2 0 T h e n s h all st a n d u p i n hi s e s t at e a r ai s e r of t a x e s i n t h e gl o r y of t h e ki n g d o m: b ut wit hi n f e w d a y s h e s h all b e d e st r o y e d, n eit h e r i n a n g e r, n o r i n b attl e. 2 1 A n d i n hi s e st at e s h all st a n d u p a vil e p e r s o n, t o w h o m t h e y s h all n ot gi v e t h e h o n o u r of t h e ki n g d o m: b ut h e s h all c o m e i n p e a c e a bl y, a n d o bt ai n t h e ki n g d o m b y fl att e ri e s. 2 2 A n d wit h t h e a r m s of a fl o o d s h all t h e y b e o v e rfl o w n f r o m b ef o r e hi m, a n d s h all b e b r o k e n; y e a, al s o t h e p ri n c e of t h e c o v e n a nt. 2 3 A n d aft e r t h e l e a g u e m a d e wit h hi m h e s h all w o r k d e c eitf ull y: f o r h e s h all c o m e u p , a n d s h all b e c o m e st r o n g wit h a s m all p e o pl e. 2 4 H e s h all e nt e r p e a c e a bl y e v e n u p o n t h e f att e st pl a c e s of t h e p r o v i n c e; a n d h e s h all d o t h at w hi c h hi s f at h e r s h a v e n ot d o n e, n o r hi s f at h e r s’ f at h e r s; h e s h all s c att e r a m o n g t h e m t h e p r e y, a n d s p oil, a n d ri c h e s : y e a, a n d h e s h all f o r ec a st hi s d e vi c e s a g ai n st t h e st r o n g h ol d s, e v e n f o r a ti m e. 2 5 A n d h e s h all sti r u p hi s p o w e r a n d hi s c o u r a g e a g ai n st t h e ki n g of t h e s o ut h wit h a g r e at a r m y; a n d t h e ki n g of t h e s o ut h s h all b e sti r r e d u p t o b attl e wit h a v e r y g r e at a n d mi g ht y a r m y; b ut h e s h all n ot st a n d: f o r t h e y s h all f o r e c a st d e vi c e s a g ai n st hi m. 2 6 Y e a, t h e y t h at f e e d of t h e p o r ti o n of hi s m e at s h all d e st r o y hi m, a n d hi s a r m y s h all o v e rfl o w: a n d m a n y s h all f all d o w n sl ai n. 2 7 A n d b ot h t h e s e l o n g s’ h e a rt s s h all b e t o d o mi s c hi ef, a n d t h e y s h all s p e a k li e s at O n e t a bl e; b ut it s h all n ot p r o s p e r: f o r y et t h e e n d s h all b e at t h e ti m e a p p oi nt e d. 2 8 T h e n s h all h e r et u r n i nt o hi s l a n d wit h g r e at ri c h e s; a n d hi s h e a rt s h all b e a g ai n st t h e h ol y c o v e n a nt; a n d h e s h all d o e x pl oit s, a n d r et u r n t o hi s o w n l a n d. 2 9 At t h e ti m e a p p oi nt e d h e s h all

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DANIEL, 12 return* and come toward the south; but it shall not be as die former* or as the latter* 30 For the ships of Chlt'tim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved* and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. 32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. 35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold* and silver, and with precious stones* and pleasant things. 39 Thus shall he do in the most

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increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many* and shall divide the land for gain. 40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind* with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries* and shall overflow and pass over. 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand* even £'dom, and Md'ab, and the chief of the children of Am'mdn. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of £'ft£pt shall not escape. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of £'£fpt: and the Lib'jr-ans and the E-thI-5'pi-ans shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy* and utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end* and none shall help him. CHAPTER 12

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AND at that time shall Mi'chaft stand up , the great prince which starideth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. ' . w 3 And they that be wise'stall shine as the brightness arthe Hr— OriginalTrom O UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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The prophet commanded to marry mament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. z 4 But thou, O D&n'jel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. 5 51 Then I D&n'jel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river. How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy peo-

ple, all these things shall be finished. 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? 9 And he said, Go thy way, D&n'jel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. . 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up , there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

HOSEA house of JS'hu, and will cause to 1 The time of Hosea's activity. 2 He is cease the kingdom of the house commanded to marry a prostitute. of Is'ra-el. Prophecies of the restoration of Judah 5 And it shall come to pass at that ana Israel related to the naming of day, that I will break the bow of children bom to them. Is'ra-el in the valley of Jez're-el. HE word of the Lord that 6 51 And she conceived again, and came unto Hd-se'a, the son of bare a daughter. And God said B£-6'ri, in the days of tiz-zi'ah, unto him, Call her name Ld-ru'Jd'tham, A'hAz, and Hez-e-ki'ah, ha-mah: for I will no more have kings of Ju'dah, and in the days of mercy upon the house of Is'ra-el; Jer-o-bd'am the son of Jd'ash, but I will utterly take them away. king of Is'ra-el. 7 But I will have mercy upon the 2 The beginning of the word of the house of Ju'dah, and will save Lord by H6-se'A. And the Lord them by the Lord their God, and said to Hd-se'A, Go, take unto thee will not save them by bow, nor by a wife of whoredoms and children sword, nor by battle, by horses, of whoredoms: for the land hath nor by horsemen. committed great whoredom, de- 851 Now when she had weaned parting from the Lord . Ld-ru'ha-mah, she conceived, and 3 So he went and took Gd'mer bare a son. the daughter of DIb'la-lm; which 9 Then said God, Call his name conceived, and bare him a son. Ld-im'mi: for ye are not my peo4 And the Lord said unto him, ple. and I will not be your God. Call his name Jez're-el; for yet 10 51 Yet the number of the chila little while, and I will avenge dren of Is'ra-el shall be as the the blood of J6z're-el upon the sand of the sea, which cannot be 863

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measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye ore not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall the children of JUi'dah and the children of Is'ra-el be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jdz're-el. 864

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thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. 10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. 13 And I will visit upon her the days of Ba'al-Im, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord . 14 5l Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of A'chdr for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of E'&tot. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord , that thou shah call me Ish'i; and shalt call me no more BA'al-i. 17 For I will take away the names of Ba'al-im out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20 I will even betroth thee" unto

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me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord . 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord , I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jez're-el. 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

865 CHAPTER 3 The prophet's second symbolic marriage. THEN said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of i§'ra-el, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 4 For the children of Is'ra-el shall abide many days without a king, and withoul a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Is'ra-el return, and seek the Lord their God, and Dft'vid their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. 866

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ing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood/ toucheth blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord . 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. the 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are

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shall a month devour them with their portions. 8 Blow ye the comet in Oib'e-ah, and the trumpet in Ra'mah: cry aloud at Bfeth-A'ven, after thee, 0 Ben'ja-min. 9 £'phrft-im shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Is'ra-el have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Ju'dah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 £'phr£-im is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be unto E'phriim as a moth, and to the house of Ju'dah as rottenness. 13 When £'phr£-im saw his sickness, and Ju'dah saw his wound, then went £'phr&-im to the AsThe prophet rebukes and warns the sfr'I-an, and sent to king J&'reb: priests, the people, and the princes. yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. EAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Is'ra- 14 For I will be unto £'phrfi-frn as a lion, and as a young lion to the el; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, house of Ju'dah: I, even I, will because ye have been a snare on tear and go away; I will take away, MIz'pah, and a net spread upon and none shall rescue him. 15 I will go and return to my Tft'bor. 2 And the revolters are profound place, till they acknowledge their to make slaughter, though I have offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know £'phrft-im, and Is'ra-el CHAPTER 6 868 is not hid from me: for now, O 1 The resolution to repent. 4 An ex£'phrft-Im, thou committest whorepostulation with Ephraim and Judah. dom, and Is'ra-el is defiled. OME, and let us return unto 4 They will not frame their dothe Lord : for he hath tom, ings to turn unto their God: for the and he will heal us; he hath smit spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known ten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive the Lord . 5 And the pride of Is'ra-el doth us: in the third day he will raise us testify to his face: therefore shall up , and we shall live in his sight Is'ra-el and £'phril-im fall in their 3 Then shall we know, if we foliniquity; Ju'dah also shall fall with low on to know the Lord : his going forth is prepared as the them. 6 They shall go with their flocks morning; and he shall come unto and with their herds to seek the us as the rain, as the latter and LORD; but they shall not find him; former rain unto the earth. he hath withdrawn himself from 4 O £'phrA-Im, what shall I do unto thee? O Ju'dah, what shall I them. 7 They have dealt treacherously do unto thee? for your goodness is against the Lord : for they have as a morning cloud, and as the begotten strange children: now early dew it goeth away.

separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. 15 Though thou, Ig'ra-el, play the harlot, vet let not Ju'dah offend; and come not ye unto GITgftl, neither go ye up to Bdth-a'ven, nor swear, The Lord liveth. 16 For Is'ra-el slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 £'phrft-lm is joined to idols: let him alone. 18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. 867 CHAPTER 5

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7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 8 E'phrft-Im, he hath mixed himself among the people; £'phr&4m is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 10 And the pride of Is'ra-el testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this. 11 H £'phrft-im also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to £'£#Pt, they go to As-sjhr'I-A. 12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. 13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have trans869 CHAPTER 7 gressed against me: though I have Israel's incurable vices. redeemed them, yet they have HEN I would have healed spoken lies against me. is'ra-el, then the iniquity 14 And they have not cried unto of £'phr£-im was discovered, me andwith their heart, when they the wickedness of S^-ma'ri-A: for howled upon their beds: they asthey commit falsehood; and the semble themselves for com and thief cometh in, and the troop of wine, and they rebel against me. 15 Though I have bound and robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their strengthened their arms, yet do hearts that I remember all their they imagine mischief against me. wickedness: now their own doings 16 They return, but not to the have beset them about; they are most High: they are like a deceitbefore my face. ful bow: their princes shall fall by 3 They make the king glad with the sword for the rage of their their wickedness, and the princes tongue: this shall be their derision with their lies. in the land of £'£fpt. 4 They are all adulterers, as an CHAPTER 8 870 oven heated by the baker, who Israel's revolt from God. ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be OET the trumpet to thy mouth. O He shall come as an eagle leavened. 5 In the day of our king the princes against the house of the Lord , behave made him sick with bottles of cause they have transgressed my wine; he stretched out his hand covenant, and trespassed against my law. with scomers. 6 For they have made ready their 2 Is'ra-el shall cry unto me, My heart like an oven, whiles they lie God, we know thee. in wait: their baker sleepeth all the 3 Is'ra-el hath cast off the thing night; in the morning it bumeth as that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. a flaming fire.

5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. /6 For I desired mercy, and not /sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. 8 Gfl'e-id is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent : for they commit lewdness. 10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Is'ra-el: there is the whoredom of £'phrft-im, Is'ra-el is defiled. 11 Also, O Ju'dah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

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4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. 5 Thy calf, O S^-m^'ri-A, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from is'ra-el was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Sft-ma'ri-d shall be broken in pieces. , 7 For they have sown the wind, , and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. 8 Is'ra-el is swallowed up: now shall they be among the 66n'tiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to As-sfr'X 1-4, a wild ass alone by himself: £'phr&-im hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. 11 Because £'phr£-im hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 121 have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to £'£#pt. 14 For Is'ra-el hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Ju'dah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. 871

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3 They shall not dwell in the Lord ’s land; but £'phr&-im shall return to £'&pt, and they shall eat unclean things in As-s#rzI-&. . 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord , neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord . 5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord ? 6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: fi'fc^pt shall gather them up, M&m'phis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Is'ra-el shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 8 The watchman of £'phifi-im was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of 6lb'e-ah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. 10 I found Is'ra-el like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Ba'al-pe'or, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. 11 As for £'phr£-frn, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 £'phr£-im, as I saw Ty'rus. is planted in a pleasant place: but £'phr&-frn shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14 Give them, O Lord : what

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Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 9 O Is'ra-el, thou hast sinned from the days of (jib'e-ah: there they stood: the battle in Gib'e-ah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 11 And £'phrd-hn is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the com; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make £'phr&im to ride; Ju'dah shall plow, and Ja'cob shall break his clods. 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord , till he come and rain righteousness upon you. f3 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as ShAl'man spoiled BSth-kr'bel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. 15 So shall Bdth'-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Is'ra-el utterly be cut off. . CHAPTER 11

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land of E'tifot, but the As-s#r'i-an shall be his king, because they refused to return. 6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his brandies, and devour them, because of their own counsels. 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. 8 How shall I give thee up , E'phr&-im? how shall I deliver thee, Is'ra-el? how shall I make thee as Ad'mah? how shall I set thee as Ze-bd'im? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. 91 will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy E'phrd-im: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into file city. 10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. 11They shall tremble as a bird out of £'££pt, and as a dove out of the land of As-sfr'I-A: and I will place diem in their houses, saith the Lord . • 12 £'phrA-im compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Is'ra-el with deceit: but Ju'dah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

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HE word of the Lord that came to Jd'el the son of PSthu'el. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord ; the priests, the Lord ’s ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, the land moumeth; for the com is wasted: the new wine is dried up , the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up , and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and ^the apple tree, even all the trees of

13 Gird yourselves, and lament ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. 14 T Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the riders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord , 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, vea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the gamers are laid desolate, the bams are broken down; for the com is withered. 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed* because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 O Lord , to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the, pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. CHAPTER 2 878

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iness, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame bumeth: the land is as the garden of fi'd&n before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea,'and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 6 Before their * face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: 8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses, they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 11 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? 12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord , turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of Digitized by

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great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? 15 IT Blow the trumpet in Zi'dn, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly : 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord , weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord , and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? 18 J Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith : and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up , because he hath done great things. 21 If Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23Be glad then, ye children of Zi'on, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

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24 And the floors shall be ’full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of flie Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Is'ra-el, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. 28 If And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of , the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zi'bn and in JA-ru'sA-lem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. 879

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an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zi'don, and all the coasts of P&l'es-tine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own heads 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 6 The children also of Ju'dah and the children of JA-ru'sA-lem have ye sold unto the Gre'cjans,* that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the diildren of Ju'dah, and they shall sell them to the Sd-bS'ans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 Proclaim ye this among the O&rtiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord . 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of J$hdsh'a-phdt: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The Lord also shall roar out Original from

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of Zi'fin, and utter his voice from Jfc-ru'sA-lfem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of is'ra-el. 17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zi'dn, my holy mountain: then shall J6ru'sfi-lem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. IS T And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the

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rivers of Ju'dah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord , and shall water the valley of Shlt'tim. 19 £'&pt shall be a desolation, and S'dom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Ju'dah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20 But Ju'dah shall dwell for ever, and JS-rU'sA-l&n from generation to generation. 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zi'dn.

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wall of Ga'zA, which shall devour the palaces thereof: 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ash'ddd, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ash'ke-ldn, and I will turn mine hand against £k'rdn: and the remnant of the Phi-lis'tines shall perish, saith the Lord God . 9 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Ty'rus, and for four, I will not turn away the Punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to E'dom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: 10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Ty'rus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. 11 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of £'dom, and for four, I will not turn away the Punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 12 But I will send a fire upon Te'man, which shall devour the palaces of Bdz'rah. 13 Thus saith the Lord ; for three transgressions of the children of Am'mdn, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment

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thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Oil'edd, that they might enlarge their border: 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of R&b'bah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord .

every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. 9 Yet destroyed I the Am'6r-ite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 10 Also I brought you up from the land of £'£jfot, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Am'dr-ite. 11 And I raised up of your sons for 881 CHAPTER 2 prophets, and of your young men Prophecies against, 1 Moab, 4 Judah, 6 for Ndz'a-rites. Is it not even thus, and Israel. O ye children of Is'ra-el? saith the HUS saith the Lord ; For three Lord . transgressions of Mo'ab, and 12 But ye gave the N&z'a-rites forvfour, I will not turn away the wine to drink; and commanded the punishment thereof; because he prophets, saying, Prophesy not. burned the bones of the king of 13 Behold, I am pressed under £'dom into lime: you, as a cart is pressed that is full 2 But I will send a fire upon Md'- of sheaves. ab, and it shall devour the palaces 14 Therefore the flight shall perof KIr'i-dth: and Mo'ab shall die ish from the swift, and the strong with tumult, with shouting, and shall not strengthen his force, neiwith the sound of the trumpet: ther shall the mighty deliver him3 And I will cut off the judge from self: the midst thereof, and will slay all 15 Neither shall he stand that die princes thereof with him, saith handleth the bow; and he that is the Lord . swift of foot shall not deliver him4 Thus saith the Lord ; For self: neither shall he that rideth three transgressions of Ju'dah, the horse deliver himself. and for four, I will not turn away 16 And he that is courageous the punishment thereof; because among the mighty shall flee away they have despised the law of the naked in that day, saith the LORD. Lord , and have not kept his comCHAPTER 3 882 mandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their The necessity of God's judgment against Israel. fathers have walked: 5 But I will send a fire upon Jfi'EAR this word that the LORD dah, and it shall devour the palhath spoken against you, 0 aces of Jfc-ru'sd-l&n. children of Is'rg-el, against th 6 H Thus saith the Lord ; For whole family which I brought up three transgressions of Is'ra-el, from the land of R'&pt, saying, and for four, I will not turn away 2 You only have I known of all the punishment thereof; because the, families of the earth: therethey sold the righteous for silver, fore I will punish you for all your and the poor for a pair of shoes; iniquities. 7 That pant after the dust of the 3 Can two walk together, except earth on the head of the poor, and they be agreed? turn aside the way of the meek: 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, and a man and his father will go when he hath no prey? will a in unto the same maid, to profane young lion cry out of his den, if my holy name: he have taken nothing? 8 And they lay themselves down 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon upon clothes laid to pledge by the earth, where no gin is for him?

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which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord . 4 Come to Beth'-el, and transgress; at GIT gal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Is'ra-el, saith the Lord God . 6 1 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord . 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord . 9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 101 have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of £'&pt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away 883 CHAPTER 4 your horses; and I have made the Israel punished for their oppression, stink of your camps to come up unidolatry, and incorrigibleness. to your nostrils: yet have ye not EAR this word, ye kine of B&'- returned unto me, saith the LORD. sh&n, that are in the moun- 11 I have overthrown some of tain of Sfi-ma'ri-A, which oppress you, as God overthrew Sdd'om the poor, which crush the needy, and Gd-mdr'rah, and ye were as a

shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at an? 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? 7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? 9 II Publish in the palaces at Ash'ddd, and in the palaces in the land of E'&tot, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of S&mfi'ri-A, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and lie shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. 12 Thus saith the Lord ; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Is'ra-el be taken out that dwell in SA-ma'ri-d in the comer of a bed, and in D&-mds'cus in a couch. 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Ja'cob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, 14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Is'ra-el upon him I will also visit the altars of B6th'-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord .

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firebrand plucked out of the burning : yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord . 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Is'ra-el: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Is'ra-el. 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord , The God of hosts, is his name.

spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 11 Forasmudi therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty 884 CHAPTER 5 sins: they afflict the just, they take 1 A lamentation for Israel: 4 they are a bribe, and they turn aside the exhorted to seek the Lord . 21 God poor in the gate from their right. rejects their empty worship. 13 Therefore the prudent shall TJEAR ye this word which I take keep silence in that time; for it is £1 up against you, even a lamen- an evil time. tation, O house of Is'ra-el. 14 Seek good, and not evil, that 2 The virgin of Is'ra-el is fallen; ye may live: and so the Lord , the she shall no more rise: she is for- God of hosts, shall be with you, saken upon her land; there is none as ye have spoken. to raise her up . 15 Hate the evil, and love the 3 For thus saith the Lord God ; good, and establish judgment in The city that went out by a thou- the gate: it may be that the LORD sand shall leave an hundred, and God of hosts will be gracious unto that which went forth by an hun- the remnant of Jd'seph. dred shall leave ten, to the house 16 Therefore the Lord , the God of is'ra-el. of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; 4 II For thus saith the LORD unto Wailing shall be in all streets; and the house of Is'ra-el, Seek ye me, they shall say in all the highways, and ye shall live: Alas! alas! and they shall call the 5 But seek not Beth'-el, nor enter husbandman to mourning, and such into Oil'g&l, and pass not to Bd'er- as are skilful of lamentation to sli^'bA: for Oil'gdl shall surely go wailing. into captivity, and Bdth'-el shall 17 And in all vineyards shall be come to nought. wailing: for I will pass through 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall thee, saith the Lord . live; lest he break out like fire in 18 Woe unto you that desire the the house of Jd'seph, and devour day of the Lord ! to what end is it it, and there be none to quench for you? the day of the Lord is it in Beth'-el. darkness, and not light. 7 Ye who turn judgment to worm- 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, wood, and leave off righteousness and a beqr met him; or went into in the earth, the house, and leaned his hand on 8 Seek him that maketh the seven the wall, and a serpent bit him. stars and d-ri'on, and tumeth the 20 Shall not the day of the Lord shadow of death into the morning, be darkness, and not light? even and maketh the day dark with very dark, and no brightness in it? night: that calleth for the waters 21 I hate, I despise your feast of the sea, and poureth them out days, and I will not smell in your upon the face of the earth: The solemn assemblies. Lord is his name: 22 Though ye offer me burnt of9 That strengthened! the spoiled _____ ferings and your meat offerings, I against the strong, so that the hwill not accept them: neither will 95t 6 Original from Digitized by

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cob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up , and he that bumeth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that zs by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord . 11For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 12 Shall horses run upon the 885 CHAPTER 6 rode? will one plow there with oxThe prophet denounces Israel’s lux- en? for ye have turned judgment uriousness and hypocrisy. into gall, and the fruit of righteousOE to them that are at ease ness into hemlock: in Zi'dn, and trust in the 13 Ye which rejoice in a filing of mountain of SA-ma'ri-A, whichnought, are which say, Have we not named chief of the nations, to whom taken to us horns by our own strength? the house of Is'ra-el came! 2 Pass ye unto CAl'neh, and see; 14 But, behold, I will raise up and from thence go ye to Ha'math against you a nation, O house of the great: then go down to GAth Is'ra-el, saith the Lord the God of of the Phi-lis'tines: be they better hosts; and they shall afflict you than these kingdoms? or their bor- from the entering in of HA'math der greater than your border? unto the river of the wilderness. 3 Ye that put far away the evil CHAPTER 7 886 day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 1 The vision of the grasshoppers, 4 of the fire, 7 of the plumbline. 10 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, Amaziah accuses Amos of conand stretch themselves upon their spiracy. couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the HUS hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he midst of the stall; formed grasshoppers in the begin5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves in- ning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter struments of musick like Da'vid; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and growth after the king’s mowings. anoint themselves with the chief 2 And it came to pass, that when ointments: but they are not grieved they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O for the affliction of Jd'seph. 7 T Therefore now shall they go Lord God , forgive, I beseech thee: captive with the first that go cap- by whom shall Ja'cob arise? for he tive, and the banquet of them that is small. stretched themselves shall be re- 3 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord . moved. 8 The Lord God hath sworn by 4 Thus hath the Lord God himself, saith the Lord the God of shewed unto me: and, behold, the hosts, I abhor the excellency of JA'- Lord God called to contend by

I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment fun down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Mo'ldch and Chi'un your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond DA-mAs'cus, saith the Lord , whose name zs The God of hosts.

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fire, and it devoured the great deep, Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughand did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord God , ters shall fall by the sword, and thy cease, I beseech thee: by whom land shall be divided by line; and shall Ja'cob arise? for he is small. thou shalt die in a polluted land: 6 The Lord repented for this: and Is'ra-el shall surely go into This also shall not be, saith the captivity forth of his land. Lord God . 7 y Thus he shewed me: and, beCHAPTER 8 887 hold, the Lord stood upon a wall 1 The vision of a basket of fruit. 4 made by a plumbline, with a plumbProphecy against oppressors and greed. 11 The famine of the Lord 's line in his hand. word. 8 And the Lord said unto me, HUS hath the Lord God A'mos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the shewed unto me: and behold Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline a basket of summer fruit. in the midst of my people Is'ra-el: 2 And he said, A'mos, what seest I will not again pass by them any thou? And I said, A basket of summore: mer fruit. Then said the Lord 9 And the high places of I'saac unto me, The end is come upon my shall be desolate, and the sanctu- people of Is'ra-el; I will not again aries of Is'ra-el shall be laid waste; pass by them any more. and I will rise against the house of 3 And the songs of the temple Jdr-o-bd'am with the sword. shall be howlings in that day, saith 10 y Then Am-a-zi'ah the priest the Lord GOD: there shall be many of Beth'-el sent to Jer-o-bd'am dead bodies m every place; they king of Is'ra-el, saying, A'mos hath shall cast them forth with silence. conspired against thee in the midst 4 y Hear this, O ye that swallow of the house of Is'ra-el: the land is up the needy, even to make die not able to bear all his words. poor of the land to fail, 11 For thus A'mos saith, Jer-Q5 Saying; When will the new moon bo'arn shall die by the sword, and be gone, that we may sell com? is'ra-el shall surely be led away and the sabbath, that we may set captive out of their own land. forth wheat, making the ephah 12 Also Am-a-zi'ah said unto small, and the shekel great, and A'mos, O thou seer, go, flee thee falsifying the balances by deceit? away into the land of Ju'dah, and 6 That we may buy the poor for there eat bread, and prophesy silver, and the needy for a pair of there: shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of 13 But prophesy not again any the wheat? more at BSth'-el: for it is the 7 The Lord hath sworn by the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s excellency of Ja'cob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. court. 14 y Then answered A'mos, and 8 Shall not the land tremble for said to Am-a-zi'ah, I was no pro- this, and every one mourn that phet, neither was I a prophet’s dwelleth therein? and it shall rise son; but I was an herdman, and a up wholly as a flood; and it shall be gatherer of sycomore fruit: cast out and drowned, as by the 15 And the Lord took me as I flood of £'££pt. 9 And it shall come to pass in that followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto day, saith the Lord God , that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, my people Is'ra-el. 16 y Now therefore hear thou the and I will darken the earth in the word of the Lord : Thou sayest, clear day: Prophesy not against Is'ra-el, and 10 And I will turn your feasts into drop not thy word against the mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up house of I'saac. 17 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; sackcloth upon all loins, and baldOriginal from 958 Digitized by

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ness upon every head; and I will 6 It is he that buildeth his stories make it as the mourning of an only in the heaven, and hath founded son, and the end thereof as a bitter his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and 11 J Behold, the days come, saith poureth them out upon the face of the Lord God , that I will send a the earth: The Lord is his name. famine in the land, not a famine of 7 Are ye not as children of the bread, nor a thirst for water, but of E-thi-o'pi-ans unto me, O children hearing the words of the Lord : of Is'ra-el? saith the Lord . Have 12 And they shall wander from not I brought up Is'ra-el out of the sea to sea, and from the north even land of E'fcfart? and the Phi-lis'to the east, they shall run to and fro tines from CAph'tdr, and the Sjhr'to seek the word of the LORD, and 1-ans from Kir? shall not find it. 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord 13 In that day shall the fair virgins God are upon the sinful kingdom, and young men faint for thirst. and I will destroy it from off the 14 They that swear by the sin of face of the earth; saving that I will S&-ma'ri-&, and say, Thy god, O not utterly destroy the house of Din, liveth; and, The manner of J&'cob, saith the Lord . Be'er-she'bd liveth; even they shall 9 For, lo, I will command, and I fall, and never rise up again. will sfft the house of Is'ra-el among all nations, like as corn is sifted in 888 CHAPTER 9 a sieve, yet shall not the least grain 1 The certainty of God's punishment. fall upon the earth. 11 God's promise to nis people: 10 All the sinners of my people restoration. shall die by the sword, which say, SAW the Lord standing upon the The evil shall not overtake nor prealtar: and he said, Smite the vent us. lintel of the door, that the posts 11 H In that day will I raise up the may shake: and cut them in the tabernacle of Da'vid that is fallen, head, all of them; and I will slay and close up the breaches thereof; the last of them with the sword: he and I will raise up his ruins, and I that fleeth of them shall not flee will build it as in the days of old: away, and he that escapeth of them 12 That they may possess the shall not be delivered. remnant of £'dom, and of all the 2 Though they dig into hell, heathen, which are called by my thence shall mine hand take them; name, saith the Lord that doeth though they climb up to heaven, this. thence will I bring them down: 13 Behold, the days come, saith 3 And though they hide themselves the Lord , that the plowman shall in the top of Car'mel, I will search overtake the reaper, and the treadand take them out thence; and er of grapes him that soweth seed; though they be hid from my sight in and the mountains shall drop the bottom of the sea, thence will I sweet wine, and all the hills shall command the serpent, and he shall melt. 14 And I will bring again the capbite them: 4 And though they go into captiv- tivity of my people of Is'ra-el, and ity before their enemies, thence they shall build the waste cities, will I command the sword, and it and inhabit them; and they shall shall slay them: and I will set plant vineyards, and drink the mine eyes upon them for evil, and wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit not for good. 5 And the Lord God of hosts is he of them, that toucheth the land, and it shall 15 And I will plant them upon melt, and all that dwell therein their land, and they shall no more shall mourn: and it shall rise up be pulled up out of their land which wholly like a flood; and shall be I have given them, saith the Lord drowned, as by the flood of £'&pt. thy God.

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JONAH us, we pray thee, for whose cause 1 Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to this evil is upon us; What is thine Tarshish. 4 His disobedience pun- occupation? and whence comest ished: the great storm. 11 He is thou? what is thy country? and of thrown into the sea, 17 and swallowed what people art thou? by a great fish. 9 And he said unto them, I am an He'brew; and I fear the Lord , the OW the word of the LORD came unto Jd'nah the son of God of heaven, which hath made the sea an0 the dry land, A-mlt'ta-i, saying, 10 Then were the men exceed2 Arise, go to Nln'e-veh, that great city, and cry against it; for ingly afraid, and said unto him, their wickedness is come up be- Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the fore me. 3 But Jd'nah rose up to flee unto resence of the Lord , because he TMr'shish from the presence of the ad told them. Lord , and went down to Jdp'pA; 11 U Then said they unto him, and he found a ship going to TAr'- What shall we do unto thee, that shish: so he paid the fare thereof, the sea may be calm unto us? for and went down into it, to go with the sea wrought, and was temthem unto TMr'shish from the pres- pestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take ence of the Lord . 4 But the Lord sent out a me up, and cast me forth into the great wind into the sea, and there sea; so shall the sea be calm unto was a mighty tempest in the sea, you: for I know that for my sake so that the ship was like to be this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed broken. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, hard to bring it to the land; but and cried every man unto his god, they could not: for the sea and cast forth the wares that were wrought, and was tempestuous in the ship into the sea, to lighten it against them. of them. But Jd'nah was gone 14 Wherefore they cried unto the down into the sides of the ship; and Lord , and said, We beseech thee, he lay, and was fast asleep. O Lord , we beseech thee, let us 6 So the shipmaster came to him, not perish for this man’s life, and and said unto him, What meanest lay not upon us innocent blood: thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon for thou, O Lord , hast done as it thy God, if so be that God will pleased thee. think upon us, that we perish not. 15 So they took up Jd'nah, and 7 And they said every one to his cast him forth into the sea: and fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, the sea ceased from her raging. that we may know for whose 16 Then the men feared the Lord cause this evil is upon us. So they exceedingly, and offered a sacricast lots, and the lot fell upon Jd'- fice unto tihe Lord , and made vows. 8 Then said they unto him, Tell 17 Now the Lord had prepared Original from 61 Digitized by GOOQ1€ 961 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 890

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4 Then said the Lord , Doest thou well to be angry? 5 So Jd'nah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jd'nah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jd'nah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a

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13 O thou inhabitant of L&'chish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zi'bn: for the transgressions of Is'ra-el were found in thee. 14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Mdr'esh-eth-gdth: the houses of Ach'zib shall be a lie to the kings of Is'ra-el. 15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Md-r6'shah: he shall come unto A-dul'ldm the glory of Is'ra-el. 16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

8 Even of late my people is risen as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. . 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be file prophet of this people. 12 I will surely assemble, 0 895 CHAPTER 2 JA'cqd , all of thee; I will surely 1 The woe pronounced on oppressors. gather the remnant of Is'ra-el; I 12 Restoration promised. will put them together as the sheep OE to them that devise in- of Bdz'rah, as the flock in the midst iquity, and work evil upon of their fold: they shall make great their beds! when the morning noise is by reason of the multitude light, they practise it, because it is of men. in the power of their hand. 13 The breaker is come up before 2 And they covet fields, and them: they have broken up , and take them by violence; and houses, have passed through the gate, and and take them away: so they op- are gone out by it: and their king press a man and his house, even a shall pass before them, and the man and his heritage. Lord on the head of them. 3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; CHAPTER 3 896 Behold, against this family do I Denunciation of the princes and devise an evil, from which ye shall prophets. not remove your necks; neither ND I said, Hear, I pray you, O shall ye go haughtily: for this time l heads of Ja'cob, and ye is evil. 4 In that day shall one take up princes of the house of Is'ra-el; a parable against you, and lament Is it not for you to know judgment? with a doleful lamentation, and 2 Who hate the good, and love say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath the evil; who pluck off their skin changed the portion of my people: from off them, and their flesh from how hath he removed it from me! off their bones; turning away he hath divided our 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off fields. 5 Therefore thou shalt have none them; and they break their bones, that shall cast a cord by lot in the and chop them in pieces, as for die pot, and as flesh within the calcongregation of the LORD. 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to dron. them that prophesy: they shall not 4 Then shall they cry unto the prophesy to them, that they shall Lord , but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from not take shame. 7^0 thou that art named the them at that time, as they have house of Ja'cob, is the spirit of the behaved themselves ill in their Lord straitened? are these his doings. doings? do not my words do good 5 If Thus saith the Lord concernto him that walketh uprightly? ing the prophets that make my up

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3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it, 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. 6 In that day, saith the Lord , will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zi'dn from henceforth, even for ever. 8 K And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zi'dn, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of J6ru's^-lem. 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zi'dn, like a 897 CHAPTER 4 woman in travail: for now shalt ‘ The peace of the latter days: the glory thou go forth out of the city, and and victory of Zion. thou shalt dwell in the field, and UT in the last days it shall thou shalt go even to Bab'y-lon; come to pass, that the moun- there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee tain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the from the hand of thine enemies. mountains, and it shall be exalted 11 Now also many nations are above the hills; and people shall gathered against thee, that say, flow unto it. Let her be defiled, and let our eye 2 And many nations shall come, look upon Zi'dn. and say, Come, and let us go up to 12 But they know not the thoughts the mountain of the Lord , and to of the Lord , neither understand the house of the God of Ja'cob; and they his counsel: for he shall he will teach us of his ways, and we gather them as the sheaves into will walk in his paths: for the law the floor. shall go forth of Zi'dn, and the word 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of the Lord from Jd-ru'sfi-ldm. of Zi'dn: for I will make thine horn 966 Original from Digitized by

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treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord , that I 898 CHAPTER 5 will cut off thy horses out of the 1 The prince from Bethlehem; 4 his midst of thee, and I will destroy reign; his conquest. thy chariots: OW gather thyself in troops, O 11 And I will cut off the cities of daughter of troops: he hath thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Is'ra-el with a 12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Beth'-le-hem £ph'- have no more soothsayers: r&-tah, though thou be little among 13 Thy graven images also will I the thousands of Ju'dah, vet out cut off, and thy standing images of thee shall he come forth unto out of the midst of thee; and thou me that is to be ruler in Is'ra-el; shalt no more worship the work of whose goings forth have been from thine hands. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves of old, from everlasting. 3 Therefore will he give them up , out of the midst of thee: so will I until the time that she which trav- destroy thy cities. aileth hath brought forth: then 15 And I will execute vengeance the remnant of his brethren shall in anger and fury upon the heareturn unto the children of Is'ra-el. then, such as they have not heard. 4 And he shall stand and feed CHAPTER 6 899 in the strength of the Lord , in the majesty of the name of the Lord 1 The LORD'S controversy. 9 A warning to the wicked. his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the EAR ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou ends of the earth. before the mountains, and let th 5 And this man shall be the peace, when the As-sfr'i-an shall come hills hear thy voice. into our land: and when he shall 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the tread in our palaces, then shall we Lord ’s controversy, and ye strong raise against him seven shepherds, foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his and eight principal men. 6 And they shall waste the land people, and he will plead with Is'of As-sjhr'M with the sword, and ra-el. the land of Nim'rod in the en- 3 O my people, what have I done trances thereof: thus shall he de- unto thee? and wherein have I liver us from the As-syr'i-an, when wearied thee? testify against me. he cometh into our land, and when 4 For I brought thee up out of the he treadeth within our borders. land of Rz£h>t, and redeemed thee 7 And the remnant of Ja'cob shall out of the house of servants; and I be in the midst of many people as sent before thee Mo'ses, AAr'on, a dew from the Lord , as the and Mir'i-am. showers upon the grass, that 5 O my people, remember now tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth what Balfik king of Md'ab consulted, and what Balaam the son for the sons of men. 8 5T And the remnant of Ja'cob of Be'or answered him from Shit'shall be among the 6en'tiles in the tim unto Gfl'gM; that ye may know midst of many people as a lion the righteousness of the Lord . among the beasts of the forest, as 6 Wherewith shall I come before a young lion among the flocks of the Lord , and bow myself before sheep: who, if he go through, both the high God? shall I come before

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Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts* as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. The sermon on the mount continued: 1 Amen. Of alms. 5 Of prayer. 9 The Lord's 14For if ye forgive men their Prayer. 16 Of fasting. 19 Of the trespasses, your heavenly Father true treasure. 24 Double service impossible. 25 On worry. 33 God’s will also forgive you: kingdom to be sought first. 15 But if ye forgive not men their AKE heed that ye do not your trespasses, neither will your Faalms before men, to be seen ther forgive your trespasses. of them: otherwise ye have no re-16 K Moreover when ye fast, be ward of your Father whidi is in not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest their faces, that they may appear thine alms, do not sound a trumpet unto men to fast. Verily I say unto before thee, as the hypocrites do you, They have their reward. in the synagogues and in the ; 17 But thou, when thou fastest, streets, that they may have glory anoint thine head, and wash thy of men. Verily I say unto you, face; They have their reward. 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy is in secret: and thy Father, whidi right hand doeth: seeth in secret, shall reward thee 4 That thine alms may be in se- openly. cret: and thy Father which seeth 19 t Lay not up for yourselves in secret himself shall reward thee treasures upon earth, where moth openly. and rust doth corrupt, and where 5 If And when thou prayest, thou thieves break through and steal: shaft not be as the hypocrites are: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasfor they love to pray standing in ures in heaven, where neither moth the synagogues and in the comers nor rust doth corrupt, and where of the streets, that they may be thieves do not break through nor seen of men. Verily I say unto you, steal: They have their reward. 21 For where your treasure is* 6 But thou, when thou prayest, there will your heart be also. enter into thy closet, and when 22 The light of the body is the thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy eye: if therefore thme eye be

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shaft love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 6 CHAPTER 6

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full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 1 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Sol'o-mon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O yepf little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the 6en'tfleg seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Digitized by

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narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord. Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it 28 And it came to pass, when Je'sus had ended these sayings, the j^eople were astonished at his docDigitized by

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29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. CHAPTER 8 8 1 Jesus cleanses a leper. 5 He heals the centurion's servant. 14 He cures Peter's wife's mother, 16 and many others. 18 The sincerity of new disciples tested. 23 He stills the tempest. 28 He cures two demoniacs.

TX7HEN he was come down Vy from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying. Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3 And Je'sus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And JS'sus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Mo'ses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 5 And when Je'sus was entered into Cd-per'na-um, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jfe'sus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8The centurion answered and said. Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Je'sus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Iszra-el. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with A'brft-h&m, and I'saac, and JA'cob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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13 And JS'sus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 14 TAnd when Jg'sus was come into PS'tSr’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and rick of a fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. 16 T When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by fi-sa'jas the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 18 If Now when Je'sus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other ride. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest 20 And Je'sus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But JS'sus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. 23K And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! . Digitized by LjOOQlC 1

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28 If And when he was come to the other side into the country of the OSrigfe-senes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, JS'sus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and peririied in the waters. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Je'sus: and when they saw him. they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. CHAPTER 9 9

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AND he entered into a ship, and lx passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man rick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Je'sus seeing their faith said unto the rick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And JS'sus knowing the’ 1 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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days of Her'od the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to J$-ni's£-lSm, 2 Saying, Where is he that is bom King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When H&r'od the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all J6-ru'si-lem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be bom. 5 And they said unto him, In B&th'le-h&n of Ju-dae'A: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And thou B&th'16-h&n, in the land of Ju'dA, art not the least among the princes of Ju'dA: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Is'ra-el. 7 Then Her'od, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to B&h'lehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Ma'rf his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Her'od, they departed into their own country another way. 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Jo'seph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into E'fcfpt, and be thou there until I bring thee Digitized by

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Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. . 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. The sermon on the mount continued: 1 Amen. Of alms. 5 Of prayer. 9 The Lord’s 14 For if ye forgive men their Prayer. 16 Oj fasting. 19 Of the true treasure. 24 Double service im- trespasses, your heavenly Father possible. 25 On worry. 33 God's will also forgive you: Kingdom to be sought first. 15 But if ye forgive not men their AKE heed that ye do not your trespasses, neither will your Faalms before men, to be seen ther forgive your trespasses. of them: otherwise ye have no re-16 Moreover when ye fast, be ward of your Father which is in not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest their faces, that they may appear thine alms, do not sound a trumpet unto men to fast. Verily I say unto before thee, as the hypocrites do you, They have their reward. in the synagogues and in the 17 But thou, when thou fastest, streets, that they may have glory anoint thine head, and wash thy of men. Verily I say unto you, face; They have their reward. 18 That thou appear not unto men 3 But when thou doest alms, let to fast, but unto thy Father which not thy left hand know what thy is in secret: and thy Father, which right hand doeth: seeth in secret, shall reward thee 4 That thine alms may be in se- openly. cret: and thy Father which seeth 19 Lay not up for yourselves in secret himself shall reward thee treasures upon earth, where moth openly. and rust doth corrupt, and where 5 5[ And when thou prayest, thou thieves break through and steal: shaft not be as the hypocrites are: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasfor they love to pray standing in ures in heaven, where neither moth the synagogues and in the comers nor rust doth corrupt, and where of the streets, that they may be thieves do not break through nor seen of men. Verily I say unto you. steal: They have their reward. 21 For where your treasure is, 6 But thou, when thou prayest, there will your heart be also. enter into thy closet, and when 22 The light of the body is the thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy eye: if therefore thine eye be

431 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 6 CHAPTER 6

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single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great zs that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Sdl'o-mon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or. What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gen'tiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Digitized by

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ST. MATTHEW, 8. A leper cleansed. narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 15 H Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 f Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. 28 And it came to pass, when Je'sus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: Digitized by

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13 And Je'sus said unto the cen- 28 5F And when he was come to the turion, Go thy way; and as thou other side into the country of the hast believed, so be it done unto fier'ge-seneg, there met him two thee. And his servant was healed possessed with devils, coming out in the selfsame hour. of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so 14 TAnd when Je'sus was come that no man might pass by that into Pe'ter’s house, he saw his way. wife’s mother laid, and sick of a 29 And, behold, they cried out, fever. saying, What have we to do with 15 And he touched her hand, and thee, Je'sus, thou Son of God? art the fever left her: and die arose, thou come hither to torment us and ministered unto them. before the time? 16 When the even was come, 30 And there was a good way off they brought unto him many that from them an herd of many swine were possessed with devils: and he feeding. cast out the spirits with his word, 31 So the devils besought him, and healed all that were sick: saying, If thou cast us out, suffer 17 That it might be fulfilled which us to go away into the herd of was spoken by fi-sa'jas the pro- swine. phet, saying, Himself took our in- 32And he said unto them, Go. firmities, and bare our sicknesses. And when they were come out, 18 y Now when Je'sus saw great they went into the herd of swine: multitudes about him, he gave com- and, behold, the whole herd of mandment to depart unto the other swine ran violently down a steep side. place into the sea, and perished in 19 And a certain scribe came, and the waters. said unto him, Master, I will follow 33 And they that kept them fled, thee whithersoever thou goest. and went their ways into the city, 20 And Je'sus saith unto him, The and told every thing, and what was foxes have holes, and the birds of befallen to the possessed of the the air have nests; but the Son of devils. man hath not where to lay his 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Je'sus: and when head. 21 And another of his disciples they saw him, they besought him said unto him, Lord, suffer me first that he would depart out of their coasts* to go and bury my father. CHAPTER 9 9 22 But Je'sus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their 1 Jesus cures a palsied man. 9 The call of Matthew. 10 Jesus criticized dead. for his companionship, 14 and his 23 And when he was entered disciples for not fasting. 20 The into a ship, his disciples followed afflicted woman cured. 23 The him. ruler's daughter raised. 27 Two blind 24 And, behold, there arose a men healed. 32 The dumb demoniac. 36 Jesus' compassion for the multigreat tempest in the sea, insomuch tude. that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. AND he entered into a ship, and 25 And his disciples came to him, xx passed over, and came into and awoke him, saying, Lord, save his own city. us: we perish. 2 And, behold, they brought to 26 And he saith unto them, Why him a man sick of the palsy, lying are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? on a bed: and Je'sus seeing their Then he arose, and rebuked the faith said unto the sick of the winds and the sea; and there was palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy agreat calm. sins be forgiven thee. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, 3 And, behold, certain of the What manner of man is this, that scribes said within themselves, even the winds and the sea obey This man blasphemeth. him! 4 And Je'sus knowing their Original from 11 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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thoughts said, Wherefore think ye break, and the wine runneth out, evil in your hearts? and the bottles perish: but they 5For whether is easier, to say, put new wine into new bottles, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to and both are preserved. say, Arise, and walk? 18 While he spake these things 6 But that ye may know that the unto them, behold, there came a Son of man hath power on earth to certain ruler, and worshipped forgive sins, (then saith he to the him, saying, My daughter is even sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up now dead: but come and lay thy thy bed, and go unto thine house. hand upon her, and she shall live. 7 And he arose, and departed to 19 And Je'sus arose, and followed his house. him, and so did his disciples. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, 20 If And, behold, a woman, which they marvelled, and glorified God, was diseased with an issue of blood which had given such power unto twelve years, came behind him, men. and touched the hem of his gar9 And as Je'sus passed forth ment: from thence, he saw a man, named 21 For she said within herself, If I M&t'thew, sitting at the receipt of may but touch his garment, I shall custom: and he saith unto him, be whole. Follow me. And he arose, and fol- 22 But Je'sus turned him about, lowed him. and when he saw her, he said, 10 And it came to pass, as Je'- Daughter, be of good comfort; sus sat at meat in the house, be- thy faith hath made thee whole. hold, many publicans and sinners And the woman was made whole came and sat down with him and from that hour. his disciples. 23 And when Je'sus came into the 11 And when the Ph&r'i-sees saw ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels it, they said unto his disciples, and the people making a noise, Why eateth your Master with pub- 24 He said unto them, Give place: licans and sinners? for the maid is not dead, but sleep12 But when Je'sus heard that, he eth. And they laughed him to said unto them, They that be whole scorn. need not a physician, but they that 25 But when the people were put are sick. forth, he went in, and took her by 13 But go ye and learn what that the hand, and the maid arose. meaneth, I will have mercy, and 26 And the fame hereof went not sacrifice: for I am not come to abroad into all that land. call the righteous, but sinners to 27 And when Je'sus departed repentance. thence, two blind men followed 14 Then came to him the dis- him, crying, and saying, Thou son ciples of John, saying, Why do we of Da'vid, have mercy on us. and the Phar'i-sees fast oft, but 28 And when he was come into thy disciples fast not? the house, the blind men came to 15 And Je'sus said unto them, Can him: and Je'sus saith unto them, the children of the bridechamber Believe ye that I am able to do mourn, as long as the bridegroom this? They said unto him, Yea, is with them? but the days will Lord. come, when the bridegroom shall 29 Then touched he their eyes, be taken from them, and then shall saying, According to your faith be they fast. it unto you. 16 No man putteth a piece of new 30 And their eyes were opened; cloth unto an old garment, for that and Je'sus straitly charged them, which is put in to fill it up taketh saying, See that no man know it. from the garment, and the rent is 31 But they, when they were demade worse. parted, spread abroad his fame in , 17 Neither do men put new wine all that country. into old bottles: else the bottles 32 As they went out, behold, 12 Original from Digitized by

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7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall 1 Jesus' twelve apostles: their mission. be more tolerable for the land of He instructs and cautions them; 16 warns them of persecution; 34 and Sod'om and Gd-mor'rhA in the day tells them of the cost of his service and of judgment, than for that city. the rewards. 16 K Behold, I send you forth as AND when he had called unto sheep in the midst of wolves: be n him his twelve disciples, he ye therefore wise as serpents, and gave them power against unclean harmless as doves. spirits, to cast them out, and to 17 But beware of men: for they heal all manner of sickness and all will deliver you up to the councils, manner of disease. and they will scourge you in their 2 Now the names of the twelve synagogues; apostles are these; The first, Si'- 18 And ye shall be brought bemon, who is called Pe'ter, and An'- fore governors and kings for my drew his brother; James the son of sake, for a testimony against them Zdb'e-dee, and J6hn his brother; and the 6en'tfle§. 3 Philip, and Bar-thol'6-mew; 19 But when they deliver you up, Thdm'as, and MAt'thew the publi- take no thought how or what ye can; James the son of Al-phse'us, shall speak: for it shall be given and Leb-bse'us, whose surname you in that same hour what ye was ThAd-dse'us; shall speak. 4 Si'mon the CA'nAan-ite, and Jfi- 20 For it is not ye that speak, but das is-carl-ot, who also betrayed the Spirit of your Father which him. speaketh in you. 5 These twelve Je'sus sent forth, 21 And the brother shall deliver and commanded them, saying, Go up the brother to death, and the fanot into the way of the 6&n'tiles, ther the child: and the children and into any city of the SA-mAr'i- shall rise up against their parents, tans enter ye not: and cause them to be put to death. 6 But go rather to lhe lost sheep 22 And ye shall be hated of all of the house of Is'ra-el. men for my name’s sake: but he Original from 18 Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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that endureth to the end shall be er more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or saved. 23 But when they persecute you daughter more than me is not worin this city, flee ye into another: thy of me. for verily I say unto you, Ye shall 38 And he that taketh not his not have gone over the cities of cross, and followeth after me, is Is'ra-el, till the Son of man be not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life shall come. lose it: and he that loseth his life 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his for my sake shall find it 40 He that receiveth you receivlord. 25 It is enough for the disciple eth me, and he that receiveth me that he be as his master, and the receiveth him that sent me. servant as his lord. If they have 41 He that receiveth a prophet in called the master of the house the name of a prophet shall receive BS-dl'ze-bub, how much more a prophet’s reward; and he that reshall they call them of his house- ceiveth a righteous man in the hold? name of a righteous man shall 26 Fear them not therefore: for receive a righteous man’s reward. there is nothing covered, that shall 42 And whosoever shall give to not be revealed; and hid, that shall drink unto one of these little ones not be known. a cup of cold water only in the name 27 What I tell you in darkness, that of a disciple, verily I say unto you, speak ye in light: and what ye hear he shall in no wise lose his reward. in the ear, that preach ye upon the CHAPTER 11 11 house tops. 1 John the Baptist's question to Jesus 28 And fear not them which kill and the answer. 7 Jesus' testimony the body, but are not able to kill of John. 16 The perverse generation. the soul: but rather fear him which 20 Jesus upbraids certain cities. 25 is able to destroy both soul and He gives thanks. 28 He invites the weary. body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a AND it came to pass, when Je'farthing? and one of them shall not xx §us had made an end of comfall on the ground without your manding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, more value than many sparrows. 32 Whosoever therefore shall con- 3 And said unto him, Art thou he fess me before men, him will I that should come, or do we look confess also before my Father for another? which is in heaven. 4 Je'sus answered and said unto 33 But whosoever shall deny me them, Go and shew John again before men, him will I also deny those things which ye do hear and before my Father which is in heav- see: en. 5 The blind receive their sight, 34 Think not that I am come to and the lame walk, the lepers are send peace on earth: I came not to cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up , and the poor send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at have the gospel preached to them. variance against his father, and the 6 And blessed is he, whosoever daughter against her mother, and shall not be offended in me. the daughter in law against her 7 And as they departed, Je'sus mother in law. began to say unto the multitudes 36 And a man’s foes shall be they concerning J6hn, What went ye of his own household. out into the wilderness to see? A .. 37 He that loveth father or moth- reed shaken with the wind? 14 Digitized by

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23 And thou, CA-per'na-um, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sod'om, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sdd'om in the day of judgment, than for thee. 25 At that time Je'sus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. CHAPTER 12

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34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Ph&r'i-sees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jo'naS: 40 For as Jd'nas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of NIn'e-veh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jd'nas; and, behold, a greater than Jd'nas is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Sol'o-mon; and, behold, a greater than Sol'o-mon is here. 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swej>t and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. Digitized by

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46 K While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. CHAPTER 13

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9 Who hath ears to hear, let him because of the word, by and by he is offended. hear. 10 And the *disciples came, and 22 He also that received seed said unto him, Why speakest thou among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto world, and the deceitfulness of them, Because it is given unto you riches, choke the word, and he beto know the mysteries of the king- cometh unfruitful. dom of heaven, but to them it is 23 But he that received seed into not given. the good ground is he that heareth 12 For whosoever hath, to him the word, and understandeth it; shall be given, and he shall have which also beareth fruit, and bringmore abundance: but whosoever eth forth, some an hundredfold, hath not, from him shall be taken some sixty, some thirty. away even that he hath. 24 Another parable put he forth 13 Therefore speak I to them in unto them, saying, The kingdom of parables: because they seeing see heaven is likened unto a man which not; and hearing they hear not, sowed good seed in his field: neither do they understand. 25 But while men slept, his enemy 14 And in them is fulfilled the pro- came and sowed tares among the phecy of 2-$a'ias, which saith, By wheat, and went his way. hearing ye shall hear, and shall not 26 But when the blade was sprung understand; and seeing ye shall up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed 27 So the servants of the housegross, and their ears are dull of holder came and said unto him, Sir, hearing, and their eyes they have didst not thou sow good seed in thy closed; lest at any time they should field? from whence then hath it see with their eyes, and hear with tares? their ears, and should understand 28 He said unto them, An enemy with their heart, and should be con- hath done this. The servants said verted, and I should heal them. unto him, Wilt thou then that we 16 But blessed are your eyes, for go and gather them up? they see: and your ears, for they 29 But he said, Nay; lest while hear. ye gather up the tares, ye root up 17 For verily I say unto you, also the wheat with them. That many prophets and righteous 30Let both grow together until men have desired to see those the harvest: and in the time of harthings which ye see, and have not vest I will say to the reapers, seen them; and to hear those things Gather ye together first the tares, which ye hear, and have not heard and bind them in bundles to burn them. them: but gather the wheat into my bam. 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 31 TI Another parable put he forth 19 When any one heareth the unto them, saying, The kingdom of word of the kingdom, and under- heaven is like to a grain of mustard standeth it not, then cometh the seed, which a man took, and sowed wicked one, and catcheth away in his field: that which was sown in his heart. 32 Which indeed is the least of all This is he which received seed by seeds: but when it is grown, it is the way side. the greatest among herbs, and be20 But he that received the seed cometh a tree, so that die birds into stony places, the same is he of the air come and lodge in the that heareth the word, and anon branches thereof. 33 If Another parable spake he with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, unto them; The kingdom of heavbut dureth for a while: for when en is like unto leaven, which a tribulation or persecution ariseth woman took, and hid in three 18 Digitized by

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measures of meal, till the whole into the sea, and gathered of every was leavened. kind: 34 All these things spake Je'sus 48 Which, when it was full, they unto the multitude in parables; and drew to shore, and sat down, and without a parable spake he not unto gathered the good into vessels, but them: cast the bad away. 35 That it might be fulfilled which 49 So shall it be at the end of the was spoken by the prophet, say- world: the ahgels shall come forth, ing, I will open my mouth in para- and sever the wicked from among bles; I will utter things which have the just, been kept secret from the founda- 50 And shall cast them into the tion of the world. furnace of fire: there shall be wail36 Then Je'sus sent the multitude ing and gnashing of teeth. away, and went into the house: 51Je'sus saith unto them, Have and his disciples came unto him, ye understood all these things? saying, Declare unto us the par- They say unto him, Yea, Lord. able of the tares of the field. 52 Then said he unto them, There37 He answered and said unto fore every scribe which is inthem, He that soweth the good structed unto the kingdom of seed is the Son of man; heaven is like unto a man that is 38 The field is the world; the an householder, which biingeth good seed are the children of the forth out of his treasure things kingdom; but the tares are the new and old. children of the wicked one; 53 If And it came to pass, that 39 The enemy that sowed them is when Je'sus had finished these the devil; the harvest is the end parables, he departed thence. of the world; and the reapers are 54 And when he was come into the angels. his own country, he taught them 40 As therefore the tares are gath- in their synagogue, insomuch that ered and burned in the fire; so they were astonished, and said. shall it be in the end of this Whence hath this man this wisdom, world. and these mighty works? 41 The Son of man shall send 55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? forth his angels, and they shall is not his mother called Ma'rf? and gather out of his kingdom all his brethren, James, and Jd'ses» things that offend, and them which and Si'mon, and Ju'das? do iniquity; 56 And his sisters, are they not all 42 And shall cast them into a with us? Whence then hath this furnace of fire: there shall be wail- man all these things? ing and gnashing of teeth. 57 And they were offended in 43 Then shall the righteous shine him. But Je'sus said unto them, A forth as the sun in the kingdom of prophet is not without honour, save their Father. Who hath ears to in his own country, and in his own hear, let him hear. house. 44 Again, the kingdom of heav58 And he did not many mighty en is like unto treasure hid in a works there because of their unfield; the which when a man hath belief. found, he hideth, and for joy CHAPTER 14 14 thereof goeth and selleth all that 1 The death of John the Baptist. 13 he hath, and buyeth that field. Jesus feeds more than five thousand. 22 He goes apart to pray. 25 He 45 Again, the kingdom of heavwalks on the sea, 34 His miracles at en is like unto a merchant man, Gennesaret. seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one AT that time Her'od the tetrarch pearl of great price, went and sold heard of the fame of JS'sus, all that he had, and bought it. 2 And said unto his servants, This 47 51 Again, the kingdom of heav- is Jdhn the Bdp'tist; he is risen en is like unto a net, that was cast from the dead; and therefore 19 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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mighty works do shew forth them- fishes, and looking up to heaven, selves in him. he blessed, and brake, and gave 3 For Her'od had laid hold on the loaves to his disciples, and the Jdhn, and bound him, and put him disciples to the multitude. in prison for He-rd'di-as’ sake, his 20 And they did all eat, and were brother Phil'ip’s wife. filled: and they took up of the frag4 For John said unto him, It is ments that remained twelve basnot lawful for thee to have her. kets full. 5 And when he would have put 21 And they that had eaten were him to death, he feared the multi- about five thousand men, beside tude, because they counted him as women and children. a prophet. 22 And straightway Je'sus con6 But when HSr'od’s birthday was strained his disciples to get into a kept, the daughter of H6-rd'di-as ship, and to go before him unto the danced before them, and pleased other side, while he sent the multiHSr'od. tudes away. 7 Whereupon he promised with 23 And when he had sent the an oath to give her whatsoever she multitudes away, he went up into would ask. a mountain apart to pray: and 8 And she, being before instructed when the evening was come, he of her mother, said, Give me here was there alone. John BAp'tist’s head in a charger. 24 But the ship was now in the 9 And the king was sorry: never- midst of the sea, tossed with waves: theless for the oath’s sake, and for the wind was contrary. them which sat with him at meat, 25 And in the fourth watch of the he commanded it to be given her. night Je'sus went unto them, walk10 And he sent, and beheaded ing on the sea. John in the prison. 26And when the disciples saw 11 And his head was brought in a him walking on the sea, they were charger, and given to the damsel: troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and and she brought it to her mother. they cried out for fear. 12 And his disciples came, and 27 But straightway Je'sus spake took up the body, and buried it, unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; and went and told Je'sus. it is I; be not afraid. 13 When Je'sus heard of it, he 28 And Pe'ter answered him and departed thence by ship into a des- said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me ert place apart: and when the peo- come unto thee on the water. ple had heard thereof, they fol- 29 And he said, Come. And when lowed him on foot out of the cities. Pe'ter was come down out of the 14 And Je'sus went forth, and saw ship, he walked on the water, to go a great multitude, and was moved to Je'sus. with compassion toward them, and 30 But whenhe saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginhe healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, ning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, his disciples came to him, saying, save me. This is a desert place, and the time 31 And immediatelyJe'sus stretchis now past; send the multitude ed forth his hand, and caught him, away, that they may go into the vil- and said unto him, O thou of little lages, and buy themselves victuals. faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 16 But Je'sus said unto them, They 32 And when they were come into need not depart; give ye them to eat. the ship, the wind ceased. 17 And they say unto him, We have 33 Then they that were in the ship here but five loaves, and two fishes. came and worshipped him, saying, 18 He said, Bring them hither to Of a truth thou art the Son of God. me. 34 And when they were gone 19 And he commanded the multi- over, they came into the land of tude to sit down on the grass, and Gen-nes'a-rfct. ook the five loaves, and the two 35 And when the men of that 80 Original from Digitized by

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the Ph&rl-sees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall 15 CHAPTER 15 into the ditch. 1 The Pharisees blame the disciples for 15 Then answered PS'tSr and neglecting ceremonies. Jesus answers, said unto him, Declare unto us this and reproves, them, 11 and shows what defiles. 21 The Canaanitish woman: parable. 16 And Je'sus said, Are ye also her daughter cured. 29 Many others healed. 32 He feeds more than four yet without understanding? thousand. 17 Do not ye yet understand, that HEN came to Je'sus scribes whatsoever entereth in at the and PMr'I-sees, which were mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? of J6-ru'sA-lem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress 18 But those things which prothe tradition of the elders? for ceed out of the mouth come forth they wash not their hands when from the heart; and they defile the man. they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto 19 For out of the heart proceed them, Why do ye also transgress evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, die commandment of God by your fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, 20 These are the things which Honour thy father and mother: defile a man: but to eat with and, He that curseth father or moth- unwashen hands defileth not a man. er, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say 21 5[ Then Je'sus wentthence, and to his father or his mother, It is a departed into the coasts of Tyre and gift, by whatsoever thou mightest Si'ddn. 22 And, behold, a woman of Cfi'be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his nAan came out of the same coasts, mother, he shall be free. Thus and cried unto him, saying, Have have ye made the commandment of mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of God of none effect by your tra- Da'vid; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. dition. 7 Ye hypocrites, well did fi-s&'ias 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto besought him, saying, Send her me with their mouth, and honour- away; for she crieth after us. eth me with their lips; but their 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they do worship me, of the house of Is'ra-el. teaching for doctrines the com- 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. mandments of men. 10 If And he called the multitude, 26 But he answered and said, It is and said unto them, Hear, and un- not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. derstand : 11 Not that which goeth into the 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet mouth defileth a man; but that the dogs eat of the crumbs which which cometh out of die mouth, fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Je'sus answered and said this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and unto her, O woman, great is thy said unto him, Knowest thou that faith: be it unto thee even as thou 21 Original from Digitized by

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ing desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 51 Then Je'sus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the PMr'i-sees and of the S&d'du-cees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 8 Which when Je'sus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the PhfirTsees and of the Sad'du-cees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Ph&r'i-sees and of the S&d'du-cees. 13 If When Je'sus came into the coasts of caes-a-re'a Phi-lip'pi, he 1 The Pharisees require a sign from asked his disciples, saying, Whom heaven. 6 Jesus warns against their teachings. 13 Peter's confession. 21 do men say that I the Son of man Jesus foretells his death and resurreo- am? tion. 24 Those who follow him must 14 And they said, Some say that bear the cross. thou art Jdhn the B&p'tist: some, HE Ph&r'I-sees also with the £-li'as; and others, J3r-e-mi'as, or Sad'du-pees came, and tempt- one of the prophets. 22 Original from

wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 29 And Je'sus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Gil'i-lee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Je'sus’ feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Is'ra-el. 32f Then Je'sus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34 And Je'sus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Mag'da-IA 16 CHAPTER 16

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S He saith unto them, But whom some standing here, which shall vy ye that I am? not taste of death, till they see the 16 And Si'mon Pe'ter answered Son of man coming in his kingdom. ad said, Thou art the Christ, the CHAPTER 17 17 on of the living God. 17 And Je'sus answered and said 1 The transfiguration. 14 The epileptic boy cured. 22 Jesus again foretells nto him, Blessed art thou, Si'mon his death and resurrection. 24 He ;ar-jd'nA: for flesh and blood hath ot revealed it unto thee, but my \ pays the temple tax. ‘ather which is in heaven. ND after six days Je'sus taketh 18 And I say also unto thee, That u Pe'ter, J&mes, and John his aou art Pe'ter, and upon this brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, ock I will build my church; and he gates of hell shall not prevail 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the .gainst it. 19 And I will give unto thee the sun, and his raiment was white as :eys of the kingdom of heaven: and the light. vhatsoever thou shalt bind on 3 And, behold, there appeared un*arth shall be bound in heaven: to them Mo'ses and fi-li'as talking md whatsoever thou shalt loose with him. >n earth shall be loosed in heaven. 4 Then answered Pe'ter, and said 20 Then charged he his disciples unto Je'sus, Lord, it is good for us hat they should tell no man that he to be here: if thou wilt, let us make was Je'sus the Christ. here three tabernacles; one for 21 From that time forth began thee, and one for Mo'ses, and one Je'sus to shew unto his disciples, for £-li'as. how that he must go unto Jfc-ru'sA- 5 While he yet spake, behold, a Lem, and suffer many things of the bright cloud overshadowed them: elders and chief priests and scribes, and behold a voice out of the cloud, and be killed, and be raised again which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; the third day. 22 Then Pe'ter took him, and be- hear ye him. gan to rebuke him, saying, Be it far 6 And when the disciples heard it, from thee, Lord: this shall not be they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. unto thee. 23 But he turned, and said unto 7 And Je'sus came and toudied Pe'ter, Get thee behind me, Sa'tan: them, and said, Arise, and be not thou art an offence unto me: for afraid. thou savourest not the things that 8 And when they had lifted up be of God, but those that be of their eyes, they saw no man, save Je'sus only. men. 24 Then said Je'sus unto his 9 And as they came down from disciples, If any man will come after the mountain, Je'sus charged me, let him deny himself, and take them, saying, Tell the vision to no up his cross, and follow me. man, until the Son of man be risen 25For whosoever will save his again from the dead. * life shall lose it: and whosoever 10 And his disciples asked him, will lose his life for my sake shall saying, Why then say the scribes find it. that t-li'as must first come? 26 For what is a man profited, if 11 And Je'sus answered and said he shall gain the whole world, and unto them, fi-li'as truly shall first lose his own soul? or what shall a come, and restore all things. man give in exchange for his soul? 12 But I say unto you, That fe-li'as e 27 For the Son of man shall come is come already, and they knew him in the glory of his Father with his not, but have done unto him whatangels; and then he shall reward soever they listed. Likewise shall every man according to his works. also the Son of man stiffer of them. 28 Verily I say unto you. There be 13 Then the disciples understood

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that he spake unto them of Jdhn the B&p'fist. 14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then JS'sus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Je'sus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Je'sus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Je'sus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 22 And while they abode in G&l'I-lee, Je'sus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. 24 And when they were come to C^-per'ng-dm, they that received tribute money came to Pe'ter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Je'sus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Si'mon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 26 Pe'ter saith unto him, Of strangers. Je'sus saith unto him, Then are the children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we Digitiz. d by

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reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest 29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. , 31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

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sayings, he departed from Gdl'I-lee, children, and forbid them not, to and came into the coasts of come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Ju-dse'd. beyond Jdr'dan; 2 And great multitudes followed 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. him; and he healed them there. 16 If And, behold, one came and 3 II The Phdr'I-sees also came unto him, tempting him, and say- said unto him, Good Master, what ing unto him. Is it lawful for a man good thing shall I do, that I may to put away his wife for every have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callcause? 4 And he answered and said unto est thou me good? there is none them, Have ye not read, that he good but one, that is, God: but if which made them at the beginning thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a 18 He saith unto him, Whidi? man leave father and mother, and J£'$us said, Thou shalt do no shall cleave to his wife: and they murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more Thou shalt not bear false witness, twain, but one flesh. What there- 19 Honour thy father and thu fore God hath joined together, let mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. not man put asunder. 20 The young man saith unto 7 They say unto him, Why did Mo'ses then command to give a him, All these things have I kept writing of divorcement, and to put from my youth up: what lack I her away? yet? 8 He saith unto them, Mo'ses be- 21 Je'sus said unto him, If thou cause of the hardness of your hearts wilt be perfect, go and sell that suffered you to put away your thou hast, and give to the poor, and wives: but from the beginning it thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. was not so. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever 22 But when the young man heard shall put away his wife, except it that saying, he went away sorrowbe for fornication, and shall marry ful : for he had great possessions. another, committeth adultery: and 23 T Then said Je'sus unto his whoso marrieth her which is put disciples, Verily I say unto you. That a rich man shall hardly enter away doth commit adultery. 10 H His disciples say unto him. If into the kingdom of heaven. the case of the man be so with his 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men eye of a needle, than for a rich man cannot receive this saying, save to enter into the kingdom of God. they to whom it is given. 25 When his disciples heard it, 12 For there are some eunuchs, they were exceedingly amazed, which were so bom from their saying, Who then can be saved? mother’s womb: and there are 26 But JS'sus beheld them, and some eunuchs, which were made said unto them, With men this is eunuchs of men: and there be impossible; but with God all things eunuchs, which have made them- are possible. selves eunuchs for the kingdom 27 H Then answered Pe'ter and of heaven’s sake. He that is able said unto him, Behold, we have to receive it, let him receive it. forsaken all, and followed thee; 13 T Then were there brought what shall we have therefore? unto him little children, that he 28 And Je'sus said unto them, Vershould put his hands on them, and ily I say unto you, That ye whidi pray; and the disciples rebuked have followed me, in the regenerathem. tion when the Son of man shall sit 14 But Je'sus said, Suffer little in the throne of his glory, ye also 86 Digitized by

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shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Is'ra-el. 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. 30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy 20 CHAPTER 20 way : I will give unto this last, even 1 The parable of the laborers in the vineas unto thee. yard, 17 Jesus, the third time, fore15 Is it not lawful for me to do tells his death and resurrection. 20 The request of the mother of James and what I will with mine own? Is John: Jesus teaches humbleness of thine eye evil, because I am good? service. 30 He cures two blind men. 16 So the last shall be first, and OR the kingdom of heaven is the first last: for many be called, like unto a man that is an but few chosen. householder, which went out early 17 If And JS'sus going up to J6in the morning to hire labourers ru'sA-l&n took the twelve disinto his vineyard. ciples apart in the way, and said 2 And when he had agreed with unto them, the labourers for a penny a day, 18 Behold, we go up to Jfc-ru'sMhe sent them into his vineyard. lem; and the Son of man shall be 3 And he went out about the third betrayed unto the chief priests and hour, and saw others standing idle unto the scribes, and they shall conin the marketplace, demn him to death, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also 19 And shall deliver him to the into the vineyard, and whatsoever G&n'tfles to mock, and to scourge, is right I will give you. And they and to crucify him: and the third went their way. day he shall rise again. 5 Again he went out about the 20 Then came to him the mother sixth and ninth hour, and did like- of Zeb'e-dee’s children with her wise. sons, worshipping him, and desir6 And about the eleventh hour he ing a certain thing of him. went out, and found others stand- 21 And he said unto her, What wilt ing idle, and saith unto them, Why thou? She saith unto him. Grant stand ye here all the day idle? that these my two sons may sit, 7 They §ay unto him, Because no the one on thy right hand, and the man hath hired us. He saith unto other on the, left, in thy kingdom. them, Go ye also into the vineyard; 22 But JS'sus answered and said, and whatsoever is right, that shall Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye ye receive. able to drink of the cup that I shall 8 So when even was come, the drink of, and to be baptized with lord of the vineyard saith unto his the baptism that I am baptized steward, Call the labourers, and with? They say unto him, We are give them their hire, beginning able. from the last unto the first. 23And he saith unto them, Ye 9 And when they came that were shall drink indeed of my cup, and hired about the eleventh hour, they be baptized with the baptism that I received every man a penny. am baptized with: but to sit on my 10 But when the first came, they right hand, and on my left, is not supposed that they should have re- mine to give, but it shall be given ceived more; and they likewise re- to them for whom it is prepared of ceived every man a penny. my Father. 11 And when they had received 24 And when the ten heard it,

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they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 25But Je'sus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the GSn'tiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 29 And as they departed from JSr'I-chd, a greatmultitude followed him. 30 5T And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Je'sus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of Dfi'vid. 31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of Da'vid. 32 And Je'sus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 So Je'sus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

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1 Jesus rides into Jerusalem. 12 He drives them that sold and bought out of the temple: the children praise him. 17 The barren fig tree. 23 Jesus* authority questioned. 28 The parable of the two sons; 33 the parable of the wicked husbandmen.

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3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of SF6n, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Je'sus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hd-s&n'nd to the son of Da'vid: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hd-sdn'nA in the highest. 10 And when he was come into J$-ru'sd-ldm, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 11 And the multitude said, This is Je'sus the prophet of NAz'a-r&h of Gdl'I-lee. 12 If And Je'sus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in die temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, H6-§An'nd to the son of Da'vid; they were sore displeased, 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Je'sus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read. Out of the mouth ot babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

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sus’ authority questioned: his answer 7 And he left them, and went it oi the city into BSth'd-njr; and > lodged there. 8 Now in the morning as he remed into the city, he hungered. 9 And when he saw a fig tree in e way, he came to it, and found thing thereon, but leaves only, d said unto it, Let no fruit grow thee henceforward for ever, id presently the fig tree withered ray. 0 And when the disciples saw it, >y marvelled, saying, How soon the fig tree withered away! 1 Je'sus answered and said unto jm, Verily I say unto you, If ye ire faith, and doubt not, ye shall t only do this which is done to i fig tree, but also if ye shall r unto this mountain, Be thou reived, and be thou cast into the l ; it shall be done. J And all things, whatsoever ye ill ask in prayer, believing, ye ill receive. 1 And when he was come into temple, the chief priests and the ers of the people came unto him he was teaching, and said, By at authority doest thou these igs? and who gave thee this hority? < And Je'sus answered and said o them, I also will ask you one ig, which if ye tell me, I in like ;e will tell you by what authority 3 these things. ' The baptism of John, whence s it? from heaven, or of men? 1 they reasoned with themselves, ing, If we shall say, From heavhe will say unto us, Why did ye then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we r the people; for all hold Jdhn i prophet. And they answered Je'sus, and 1, We cannot tell. And he said o them, Neither tell I you by it authority I do these things. But what think ye? A ceri man had two sons; and he le to the first, and said, Son, go* k to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will : but afterward he repented, went. Digitized by

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30 Andhe came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I ao, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Je'sus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: \ 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of die vineyard, and slew him. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Je'sus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the

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ST. MATTHEW, 22 corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on Whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and PhAr'i-sees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. 22 CHAPTER 22 1 The parable of the marriage feast. 15 The question of tribute to Casar; 23 of the resurrection; 34 of the law. 41 Jesus' question.

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and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them, 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered toDigitized by

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gether all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11 1 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. 15 1} Then went the PhAr'i-sees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the HS-ro'dlan$, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not lhe person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto C®'sar, or not? 18 But JS'sus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 21 They say unto him, Qae'gar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto cse'gar the things which are C®'gar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s. 22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. 23 J The same day came to him the SAd'du-ceeg, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24Saying, Master, Mo'geg said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and,

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Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45 If Da'vid then call him Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

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are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Phar'i-sees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33Ye serpents, ve generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous A'bel unto the blood of Zfich-ari as son of Bdr-a-chi'as, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you. All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O JS-ru'sA-l&n, JS-ru'sfi-l&n, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you. Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall hay, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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1 Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple. 15 The abomination of desolation. 29 The signs of Christ's coming. 32 The need for watchfulness. 45 The faithful and evil servants.

AND Je'sus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Je'sus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 J And as he sat upon the mount of Ol'ives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying. Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Je'sus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom : and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Digitized by

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15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by D&n'jel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Jud®'d flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the house top not come down to take anything out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of

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heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye. when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Nd'e were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Nd'e entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up . 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom Digitized by

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his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you. That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of. 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAPTER 25

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1 The parable of the ten virgins; 14 of the talents. 31 The last judgment.

'T'HEN shall the kingdom of heavX en be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise. Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said.

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Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 14 If For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and Digitized by

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hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath: 30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 51 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations ; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, a?d ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and Original from

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say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, -or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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1 Jesus again foretells his death. 3 The vlot to kill him. 6 Jesus anointed oy a woman at Bethany. 14 Judas' treachery. 17 The passover: the traitor indicated. 26 Jesus institutes the “Lord's Supper.” 39 His agony in Gethsemane: the arrest. 57 He is taken before Caiaphas. 69 Peter’s three denials.

AND it came to pass,when Je'sus xx had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Ca'ja-phds, 4 And consulted that they might take Je'sus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. 6 IT Now when Je'sus was in Digitized by

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B&h'A-n£, in the house of Si'mon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying* To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Je'sus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14 K Then one of the twelve, called Ju'das Is-cir'i-ot, went unto the chief priests, z 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 17 If Now the first day of die feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Je'sus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him. The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Je'sus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said,

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le that dippeth his hand with me began to be sorrowful and very n the dish, the same shall betray heavy. ne. 38 Then saith he unto them, My 24 The Son of man goeth as it is soul is exceeding sorrowful, even written of him: but woe unto that unto death: tarry ye here, and nan by whom the Son of man is be- watch with me. rayed! it had been good for that 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, nan if he had not been bom. 25 Then Ju'das, which betrayed saying, O my Father, if it be posiim, answered and said, Master, is sible, let this cup pass from me: it I? He said unto him, Thou hast nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt, said. 26 If And as they were eating, 40 And he cometh unto the disciJe'sus took bread, and blessed it, ples, and findeth them asleep, and and brake it, and gave it to the dis- saith unto Pe'ter, What, could ye ciples, and said, Take, eat; this is not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter my body. not into temptation: the spirit in27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, say- deed is willing, but the flesh is weak. ing, Drink ye all of it; 42 He went away again the second 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not from me, except I drink it, thy will drink henceforth of this fruit of the be done. vine, until that day when I drink 43 And he came and found them it new with you in my Father’s asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. kingdom. 30 And when they had sung an 44And he left them, and went hymn, they went out into the away again, and prayed the third mount of Olives. time, saying the same words. 31 Then saith Je'sus unto them, 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, All ye shall be offended because of and saith unto them, Sleep on now, me this night: for it is written, I will and take your rest: behold, the smite the shepherd, and the sheep hour is at hand, and the Son of man of the flock shall be scattered is betrayed into the hands of sinners. abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. will go before you into G&l'I-lee. 33 Pe'tSr answered and said unto 47 K And while he yet spake, lo, him, Though all men shall be of- Ju'das, one of the twelve, came, and fended because of thee, yet will I with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief never be offended. priests and elders of the people. 34 Je'sus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, be- 48 Now he that betrayed him gave fore the cock crow, thou shalt them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I deny me thrice. shall kiss, that same is he: hold 35 Pe'ter said unto him, Though I him fast. should die with thee, yet will I not 49 And forthwith he came to Je'deny thee. Likewise also said all sus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. the disciples. 36 K Then cometh Je'sus with 50 And Je'sus said unto him, them unto a place called G&th- Friend, wherefore art thou come? sdm'a-n$, and saith unto the dis- Then came they, and laid hands ciples, Sit ye here, while I go and on Je'sus, and took him. pray yonder. 51 And, behold, one of them which 37 And he took with him PS'ter were with JS'sus stretched out his and the two sons of Z6b'e-dee, and hand, and drew his sword, and 87 Original from Digitized by

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struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear. 52 Then said Je'sus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 55 In that same hour said Je'sus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. 56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 57 If And they that had laid hold on Je'sus led him away to Cfi'japh&s the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But Pe'ter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Je'sus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, vet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 63 But Je'sus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Je'sus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Digitized by

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65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. 66 What think ye? They answered and said. He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 69 Now Pe'ter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Je'sus of GAl'i-lee. 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Je'sus of Naz'a-reth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Pe'ter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saving, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. 75 And Pe'ter remembered the word of Je'sus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

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1 Jesus taken before Pilate. 3 The end of Judas. 11 Jesus before the Roman governor: sentenced and mocked. 34 He is taken to Golgotha and crucified. 45 The death of Jesus. 57 He is laid in a new tomb. 62 The priests set a watch.

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was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury because it is the price of blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jer'e-ntf the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Is'ra-el did value; 10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me. 11 And JS'sus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Je'sus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pi'late unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Bd-r&b'bas. 17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release, unto you? B^-rab'bas, or Je'sus which is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. 19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying. Have thou nothing to Digitized by

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do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Bd-r&b'bas, and destroy Je'sus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Bd-rdb'bas. *>22 Pi'late saith unto them, What shall I do then with Je'sus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pi'late saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before file multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 26 If Then released he BA-r&b'bas unto them: and when he had scourged Je'sus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then fixe soldiers of the governor took Je'sus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a Scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 32And as they came out, they found a man of Cy-re'n6, Si'mon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. 33 And when they were come unto

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a place called Gdl'gft-thA, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 K They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS jrgUS THE KING OF THE 38 §hen were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left 39 T And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Is'ra-el, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Je'sus cried with a loud voice, saying, £'li, £'li, la'ma sA-bach-thA'ni? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for £-li'as. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see Digitized by

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whether fi-li'as will come to save him. 50 Jd'sus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost., 51 And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Je'sus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Je'sus from Gdl'I-lee, ministering unto him: 56 Among which was Ma'rf M&gda-le'nd, and MA'rjK the mother of James and Jo'ses, and the mother of Zeb'e-dee’s children. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Ar-i-mAthse'A, named Jd'seph, who also himself was Je'sus* disciple: 58 He went to Pi'late, and begged the body of Je'sus. Then Pi'late commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Jd'seph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Ma'rf MAg-dale'nd, and the other Ma'r?, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 T Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and PhAr'i-sees came together unto Pi'late, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that file

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joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. 9 IT And as they went to tell his disciples, behold Je'sus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10 Then said Je'sus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into G&l'i-lee, and there shall they see me. 11 If Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came 28 CHAPTER 28 into the city, and shewed unto the 1 The women find the tomb empty: the chief priests all the things that were resurrection announced. 9 Jesus done. meets the women. 11 The soldiers are 12 And when they were assembled bribed. 16 Jesus appears to the with the elders, and had taken apostles: his commission to them. counsel, they gave large money N the end of the sabbath, as it unto the soldiers, began to dawn toward the first 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples deal of the week, came Ma'rf M&g-came by night, and stole him aweai da-le'n6 and the other Ma'r# to see while we slept. the sepulchre. 14 And if this come to the gover2 And, behold, there was a great nor’s ears, we will persuade him, earthquake: for the angel of the and secure you. Lord descended from heaven, and 15 So they took the money, and came and rolled back the stone did as they were taught: and this from the door, and sat upon it. saying is commonly reported among 3 His countenance was like light- the Jews until this day. ning, and his raiment white as 16 If Then the eleven disciples snow: went away into G&l'i-lee, into a 4 And for fear of him the keepers mountain where Je'sus had apdid shake, and became as dead pointed them. men. 17 And when they saw him, they 5 And the angel answered and worshipped him: but some doubtsaid unto the women, Fear not ye: ed. for I know that ye seek JS'sus, 18 And Je'sus came and spake unwhich was crucified. to them, saying, All power is given 6 He is not here: for he is risen, unto me in heaven and in earth. as he said. Come, see the place 19 Go ye therefore, and teach where the Lord lay. all nations, baptizing them in the 7 And go quickly, and tell his dis- name of the Father, and of the ciples that he is risen from the Son, and of the Ho'l# Ghdst: dead; and, behold, he goeth be- 20 Teaching them to observe all fore you into Gil'i-lee; there shall things whatsoever I have comye see him: lo, I have told you. manded you: and, lo, I am with 8 And they departed quickly from you alway, even unto the end of the sepulchre with fear and great the world. Amen. sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pi'late said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

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Jesus heals many: cleanses a leper 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about G&l'i-lee. 29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Si'mon and An'drew, with James and Jdhn. 30 But Si'mon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 36 And Si'mon and they that were with him followed after him. 37 And when they had found him, they said unto him. All men seek for thee. * 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all G&l'I-lee, and cast out devils. 40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And Je'sus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, Digitized by

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1 At Capernaum, Jesus heals a palsied man. 14 He calls Levi. 15 He is criticized for eating with publicans. 18 His disciples blamed for not keeping the law; Jesus replies. 23 They are charged with sabbath breaking: his question and assertion.

AND again he entered into C&xx pgr'na-um after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Je'sus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy. Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? 8 And immediately when Je'sus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

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Jesus calls Levi. The critical Pharisees answered f 9 Whether is it easier to say to the from them, and then shall they fast sick of the palsy, Thy sins be for- in those days. given thee; or to say, Arise, and 21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else take up thy bed, and walk? 10 But that ye may know that the the new piece that filled it up takSon of man hath power on earth to eth away from the old, and the rent forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of is made worse. 22 And no man putteth new wine the palsy,) 111 say unto thee, Arise, and take into old bottles: else the new wine up thy bed, and go thy way into doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will thine house. 12 And immediately he arose, be marred: but new wine must be took up the bed, and went forth be- put into new bottles. fore them all; insomuch that they 23 And it came to pass, that he were all amazed, and glorified God, went through the com fields on the saying, We never saw it on this sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears fashion. 13 And he went forth again by the of com. sea side; and all the multitude re- 24 And the Ph&r'I-sees said unto sorted unto him, and he taught him, Behold, why do they on die sabbath day that which is not lawthem. 14 And as he passed by, he saw ful? Le'vi the son of Al-phse'us sitting 25 And he said unto them, Have ye at the receipt of custom, and said never read what Da'vid did, when unto him, Follow me. And he he had need, and was an hungred, arose and followed him. he, and they that were with him? 15 And it came to pass, that, as 26 How he went into the house of Je'sus sat at meat in his house, God in the days of A-bi'a-thar the many publicans and sinners sat high priest, and did eat die shewalso together with Je'sus and his bread, which is not lawful to eat disciples: for there were many, and but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? they followed him. 16 And when the scribes and 27 And he said unto them, The Ph&r'i-sees saw him eat with pub- sabbath was made for man, and licans and sinners, they said unto not man for the sabbath: his disciples, How is it that he eat- 28 Therefore the Son of man is eth and drinketh with publicans and Lord also of the sabbath. sinners? CHAPTER 3 31 17 When Je'sus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole 1 Jesus heals a paralytic on the sabbath. 7 He heals many others. 14 have no need of the physician, but He chooses the twelve. 20 His they that are sick: I came not to friends try to restrain him. 22 He call the righteous, but sinners to answers the slander of the scribes. 31 repentance. He shows who are his mother and his brethren. 18 And the disciples of Jdhn and ND he entered again into the of the Ph&r'I-sees used to fast: and l synagogue; and there was a they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the man there which had a withered Ph&r'i-sees fast, but thy disciples hand. 2 And they watched him, whether fast not? 19 And Je'sus said unto them, Can he would heal him on the sabbath the children of the bridechamber day; that they might accuse him. fast, while the bridegroom is with 3 And he saith unto the man which them? as long as they have the had the withered hand, Stand forth. bridegroom with them, they cannot 4 And he saith unto them, Is it fast. lawful to do good on the sabbath 20 But the dgys will come, when days, or to do evil? to save life, or ^he bridegroom shall be taken away to kill? But they held their peace.

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5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 6 And the Ph&r'i-sees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the H6-rd'di-ans against him, how they might destroy him. 7 But Je'sus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from GSl'I-lee followed him, and from Ju-dae'a, 8 And from J6-ru's&-lem, and from I-du-mse'a, and from beyond Jdr'dan; and they about Tyre and Si'don, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. 11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Si'mon he sumamed Pe'ter; 17 And James the son of ZSb'edee, and J6hn the brother of James; and he sumamed them B6-Sn-er'£es, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And An'drew, and Phfl'ip, and BSr-thdr6-me w, and Mat'the w, and Thdm'as, and James the son of Alphse'us, and ThAd-dae'us, and Simon the Ca'ndan-ite, 19 And Ju'das Is-cArl-ot, which Digitized by

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also betrayed him: and they went into an house. 20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. 22 K And the scribes which came down from JA-ru'sA-lAm said, He hath B&-el'ze-bub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Sa'tan cast out Sa'tan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Sa'tan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Hd'ly Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 31 1 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. Original from

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side, where the word is sown; but 1 Jesus teaches by parables: 3 The when they have heard, Sa'tan comsower; its meaning. 21 The lesson eth immediately, and taketh away from a candle. 26 The parable of the the word that was sown in their seed growing secretly; 30 of the mus- hearts. tard seed. 35 Jesus stills the tempest. 16 And these are they likewise ND he began again to teach by which are sown on stony ground; k. the sea side: and there was who, when they have heard the gathered unto him a great multiword, immediately receive it with tude, so that he entered into a ship, gladness; and sat in the sea; and the whole 17 And have no root in themselves, multitude was by the sea on the and so endure but for a time: afterland. ward, when affliction or persecu2 And he taught them many tion ariseth for the word’s sake, things by parables, and said unto immediately they are offended. them in his doctrine, 18 And these are they which are 3 Hearken; Behold, there went sown among thorns; such as hear out a sower to sow: the word, 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, 19 And the cares of this world, some fell by the way side, and the and the deceitfulness of riches, and fowls of the air came and devoured the lusts of other things entering it up. in, choke the word, and it becom5 And some fell on stony ground, eth unfruitful. where it had not much earth; and 20 And these are they which are immediately it sprang up, because sown on good ground; such as hear it had no depth of earth: the word, and receive it, and bring 6 But when the sun was up, it was forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some scorched; and because it had no sixty, and some an hundred. root, it withered away. 21 If And he said unto them. Is 7 And some fell among thorns, a candle brought to be put under a and the thorns grew up , and dioked bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And other fell on good ground, 22 For there is nothing hid, which and did yield fruit that sprang up shall not be manifested; neither and increased; and brought forth, was any thing kept secret, but that some thirty, and some sixty, and it should come abroad. some an hundred. 23 If any man have ears to hear, 9 And he said unto them, He that let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, they heed what ye hear: with what that were about him with the measure ye mete, it shall be meastwelve asked of him the parable. ured to you: and unto you that 11 And he said unto them, Unto hear shall more be given. you it is given to know the mystery 25 For he that hath, to him shall of the kingdom of God: but unto be given: and he that hath not, them that are without, all these from him shall be taken even that which he hath. i things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and 26 And he said, So is the king- | not perceive; and hearing they may dom of God, as if a man should J | hear, and not understand; lest at cast seed into the ground; any time they should be converted, 27 And should sleep, and rise and their sins should be forgiven night and day, and the seed should ; spring and grow up, he knoweth them. 13 And he said unto them, Know not how. ye not this parable? and how then 28 For the earth bringeth forth j fruit of herself; first the blade* will ye know all parables? 14 The sower soweth the word. then the ear, after that the fall 15 And these are they by the way corn in the ear.

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29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. 30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: 32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. 33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they wereiable to hear it. 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? CHAPTER 5 1

cures the Gadarene demoniac, daughter dying. 25 The afflicted woman cured. 35 Jaims' fMWhter raised.

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the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, And the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6But when he saw Je'sus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Je'sus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And forthwith Je'sus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. 14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. 15 And they come to Je'sus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. 16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

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17 And they began to pray him to 33 But the woman fearing and depart out of their coasts. trembling, knowing what was done 18 And when he was come into the in her, came and fell down before ship, he that had been possessed him, and told him all the truth. with the devil prayed him that he 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, might be with him. thy faith hath made thee whole; go 19 Howbeit Je'sus suffered him in peace, and be whole of thy not; but saith unto him, Go home to plague. thy friends, and tell them how 35 While he yet spake, there came great things the Lord hath done for from the ruler of the synagogue’s thee, and hath had compassion on house certain which said, Thy thee. daughter is dead: why troublest 20 And he departed, and began to thou the Master any further? publish in D6-cdp'd-lis how great 36 As soon as Je'sus heard the things Je'sus had done for him: word that was spoken, he saith and all men did marvel. unto the ruler of the synagogue, 21 And when Je'sus was passed Be not afraid, only believe. over again by ship unto the other 37 And he suffered no man to folside, much people gathered unto low him, save Pe'ter, and James, him: and he was nigh unto the sea. and Jdhn the brother of Jfimes. 22 And, behold, there cometh one 38 And he cometh to the house of of the rulers of the synagogue, the ruler of the synagogue, and Jd-i'rus by name; and when he seeth the tumult, and them that saw him, he fell at his feet, wept and wailed greatly. 23 And besought him greatly, say- 39 And when he was come in, he ing, My little daughter lieth at the saith unto them, Why make ye this point of death: I Pray thee, come ado, and weep? die damsel is not and lay thy hands on her, that she dead, but sleepeth. may be healed; and she shall live. 40 And they laughed him to scorn. 24 And Je'sus went with him; and But when he had put them all out, much people followed him, and he taketh the father and the moththronged him. er of the damsel, and them that 25 And a certain woman, which were with him, and entereth in had an issue of blood twelve years, where the damsel was lying. 26 And had suffered many things 41 And he took the damsel by the of many physicians, and had spent hand, and said unto her, T&l'i-thA all that she had, and was nothing cu'mi; which is, being interpreted, bettered, but rather grew worse, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 27 When she had heard of Je'sus, 42 And straightway the damsel came in the press behind, and arose, and walked; for she was of touched his garment. the age of twelve years. And they 28 For she said, If I may touch but were astonished with a great his clothes, I shall be whole. astonishment. 29 And straightway the fountain 43 And he charged them straitiy of her blood was dried up; and she that no man should know it; and felt in her body that she was commanded that something should healed of that plague. be given her to eat. 30 And Je'sus, immediately knowCHAPTER 6 34 ing in himself that virtue had gone Jesus teaches at Nazareth, but is reout of him, turned him about in the 1 jected. 7 He sends out the twelve. 14 press, and said, Who touched my John the Baptist's death. 30 The reclothes? turn of the twelve. 35 Jesus feeds 31 And his disciples said unto five thousand. 45 He seeks solitude for prayer. 47 He walks on the sea. him, Thou seest the multitude 53 His many miracles. , thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? AND he went out from thence, 32 And he looked round about to and came into his own counsee her that had done this thing. try; and his disciples follow him. 48 Original from Digitized by

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2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Ma'rf, the brother of James, and Jd'ses, and of Ju'dA, and Si'mon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. 4 But Je'sus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sdd'om and Gd-mdr'rhA. in the day of judgment, than for that city. 12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. 14 And king Hdr'od heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said. That Jdhn the BAp'tist was risen from the dead, and Digitized by

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therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is fi-li'as. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16'But when Her'od heard thereof, he said, It is Jdhn, whom I beheaded : he is risen from the dead. 17 For Hdr'od himself had sent forth and laid hold upon Jdhn, and bound him in prison for Hd-rd'dias’ sake, his brother PhiTip’s wife: for he had married her. 18 For Jdhn had said unto Hdr'od, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife. 19 Therefore Hd-rd'di-as had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: 20 For Hdr'od feared Jdhn, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. 21 And when a convenient day was come, that Hdr'od on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and diief estates of Gdl'I-lee; 22 And when the daughter of the said Hd-ro'di-as came in, and danced, and pleased Her'od and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of Jdhn the Bap'tist. 25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of Jdhn the BAp'tist. 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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28 And brought his head in a them to his disciples to set before charger, and gave it to the damsel: them; and the two fishes divided and the damsel gave it to her he among them all. mother. 42 And they did all eat, and were 29 And when his disciples heard filled. of it, they came and took up * his 43 And they took up twelve bascorpse, and laid it in a tomb. kets full of the fragments, and of 30 the apostles gathered the fishes. themselves together unto Je'sus, 44 And they that did eat of the and told him all things, both what loaves were about five thousand they had done, and what they had men. 45 And straightway he constrained taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come his disciples to get into the ship, ye yourselves apart into a desert and to go to the other side before place, and rest a while: for there unto Beth-sa'i-dd, while he sent were many coming and going, and away the people. they had no leisure so much as to 46 And when he had sent them eat. away, he departed into a moun32 And they departed into a des- tain to pray. ert place by ship privately. 47 And when even was come, the 33 And the people saw them de- ship was in the midst of the sea, parting, and m^ny knew him, and and he alone on the land. ran afoot thither out of all cities, 48 And he saw them toiling in rowand outwent them, and came to- ing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch gether unto him. 34 And Je'sus, when he came out, of the night he cometh unto them, saw much people, and was moved walking upon the sea, and would with compassion toward them, be- have passed by them. cause they were as sheep not hav- 49 But when they saw him walking a shepherd: and he began to ing upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: teach them many things. 35 And when the day was now far 50 For they all saw him, and were spent, his disciples came unto him, troubled. And immediately he and said, This is a desert place, talked with them, and saith unto them, B_e of good cheer: it is I; be and now the time is iai passed: 36 Send them away, that they may not afraid. go into the country round about, 51 And he went up unto them into and into the villages, and buy the ship; and the wind ceased: and themselves bread: for they have they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wonnothing to eat. 37 He answered and said unto dered. them, Give ye them to eat. And 52For they considered not the they say unto him, Shall we go and miracle of die loaves: for their buy two hundred pennyworth of heart was hardened. 53 And when they had passed bread, and give them to eat? 38 He saith unto them, How many over, they came into file land of loaves have ye? go and see. And G&n-nes'a-ret, and drew to the when they knew, they say, Five, shore. 54 And when they were come out and two fishes. of the ship* straightway they knew 39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies him, 55 And ran through that whole reupon the green grass. gion round about, and began to 40 And they sat down in ranks, by carry about in beds those that were hundreds, and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the sick, where they heard he was. five loaves and the two fishes, he 56 And whithersoever he entered, looked up to heaven, and blessed, into villages, or cities, or country, and brake the loaves, and gave they laid the sick in the streets, and 50 Original from Digitized by

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soever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of 1 The Pharisees criticize the disciples for none effect through your tradition, eating with unwashed hands: Jesus replies. 24 The Syrophenician's which ye have delivered: and many daughter cured. 31 A deaf mute cured. such like things do ye. HEN came together unto him 14 And when he had called all the PhSr'i-sees, and certain the people unto him, he said unto of the scribes, which came from them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: JS-ru'sd-lem. 2 And when they saw some of his 15 There is nothing from without disciples eat bread with defiled, a man, that entering into him can that is to say, with unwashen, defile him: but the things which hands, they found fault. come out of him, those are they 3 For the Ph&r'i-sees, and all the that defile the man. * Jews, except they wash their hands 16 If any man have ears to hear, oft, eat not, holding the tradition let him hear. of the elders. 17 And when he was entered into 4 And when they come from the the house from the people, his dismarket, except they wash, they ciples asked him concerning the eat not. And many other things parable. there be, which they have re- 18 And he saith unto them, Are ceived to hold, as the washing of ye so without understanding also? cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and Do ye not perceive, that whatsoof tables. ever thing from without entereth 5 Then the Ph&r'i-sees and scribes into the man, it cannot defile him; asked him, Why walk not thy dis- 19 Because it entereth not into his ciples according to the tradition of heart, but into the belly, and goeth the elders, but eat bread with un- out into the draught, purging all meats? washen hands? 6 He answered and said unto 20 And he said, That which comthem, Well hath 3-sa'jas prophesied eth out of the man, that defileth of you hypocrites, as it is written, the man. This people honoureth me with 21 For from within, out of the their lips, but their heart is far heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, from me. adulteries, fornications, murders, 7 Howbeit in vain do they wor- 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedship me, teaching for doctrines the ness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil commandments of men. eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 8 For laying aside the command- 23 All these evil things come from ment of God, ye hold the tradition within, and defile the man. of men, as the washing of pots and 24 And from thence he arose, cups: and many other such like and went into the borders of Tyre things ye do. and Si'ddn, and entered into an 9 And he said unto them, Full well house, and would have no man ye reject the commandment of know it: but he could not be hid. God, that ye may keep your own 25 For a certain woman, whose tradition. young daughter had an unclean 10 For Mo'ses said. Honour thy spirit, heard of him, and came and father and thy mother; and, Who- fell at his feet: so curseth father or mother, let 26The woman was a Greek, a him die the death: Sy-rd-phS-ni'cjan by nation; and 11 But ye say, If a man shall say she besought him that he would to his father or mother, It is Cor- cast forth the devil out of her ban, that is to say, a gift, by what- daughter.

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27 But JS'sus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. 31 If And again, departing from the coasts of T£re and Si'ddn, he came unto the sea of G&l'i-lee, through the midst of the coasts of Dfc-cip'd-lis. 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, £phzphd-thd, that is, Be opened. 35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. 36 CHAPTER 8

tude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men- with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. 6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. 7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Ddl-ma-nuzthd. 11 And the Ph&rt-sees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the 1 Jesus feeds four thousand. 10 He other side. refuses to give the Pharisees a sign. 14 14 Now the disciples had forgotThe false teaching of the Pharisees ten to take bread, neither had they compared to leaven. 22 He cures a in the ship with them more than blind man. 27 Peter's confession. 31 Jesus foretells his death and resur- one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, rection. 33 Peter rebuked. 34 DisTake heed, beware of the leaven of cipleship means self-denial and crossbearing. the Phdr'I-sees, and of fixe leaven N those days the multitude being of Hdr'od. very great, and having nothing 16 And they reasoned among to eat, Jezsus called his disciplesthemselves, saying, It is because unto him, and saith unto them, we have no bread. 21 have compassion on the multi- 17 And when JS'sus knew if, he

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saith unto them, Why reasoh ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And they said, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 22 And he cometh to BSth-sa'Ida; and they bring a blind man unto hm, and besought him to touch

23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. 24 And he looked up , and said, I see men as trees, walking. 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. 27 And Je'sus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of C®s-are'A Phl-lip'pi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, Jdhn the B&p'tist: but some say, fc-li'as; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Pe't€r answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying Digitized by

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openly. And PS'tSr took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked PS'ter, saying, Get thee behind me, Sa'tan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but file things that he of men. 34 y And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. CHAPTER 9 37

1 A prophecy. 2 The transfiguration. 11 A question about Elijah. 14 The cure of the epileptic boy. 30 Jesus again foretells his death and resurrection. 33 The lesson in humility; 38 on tolerance and offending others.

AND he said unto them, Verily xx I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2 And after six days Je'sus taketh with him Pe'ter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller bn earth can white them. 4 And there appeared unto them 9-li'as with Mo'ses: and they were talking with Je'sus. 5 And Pe'ter answered and said to Je'sus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three

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and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstools? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? CHAPTER 2 206

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things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Ho'tf Ghost, according to his own will? 5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. 9 But we see Je'sus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. 14 Forasmuch then as the children Digitized by

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are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of A'brd-hAm. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. CHAPTER 3 207

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5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in Da'vid, To day, after so long a time; as it is said. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8For if Je'sus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, peircing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discemer of die thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into . The promise of God's rest lost through die heavens, Je'sus the Son of God, unbelief, but obtained for God's people through faith. 12 God's word. 14 let us hold fast our profession. Our great high priest. 15 For we have not an high priest ET us therefore fear, lest, a which cannot be touched with the J promise being left us of enter- feeling of our infirmities; but was ng into his rest, any of you shouldin all points tempted like as we are, seem to come short of it. yet without sin. 2 For unto us was the gospel 16 Let us therefore come boldly preached, as well as unto them: but unto the throne of grace, that we he word preached did not profit may obtain mercy, and find grace hem, not being mixed with faith in to help in time of need. hem that heard it. CHAPTER 5 209 3 For we which have believed do The office and purpose of the high mter into rest, as he said, As I have priest: the superiority of the Son's high priesthood. ;wom in my wrath, if they shall en:er into my rest: although the works OR every high priest taken from p^ere finished from the foundation among men is ordained for if the world. men in things Pertaining to God, 4 For he spake in a certain place that he may offer both gifts and >f the seventh day on this wise, sacrifices for sins: tad God did rest the seventh 2 Who can have compassion on lay from all his works. the ignorant, and on them that are

proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said. They do ilway err in their heart: and they lave not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there >e in any of you an evil heart of inbelief, in departing from the livng God. 13 But exhort one another daily, arhile it is called To day; lest any )f you be hardened through the de:eitfulness of sin. 14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of >ur confidence stedfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye vill hear his voice, harden not your xearts, as in the provocation. 16 For some, when they had ieard, did provoke: howbeit not all hat came out of £'^Pt by Mo'ses. 17 But with whom was he grieved orty years? was it not with them hat had sinned, whose carcases ell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that hey should not enter into his rest, >ut to them that believed not? 19So we see that they could not mter in because of unbelief. >08 CHAPTER 4

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let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do> if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of die Hd'lf Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth. thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to A'brd-h&m, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by him1 An exhortation to go forward in the Christian profession: the impossi- self, bility of restoring those who fall 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will away: “ crucifying the Son of God bless thee, and multiplying I will afresh.” 13 God's promise to Abra- multiply thee. ham obtained after patient endurance. 15 And so, after he had patiently 'TpHEREFORE leaving the prin- endured, he obtained the promise. _ A. ciples of the doctrine of Christ, 16 For men verily swear by die 258 Original from out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was A&r'on. 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. 6 As he saith also in another Place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Mel-chis'e-dSc. 7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Mel-chis'e-dec. 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness : for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 210 CHAPTER 6

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tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And as I may so say, Le'vi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in A'brA-hAm. 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Mel-chis'e-dec met him. 11 If therefore perfection were by the L6-vit'i-cal priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Mel-chis'e-dec, and not be called after the order of AAr'on? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another te priesthood of Melchisedec, of the tribe, of which no man gave atsons of Levi, of our Lord: “able to tendance at the altar. save to the uttermost. ” 14 For it is evident that our Lord {'OR this Mel-chis'e-dSc, king of sprang out of Ju'dA; of which Sa'lem, priest of the most tribe Mo'ses spake nothing congh God, who met A'brA-h&m re- cerning priesthood. ming from the slaughter of the 15 And it is yet far more evident: ngs, and blessed him; for that after the similitude of Mel! To whom also A'brA-hAm gave a chis'e-d&c there ariseth another nth part of all; first being by in- priest, rpretation King of righteousness, 16 Who is made, not after the law id after that also King of Salem, of a carnal commandment, but after hich is, King of peace; the power of an endless life. » Without father, without mother, 17 For he testifieth. Thou art a ithout descent, having neither he- priest for ever after the order of lming of days, nor end of life; Mel-chis'e-dec. it made like unto the Son of God; 18 For there is verily a disannulddeth a priest continually. ling of the commandment going be< Now consider how great this fore for the weakness and unprofan was, unto whom even the itableness thereof. itriarch A'brA-h&m gave the tenth 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a betthe spoils. » And verily they that are of the ter hope did; by the which we ns of Le'vi, who receive the office draw nigh unto God. the priesthood, have a command- 20 And inasmuch as not without ent to take tithes of the people an oath he was made priest: cording to the law, that is, of 21 (For those priests were made eir brethren, though they come without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, it of the loins of A'brA-hAm: > But he whose descent is not The Lord sware and will not repent, unted from them received tithes Thou art a priest for ever after the A'brA-hdm, and blessed him that order of Mel-chis'e-dec:) 22 By so much was Je'sus made a id the promises. ’ And without all contradiction the surety of a better testament. 23 And they truly were many ss is blessed of the better. ; And here men that die receive priests, because they were not 259 79 Original from eater: and an oath for confiration is to them an end of all rife. 7 Wherein God, willing more nindantly to shew unto the heirs promise the immutability of his •unset confirmed it by an oath: 8 That by two immutable things, which it was impossible for God lie, we might have a strong conlation, who have fled for refuge to y hold upon the hope set before >• 9 Which hope we have as an anor of the soul, both sure and stedst, and which entereth into that ithin the vail; X) Whither the forerunner is for ; entered, even JA'sus, made an gh priest for ever after the order Mel-chis'e-dec. 1 CHAPTER 7

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suffered to continue by reason of death: 24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. 212 CHAPTER 8

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place have been sought for toe second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Is'rg-el and with the house of Ju'dah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in toe day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of £'£fpt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of is'ra-el after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach even man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from toe least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and wax* eth old is ready to vanish away. CHAPTER 9 213

have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained 1 The sanctuary and service of the firs to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherecovenant; 11 the superiority of the blood and sacrifice of Christ: its fore it is of necessity that this man power. have somewhat also to offer. 4 For if he were on earth, he HEN verily the first covenant should not be a priest, seeing that had also ordinances of divine there are priests that offer gifts acservice, and a worldly sanctuar cording to the law: 2 For there was a tabernacle 5 Who serve unto the example and made; the first, wherein was the shadow of heavenly things, as M6'- candlestick, and the table, and toe ses was admonished of God when shewbread; which is called toe he was about to make the taber- sanctuary. nacle : for, See, saith he, that thou 3 And after the second vail, toe make all things according to the tabernacle which is called the Holipattern shewed to thee in the est of all; mount. 4 Which had the golden censer, 6 But now hath he obtained a and the ark of toe covenant overmore excellent ministry, by how laid round about with gold, wherein much also he is the mediator of a was toe golden pot that had manna, better covenant, which was estab- and Aar'on’s rod that budded, and toe tables of the covenant; lished upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had 5 And over it the cherubixns of been faultless, then should no glory shadowing toe mercyseat; of 260 Original from

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The blood and sacrifice of Christ; its power which we cannot now speak particularly. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 7 But into the second went the liigh priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: 8 The Ho'tf Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which was a figure for the time ±ien present, in which were offered Doth gifts and sacrifices, that could lot make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and Irinks, and divers washings, and jamal ordinances, imposed on them intil the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come an high Driest of good things to come, by i greater and more perfect taberxacle, not made with hands, that s to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats ind calves, but by his own blood le entered in once into the holy >lace, having obtained eternal relemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of joats, and the ashes of an heifer jprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth o the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood >f Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot o God, purge your conscience rom dead works to serve the livng God? 15 And for this cause he is the nediator of the new testament, hat by means of death, for the relemption of the transgressions that oere under the first testament, they vhich are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there oust also of necessity be the death >f the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after lien are dead: otherwise it is of no Digitized by

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strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Mo'ses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. CHAPTER 10 214 1 The law and its sacrifice. 10 The offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all. 19 The new and living way: an exhortation to draw near and hold fast; 26 a warning. 37 The coming again.

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dead; from whence also he re- obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ceived him in a figure. 20 By faith I'saac blessed Ji'cob 34 Quenched the violence of fire, and E'sgu concerning things to escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, come. 21 By faith Ja'cqb, when he was waxed valiant in fight, turned to a dying, blessed both the sons of flight the armies of the aliens. Jd'seph; and worshipped* leaning 35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others upon the top of his staff. 22 By faith Jo'seph, when he were tortured, not accepting dedied, made mention of the depart- liverance; that they might obtain ing of the children of is'ra-el; and a better resurrection: gave commandment concerning his 36 And others had trial of cruel bones. mockings and scourgings, yea, 23 By faith Mo'ses, when he was moreover of bonds and imprisonbom, was hid three months of his ment: parents, because they saw he was 37 They were stoned, they were a proper child; and they were not sawn asunder, were tempted, were afraid of the king’s commandment. slain with the sword: they wandered 24 By faith Mo'ses, when he was about in sheepskins and goatskins; come to years, refused to be called being destitute,afflicted, tormented; the son of Pha'raoh’s daughter; 38 (Of whom the world was not 25 Choosing rather to suffer afflic- worthy:) they wandered in destion with the people of God, than to erts, and in mountains, and in dens enjoy the pleasures of sin for a sea- and caves of the earth. son; 39 And these all, having obtained 26 Esteeming the reproach of a good report through faith, reChrist greater riches than the ceived not the promise: treasures in £z&pt: for he had re- 40 God having provided some spect unto the recompence of the better thing for us, that they withreward out us should not be made per27 By faith he forsook £'^pt, not fect. fearing the wrath of the king: for CHAPTER 12 216 he endured, as seeing him who is 1 An exhortation to patient endurance. 4 The test of faith and endurance: invisible. its purpose. 14 Exhortations to holy 28 Through faith he kept the passliving. 18 A profound warning. over, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn YX THEREFORE seeing we also VV are compassed about with should touch them. 29 By faith they passed through so great a cloud of witnesses, let the Red sea as by dry land: which us lay aside every weight, and the the fi-^p'tjans assaying to do were sin which doth so easily beset us, drowned. and let us run with patience the 30 By faith the walls of Jer'i-cho race that is set before us, fell down, after they were com- 2 Looking unto Je'sus the author and finisher of our faith; who for passed about seven days. 31 By faith the harlot RA'hfib the joy that was set before him enperished not with them that be- dured the cross, despising the lieved not, when she had received shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. the spies with peace. 32 And what shall I more say? for 3 For consider him that endured the time would fail me to tell of such contradiction of sinners against GSd'e-on, and of Bd'rak, and of himself, lest ye be wearied and faint Sdmson, and of Jeph'th£-6; of in your minds. Da'vid also, and Sfim'u-el, and of 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto the prophets: blood, striving against sin. 33 Who through faith subdued 5 And ye have forgotten the exhorkingdoms, wrought righteousness, tation which speaketh unto you as 264 Original from Digitized by

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For after this manner in the old ne the holy women also, who listed in God, adorned themselves, ?ing in subjection unto their own isbands: 5 Even as Sa'rd obeyed A'brA1m, calling him lord: whose iughters ye are, as long as ye do ell, and are not afraid with any nazement. F Likewise, ye husbands, dwell ith them according to knowledge, ving honour unto the wife, as ito the weaker vessel, and as ring heirs together of the grace life; that your prayers be not ndered. 1 Finally, be ye all of one mind, iving compassion one of another, ve as brethren, be pitiful, be mrteous: 1 Not rendering evil for evil, or iling for railing: but contrariise blessing; knowing that ye are ereunto called, that ye should herit a blessing. As Christ suffered for them in the .0 For he that will love life, and 1 flesh, they are exhorted to arm them:e good days, let him refrain his selves with the same mind against the ague from evil, and his lips that temptations of their past lives and ey speak no guile: the present. 7 “ The end of all things is at hand”: sobriety, love, brotherly 1 Let him eschew evil, and do service. 12 Strength for the ordeal of ►od; let him seek peace, and ensuffering. ie it. 2 For the eyes of the Lord are orasmuch then as Christ er the righteous, and his ears are hath suffered for us in the ten unto their prayers: but the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with 278 Original from

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the same mind: for he that hath the spirit of glory and of God restsuffered in the flesh hath ceased eth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he from sin; 2That he no longer should live is glorified. the rest of his time in the flesh to 15 But let none of you suffer as a the lusts of men, but to the will of murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other God. 3 For the time past of our life men’s matters. may suffice us to have wrought the 16Yet if any man suffer as a will of the d&n'tiles, when we Chris'tjan, let him not be ashamed; walked in lasciviousness, lusts, but let him glorify God on this beexcess of wine, revellings, ban- half. quetings, and abominable idola- 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of tries; 4 Wherein they think it strange God: and if it first begin at us, that ye run not with them to the what shall the end be of them that same excess of riot, speaking evil obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely of you: 5 Who shall give account to him be saved, where shall the ungodly that is ready to judge the quick and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that suffer and the dead. 6 For for this cause was the gos- according to the will of God compel preached also to them that are mit the keeping of their souls to dead, that they might be judged him in well doing, as unto a faithaccording to men in the flesh, but ful Creator. live according to God in the spirit CHAPTER 5 227 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and 1 Exhortations. 10 The doxology, salutations, benediction. watch unto prayer. HE elders which are among 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the suffer charity shall cover the multitude ings of Christ, and also a partaker of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another of the glory that shall be revealed: without grudging. 2 Feed the flock of God which 10 As every man hath received is among you, taking the oversight the gift, even so minister the same thereof, not by constraint, but willone to another, as good stewards ingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak 3 Neither as being lords over as the oracles of God; if any man God’s heritage, but being ensamminister, let him do it as of the ples to the flock. ability which God giveth: that God 4 And when the chief Shepherd in all things may be glorified shall appear, ye shall receive a through Je'sus Christ, to whom be crown of glory that fadeth not praise and dominion for ever and away. ever. Amen. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit 12 Beloved, think it not strange yourselves unto the elder. Yea, concerning the fiery trial which is all of you be subject one to anto try you, as though some strange other, and be clothed with humilthing happened unto you: ity: for God resisteth the proud, 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye and giveth grace to the humble. are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; 6 Humble yourselves therefore that, when his glory shall be re- under the mighty hand of God, vealed, ye may be glad also with that he may exalt you in due exceeding joy. time: 14 If ye be reproached for the 7 Casting all your care upon him; name of Christ, happy are ye; for for he careth for you. 874

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8 Be sober, be vigilant; because Four adversary the devil, as a roarng lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the :aith, knowing that the same afflicions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who lath called us unto his eternal dory by Christ Je'sus, after that re have suffered a while, make rou perfect, stablish, strengthen, ;ettle you.

H PETER, 1 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12 By Sil-va'nus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mkr'cus my son. 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Je'sus. Amen.

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Peter's greeting. 3 Reciting the blessings of the Christian's life, he urges them to make their calling and election sure. 15 His message based on personal witness of Jesus' majesty: the Transfiguration: the sure word of prophecy.

JH'MON Pe'tSr, a servant and □ an apostle of Je'sus Christ, o them that have obtained like >recious faith with us through tie righteousness of God and >ur Saviour Je'sus Christ. 2 Grace and peace be multiplied into you through the knowledge of rod, and of Je'sus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power lath given unto us all things that certain unto life and godliness, hrough the knowledge of him that ath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exeeding great and precious promses: that by these ye might be artakers of the divine nature, aving escaped the corruption that s in the world through lust 5 And beside this, giving all dilience, add to your faith virtue; and 3 virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; nd to temperance patience; and > patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindess; and to brotherly kindness Parity. 80

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8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Je'sus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Je'sus Christ. 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Je'sus Christ hath shewed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Je'sus

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Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. . * * 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to .him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until

those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of die wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul

deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise governarise in your hearts: ment. Presumptuous are then, 20 Knowing this first, that no proselfwilled, they are not afraid to phecy of the scripture is of any prispeak evil of dignities. vate interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in 11 Whereas angels, which are old time by the will of man: but greater in power and might, bring holy men of God spake as they not railing accusation against them before the Lord. were moved by the H6'ljf Ghost. 12 But these, as natural brute 229 CHAPTER 2 beasts, made to be taken and deWarning against false teachers. stroyed, speak evil of the things UT there were false prophets that they understand not; and shall also among the people, even utterly perish in their own corruption; as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring 13 And shall receive the reward in damnable heresies, even deny- of unrighteousness, as they that ing the Lord that bought them, count it pleasure to riot in the day and bring upon themselves swift time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their destruction. . own deceivings while they feast 2 And many shall follow their perwith you; nicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil 14 Having eyes full of adultery, spoken of. , „ and that cannot cease from sin; 3 And through covetousness shall beguiling unstable souls: an heart they with feigned words make mer- they have exercised with covetous chandise of you : whose judgment practices; cursed children: now of a long time lingereth not, 15 Which have forsaken the right and their damnation slumbereth not. way, and are gone astray, follow4 For if God spared not the angels ing the way of Balaam the son of that sinned, but cast them down to Bd'sSr, who loved the wages of hell, and delivered them into chains unrighteousness; of darkness, to be reserved unto 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity : the dumb ass speaking with judgment; ' man ’s voice forbad the madness 5 And spared not the old world, of the prophet. but saved Nd'ah the eighth person, 17 These are wells without water, a preacher of righteousness, brmging in the flood upon the world of clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the midst of darkthe ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of SSd'om ness is reserved for ever. and Go-mor'rhd into ashes con- 18 For when they speak great demned them with an overthrow, swelling words of vanity, they allure making them an ensample unto through the lusts of the flesh, 276

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fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up . 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the eleConcerning the second coming: the ments shall melt with fervent heat? scoffers; its delay. 10 “The day of the Lord"; 14 preparation for it. 13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS second epistle, beloved, I his promise, look for new heavens now write unto you; in both and a new earth, wherein dwelleth hich I stir up your pure minds byrighteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ay of remembrance: Z That ye may be mindful of the ye look for such things, be diligent ords which were spoken before that ye may be found of him in 7 the holy prophets, and of the peace, without spot, and blameless. >mmandment of us the apostles 15 And account that the longsuf■ the Lord and Saviour: fering of our Lord is salvation; even 1 Knowing this first, that there as our beloved brother Paul also tall come in the last days scoffers, according to the wisdom given unto alking after their own lusts, him hath written unto you; t And saying, Where is the prom- 16 As also in all his epistles, speake of his coming? for since the ing in them of these things; in thers fell asleep, all things con- which are some things hard to be lue as they were from the begin- understood, which they that are ng of the creation. unlearned and unstable wrest, as > For this they willingly are ignor- they do also the other scriptures, it of, that by the word of God unto their own destruction. e heavens were of old, and the 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing rth standing out of the water ye know these things before, beid in the water: ware lest ye also, being led away Whereby the world that then with the error of the wicked, fall is, being overflowed with water, from your own stedfastness. rished: 18 But grow in grace, and in the But the heavens and the earth, knowledge of our Lord and Saviour rich are now, by the same word JS'sus Christ. To him be glory e kept in store, reserved unto both now and for ever. Amen. Original from 277 Digitized by

hrough much wantonness, those hat were clean escaped from them vho live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servints of corruption: for of whom a nan is overcome, of the same is he wrought in bondage. 20 For if after they have esaped the pollutions of the world hrough the knowledge of the Lord nd Saviour Je'sus Christ, they are gain entangled therein, and overome, the latter end is worse with tiem than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them ot to have known the way of ighteousness, than, after they ave known it, to turn from the oly commandment delivered unto rem. 22 But it is happened unto them ccording to the true proverb, The og is turned to his own vomit gain; and the sow that was rashed to her wallowing in the mire. 30 CHAPTER 3

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1 John's personal testimony of the 1 Jesus the advocate and propitiation 3 Keeping his commandments d Word of life. 5 "God is light'1: the proof of knowing him: imitating fid fellowship with him: the cleansing walk. 7 The old, and the new, cotm blood. 9 Forgiveness follows conmandment. 12 John to the “Httd fession of sins. children": to the "fathers." la "Love not the world.” 18 The tad HAT which was from the betime and the antichrists. I

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K/TY Uttle children, these things which we have looked upon, and JLVJ. write I unto you, that ye sin our hands have handled, of the not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Je'Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, sus Christ the righteous: and we have seen it, and bear 2And he is the propitiation for witness, and shew unto you that our sins: and not for out ’s only, but eternal life, which was with the also for the sins of the whole Father, and was manifested unto world. 3 And hereby we do know that we us;) 3 That which we have seen and know him, if we keep his commandheard declare we unto you, that ye ments. also may have fellowship with us: 4 He that saith, I know him, and and truly our fellowship is with keepeth not his commandments, is the Fattier, and with his Son Je'sus a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, Christ. 4 And these things write we in him verily is the love of God unto you, that your joy may be perfected: hereby know we thai we are in him. full. 5 This then is the message which 6 He that saith he ahideth in bin we have heard of him, and declare ought himself also so to walk, eve: unto you, that God is light, and in as he walked. him is no darkness at all. 7 Brethren, I write no new com6 If we say that we have fel- mandment unto you, but an ok lowship with him, and walk in commandment which ye had fnffi darkness, we lie, and do not the the beginning. The old commandtruth: ment is the word which ye have 7 But if we walk in the light, as he heard from the beginning. is in the light, we have fellowship 8 Again, a new commandment one with another, and the blood of write unto you, which thing is to Je'sus Christ his Son cleanseth us in him and in you: because th* from all sin. darkness is past, and the true ligh 8 If we say that we have no sin, now shineth. we deceive ourselves, and the truth 9 He that saith he is in the lighi is not in us. and hateth his brother, is in dark 9 If we confess our sins, he is ness even until now. faithful and just to forgive us our 10 He that loveth his brothe sins, and to cleanse us from all abideth in the light, and there i unrighteousness. none occasion of stumbling in him 10 If we say that we have not 11 But he that hateth his brothe sinned, we make him a liar, and is in darkness, and walketh in dark his word is not in us. ness, and knoweth not whither hi Digitized by

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;oeth, because that darkness hath ilinded his eyes. 121 write unto you, little children, >ecause your sins are forgiven you or his name’s sake. 13 I write unto you, fathers, beause ye have known him that is rom the beginning. I write unto rou, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write into you, little children, because e have known the Father. 14 I have written unto you, fahers, because ye have known him hat is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, beause ye are strong, and the word »f God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 15 Love not the world, neither the hings that are in the world. If iny man love the world, the love of he Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the list of the flesh, and the lust of the jyes, and the pride of life, is not of he Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, ind the lust thereof: but he that dorth the will of God abideth for iver. 18 Little children, it is the last ime: and as ye have heard that intichrist shall come, even now are here many antichrists; whereby ve know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but hey were not of us; for if they tad been of us, they would no ioubt have continued with us: mt they went out, that they might >e made manifest that they were lot all of us. 20 But ye have an unction from he Holy One, and ye know all hings. 211 have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but >ecause ye know it, and that no lie si of_the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that deniith that Je'sus is the Christ? He is inhchnst, that denieth the Father ind the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, he same hath not the Father: fie that acknowledgeth the son hath the Father also. Digitized by

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24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teadi you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is bom of him.

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EHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore tbe world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth

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righteouness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is bom of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is bom of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep Digitized by

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his commandments, and do those i things that are pleasing in his sight 23 And this is his commandment, i That we should believe on the name of his Son Je'sus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit whici he hath given us. CHAPTER 4

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ELOVED, believe not everspirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because m false prophets are gone out intc the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit o: God: Every spirit that confessed! that Je'sus Christ is come in die flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confessed: not that Je'sus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is tha: spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and ever now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are pf the world: therefore speak they of the world, and die world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knowett God heareth us; he that is not c: God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, an: the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God; and every one that loveth is bom of God, ant knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth n And hath made us kings and 17 And when I saw him, I fell at iests unto God and his Father; to his feet as dead. And he laid his m be glory and dominion for ever right hand upon me, saying unto id ever. Amen. me, Fear not; I am the first and the F Behold, he cometh with clouds; last: id every eye shall see him, and 18 I am he that liveth, and was iey also which pierced him: and dead; and, behold, I am alive for 1 kindreds of the earth shall wail evermore, Amen; and have the scause of him. Even so, Amen. keys of hell and of death. $ I am Al'phA and o'me-gi, the 19 Write the things which thou eginning and the ending, saith the hast seen, and the things which ord, which is, and which was, and are, and the things which shall be hich is to come, the Almighty. hereafter: 3 I John, who also am your 20 The mystery of the seven stars rother, and companion in trib- which thou sawest in my right lation, and in the kingdom and hand, and the seven golden candleatience of Je'sus Christ, was in sticks. The seven stars are the ie isle that is called PAt'mos, angels of the seven churches: and )T the word of God, and for the the seven candlesticks which thou jstimony of Jesus Christ sawest are the seven churches.

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in P6r'ga-m6s write; These things saith he which hath the dun sword with two edges; NTO the angel of the church of 13 I know thy works, and where feph'e-sus write; These things thou dwellest, even where S&'tim’s saith he that holdeth the seven seat is: and thou boldest fast my stars in his right hand, who walk- name, and hast not denied my eth in the midst of the seven golden faith, even in those days wherein An'ti-p&s was my faithful martyr, candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy la- who was slain among you, where bour, and thy patience, and how Sa'tan dwelleth. thou canst not bear them which 14 But I have a few things against are evil: and thou hast tried them thee, because thou hast there them which say they are apostles, and that hold the doctrine of Balaam are not, and hast found them liars: who taught Ba'l&c to cast a stum3 And hast borne, and hast pa- blingblock before the children of tience, and for my name’s sake hast Is'ra-el, to eat things sacrificed unlaboured, and hast not fainted. to idols, and to commit fornication. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat 15So hast thou also them that against thee, because thou hast hold the doctrine of the Nic-o-la ileft thy first love. tanes, which thing I hate. 5 Remember therefore from 16.Repent; or else I will come whence thou art fallen, and re- unto thee quickly, and will fight pent, and do the first works; or against them with the sword of else I will come unto thee quickly, my mouth. and will remove thy candlestick 17 He that hath an ear, let him out of his place, except thou repent hear what the Spirit saith unto the 6 But this thou hast, that thou churches; To him that overcometh hatest the deeds of the Nic-Q-la'i- will I give to eat of the hidden mantanes, which I also hate. na, and will give him a white stone, 1 He that hath an ear, let him and in the stone a new name writ* hear what the Spirit saith unto the ten, which no man knoweth saving churches; To him that overcometh he that receiveth it. will I give to eat of the tree of 18 And unto the angel of the church life, which is in the midst of the in Thy-a-ti'rd write; These things paradise of God. saith the Son of God, who hath his 8 And unto the angel of the church eyes like unto a flame of fire, and in Smfr'nA write; These things his feet are like fine brass; saith the first and the last, which 191 know thy works, and charity, was dead, and is alive; and service, and faith, and thy pa9 I know thy works, and tribu- tience, and thy works; and the test lation, and poverty, (but thou art to be more than the first. rich) and I know the blasphemy of 20 Notwithstanding I have a few them which say they are Jews, and things against thee, because thou are not, but are the synagogue of sufferest that woman J&z'e-bel, S&'tan. which calleth herself a prophetess, 10 Fear none of those things to teach and to seduce my servants which thou shalt suffer: behold, to commit fornication, and to ea: the devil shall cast some of you things sacrificed unto idols. into prison, that ye may be tried; 21 And I gave her space to repent and ye shall have tribulation ten of her fornication; and she repentdays: be thou faithful unto death, ed not. and I will give thee a crown of life. 22 Behold, I will cast her into 2 11 He that hath an ear, let him bed, and them that commit adulter hear what the Spirit saith unto the with her into great tribulation, ei churches; He that overcometh shall cept they repent of their deeds. not be hurt of the second death. 23 And I will kill her children wife 12 And to the angel of the church death; and all the churches dM

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18 I counsel thee to buy of me sold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 242 CHAPTER 4 1 The vision of the throne in heaven and him that sat thereon; 7 the four beasts; 10 and the twenty-four elders.

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each oi them six wings about him; am they were full of eyes within: me they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10The four and twenty elder fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him flu: liveth for ever and ever, and car. their crowns before the throne saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they axe and were created. CHAPTER 5 243 The book with the seven seals, wftidi

AFTER this I looked, and, behold, xx a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking only the Lamb is worthy to open. with me; which said, Come up ND I saw in the right hand of hither, and I will shew thee things l him that sat On the throne a which must be hereafter. book written within and on th 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set backside, sealed with seven seals. in heaven, and one sat on the 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon worthy to open the book, and ft like a jasper and a sardine stone: loose the seals thereof? and there was a rainbow round 3 And no man in heaven, nor in about the throne, in sight like unto earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to an emerald. 4 And round about the throne look thereon. were four and twenty seats: and 4 And I wept much, because no upon the seats I saw four and man was found worthy to open and twenty elders sitting, clothed in to read the book, neither to look white raiment; and they had on thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto their heads crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceeded me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of lightnings and thunderings and the tribe of Ju'da, the Root oiDavoices: and there were seven lamps vid, hath prevailed to open the of fire burning before the throne, book, and to loose the seven seals which are the seven Spirits of God. thereof. 6 And before the throne there was 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the a sea of glass like unto crystal: and midst of the throne and of the foot in the midst of the throne, and round beasts, and in the midst of the eldezs about the throne, were four beasts stood a Lamb as it had been slain, full of eyes before and behind. having seven horns and seven ayes 288 Original from

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AND I saw when the Lamb opened Zx one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Digitized by

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3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and Power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say. Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

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14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 245 CHAPTER 7

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four comers of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, ' 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of fs'rg-el. 5 Of the tribe of Ju'dd were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reu'ben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of G&d were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of A'ser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of NSp'tha-lim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of MAnAs'ses were sealed twelve *^usand. Digitized by

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7 Of the tribe of Sim'e-on were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Le'vi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of is'sa-char were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of ZAb'u-lon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Jo'seph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe d B&n'ja-min were sealed twelve thousand. 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou kno west. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before die throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from the* eyes.

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waters, because they were made bitter. 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! CHAPTER 9 247

AND when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which 1 The fifth angel sounds the trumpet: was before the throne. the key to the bottomless pit; its open4 And the smoke of the incense, ing: the locusts. 13 The sixth angel sounds the trumpet: the loosing of which came with the prayers of the the four angels. saints, ascended up before God out AND the fifth angel sounded, and of the angel’s hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, xTL I saw a star fall from heaven and filled it with fire of the altar, unto the earth: and to him was givand cast it into the earth: and en the key of the bottomless pit there were voices, and thunder- 2 And he opened the bottomless ings, and lightnings, and an earth- pit; and there arose a smoke quake. out of the pit, as the smoke of a 6 And the seven angels which had great furnace; and the sun and the the seven trumpets prepared them- air were darkened by reason of the selves to sound. smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke 7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled locusts upon the earth: and unto with blood, and they were cast them was given power, as the scorupon the earth: and the third pions of the earth have power. part of trees was burnt up , and all 4And it was commanded them green grass was burnt up. that they should not hurt the grass 8 And the second angel sounded, of the earth, neither any green and as it were a great mountain thing, neither any tree; but only burning with fire was cast into the those men which have not the seal sea: and the third part of the sea of God in their foreheads. became blood; 5 And to them it was given that 9 And the third part of the crea- they should not kill them, but tures which were in the sea, and that they should be tormented five had life, died; and the third part of months: and their torment was as the ships were destroyed. the torment of a scorpion, when he 10 And the third angel sounded, striketh a man. and there fell a great star from 6 And in those days shall men seek heaven, burning as it were a lamp, death, and shall not find it; and and it fell upon the third part of shall desire to die, and death shall the rivers, and upon the fountains flee from them. of waters; 7 And the shapes of the locusts II And the name of the star is were like unto horses prepared uncalled Wormwood: and the third to battle; and on their heads were part of the waters became worm- as it were crowns like gold, and wood; and many men died of the their faces were as the faces of men. 81 891 Digitized by

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8 And they had hair as the hair of yet repented not of the works of women, and their teeth were as the their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it and silver, and brass, and stone, were breastplates of iron; and the and of wood: which neither can sound of their wings was as the see, nor hear, nor walk: sound of chariots of many horses 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorrunning to battle. 10 And they had tails like unto ceries, nor of their fornication, nor scorpions, and there were stings in of their thefts. their tails: and their power was to CHAPTER 10 248 hurt men five months. 1 The mighty angel with the booh. 8 John is commanded to take the book, 11 And they had a king over them, and eat it. which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the He'brew ND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, tongue is A-bdd'don, but in the clothed with a cloud: and a rainGreek tongue hath his name A-pdll'yon. bow was upon hjs head, and his 12 One woe is past; and, behold, face was as it were the sun, and there come two woes more here- his feet as pillars of fire: after. 2 And he had in his hand a little 13 And the sixth angel sounded, book open: and he set his right and I heard a voice from the four foot upon the sea, and his left fed horns of the golden altar which is on the earth, before God, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as 14 Saying to the sixth angel which when a lion roareth: and when he had the trumpet, Loose the four had cried, seven thunders uttered angels which are bound in the their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders great river Eu-phra'tes. 15 And the four angels were had uttered their voices, I was loosed, which were prepared for about to write: and I heard a voice an hour, and a day, and a month, from heaven saying unto me, Seal and a year, for to slay the third up those things which the seven part of men. thunders uttered, and write them 16 And the number of the army not. of the horsemen were two hun- 5 And the angel which I saw stand dred thousand thousand: and I upon the sea and upon die eartk heard the number of them. lifted up his hand to heaven, 17 And thus I saw the horses in 6 And sware by him that liveth fa the vision, and them that sat on ever and ever, who created heaven them, having breastplates of fire, and the things that therein are, and and of jacinth, and brimstone: the earth, and the things that thereand the heads of the horses were in are, and the sea, and the things as the heads of lions; and out of which are therein, that there their mouths issued fire and smoke should be time no longer: and brimstone. 7 But in the days of the voice « 18 By these three was the third the seventh angel, when he shd part of men killed, by the fire, and begin to sound, the mystery £ by the smoke, and by the brim- God should be finished, as he haw stone, which issued out of their declared to his servants the prM mouths. phets. i 19 For their power is in their 8 And the voice which I hetff mouth, and in their tails: for their from heaven spake unto me agnjl tails were like unto serpents, and and said, Go and take the litfll had heads, and with them they do book which is open in the hand ■ hurt the angel which standeth upw 20 And the rest of the men which the sea and upon the earth. 1 were not killed by these plagues 9 And 1 went unto the angel, adl 992 I

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jaid unto him, Give me the little )ook. And he said unto me, Take f, and eat it up ; and it shall make hy belly bitter, but it shall be in hy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out f the angel’s hand, and ate it up; nd it was in my mouth sweet as oney: and as soon as I had eaten i, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou lust prophesy again before many eoples, and nations, and tongues, nd kings. 49 CHAPTER 11

spiritually is called Sod'om and E'^ypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. John is given a measuring reed. 3 11 And after three days and an The two witnesses; their testimony half the Spirit of life from God enand power; 7 their death, 11 and tered into them, and they stood resurrection. 15 The seventh 'angel upon their feet; and great fear fell sounds the trumpet. upon them which saw them. ^ND there was given me a reed 12 And they heard a great voice "x like unto, a rod: and the angel from heaven saying unto them, food, saying, Rise, and measure Come up hither. And they ascended ie temple of God, and the altar, up to heaven in a cloud; and their nd them that worship therein. enemies beheld them. 2 But the court which is without 13 And the same hour was there ie temple leave out, and measure a great earthquake, and the tenth not; for it is given unto the Gen'- part of the city fell, and in the les: and the holy city shall they earthquake were slain of men seven ead under foot forty and two thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the onths. 1 And I will give power unto my God of heaven. ro witnesses, and they shall pro- 14 The second woe is past; and, lesy a thousand two hundred and behold, the third woe cometh xeescore days, clothed in sack- quickly. 15 And the seventh angel soundpth*iNThese are the two olive trees, ed; and there were great voices id the two candlesticks standing in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingjfore the God of the earth. » And if any man will hurt them, doms of our Lord, and of his Christ; e proceedeth out of their mouth, and he shall reign for ever and id devoureth their enemies: and ever. any man will hurt them, he must 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their this manner be killed. > These have power to shut heav- seats, fell upon their faces, and i, that it rain not in the days of worshipped God, eir prophecy: and have power 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O er waters to turn them to blood, Lord God Almighty, which art, and id to smite the earth with all wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great agues, as often as they will. ' And when they shall have fin- power, and hast reigned. tied their testimony, the beast 18 And the nations were angry, at ascendeth out of the bottom- and thy wrath is come, and the ss pit shall make war against time of the dead, that they should em, and shall overcome them, be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the ,d kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in prophets, and to the saints, and e street of the great city, which them that fear thy name, small and 293 Digitized by

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his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe 250 CHAPTER 12 The woman clothed with the sum the red to the inhabiters of the earth and dragon. of the sea! for the devil is come ND there appeared a great down unto you, having great wrath, k. wonder in heaven; a woman because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he pera crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, secuted the woman which brought travailing in birth, and pained to forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given be delivered. 3 And there appeared another two wings of a great eagle, that she wonder in heaven; and behold a might fly into the wilderness, into gread red dragon, having seven her place, where she is nourished heads and ten horns, and seven for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpeni crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third 15 And the serpent cast out ol part of the stars of heaven, and his mouth water as a flood after th< did cast them to the earth: and the woman, that he might cause hert< dragon stood before the woman be carried away of the flood. which was ready to be delivered, 16 And the earth helped the worn for to devour her child as soon as an, and the earth opened he mouth, and swallowed up the floa it was bom. 5 And she brought forth a man which the dragon cast out of hi child, who was to rule all nations mouth. with a rod of iron: and her child 17 And the dragon was wroth wit] was caught up unto God, and to his the woman, and went to make va with the remnant of her seed throne. which keep the commandments o 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place God, and have the testimony o prepared of God, that they should JS'sus Christ. feed her there a thousand two CHAPTER 13 25 hundred and threescore days. beast with seven heads and M 7 And there was war in heaven: The horns, which came up out of the sec Mi'chael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragND I stood upon the sand of th on fought and his angels, sea, and saw a beast rise J 8 And prevailed not; neither was out of the sea, having seven hea their place found anymore in heaven. and ten horns, and upon his hom 9 And the great dragon was cast ten crowns, and upon his heads th out, that old serpent, called the name of blasphemy. Dev'il, and Sa'tan, which deceiveth 2 And the beast which I saw v* the whole world: he was cast out like unto a leopard, and his fet into the earth, and his angels were were as the feet of a bear, and bi cast out with him. mouth as the mouth of a tian: 10 And I heard a loud voice say- the dragon gave him his pow^ ing in heaven, Now is come salva- and his seat, and great authority tion, and strength, and the king- 3 And I saw one of his heads asi dom of our God, and the power of were wounded to death; andU 294

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leadly wound was healed: and all the image of the beast should both he world wondered after the speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the >east 4And they worshipped the dragon beast should be killed. vhich gave power unto the beast: 16 And he causeth all, both small nd they worshipped the beast and great, rich and poor, free and aying, Who is like unto the beast? bond, to receive a mark in their vho is able to make war with him? right hand, or in their foreheads: 5 And there was given unto him 17 And that no man might buy or i mouth ‘ speaking great things sell, save he that had the mark, or nd blasphemies; and power was the name of the beast, or the numliven unto him to continue forty ber of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that ind two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in hath understanding count the numblasphemy against God, to blas- ber of the beast: for it is the numheme his name, and his taberna- ber of a man; and his number is le, and them that dwell in heaven. Six hundred threescore and six. 7 And it was given unto him to CHAPTER 14 252 tiake war with the saints, and to 1 The Lamb and his company: who vercome them: and power was they are. 6 The angel with the everiven him over all kindreds, and lasting gospel. 8 The angel announcongues, and nations. ing Babylon's fall. 13 "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." 8 And all that dwell upon the 14 The Son of man and the sickle: arth shall worship him, whose the reaping. tames are not written in the book f life of the Lamb slain from the AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb xx stood on the mount Si'on, and oundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him with him an hundred forty and four tear. thousand, having his Father’s 10 He that leadeth into captivity name written in their foreheads. hall go into captivity: he that kill- 2 And I heard a voice from heav;th with the sword must be killed en, as the voice of many waters, rith the sword. Here is the pa- and as the voice of a great thunder: ience and the faith of the saints. and I heard the voice of harpers 11 And I beheld another beast harping with their harps: oming up out of the earth; and 3 And they sung as it were a new e had two horns like a lamb, and song before the throne, and before ie spake as a dragon. the four beasts, and the elders: and 12 And he exerciseth all the power no man could learn that song but f the first beast before him, and the hundred and forty and four auseth the earth and them which thousand, which were redeemed .well therein to worship the first from the earth. >east, whose deadly wound was 4 These are they which were not .ealed. defiled with women; for they are 13 And he doeth great wonders, virgins. These are they which folo that he maketh fire come down low the Lamb whithersoever hfe gorom heaven on the earth in the eth. These were redeemed from ight of men, among men, being the firstfruits 14 And deceiveth them that dwell unto God and to the Lamb. n the earth, by the means of those 5 And in their mouth was found airacles which he had power to do no guile: for they are without fault a the sight of the beast; saying to before the throne of God. hem that dwell on the earth, that 6 And I saw another angel fly hey should make an image to the in the midst of heaven, having *east, which had the wound by a the everlasting gospel to preach word, and did live. unto them that dwell on die earth, 15 And he had power to give life and to every nation, and kindred, into the image of the beast, that1 and tongue, and people, Digitized by GooQle 295 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8 And there followed another angel, saying, B&b'jMon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Je'sus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and beheld a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and In his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. Digitized by

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/^ND I saw another sign in hear* xx en, great and marvellous seven angels having the seven lad plagues; for in them is filled m the wrath of God. 2 And I saw as it were a sea d glass mingled with fire: and then that had gotten the victory the beast, and over his image, art over his mark, and over the num* ber of his name, stand on the sd of glass, having the harps a God. 3 And they sing the song of Mo' ses the servant of God, and ft song of the Lamb, saying, Gres and marvellous are thy works, Lcrt God Almighty; just and true ffli thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord and glorify thy name? for thou on!l art holy: for all nations shall com and worship before thee; for th judgments are made manifest. 5 And after that I looked, and, h hold, the temple of the taberni cle of the testimony in heaven wa opened: 6 And the seven angels came ci of the*temple, having the seve plagues, clothed in pure and whft linen, and having their breast girded with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four beasts gri unto the seven angels seven

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11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up , that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the He'brew tongue Ar-ma-ged'don. 17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake; such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great B&b'?lon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and*the mountains were not found. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. CHAPTER 17 255

AND I heard a great voice out xx of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And die third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the The woman dressed in purple and scarlet which sat on the beast. beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their ND there came one of the seven tongues for pain, l angels which had the seven Digitized by

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vials, and talked with me, saying unto me. Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BAB'Y-LON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of JS'sus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 7And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is Digitized by

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1 And I heard another voice from eaven, saying, Come out of her, 7 people, that ye be not partakers . her sins, and that ye receive not \ her plagues. ) For her sins have reached unto ;aven, and God hath remembered st iniquities. > Reward her even as she rearded you, and double unto her >uble according to her works: in e cup which she hath filled fill her double. How much she hath glorified irself, she lived deliciously, so uch torment and sorrow give her: r she saith in her heart, I sit a teen, and am no widow, and all see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come one day, death, and moumj, and famine; and she shall be terly burned with fire: for *ong is the Lord God who judgeth r. And the kings of the earth, who ve committed fornication and ed deliciously with her, shall beiil her, and lament for her, when jy shall see the smoke of her ruing, ) Standing afar off for the fear of r torment, saying, Alas, alas that sat city Bdb'jMon, that mighty v! for in one hour is thy judg>nt come. 1 And the merchants of the earth ill weep and mourn over her; for man buyeth their merchandise r more: > The merchandise of gold, and rer, and precious stones, and of iris, and fine linen, and purple, 1 silk, and scarlet, and all thyine od, and all manner vessels of ry, and all manner vessels of st precious wood, and of brass, 1 iron, and marble, • And cinnamon, and odours, and tments, and frankincense, and xe, and oil, and fine flour, and eat» and beasts, and sheep, and ses, and chariots, and slaves, L souls of men. , And the fruits that thy soul ted after are departed from thee, I all things which were dainty t goodly are departed from thee, Digitized by

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and thou shalt find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping, and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What citv is like unto this great city! 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ve holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city B&b'jMon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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13 And he was clothed with a re AND after these things I heard hire dipped in blood: and his nan xx a great voice of much people is called The Word of God. in heaven, saying, Al-le-lu'jd; Sal14 And the armies which wen vation, and glory, and honour, and heaven followed him upon whi power, unto the Lord our God: horses, clothed in fine linen, win 2 For true and righteous are his and clean. judgments: for he hath judged the 15 And out of his mouth goetb great whore, which did corrupt the sharp sword, that with it he shoi earth with her fornication, and smite the nations: and he shallrc hath avenged the blood of his serv- them with a rod of iron: and: ants at her hand. treadeth the winepress of the tier: 3 And again they said, Al-le-lii'iA. ness and wrath of Almighty Goc And her smoke rose up for ever 16 And he hath on his vesture £ and ever. on his thigh a name written, KH 4 And the four and twenty elders OF KINGS, AND LORD 0 and the four beasts fell down and LORDS. worshipped God that sat on the 17 And I saw an angel standing throne, saying, Amen; Al-le-lu'jA the sun; and he cried with a 5 And a voice came out of the voice, saying to all the fowls ft throne, saying, Praise our God, all fly in the midst of heaven, Or ye his servants, and ye that fear and gather yourselves togeth him, both small and great. unto the supper of the great Ge: 6 And I heard as it were the 18 That ye may eat the flesh voice of a great multitude, and as kings, and the flesh of captain the voice of many waters, and as and the flesh of mighty men, £ the voice of mighty thunderings, the flesh of horses, and of them th saying, Al-le-lu'ja: for the Lord sit on them, and the fledi of 1 God omnipotent reigneth. men, both free and bond, to 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and small and great give honour to him: for the mar- 19 And I saw the beast, and 3 riage of the Lamb is come, and his kings of the earth, and theirs wife hath made herself ready. mies, gathered together to nd 8 And to her was granted that war against him that sat onshe should be arrayed in fine linen, horse, and against his army. clean and white: for the fine linen 20 And the beast was taken, z is the righteousness of saints. with him the false prophet a 9 And he saith unto me, Write, wrought miracles before him,« Blessed are they which are called which he deceived them tfaatl unto the marriage supper of the received the mark of the' Lamb. And he saith unto me, them that worshipped his These are the true sayings of God. These both were cast alive ii 10 And I fell at his feet to worship lake of fire burning with him. And he said unto me, See stone. thou do it not: I am thy fellowserv- 21 And the remnant were d ant, and of thy brethren that have with the sword of him that sat the testimony of Je'sus: worship the horse, which sword proced God: for the testimony of Je'sus is out of his mouth: and all the the spirit of prophecy. were filled with their flesh. 11 And I saw heaven opened, and CHAPTER 20 behold a white horse; and he that 1 The Devil bound a thousand 4 The first resurrection. 12 TM sat upon him was called Faithful before God: the judgment. and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. AND I saw an angel come 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, xx from heaven, having th 800 Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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of the bottomless pit and a great away; and there was found no place for them. chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, 12 And I saw the dead, small and that old serpent, which is the D&v'- great, stand before God; and the il, and Sa'tan, and bound him a books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottom- book of life: and the dead were less pit, and shut him up, and set a judged out of those things which seal upon him, that he should de- were written in the books, accordceive the nations no more, till the ing to their works. thousand years should be ful- 13 And the sea gave up the dead filled: and after that he must be which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat were in them: and they were upon them, and judgment was given judged every man according to unto them: and I saw the souls of their works. them that were beheaded for the 14 And death and hell were cast witness of Je'sus, and for the word into the lake of fire. This is the of God, and which had not wor- second death. shipped the beast, neither his im- 15 And whosoever was not found age, neither had received his mark written in the book of life was cast upon their foreheads, or in their into the lake of fire. hands; and they lived and reigned CHAPTER 21 259 with Christ a thousand years. 1 The new heaven and the new earth. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not 2 The holy city. 3 God's tabernacle again until the thousand years were with men. 10 The heavenly Jerusalem: its description. 23 The glory finished. This is the first resurrecof God the light thereof. tion. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath ND I saw a new heaven and a part in the first resurrection: on u new earth: for the first heavsuch the second death hath no en and the first earth were passed power, but they shall be priests away; and there was no more sea. of God and of Christ, and shall 2 And I Jdhn saw the holy city, reign with him a thousand years. new JS-ru'sfi-lem, coming down 7And when the thousand years from God out of heaven, prepared are expired, Sa'tan shall be loosed as a bride adorned for her husband. out of his prison, 3 And I heard a great voice out of 8 And shall go out to deceive the heaven saying. Behold, the tabernations which are in the four nacle of God is with men, and he quarters of the earth, Gdg and Ma'- will dwell with them, and they shall g6g, to gather them together to be his people, and God himself shall battle: the number of whom is as be with them, and be their God. the sand of the sea. 4 And God shall wipe away all 9 And they went up on the tears from their eyes; and there breadth of the earth, and compassed shall be no more death, neither sorthe camp of the saints about, and row, nor crying, neither shall there the beloved city: and fire came be any more pain: for the former down from God out of heaven, and things are passed away. devoured them. 5 And he that sat upon the throne 10 And the devil that deceived said, Behold, I make all things them was cast into the lake of fire new. And he said unto me, Write: and brimstone, where the beast and for these words are true and faiththe false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever 6 And he said unto me, It is done. and ever. I am Al'phA and d'me-ga, the be11 And I saw a great white throne, ginning and the end. I will give and him that sat on it, from whose unto him that is athirst of the founFace the earth and the heaven fled tain of the water of life freely. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN > 801

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REVELATION, 22 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which bumeth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy J$-ru's£-lem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels,. and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of is'ra-el: 13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. . 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. w 19 And the foundations naationt of the wallo Digitized by

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The heavenly Jerusalem described of the city were garnished with iH manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; die ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprases; the eleven th, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates wen twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple therem: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God die lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shaL be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. CHAPTER 22 260 1 The river of the water of Hfe. The tree of life. 5 God himself th: light. 6 The attest to these visions, the conclusion of the book. 21 Ths benediction.

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The attest to the visions curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. 6And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I Jdhn saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I feu down to worship before the feet of the angel which diewed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the ptophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy stiU: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy stiU. 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to

give every man according as his work shall be. 13 I am Al'phA and d'me-gd, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into tiie city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Je'sus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of Da'vid, and the bright and morning star. 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto .these things, God shaU add unto Inm the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come. Lord Je'sus. 21 The grace of our Lord JS'sus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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