I k iiiiiiiiJiJhiiiimiifci II ^^ PRINCETON, N. J. ^ Presented by~^-r-<^ S \ C^. (Sr^ V~VcaV\ O x^ Division ..■J-'<. *.--/... V.v — '• — ' Seclion • V.O^^O .B7 \ '.S«'- ib^ 18 0 ^ (T 0 i>, BENJ. B.MUSSBY&lCB 29 COBNHILL . cf^^^^^^'''^^ THE PRONOUNCING BIBLE. THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS; TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED; THE PK.OPEE NAMES OF WHICH, AND NUMEROUS OTHER WORDS, BEING ACCURATELY ACCENTED IN THE TEXT, AND DIVIDED INTO SYLLABLES, AS THEY OUGHT TO BE PRONOUNCED, ACCORDING TO THE ORTHOEPY OF JOHN WALKER. BY ISRAEL ALGER, JUN. A. M. BOSTON: BENJAMIN B. MUSSEY AND COMPANY. 29 Cornhill. 1848. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, to wU. District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, That on the fourth day of April, A. D. 1825, and in the forty-ninth year of the independence of the United Stales of America, Israel Alger, Jun. Ensign Lincoln, and Thomas Eumanus. Jun. of tlic said district, iiave deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : — " 'Die Pronouncing Bible.— The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of ilie original tongues, and with the' former translations diligently compared and revised. The proper names of which, and numerous other words, being accurately accented in the text, and di- vided into syllables, as they ought to be pronounced, according to die ortlioepy of John Walker, as contained in his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scri])ture Proper Names. By Israel Alger, Jun. A. M." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled " An net for the encourage- ment of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act, entitled " An act supple- mentary to an act, entitled An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching his- torical and other prints." JOHN W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts, ADVER'TISEMENT. As in the Pronouncing Testament, so also in this Edition of the Bible, the primary design has been to divide and accent the proper names and other words as they occur in the text, and in such a manner as will best show their true pronunciation. The need of such aid has been greatly realized in schools and families, almost as often as the Sacred Volume has been read, and not unfrequenlly even by men of science and elocution. The reception which the Publick has given to the Pronouncing Testament, has been considered as a pledge tliat the Pronouncing Bible would not be an unwelcome pro- duction. Indeed the frequent solicitations by individuals fi'ora different parts of the country for such an impression of the Scriptures, seemed to demand its publication. The tendency of this work will be to produce a uniformity and exactness in the pro nunciation of the Scripture proper names, and of other words, which are often variously spoken by different persons of good education. It presents the Standard English pro- nunciation of the Bible in the Book itself, without additional expense, or a wearisome and uncertain toil to gain it from books. These and other advantages, it is hoped, will create a more general and pleasurable use of the Sacred Writings in all classes of the community. To some it may appear needless, to have accented words which appear perfectly sim- ple in form, and clear in expression ; but, when it is recollected, that the most simple words in the language are frequently pronounced differently by different persons of good attainments, it is hoped, that every objection to the dividing of the whole of the proper names, will be obviated. When the pronunciation of words could not be fully and clearly expressed, by accent- ing the vowels, the orthoepy of such words has been written in the bottom of the page, either as Walker has himself written it, or in strict conformity to those rules and prin- ciples which he has established, so far as by a critical and careful investigation of them, they have been understood. Some words in the New Testament are accented, which, in the Old, are untouched. It may however be observed, that, in relation to each Testament, those words which have been marked at all, except those in the bottom of the page, have, after the first instance, been marked nearly as often as they afterwards occur in that part of the work ; but the neglecting to accent every vowel in a marked word, oi to Italicise every silent letter, would not materially affect the design which has been pursued. The scheme of the vowel sounds in the Key, is nearly the same as that given by Walker, to which accents, instead of figures, are fixed. The pupil should be well ac- quainted with all the vowel sounds, as they are marked in the Key, and should be able to sound them separately, as they are written in the examples, and also without conso- nants as they are written in the column of the powers. Reading the examples of the Key and the powers downward, a few times, is all that is required : the marks and vowel sounds will soon become familiar. Great care and vigilance have been exercised, in the reading of the accented proofs both of the types and stereotypes, to render the work worthy of the confidence of the judicious, and worthy of the patronage of the Publick. The Editor is sure that he feels a pleasure, and he liopes that this pleasure is mingled with gratitude, in the prospect of accomplishing a labour, which, during nearly four years, has occupied much of his at- tention. He also hopes, that his unremitting endeavours to render this performance cor- rwt, will meet with publick favour, and result in much useful improvement. Boston, March 4th, A. D. 1825. EDITOR. TO THE REGULAR NATIVE SOUNDS OF THE ENGLISH VOWELS. Vowels. Examples. 1. a. in game, fate, pa'per. a. in an'y,* man'y, says, Thames, pr. in'ne, men'ne, sez, Temz. 2. k. in stir, fJi'tlier, mSm-mk'. 4. i. in fat, mat, mip, mar'ry. 3. &. in fall, hdll, wdll, w&'ter. a. in wad,* wan, was, wash. pr. wod, won, xooz, wosh. 1. e. in me, here, me'tre, me'di-um. 2. 6. in bed, men, met, fell. 1. 1. in dine, ti'tle, j in |yre, cy'cle. 2. T. in din, tit'tle, j in cyst, cym'bal. 1. 6. in no, note, no'tlce. 2. 6. in move, pr6ve. 3. 6. in nor, for, or, storm. - 4. o. in not, hot, got. 1. u. in tube, cube, W in new, dew. 2. Q. in tub, cup, niit. 3. il. in bftll, fiill, w in vow, now. Long Vowels. Long a, e, I, o, u, W. Grave Ji, 6. Broad k, 6, i i, 6, ft, w. JVote to the Key. The sound J^ames. The long English a The short English a, like short £ The long Ital'iant or middle a The short sound of the Ital'ian a The broad German or open a The short German a, like short 6 Powers. - ay. «h. kh. ah. dw. oh. The long e - - - - The short e ... The long diphthongal i The short simple i The long open o ... The long close o - - - The long broad o, like the broad a The short broad o - - . The long diphthongal u - The short simple u - - - The middle or obtuse u, like o in wolf, 66 nearly. Short Vowels. Short a, 6, i, 6, H, f. Acute d, e, i, 6, y, like Q. Inverted breve over S like 6. of the vowel 6 in move, prove, «fec. marked, by Mr. ee. eh. eye. lb. owe. 66. &w. oh. you. tih. Perry, with the Broad accent, is, in this Key, marked with the Grave accent ; thus, 6 in move, prove, &c. — The long and short sounds of a are placed together, consequently, the short Ital'ian a, in Mr. Walker's order, is transposed. IRREGULAR VOWEL SOUNDS, CHARACTERS, &c. 1. The Acute d, e, i,6, and 3', in unaccented and monosyllables, frequently dejert their regular native sounds, and slide into that of short ii, as heard, in li'Ar, her, bird, done, mar'tyr. 2. The Broad 6 sounds like the long slender Eng'lish a, in 6re, thfire, wh^re ; — pro- nuuncbd are, thare, hware. 3. Tlie mediate or unaccented i or y, sounds like the long e. In all words which have any vowel with a marked accent, this i is the last part of the component sound of the long diphthongal I or g, or it is equivalent to the long sound of e ; as heard, in priv'i-ly, B6tli'a-ny ; — pronounced priv'e-le, Beth'a-ne. 4 When joined with a final syllable in the pronunciation, i sometimes takes the power of y, and in sound becomes a consonant ; as, in It-al'ian. 5. C or ch denotes a hard sound, like k ; as heard, in Christ. G. (ji or 1 denotes a soft sound, likej ; as iieard, in eel'id, gyp'sy. 7. pli generally sounds like/; as heard, in Phi-le'mon. 8. ? or (; denotes a soft or flat sound like z; as heard, in muje, si^e. 0. In a diphthong or triphthong, a vowel with a marked accent, gener.illy shows that its fellow vowel or vowels are silent, and that its own sound is the only proper one in that combination ; as, in yeast, t beafl'ty. 10. The vowel i, when associated with a long vowel, is not silent, but generally has the long sound oCe ; as, in field, /ce/rZ .• — but, when it is associated with a short vowel, it is silent ; as, in plaid, pldd. In some words, it has only the power of e final, lengthening the preceding vowel ; as, in ob-tain, oh-tdne'. 11. IlaUcIc letters, in words of the text which arc marked with the vowel accents, kre likewise silent ; as, in rea'^on. 12. All words in the text wholly Italick, having been supplied in the Eng'lish^ translation, have no correspondent words in the original Hebrew and Greek text. 13. This oblique mark ['] denotes the chief or primary accent to be on that syllable, over or immediately after which it is placed. Thus — Da'vid, in right pronunciation, is accented on the first syllable. * This vowel is here irregular or commutable in sound, i. e. it takes the sound of another vowel. \ It-til'ydn. ^ now written — y&t. ^ Ing'gllsh. It EXPLANATORY KEY, NOTES, &c. J4. Tlie tcrjtiination ah, in Hebrew proper names, when under the primary or secon- dary accent, is long ; as, in Tuh'e-ra, Betli'r:i-biih ; but, when not under the accent, and final, it is short ; as, in Je-lio'vJih, Ju'dfih. 15. The Greci< and Latin termination a, wlien not under the principal accent, by omit- ting the final /;, invariably bears the mark of the short sound of the Ital'ian a; as, in BSth-ej'da, a-6r'ta. 16. In words of this book having marked vowels, a, without an accent over it, always has its short Ital'ian sound. 17. The short c before r, in a monosyllable, or in an accented syllable, or in a syllable before the accented one, generally has the sound of e in ver'y ; e. g. were, mer'ahSnt, per-for'mance, per-am-bu-la'tion. 18. The Or'tho-e-py of words, written in the bottom of the page, should govern the reading of those words througli the book. jYote. In unaccented syllables, the vowels a and o, which in rapid pronunciation gen- erally take the sound of short it, have, in many proper names of this work, been marked with the short accent ; as a, 6 ; instead of the acute a, 6. Thus — Ital'ian, Phi-le'mon, in rapid delivery, are pronounced It-tdl'yun, Ft-U'viun, or which is the same thing in a different orthograpliy, It-al'iun, Plii-U'vion. The design of the former accentuation has been, to counteract tlie proneness in most persons to drop these vowels entirely, or but slightly to touch them, and to produce and preserve a full and distinct utterance of them in the unaccented syllables, which is a most prominent and distinguishing trait in the character of a good reader. RULE, for pronouncing the language of Scripture. In the Sacred Writings, every participial ed, where it is not preceded by a vowel, ought to make a distinct syllable ; as, " Who hath belie'ved our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord reveal'ed V But where it is preceded by a vowel, the c is suppressed ; as, in justified and glorified, in the following passage : " Whom he did predestinate, them he also call'ed; and whom he call'ed, them he also justified ; and whom he justified, them he also glorified." RULE, for reading common and familiar writings. When a verb ends with a sharp consonant ; as,/, p, k, s, h, and c sofl, the termination ed, assumed by the preterite and participle, sounds like t ; as, stuffed, tripped, cracked, passed, vouched, faced : pron. stuft, tript, crackt, past, voucht,faste. But when the verb ends in a flat consonant ; as, b, g, v, z ; or a liquid ; as, /, m, n, r, the termination ed, pre- serves the flat sound of d; as, drubbed, pegged, lived, buzzed, blamed, joined, filled, barred : pron. druhb'd, pegg'd, liv'd, buzz'd, blam'd, join'd,fill'd, barred. JYote. When verbs end in i or d, te or de, the participial cd is always heard in a dis- tinct syllable ; as, trust, trusted ; sound, sound'ed ; fiute,fiut'ed ; guide, guid'ed. [Walker's principles. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Chaps. Page. Chaps Page. Chaps, Page. GEN'ESIS 50 - 5 II. Chron'icles - 36 - 368 Ean'iel 12 668 Ex'odus - 40 . 50 Ez'ra - - 10 399 Hose'a - - 14 681 Leviticus - 27 . 88 Nehemi'ah 13 408 Jo'el 3 687 Num'bers - 36 . 115 Es'ther- - 10 421 A'mos - - 9 689 Deuleron'omy - 34 . 154 Job - 42 428 Obadi'ah - 1 694 Josh'ua - 24 . 187 Psalms - - 150 451 Jo'nah - - 4 694 .ludg'es 21 . 209 Prov'erbs - 31 507 Mi'cah 7 696 Ruth • - 4 . 231 Ecclesias'tes - - 12 526 Na'hum 2 699 I. Sam'uel - 31 . 234 Song of Sol'omon - 8 532 Hab'akkuk 3 701 H. Sam'uel - - 24 . 263 Isai'ah 66 535 Zephsni'ah : - 3 703 I. Kings - 22 - 287 Jeremi'ah - - 52 575 Hag'gai - 2 705 II. Kings . 1. Chron'icles • - 25 - 315 Lamenta'tions - 5 622 Zechari'ah - - 14 706 29 - 342 Eze'kiel - 48 626 Mal'achi - 4 713 TI IE BO( 3KS OF THE NEW TES^ rAMENT. MATTHEW . 23 . 3 Ephe'sians - 6 . 164 He'brews - 13 . 184 Mark - 16 - 31 Philip'pians 4 - 168 James - - 5 . 193 Li.ke - 24 - 49 Colos'sians - - 4 - 171 I. Pe'ter - 5 , 196 John - 21 . 79 I. Thessalo'nians - 5 - 173 II. Pe'ter - 3 . 199 The Acts - 23 . 101 II. Thessalo'nians - 3 . 176 I. John 5 . 201 Epls'tle to the Rotoans 16 . 130 I. Tim'othy - - 6 - 177 II. John - - 1 . 204 I. Corin'thians 16 . 142 II.Tim'othy 4 - 180 III. John - 1 . 204 i\. Corin'thians - 13 . 153 Ti'tus - - 3 - 182 Jude - 1 _ 204 Calatians • 6 - 160 Phile'mon - 1 - 184 Revela'tion M - 205 THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GEN'ESIS. CHAPTER I. IN the be;rinniiig God created the heav- en and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon tlie face of the deep : and the Spir'it of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said,i Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 H And God said, Let there be a fir'- mament^in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the fir'mament, and divided the waters which were under the fir'mament from the waters which were above the fir'mament : and it was so. 8 And God called the fir'mament Heav- en. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 IT And God said, Let the waters un- der the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gath'ering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it toas good. 1 1 And God said, Let the Earth bring forth grass, the hevh yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so. 12 And the Earth brought forth grass, and /terb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed toas in itself, after his kind : and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 IT And God said. Let there be lights in the fir'mament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night : and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years : 15 And let them be for lights in the fir'- mament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was so. A2 16 And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the les- ser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the fir'mament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20 And God said. Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open fir'mament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl aftei his kind : and God saw that it was good. 22 And God bless'ed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas ; and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind : and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it ivas good- 26 And God said. Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cat- tle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own im- age ; in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them. 28 And God bless'ed them, and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over eve- ry living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 H And God said. Behold, I have given you every fterb bearing seed, which 2/er'ffw-n»«n/. The garden of E' den. QEN'ESIS. Mairiage instituted. is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yieldin°^ seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat : and it was so. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it teas very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAP. II. THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made ; and he rest- ed on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God bless'ed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4 ^ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man be- came a living soul. 8 IT And the Lord God planted a gar- den east'ward in E'den ; ' and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and o- mor'rah, Shi'nab king of Id'mah, and Shem'e-ber king of Ze-bo'im, and the king of Be'la, which is Zo'ar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Sid'dim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Ched-6r-la'- o-mer, and in the thirteenth year they re- belled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Ched-or-la'o-mer, and the kings that ivcre I A'bram, Give me the persons, and take mish'pat, which is Ka'desh, and smote all the country of the Am'a-lek-ites, and also the Am'o-rites that dwelt in Haz'e-z6n-Ta'- mar. 0 And there went out the king of Sod'- om, and the king of Go-mor'rah, and the king of Ad'mah, and the king of Ze-bo'im, and the king of Be'la, (the same is Zd'ar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Sld'dim ; 9 With Ched-or-la'o-mer the king of E'- lam, and with Ti'dal king of nations, and Am'ra-phel king of Shi'nar, and A'ri-och king of El'la-sar ; four kings with five. 10 And the vale of Sid'dim was full of slime-pits ; and the kings of Sod'om and Go-mor'rah fled, and fell there ; and they that remained fled to the moiin'tain. 1 1 And they took all the goods of Sod'- om and Go-mor'rah, and all their vic'tuals,^ and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, A'bram's broth- er's son, (who dwelt in Sod'om,) and his goods, and departed. 13 IT And there came one that had e- sca'ped, and told A'bram the He'brew ; for he dwelt in the plain of Mam're the Am'o- rite, brother of Esh'col, and brother of A'ner: and these were confederate with A'bram. 14 And when A'bram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants^ born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against' them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Ho'bah, which is on the left hand of Da-mas'cus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again' his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 IT And the king of Sod'om went out to meet him, (after his return from the slaughter of Ched-or-la'o-mer, and of the kings that were with him,) at the valley of Sa'veh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Mel-chis'e-dek king of Sa'lem brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he bless'ed him, and said, Bles'- sed be A'bram of the most high God, pos- jes'sor of heaven and earth : 20 And bles'sed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And be gave him tithes of all. 21 And the kins: of Sod'om said unto with him, and smote the Reph'a-imf in Ash te-roth-Kar'na-Tm, and the Zii'ziinf in Ham, and the E'mimf in Sha'veh-Kirjath- A'im,2 6 And the Ho'rTtes in their mount Se'ir, unto El-pa'ran, which is by the wilderness. 7 'And they returned and came to En- the goods to thyself. 22 And A'bram said to the king of Sod'- om, I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the pofses'sor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not ^ Ber'sha. 2 Sha'cch-Kcr'jath-A'lm. 3 vlftlz. 14 God^s promii-e (0 A'bram. QEN'ESIS fake any things that is thine, lest thou shouldst say, 1 have made A'bram rich : 24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, A'ner, Esh'col, and Mani're ; let them take their portion. ^ CflAP. XV. AFTER these things the word of the Lord came unto A'bram in a vision, saying, Fear not, A'bram : I avi thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And A'bram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this £-li- e'zer of Da-mas'ciis ? 3 And A'bram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. ^ 4 And, behold, the word of the LoRn came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall b<' thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, ami said, Look now to'uard heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to num- ber them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righ'teousness." 7 And he said unto him, I am, the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chal'deef, to give thee this land to inherit it. y And he said. Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young ple'eon.-'' 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each j)iece one against' another ; hut the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, A'bram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon A'bram ; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And he said unto A'bram, Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred yeai's ; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge ; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again' ; for the iniquity of the Arn'o-rltes is not yet full. N' ^ are. 2 ri'lshe-us-ncs. ' ptd'jin. Ha'gur Jleelh from, Sd'rat 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking fur'nac.e4 and a burning lamp that pass'ed between those ])ieces. 18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant with A'brfim, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of K'0pt unto the great river, the river Eu-phra'tf f . 19 The Ktn'ites, and the Ken'iz-zites, and the Kad'mon-ites, 20 And the Hit'tites, and the Per'iz-z'ites, and the Reph'a-ims, 21 And the Am'o-rltes, and the Can'- aan-ltes, and the Gir'ga-shites,'^ and the Jeb'u-sltes. CHAP. XVL OW Sa'rai,'' A'bram''s wife, bare him no chUdren: and she had a hand- maid, an E-|yp'ti-an, whose name was Ha'gar. 2 And Sa'rai said unto A'bram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing : I pray thee, go in unto my maid ; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And A'bram hearkened to the voice of Sa'rai. 3 And Sa'rai, A'bram's wife, took Ha'- gar her maid, the E-|;yp'ti-an, after A'bram had dwelt ten years in the land of Ca'na- an, and gave her to her hu§'band A'bram to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Ha'gar, and she conceived : and, when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despT'fed in her eyes. 5 And Sa'rai said unto A'bram, My wronp; be upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bo'fom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, 1 was despl'jed in her eyes : the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But A'bram said unto Sa'rai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand : do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sa'rai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. 7 And the fiiigcl of the Lord found her by a foun'tain of water in the wilderness, by the foun'tain in the way to Shiir. 8 And he said, Ha'gar, Sa'rai's maid, whence came st thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sa'rai. 9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 1 1 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ish'- ma-el ; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man ; his '^fUr'nis. ^ Gir'ga-shltes. ^Sa'ray. 15 Ji'trani's namt chdny;ed. QEN'ESIS haiul "'/■// be against' every man, and every inan''s hand against' him : and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me : for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ? 14 Wherefore the well was called Be-er- la-hfi'i-roi : behold, il is between Ka'desh and Be'red. 15 And Ila'gar bare A'bram a son ; and A'bram called his son's name, which Ha'- g-:"ir bare, Ish'ma-el. 16 And A'bram teas fourscore and six years old when Ha'gar bare ish'ma-el to A'bram. CHAP. XVII. AND when A'bram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to A'bram, and said unto him, I am the Al- mighty God : walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant be- tween me and thee ; and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And A'bram fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called A'bram ; but thy name shall be called A'bra-ham : for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruit- ful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will estab'lish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlas'- ting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. a And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca'na-an, for an everlas'ting pojfes'sion ; and I will be their God. 9 IT And God said unto A'bra-ham, Thou shalt keep my covenant there'fore, thou, and thy seed after thee, in their genera- tions. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you, and thy seed after thee ; Every man-child among you shall be cir'cumcifed.^ 11 And ye shall cir'cumcije the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be cir'cumcifed among you, every man- child in your generations ; he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs 1 ier'kiiin-si-zed. I'^aac is promtsed be cir'cumcifed : and my covenant shall be in vour flesh for an everlas'ting cove- nant. 14 And the uncir'cumcijed man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not cir'cum- cifed, that soul shall be cut ofi" from his people ; he hath broken my covenant. 15 IT And God said unto A'bra-ham, As for Sa'rai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sa'rai, butSa'rikh shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her ; yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a molJier of nations ; kings of people shall be of her. 17 Then A'bia-hr.m fell upon his face, and laugh'ed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old ? and shall Sa'rah, that is ninety years old, bear .'' 18 And A'bra-ham said unto God, Oh that ish'ma-el might live before thee ! 19 And God said, Sa'rah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his name I'faac : and I will estab'lish my covenant with him for an everlas'ting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ish'ma-el, T have heard thee ; Behold, I have bless'ed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly : tweh'e princes shall he beget ; and I will make him a great na- tion. 21 But my covenant will I establish with I'faac, whom Sa'rah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from A'bra-ham. 23 IT And A'bra-ham took Ish'ma-el his and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of A'bra-ham's house, and cir'cumcifed the flesh of their foreskin in the self-same day, as God had said unto him. 24 And A'bra-ham xvas ninety years old and nine, when he was cir'cumcifed in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ish'ma-el his son nas thirteen years old, when he xvas cir'cumcifed in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the self-same day was A'bra-ham cir'cumcifed, and Ish ma-el his son ; 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were cir'cumcifed with him. CHAP. XVIII. AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mam're : and he sat in the tent-door in the heat of the day : 2 And he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him : and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself to'ward the ground, 3 And said. My Lord, if now I have 16 A'bra-ham enterlaineth three angels. QEN'ESIS. A'bra-hamintercedethfor Sod'om. found favour in thy sight, pass not away, 1 pray thee, from thy servant : 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest your- selves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a mor'sel' of bread, and cnm'fort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on : for therc'fore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said. 6 And A 'bra-ham hastened into the tent unto Sa'rah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead iV, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And A'bra-hara ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hast- ed to dress it. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it be- fore them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 H And they said unto him. Where is Sa'rah thy wife ? And he said. Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will cer'taTnly return unto thee according to the time of life ; and, lo, Sa'rah thy wife shall have a son. And Sa'rah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. 11 Now A'bra-ham and Sa'rah were old, and Avell stricken in age ; and it ceased to be with Sa'rah after the manner of wom'- en.- 12 Therc'fore Sarah laugh'ed within herself, saying. After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also ? 13 And the Lord said unto A'bra-ham, Wherefore did Sa'rah laugh,^ saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child which am old? 14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee according to the time of life, and Sa'rah shall have a son. 15 Then Sa'rah denied, saying, Ilaugh'- ed not ; for she was afraid. And he said. Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 IT And the men rose up from thence, and looked to'ward Sod'om : and A'bra- ham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said. Shall I hide from A'bra-ham that thing which I do ; 18 Seeing that A'bra-ham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be bles'- sed in him ? 19 For I know him, that he will com- mand' his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon A'bra-ham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And the Lord said. Because the ' mir'stl. 2 trfm'wiin, B2 2 cry of Sod'om and G5-m6r'rah is great, and because their sin is very griev'oiis ; 21 I will go down now, and see wheth- er they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went to'ward Sod'om : but A'bra-ham stood yet before the Lord. 23 And A'bra-ham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy' the righ'teoiis* with the wicked ? 24 Peradven'ture there be fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou also destroy' and not spare the place for the fifty righ- teous that are therein ? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked ; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? 26 And the Lord said. If I find in Sod'om fifty rig-hteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And A'bra-ham answered and said, BehoJd now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradven'ture there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy' all the city for lack of five ? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy' it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again', and said, Peradven'tiire there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 30 And he said unto him., O let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak : Peradven'ture there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there. 31 And he said. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord : Peradven'ture there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy' it for twenty's sake. 32 And he said, () let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once : Peradven'tiire ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy' it for ten's sake. 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with A'bra- ham : and A'bra-ham returned unto his place. CHAP. XIX.— AND there came two angels to S6d'om at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sod'om : and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them ; and he bofved himself with his face ib'tvard the ground ; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, 3 i^j-^ 4 rl'tshe-Hs. 17 The Sod' om-lles stricken with blindness. QEN'ESIS. Sbd'omand Go-mor'rahdcstr6y'ea. hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters ; the Lord being mer'- ciful unto him : and they brought him turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said. Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly ; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house : and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sod'om, com'- passed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter : 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him. Where are the men which came in to thee this night ? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man ; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes : only unto these men do nothing ; for there'f5re came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said. Stand back. And they said again\ This one fellow came in to so'journ, and he will needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great ; so that they wea- ried themselves to find the door. 12 IT And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatso- ever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place : 13 For we will destroy' this place, be- cause the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord ; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy' it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, which married his daugh- ters, and said. Up, get ye out of this place ; for the Lord will destroy' this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law. 15 And when the morning arofe, then the angels hastened Lot, saymg, Xrije, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said. Escape' for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain ; escape to the moiln'tain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them. Oh, not so, my lord : 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magni fied thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life ; and I cannot escape' to the moun'tain, lest some evil take me, and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape' thither, (is it not a little one ?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him. See, I have accepted thee concer'ning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape' thither ; for 1 cannot do any thing till thou be come thither : there'fore the name of the city was called Z5'ar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zo'ar. 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sod'om, and upon Go-mor'rah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, anA that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife looked back from be hind him, and she became a pillar of salt- 27 IT And A'bra-ham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord : 28 And he looked to'ward Sod'om and Go-raor'rah, and t5'u'ard all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a fur'nace.^ 29 And it came to pass, when God de- stroy'ed the cities of the plain, that God remembered A'bra-ham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he over- threw the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 IT And Lot went up out of Z5'ar, and dwelt in the moun'tain, and his two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zo'ar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the first-born said unto the younger. Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may pref erve seed of our father. ^/Hr'nu, 18 A'bra-ham denielh his wife. QEN'ESIS. I'}aac''s birth, and ctr'cumet§ion 33 And they made their father drink wine that ni§;ht : and the first-born went in, and lay with her father ; and he per- ceived not when she lay down, nor when she arofe. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yes'ternight with my fa- ther : let us make him drink wine this nig-ht also ; and go thou in, and lie witli him, that we may prejerve' seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger aroje, and lay with him ; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arofe. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name M5'ab : the same t* the father of the Mo'ab-ites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-am'ml : the same is the father of the children of Am'- mon unto this day. CHAP. XX. AND A'bra-ham journeyed from thence to'wards the south country, and dwelled between Ka'desh and Shur, and so'joiirned in Ge'rar. 2 And A'bra-ham said of Sa'rah his wife. She is my sister: and A-bim'e-lech king of Ge'rar sent and took Sa'rah. 3 But God came to A-bim'e-lech in a dream by night, and said to him. Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken ; for she is a man's wife. 4 But A-bim'e-lech had not come near her: and he said. Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation ? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sis- ter ? and she, even she herself, said. He IS my brother : In the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my hands, have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in a dream. Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart ; for I also withheld thee from sinning against' me : there'fore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now, there'fore, restore the man his wife ; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 There'fore X-bim'e-lech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. 9 Then A-blm'e-lech called A'bra-ham, and said unto him. What hast thou done unto us ? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin ? thou hast done deeds unto mc that ought not to be done. 10 And A-bim'e-lech said unto A'bra- ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? 11 And A'bra-ham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place ; and they will slay me for my wife''s sake. 12 And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me ; at every place whither we shall come, say of me. He is my brother. 14 And A-bim'e-lech took sheep, and oxen, and men-serrants, and women-ser- vants, and gave them unto A'bra-ham, and restored him Sa'rah his wife. 15 And A-bim'e-lech said, Behold, my land is before thee : dwell where it pleas- eth thee. 16 And unto Sa'rah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver ; behold, he is to thee a cov'eringf of the eyes unto all that are with thee, and with all other : thus she was reproved. 17 So A'bra-ham prayed unto God : and God healed A-blm'e-lech, and his wife, and his maid-servants ; and they bare chil- dren. 10 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of A-bim'e-lech. because of Sa'rah, A'bra-ham's wife. CHAP. XXL AND the Lord visited Sa'rah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sa'rah as he had spoken : 2 For Sa'rah conceived, and bare A'bra- ham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And A'bra-ham called the name of his son that was bom unto him, whom Sa'rah bare to him, I'jaac. 4 And A'bra-ham cir'cumcised^ his son I'faac, being eight days old, as God had comman'ded him. 5 And A'bra-ham was a hundred years old when his son I'fiac was born unto him. 6 And Sa'rah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said. Who would have said unto A'bra-ham, that Sa'rah should have given children suck ? for I have borne him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and A'bra-ham made a great feast the same day that I'faac was weaned. 9 IT And Sa'rah saw the son of Ha'gar ' ter'kicmrst-zed. 19 Hd'gar in distress. the E-eyp'ti-an, which she had borne unto A'bra-ham, mocking : 10 Wherefore she said unto A'bra-ham, Cast out this bond-woman and her son : for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir^ with my son, even with I'jaac. 1 1 And the thing was very griev'ous in A'bra-ham's sight, because of his son. 12 And God said unto A'bra-ham, Let it not be griev'ous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond- woman : in all that Sa'rah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for in I'faac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also the son of the bond- woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14 IT And A'bra-ham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha'gar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be-er'she- ba. 15 And the water was spent in the bot- tle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went and sat her down over against' him^ a good way off, as it were a bow-shot : for she said. Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against' Aim, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad : and the angel of God called to Ha'gar out of heaven, and said unto her. What aileth thee, Ha'gar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. IS ArLje, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink, 20 And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pa'ran : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of E'pypt. 22 If And it came to pass at that time, that A-bim'e-lech, and PhT'chol the chief cap'tain of his host, spake unto A'bra-ham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest : 23 Now, there'fore, sweaj unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son''s son : hut according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast so'journed. 24 And A'bra-ham said, I will swear. 25 And A'bra-ham reproved l-bim'e- 1 hrf. QEN'ESIS. A'bra-ham tempted to offer J'faac lech because of a well of water, which A-bTm'e-lech''s servants had violently taken away. 26 And A-bim'e-lech said, I wot not who hath done this thing ; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it but to-day. 27 And A'bra-ham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto A-bim'e-lech ; and both of them made a covenant. 28 And A'bra-ham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And A-bim'e-lech said unto A'bra- ham, What mtan these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by themselves ? 30 And he said. For these seven ewe- lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness imto me that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place Be- er'she-ba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 Thus they made a covenant at Be- er'she-ba : Then A-bim'e-lech rose up, and Phi'chol the chief cap'tain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Phi-lis'tines. 33 And A'bra-ham, planted a grove in Be-er'she-ba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlas'ting God. 34 And A'bra-ham so'joiirned in the Phi-lls'tlnes' land many days. CHAP. xxn. AND it came to pass, after these things, that God did tempt A'bra-ham, and said unto him, A'bra-ham : and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said. Take now thy son, thine only son I'faac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Mo-ri'ah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the moun'tains which I will tell thee of. 3 And A'bra-ham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and I'faac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day A'bra-ham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And A'bra-ham said unto his youi^ men. Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and wor'ship, and come again' to you. 6 And A'bra-ham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon I'jaac his son ; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife : and they went both of them to- gether. 7 And I'faac spake unto A'bra-ham his father, and said. My father : and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood ; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering ? 30 Sa'ra/i^s age and death. QEN'ESIS. 7%e purchase of Mach-pc'lah. 8 And A'bra-ham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt- offering: so they went both of them to- gether. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of: and A'bra-ham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order ; and bound I'faac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. 10 And A'bra-ham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, A'bra- ham, A'bra-ham : and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I laiow that thou fear- est God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son^ from me. 13 And A'bra-ham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns ; and A'bra-ham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 14 And A'bra-ham called the name of that place Je-ho'vah-Jl'reh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen, 15 And the angel of the Lord called unto A'bra-ham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said. By my-self have I sworn, saith the Lord ; for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son ; 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore ; and thy seed shall pojfess' the gate of his enemies: 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be bless'ed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 19 So A'bra-ham returned unto his young men ; and they rose up, and went togeth- er to Be-er'she-ba : and A'bra-ham dwelt at Be-er'she-ba. 20 IT And it came to pass after these tbiners, that it was told A'bra-ham, saying, Behold, Mil'cah, she hath also borne chil- dren unto thy brother Na'hor ; 21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his broth- er, and Kem-u'el the father of A'ram, 22 And Che'sed, and Ha'zo, and Pil'- dash, and Jid'laph, and Be-thu'el. 23 And Be-thu'el begat Re-bek'ah : these « ight MTl'cah did bear to Na'hor, A'bra- ham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name teas Reu'mah, she bare also Te'bah, and Ga'- ham, and '^Tha'hash, and Ma'a-chah. CHAP. XXIII. AND Sa'rah was a hundred and seven and twenty years old : these were the years of the life of Sa'rah. 2 And Sa'rah died in Kir'jath-Ar'ba ; the same is He'bron in the land of Ca'na- an: and A'bra-ham came to mourn for Sa'rah, and to weep for her. 3 And A'bra-ham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, 4 I am. a stranger and a so'joiirner with you : give me a pofjes'sion of a burying- place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the children of Heth answered A'bra-ham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord : Thou art a mighty prince amongst us : in the choice of our sep'iilchres bury thy dead : none of us shall withhold from thee his sep'ulchre, but that thou mayst bury thy dead. 7 And A'bra-ham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, say, ing. If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and en treat for me to E'phron the son of Zo'har, 9 That he may give me the cave of Mach-pe'lah which he hath, which is in the end of his field : for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a pofjes'sion of a burying-place amongst you. 10 And E'phron dwelt amongst the children of Heth. And E'phron the Hit'- tite answered A'bra-ham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gates of his city, saying, 1 1 Nay, my lord, hear me : The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, i give it thee ; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. 12 And A'bra-ham bowed down himself before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto E'phron, in the audience of the people of the land, say- ing. But if thou icilt give it, I pray thee hear me : I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me, and 1 will bury my dead there. 14 And E'phron answered A'bra-ham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me: The land is worth four hundred shekels of sil- ver ; what is that betwixt me and thee ? bury there'fore thy dead. 16 And A'bra-ham hearkened unto E'- phron ; and A'bra-ham weighed to E'phron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hun- dred shekels of silver, current mdney with the mer'chant. 17 And the field of E'phron, which was in Mach-pe'lah, which was before Mam're, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that toere in all the borders round about', were made sure 21 His servants journey. Q.EN'ESIS. 18 Unto A'bra-ham for a poffes'sion, in the presence of the children of Heth, be- fore all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this A'bra-ham buried Sa'- rah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach-pe'lah, before Mam're : the same is He'bron in the land of Ca'na-an. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto A'bra-ham, for a poff es'sion of a burying-place, by the sons of Heth. CHAP. XXIV. AND A'bra-ham was old, and well stricken in age : and the Lord had bless'ed A'bra-ham in all things. 2 And A'bra-ham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had. Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh ; 3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Can'- aan-!tes, amongst whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son I'§aac. 5 And the servant said unto him, Per- adven'ture tlxe woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : must I needs firing thy son again' unto the land from whence thou earnest ? 6 And A'bra-ham said unto him, Be- ware thou, that thou bring not my son thither again'. 7 The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land, he shall send his angel before thee ; and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be wil- ling to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath : only bring not my son thither again'. 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of A'bra-ham his master, and sware to him concer'ning that matter. 10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed ; (for all the goods of his master wtre in his hand ;) and he aroje, and went to Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a, unto the city of Na'- hor. 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. 12 And he said, O Lord God of my master A'bra-ham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master A'bra-ham. 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of La'ban enlerlatneih htm water ; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water : 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that 1 may drink ; and she shall say, Drink ; and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy ser- vant T'faac ; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. 15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Re-bek'ah came out, who was bom to Be-thii'el, son of Mil'cah, the wife of Na'hor, A'bra- ham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin ; neither had any man known her : and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said. Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And, when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drink mg. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, ^ and ran again unto the well to draw water., and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit, whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took r, golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 23 And said. Whose daug-hter ar/ thou ? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in ? 24 And she said unto him, I am thf daughter of Be-thu'el the son of Mil'cah, which she bare unto Na'hor. 25 She said moreover unto him. We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and wor'shTpped the Lord. 27 And he said, Bles'sed be the Lord God of my master A'bra-ham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren. 28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. 29 And Re-bek'ah had a brother, and his name tvas La'ban : and La'ban ran out unto the man unto the well. » trof. 22 The servant showeth his message. (/EN'SSIH. Rl-bck'ah consenleth to go. 30 And it came to pass, when he saw with her pitcher on her shoulder ; and she the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his sis- ter's hands, and when he heard the words of Re-bek ah his sister, saying, Thus spake the maa unto me, that he came unto the man ; and, beJiold, he stood by the cam- els at the well. 31 And he said. Come in, thou bles'sed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without ? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 32 And the man came into the house : and he ungir'ded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. 33 And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, I will not eat until I have told mine errand. And he said. Speak on. 34 And he said, I am A'bra-ham's servant. 35 And the Lord hath bless'ed my master greatly, and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sa'rah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she was old : and unto him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Can'aan-ites, in whose land I dwell : 38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 39 And I said unto my master, Perad- ven'ture^ the woman will not follow me. 40 And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way ; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house. 41 Then shalt thou be clear from iJiis ray oath, when thou comest to my kin- dred ; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master A'bra-ham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go ; 43 Behold, I stand by the well of water ; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin'' cometh forth to draw tca/er, and I say to her. Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ; 44 And she aay to me. Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels : let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my master's son. 45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, Behold, Re-bek'ah came forth went down unto the well, and drew water : and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink ; and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank, and she made the cam- els drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said. Whose daughter art thou ? And she said. The daughter of Be-thu'el, Na'hor's son, whom Mil'cah bare unto him : and I put the ear-ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hh.nds. 48 And I bowed down my head, and wor'shipped the Lord, and bless'ed the Lord God of my master A'bra-ham, which had led me in the right way, to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. 49 And now, if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand or to the left. 50 Then La'ban and Be-thu'el answer- ed and said. The thing proceedeth from the Lord ; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Re-bek'ah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy ma- ster's son's wife, as the Lord hath spo- ken. 52 And it came to pass, that when A'bra-ham's servant heard their words, he wor'shipped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth. 53 And the servant brought forth jew- els of silver, and jewels of gold, and rai- ment, and gave them to Re-bek'ah : he gave also to her brother and to her moth- er precious things. 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night, and they rose up in the morning ; and he said. Send me away unto my ma- ster. 55 And her brother and her mother said. Let the damsel abide with us a fete days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. 56 And he said unto them. Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away, that I may go to my master. 57 And they said. We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 58 And they called Re-bek'ah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man ? And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Re-bek'ah their sister, and her nurse, and A'bra-ham's servant, and his men. 60 And they bless'ed Re-bek'ah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou '' Per'dd-ven'tshiire. 3 ver'jin. 23 A' bra-ham'' s death and burial. (7 EN the mdthcr of thousands of millions, and let thy seed po^fess' the gate of those which hate them. 61 And Re-bek'ah arofe, and her dam- sels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man ; and the servant took Re-bek'ah, and went his way. 62 And I'faac came from the way of the well La-hai'rdi ; ^ for he dwelt in the south country. 63 And I'faac went out to meditate in the field at the even-tide ; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the cam- els were coming. 64 And Re-bek'ah lifted up her eyes ; and when she saw I'faac, she lighted off the camel. 65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the servant had said, It is my master : therc'fore she took a vail and covered herself. 66 And the servant told I'jaac all things that he had done. 67 And I'faac brouglit her into his mother Sa'rah's tent, and took Re-bek'ah, and she became his wife, and he loved her : and i'faac was com'forted after his mother's death. CHAP. XXV. THEN again A'bra-ham took a wife, and her name was Ke-tu'rah. 2 And she bare him Zim'ran, and Jok'- shan, and Me'dan, and Mid'i-an, and Ish'- bak, and Shii'ah. 3 And Jok'shan begat She'ba and De'- dan. And the sons of De'dan were As- shii'rim, and Le-tu'shim, and Le-um'mim. 4 And the sons of Mid'i-an ; E'phah, and E'pher, and Ha'noch, and A-bi'dah, and El'da-ah. All these were the chil- dren of Ke-tii'rah. 5 And A'bra-ham gave all that he had unto I'saac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which A'bra-ham had, A'bra-ham gave gifts, and sent them away from I'faac his j son (while he yet lived) east'ward, unto the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of A'bra-ham''s life, which he lived, a hun- dred threescore and fifteen years. 8 Then A'bra-ham gave up the gliost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years ; and was gathered to his people. 9 And his sons I'|aa9 and Ish'ma-el buried him in the cave of Mach-pe'lah, in the field of E'phron, the son of Zo'har the Hit'tite, which is before Mam're ; 10 The field which A'bra-ham pur- chased of the sons of Heth : there was A'bra-ham buried, and Sa'rah his wife. 1 1 And it came to pass, after the death of A'bra-ham, that God bless'ed his son * La-hay'roy. ESfb. E'sdu and J a' cob bom. i'faac : and I'faao dwelt by the well La- hai'roi. * 12 II Now these are the generations of ish'ma-el, A'bra-ham's son, whom Ha'gar the E-gyp'ti-an, Sa'rah's handmaid, bare unto A'bra-ham. 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ish'ma-el, by their names, according to their generations : The first-born of Ish'- ma-el, Ne-ba'j6th ; and Ke'dar, and Ad'be- el, and Mib'sam, 14 And Mish'ma, and Dii'mah, and Mas'sa, 15 lia'dar, and Te'ma, Je'tiir, Na'phish, and Ked'e-mah. 16 These are the sons of ish'ma-el, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles ; twelve princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ish'ma-el, a hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people. 18 And they dwelt from Hav'i-lah unto Shiir. that is before E'eypt, as thou goest tb'wards As-syr'i-a : and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 19 IT And these are the generations of I'fHac, A'bra-ham's son : A'bra-ham begat I'faac : 20 And I'faac was forty years old when he took Re-bek'ah to wife, the daughter of Be-thii'el the Syr'i-an of Pa'dan-A'ram, the sister to La'baxi the Syr'i-an. 21 And I'faac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren : and the Lord was entreated of him. and Re-bek'- ah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her : and she said, If il be «o, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said unto her. Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bow- els : and the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; and the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name E'sau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on E'sau's heel ; and his name was called Ja'cob : and I'faac icas threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew : and E'sau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field ; and Ja'cob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. 28 And I'faa9 loved E'sau, because he did eat of his venison ; but Re-bek'ah loved Ja'cob. 24 I'gaac w reproved by A-blm'e-lcck. QEN'ESIS 29 IT And .la'cob sod pottage : and E'sau came from the field, and he was faint. 30 And E'sau said to Ja'cob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint : there'iore was his name called E'dom. 31 And Ja'cob said, Sell me this day thy birth'rightl ' 32 And E'sau said, Behold, I am at the point to die ; and what profit shall this birth right do to me ? 33 And Ja'cob said. Swear to me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birth'rlght unto Ja'cob. 34 Then Ja'cob gave E'sau bread and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. 'I'hus E'sau despi'fed his birth'rlght. CHAP. XXVI.— AND there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was iHi the days of A'bra-ham. And I'faac went unto A-bim'e-lech,king of the Phi-lis'tines, unto Ge'rar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said. Go not down into E'gypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 3 So'journ in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries ; and I will perform' the oath which I sware unto A'bra-ham thy father : 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be bless'ed ; 5 Because that A'bra-ham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my command'- ments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 IF And I'faac dwelt in Ge'rar : 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife : and he said, She is my sister : for he feared to say, She is my wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Re-bek'ah, because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that A-blm'e-lech, king of the Phi-lis'tines, looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, I'faac was sporting with Re-bek'ah his wife. 9 And A-blm'e-lech called I'faac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou, She is my sister ? And I'faac said unto him, Because I said. Lest I die for her. 10 And A-bim'e-leoh said. What is this thou hast done unto us ? one of the peo- ple might lightly have lien with thy wife, End thou shouldst have brought sruiltiness upon us. 11 And A-blm'e-lech charged all h people, saying, He that toiicheth this A-him'e-lcch''s cdvenant with him. man, or his wife, shall surely be put to death. 12 IT Then I'faac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred- fold ; and the Lord bless'ed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great : 14 For he had poffes'sion of flocks, and poffes'sion of herds, and great store of servants. And the Phi-lis'tines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father''s servants had digged, in the days of A'bra- ham his father, the Phi-lis'tines had stop- ped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And A-bim'e-lech said unto I'faac, Go from us ; for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And I'faac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge'rar, and dwelt there. 18 And I'faac digged again' the wells of water which they had digged in the days of A'bra-ham his father ; fbr the Phi- lis'tines had stopped them after the death of A'bra-ham : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And I'faac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of spring ing water. 20 And the herdmen of Ge'rar did strive with I'faac's herdmen, saying. The water is ours : and he called the name of the well E'sek ; because they strove with him. 21 And they digged another veil, and strove for that also : and he called the name of it Sit'nah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it Re-ho'both ; and he said. For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Be-er'she-ba. 24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I arn the God of A'bra-ham thy father ; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed, for my servant A bra- ham's sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there : and there I'faac's servants digged a well. 26 Then A-bim'e-lech went to him from Ge'rar, and A-hiiz'zath one of his friends, and Phi'chol the chief cap'tain of his army. 21 And I'faac said unto them. Where- fore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ? 28 And they said, We sa!\v cer'talnly • birlh'rite. 25 J'§aaf sendeth E'suu for venison. QEN that the Lord was with thee : and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee ; 29 Tliat thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing; but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now the bles'sed of the Lord. 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another : and j'saac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that I'^aac's servants came and told him concer'ning the well which they had dig- ged, and said unto him. We have found water. 33 And he called it She'bah : there'fore the name of the city is Be-er'she-ba unto this day. 34 IT And E'sau was forty years old when he took to wife JQ'dith, the daugh- ter of Be-e'ri the Hit'tite, and Bash'e-math the daughter of E'lon the Hit'tite : 35 Which were a grief of mind unto I'jaac and to Re-bek'ah. CHAP. XXVII. A ND it came to pass, that when I'faac jljL was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called E'sau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said. Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death : 3 Now there'fore take, I pray thee, thy weap'ons, thy quiver and thy b5w, and go out to the field, and take me some ven- ison ; 4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And Re-bek'ah heard when i'faac spake to E'sau his son. And E'sau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. 6 V And Re-bek'ah spake unto Ja'cob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy fa- ther speak unto E'sau thy brother, say- 7 Bring me venison, and make me sa- voury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death. 8 Now there'fore, my son, obey my voice, according to that which I command' thee: 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy fa- ther, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Ja'cob said to Re-bek'ah his ESIS. Ja'cob obtaineth the blessing, mother. Behold, E'sau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man : " 12 My father peradven'ture will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him. Upon me be thy curse, my son ; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them,. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 13 And Re-bek'ah took goodly raiment of her eldest son E'sau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Ja'cob her younger son : 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Ja'cob. 18 And he came unto his father, and said. My father : And he said. Here am I ; who art thou, my son ? 19 And Ja'cob said unto his father, 1 am E'sau thy first-born ; I have done ac- cording as thou badest me : ari§e, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And I'faac said unto his son. How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son ? And he said. Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Ffaac said unto Ja'cob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son E'sau or not. 22 And Ja'cob went near unto i'faac his father ; and he felt him, and said. The voice is Ja'cob's voice, but the hands are the hands of E'sau. 23 And he dif 5ern'ed him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother E'sau's hands : so he bless'ed him. 24 And he said, »^rt thou my very son E'sau ? And he said, I am. 25 And he said. Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat : and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father I'faac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and bless'ed him, and said. See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath bless'ed : 28 There'fore G od give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine : 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy breth- ren, and let thy mother's sons bow down S6 E'suu purposeth to kill Ja'cob. QEN'ESIS. to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and bles'sed be he that blesseth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as I'jaac had made an end of blessin* Ja'- cob, and Ja'cob was yet scarce gfone out from the presence of I'jaac his father, that E'sau his brother came in from his hunt- Ja'cob is sent to Fa'dan-A'ram 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arife, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And T'faac his father said unto him. Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, E'sau. 33 And i'jaac trembled very exceeding- ly, and said, Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and 1 have eaten of all before thou camest, and have bless'ed him ? yea, and he shall be bless'ed. 34 And when E'sau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and ex- ceeding bitter cry, and said unto his fa- ther, Bless me, even me also, O my father I 35 And he said. Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy bless- ing. 36 And he said. Is not he rightly named Ja'cob ? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my birth'right ; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said. Hast thou not re- fer'ved a blessing for me ? 37 And I'faac answered and said unto E'sau, Behold, 1 have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants ; and with corn and wine have 1 sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son ? 38 And E'sau said unto his father. Hast thou but one blessing, niy father ? bless me, even me also, O my father ! And E'sau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And I'faac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy swSrd shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother : and it shall come to pass, when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 1 And E'sau hated Ja'cob, because of the blessing wherewith his father bless'- ed him : and 5:'sau said in his heart. The days of mourning for my father are at hand, then will I slay my brother Ja'cob. 42 And these words of E'sau her elder son were told to Re-bek'ah. And she sent and called Ja'cob her younger son and said unto him, Behold, thy brother E'sau, as touch'ing thee, d6th com'fort himself, pur- posing to kill thee. 43 Now, there'fore, my son, obey my voice ; and arife, flee thou to La'ban my brother, to Ha'ran ; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away ; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send and fetch thee from thence. Why should 1 be deprived also of you both in one day ? 46 And Re-bek'ah said to I'faac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth : if Ja'cob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me ? CHAP. XXVIII. AND i'faac called Ja'cob, and bless'ed him, and charged him, and said unto him. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca'na-an. 2 ArTfe, go to Pa'dan-l'ram, to the house of Be-thu'el thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of La'ban, thy mother's broth- er. 3 And God llmigh'ty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayst be a multitude of peo- ple ; 4 And give thee the blessing of A'bra- ham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayst inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto A'bra-ham. 5 And I'faac sent away Ja'cob : and he went to Pa'dan-A'ram, unto La'ban, son of Be-thu'el the Syr'i-an, the brother of Re- bek'ah, Ja'cob's and E'sau's mother. 6 When E'sau saw that I'faac had bless'ed Ja'cob, and sent him away to Pa'dan-A'ram, to take him a wife from thence ; and that, as he bless'ed him, he gave him a charge, saying. Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca'na- an ; 7 And that Ja'cob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Pa'dan- A'ram ; 8 And E'sau seeing that the daughters of Ca'na-an pleased not I'faac his father ; 9 Then went E'sau unto Ish'ma-el, and took unto the wives which he had, Ma'- ha-lath the daughter of Ish'ma-el, A'bra- ham's son, the sister of Ne-ba'j6th, to be his wife. 10 IT And Ja'96b went out from Be-er'- she-ba, and went to'ward Ha'ran. 11 And he lighted upon a cer'tain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set : and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pil- lows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and, behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and, behold, the 87 Ja'coWs vow. GEN'ESIS. He is deceived with Le ah. angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood ab6ve it, and said, I am the Lord God of A'bra- ham thy father, and the God of I'faac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth ; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee, and in thy seed, shall all the families of the earth be bles'sed. 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou poest, and will bring thee again' into this land : for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Ja'cob awaked out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the Lord is in this place, and 1 knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said. How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Ja'cob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had f)ut/or his pillows, and set it up /or a pil- ar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth'el : but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 And Ja'cob vowed a vow, saying. If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again' to my father's house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God • 22 And this stone, which I have set /or a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. CHAP. XXIX. THEN Ja'cob went on his joiimey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and a great stone was upon the welPs mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gath- ered : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again' upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Ja'cob said unto them. My breth- ren, whence be ye ? And they said, Of Ha'ran arr. we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye La'ban the son of Na'hor ? And they said. We know him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he well ? And they said, He is well ; and, behold, Ra'chel^ his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together : water ye the sheep, and go and feed them,. 8 And they said, We cannot until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth ; then we water the sheep. 9 And while he yet spake with them, Ra'chel came with her father's sheep ; for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Ja'cob saw Ra'chel the daughter of La'ban his mother's brother, and the sheep of La' ban his mother's brother, that Ja'cob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of La'ban his mother's brother. 11 And Ja'cob kissed Ra'chel, and lift- ed up his voice, and wept. 12 And Ja'cob told Ra'chel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Re- bek'ah's son : and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when La'ban heard the tidings of Ja'cob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told La'ban all these things. 14 And La'ban said to him. Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 15 And La'ban said unto Ja'cob, Be- cause thou art my brother, shouldst thou there'fore serve me for nought ? tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 16 And La'ban had two daughters the name of the elder was Le'ah, and the name of the younger was Ra'chel. 17 Le'ah %cas tender-eyed ; but Ra'- chel was beautiful and well-favoured. 18 And Ja'cob loved Ra'chel ; and said, I will serve V(\e^ seven years for Ra'chel thy younger daughter. 19 And La'ban said. It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Ja'cob served seven years for Ra'chel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Ja'cob said unto I^a'ban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And La'ban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Le'ah his daughter, and brought her to him : and he went in unto her. 24 And La'ban gave unto his daughter Le'ah, Zll'pah his maid, for a handmaid. J Ra'tshel. 28 Ja'cob marricth Leah and Ra'chel. C^EN'ESIS. 25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Le'ah : and he said to La'ban, What is this thou hast done unto me ? Did not I serve with thee for Ra'chel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me ? 26 And La'ban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the first-born. 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also, for the ser'vice which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Ja'cob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Ra'chel his daughter to wife also. 29 And La'ban gave to Ra'chel his daughter, Bil'hah his handmaid, to be her maid. 30 And he went in also unto Ra'chel, and he loved also Ra'chel more than Le'ah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And when the Lord saw that Le'- ah was hated, he opened her womb : but Ra'chel was barren. 32 And Le'ah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reu'ben : for she said. Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction ; now, there'fore, my huf'band will love me. 33 And she conceived again', and bare a son ; and said. Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath there'fore given me this son also : and she called his name Sim'e-6n. 34 And she conceived again', and bare a son ; and said. Now this time will my Hiif'band be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons : there'fore was his name called Le'vi. 35 And she conceived again', and bare a son : and she said. Now will I praise the Lord : there'fdre she called his name Ju'dah ; and left bearing. CHAP. XXX.-- AND when Ra'chel saw that she bare Ja'cob no children, Ra'chel envied her sister ; and said unto Ja'cob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Ja'cob's anger was kindled a- gainst' Ra'chel ; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb ? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bil'- hah, go in unto her ; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. 4 And she gave him Bil'hah her hand- maid to wife : and Ja'96b went in unto her. 5 And Bil'hah conceived, and bare Ja'- cob a son. 6 And Ra'chel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son : there'fore called •he his naune Dan. Reu'bcn'^s man'drakes. 7 And Bil'hah, Ra'chel's maid, conceiv ed again', and bare Ja'cob a second son. 8 And Ra'chel said, With groat wrest- lings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed : and she called his name Naph'ta-ll. 9 When Le'ah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zil'pah her maid, and gave her Ja'cob to wife. 10 And Zil'pah, Le'ah's maid, bare Ja'cob a son. 1 1 And Le'ah said, A troop cometh : and she called his name Gad. 12 And Zil'pah, Le'ah's maid, bare Ja'cob a second son. 13 And Le'ah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me bles'sed : and she called his name Ash'er. 14 IT And Reu'ben went, in the days of wheat-harvest, and found man'drakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Le'ah. Then Ra'chel said to Le' ah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's man'drakes. 15 And she said unto her. Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my huf'band ? and wouldst thou take away my son's man'drakes also ? And Ra'chel said, There'- fore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's man'drakes. 16 And Ja'cob came out of the field in the evening, and Le'ah went out to meet him, and said. Thou must come in unto me ; for surely I have hired thee with my son's man'drakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Le'ah, and she conceived, and bare Ja'cob the fifth son. 18 And Le'ah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my hiif'band : and she called his name Is'sa-char. 19 And Le'ah conceived again', and bare Ja'cob the sixth son. 20 And Le'ah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry : now will my huf'band dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons : and she called his name Zeb'u-lon. 21 And afterwards sha bare a daugh ter, and called her name Dl'nah. 22 IT And God remembered Ra'chel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bare a son and said, God hath taken away my re proach : 24 And she called his name Jo'seph ; and said. The Lord shall add to me another son. 25 H And it came to pass, when Ra'- chel had borne Jo'seph, that Ja'96b said unto La'ban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my coun- try^ 29 Ja cbV^s policy to become rich. QEN'ESIS. He departelh from La'han. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my ser'vice which I have done thee. 27 And La'ban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry : for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath bless'ed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him. Thou know- est how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came., and it is now increased unto a multitude ; and the Lord hath bless'ed thee since my coming : and now, when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee ? And Ja'cob said, Thou shalt not »ive me any thing. If thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again' feed and keep thy flock : 32 I will pass through all thy flock to- daj ,_ removing from thence all the speck- led a[nd spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats ; and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face : every one that is not speckled and spotted amongst the goats, and brown amongst the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And La'ban said. Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he- goats, that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown amongst the sheep, and gave them into the hands of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey be- twixt himself and Ja'96b : and Ja'cob fed the rest of La'ban's flocks. 37 And Ja'cob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut- tree ; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs, 1 when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streak- ed, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Ja'cob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks to'uard the ping-streaked, and all the brown in the I flock of La'ban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto La'ban's cattle. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Ja'- cob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might con- ceive among the rods : 42 But when the cattle were feeble he put them not in : so the feebler were La'- ban's, and the stronger Ja'cob's. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and ass- es. CHAP. XXXL— AND he heard the words of La'ban's sons, saying, Ja'cob hath taken away all that was our father's ; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Ja'cob beheld the countenance of La'ban, and, behold, it was not to'ward him as before. 3 And the Lord said unto Ja'cob, Re- turn unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 4 And Ja'cob sent and called Ra'chel and Le'ah to the field, unto his flock, 5 And said unto them, I see your fa- ther's countenance, that it is not tb'ward me as before : but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know, that with all my power 1 have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times : but God sufiered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus. The speckled shall be thy wages ; then all the cattle bare speckled : and if he said thus. The ring- streaked shall be thy hire ; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 9 Thus God hath ta'ken away the cat- tle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass, at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and griz'zled. 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying^ Jacob : And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said. Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and griz'zled : for I have seen all that La'ban doeth unto thee. 13 I am the God of Beth'el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now arif e, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 And Ra'chel and Le'ah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any por- tr6ft. 90 Jd'cSb Jleelh from La'ban. QEN'ESIS. La'han's edvenant with Ja'cob. tion or inheritance for us in our father's house ? 15 Are we not counted of him strin- gers ? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours and our children's : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 17 Then Ja'cob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels : 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten "n Pa'dan-A'ram, for to go to l'§aac his fa- ther in the land of Ca'na-an. 19 And La'ban went to shear his sheep : and Ra'chel had stolen the images that were her father's. 20 And Ja'cob stole away unawares to La'ban the Syr'i-an, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and pass'ed over the river, and set his face to' ward the mount Gil'e-ad. 22 And it was told La'ban on the third day, that Ja'cob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' jour- ney ; and they overtook him in the mount of Gil'e-ad. 24 And God came to La'ban the Syr'i- an in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Ja'cob either good or bad. 25 Then La'ban overtook Ja'cob. Now Ja'cob had pitched his tent in the mount ; and La'ban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gil'e-ad. 26 And La'ban said to Ja'cob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the sword ? 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away se- cretly, and steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth ^ and with songs, with tabret and with harp ? 28 And hast not suflfered me to kiss my sons and my daughters ? Thou haist now djne foolishly in so doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of your father spake unto me yes't^rnight, saying. Take thou heed that thou speak not to Ja'cob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldst needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, ytt wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? 31 And Ja'cob answered and said to La'ban, Because I was afraid : for I said, Peradven'ture thou wouldst take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live : before our breth- ren, dif 5ern' thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Ja'cob knew not that Ra'chel had stolen them'. 33 And La'ban went into Ja'cob's tent, and into Le'ah's tent, and into the two maid-servants' tents ; but he found them not. Then went he out of Le'ah's tent, and entered into Ra'chel's tent. 34 Now Ra'chel had taken the images, and put them in the camels' furniture, and sat upon them. And La'ban searched all the tent, but found them. not. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee ; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Ja'cob was wroth, and chode with La'ban : and Ja'cob answered and said to La'ban, \Miat is my tres'pass, what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me ? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household-stuff ? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 These twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss ol it : of my hand didst thou require it, ichethtr stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house : I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle : and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of A'bra-ham, and the fear of I'faac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yes'ternight. 43 And I^a-'ban answered and said unlo Ja'cob, These daughters are my daugh- ters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have borne ? 44 Now, there'fore, come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Ja'96b took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Ja'cob said unto his brethren, Gather stones : and they took stones, and ' mirth. 31 Ja'coV's vision. QEN'ESIS. Ht wrestleth loilh an angel. made a heap ; and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And La'ban called it Je'gar-Sa-ha- du'tha ; but Ja'cob called it Gal'e-ed. 48 And La'ban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. There'fore was the name of it called Gal'- e-ed ; 49 And Miz'pah : for he said, The Lord v/atch between me and thee, when we arc absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us : see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And La'ban said to Ja'cob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee ; 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of A'bra-ham, and the God of Na'hor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Ja cob sware by the fear of his father I'f aac. 54 Then Ja'cob offered sac'rifi^e upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat bread, and tar- ried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning La'ban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and bless'ed them : and La'ban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAP. XXXIL AND Ja'cob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Ja'cob saw them, he said. This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Ma-ha-na'im. 3 And Ja'cob sent messengers before him to E'sau his brother, unto the land of Se'ir, the country of E'dom. 4 And he comman'ded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord E'sau ; Thy servant Ja'cob saith thus, I have so'- journed with La'ban, and stayed there until now : 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Ja'- cob, saying. We came to thy brother E'sau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Ja'cob was greatly afraid and distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ; 8 And said, If E'sau come to the one company and smite it, then the other com- pany which is left shall escape'. 9 And Ja'cob said, O God of my father i'bra-ham, and God of my father I'f aac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mer'cies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I pass'ed over this Jor'dan, and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of E'sau : for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that same night ; and took of that which came to his hand a present for E'sau his brother ; 14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves ; and said unto his servants. Pass over be- fore me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he comman'ded the foremost, saying, When E'sau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying. Whose art thou ? and whither goest tlaou .'' and whose are these before thee ? 18 Then thou shalt say. They be thy servant Ja'cob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord E'sau : and, behold, also he is be- hind us. 19 And so comman'ded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying. On this manner shall ye speak unto E'sau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover. Behold, thy servant Ja'cob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face ; peradven'ture he will accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him ; and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his tAvo women-ser- vants, and his eleven sons, and pass'ed over the ford Jab'bok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 And Ja'cob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the break- ing of the day : 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against' him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Ja'cob'i 32 Jffcob and E'sdu meet. QEN thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, 1 will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name ? And he said, Ja'96b. 28 And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Ja'cob, but If'ra-el : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Ja'cob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name ? And he bless'ed him there. 30 And Ja'cob called the name of the place Pe-ni'el : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preperv'ed. 31 And as he pass'ed over Pe-nii'el the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therc'fore thp children of Ij'ra-el eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Ja'coVs thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAP. XXXIII. AND Ja'cob lifted up his eyes, and look- ed, and, behold, E'sau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Le'ah, and unto Ra'chel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Le'ah and her chil- dren after, and Ra'chel and Jo'seph hind- ermost. 3 And he pass'ed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his br6ther. 4 And E'sau ran to meet him, and em- braced him, and fell on his neck, and kiss- ed him : and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said. Who are those with thee ? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Le'ah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Jo'seph near and Ra'chel, and they bowed themselves. fJ And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And E'sau said, I have enough, my brother ; keep that thou hast unto thy- self. 10 And Ja'cob said. Nay, I pray thee ; if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand : for there'fore I have seen thy face, as though ESIS. D'l'nah is ravished by She'chem. I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee ; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children arc tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me ; and if men should over-drive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant ; and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to en- dure, until I come unto my lord untc Se'ir. 15 And E'sau said. Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So E'sau returned that day on his way unto Se'ir. 17 And Ja'cob journeyed to Su9'c6th, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle : there'fore the name of the place is called Suc'coth. 18 And Ja'cob came to Sha'lem, a city of She'chem, which i» in the land of Ca'- na-an, when he came from Pa'dan-A'ram ; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Ha'mor, She'chem's fa- ther, for a hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it fil-el-o'he-If'ra-el. CHAP. XXXIV.— AND Di'nah the daughter of Le'ah, which she bare unto Ja'cob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when She'chem the son of Ha'mor the Hi'vite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Di'nah the daughter of Ja'cob ; and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the dam- sel. 4 And She'chem spake unto his father Ha'mor, saying. Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Ja'cob heard that he had defiled Di'nah his daughter : now his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Ja'96b held his peace until they were come. 6 And Ha'mor the father of She'chem went out unto Ja'cob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Ja'cob came out of the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in 33 She'chcm sueth to marry DVnah. QEN'ESIS. The She' chcm-itts slam. if'ra-el in lying with Ja'cob's daughter ; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Ha'mor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son She'chem long- eth for your daughter: 1 pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us; and ihe land shall be before you : dwell and trade you therein, and get you pojfes'sions therein. 11 And She'chem said unto her father, tnd unto her brethren. Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much dowry and ^ift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Ja'cob answered She'chem and Ha'mor his father deceitful- ly, and said, Because he had defiled Di'- nah their sister : 14 And they said unto them, We can- not do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncir'cumcifed ; ^ for that were a reproach unto us : 15 But in this will we consent unto you : If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be cir'cumcised, 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daugh- ters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be cir'cumcifed ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Ha'm5r, and She'chem Ha'mor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Ja'cob's daughter : and he was more hbiV- ourable than all the house of his father. 20 And Ha'mor and She'chem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, 21 These men are peaceable with us, there'fore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein ; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them : let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be cir'cum- cifed, as they are cir'cumcifed. 23 Shall not their cattle, and their sub- stance, and every beast of theirs, be ours ? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Ha'mor and unto She'- chem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was cir'cumcifed, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two ol the sons of Ja'cob, Sim'e-6n and Le'vi, Di'nah's brethren, took each man his stford, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Ha'mor and She'chem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Di'nah out of She'chem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Ja'cob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was ia the city, and that v/hich was in the field ; 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, took they captive, and spoiled even all that wws in the house. 30 And Ja'cob said to Sim'e-6n and Le'vi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, amongst the Can'aan-ites and the Per'iz-zTtes : and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against' me, and slay me ; and I shall be destroy'ed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot ? CHAP. XXXV. AND God said unto Ja'cob, Arife, go up to Beth'el, and dwell there ; and make there an altar unto God, that ap- peared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of E'sau thy brother. 2 Then Ja'cob said unto his household, and to all that were with him. Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments : 3 And let us arife, and go up to Beth'- el ; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Ja'cob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their ear-rings which were in their ears ; and Ja'cob hid them under the oak which was by She'chem. 5 And they joiirneyed : and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about' them, and they did not pur- sue after the sons of Ja'cob. 6 IT So Ja'cob came to Liiz, whicht?* in the land of Ca'na-an, that is, Beth'el, he, and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and call- ed the place El-beth'el ; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deb'o-rah,Re-'bek'ah's nurse, died, 1 un-ser'ku'm-si'zed. 34 Ja'cob IS called if'ra-el. (JEN'ESIS. E'sdu's generations. and she was buried beneath Beth'el un- der an oak : and the name of it was call- ed Al'lon-Bach'fith. 9 IT And God appeared unto Ja'cob again', when he came out of Pa'dan-A'ram, and bless'ed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Ja'cob : thy name shall not be called any more Ja'cob, but If'ra-el shall be thy name : and he called his name If'ra-el. 11 And God said unto him, I a?M God AlmTgh'ty ; be fruitful and multiply : a nation, and a company of nations, shall be of thee ; and kings shall come out of thy loins : 12 And the land which I gave X'bra- ham and I'faac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Ja'cob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, etwi a pillar of stone ; and he poured a drink-of- fering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Ja'cob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth'el. 16 1 And they journeyed from Beth'- el ; and there was but a little way to come to Eph'rath : and Ra'chel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not ; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she call- ed his name Be-no'ni : but his father call- ed him Ben ja-min. 19 And Ra'chel died, and was buried in the way to fiph'rath, which is Beth'le-hem. 20 And Ja'cob set a pillar upon her grave : thatw the pillar of Ra'chel' s grave unto this day. 21 IT And i|'ra-el journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of £'dar. 22 And it came to pass, when If'ra-el dwelt in that land, that Reft'ben went and lay with Bil'hah his father's concu bine : and If'ra-el heard it. Now the sons of Ja'cob were twelve : 23 The sons of Le'ah ; Reft'ben, Ja'cob's first-born, and Sim'e-6n, and Le'vi, and Ju'dah, and Is'sa-char, and Zeb'u-lon : 24 The sons of Ra'chel ; Jo'seph, and Ben'ja-min : 25 And the sons of Bil'hah, Ra'chel's handmaid ; Dan, and Naph'ta-li : 26 And the sons of ZiVpah, Le'ah's handmaid ; Gad, and Ash'er. "These are the sons of Ja'cob, which were born to him in Pa'dan-A'ram. 27 f And Ja cob came unto I'jaac his father unto Mam're, unto the city ofAr'- bah, which is He'bron, where A'bra-ham and I'faac so'journed. 28 And the days of I'faac were a hun- dred and fourscore years. 29 And I'faac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days : and his sons E'sau and Ja'cob buried him. CHAP. XXXVI. NOW these are the generations of E'sau, who is E'dom. 2 E'sau took his wives of the daughters of Ca'na-an ; I'dah the daughter of E'lon the Hit'tite, and A-ho-lib'a-mah the daugh- ter of A'nah, the daughter of ZTb'e-6n the Hi'vite ; 3 And Bash'e-math, Ish'ma-el's daugh- ter, sister of Ne-ba'j6th. 4 And A'dah bare to E'sau, El'i-phaz ; and Bash'e-math bare Re-u'el. 5 And A-ho-lib'a-mah bare Je'ush, and Ja-a'lam, and Ko'rah. These are the sons of E'sau, which were born unto him in the land of Ca'na-an. 6 And E'sau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the per- sons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Ca'na-an, and went into the country from the face of his br6th- er Ja'cob : 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together ; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them, because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt E'sau in mount Se'ir. E'- sau is E'dom. 9 IT And these are the generations of E'sau, the father of the E'dom-ites, in mount Se'ir. 10 These are the names of E'sau's sons ; El'i-phaz the son of A'dah the wife of E'- sau ; Re-u'el the son of Bash'e-math the wife of E'sau. 11 And the sons of El'i-phaz were Te'- man, O'mar, Ze'pho, and Ga'tam, and Ke - naz. 12 And Tim'na was concubine to El'i- phaz, E'sau's son ; and she bare to El'i- phaz, Am'a-lek : these wire the sons of A'dah, E'sau's wife. 13 And these are the sons of Re-ii'el ; Na'hath, and Ze'rah, Sham'mah, and MT?:'- zah : these were the sons of Bash'e-math, E'sau's wife. 14 IT And these were the sons of A-h5- ITb'a-mah, the daughter of A'nah, daughter of Zib'e-6n, E'sau's M'ife ; and she bare to E'sau, Je'iish, and Ja-a'lam, and Ko'rah. 15 IT These were dukes of the sons of E'sau : the sons of El'i-phaz, the first-born «on of E'sau; duke-Te'man, duke O'mar, duke Ze'pho, duke Ke'naz, 16 Duke Kd'rah, duke Ga'tam, and duke Am'a-lek. These ore the dukes that came of El'i-ph'az in the land of E'dom : these were the sons of A'dah. 17 IT And these are the sons of Re-ii'e], E'sau's son ; duke Na'hath, duke Ze'rah, duke Sham'mah, duke MTz'zah. These 35 Kings and dukes of S'ddm. QEN'ESIS. Jo'scph^s two dreams. are the dukes that came of Re-u'el in the land of E'dom : these are the sons of Bash'- e-math, E'sau's wife. 18 T And these are the sons of A-ho- lib'a-mah, E'sau's wife ; duke Je'ush, duke Ja-a'lam, duke Ko'rah : these were the dukes that came of A-h5-lib'a-mah, the daughter of A'nah, E'sau's wife. 19 These are the sons of E'sau, who is E'dom, and these are their dukes. 20 IT These are the sons of Se'ir the Ho'- rite, who inhabited the land ; Lo'tan, and Sho'bal, and Zib'e-6n, and A'nah, 21 And Dl'shon, and E'zer, andDi'shan. These are the dukes of the Ho'rites, the children of Se'ir in the land of E'dom. 22 And the children of Lo'tan were Ho'- ri and He'man : and Lo'tan's sister was Tim'na. 23 And the children of Sho'bal were these ; Xl'van, and Man'a-hath, and E'bal, She'pho, and o'nam 24 And these are the children of Zib'e- both A'jah and A'nah : this was that stranger, in the land A'nah that found the mules in the wilder- ness, as he fed the asses of Zib'e-6n his fa- ther. 25 And the children of A'nah were these ; Dl'shon, and A-ho-lib'a-mah the daughter of A'nah. 26 And these are the children of Dl'- shon ; Hem'dan, and Esh'ban, and ith'ran, and Che'ran. 27 The children of E'zer are these ; Bil'- han, and Za'a-van, and A'kan. 28 The children of Di'shan are these ; Cz, and A'ran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Ho'rites ; duke L5'tan, duke Sho'bal, duke Zib'e-6n, duke A'nah, 30 Duke Dl'shon, duke E'zer, duke Di'shan. These are the dukes that came of Ho'ri, among their dukes in the land of Se'ir. 31 T And these are the kings that reign ed in the land of E'dom, before there reign- ed any king over the children of If 'ra-el. 32 And Be'la, the son of Be'or, reigned in E'dom : and the name of his city was Din'ha-bah. 33 And Be'la died ; and Jo'bab, the son of Ze'rah of Boz'rah, reigned in his stead. 34 And Jo'bab died; and Hu'sham of the land of Tem'a-ni reigned in his stead. 35 And Hu'sham died ; and Ha'dad, the son of Be'dad, who smote Mid'i-an in the field of Mo'ab, reigned in his stead ; and the name of his city was A'vith. 36 And Ha'dad died ; and Sam'lah of Ma§'re-kah reigned in his stead. 37 And Sam'lah died ; and Saul of Re- ho'both by the river reigned in his stead. 38 And Saul died ; and Ba'al-Han'an, the son of Sch'bor, reigned in his stead. 39 And Baal-Han'an, the son of Ach'- bor died ; and Ha'dar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Pa'u ; and his wife's name was Me-het'a-bel, the daughter of Ma'tred, the daughter of Mez'- a-hab. 40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of E'sau, according to their fam- ilies, after their places, by their names ; duke Tim'nah, duke Al'vah, duke Je'- theth, 41 Duke A-ho-lib'a-mah, duke E'lah, duke Pi'non, 42 Duke Ke'naz, duke Te'mau, duke Mib'zar, 43 Duke Mag'di-el, duke i'ram : These be the dukes of E'dom, according to their habitations in the land of their pofjes'sion : he is E'sau, the father of the E'dom-Ites. CHAP. XXXVII. AND Ja'cob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a of Ca'na-an. 2 1 These are the generations of Ja- cob. Jo'seph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren ; and the lad ivas with the sons of BTl'hah, and with the sons of Zil'pah, his father's wives : and Jo'seph brought unto his fa- ther their evil report. 3 Now If'ra-el loved Jo'seph more than all his children, because he was the son ot his old age : and he made him a coat ol many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his breth- ren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 And J5'seph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them. Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arof e, and al- so stood upright ; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about', and made 6-bei'sance^ to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us ? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said. Behold, I have dreamed a dream more ; and, l^e- hold, the sun, and the moon, and the elev- en stars, made o-bei'sance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him. What is this dream that thou hast dreamed ? Shall I, and thy mother, and thy brethren, indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? 1 1 And his brethren envied him ; but his father 6b§erv'ed the saying. 1 o-bd'tanse. 36 Jd'slph, is cast into a pit. 12 % And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in She'chem. 13 And If'ra-el said unto Jo'seph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in She'chem ? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am, I. 14 And he said to him. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy breth- ren, and well with the flocks ; and bring me word again'. So he sent him out of the vale of He'bron, and he came to She'- chem. 15 And a cer'tain man found him, and, behold, he was wan'dering in the field : and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou ? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren : tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man said, They are depart- ed hence ; for I heard them say, Let us go to Do'than. And Jo'seph went after his brethren, and found them in Do'than. 18 And when they saw him afar ofi", even before he came near unto them, they conspired against' him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Be- hold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now, there'fore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit ; and we will say, Some evil beast hath devour- ed him : and we shall see what will be- come of his dreams. 21 And Reft'ben heard z/, and he deliv- ered him out of their hands ; and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Refi'ben said unto them. Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him ; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again'. 23 And it came to pass, when Jo'seph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Jo'seph out of his coat, his coat of many colours, that was on him : 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit ; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, a company of ish'ma-el-ites came from GTl'e-ad, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, ^ go- ing to carry it down to E'gypt. 26 And Ju'dah said unto his brethren. What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood ? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the ish'ma-el-ites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother and our flesh : And his brethren were content. 28 Then there passed by Mid'i-an-Ttes, mer'chant-men ; and they drew and lifted up Jo'seph out of the pit, and sold Jo'seph to the Ish'ma-el-ites for twenty pieces of QEN'ESIS. He is sold into E ^ypt. they brought Jo'seph into and silver : E'gypt. 29 And ReiVben returned unto the pit ; and, behold, Jo'seph was not in the pit : and he rent his clothes : 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said. The child is not ; and I, whith- er shall I go ? 31 And they took Jo'seph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood : 32 And they sent the coat of m,any col- ours, and they brought it to their father ; and said. This have we found : know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, // is my son's coat ; an evil beast hath devoured him : Jo'seph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Ja'cob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daugh- ters rose up to com'fort him ; but he re- fused to be com'forted : and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. 36 And the MTd'i-an-ites sold him into E'gypt, unto Pot'i-phar, an officer of Pha'- ra5h'5,2 and cap'tain of the guard,-' CHAP. XXXVIIL— AND it came to pass at that time, that Ju'dah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a cer'tain A-dul'lam-ite, whose name was Hi'rah. 2 And Ju'dah saw there a daughter oi a cer'tain Can'aan-lte, whose name was Shu'ah ; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a son ; and he called his name fir. 4 And she conceived again , and bare a son ; and she called his name O'nan. 5 And she yet again' conceived, and bare a son ; and called his name She'lah and he was at Che'zib when she bare him 6 And Ju'dah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Ta'mar. 7 And Er, Ju'diili's first-born, was wick- ed in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord slew him. 8 And Ju'dah said unto o'nan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And o'nan knew that the seed should not be his : and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did dis- pleased the Lord ; wherefore he slew him also. 11 Then said Jii'dah to Ta'mar his daughter-in-law. Remain a widow at thy 2 Fa'ro's. D gyard. 37 Ju'dali's incest. father's house till She'lah my son be grown : for he said, Lest peradven'ture lie die also, as his brethren did. And Ta'mar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 And in process of time the daugh- ter of Shu'ah, Ju'dah's wife, died : and Jii'dah was com'forted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Tim'nath, he and his friend Hi'rah the A-dul'lam-ite. 13 And it was told Ta'mar, saying, Be- hold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Tim'- nath to shear his sheep. 14 And she put hei widow's garments oflF from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Tim'nath : for she saw that She'lah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Jii'dah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot ; because she had cov- ered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee ; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayst come in unto me ? 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said. Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it ? 18 And he said. What pledge shall I give thee ? And she said. Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand : And he gave it her, and came in unto her ; and she conceived by him. 19 And she aroje, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Jii'dah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the A-diil'lam'Ite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand ; but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying. Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way-side ? And they said. There was no harlot in this 'place. 22 And he returned to Jii'dah, and said, I cannot find her ; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this -place. 23 And Jii'dah said. Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed : behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 And it came to pass, about' three months after, that it was told Ju'dah, say- ing, Ta'mar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot ; and also, behold, she IS with child by whoredom. And JG'dah said. Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man whose these are.^ am I with child : and she said, Dif^ern', I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. QEN'ESIS. Jo'seph advanced. 26 And Ju'dah acknowledged fhem,^ and said. She hath been more righ'teous than I ; because that I gave her not to She'lah my son. And he knew her again' no more. 27 And it came to pass, in the time of her trav'ail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, when she trav'- ailed, that the one put out his hand ; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying. This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brothei came out ; and she said. How hast thou broken forth ? this breach be upon thee there'fore his name was called Pha'rez. 30 And afterward came out his broth er, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand ; and his name was called Za'rah. CHAP. XXXIX. A ND Jo'seph was brought down tc E'gypt ; and Pot'i-phar, an officer ol Pha'raoh, cap'tain of the guard, an E-^yp'- ti-an,^ bought him of the hands of the Ish'ma-el-ites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the Lord was with Jo'seph, and he was a prosperous man : and he was in the house of his master the E-gyp'ti-an. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Jo'seph found grace in his sight, and he served him : and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass, from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the E-eyp'ti-an's house for Jo'seph's sake ; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Jo'seph's hand ; and he knew not aught he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Jo'seph was a goodly person-, and well- favoured. 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Jo'seph ; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused ; and said unto his master's wife. Behold, my master wottetli not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand : 9 There is none greater in this house than 1 ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against' God ? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Jo'seph day by day, that he hearkened ^ E-jip'she-an. 38 Jo' slph falsely accused and imprisoned. Q EN'ESIS. He tntcr'preleth their dreams. not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with 1 her. I 11 And it came to pass, about' this time, that Jo'seph went into the house to do his business ; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying. Lie with me : and he left his gar- ment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a He'brew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The He'brew ser- vant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his gar- ment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his ma- ster heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying. After this manner did thy servant to me, that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Jo'seph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound : and he was there in the prison. 21 But the Lord was with Jo'seph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison com- mitted to Jo'seph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand ; be- cause the Lord was with him ; and that •which he did, the Lord made il to pros- per. CHAP. XL. AND it came to pass, after these things, that the butler of the king of E'eypt, and his baker, had offended their lord the king of E'eypt. 2 And Pha'raoh was wroth against' two of his oflicers, against' the chief of the butlers, and against' the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the cap'tain of the guard,' into the prison, the place where Jo'seph was bound. 4 And the cap'tain of the guard charged Jo'seph with them, and he served them ; and they continued a season in Avard. 5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpreta'tion of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of E'gypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Jd'seph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, be- hold, they Mere sad. 7 And he asked Pha'raoh's officers that Ire with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying. Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day ? 8 And they said unto him. We have dreamed a dream, and there is no inter'- preter of it. And Jo'seph said unto them, Do not interpreta'tions belong to God ? Tell me them^ I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream tc Jo'seph, and said to him. In my dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 10 And in the vine were three branch- es : and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : 11 And Pha'ra5h's cup tea* in my hand ; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pha'raoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pha'ra5h's hand. 12 And Jo'seph said unto him. This is the interpreta'tion of it : The three branch- es art three days. 13 Yet within three days shall Pha'- raoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place : and thou shalt deliver Pha'raoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me ; and make mention of me unto Pha'raoh, and bring me out of this house : 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the He'brews ; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 IT When the chief baker saw that the interpreta'tion was good, he said unto Jo'seph, I also was in my dream, and, be- hold, / had three white baskets on my head: 17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pha'- raoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. 18 And Jo'seph answered and said, This is the interpreta'tion thereof : The three baskets are three days. 19 Yet within three days shall Pha'raoh lift up thy head from ofl" thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. gyard. 39 Pha'raoh'^s two dreams. QEN'ESIS. Jo'scph znter'prcteth them. 20 ? And it came to pass the third day, which was Pha'raoh's birth-day, ^ that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler, and of the chief baker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief butler un- to his butlership again' ; and he gave the cup into Pha'raoh's hand : 22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Jo'seph had mter'preted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remem- ber Jo'seph, but forgat him. CHAP. XLI. AND it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pha'raoh dreamed ; and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favoured kine, and fat-fleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favour- ed, and lean-fleshed ; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kin»^ did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pha'raoh awoke. c And he slept, and dreamed the sec- ond time : and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up af- ter them 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pha'raoh awoke, and, behold, i( was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the mornin, that hie spirit was troubled ; and he sent and called for all the magicians of E'sypt, and all the wise men thereof : and Pha'- raoh told them his dreams ; but there was none that could hiter'pret them unto Pha'- raoh. 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pha'raoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day. 10 Pha'raoh was wroth with his ser- vants, and put me in ward in the cSp'tain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man ac- cording to the interpreta'tion of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a youn 15 And Pha'raoh said unto Jo'seph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is n6ne that can inter'pret it : and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to inter'pret it : 16 And Jo'seph answered Pha'ra5h, say- ing, // is not in me : God shall give Pha'- raoh an answer of peace. 17 And Pha'raoh said unto Jo'seph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river : 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed, and well- favoured ; and they fed in a meadow. 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favour- ed, and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of E'eypt for badness : 20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eat- en them ; but they were still ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, be- hold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good : 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them : 24 And the thin ears devoured the sev- en good ears. And I told this unto the magicians ; but there was none that could declare it to me. 25 And Jo'seph said unto Pha'raoh^ The dream of Pha'raoh is one ; God hath show- ed Pha'raoh what he is about' to do. 26 The seA^en good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. 27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured kine, that came up after them, are seven years ; and the seven empty ears, blasted with the east wind, shall be seven years of famine. 28 This is the thing which I have spok- en unto Pha'raoh ; what God is about' to do he showeth unto Pha'raoh. 29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of E'f ypt : 30 And there shall arTje after them even years of famine ; and all the plenty man, a He'brew, servant to the cap'tain of shall be forgotten in the land of E'eypt ; the guard ; and we told him, and h ter'preted to us our dreams : to each man according to his dream he did inter'pret. 13 And it came to pass, as he mter'pret- ed to us so it was : me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 Then Pha'raoh sent and called Jo'- seph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pha'raoh. and the famine shall consume the land ; 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine fol- lowing ; for it shall be very griev'ous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pha'raoh twice ; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 33 Now, there'fore, let Pha'radh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of E'eypt. 1 berth'da. 40 Pha'rabh advancetk Jo'siph. 34 Let Phil'raoh do this^ and let him appoint officers over the hiiid, and take up the fifth part of the land of E'^ypt in the seven plen'teous years. 35 And let thein gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pha'raoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against' the seven years of fam- ine, which shall be in the land of E'^ypt ; that the land perish not through the fam- ine. 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pha'raoh, and in the eyes of all his ser- vants. 38 And Pha'raoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this w, a man in whom the Spir'it of G od is ? 39 And Pha'raoh said unto J5'sSph, For- asmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my peo- ple be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pha'raoh said unto Jo'seph, See, I have set thee over all the land of E'^ypt. 42 And Pha'raoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Jd'seph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about' his neck : 43 And he made him to ride in the sec- ond chariot which he had : and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of E'eypt. 44 And Pha'raoh said unto Jo'seph, I am Pha'raoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of E'eypt. 45 And Pha'raoh called Jo'seph's name Zaph-nath-pa-a-ne'ah ; and he gave him to wife As'e-nath the daughter of Po- tiph'e-rah priest of On. And Jd'seph went out over all the land of E'gypt. 46 And Jo'seph was thirty years old when he stood before Pha'raoh king of E'gypt. And Jo'seph went out from the presence o*" Pha'raoh, and went through- out all the land of E'eypt. 47 And in the seven plen'teous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of E'^ypl, and laid up the food in the cities : the food of the field which was round about' every city laid he up in the same. 49 And Jo'seph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering : for it was without number 50 V And unto Jo'seph were born two sons before the years of famine came ; QEN'ESIS. Jo'seph meetelh with his brethren. which As'e-nath, the daughter of Po-tiph'e- rah priest of On, bare unto him. 51 And Jd'seph called the name of the first-born Ma-nas'seh : For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father''s house. 52 And the name of the second called he E'phra-im : For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 U And the seven years of plen'teoii's- ness that was in the land of i^'pypt were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Jo'seph had said ; and the dearth was in all lands ; but in all the land of E'|ypt there was bread. 55 And when ail the land of E'|ypt was famished, the people cried to Pha'raoh for bread : and Pha'raoh said unto all the E-^yp'ti-anj, Go unto Jo'seph ; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Jo'seph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the E-^yp' ti-anj ; and th^ famine waxed sore in the land of E'|ypt. 57 And all countries came into E'eypt to Jo'seph for to buy corn ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAP. XLIl. NOW when Ja'cob saw that there was corn in E'gypt, Ja'cob said unto his sons. Why do ye look one upon another ? 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is corn in E'gypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die. 3 And Jo'seph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in E'gypt. 4 But Ben'ja-min, Jo'seph's brother, Ja'- cob sent not with his brethren : for he said, Ijest peradven'ture mis'chlef befall him. 5 And the sons of Ij'ra-el came to buy corn among those that came : for the fam- ine was in the land of Ca'na-an. 6 And Jo'seph was the governor over the land, aiid he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Jo'seph's brethren came and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Jo'seph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them ; and he said unto them, Whence come ye ? And they said, From the land of Ca'na-an, to buy food. 8 And Jo'seph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Jo'seph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. D2 41 Joseph imprisonclh his brethren 11 AVe (ire all one man's sons : we are true men ; thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Ca'na-an ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 14 And Jo'seph said unto them. That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye are spies : 15 Hereby ye shall be proved ; By the life of Pha'raoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or else, by the life of Pha'raoh, surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. ^ 18 And Jo'seph said unto them the third day, This do, and live ; for I fear God: 19 If ye be true men^ let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison ; go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses : 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another. We are verily guilty concer'ning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; there'fore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Refi'ben answered them, say- ing. Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against' the child ; and ye would not hear ? there'fore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Jo'seph un- derstood them ; for he spake unto them by an inter'preter. 24 And he turned himself about' from them, and wept ; and returned to them again', and communed with them, and took from them Slm'e-6n, and bound him before their eyes. 25 f Then Jo'seph commaa'ded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way ; and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack, to give his ass provender in the inn, be espi'ed his money ; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My Q EN'ESIS. TTieir relation to Ja'c5b. money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them,^ and they were afraid, saying, one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us ? 29 IT And they came unto Ja'cob their father unto the land of Ca'na-an, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men ; we are no spies : 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Ca'na-an. 33 And the man, the lord of the coun- try, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men .• leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone ; 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me ; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. 35 IT And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Ja'cob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my chil- dren : Jo'seph is not, and Sim'e-6n is not, and ye will take Ben'ja-min away : All these things are against' me. 37 And Refi'ben spake unto his father, saying. Slay my two sons if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again'. 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone : if mis'chief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. CHAP. XLIII. AND the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of E'gypt, their father said unto them. Go again', buy us a little food. 3 And Jii'dah spake unto him, saying. The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying. Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food • 5 But if thou wilt not send /lim, we will not go down : for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And If'ra-el said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ? 4S Jb'slph enterlaineth his brethren. QEN'ESIS. He maketh them a feast. 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, sayin». Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother ? and we told him accord- ing to the tenor of these words. Could we cer'tainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down ? 8 And Jii'dah said unto If'ra-el his fa- ther. Send the lad with me, and we will arife and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand shall thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever : 10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Ij'ra-el said unto them. If LI must be so now, do this ; Take of the best fruits in the land in your ves sels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh,' nuts and aZ'mondj : 12 And take double money in your hand : and the money that was brought again' in the mouth of your sacks carry it again' in your hand ; peradven'ture it was an oversight : 13 Take also your br6ther, and arije, go again' unto the man : 14 And God Almigh'ty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Ben'ja-min. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Ben'ja-min ; and rose up, and went down to E'^ypt, and stood before Jo'seph. 16 And when Jo'seph saw Ben'ja-min •with them, he said to the ruler of his house. Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready ; for these men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Jo'seph bade ; and the man brought the men into J5'- seph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Jo'seph's house ; and they said. Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in, that he may seek oc- casion against' us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Jo'seph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food : 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight ; and we have brought it again' in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we can- not tell who put our money in our sacks. 23 And he said. Peace be to you, fear not : your God, and the God of your fa- ther, hath given you treaj'ure in your sacks : I had your money. And he brought Sim'e-6n out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Jo'seph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present against' Jo'seph came at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 And when Jo'seph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of //leir welfare, and said. Is your father well ? the old man of whom ye spake, is he yet alive ? 28 And they answered. Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive : And they bowed down their heads, and made obei'sance.- 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Ben'ja-min, his mother's son, and said. Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me ? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Jo'seph made haste ; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the E- gyp'ti-anf which did eatwith him by them- selves : because the E-gyp'ti-anf might not eat bread with the He'brews ; for that is an abomination unto the E-^yp'ti-anf. 33 And they sat before him, the first- born according to his birth-right, ^ and the youngest according to his youtn . and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took a7id sent messes unto them from before him : but Ben'ja-mm's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drunk, and were merry with him. CHAP. XLIV. AND he comman'ded the steward of his house, saying. Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can car- ry, and put every man's m6ney in his sack's mouth : 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word that Jo'seph had spoken. 3 H A.s soon as the morning was light, mcr. 2 d-ba'sanse. 3 btrth'fite. 43 Ju'dah''s humble supplication. QEN the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Jo'seph said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drink- eth, and whereby indeed he divineth ? Ye have done evil in so doing. 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him. Wherefore saith my lord these words ? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing. 8 Behold, the money v?hich we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again' unto thee out of the land of Ca'na-an : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold ? 9 AVith whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 10 And he said. Now also let it he ac- cording unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my servant ; and ye shall be blameless. 1 1 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup was found in Ben'ja-mln's sack. 13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14 And Ju'dah and his brethren came to Jo'seph's house ; for he was yet there ; and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And Jo'seph said unto them. What deed is this that ye have done ? Wot ye not that such a man as I can cer'tauily divine ? 16 And Ju'dah said. What shall we say unto my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants : behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so : but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant ; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 Then Ju'dah came near unto him, and said. Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against' thy servant : for thou art even as Pha'raoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying. Have ye a father, or a brother ? 20 And we said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a child of his ESIS. Jo'seph made known to his brethren. old age, a little one : and his br6ther is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father : for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, you shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said. Go again', and buy us a little food. 26 And we said. We cannot go down : if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down ; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that my -wife bare me two sons : 28 And the one went out from me, and I said. Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I saw him not since : 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mis'chief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now, there'fore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us ; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life ; 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with «*, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying. If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now there'fore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bond- man to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me ? lest perad- ven'ture I see the evil that shall come on my father. CHAP. XLV. THEN Jo'seph could not refrain him- self before all them that stood by him ; and he cried. Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Jo'seph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud' : and the E- |yp'ti-anf and the house of Pha'raoh heard. 3 And Jd'seph said unto his brethren, I am Jo'seph : doth my father yet live ? 44 Joseph sendtlh for his father, QEN'ESIS And his brethren could not answer him ; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Jo'seph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you : And they came near. And he said, I am Jo'seph your brother, whom ye sold into E'gypt. 5 Now there'fore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hitlier ; for God did send me before you to preserve' life. G For these two years hath the famine bet:n in the land ; and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to pre- f "rve' you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. V, So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made me a father to Pha'ra5h, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of E'eypt. 9 Haste you, and go up to my father, a.id say unto him. Thus saith thy son Jo'siph, God hath made me lord of all E'eypt : come down unto me, tarry not. ♦ 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast : 1 1 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12 And, behold your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Ben'ja-min, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And you shall tell my father of all my glory in E'gypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Ben'ja- min's neck, and wept ; and Ben'ja-min wept upon his neck. 15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. 16 TT And the fame thereof was heard in Pha'raoh'shouse, saying, J o'seph's breth- ren are come : And it pleased Pha'raoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pha'raoh said unto Jo'seph, Say unto thy brethren. This do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Ca'na-an ; 18 And take your father, and your households, and come unto me : and I will give you the good of the land of E'gypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art comman'ded, this do ye -.Take you wagons out of the land of E'gypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come J a' ebb goes into £§i/pt. 20 Also regard not your stuff": for the good of all the land of E'gypt is yours. 21 And the children of I$'ra-el did so : And Jo'seph gave them wagons, accord- ing to the command'ment of Pha'raoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man chan|cs of raiment ; but to Ben'ja-min he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner ; ten asses laden with the good things of E'ljrpt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his fa- ther by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed : and he said unto them. See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 IT And they went up out of E'gypt, and came into the land of Ca'na-an unto Ja'cob their father, 26 And told him, saying, Jo'seph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of E'gypt. And Ja'cob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Jo'seph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the wagons which Jq'- seph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Ja'cob their father revived : 28 And If'ra-el said, // is enough : J5'- seph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. CHAP. XLVI. AND If'ra-el took his journey with all that he had, and came to Be-er'she- ba, and offered 9ac'rifi9es unto the God of his father I'jaac. 2 And God spake unto If'ra-el in the visions of the night, and said, Ja'cob, Ja'- cob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God ot thy father : fear not to go down into E'gypt ; for I will there make of thee a great nation : 4 I will go down with thee into E'gypt ; and I will also surely bring thee up again' .- and Jo'seph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 IT And Ja'cob rose up from Be-er'she- ba : and the sons of If'ra-el carried Ja'cob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pha'- radh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Ca'na-an, and came into E'gypt, Ja'- 96b, and all his seed with him : 7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into E'gypt. 8 T And these are the names of the children of If 'ra-el which came into E'gypt : Ja'cob and his sons : ReCl'ben, Jacob's first-born. 45 rhe number of J a! cob'' s family. 9 And the sons of ReQ'ben ; Ha'noch, and Phil'lu, and Hez'ron, and Car'mi. 10 And the sons of Sim'e-6n ; Jem-u'el, and Ja'min, and o'had, and Ja'chin, and Zo'har ; and Sha'ul, the son of a Can'aan- i-tish woman. 1 1 And the sons of Le'vi ; Ger'shon, ivo'hath, and Mer'a-rl. 12 And the sons of Ju'dah ; Er, and O'nin, and She'lSh, and Pha'rez, and Za'- r.lli : but Er and O'nan died in the land of Oa iia-an. And tlic sons of Pha'rez were ilez'ron and Ha'mCil. 13 And the sons of Is'sa-char; To'la, \n(\ Phu'vah, and Job, and Shim'ron. 14 And the sons of Zeb'u-lon ; Se'red, md E'lon, andJah'le-el. 15 These be the sons of Le'ah, which ihe bare unto Ja'cob in Pa'dan-A'ram, with his daug;hter DT'nah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad ; ZTph'i-6n, and Ha»'o^T, Shu'nT, and Ez'bon, E'rl, and Ar'o-di, and A-re'lI. 17 And the sons of ish'er ; Jim'nah, and ish'u-ah, and Is'u-i, and Be-r:'ah, and Se'rah their sister : And the sons of Be-ri'- ah ; He'ber, and Mal'chi-el. 18 These are the sons of Zil'pah, whom La'ban gave to Le'ah his daughter : and these she bare unto Ja'cob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Ra'chel, Ja'cob's wife ; Jo'seph and Ben'ja-min. 20 And unto Jo'seph, in the land of E'|ypt, Avere born Ma-nas'seh and E'phra- im, which As'e-nath, the daughter of Po- tiph'e-rah priest of on, bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Ben'ja-min were Be'- lah, and Belcher, and Ash'bel, Ge'ra, and Na'a-man, E'hl, and Rosh, Mup'pim, and Hup'pim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Ra'chel, which were born to Ja'cob : all the souls were fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan ; Hu'shlm. 24 And the sons of Naph'ta-ll ; Jah'ze- el, and Gu'nT, and Je'zer, and Shil'lem. 25 These are the sons of Bil'hah, which La'ban gave unto Ra'chel his daughter ; and she bare these unto Ja'cob : all the souls were seven. 26 AH the souls that came with Ja'cob into E'|;ypt, which came out of his loins, besides Ja'cob's sons' wives, all the souls xoere threescore and six : 27 And the sons of Jo'seph, which were born him in E'^ypt, were two souls : All the souls of the house of Ja'cob, which came into E'gypt, were threescore and ten. 28 H And he sent Ju'dah before him unto Jo'seph, to direct his face unto Go'- sheu ; and they came into the land of G5'- shen. 1 thcp'purds. QEN'ESIS. Jo'siph''s brethren before Pha'raoh. 29 And J5'seph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet I|'ra-el his father, to Gd'shen, and presented himself unto him and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Ij'ra-el said unto Jo'seph, Now let rae die, since I have seen thy face, be- cause thou art yet alive. 31 And Jo'seph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pha'raoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Ca'na-an, are come unto me ; 32 And the men are shep'/i^rds, ^ for their trade hath been to feed cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha'raoh shall call you, and shall say. What is your occupation ? 34 That ye shall say. Thy servants' trade hath been about' cattle from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers ; that ye may dwell in the land of Go'shen : for every shep'Aerd is an abomination unto the E-gyp'ti-anj. CHAP. XLVIL THEN Jo'seph came and told Pha'raoh, and said, My father, and my breth- ren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Ca'na-an ; and, behold, they are in the land of Go'shen. 2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pha'raoh. 3 And Pha'raoh said unto his brethren. What is your occupation ? And they said unto Pha'raoh, Thy servants are shep - Aerds, both we, and also our fathers. 4 'They said moreover unto Pha'raoh, For to so'journ in the land are we come : for thy servants have no pas'tiire^ for their flocks ; for the famine is^ sore in the land of Ca'na-an : now there'f5re, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Go'- shen. 5 And Pha'raoh spake unto Jo'seph, saying. Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 The land of E'gypt is before thee : in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell ; in the land of Gd'shen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 T And Jo'seph brought in Ja'cob his father, and set him before Pha'raoh : and Ja'cob bless'ed Pha'raoh. 8 And Pha'ra5h said unto Ja'cob, How old art thou ? 9 And Ja'cob said unto Pha'raoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years : few and evil 2 pas'tshure. 4Q Jo tcph^s dealing m the Jamme. QEN have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage. 10 And Ja'cob bless'ed Pha'raoh, and went out from before Pha'raoh. 1 1 IT And Jo'seph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a pojfes'sion in the land of E'gypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ra-me'sef , as Pha'raoh had comman'ded. 12 And Jd'seph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father''s household, with bread, according to tlieir families. 13 IT And Ihert u-as no bread in all the land : for the famine was very sore, so that the land of E'gypt, and all the land of Ca'na-an, fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And Jo'seph gathered up all the mon- ey that was found in the land of E'gypt, and in the land of Ca'na-an, for the corn which they bought : and Jo'seph brought the money into Pha'raoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of E'gypt, and in the land of Ca'na-an, all the E-^yp'ti-anj came unto Jo'seph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence ? for the money fail- eth. 16 And Jo'seph said, Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 17 And they brought their cattle unto Jo'seph : and Jo'seph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the ass- es ; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him. We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent ; my lord also hath our herds of cattle : there is not aught left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands : 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pha'raoh ; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20 And Jo'seph bought all the land of E'gypt for Pha'raoh ; for the E-|yp'ti-anf sold every man his field, because the fam- ine prevailed over them : so the land be- came Pha'raoh's. 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of E'gypt even to the other end thereof. 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not ; for the priests had a portion as- signed them of Pha'raoh, and did eat their pdrtion which Pha'raoh gave them ; where- fore they sold not their lands. 23 Then Jo'seph said vinto the people, ESIS. He visiteth his sick father. Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land, for Pha'raoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. 24 And it shall come to pass, in the in- crease, that you shall give the fifth part unto Pha'raoh ; and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your house- holds, and for food /or your little ones. 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives ; let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pha'raoh's ser vants. 26 And Jd'seph made it a law over the land of E'gypt unto this day, that Pha'raoh should have the fifth part ; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pha'radh's. _ 27 H And If'ra-el dwelt in the land of E'gypt, in the country of Go'shen; ana they had poffes'sions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 And Ja'cob lived in the land of E'|ypt seventeen years : so the whole age of Ja'cob was a hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that If'ra-el must die : and he called his son Jo'seph, and said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in E'gypt : 30 But I will lie with my fathers ; and thou shalt carry me out of E'gypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 31 And he said. Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Ij'ra-el bowed himself upon the bed's head. CHAP. XLVIII. AND it came to pass, after these thrags, that one told Jd'seph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Ma-nas'seh and E'phra-im. 2 And one told Ja'cob, and said. Behold, thy son Jd'seph cometh unto thee : And If'ra-el strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed, 3 And Ja'cob said unto Jd'seph, God Al-migh'ty appeared unto me at Liiz in the land of Ca'na-an, and bless'ed 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 ev^rlas'tin J pofjes'sion. 5 And now thy two sons, E'phra-im and Ma-nas'seh, which were born unto thee in the land of E'gypt, before I came unto thee into E'gypt, are mine : as Reft'ben and Sim'e-6n, 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. 47 Ja'coh blesse/k Jo'scph^s sons^ Q EN 7 And as for me, when I came from Pa'- dan, Ra'chel died by me in the land of Ca'na-an, in the way, when yet (here was but a little way to come unto Eph'rath : and I buried her there in the way of Eph'rath ; the same is Beth'le-hem. 8 IT And Ij'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 l§'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. n And l§'ra-el said unto Jo'seph, I had not thought to see thy face ; and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed. 12 And Jo'seph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 And Jo'seph took them both, E'phra- im in his right hand to'ward If'ra-ePs left hand, and Ma-nas'seh in his left hand to'- uiard If'ra-ePs right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Ij'ra-el stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon E'phra-Tm'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 first- Dorn. 15 And he bless'ed Jo'seph, and said, God, before whom my fathers A'bra-ham and I'^aac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 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'bra-ham and i'§aac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Jo'seph saw that his fa- ther laid his right hand upon the head of E'phra-im, it displeased him : and he h£ld 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 first- born ; 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 be- come a multitude of nations. 20 And he bless'ed them that day, say- ing, Tn thee shall ?f'ra-el bless, saying, God make thee as E'phra-im and as Ma- nas'seh. And he set E'phra-im before Ma-nas'seh. 21 And If'ra-el said unto Jo'seph, Be- 'E5I?. and his ovm, severally, hold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again' unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover, I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Am'o-rlte with my sipord and with my bow. CHAP. XLIX. AND Ja'cob called unto his sons, and said. Gather yourselves together, that I may t6ll you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Ja'cob ; and heasken unto If'- ra-el your father. 3 IT Rei^'ben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excel- lency of power : 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch. 5 IT Sim'e-6n and Le'vi are brethren ; instruments of cruelty are in their habita> tions. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine Aon'our, be not thou united : for in their anger they slew a man, an.d in their self-will 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 If'ra-el. 8 IT Ju'dah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise ; thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies : thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Ju'dah is a lion's whelp ; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stoop- ed 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 ShT'loh come ; and unto him shall the gath'ering of the people be : 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto tiie 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 IT Zeb'u-lon shall dwell at the haven of the sea ; and he shall be for a haven of ships : and his border shall be unto Zi'don. 14 IT 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 teas pleasant ; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a ser- vant unto tribute. 16 IT Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of If'ra-el. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, 48 Jd fob'' s death. QEi\ an adder in the path, thac biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall back- ward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord ! 19 T Gad, a troop shall overcome him : but he shall overcome at the last. 20 IT Out of Ash'6r his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dain'ties. 21 IT Naph'ta-li is a hind let loose : he giveth g'oodly words. 22 IT Jo'seph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall. ?3 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot a( him, and hated him : 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Ja'cob ; (from thence is the Shep'/i6rd, the stone of if'ra-el :) 25 Eeen by the God of thy father, who shall help thee ; and by the Al-migh'ty, 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 pre- vailed above the blessings of my progeni- tors, unto the utmost bound of the ever- las'ting hills ; they shall be on the head of Jo'seph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his breth- ren. 27 V Ben'ja-mTn shall raven as a wolf ; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 f All these are the twelve tribes of If'ra-el : and this is il that their father spake unto them, and bless'ed them ; ev- ery one according to his blessing he bless'- ed them. 29 And he charged them, and said un- to them, I am to be gathered unto my peo- ple : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of E'phron the Hit'- tlte ; 30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach-pe'lah, which is before Mam're, in the land of Ca'na-an, which X'bra-ham bought with the field of E'phron the Hlt'- titc for a pojfes'sion of a burying-place. 31 There they buried A'bra-ham and Sa'rah his wife ; there they buried I'faac and Re-bek'ah his wife ; and there I buried Le'ah. 32 The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is therein, was from the children of Heth. 33 And when Ja'cob had made an end of comman'ding his sons, he gathered up bis feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. CHAP. L. AND Jo'seph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. £ 4 ESIS. He is buried in Mach-pe'lah. 2 And Jo'seph comman'ded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Tj'ra-el. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; (for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed ;) and the E-eyp'ti-anf mourned for him threescore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Jo'seph spake unto the house of Pha'raoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pha'raoh, saying, 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Ca'na-an, there shalt thou bury me. Now, there'fore, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again'. 6 And Pha'raoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. 7 And Jo'seph went up to bury his fa- ther: and with him went up all the servants of Pha'raoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of E'eypt, 8 And all the house of Jd'seph, and his brethren, and his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Go'shen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen ; and it was a very great company. 10 And they came to the threshing- floor of A'tad, which is beyond Jor'dan ; and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamenta'tion ; and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Can'aan-Ites, saw the mourning in the floor' of A'tad, they said. This is a griev'ous mourning to the E-^yp'ti-anp : wherefore the name of it was called A'bel- Mlz'ra-im, which is beyond Jor'dan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he comman'ded theni : 13 For his sons carried him into the land of Ca'na-an, and buried him in the cave of the field of Mach-pe'lah, which A'bra-ham bought with the field, for a poffes'sion of a burying-place, of E'phron the Hit'tite, before Mam're. 14 And Jo'seph returned into E'^j^pt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 And when Jo'seph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Jo'- seph will peradven'tiire hate us, and will cer'tainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Jo'- seph, saying, "Thy father did command' be- fore he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Jo'seph, For- give, I pray thee now, the tres'pass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto 49 The Ig'ra-U-ttes oppressed. EX'ODUS ihee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the tree'pass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Jo'seph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said, Be- hold, we be thy servants. 19 And Jo'seph said unto them. Fear not ; for am I in the place of God ? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil ao-ainst' me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now, there'fore, fear ye not : I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he com'forted them, and spake kindly unto them Mo'§cs is bom. and his father's house : and Jo'seph lived a hundred and ten years. 23 And Jo'seph saw E'phra-im's chil- dren of the third generation : the children also of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh, were brought up upon J5'seph's knees. 24 And Jo'seph said unto his brethren, I die : and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to A'bra-ham, to I'jaac, and to Ja'cob. 25 And Jo'seph took an oath of the children of If'ra-el, saying, God will sure- ly visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Jo'seph died, being a hundred and ten years old : and they embalmed 22 T And Jo'seph dwelt in E'§ypt, he I him, and he was put in a coffin in h'0pt. t The SECOND Book of MO'SES, called EX'ODUS. CHAPTER I. NOW these are the names of the chil- dren of if'ra-el, which came into E'eypt ; every man and his household came with Ja'cob. 2 Reii'hen, STm'e-6n, Le'vl, and Ju'dah, 3 is'sa-char, Zeb'u-lon, and Ben'ja-min, 4 Dan, and Naph'ta-li, Gad, and Ash'er. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Ja'cob were seventy souls : for Jd'seph was in E'|ypt already. 6 And Jo'seph died, and all his breth- ren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of If'ra-el were fruitful, and increased abiin'dantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 8 If Now there arofe up a new king over E'eypt, which knew not Jo'seph. 9 And he said unto his people. Behold, the people of the children of If'ra-el are more and mightier than we : 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto out enemies, and fight against' us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 There'fore they did set over them task-masters, to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'raoh trea^'ure-cities, Pi'thom and Ra-am'ses. 12 But the more they afflicted them the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the chil- dren of if'ra-eL 13 And the E-^yp'ti-anf made the chil dren of If'ra-el to serve with rigour : 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of ser'vice in the field : all their ser'vice, wherein they juade them serve, teas with rigour. 15 IT And the king of E'eypt spake to the He'brew midwives ; (of which the name of one was Shiph'rah, and the name of the other Pu'ah ;) 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the He'brew women, and see them upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him ; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of E'gypt command- ed them, but saved the men-childreu alive. 18 And the king of E'eypt called for the midwives, and said unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive ? 19 And the midwives said unto Pha'- raoh, Because the He'brew women are not as the E-gyp'ti-an women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 There'fore God dealt well with the midwives : and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. 22 And Pha'raoh charged all his peo- ple, saying. Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. CHAP. II. AND there went a man of the house of Le'vi, and took to wife a daughter of Le'vi. 2 And the woman conceived and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three m6nths. 3 And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, 50 JVo'gcs slayeth an M-^yp'h-an. EX'ODUS. and put the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pha'raoh came down to wash herself at the river ; and her maidens walked along' by the river's side : and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said. This is one of the He'brews' children. 7 Then said his sister to Pha'raoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the He'brew women, that she may nurse the child for thee ? 8 And Pha'raoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pha'raoh's daughter said unto her. Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nurs- ed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pha'raoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Mo'fes : and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. lit And it came to pass in those days, when Mo'fes was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens : and he espl'ed an E-|yp'ti-an smiting a He'brew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and, when he saw that there was no man, he slew the E-|yp'ti-an, and hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the He'brews strove together : and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow ? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us ? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the E-gyp'- ti-an ? And Mo'§es feared, and said, Sure- ly this thing is known. 15 Now when Pha'raoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Mo'fes. But Mo'fes fled from the face of Pha'raoh, and dwelt in the land of Mid'i-an : And he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Mid'i-an had seven daughters : and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs ^ to water their father's flock. 17 And the shep'/i6rds came and drove them away : but Mo'fes stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to Re-u'el their father, he said. How is it that you are come so soon to-day ? 19 And they said. An E-gy^p'ti-an de- 1 7%e burning bvuh livered us out of the hand of the shep' ft^rds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man ? call him, that he may eat bread. 1 And Mo'fes was content to dwell with the man po'rah his daughter 22 And she bare him called his name Ger'shom and he gave Mo'jes Zip- son, and he for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. 23 f And it came to pass, in proc'ess of time, that the king of E'^ypt died, and the children of If'ra-el sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried ; and their cry came up unto God, by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with A'bra- ham, with I'faac, and with Ja'cob. 25 And God looked upon the children of If'ra-el, and God had respect unto them. CHAP. III. NOW Mo'fes kept the flock of Je'thro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid'- i-an : and he led the flock to the back side of the def ert, and came to the moun - tain of God, even to Ho'reb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a biish : and he looked, and, be- hold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Md'fes said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Mo'fes, Mo'fes. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said. Draw not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from off thy feet ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of A'bra-ham, the God of i'faac, and the God of Ja'cob. And Mo'fes hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in E'gypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters ; for I know their sorrows ; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the E-^p'ti-anf , and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flow- ing with milk and honey ; unto the place of the Can'aan-ites, and the Hit'tites, and the Am'o-rites, and the Per'iz-zltes, and the Hl'vites, and the Jeb'u-sites. trdft. 61 Md'§cs sent to delivei l$'ra-U. EX'ODUS. 9 Now there'fore, behold, the cry of the children of Ij'ra-el is come unto me : and 1 have also seen the oppression wherewith the E-fiyp'ti-anj oppress them. 10 Come now, there'fore, and I will send thee unto Pha'raoh, that thou mayst bring forth my people, the children of Ij'- ra-el, out of £'|ypt. 11 And Mo'§es said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pha'raoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Tj'ra-el out of E'gypt ? 12 And he said, Cer'tainly I will be with thee : and this shall he a token unto thee that I have sent thee ; When thou hast brought forth the people out of E'gypt, ye shall serve God upon this moun'tain. 13 And Mo'fes said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of If'ra-el, and shall say unto them. The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me. What is his name i what shall I say unto them ? 14 And God said unto Md'fes, I AM THAT I AM: and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of I§'ra-el, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said, moreover, unto M6'- fes, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of If'ra-el, The Lord God of your fa- thers, the God of A'bra-ham, the God of I'§aac, and the God of Ja'cob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all genera- lions. 16 Go and gather the elders of Ig'ra-el together, and say unto them. The Lord God of your fathers, the God of A'bra- ham, of I'faac, and of Ja'cob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seeri that which is done to you in E'lypt: \1 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of E'gypt unto the land of the Can'aan-ltes, and the Hit'tites, and the Am'o-rites, andthe Per'iz-zltes, and the Hi'vltes, and the Jeb'u-sites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice : and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of If'ra-el, unto the king of E'gypt ; and ye shall say unto him. The Lord God of the He'brews hath met with us : and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sac'rifi^e to the Lord our God. 19 And I am sure that the king of E'gypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite E'gypt with all my w6nders which 1 will do in the midst thereof : and after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the E-gyp'ti-an^ : and it shall His rod is turned into a serpent come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty ; 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that so'joOrneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment : and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters ; and ye shall spoil the E-gyp'- ti-an§. CHAP. IV. AND Mo'fes answered and said. But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand ? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it be- came a serpent ; and Mo'fes fled from be- fore it. 4 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand, 5 That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of A'bra- ham, the God of I'faac, and the God of Ja'cob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bo'fom. And he put his hand into his bo'fom ; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Piit thine hand into thy bo'fom again'. And he put his hand into his bo'fom again', and plucked it out of his bo'fom ; and, behold, it was turned again' as his other flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will be- lieve the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land : and the water, which thou takest out of the river, shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 And Mo'fes said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind ? have not I the Lord ? 12 Now there'fore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him, whom thoa wilt send. 14 And the aQg;er of the Lord vat 52 God'' s message to Pha'rabh. EX'ODUS. Pha'radh chideth Mo'ges and .Aardn kindled against' Mo'fes ; and he said, 7* not ^a'ron the Le'vite thy brother ? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee ; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people : and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. 18 V And Mo'fes went, and returned to Je'thro his father-in-law, and said unto him. Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in E'eypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Je'thro said to M6'§es, Go in peace. 19 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes in Mid'i-an, Go, return into E'eypt : for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And Mo'fes took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of E'eypt. And Mo'- fes took the rod of God in his hand. 21 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, When thou goest to return into E'gypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pha'- raoh which I have put in thine hand : but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pha'raoh, Thus saith the Lord, if'ra-el is my son, even my first-born : 23 And I say unto thee. Let my son go, that he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let him go, behold I will slay thy son, even thy first-born. 24 % And it came to pass, by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zip-po'rah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said. Surely a bloody huf'band art thou to me. 2G So he let him go : then she said, A bloody huf'band thou art, because of the circumcifion. 27 t And the Lord said to »^a'r6n, Go into the wilderness to meet Mo'fes. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. 27 And Mo'fes told .^a'ron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had comman'ded him. 29 And Mo'fes and .^a'ron went, and gathered together all the elders of the children of If'ra-el : 30 And ^a'ron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Mo'fes, and did the signs in the sight of the people. E2 31 And the people believed : and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of If'ra-el, and that he had look- ed upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and wor'shipped. CHAP. V. AND afterward Mo'fes and »4a'r6n went in, and told Pha'rach, Thus saith the Lord God of If'ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pha'raoh said. Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let if'ra-el go ? I know not the Lord, neither will I let If'ra-el go, 3 And they said. The God of the He'- brews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the def'ert, and sac'rifi9e unto the Lord our God ; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sK'drd. 4 And the king of E'gypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Mo'fes and Ak'- ron, let the people from their works ? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pha'raoh said, Behold, the peo- ple of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 IT And Pha'raoh comman'ded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying, 7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they 6e idle; there'fore they cry, saying. Let us go and sac'rifi^e to our God. 9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein ; and let them not regard vain words. 10 And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying. Thus saith Pha'raoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it : yet not aught of your work shall be diminished. 12 t So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of E'eypt, to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the task-masters hasted them, saying. Fulfil your works, >jour daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of If'ra-el, which Pha'raoh's task-masters had set over them, were beaten, and de- man'ded. Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yes't^rday and to-day, as heretofore ? 15 Then the officers of the childrei sf If'ra-el came and cried unto Pha'raoU, saying. Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants ? 53 Mo'gcs complaineth to God. EX'ODUS 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick : and, behold, thy servants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle ; there'fore ye say. Let us go and do sac'ri- fi9e to the Lord. 18 Go there'fore now, aiid work ; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of I§'- ra-el did see thai they tvlre in evil case, after it was said, Ye siiall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. _ 20 And they met Mo'jes and ^a'ron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pha'raoh ; 21 And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge ; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pha'raoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sM)6rd in their hand to slay us. 22 T And Mo'fes returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil-entreated this people ? why is it that thou hast sent me i 23 For since I came to Pha'raoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. CHAP. VL THEN the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pha'raoh : for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Mo'fes, and said unto him, I am the Lord : 3 And I appeared unto A'bra-ham, unto I'faag, and unto Ja'cob, by the name of God Almigh'ty ; but by my name JEHO'- VAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also estab'lished my cove- nant with them, to give them the land of Ca'na-an, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And 1 have also heard the groaning of the children of If'ra-el, whom the E-|yp'- ti-an| keep in bondage ; and I have re- membered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of If'ra-el, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the E-gyp'ti-anf, and I will rid you out of their bondage ; and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments : 7 And I will take you to me for a peo- ple, and I will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the E-^yp'ti-anf. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concer'ning the which I did swear to give it to A'bra-ham, to I'gaac, and to The glneal'ogy of Reft ben, Sec. Ja'cob ; and I will give it you for a herit- age : I am the Lord. 9 T And Mo'fes spake so unto the chil- dren of if'ra-el : but they hearkened not unto M5'fes, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 1 1 Go in, speak unto Pha'raoh king of E'gypt, that he let the children of if'ra-el go out of his land. 12 And Mo'fes spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of If'ra-el have not hearkened, unto me ; how then shall Pha'raoh hear me, who am of un- cir'cumcTfed lips ? 13 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fea and unto .^a'ron, and gave them a charge unto the children of If'ra-el, and unto Pha'radh king of E'gypt, to bring the children of If'ra-el out of the land of E'lypt. 14 IT These be the heads of their fathers' houses : The sons of ReCl'ben, the first- born of If'ra-el ; Ha'ncch, and Phal'lii, Hez'ron, and Car'mi : these be the families of Refl'ben. 15 And the sons of STm'e-6n ; Jem-ii'el, and Ja'min, and O'had, and Ja'chin, and Zo'har, and Sha'til, the son of a Can'aan- i-tish woman : these are the families of Sim'e-6n. 16 And these are the names of the sons of Le'vl, according to their generations ; Ger'shon, and Ko'hath, and Mer'a-ri. And the years of the life of Le'vi wire a hun- dred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Ger'shon ; Lib'nT, and Shi'mi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Ko'hath ; Am'ram, and Iz'har, and He'bron, and Uz-zi'el. And the years of the life of Ko'hath wire a hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Mer'a-rT ; Ma'ha-li^ and Mu'shi : these are the families of Le'vi, according to their generations. 20 And Am'ram took him Jcch'e-bed, his father's sister, to wife ; and she bare him ^a'ron and Mo'fes. And the years oi the life of Am'ram ivire a hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 And the sons of Iz'har ; Ko'rah, and Ne'pheg, and Zich'rT. 22 And the sons of tJz-zi'el ; Mish'a-el, and El'za-phan, and Zlth'ri. 23 And ^a'ron took him E-lish'e-ba daughter of Am-min'a-dab, sister of Na ash'on, to wife ; and she bare him Na'- dab and A-bT'hii, E-le-a'zar and Ith'a mar. 24 And the sons of Ko'rah ; As'sir, and El'ka-nah, and A-bi'a-saph : these are the families of the Kor'hites. 25 And E-le-a'zar, ./Sa'ron's son, took him one of the daughters of Pii'ti-el to wife ; and she bare him Phin'e-has : these 54 The rod turned into a serpent. are the heads of the fathers of the Le'- Tites, according to their families. 26 These are that Aa'rbn and Mo'jes, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of If'ra-el from the land of E'gypt, according to their armies. 27 These are they which spake to Pha'- raoh king of E'|ypt, to bring out the chil- dren of I§'ra-el from E'eypt : these are that Mo'fes and ^k'rbn. 28 ^ And it came to pass, on the day when the Lord spake unto Mo'jes in the land of £'|ypt, 29 That the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, I am the Lord : speak thou unto Pha'raoh king of E'|ypt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Mo'fes said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncir'cumcTfed lips, and how shall Pha'raoh hearken unto me ? CHAP. VII. AND the Lord said unto Mo'fes, See, I have made thee a god to Pha'- raoh ; and ^a'ron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command' thee ; and .^a'ron thy brother shall speak unto Pha'raoh, that he send the children of If'ra-el out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pha'raoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of E'gypt. 4 But Pha'raoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon E'eypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my peo- ple the children of If'ra-el, out of the land of E'eypt by great judgments. 5 And tne E-eyp'ti-anf shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon E'eypt, and bring out the chil- dren of If'ra-el from among them. 6 And Mo'fes and ^a'ron did as the Lord comman'ded them, so did they. 7 And Mo'fes was fourscore years old, and .^a'ron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pha'raoh. 8 T And the Lord spake unto Md'fes and unto ^a'ron, saying, 9 When Pha'raoh shall speak unto you, saying, Sho%v a miracle for you : then thou shalt say unto »4a'r6n, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pha'raoh, and it shall become a serpent. 10 And Mo'fes and ^a'ron went in unto Pha'raoh, and they did so as the Lord had comman'ded : and *4a.'r6n cast down his rod before Pha'raoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then Pha'raoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers : now the magicians of E'eypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments : 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents : but ^a'- ron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And he hardened Pha'radh's heart, EX'ODUS. 77te river is turned into blood. that he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 14 H And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Pha'raoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pha'raoh in the mor- ning ; lo, he goeth out unto the water ; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against' he come ; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him. The Lord God of the He'brews hath sent rat. unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness and, behold, hitherto thou wouldst no' hear. 17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord : behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink ; and the E-gyp'ti-anf shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. 19 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, Say unto .>3a'r6n. Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of E'gypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of E'|ypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And Mo'fes and -^^a'ron did so, as the Lord comman'ded ; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pha'raoh, and in the sight of his servants ; and all the waters that ivcre in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the rivei died ; and the river stank, and the E-|yp'- ti-anf could not drink of the water of the river : and there was blood throughout all the land of E'gypt. 22 And the magicians of E'gypt did so with their enchantments : and Pha'raoh's heart was hardened, neither did he heark- en unto them ; as the Lord had said. 23 And Pha'raoh turned, and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. 24 And all the E-gyp'ti-anf digged round about' the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river. CHAP. VIII. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, Go unto Pha'raoh, and say unto hi*n, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 66 Frogs and lice sent. EX'ODUS 2 And if thou refuse to let them, go, behold, I Tvill smite all thy borders with frogs : 3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abun'dantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bed-cham- ber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy knead'ing- troughs : ^ 4 And the frogs shall come up, both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. 5 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, Say unto .^a'ron, Stretch forth thine hand The plague of fiitt. the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man and in beast ; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of E'^ypt. 18 And the masricians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not ; so there were lice upoii man and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pha- raoh, This is the finger of God ; and Pha'raoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 20 IT And the Lord said unto >I5'jes, Rise up early in the morning, and stand with thy rod over the streams, over the before Pha'raoh ; lo, he comcth forth to rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frog to come up upon the land of E'eypt. 6 And ^^a'ron stretched out his hand over the waters of E'|ypt ; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of E'cypt. 7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of E'|ypt. 8 T Then Pha'raoh called for Mo'^es and ./fa'ron, and said. Entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and I will let the people go, that they may do sac'rifi9e unto the Lord. 9 And Mo'fes said unto Pha'raoh, Glo- ry over me : when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy' the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? 10 And he said, To-morrow. And he said. Be it according to thy word ; that thou mayst know that there is none like unto the Lord our God. 11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy ser- vants, and from thy people ; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Mo'fes and ^4a'r6n went out from Pha'raoh : and Mo'fes cried unto the Lord, because of the frogs which he had brought against' Pha'raoh. 13 And the Lord did according to the word of Mo'jes ; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them together upon heaps ; and the land stank. 15 T But wh^n Pha'raoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 16 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Say unto wSa'ron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of E'lypt. 17 And they did so : for Aa'Ton stretch- ed out his hand with his rod, and smote 1 nied'ing-trofs the water ; and say unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me : 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses ; and the houses of the E-gyp'ti-anf shall be full of swarms of flies ^ and also the ground whereon they are, 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Go'shen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end thou mayst know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people : to-morrow shall this sign be. 24 And the Lord did so : and there came a griev'ous swarm of flies into the house of Pha'raoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of E'gypt ; the laud was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 25 T And Pha'raoh called for Mo'|es and for ./3a'r6n, and said. Go ye, sac'rifi9e to your God in the land. 26 And Mo'fes said, It is not meet so to do ; for we shall sac'rifi^e the abomi- nation of the E-gyp'ti-ans to the LoRD our God : lo, shall we sac'rificje the abom- ination of the E-gyp'ti-anf before their eyes, and will they not stone us ? 27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sac'rifT9e to the Lord our God, as he shall command' us. 20 And Pha'raoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sac'rifi^e to the Lord your God in the wilderness ; only ye shall not go very far iiway : entreat for me. 29 And Mo'fes said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pha'raoh, 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 sac'rifi^e to the Lord. 30 And M5'f es went out from Pha'raoh, and entreated the Lord. 56 The plagues of mur'rain^ boils^ blanis^ EX'ODUS. hail^ and Jire. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Mo'fes ; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pha'raoh, from his servants, and from his people : there re- mained not one. 32 And Pha'raoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. CHAP. IX. THEN the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Go in unto Pha'raoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the He'brews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the tisses, upon the cam- els, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep : there shall be a very griev'ous mur'rain. 4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of If'ra-el and the cattle of t'gypt : and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of I§'ra-el. 5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. G And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of K'^ypt died : hut of the cattle of the children of If'ra- el died not one. 7 And Pha'raoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the If'ra-el- ites dead. And the heart of Pha'raoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 If And the Lord said unto Mo'fes and unto .^a'ron, Take to you handfuls of ash- es of the fur'nace,^ and let Mo'fes sprinkle it to'w-ard the heaven in the sight of Pha'- raoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of E'^ypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of E'^ypt. 10 And they took ashes of the fur'nace, and stood before Pha'raoh ; and Mo'fes sprinkled it up to'ward heaven •. and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upoa beast. 1 1 And the magicians could not stand before Mo'fes because of the boils ; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the E-^yp'ti-anf. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pha'raoh, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken unto Mo'fes. 13 IT And the Lord said unto M5'fe3, llise up early in the morning, and stand before Pha'raoh, and tay unto him. Thus saith the Lord God of the He'brews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people ; that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence ; .and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power ; and that my name may be de- clared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against' my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about' this time, I will cause it to rain a very griev'ous hail, such as hath not been in E'^ypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 19 Send there'fore now, a7id gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field ; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pha'raoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses : 21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cat tie in the field. 22 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes Stretch forth thine hand to'uard heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of E'gypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every Aerb of the field, throughout the land of E'^ypt. 23 And Mo'fes stretched forth his rod to'icard heaven ; and the Lord sent thun- der and hail, and the fire ran along' upon the ground : and the Lord rained haiJ upon the land of E'|ypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very griev'ous, such as there was none like it in all the land of E'|ypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of E'^ypt all that was in the field, both man and beast ; and the hail smote every Aerb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Gd'shen, where the children of If'ra-el wtre, was there no hail. 27 IT And Pha'raoh sent, and called foi Mo'fes and ^a'ron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is righ'- teous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no viore mighty thunderings and hail ; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Mo'fes said unto him, .As soon as I am gone out of the city I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord -, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be ' fiifnts. 57 God threatencth to send locusts. any more hail ; that thou mayst know how that the earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. 31 And the flax and the harley was smitten ; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten ; for they were not grown up. 33 And Mo'fes went out of the city from Pha'raoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord ; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pha'raoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pha'raoh was har- dened, neither would he let the children of If 'ra-el go ; as the Lord had spoken by Mo'ses. CHAP. X. AND the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Go in unto Pha'raoh : for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: 2 And that thou mayst tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in E'^ypt, and my signs which I have done amongst them ; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. 3 And Mo'fes and Ak'Ton came in unto Pha'raoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the He'brews, How long wilt thou refuse to /liimble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast : 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth : and they shall eat the residue of that which is esca'ped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat ev- ery 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-^yp'ti-anf ; 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 him- self, and went out from Pha'raoh. 7 IT And Pha'raoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us ? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God : Know- est thou not yet that E'gypt is destroy'- ed? 8 And Mo'fes and .^a'ron were brought again' unto Pha'raoh : and he said unto EX ODUS. TTie plague of darkness them. Go, serve the Lord your God : bui who are they that shall go : 9 And Mo'jf's said. We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go : for we must hold a feast unto the Lord. 10 And he said unto them. Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones : look to it ; for evil is before you. 1 1 Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord ; for that ye did de- sire. And they were driven out from Pha'- raoh's presence. 12 1 And the Lord said unto M5'fes, Stretch out thine hand over the land of E'gypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of E'gypt, and eat every herh of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Mo'fes stretched forth his rod over the land of E'gypt, and the I^ord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night ; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of E'gypt, and rested in all the coasts of E'gypt : very griev'ous were they ; be- fore them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such : 15 For they covered the face of the v/hole earth, so that the land was dark- ened ; and they did eat every Aerb 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 /lerbf of the field, through all the land of E'eypt. 16 ir Then Pha'ra6h called for M5'fes and Ak'von in haste ; and he said, I have sinned against' the Lord your God, and against' you. 17 Now, therc'fore, forgive, I pray thet, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death on^. 18 And he went out from Pha'raoh, and entreated 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 f But the Lord hardened Pha'raoh's heart, so that he would not let the chil- dren of If'ra-el go. 21 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Stretch out thine hand to'ward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of E'gypt, even darkness vjhich may be felt. 22 And Mo'fes stretched forth his hand to'uard heaven ; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of E'|ypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither 58 Lrod^s nuisdg* ;o Ihe l§'ra-cl-ttes. rose any from his place for three days : but all the children of Ij'ra-el had light in their dwellings. , 24 IT And Fha'raoh called unto Mo'jes, 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'jes said, Thou must give us also sac'rif iges and burnt-offerings, that we may sac'rif i^e unto the Lord our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not a 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. 2U And Pha'raoh said unto him. Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more : for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And Mo'jes said. Thou hast spoken well ; I will see thy face again' no more. CHAP. XL AND the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pha'raoh, and upon E'gypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neigh- bour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the E-^'p'ti-anf . Moreover, the man Mo'jes was very great in the land of E'gypt, in the sight of Pha'raoh's ser- vants, and in the sight of the people. 4 7 And Mo'fes said, Thus saith the Lord, About' midnight will I go out into the midst of E'eypt : 5 And all the first-bom in the land of E'eypt shall die, from the first-born of Pha'raoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill ; and all the first- born of beasts. 6 And thei e shall be a great cry through- out all the laud of E'gypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 But against' any of the children of I^'ra-el shall not a dog move his tongue, against' man or beast ; that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the £-gyp'ti-anj and If'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'- raoh in a great anger. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Pha'- raoh shall not hearken unto you ; that my EX'ODUS. Tnt yassover is instituted. wonders may be multiplied in the land of E'gypt. 10 And Md'fes and jld.'rbn did all these wonders before Pha'raoh : and the Loan hardened Pha'raoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Ig'ra-el go out of his land. CHAP. XIL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes and ^ia'ron in the land of E'gypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the be- ginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of If'ra-el, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house : 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it, according to the number of the souls : every man, accord- ing to his eating, shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemi'sh, a male of the first year ; ye shall take H out from the sheep, or from the goats : 6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of l§'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 hcrb^ they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast %cith 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 re- maineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 And thus shall ye eat it ; tt^'th your loins gir'ded, ' your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand : and ye shall eat it in haste ; it is the Lord's passovcr. 12 For I will pass through the land of E'gypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of E'gypt, both man and beast ; and against' all the gods of E'gypt I will execute judgment : 1 am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are .• and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy' you, when I smite the land of E'fypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial ; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations : ^ gir'ded. 59 The feast of unleavened bread, you 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 who- soever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from if'ra-el. 16 And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you ; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall obferve' the feast of unleavened bread ; for in this self-same day have I brought your armies out of the land of E'f ypt : therefore shall ye obferve' this day in your generations by an ordi- nance for ever. 18 In the first month^ on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat un- leavened bread, until the one and twen- tieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eat- eth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of If 'ra-el, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleav- ened bread. 21 IT Then Mo'fes called for all the el- ders of If '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 hyf'- fop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the ba- sin ; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the E-gyp'ti-anf ; 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 sufier the destroy'er to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall obferve' this thing for an ordinance to thee 'and to thy sons for 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will o-ive you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this ser'vice. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean you by this ser'vice ? 27 That ye shall say, It is the sac'rif Iqc of the Lord's passover, who pass'ed over the houses of the children of If 'ra-el ir E'gypt, when he smote the E-£;yp'ti-anf and delivered our houses. And the peo' pie bowed the head, -j-nd wor'shipped EX'ODUS. Thejirst-bom sMtn, 28 T And the children of If'ra-el wen* away, and did as the Lord had command ed Mo'fes and ^a'ron, so did they. 29 And it came to pass, that, at mid- night, the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of E'eypt, from the first-born of Pha'raoh that sat on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive that teas in the dungeon ; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 And Pha'raoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the E-gyp'ti-anf ; and there was a great cry in E'gypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And he called for Mo'fes and ..^a'ron by night, and sai.l, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both you and the children of If'ra-el ; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and begone ; and bless me also. 33 And the E-gyp'ti-ang were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste ; for they said. We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading- troughs being bound up in th.-ii clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of if'ra-el did ac- cording to the word of Mo'fes ; and they borrowed of the E-|yp'ti-anf jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and raiment : 36 And the Lord gave the people la- vour in the sight of the E-|yp'ti-anf, so that they lent unto them such things as they required: and they spoiled the E-gyp'- ti-anf. 37 And the children of If'ra-e] journey- ed from Ra-me'ses to Siic'coth, about' six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of E'gypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of E'gypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. ' 40 IT Now the so'joiirning of the chil- dren of If'ra-el, who dwelt in E'|ypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of E'|ypt. 42 It is a night to be much obferv'ed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of E'|ypt : this is that night of the Lord to be obferv'ed of all the chil- dren of If'ra-el in their generations. 1 vit'tl. 60 The ordinance of the passover. 43 And the LoRn said unto Mo'fes and ^a'ron, This is the ordinance of the pass- over : There shall no stranger eat thereof : 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast cii"'- cumcijed him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten : thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Ij'ra-el shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall so'joiirn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be cir'cumcTj- ed, and then let him come near and keep it ; and he shall be as one that is born in the land : for no uncir'cumcTfed person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that s6'- jourueth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Ij'ra- el : as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes and v3a'r6n, so did they. 51 And it came to pass, the self-same day, that the Lord did bring the children of I|'ra-el out of the land of E'^ypt by their armies. CHAP. xm. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- ings 2 Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of If'ra-el, both of man and of beast : it is mine. 3 And Mo'fes said unto the people, Re- member this day, in which ye came out from E'gypt, out of the house of bondage ; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place ; there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out, in the month A'blb. 5 And it shall be, when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Can'aan- ites, and the Hit'tUes, and the Arn'o-rltes, 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 ser'vlce 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 sev- en days : and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee ; neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. 8 T And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying. This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of E'gypt. EX'ODUS. The Is'ra-'d-ites go out of E'gypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial be- tween thine eyes ; that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of E'gypt. 10 Thou shalt there'fore keep this ordi- nance in his season from year to year. 11 And it shall be, when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Can'- aan-Ttes, 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 ma'trlx, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast ; the males shall he tlic Lord's. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; and if thou wilt ncri redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the first-born' of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be, when thy son askcth thee in time to come, saying. What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him. By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from E'gypt, from the house of bondage 15 And it came to pass, when Pha'rac .'raoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of E'^-pt, both the first-born of man, and the first born of beasts : there'fore I sac'rif i^e to the Lord all that openeth the ma'trlx, being males ; but all the first-born of my children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of E'gypt. 17 T And it came to pass, when Pha' raoh 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 peradven'ture the peo- ple repent when they see war, and they return to E'gypt : 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of If'ra-el went up harnessed out of the land of E'gypt. 19 And Mo'fes took the bones of Jo seph with him ; for he had straitly sworn the children of if'ra-el, saying, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 H And they took their joiirney from Suc'c6th, 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. 61 Pha'raoh pursuing the l$'ra-el-ltes^ EX'ODUS. CHAP. XIV. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- 2 Speak unto the children of If ra-el, that they turn and encamp before Pi-ha- hi'roth, between Mig'dol and the sea, over against' Baal-Ze'phon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pha'raoh will say of the children of If'ra-el, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pha'raoh''s heart that he shall follow after them ; and I will be Tion'oured upon Pha'raoh, and upon all his host ; that the E-|yp'ti-anf may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of E'gypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pha'raoh and of his servants was turned against' the people, and they said. Why have we done this, that we have let I§'- ra-el go from ser'ving us ? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him : 7 And he took six hundred chosen char- iots, and all the chariots of E'gypt, and cap'tains over every one of them. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pha'raoh king of E'gypt, and he pursued after the children of If'ra-el : and the children of If'ra-el went out with a high hand. 9 But the E-0-p'ti-anf pursued after them, (all the horses and chariots of Pha'- raoh, and his horsemen, and his army,) and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-ha-hi'roth, before Ba'al-Ze'phon. 10 And when Pha'raoh drew nigh, the children of If'ra-el lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the E-|yp'tl-anf marched after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the children of If'ra-el cried out unto the Lord. 11 And they said unto Mo'fes, Because there wire no graves in E'gypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness ? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of E'gypt.'' 12 /* not this the word that we did tell thee in E'|ypt, saying. Let us alone, that we may serve the E-gyp'ti-anf ? for it had been better for us to serve the E-gyp'ti-anf, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Mo'fes said unto the people. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salva- tion of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day : for the E-^^p'ti-anf 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 IT And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of If'ra-el, that they go for'ward : 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch IS droicned in the Red Sea. out thine hand over the sea, and divide it ; and the children of if'ra-el shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the E-|yp'ti-anf, and they shall follow them : and I will get me Aon'oui upon Pha'raoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen 18 And the E-§yp'ti-anf shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me hbn'ouT upon Pha'raoh, upon his char- iots, and upon his horsemen. 19 IT And the angel of God, which went before the camp of if'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 E-|yp'ti-anf and the camp of If'ra-el ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them,^ but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And Mo'fes stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry Zonrf, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of If'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 E-|yp'ti-anf pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pha'raoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning-watgh the Lord looked unto the host of the E-^yp'ti-anf through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troiibled the host of the E-^yp'ti-anf, 25 And took off their chariot-wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the E-|yp'ti-anf said. Let us flee from the face of If'ra-el ; for the Lord fighteth for them against' the E-|yp'ti-anf . 26 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again' upon the E-gyp'ti-anf, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Mo'fes stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the E-gyp'ti-anf fled against' it ; and the Lord 'overthrew the E-gyp'ti-anf in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and cov- ered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pha'raoh that came into the sea after them : there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of lf'ra-€I walked upon dry land in the midet of the sea • 62 Mo' fit's song. and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their lef(^ 30 Thus the Lord saved If'ra-el that day out of the hand of the E-gyp'ti-anj ; and If'ra-el saw the E-gyp'ti-anj dead upon the sea-shore. 31 And Ij'ra-el saw that great work which the Lord did upon the £-^yp't'- an§ : and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Mo'jes. CHAP. XV. THEN sang Mo'fes and the children of Ij'ra-el this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him a habita- tion ; my father's God, and I will tjxalt ^ him. 3 The Lord is a man of war : the Lord it his name. 4 Pha'raoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : his chosen cap'tains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The depths have covered them : they sank into the bottom a.s a stone. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of thine excel- lency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against' thee : thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together : the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy' them. 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them ; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods ? who is like thee, glori- ous in holiness, fearful m praises, doing wonders ? 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid : sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Pal-ae-stl'na. 15 Then the dukes of E'dom shall be ama'zed ; the mighty men of Mo'ab, trem- bling shall take hold upon them : all the inhabitants of Ca'na-an shall melt away. ' cgz-dW. 2 sangk'lshii-a-re. EX'OUUb. The people want water. IG 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 ivhich thou hast piir'chased. 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the moun'tain of thine inher- itance, in the place, O Lord, ivhich tkpu hast made for thee to dwell in ; in the sanc'tuary,^ O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 The Lord shall reign for ever and 19 For the horse of Pha'radh M'ent 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 if'ra-el went on dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 IT And Mir'i-am^ the prophetess, the sister of ^a'ron, touk 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 IT So Mo'fes brought Ij'ra-el from the Red Sea ; and they went out into the wilderness of Shiir : and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Ma'rah, they could not drink of the waters of Ma'- rah, for they were bitter : there'fore the name of it was called Ma'rah. 24 And the people murmured against Mo'fes, saying. What shall we drink ? 25 And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet : there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26 And said, If thou wilt 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 com- mand'ments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the E-gyp'ti- anf : for I am the Lord that healeth thee. 27 IT And they came to E'lim, where were twelve wells of water, and three- score and ten palm-tr^es : and they en- camped there by the waters. CHAP. XVL AND they took their joiirney from Elim ; and all the congregation of the chil- dren of If'ra-el came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between E'lim and Sl'nai,* on the fifteenth day of the second m6nth after their departing out of the land of E'gypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the 3 Mir'i-am, * Si'nay. 63 Quaih and manna se7il. iA'ODUS. Manna not found on the sabbath. children of If'ra-el murmured against' hath coinman'ded : Gather of it every man Mo'jes and »4a'r6n in the wilderness : 3 And the children of Ij'ra-el said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of E'^ypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full I for ye have broug^ht us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. 4 Then said the Lord unto Mo'jes, Be- hold, I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather a cer'taiu rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in ; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. G And Mo'fes and .^a'ron said unto all the children of I§'ra-el, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of E'|ypt ; 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he hear- eth your murmurings against' the Lord : and what arc we, that ye murmur against' us? 8 And Mo'jes said, TTiis 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 And Mo'fes spake unto ^a'ron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of If'ra-el, Come near before the Lord ; for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as »3a'r6n spake unto the whole congregation of the chil- dren of i§'ra-el, that they looked to'ward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of If'ra-el : speak unto them, say- ing. 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 (he 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 wilder- ness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar-frost, on the ground. 15 And when the children of If'ra-el saw it, they said one to another. It is man- na : for they wist' not what it was. And Mo'fes said unto them. This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat : IG This is the thing which the Lord accordiog 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 If'ra-el did so, and gathered, some more, some less. 18 And when they did mete 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'fes said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Mo'fes ; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank ; and Mo'fes 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 IT 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'fes. 23 And he said unto them. This is that which the Lord hath said, iTo-morrow i* the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which you will bake /o- 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 Md'fes bade ; and it did not stink, nei- ther was there any worm therein. 25 And Md'fes 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 T And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the sev- enth day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, How long refuse ye to keep my c6m- mand'ments and my laws .'' 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, there'fore 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 If'ra-el called the name thereof Man'na : and it was like co- riander-seed, white ; and the taste of it ivas like wafers jnade with honey. 32 And Mo'fes said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth. Fill an omer of it, to be kept for your genera- tions ; that they may see the bread where- with I have fed you in the wilderness, I knew. 64 2%e rock smillen. EX'ODUS ■when I brought you forth from the land of £'§ypt. 33 And Mo'fes said unto Ak'roxi^ Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your genera<^ions. 34 As the Lord commau dod Mo'fes, so •^a'ron laid it up before the tes'timony, to be kept. 35 And the children of if'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'na-an. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. CHAP. XVIL ANU all the congregation of the chil- dren of If'ra-el journeyed from the ■wilderness of Sin, after their jour'nies, ac- cording to the command'mcnt of the Lord, and pitched in Reph'i-dim : and there was no tvater for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide -with Mo'fes, and said. Give us water that we may drink. And Mo'fes said unto them. Why chide ye with me ? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for wa- ter ; and the people murmured against' Mo'fes, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of E'gypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle •with thirst ? 4 And Mo'fes cried unto the Lord, say- ing, What shall I do unto this people ? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of If'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 wa- ter out of it, that the people may drink And Mo'fes did so in the elders of If'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 If'ra-el, and because they tempted the Lord, saying. Is the Lord among us, or not ? 8 IT Then came Am'a-lek, and fought with Tf'ra-el in Reph'i-dlm. 9 And Mo'fes said unto .T6sh'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'fes had said to him, and fought with Am'a-lek : and Jl'thrb Cometh to Mb'§e3. ' and when he let dovra his hand, Am'a-lek prevailed. 12 But Mo'fes' hands were heavy ; and they took a stone, and piit it under him, and he sat thereon : and .^a'ron and Hiir stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Josh'u-a discom'fited Am'a-lek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 IT And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Josh'u-a ; for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Am'a-lek from under heaven. 15 And Mo'fes built an altar, and called the name of it JEHO'VAH-NIS'SI, 16 For he said. Because the Lord hath sworn, that the Lord will have war with Am'a-lek from generation to generation. CHAP. XVIII. WHEN J e' thro the priest of Mid'i-an, Mo'fes' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Mo'fes, and for If'- ra-el his people, and that the Lord had brought If'ra-el out of E'|;ypt, 2 Then Je'thro, Mo'fes' father-in-law, took Zip-po'rah, Mo'fes' wife, after he had sent her back, 3 And her two sons, of which the name of the one was Ger'shom ; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land : 4 And the name of the other was E-li- e'zer ; For the God of my father, said Ae, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pha'raoh. 5 And Je'thrd, Mo'fes' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Mo - fes into the wilderness, where he encamp- ed at the mount of God : 6 And he said unto Mo'fes, I thy father- in-law Je'thrd, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 And Md'fes went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obei'sance, ' and ight of the I kissed him ; and they asked each other of their welfare ; and they came into the tent, 8 And Mo'fes told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done unto Pha'raoh and to the E-^yp'ti-anf for If'ra-el's sake, and all the trav'ail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord de- livered them. 9 And Je'thro rejoiced for all the good- ness which the Lord had done to If'ra-el, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the E-gyp'ti-anf. 10 And Je'thrd said, Bles'sed be vhe Lord, who hath delivered you out of 4he Mo'jis, .^a'ron, and Hur, went up to the hand of the E-|;yp'ti-an?, and out of the top of the hill. hand of Pha'raoh; who hath delivered 11 And it came to pass, when Mo'fes the people from under the band of the held up his hand, that If'ra-el prevailed ; | £-|yp'ti-anf . ' o-bd'tanse. F2 5 65 Ji'thrVs counsel to Mo'fcs. EX'ODUS. 11 Bow I know that the Lord w great- er than all gods : for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he ivas above them. 12 And Je'thro, Mo'fes'' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering- and sac'rifi5es for God : and ^a'ron came, and all the elders of ij'ra-el, to eat bread with Mo'jes' fa- ther-in-law before God. 13 H And it came to pass on the mor- row, that Mo'fes sat to judge the people : and the people stood by Mo'fes from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Mo'fes' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people ? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morn- ing unto even ? 15 And Mo'fes said unto his father-in- law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God : 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between one and another ; and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Mo'fes' father-in-law said unto him. The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to perform' it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee : Be thou for the people to God- ward, that thou mayst bring the causes unto God : 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinan- ces and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating cov'etoiisness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thou- sands, 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 M5'fes hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Mo'fes chofe able men out of all If 'ra-el, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hun- dreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brought 1 Si'ndy. God''s message to the people. unto M5'fes, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 T And Mo'fes let his father-in-law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. CHAP. XIX. IN the third month, when the children of if'ra-el were gone forth out of the land of E'|ypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Si'nai.'^ 2 For they were departed from Reph'i- dim, and were come to the def'ert of Si'nai, and had pitched in the wilder- ness ; and there Is'ra-el camped before the mount. 3 And Mo'fes went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the moun'taTn, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Ja'cob, and tell the chil- dren of If'ra-el ; 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the E-gyp'ti-anf, and how I bare you on ea- gles' Avings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now there'fore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treaf'ure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of If'ra-el. 7 if And Mo'fes came, and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord comman'ded him. 8 And all the people answered together, and said. All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Mo'fes returned the words of the people unto the Lord. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, 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 Md'fes told the words of the people unto the Lord. 10 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Go unto the people, and sanc'tify^ them to- day and to-morrow, and let them wSsh their clothes, 1 1 And be ready against' the third day s for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Si'nai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about', saying. Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mount, or toiich the border of it : whoso- ever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death : 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live : when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 2 sangk'te-fi. 66 7%e ten command' ments. EX'ODUS. Divers laws and ordinances. 14 IT And Mo'fes went down from the mount unto the people, and sanc'tified the people ; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against' the third day : come not at your wives. 16 And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunders and 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'jes 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 the smoke of a fur'nace, ^ and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet scunded long, and waxed louder and loud- er, Md'fes spake, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the Lord came down upon mount Si'nai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Mo'fes up to the top of the mount ; and Mo'fes went up. 21 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, 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, sanc'tify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. 23 And Mo'fes said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Si'- nai : for thou chargedst us, saying. Set bounds about' the mount, and sanc'tify it. 24 And the Lord said unto him. Away, get thee down ; and thou shalt come up, thou, and .^a'ron with thee : but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Mo'fes went down unto the peo- ple, and spake unto them. CHAP. XX. AND God spake all these words, say- ing, 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of E'eypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods be- fore me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any g^ven 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 un- der 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 iniqui- ty of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my com- mand'ments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 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 if thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stran- ger that is within thy gates : 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them w, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord bless'ed the sabbath- day, and hallowed it. 12 Hon'ouT 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 c6vet thy neigh- bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 18 f And all the people saw the thun- derings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the moun'taln smo- king : and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Mo'fes, Speak thou with us, and we will hear : but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Mo'f6s said unto the people, Fear not : for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off: and Mo'fes drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of If'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 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sac'rifi^e thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. ^Jitr'nU. 07 DiceTs lawt, EX'ODUS. 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. CHAP. XXI. NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy a He'brew servant, six years he shall serve ; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing^. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have g^iven him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters ; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my chil- dren ; 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 awl ; and he shall serve him for ever. 7 T And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. 8 If 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 mar- riage, shall he not diminish. 11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. 12 IT 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 prefump'tuously' upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 H And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 t And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 H And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 IT And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with hit fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed; and ordinances. 19 If he rise again', and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him, to be throughly healed. 20 H And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be pun'shed : for he is his money. 22 f If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her ; and yet no mis'chief follow ; he shall be surely punished, according as the woman^s huf 'band will lay upoh him ; and he shall pay as the judges detcr'm.tne. 23 And if any mis'chief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wolind, stripe for stripe. 26 f And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his man-ser- vant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 IT If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die ; then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit : 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give, for the ransom of his life, whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox shall push a man-servant, or maid-servant ; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 33 TT And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein ; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them ; and the dead beast sliall be his. 35 ^ And if one man's ox hurl another's, that he die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it ; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox ; and the dead shall be his own. * prc-8itmftshu-ut-lt. f? Of sundry laws. CHAP. XXII.— IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him ; for he should make full restitution : if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4 If the theft be cer'tainly found in his hand Jilive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double. 5 IT If a man shall cause a field or vlne'- yard* to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field ; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vine'yard, shall he make restitution. 6 IT If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standin* corn, or the field, be consumed therewith ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 7 T If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house ; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of tres'pass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which anither challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges ; and whom the judges shall con- demn, he shall pay double unto his neigh- bour. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it : 1 1 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept thereof and he shall not make it good. 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 V And if a man borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt or die, the owner thereof being not with it ; he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good : if it he a hir- ed things it came for his hire. 16 S And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he • vin'yird. 2 EX'ODUS. Of slander and false witness, shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money accord- ing to the dowry of vir'eins. ^ 18 IT Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live 19 H Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 H He that sac'rif i^eth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be ut- terly destroy'ed. 21 H Thou shalt neither vex a stran|er, nor oppress him : for ye were strangers iu the land of E'gypt. 22 IT 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 su)5rd ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25 H If thou lend money to any of my j)eople t1i.at is poor by thee, thou shalt not he to him as a 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 cov'ering 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 H Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 H Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep, seven days it shall be with his dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31 % And ye shall be holy men unto me : neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. CHAP. XXIII. HOU shalt not raise a false report : put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrlgh'teous^ witness. 2 IT Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil : neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to -wKit judg- ment : 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. 4 If If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again'. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldst forbear to help him ; thou shalt surely help with him. vir'jim. •* tm-ri'tsht'iu. 69 T' Tlu thrte feasts. 6 V Thou shall not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the innocent and righ'teous slay thou not : for I will not justify the wicked. 8 IT And thou shalt take no gift ; for the gift blindeth the wise, and pervert'eth the words of the righ'teous. 9 IT Also thou shalt not oppress a stran- ger : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of E'fypt. 10 IT And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vine'- yard, and with thy olive-yard. 12 If Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest ; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stran- ger may be refreshed. 13 IT And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect : and make no mention of the names of other gods, nei- ther let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 IT Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleav- ened bread : (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I comman'ded thee, in the time appointed of the month A'bib ; for in it thou earnest out from E'eypt ; and none shall appear before me empty :) 16 And the feast of harvest, the first- fruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field : and the feast of in-gath'erlng, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. 18 IT Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sac'rif ige with leavened bread ; nei- ther shall the fat of my sac'rif I^e remain until the morning. 19 The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 20 f Behold, I send an An'gel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an ad'versary unto thine ad'versaries. EX ODUS. Mo'gcs called up into the moun'tdin. 23 For mine An'gel shall go before thee and bring thee in unto the Am'o-rites, and the Hit'tites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the Can'aan-Ites, the Hi'vltes, and the Jeb'u- sites ; and I will cut them off". 24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works ; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall biers thy bread and thy water, and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. 2G There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days I will fulfil, 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy' all the people to whom thou shalt come ; and I will make all thine en emies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hi'vite, the Can' aan-lte, and the Hit'tite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multi- ply against' thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be in- creased, and inherit the land. 31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Phi-lis'- tines, and from the def'ert 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. CHAP. XXIV. AND he said unto Mo'$es, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and .^a'ron, Na'dab, andA-bi'hu, and seventy of the elders ol if'ra-el ; and wor'shTp ye afar off. 2 And Mo'fes alone shall come near the Lord ; but they shall not come nigh, neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Mo'fes came, and told the peo- ple 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'fes 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 If'ra-el. 5 And he sent young men of the chil- dren of If'ra-el, which offered burnt-ofier- ings, and sac'rif i^ed peace-ofi'erings of ox- en unto the Lord. 6 And Mo'jes took half of the blood, 70 The form of the tabernacle. EX'ODUS and put it in basins ; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the cove- nant, and road in the audience of the peo- ple : and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obe'dient. ^ 8 AndMo'fes took the blood, and sprink- led it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concer'ning all these words. 9 1 Then went up Mo'f es, and ^a'ron, Na'dab, and A-bT'hiJ, and seventy of the elders of If'ra-el ; 10 And they saw the God of If 'ra-el : and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sap'phire-stone,- and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of If'ra-el he laid not his hand : also they saw God, and did eat and drink. 12 And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give-thee tables of stone, and a law, and command'ments which I have written ; that thou mayst teach them. 13 And Mo'fes rose up, and his minis- ter Josh'u-a •, and M5'f es 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, ^a'ron and Hiir are with you ; if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And M5'feswentup into the mount, and a cloud c6vered 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 Mo'fes 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 If'ra-el. 18 And Mo'fes went into the midst of tbe cloud, and gat him up into the mount ; and Mo'fes was in the mount forty days and forty nights. CHAP, XXV. A ND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- 2 Speak unto the children of Tf'ra-el, that they bring me an offering : of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this it the offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and bad- gers'" skins, and shittim-wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 6 n vx-stones, and stones to be set in the eph od, and in the breast-plate. * d-bl'je-ent. The ark and m'trcy-stat. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary ; that I may dwell amongst them. 9 According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 And they shall make an ark of shit- tim-wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 1 1 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold : within and without shalt thou over- lay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about'. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put the.vx in the four cor- ners thereof ; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shit- tim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark ; they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the tes'timony, which I shall give thee. 17 t And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end ; even of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, cov'ering the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to an6tber ; to'ward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cher- ubims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the tes'timony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the tes'timony, of all things which 1 will give thee in command'mcnt unto the children of If'ra-el. 23 T Thou shalt also make a table of shittim-wood : two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about'. 2 safflr-stone. 71 Table ana candlestick. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a bor- der of a hand-breadth round about', and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about'. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that art on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against' the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-vvrood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover with- al ; o/pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table show-bread before me alway. 31 IT And thou shalt make a candle- stick of pure gold ; of beaten work shall the candlestick be made : his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it ; three branches of the can- dlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side : 33 Three bowls made like unto kV- mondf, loith a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like aZ'- mondf in the other branch, wilh a knop and a flower; so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall he. four bowls made like unto armondf, uilh their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, accord- ing to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same ; all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof; and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against' it. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff- 1 dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. I 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he| make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. CHAP. XXVI. MOREOVER, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten ciir'taTns of flne twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubims of cunning work shaJt thou make them. 2 The length of one ciir'tain shall be ' sel'vidje. EX'ODUS. Tfie cur'tatm of the labematU, eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one ciir'tain four cubits : and every one of the ciir'tains shall have one measure. 3 The five cur'tains shall be coiipled together one to another ; and other five cur'tains shall be coiipled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one ciir'tain, from the sel'vage ' in the coiip'llng ; and like- wise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge oi another ciir'tain in the coiip'ling of the second. 5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one ciir'tain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the ciir'tain that is in the coup'ling of the second, that the loops may take hold one of another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the ciir'tains together with the taches ; and it shall be one tabernacle. 7 And thou shalt make ciir'tains of goats' hair.^ to be a covering upon the tab- ernacle : eleven ciir'tains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one cur'tain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one ciir tain four cu'bits : and the eleven ciir'tains shall be all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt coiiple five ciir'tains by themselves, and six ciir'tains by them- selves, and shalt doiible the sixth ciir'tain in the fore-front of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one ciir'tain that is out- most in the coup'ling, and fifty loops in the edge of the ciir'tain which coiipleth the second. 11 And thou shalt make fifty taches o. brass, and put the taches into the loops., and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the remnant that remaineth of the ciir'tains of the tent, the half-cur'tain, that remaineth, shall hang over the back side of the tabernacle. 13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side, of that which re- maineth in the length of the ciir'tains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a cov'erTng for the tent of rams* skins dyed red, and a cov'erTng above of badgers' skins. 15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle o/ shittim-wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against' another : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side soiith'ward. It The vail for the ark. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver undf 1 the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 20 And for the second side of the tab- ernacle, on the north side, there shall be twenty boards, 21 And their forty sockets of silver : two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle west'ward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled to- gfether above the head of it unto one rinj : thus shall it be for them both ; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim- wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the taberna- cle, for the two sides west'ward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the board shall reach from end to end. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the taberna- cle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. 31 IT And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of cunning work : with cher- ubims shall it be made. 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with gold : their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail un- der the taches, that thou mayst bring in thither within the vail the ark of the tes'- timony : and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the tes'timony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against' the table on the side of the tabernacle tb'w&Td the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twiued linen, wrought with needle-work. O EX'ODUS. The altar of hurnt-o^ering. 37 And thou shalt make for the hang- ing five pillars of shittim-Jfoorf, and over- lay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sock- ets of brass for them. CHAP. XXVII. AND thou shalt make an altar of shit- tim-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad : the altar shall be four- square ; and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof : his horns shall be of the same : and thou shalt over- lay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to re- ceive his ashes, and his shoveb, and his basins, and his flesh-hooks, and his fire- pans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net-work of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the c6m'- pass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim-wood, and over- lay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow Avith boards shalt thou make it : as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 IT And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle : for the south side soflth'- ward there shall be hangings for the court o/ fine twined linen, of a hundred cubits long, for one side. 10 And the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty sockets, shall be of brass : the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of a hun- dred cubits long, and his twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets o/ silver. 12 And /or the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cu- bits : their pillars ten, and Their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side east'ward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits : their pillars three and their sockets three. 15 And on the other side shall be hang- ings, fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work : and their pil- lars shall be four, and their sockets four. 73 ^la'ron and his so7is chosen for priests. EX'ODUS 17 All the pillars round about' the court 11 With shall be filleted with silver : their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The lengfth of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty eve- ry where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the ser'vice thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 20 And thou shalt command' the chil- dren of Ij'ra-fc], that they bring thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the congrega- tion without the vail, which is before the tes'timony, ..Sa'ron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Is'ra-el. CHAP. XXVIII. AND take thou unto thee Ak'Ton thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of l^'ra-el, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even ^a'ron, Na'dab, and A-bl'hii, E-le-a'- zar, and ith'a-mar, »4a'r6n's sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for .^a'ron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make .^a'rou's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breast-plate, and an eph'od, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a gir'dle : ' and they shall make holy garments for AsL'rbn thy broth- er, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priesfs office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 % And they shall make the eph'od of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulder-pieces theieof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious gir'dle of the eph'od, ■which is upon it, shall be of the same, ac- cording to the work thereof; even o/gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two o'nyx-stones, and grave on them the names of the chil- dren of I§'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. ^ T7ie breast-plate. 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 If'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 eph'od, foi stones of memorial unto the children of If'ra-el. And .^a'ron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches q/" gold; 1-1 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 TF And thou shalt make the breast- plate of judgment with cunning work ; after the work of the eph'od thou shalt make it ; of gold, o/blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be, being doub- led ; 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 sar'di-us, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an em'- erald, a sap'phire,-^ and a di'a-mond. 19 And the third row a li'giire, an ag'ate, and an am'ethyst. 20 And the fourth row a ber'yl, and an 6'nyx, and a jasper : they shall be set in gold in their enclosings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of ij'ra-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engrav ings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 And thou shalt make upon the breast- plate chains at the ends of wreathen-work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breast plate two rings of gold, and shalt put tht two rings on the two ends of the breast plate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreath en chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breast-plate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoul der-pieces of the eph'od before it. 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breast-plate, in the bordei thereof, which is in the side of the eph'oii in'ward. 27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the eph'od underneath, td'- ^ berth. 74 The robe of the cph'od and bells. ward the fore-part thereof, over the other coup'ling thereof, above the cu- rious gir'dle of the eph'od. 28 And they shall bind the breast-plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the eph'od with a lace of blue, that il may be above the curious gir'dle of the eph'od, and that the breast-plate be not loosed from the eph'od. 29 And -^a'ron shall bear the names of the children of 15'ra-el in the breast-plate of judgment upon his heart, when he go- eth in unto the holy ptocc, for a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 And thou shalt put in the breast- plate of judgment the tj'rim and the Thum'mlm ; and they shall be upon w3a'- ron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and ^a'ron shall bear the judg- ment of the children of Ij'ra-el upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 And thou shalt make the robe of the eph'od all of blue. 32 And there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about' the hole of it, as it were the hole of a haber'- ceon, that it be not rent. 33 And benealh^ upon the hem of it, thou shalt make pomegran'ates of blue, and 0/ purple, and 0/ scarlet, round about' the hem thereof ; and bells of gold be- tween them round about' : 34 A golden bell and a pomegran'ate, a golden bell and a pomegran'ate, upon the hem of the robe round about'. 35 And it shall be upon ^a'ron to min- ister ; 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 t And thou shalt irtake a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the en- gravings 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 fore-front of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon ^^.^'ron's fore'- head, that Jlk'Ton may bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of If 'ra-el shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his fore'head, that they may be accepted before the Lord. 39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the gir'dle of needle-work. 40 And for »4a'r6n's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them gir'dles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon .4a'- ron thy brother, and his sons with him ; ^ gird. EX'ODUS. The sacrifice and ceremonies. ainst' 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 ^a'ron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; that they bear not ini- quity, and die. It shall be a statute for ever unto him, and his seed after him. CHAP. XXIX. A ND this is the thing that thou shalt J\. do unto them, to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office : Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil ; of wheat- en flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And ./^a'ron and his sons thou shall bring unto the door of the tabernacle ol the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon ^a'ron the coat, and the robe of the eph'od, and the eph'od, and the breast-plate, and gird' him with the curious girdle of the eph'od : 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with gir'dles, ..4a'r6n and his sons, and put the bonnets on them : and the priesfs office shall be theirs for a perpet'ual^ statute : and thou shalt consecrate ./3a'r6n and his sons. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation : and .^a'ron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 1 1 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns ol the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that cov'ereth the Tn'wards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 2 plr-pct'tthu'al. 75 The consecrating of the priests. 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shall thou burn with fire without the camp : it is a sin-offering. 15 Thou shalt also take one ram ; and •dafrbn and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle il round about' upon the altar. 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the in'wards of him, and his legs, and put Ihem unto his pieces, and unto his head. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt-offering unto the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram ; and ./ia'ron and his sons sha.ll put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of »4a'r6n, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprin- kle the blood upon the altar round about'. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anoint- ing oil, and sprinkle it upon ./Sa'ron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and he shall be hallowed, and his gar- ments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that cover- eth the in'wards, and the caul abdve the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder ; for it is a ram of consecration : 23 And oneloaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord : 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of ^a'r5n, and in the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord. 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of ^a'ron's consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the Lord : and it shall be thy part. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecra- tion, even of that which is for .^a'ron, and of that which is for his sons : 28 And it shall be »/3a'r6n's and his sons' Dy a statute for ever from the children of The continual burnt-offenng. for it is a heave-offering : and EX'ODUS. If'ra-el it shall be a heave-offering from the chil- dren of If'ra-el of the sac'rifi5e of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto the Lord. 29 And the holy garments of w3a'r6n shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30 ^nd that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he Cometh into the tabernacle of the con- gregation, to minister in the holy place. 31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32 And i4!a'r6n and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made to consecrate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not eat thereof because they are holy. 34 And if aught of the flesh of the con- secrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the re- mainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto ./3a'r6n, and to his sons, according to all things which I have comman'ded thee : seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bul- lock/or a sin-offering for atonement : and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atone ment for the altar, and sanctify it ; and it shall be an altar most holy : whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 IT Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt of- fer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of a hin of wine /or a drink-offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet sa- vour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord, 42 This shall be a continual burnt-offer- ing throughout your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, before the Lord ; where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43 And there I will meet with the chil- dren of If'ra-el, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 76 The altar of incense. EX'ODU 44 And I will sanctify the tabi-niacle of the congregation, and the altar : I will sanctify also both »2a'r6n and his sons, to minister to me ia the priest's office. 45 And I will dwell amongst the chil- dren of If'ra-el, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of £'|ypt, that I may dwell amongst them : I am the Lord their God. CHAP. XXX. AND thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon ; of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof ; four- square shall it be : and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about', and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about'. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof ; upon the two sides of it shalt thou make il ; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the tes'timony, be- fore the mercy-seat that is over the tes'ti- mony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And i^a'ron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning : when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when ./ia'ron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it ; a perpet'ual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-sac'rif i9e, nor meat-of- fering ; neither shall ye pour drink-offer- ing thereon. 10 And »4a'r6n shall make an atone- ment upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin-offering of atone- ments : once in the year shall he make atonement upon it, throughout your gen- erations : it is most holy unto the Lord. 11 f And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Ij'ra-el, after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them ; that there be no plague amongst Ihem when Ihtfu numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shek'el ' after the shekel of the sanctuary : (a shekel is twenty gerahs :) I thck'k'l. a G2 The holy anointing oil. a half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. 14 Every one that passeth among them that arc numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement- money of the children of Ij'ra-el, and shalt appoint it for the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the congregation ; that it may be a me- morial unto the children of If'ra-el before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. 17 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash tvilhal : and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the al- tar, and thou shalt put water therein : 19 For ^a'ron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat. 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord : 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed, throughout their genera- tions. 22 IT Moreover, the Lo&d spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 23 'Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh^ five hundred stiek- eZ«, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels^ and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels^ 24 And of cas'si-a^ five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil-olive a hin : 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound af- ter the art of the apothecary : it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the taberna- cle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the tes'timony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : whatsoever toQch- eth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint ^a'ron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they mer. ■* kash'she-a. n Tlu composition oj the pirfume. may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou slialt speak unto the chil- dren of If'ra-el, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured ; neither shall ye make a7ii/ 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 T And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte,^ and on'y-cha, and gal'ba-niim ; these sweet spi- ces, 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 apothe- cary, tempered together, pure and holy : • 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very snyill, and put of it before the tes'timony 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, you shall not make to your- selves according to the composition there- of : 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. CHAP. XXXL ND the Lord spake unto Md'fes, say- A' 2 See, I have called by name Be-zal'e- el the son of U'ri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Jii'dah : 3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 To devlfe cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 And in cutting of stones, to set them., and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. 6 And I, behold, I have given with him X-h5'li-ab the son of A-his'a-mach, of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have command- ed thee ; 7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the tes'timony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the fur'niture^ of the tabernacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furni- ture, and the altar of incense, 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, EX'ODUS. The molten calf made. 10 And the clothes of ser'vice, and the holy garments for »4a'r6n the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 And the anointing oil, and sweel incense for the holy place ; according to all that I have comman'ded thee shall they do. 12 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of If'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 there'- fore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from amongst his people. 15 Six days may work be done ; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath-day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Ij'ra-el shall keep the sabbath, to observe' the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpet'ual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children of If'ra-el for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 18 IT And he gave unto Mo'fes, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Si'nai, two tables of tes'- timony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. CHAP. xxxn. AND when the people saw that Mo'fes delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto ./^a'ron, and said unto him. Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Mo'fes, the man that brought us up out of the land of E'gypt, we wot-* not what is become of him. 2 And ^a'ron said unto them. Break off the golden ear-rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in their ears, and brought ihem, unto ^^a'ron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, aftei he had made it a molten calf : and they said. These be thy gods, O If'ra-el, which brought thee up out of the land of E'gypt. 5 And when ^k'rbn saw i/, he built an altar before it ; and wSa'ron made procla- 1 ttakt. ^ fuj'nt'takurt. 3 know. 78 Mo'fcs breaketh the two tables. EX'ODUS mation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerin»s : and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 7 t And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of E'^-pt, have corrupted themselves : 8 They have turned ajTde quickly out 3f the way which I comman'ded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have wor'shipped it, and have sac'rif iged thereunto, and said. These be thy gods, 0 If'ra-el, which have brought thee up out of the land of E'|ypt. 9 And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people : 10 Now there'fore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against' them, and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great nation. 1 1 And Mo'fes besought the Lord his God, and said. Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against' thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of E'^ypt with great power, and with a mighty hand ? 12 Wherefore should the E-gyp'ti-anj speak and say, For mis'chief did he bring them out, to slay them in the moun'tains, and to consume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against' thy people : 13 Remember A'bra-ham, I'faac, and If'- ra-el, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, 1 will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven ; and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15 S And Mo'fes turned, ^I that which he was comman'ded. 35 And the children of ij'ra-el saw the face of Mo'fes, that the skin of Mo'fes' face shone : and Mo'fes put the vail upon his face again', until he went in to speak with Him. CHAP. XXXV. AND Mo'fes gathered all the congrega- tion of the children of If'ra-el togeth- 81 Free gifts of the tabernacle. er, and said unto them, 7'hese ore the words which the Lord hath comman'ded, that ye should do them. 2 Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a 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 IT And Mo'jes spake unto all the con- gregation of the children of Ij'ra-el, say- ing, This is the thing which the Lord comman'ded, saying, 5 Take ye from amongst 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 bad- gers' skins, and shittim-wood, 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 And o'nyx-stones, and stones to be set, for the eph'od, and for the breast- plate. 10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath comman'ded ; 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his cov'ering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, 12 The ark and the staves thereof, icilh the mercy-seat, and the vail of the cov'ering, 13 The table and his staves, and all his vessels, and the show-bread, 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his fur'niture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, 15 And the incense-altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet in- cense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, 16 The altar of burnt-offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his ves- sels, the laver and his foot, .17 The hangings of the court, his pil- lars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, 19 The ,clothes of ser'vice, to do ser'vice in the holy place^ the holy garments for »4!a'r6n the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 % And all the congregation of the children of i|'ra-el departed from the pres- ence of Mo'fes. 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 congregration, and for all his ser'vice, and for the holy garments EX'ODUS. Bc-zal'e-el and A-ho'li-ab called. 22 And they came, both men and came. Doth men women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets, and ear-rings, 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 ser'vice, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise- hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 27 And the rulers brought o'nyx-stones, and stones to be set, for the eph'od, and for the breast-plate : 28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of I§'ra-el brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them will- ing to bring, for all manner of work which the Lord had comman'ded to be made by the hand of Mo'fes. 30 % And M6'§es said unto the children of If'ra-el, See, the Lord hath called by name Be-zal'e-el the son of U'ri, the son of Hiir, of the tribe of Ju'dah ; 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understand- ing, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; 32 And to devif e curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 And in the cutting of stones to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he and A-ho'li-ab the son of A-his'a-mach of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that device cunning work. CHAP. XXXVL THEN wrought Be-zal'e-el and A-ho'li- ab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisd«n and under- standing, to know how to work all man- ner of work for the ser'vice of the sanctu- 82 27te ptopWs liberalUy restrained. EX'ODUS ary, according to all that the Lord had comman'ded. 2 And Mo'fes called Be-zal'e-el and A-ho'H-ab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it : 3 And they received of Mo'fes all the offering which the children of If'ra-el had brought for the work of the ser'vice of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free-offerings every morning. 4 Arid all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made ; r> ir And they spake unto Mo'fes, say- ing, The people bring much more than enough for the ser'vice of the work which the IjORD comman'ded to make. 6 And Mo'fes gave command'ment, and they caused it to be proclaimed through- out the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offer- ing of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. 8 IT And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tab- ernacle, made ten ciir'tains o/fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : icith cherubims of cunning work made he them. 9 The length of one cur'tain was twen- ty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one cur'tain four cubits : the cur'taTns were all of one size. 10 And he coupled the five ciir'tains one unto another ; and the other five ciir'- tains he coupled one unto an6ther. 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one ciir'tain, from the selvage in the coup'ling : likewise he made in the uttermost side of andther ciir'tain, in the coup'ling of the second. 12 P'ifly loops made he in one cur'tain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the cur'tain whicli was in the coiip'ling of the second : the loops held one cur'tain to an6thcr. 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the cur'tains one unto anothei with the taches : so it became one taber- nacle. 14 And he made cur'tains o/ goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle ; eleven ciir'tains he made them. 15 The length of one cur'tain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one cur'tain : the eleven ciir'tains were of one size. 16 And he coiipled five ciir'tains by themselves, and six ciir'tains by them- selves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the The cdv'ering of skins, SfC. uttermost edge of the ciir'tain in the coup'- ling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the ciir'tain which coiipleth the second. 18 And he made fifty taches o/ brass to coiiple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 And he made a cov'ering for the tenf. of rams' skins dyed red, and a cov'ering of badgers' skins above that. 20 And he made boards for the taber- nacle of shittim-wood, standing up. 21 The length of a board was ten cu- bits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the taber- nacle : twenty boards for the south side, sodth'ward. 24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards : two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other side of the taber- nacle, tvhich is tb'ward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 26 And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under an6ther board. 27 And for the sides of the tabernacle west'ward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 29 And they were coiipled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring : thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 30 And there were eight boards ; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of sil- ver, under every board two sockets. 31 And he made bars o/ shittim-wood five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides west'ward. 33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold fa be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim-uootf, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 37 And he made a hanging for the tab 83 The table, candlestick, ctnacle-door, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle- work ; 38 And the five pillars of it, with their hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold ; but their five sockets were of brass. CHAP. XXXVII. ANU Be-zal'e-el made the ark of shit- tim-wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gfold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about'. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, lo be set by the four corners of it ; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staves of shittini-wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubims o/gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat ; 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side : out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubims, on the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to another ; even to the mercy- seat-ward were the faces of the cheru- bims. 10 And he made the table of shittim- wood : two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cu- bit and a half the height thereof. 1 1 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about'. 12 Also he made thereunto a border of a hand-breadth round about' ; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about'. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. 14 Over against' the border were the rings, the places for the staves, to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of shittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his c6ver3, to cover withal, oj pure gold. EX'ODUS. and altar of 17 And he made the candlestic. pure gold : of beaten work made he candlestick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were ot the same : 18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the can- dlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof : 19 Three bowls made he after the fash- ion of a/mondf in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three bowls made like a/- mondj in another branch, a knop and a flower ; so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like aZmondf, his knops, and his flowers : 21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same : all of it was one beat- en work of pure gold. 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snufi"-dishes, of pure gold. 24 Of a. talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 And he made the incense altar of shittim-wood : the length of it was a cu- bit, and the breadth of it a cubit, (it was foursquare,) and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were of the same 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereoi round about', and the horns of it : also he made unto it a crown of gold round about'. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves, to bear it withal. 28 And he made the staves of shittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, ac- cording to the work of the apothecary. CHAP. XXXVIII. AND he made the altar of bumt-ofier- ing of shittim-wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, {it was foursquare,) and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it : the horns thereof were of the same : and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,' and the basins, and the flesh-hooks, and the fire- pans ; all the vessels thereof made he Oj ! orass. thuv'vls. 84 The laver of brass and (he court. EX'ODUS. 4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of net-work, under the com'pass thereof, beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, (o be places far the staves. 6 And he made the staves of shittim- wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with- al : he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookirg- glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 9 And he made the court : on the south side south'ward, the hangings of the court wire of fine twined linen, a hundred cu- bits : 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty : the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings wire a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty : the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fiRy cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13 And for the east side east'ward, fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate wire fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, wire hangings of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about' wire of fine twined linen. 17 And the sockets for the pillars toire of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver ; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver : and all the pil- lars of the court wire filleted with sil- ver. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needle-work, of blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, an- swerable to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars wire four, and their sockets of brass four ; their hooks of sil- ver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about', were of brass. 21 H This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of tes'timony, as it was counted, according to the command'- ment of Mo'f es, for the ser'vice of the Le'- U The sum of the offering*. vites, by the hand of Ith'a-mar, son to .^a'ron the priest. 22 And Be-zal'e-el the son of C'rT, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju'dah, made all that the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes. 23 And with him 7cas A-ho'li-ab, son of A-his'a-mach, of the tribe of Dan, an en- graver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work, in all the work of the holy place., even the gold of the ofiering, was twenty and nine talents and seven hun- dred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hun- dred talents, and a thousand seven hun- dred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 26 A be'kah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctu- ary, for every one that went to be num bered, from twenty years old and up'ward, for six hundred thousand and three thou- sand and five hundred and fifty men. 27 And of the hundred talents of silvei Avere cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail ; a hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapi- ters, and filleted them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 And the sockets of the court round about', and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about'. CHAP. XXXIX. ANU of the blue, and purple, and scar- let, they made clothes of ser'vice, to do ser'vice in the holy /i/ace, and made the holy garments for ./3a'r6n ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 2 IT And he made the eph'od of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together : by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his dphed, 85 The breast-plate. that was upon it, was a/" the same, accord- ing to the work thereof ; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'f es. 6 And they wrought 6'nyx-stones en- closed in ouches of gold, graven, as sig- nets are graven, with the names of the children of If'ra-el. 7 And he put them on the shoulders of the eph'od, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Is'ra-el ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 8 And he made the breast-plate of cun- ning work, like the work of the eph'od ; o/gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare : they made the breast-plate double : a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones : the first row was a sar'dius, a topaz, and a car'biincle : this was the first row. 11 And the second row, an em'erald, a sap'phire,^ and a dl'a-mond. 12 And the third row, a li'giire, an ag'- ate, and an am'ethyst. 13 And the fourth row, a ber'yl, an 6'nyx, and a jasper : they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings 14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of If'ra-el, twelve, according to their names, like the engrav- ings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made upon the breast- plate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breast-plate. 17 And they put the two wreathen ' chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breast-plate. 18 And the two ends of the two wreath- en chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the eph'od before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breast- plate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the eph'od in'ward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the eph'od underneath, to'ji'ard the fore- part of it, over against' the other coiipling thereof, above the curious gir'dle^ of the eph'od. 21 And they did bind the breast-plate by his rings unto the rings of the eph'od with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious gir'dle of the eph'od, and that the breast-plate might not be loosed from the eph'od : as the Lord com- man'ded M5'|es. 1 tafftr. EX'ODUS. The piate of the holy crown. 22 And he made the robe of the eph'od of woven work, all of blue. 23 An-d there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of a haber'geon, with a band round about' the hole, that it should not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegran'ates of blue, and pur- ple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegran'- ates, upon the hem of the robe, round about' between the pomegran'ates ; 26 A bell and a pomegran'ate, a bell and a pomegran'ate, round about' the hem of the robe to minister in ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 27 And they made coats of fine linen, of woven work, for »4a'r6n and for his sons ; 28 And a mitre of fine linen, and good- ly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen ; 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, o/ nee- dle-work ; as the Lord comman'ded M6'- fes. 30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'§es. 32 IT Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished : and the children of I|'ra-el did according to all that the Lord command'- ed Mo'fes, so did they. 33 And they brought the* tabernacle unto Mo'jes, the tent and all his fur'niture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, 34 And the cov'ering of rams' skins, dyed red, and the cov'ering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the cov'ering, 35 The ark of the tes'timony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat, 36 The table and all the vessels there- of, and the show-bread, 37 The pure candlestick, icith 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 anoint- ing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle-door, 39 The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pil- lars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the ser'vTce of the tab- ernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 2 ger'dl. 86 cid The tabernacle reared up and anointed. EX'ODUS. ^ cloud c6verelh the tabemach. 41 The clothes of ser'vTce to do ser'vTce in the holy place, and the holy garments for *4[a'r6n the priest, and his sons' gar- ments, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that the Lord com- man'ded Mo'jes, so the children of If 'ra-el made all the work. 43 And Md'fes did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had comman'ded, even so had they done it : and Mo'jes bless'ed them. CHAP. XL. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'j es, say- ing, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the tes'timony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it ; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the tes'- timony, and pat the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tab- ernacle 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. 1 1 And thou shalt anoint' the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring »^a'r6n and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon »/3a'r6n the holy garments, and anoint' him, and sanc- tify 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 anev6rlast'- ing priesthood, throughout their genera- tions. that the Lord comman'ded him he. 17 TF And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Mo'fes reared up the taberna- cle, 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 cov'ering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 20 And he took and put the tes'timony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the cov'ering, and covered the ark of the tes'- timony ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'- fes. 22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle north'ward, without the vail. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord had comman'ded Mo'fes. 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against' the table, on the side of the tabernacle south'- ward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commtin'ded Mo' fSs. 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail : 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt-olTer- mg 6^ 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 comman'ded Mo'fes. 30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. 31 And Mo'fes, and Ak'ron., and his sons, washed their hands and Iheir 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 comman'ded Mo'fes. 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'fes finished the work. 34 Then a cloud c6vered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Mo'fes was not able to enter 16 Thus did Mo'fes : according to all | into the tent of the congregation, because 87 2%e burnt offerings. LEVITiCUS. the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud Avas taken up irom over the tabernacle, the children of if'ra-el went on'ward in all their journeys : 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, The meal offering. then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the Lord wa* upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of i§'ra-el, throughout all their journeys. H The THIRD Book of MOSES, called LEVIT'ICUS. CHAPTER L AND the Lord called unto Mo'fes, and spake unto him out of the taberna- cle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of if'ra-el, and say unto them. If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his offering be a burnt-sac'rif i^e of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish : he shall offer it of his own vol- untary will, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord. 4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering ; and it shall be accepted for him, to make atonement for him. 5 And he shall kill the )ullock before the Lord : and the priests, »^a'ron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about' upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the sons of Aa.'rbn the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire : 8 And the priests, ^a'ron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 9 But the in'wards and his legs shall he wish in water : and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt-sac'rifi(^e, an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-sac'rifige ; he shall bring it a male without blemish. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar north'ward before the Lord : and the priests, ^a'ron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about' upon the altar : 12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. 13 But he shall wash the in'wards and the legs with water : and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar : it is a burnt-sac'rifl^e, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 14 And if the burnt-sac'rifi^e for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pie'eons. ' 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar ; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar : 16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar, on the east part, by the place of the ashes : 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asiin'- der : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt-sac'rif i^e, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. CHAP. II. A ND when any will offer a meat-offer- J\. ing unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour ; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 And he shall bring it to ^a'ron's sons, the priests : and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense there- of ; and the priest shall burn the memo- rial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 3 And the remnant of the meat-offering shall be ^/^a'ron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour min- gled with oil, or unleavened wafers anoint- ed with oil. 5 And if thy oblation be a meat-offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meat-offering. 7 And if thy oblation be a meat-offer- ing baken in the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offer- ing that is made of these things unto the pid'jlnz. Tht peace-offering of the herd : LEV 11' Lord : and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take from the meat-offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : it ii an otTeriug made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 10 And that which is left of the meat- offering shall be v4a'r6n's and his sons' : il is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 11 No meat-offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 12 As for the oblation of the first-fruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord ; but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. 13 And every oblation of thy meat-of- fering shalt thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat- offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy first-fruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer, for the meat-offering of thy first- fruits, green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon : it is a meat- offering. 16 And the priest shall burn the memo- rial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. CHAP. III. AND if his oblation be a sac'rif i^e of peace-offering, if he offer it of the herd, whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and v^u'ron's sons, the priests, shall sprin- kle the blood upon the altar round about'. 3 And he shall offer of the sac'rif i^e of the peace-offering, an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covcreth the in'wards, and all the fat that is upon the In'wards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kid- neys, it shall he take away. 5 And w^^'ron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burat-sac'rif J5e, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 6 And if his offering for a sac'rifi^e of peace-offering unto the Lord be of the H2 "ICUS. whether a lamb or a goal. flock, male, or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he ofler a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord. li And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation : and Ak'- roii's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about' upon the altar. 9 And he shidl offer of the sac'rif ice of the peace-offering, an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone ; and the fat that cover- eth the in'wards, and all the fat that is upon the in'wards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that ii- upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 1 1 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar ; it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord. 12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the taberna- cle of the congregation : and the sons of c^a'ron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about'. 14 And he shall offer thereof his offer- ing, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the in'- wards, and all the fat that is upon the in'- wards, 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 burn them upon the altar : it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour. All the fat is the Lord's. 17 // shall be a perpet'ual statute for your generations, throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. CHAP. IV. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- ings 2 Speak unto the children of Ij'ra-el, saying, If a soul shall sin through igno- rance against' any of the command'ments of the Lord, coricer'mng things which ought not to be done, and shall do against' any of them : 3 If the priest that is anointed do sin ac- cording to the sin of the people ; then let him bring, for his sin which he hath sin- ned, a young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin-offering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation before the Lord ; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the Lord. 89 The sin-offerivg of ignorance, for LEVIT 5 And the priest that is anointed shall | take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the cong-regation : 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation ; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is al the door of the tabernacle of (he congregation. 8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin-offering ; the fat that covereth the in'wards, and all the fat that js upon the hi'wards, 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 kid- neys, it shall he take away, 10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sac'rifi^e of peace-offerings ; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt-oflfering. 1 1 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his in'wards, and his dungf, 12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth Avithout the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. 13 1 And if the whole congregation of T§'ra-el sin through ignorance, and the thing' be hid from the eyes of the assem- bly, and they have done somewhat against' any of the command'ments of the Lord, cbnclr'nmg things which should not be done, and are guilty ; 14 When the sin which they have sin- ned against' it is known, then the congre- gation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord ; and the bul- lock shall be killed before the Lord. 16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the taber- nacle of the congregation : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. ICUS. the priest and congregation. 20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin-offering, so shall he do with this : and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock : it is a sin-offer- ing for the congregation. 22 IT When a ruler hath sinned, and done someu-hal through ignorance against any of the command'ments of the Lord his God, cfmctr'iiing things which should not be done, and is guilty ; 23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sin- ned, come to his knowledge ; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish : 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before the Lord : it is a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offer- ing. 26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sac'rifT^e of peace-offerings : and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concer'ning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 27 IT And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against' any of the com- mand'ments of the Lord, conccr'nmg things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge ; then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay the sin- offering in the place of the burnt-offering. 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offer- ing, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sac'rifi^e of peace-offerings ; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, for a sweet savour unto the Lord : and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin- offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay it for a sin-offering, in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. 90 The tres' pass-offering of the flock, LEVIT'ICUS. of fowls, or of flour 34 And the priest shall take of the I for him, for his sin which he hath sinned; blood of the sin-offering' with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offerins:, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sac'rifT^e of the peace- offerings ; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. CHAP. V AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, wheth- er he hath seen or known of it ; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his ini- quity : 2 Or if a soul toQch any unclean thing, whether it be a car'cass of an unclean beast, >or a car'cass of unclean cattle, or the car'cass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him ; he also shall be unclean, and guilty : 3 Or if he toiich 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, whatso- ever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing. 6 And he shall bring his tres'pass-offer- ing unto the Lord, for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offer- ing ; and the priest shall make an atone- ment for him concer'ning his sin. 7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring, for his tres'pass which he hath committed, two turtle- doves, or two young pig'eon§, ' 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 asiin'der : 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar ; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of tin altar : it is a sin- offering. 10 And he shall offer the second for a Durnt-offering, according to th<: manner : and the priest shall make an atonement * pid'jlns. and it shall be forgiven him. 11 But if he be not able to bring two turtle-doves, or two young pTe'eonf, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an eph'ah of fine flour, for a sin-offering : he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon ; for it is a sin-offering. 12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : it is a sin-offering. 13 And the priest shall make an atone- ment for him, as toiich'ing his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shaU be forgiven him: and the'remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat-offering. 14 f And the Lord spake unto Md'jes, saying, 15 If a soul commit a tres'pass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord ; then he shall bring, for his tres'pass unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy esti- mation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a tres'pass-offering : 16 And he shall make amendj' for the harm that he hath done in the holy things, 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 tres'pass-offering, and it shaJl bt forgiven him. 17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the command'ments of the Lord ; though he wist^ it not, yet is he g-uilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 And he shall bring a ram without, blemish out of the flock, with thy estima- tion, for a tres'pass-offering, unto the priest : and the priest shall make an atonement for him concer'ning his ignorance wherein he erred, and wist it not ; and it shall be forgiven him. 19 It is a trespass-offering : he hath cer'tainly tres'passed against' the Lord. CHAP. VI. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- ing, 2 If a soul sin, and commit a tres'pass against' the Lord, and lie unto his neigh- bour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour ; 3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concer'ning it, and sweareth falsely ; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein : 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the 2 knew. 91 The law of the burnl-o/jfering^ LEVI thing: which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, 5 Or all that about' which he hath sworn falsely ; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his tres'pas s-offe ring. 6 And he shall bring his tres'pass-offer- ing unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a tres'pass-oflering, unto the priest : 7 And the priest shall make an atone- ment for him before the Lord : and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in tres'passTng therein. 8 TT And th'e Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 9 Command' v3a'r6n and his sons, say- ing, This is the law of the burnt-offering ; (it is the burnt-offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.) 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp, unto a clean place. 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it ; it shall not be put out : and the priest shall burn wood on it every morn- ing, and lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar : it shall never go out. 14 IT And this is the law of the meat- offering : the sons of .^a'ron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat-offiering, and shall burn il upon the altar, for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it unto the Lord. 16 And the remainder thereof shall ^a'ron and his sons eat : with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place ; in the court of the tabernacle of the con- gregation they shall eat it. 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire ; it is most holy, as is the sin-ofi'ering, and as the tres'pass-offering. 18 All the males among the children of *4a'r6n shall eat of it : it shall be a statute for ever in your generations, concer'ning the offerings of the I^ord made by fire : nCUS. meat-offering, sin-offering^ SfC. every one that toiicheth them shall be holy. 19 T And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 20 This is the offering of ^a'ron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he it anointed ; the tenth part of an eph'ah of fine flour for a meat-offering perpet'ual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. 21 In a pan il shall be made with oil ; and when il is baken thou shalt bring it in : and the baken pieces of the meat-offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it : it is a statute for ever unto the Lord ; it shall be wholly burnt. 23 For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall not be eaten. 24 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 25 Speak unto ^a'ron and to his sons, saying, This w the law of the sin-offering: In the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed be- fore 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 sod- den in a brazen pot, it shall be both scour- ed, and rinsed in water. 29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. 30 And no sin-offering, Avhereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation, to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten : it shall be burnt in the fire. CHAP. VII. LIKEWISE this is the law of the tres'- pass-olfering : it is most holy. 2 In the place where they kill the burnt- offering shall they kill the tres'pass-offer- ing : and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about' upon the altar. 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that cov- ereth the Tn'wards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kid- neys, it shall he take away : 5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar /or an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it ts a tres'pass-offering. 6 Every male among the priests shall 92 Various offerings. eat thereof: it shall be eaten iu the holy place : it is most holy. 7 As the sin-offering t>, so is the tres'- pass-offering : iJiert is one law for them : the priest that maketh atonement there- with shall have it. 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 frying-pan, 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 ./Sa'ron have, one as much as another. 11 IT And this is the law of the sac'ri- fige of peace-offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sac'rif i^e of thanks- giving 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 sac'ri- fi9e of thanksgiving of his peace-offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for a heave-offering unto the Lord, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace- offerings. 15 And the flesh of the sac'rifige of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But if the sac'rif ige of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sac'rif i9e : and on the morrow also the re- mainder of it shall be eaten : 17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sac'rifi^e on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if ony of the flesh of the siic'ri- fi9e of his peace-offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it : it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eafeth of it shall bear his iniquity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any un- clean thing shall not be eaten ; it shall be burnt with fire : and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sac'rifi^e of peace-offerings that pertain' unto the Lord, having his unclean- ness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 21 Moreover, the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, at the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abom inable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh LEVIT'ICUS. The priesfs portion of the sac'rifi9e of peace-offerings which pertain' unto the. Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 22 IT And the Lord spake unto Md'ges saying, 23 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, saying. Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use ; but ye shall in no wise eat of it. 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl, or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 28 H And the Lord spake unto Mo'ges, saying, 29 Speak unto the children of Ij'ra-el, saying, He that offereth the sac'rifi9e of his peace-offerings unto the Lord, shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sac'rifi9e of his peace-offerings. 30 His own hands shall bring the offer- ings of the Lord made by fire ; the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the Lord. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar ; but the breast shall be »4!a'r6n's and his sons'. 32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering of the sac'rif i9es of your peace-offerings. 33 He among the sons of ^a'ron, that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. 34 For the wave-breast and the heave- shoulder have I taken of the children of If'ra-el from off the sac'rifi9es of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto .>3a'r6n the priest and unto his sons, by a statute for ever from among the children of If'ra-el. 35 This is the portion of the anointing of 4/€a'r6n, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 36 Which the Lord comman'ded to be given them of the children of If'ra-el, in the day that he anointed them, by a stat- ute for ever throughout their generations. 37 This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meat-offering, and of the sin-offer- ing, and of the tres'pass-offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sac'rifige of the peace-offerings ; 93 Aaron and hu sons consecrahd. LEVIT'ICUS. TJie ram of consecration. 17 But the bullock and his hide, his 38 Which the Lord comman'ded M6'- §es in mount Si'nai, in the day that he comman'ded the children of If 'ra-el to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wil- derness of Si'nai. CHAP. VIIL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'f es, say- '°o' . . , • 2 Take Ak'Ton, and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin-offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread ; 3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And Mo'fes did as the Lord com- man'ded him ; and the assembly was gath- ered together unto the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 5 And Mo'fes said unto the congrega- tion, This is the thing which the Lord comman'ded to be done. 6 And Mo'fes brought .y2a'r6n and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and gir'ded ' him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the eph'od upon him, and he gir'ded him with the curious girdle of the eph'od, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 And he put the breast-plate upon him ; also he put in the breast-plate the Crim and the Thum'mTm. 9 And he put the mitre upon his head : also upon the mitre, even upon his fore- front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 10 And Mo'fes took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle, and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar, and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon w3a'r6n's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 And M5'fes brought Aa'Ton's sons, and put coats upon them, and gir'ded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 14 And he brought the bullock for the sin-offering : and w2a'r6n and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin-offering. 15 And he slew it ; and Mo'fes took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about' with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the in'wards, and the caul abdve the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Mo'fes burned it upon the altar. 1 0-? flesh and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp ; as the Lord com- man'ded M5'fes. 18 And he brought the ram for the burnt- offering : and ./^a'ron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it ; and Mo'fes sprink- led the blood upon the altar round about'. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces, and Mo'fes burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the in'wards and the legs in water ; and Mo'fes burnt the whole ram upon the altar : it icas a burnt-sac'ri- fi9e for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration : and ^a'ron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it ; and Mo'fes took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of c^a'ron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought .^a'ron's sons, and Mo'fes put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet ; and Mo'fes sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about'. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that teas upon the in'wards, and the caul abdre the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoul- der : 26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder : 27 And he put all upon .^a'ron's hands, and upon his sons'' hands, and waved them for a wave-offering before the Lord. 28 And Mo'fes 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'fes took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the Lord : for of the ram of consecration it was Mo'fes' part ; as the Lord command'- ed M5'fes. 30 And Mo'fes took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the al- tar, and sprinkled it upon ^3a'r6n, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him ; and sanctified .y^a'ron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 And Mo'fes said unto .^a'ron, and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the r'ded. 94 The Jirst-offtrings of Aa'r&n. tabernacle of the congre°;ation ; and there cat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I comman'ded, say- ing, •^a'ron and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your conse- cration be at an end : for seven days shall he consecrate you. 34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath comman'ded to do, to make an atonement for you. 35 There'fore 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 comman'ded. 36 So .^a'ron and his sons did all things which the Lord comman'ded by the hand of Md'fes. CHAP. IX. AND it came to pass, on the eighth day, that M5'f es called ./3a'r6n and his sons, and the elders of Ij'ra-el ; 2 And he said unto *4a'r6n, 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 Ij'ra-el thou shalt speak, saying. Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering ; and a calf, and a lamb, both of the first year, Avithout blem- ish, for a burnt-offering ; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace- offerings, to sac'rif 196 before the Lord ; and a meat-offering mingled with oil : for to-day the Lord will appear unto you. 5 And they brought that which Mo'fes comman'ded before the tabernacle of the congregation : and all the congregation drew near, and stood before the Lord. 6 And Mo'fes said. This is the thing which the Lord comman'ded that ye should do ; and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you. 7 And Mo'jes said unto^a'ron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make an atone- ment for thyself and for the people : and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them ; as the Lord comman'ded. 8 Ak'ron there'fore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. 9 And the sons of ^a'ron brought the blood unto him ; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar. 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin-offer ing, he burnt upon the altar ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. LEVIT'ICUS. The offerings for the people. 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt-offering ; and ^^'ron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about' upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt-offer- ing unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head ; and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the in'wards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt- offering on the altar. 15 And he brought the people's offer- ing, and took the goat, which ivas 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 a handful thereof, and burnt z< upon the altar, beside the burnt-sac'rifi^e of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram, for a sac'rifi^e of peace-offerings, which was for the people : and »4la'r6n'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 in'ivdrds^ and the kidneys, and the caul ab6i'f 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 shoul- der ^a'ron waved /or a wave-offering be- fore the Lord ; as Mo'§es comman'ded. 22 And .^a'ron lifted up his hand to - wards the people, and bless'ed them ; and came down from offering of the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 23 And Mo'fes and ^a'ron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and bless'ed the people : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from be- fore 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. CHAP. X. AND Na'dab and A-bi'hii, the sons of Ak'Ton, took either of them his cen- ser, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered stranp fire before tlie Lord, which he comman'ded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them ; and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Mo'fes said unto ./3a'r6n, 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 glori- fied. And Ak'Ton held his peace. 4 And Mo'fes called Mish'a-el and El' iza-phan, the sons of tJz-ziel the uncle of 95 The. law of eating the holy things. LEVIT'ICUS. .>9a'ron, and said unto thpm, Come near, carry your brethren from "before the sanc- tuary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp ; as Mo'fes had said. 6 And Mo'fes said unto »4a'r6n, and unto £-le-a'zar and unto Itha-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 If'ra-el, be- wail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Mo'fes. 8 T And the Lord spake unto ./Sa'ron, 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 : il shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations ; 10 And that ye may put difference be- tween holy and unholy, and between un- clean and clean ; 11 And that ye may teach the children of If'ra-el all the statutes which the Lord nath spoken unto them by the hand of Mo'fes. 12 H And Mo'fes spake unto ^a'ron, and unto E-le-a'zar and unto Ith'a-mar, his sons that were left. Take the meat-of- fering 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, oecause it is thy due, and thy sons'" due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire : for so I am comman'ded. 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 sac'ri- fi^esof peace-offerings of the children of If'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 comman'ded. 16 f And M5'fes 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 »4a'r6n which were left oRre, saying, 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it w most boly, »nd God hath given it you to bear What beasls^i Sfc. may be eaten, 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 ;?/ace ; ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I comman'ded. 19 And .^a'ron said unto Mo'fes, Be- hold, this day have they offered their sin- offering and their burnt-offering before the IjORD ; 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'fes heard that, he was content. CHAP. XL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, and to ^4a'r6n, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of If'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, aod is cloven-footed, a7id 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, be- cause he cheweth the cud, but divTdeth not the hoof ; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the cony, because be cheweth the cud, but divTdeth not the hoof ; he w unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because he chewetn the cud, but divldeth not the hoof ; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed ; yet he cheweth not the cud : he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their car'cass shall ye not touch : they are unclean to you. 9 H These shall ye eat, of all that are in the v/aters : 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 nor 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 shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abom- ination. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomina- tion unto you. 13 IT And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abom- ination ; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 And the vulture, and the kite, after his kind ; 96 fVhat creeping things^ 8/-C. may., 15 Every raven after his kind ; 16 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cftckoo, aud the hawk after his kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cormo- rant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the |ier'ea»le,^ 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat, of every flying- creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth ; 22 Even these of them ye may eat ; the . locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grass-hopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet shall be an abomina- tion unto you. 24 And for these ye shall be unclean : whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even. 25 And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 The carcasses of every beast which divTdeth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you : whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 These also shall be unclean unto you am6ng the creeping things that creep upon the earth ; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tor'toTfe^ after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the cha-me'le-6n, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep ■ whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever ani/ of them, when they art dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean •, whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it he., wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even ; so it shall be cleansed. 33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean ; and ye shall break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, . ^jcr'e-gl. I 7 LEVIT'ICUS. a7id what may not be eaten. that on which such water cometh shall be unclean : and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean ; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down : for they are un- clean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless, a foun'tain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean : but that which toucheth their car- cass shall be unclean. 37 And \i any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. 39 Aud if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. 40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean until the even : he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creep- eth upon the earth shall be an abomina- tion ; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat ; for they are an abomination. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abom- inable with any creeping thing that creep- eth, neither shall ye make yourselves un- clean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God : ye shall there'fore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy ; for 1 am holy ; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any man- ner of creeping thing that creepulh upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of E'gypt, to be your God : ye shall there'fore be holy, for I am holj. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth ; 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. CHAP. XII. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- 2 Speak unto the children of Ij'ra-el, saying. If a woman have conceived seed, and borne a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days ; according to the days 2 tir'tis. 97 Laws and tokens to LEVIT'ICUS. dtfctrn' the hprosy. of the separation for her Tufir'mity' shall I in the skin, after that be hath been seen she be unclean 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be cir'ciimcTfed.2 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty (lays : she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation : and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pi|'eon,3 or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, unto the priest ; 7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath borne a male or a female. 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pTc'eons ; the one for the burnt-of- fering, and the other for a sin-offering : and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. CHAP. XIII. AND the Lord spake unto MO jes and .>2a'r6n, saying, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy ; then he shall be brought imto w^a'ron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests : 3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh ; and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the of the priest 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 w a lep- rosy. 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 the hair white, and there he quick raw flesh in the rismg ; 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 : itis a leprosy. 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again', and be changed unto w^hite, 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 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed ; 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white. plague in sight be deeper than the skin of i and somewhat reddish, and it be showed his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy : and to the priest ; the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turn- ed white ; then the priest shall shut up him, that hath the plague seven days : 5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, aiid the plague spread not in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more : 6 And the priest shall look on him again' the seventh day ; and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, ajid the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean ; it is but a scab : and :he shall wash his clothes, and be clean 7 But if the scab spread much abroad whereof there is a hot burninj ^ tn-fer'me-te. ^ sir'kum-st-zed, 3 pid'fin 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, be- hold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white ; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it i* a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, be- hold, 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 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin and the 98 LaiDs and tokens quick Jlesh that burneth have 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, be- hold, 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. 29 If If a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or the beard, 30 Then the priest shall see the plague : and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin, and there be in it a yel'low thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days : 32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yeHow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin, 33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more : 34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall ; and, behold, if the 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 yel'low 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 scill is healed, he is clean ; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 T If a man also or a woman have in LEVITICUS. to difcem' the leprosy. white the skin of their flesh, bright spots, even white bright spots, 39 Then the priest shall look : and, be- hold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white, it is a freck- led spot that groweth in the skin ; he is clean. - 40 And the man whose hair is fallen off" his head, he is bald : yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off" from the part of his head to'ward his face, he is fore'head-bald : yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald foreliead, a white reddish sore ; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald fore'head : 43 Then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald fore'head, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh, 44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall pronounce him utterly un- clean ; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague w, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a cov'ering upon his upper lip, and shall cry. Unclean, un- clean. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled ; he is unclean : he shall dwell al5ne ; without the camp shall his habitation be. 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen gar- ment 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 lep- rosy, and shall be showed unto the priest : 50 And the priest shall look upon the j^lague, 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 there'fore burn that gar- ment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting 1-eprosy ; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, be- hold, the plague be not spread in the gar- ment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; 54 Then the priest shall command' that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days 99 27te riles and sac'ri/lces 55 And the priest shall look on the plague after that it is washed : and, be hold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean ; thou shalt burn it in the fire it is fret in'ward, whether it be bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the wash'ing of it, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof : 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is a spreading plague ; thou shalt burn that wherein the plague IS with fire. 58 And the garment, either warp or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be wash- ed 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 pro- nounce it unclean. CHAP. XIV. AND the Lord spake unto Md'fes, say- ing, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : he shall be brought unto the priest : 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp ; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be heal- ed in the leper, 4 Then shall the priest command' to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive anrf clean, and cedar- wood and scarlet, and hyf'fop : 5 And the priest shall command' that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water : 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyf'jop, 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. LE\'rr'lCUS. in cleansing of the leper. 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blem- ish, and three tenth deals of fine flour /or a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 12 And the priest shall take one he- lamb, and offer him for a tres'pass-offer- ing, and the log of oil, and wave them /or 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 tres'pass-offering ; it is most holy. 14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the tres'pass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : 16 And the priest shall dip his right fin- ger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his fingei seven times before the Lord : 17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the tres'pass-of- fering : 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the priest shall offer the sin-of- fering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his unclean- ness ; and afterward he shall kill tho burnt-offering. 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering, and the meat-offering, upon the altar : and the priest shall make an atone- ment for him, and he shall be clean. 21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much ; then he shall take one lamb for a tres'pass-offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering, and a log of oil ; 22 And two turtle-d6ves, or two young pT^'eons, such as he is able to get ; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day, for his cleansing, unto the 100 Signs and tokens priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Loud. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the tres'pass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the tres'pass-offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the tres'pass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand, seven times before the Lord: 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the tres'pass- offering : 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to he cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pie'eons, ' such as he can get ; 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meat-offering : and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertain'eth to his cleansing. 33 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes and unto ^a'ron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Ca'na-an, which I give to you for a pof- fes'sion, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your poffes'- sion ; 35 And he that owneth the house shall come, and tell the priest, saying. It seem- eth to me there is as it were a plague in the house ; 36 Then the priest shall command' that they empty the house, before the priest go info it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean ; and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house, with hollow streaks, green- ish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall ; 12 LEVIT'ICUS. to discern the leprosy. 30 Then the priest shall go out of the house, to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days : 39 And the priest shall come again' the seventh day, and shall look : and, be- hold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house, 40 Then the priest shall command' that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city : 41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about', and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city, into an unclean place : 42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones ; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. 43 And if the plague come again', and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered ; 44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house ; it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house ; and he shall carry them forth out of the city, into an unclean place. 46 Moreover, he that goeth into the house, all the while that it is shut up, shall be unclean until the even. 47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes ; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 48 And if the priest shall come in, and look icpon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered ; then the priest shall pro- nounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyf'fop : 50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water : 51 And he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyf'fop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times : 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the run- ning water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hy?'- fop, and with the scarlet : 53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house : and it shall be clean. 101 Of unclean issues. LEVIT'ICL'S 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot ; 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean : this is the law of lep- rosy. CHAP. XV.— AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes and to .>3a'r6n, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ij'ra-el, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue ' out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue : whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the issue is unclean : and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. 5 And whosoever toicheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 7 And he that toiicheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth an^/ of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 12 And the A^essel of earth that he toiicheth which hath the issue shall be broken : and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue Is cleansed of his issue, then he shall num- ber to himself seven days for his cleansing-, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pi|'eons, and come before the Lori> unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and give them unto the priest : Tlie purijicaiion of women. 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one /or a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering ; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue. 16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17 And eveiy garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe them.selves in water, and be un- clean until the even. 19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days ; axid whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean ; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he touch- eth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation ; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation ; she shall be unclean. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation : and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the un- cleanness of her separation. 27 And whosoever toiicheth those things shall be unclean, and shall' wash his clothes, and bathe himself m water, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven I days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pTg'eons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 30 And the priest shall offer the one /or a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt- offering ; and the priest shall make an ^ Ish'shii. 102 The sin-offering for the priests. LEVIT'ICUS. atonement for her before the Lord, for the issue of her uncleanness. 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Ijira-el from their uncleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith ; 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her which is unclean. CHAP. XVI. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'^es after the death of the two sons of ^a'ron, when they offered before the Lord, and died ; 2 And the Lord said unto Mo'ges, Speak unto ^a'ron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark, that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. 3 Thus shall ./la'ron come into the holy place ; With a young bullock for a sin-of- fering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired ; these are holy garments there'fore shall he wSsh his flesh in water, and to put them on. 5 And he shall take of the congrega- tion of the children of If 'ra-el two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6 And ./ia'ron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering which w for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 0 And c-la'ron shall cast lots upon the two goats •, one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scape-goat. 9 And ^a'ron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin-offering : 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atone- ment with him, and to let him go for a scape-goat into the wilderness. 1 1 And ..^a'ron shall bring the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself. 12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar be- fore the LsRD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail. The scape-goaf. 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the tes'timony, that he die not: 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat east'ward : and be- fore the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat. 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holj' place., because of the unclean- ness of the children of l§'ra-el, and be- cause of their transgressions in all their sins : and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place., until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his house- hold, and for all the congregation of I|'- ra-el. 18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it ; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about'. 19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the unclean- ness of the children of l^'ra-el. 20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the taber- nacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat : 21 And ^a'ron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and con- fess over him all the iniquities of the chil- dren of If'ra-el, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilder- ness. 22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilder- ness. 23 And .^a'ron shall come into the tab- ernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place., and shall leave them there : 24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer hii burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. 103 shall The feast of expiations. 25 And the fat of the sin-offerin he burn upon the altar. 26 And he that let go the goat for the scape-goat, shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. 27 And the bullock for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-oifering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place., shall one carry forth ■without the camp ; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. 29 H And this shall be a statute for ever unto you, that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stran- ger that so jofirneth among you. 30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint', and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priesfs ofHce in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy gar- ments : 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and for the altar ; and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this shall be an everlas'ting. LEVIT'ICUS. The eating of blood forbidden. offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation unto the priest, and offer them for peace-offer- ings unto the Lord. 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 7 And they shall no more offer their sac'rifi^es unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 8 And thou shalt say unto them. What- soever man there be of the house of I§'ra- el, or of the strangers which so'journ among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or sac'- rifige, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord, even that man shall be cut off from among his people. 10 IT And whatsoever man there be of the house of I§'ra-el, or of the strangers that so'journ among you, that eateth any man- ner of blood, I will even set my face against' that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 There'fore I said unto the children of If'ra-el, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that so'journeth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Ij'ra-el, or of the strangers that sfS'journ among you, which hunteth, and statute unto you, to make an atonement jcatcheth any beast or fowl that maybe for the children of I|'ra-el, for all their eaten ; he shall even pour out the blood sins, once a year. And he did as the Lord thereof, and cover it with dust. comman'ded Mo'fes. CHAP. XVII. 14 For it is the life of all flesh ; the blood of it is for the life thereof; there'fore AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- 1 1 said unto the children of If'ra-el, Ye ing, I shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: 2 Speak unto ^a'ron, and unto his sons, | for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof; and unto all the children of If'ra-el, and . whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. say unto them. This is the thing which I 15 And every soul that eateth that which the Lord hath comman'ded, saying, | died of itself or that which was torn with 3 What man soever tJiere be of the house ' beasts^ whether it be one of your own coun- of Ij'ra-el that killeth an ox, or lamb, or try, or a stranger, he shall both wash his goat, in the _ camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to of- clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even ; then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe fer an offering unto the Lord, before the his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity, tabernacle of the Lord, blood shall be; CHAP. XVIIL— imputed unto that man ; he hath shed| A ND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- blood ; and that man shall be cut off from among his people : 2 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, 5 To the end that the children of Ij 'ra- ; and say unto them, I am the Lokd ydur el may bring their sac'rif I^es, which they , God. 104 Of unlawful marriages, LEVIT'ICUS. 3 After the doings of the land of t'^yP^ wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of Ca'na-an, whither I brings you, shall ye not do ; nei- ther shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye shall there'fore keep my statutes and my judgments ; which if a man do, he shall live in them : I a«i the Lord. 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover /Aet'r nakedness: I am the Lord. 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover : she is thy mother ; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover : it is thy father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daugh- ter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether slit be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not un- cover. 10 The nakedness of thy son's daugh ter, or of thy daughter's ddughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover : for theirs is thine own nakedness. 1 1 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, (she is thy sister,) thou shalt not uncover her na- kedness. 12 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of thy father's sister : she is thy fa- ther's near kinswoman. 13 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of thy mother's sister : for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is thine aunt. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law : she is thy son's wife ; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of thy brother's wife : it is thy broth- er's nakedness. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the naked- ness of a Avoman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her na- kedness ; for they are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her naked- ness, besides the other, in her life- unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I will destroy' your high places ' vin'lidje. U2 GoiTs promises to the penittnt. LEVIT'ICUS and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desola- tion, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into deso- lation ; and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you ; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sab- baths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 36 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; because it did not rest in your sab- baths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sJ<'5rd ; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sicord, when none pur- sueth : and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among the hea- then, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your ene- mies' lands ; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their tres'pass which they tres'passed against' me, and that also they have walked con- trary unto me ; 41 And that I also have walked contra- ry unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their uncir'cumciged^ hearts be /tumbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity ; 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Ja'cob, and also my covenant with i'$aac, and also my covenant with A'bra- ham will I remember ; and I will remem- ber the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them : and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity ; because, even because they de- spi'fed my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not .cast tbem away, neither will I abhor them. Of vows and their redemption. to destroy' them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom 1 brought forth out of the land of E'gypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God : I am the Lord. AQ These are the statutes and judg- ments and laws which the Lord made be- tween him and the children of I§'ra-el in Mount Si'nai, by the hand of Mo'fes. CHAP. XXVII. ND the Lord spake unto Mb'jes, say- AiND tl 2 Speak unto the children of Ij'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 esti- mation shall be thirty shekels. b 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 {/ be from sixty years old and above ; if it be a male, then thy estima- tion shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estima- tion, 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 ofiering 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 sac'rif ige unto the Lord, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad : as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the ^ im-ser'kUmr3t-sed. 114 Mb'§is ordered to number the people priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad : as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will re- deem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his pofjes'- sion, then thy estimation shall be accord- ing to the seed thereof : a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the m6ney according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field ■will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy es- timation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more ; 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted ; the pofjes'sion thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his poffes'sion ; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee : and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 24 In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was NUM'BERS. The princes of the tribes. bought, even to him to whom the poffes'- sion of the land did belong. 25 And all thy estimations shall be ac- cording to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 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 pofjes'sion, shall be sold or redeemed : every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. 29 None devoted, which shall be de- voted of men, shall be redeemed ; 6m/ 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 aught of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32 And concer'ning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it : and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy ; it shall not be redeemed. 34 These are the command'ments which the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes for the chil- dren of if'ra-el, in Mount Sl'nai. H The FOURTH Book of MOSES, called NUMBERS. CHAPTER \. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes in the wilderness of Si'nai,! in the tab- ernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of E'iypti saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the congrega- tion of the children of If'ra-el, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their poll ; 3 From twenty years old and up'ward, all that are able to go forth to war in If'- ra-el : thou and .^a'ron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; every one head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : Of the tribe of Reft'ben ; E-li'ziir the son of Shed'e-ur. 6 Of Sim'e-6n ; She-lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'da-i. 7 Of Jii'dah ; Nah'shon the son of Im- mln'a-dab. 8 Of Is'sa-char ; Ne-than'e-el the son of Zxx'&r. 9 Of Zeb'u-lon ; E-li'ab the son of He'- lon. 10 Of the children of Jo'seph : of E- phra-im, E-lish'a-ma the son of Am-ml'hud : of Ma-nas'seh, Ga-ma'li-el the son of Ped'- ah-zur. Si'nay. 115 The. number of NUM 1 1 Of Ben'ja-min ; Ab'i-dan the son of Gid-e-o'ui. 12 Of Dan ; A-hi-e'zer the son of Am- mi-shad'da-1. 13 Of Ash'er ; Pa'gi-el the son of 09'ran. 14 Of Gad ; E-li'a-saph the son of De- ii'el. 15 Of Naph'ta-l! ; A-hi'ra the son of E'nan. 16 These were the renowned of the con- gregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in I§'ra-el. 17 And Mo'§es and Aalion took these men which arc expressed by thtir names : 18 And they assembled all the congre- gation together on the first day of the sec- ond month, and they declared their pedi- grees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up'- ward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Si'nai. 20 And the children of Reft'ben, Ij'ra- el's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fa- thers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to g(? forth to war ; 21 Those that were numbered of them, eren of the tribe of Reft'ben, wire forty and six thousand and five hundred. 22 Of the children of Sim'e-6n, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the num- ber of the names, by their p511s, every male from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Sim'e-on, ivere fifty and nine thousand and three hun- dred. 24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and Qp'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tiibe of Gad, wire forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 Of the children of Ju'dah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ji^i'dah, were three- score and fourteen thousand and six hun- dred. 28 Of the children of Is'sa-char, by their generations, after their families, by BERS. every tnbe the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 29 Those that were numbered of them, ere?i of the tribe of Is'sa-char, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 Of the children of Zeb'u-lon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zeb'u-lon, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 Of the children of Jo'seph, namely, of the children ofE'phra-Tm, by their gen- erations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of E'phra-im, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 Of the children of Ma-nas'seh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 35 Those that were numbered of them, cren of the tribe of Ma-nas'seh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 Of the children of Ben'ja-min, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 Of the children of Ash'er, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and iip'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ash'er, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 Of the children of Naph'ta-li,through- out their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty 116 The order of the NUM years old and up'ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 43 Those that were numbered of them, evtn of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 These are those that were number- ed, which Mo'jes and »^a'r6n numbered, and the princes of Ij'ra-el, hein^ twelve men : each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of If'ra-el, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and up'ward, all that were able to go forth to war in If'ra-el ; 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 But the Le'vites after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among; them. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Mo'fes, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Le'vi, neither take the sum of them among the children of If'ra-el : 50 But thou shalt appoint the Le'vites over the tabernacle of tes'timony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it : they shall bear the tab- ernacle, and all the vessels thereof ; and they shall minister uato it, and shall en- camp round about' the tabernacle- 51 And when the tabernacle setteth for'ward, the Le'vites shall take it down : and when the tabernacle is to be pitch- ed, the Le'vites shall set it up : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of If'ra-el shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own stand- ard, throughout their hosts. 53 But the Le'vites shall pitch round about' the tabernacle of tes'timony, that tViere be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of If'ra-el : and the Le'- vites shall keep the charge of the taber- nacle of tes'timony. 54 And the children of If'ra-el did according to all that the Lord command'- ed Mo'fes, so did they. CHAP. IL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes and unto ^a'ron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of If'ra-el shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house : far off about' the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 3 And on the fast side, to'icard the rising of the sun, shall they of the stand- ard of the camp of Jii'dah pitch, through- out their armies : and Nah'shon, the son of Am-min'a-dab, shall be cap'tain of the children of Ju'dah. BERS. tribes in their tents. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unt ) him shall be the tribe of Is'sa-char : and Ne- than'e-el, the son of Zu'ar, shall be cap'- tain )f the children of Is'sa-char. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, locre fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zeb'u-lon : and E-li'ab, the son of He'lon, shall be cap'- tain of the children of Zeb'u-16n. 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 Jii'dah were a 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 stand- ard of the camp of Reft'ben, according to their armies : and the cap'tain of the children of Reft'ben shall be E-li'zur, the son of Shed'e-ur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thou- sand and five hundred. 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Sim'e-6n : and the cap'tain of the children of Sim' e-6n shall be She- 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 (he cap'tain of the sons of Gad shall be E-IT'- a-saph, the son of Re-u'el. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. IG All that were numbered in the camp of Refl'ben were a 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 Then the tabernacle of the congre- gation shall set for'ward, with the camp of the Le'vites in the midst of the camp ; as they encamp so shall they set for'ward, every man in his place by their stand- ards. 18 On the west side shall be the stand-- ard of the camp of E'phra-Tm, according to their armies : and the cap'tain of the sons of E'phra-Im shall be E-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 cap'tain of the chil- dren of Ma-nas'seh shall be Ga-ma'li-el, the son of I'ed'ah-zQr. 21 And his host, and those that were 117 Tlu sons of Aa'ron. NUM'BKJlS. numbered of them, wcrt thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe of Ben'ja-min : and the cap'tain of the sons of Ben'ja-min shall be Ab'i-dan, the son of Gid-e-6'ni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of E'phra-im ivcre a hundred thousand, and eight thousand and a hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go for'ward in the third rank. 25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies : and the cap'tain of the children of Dan shall be A-hi-e'zer, the son of Am-mi- shad'da-T. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, tccre threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Ish'er : and the cap'tain of the children of Ash'er shall be Pa'gi-el the son of Oc'ran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, ivcre forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 Then the tribe of Naph'ta-ll : and the cap'tain of the children of Naph'ta-ll shall be l-hi'ra, the son of E'nan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand, And fifty and seven thousand, and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. 32 These are those which were num- bered of the children of I§'ra-el by the house of their fathers : all those that were numbered of the camps, throughout their hosts, were sixhundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. 33 But the Le'vTtes were not numbered among the children of i§'ra-el ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'|es. 34 And the children of Ij'ra-el did ac- cording to all that the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes : so they pitched by their stand- ards, and so they set for'ward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. CHAP. in. THESE also are the generations of .Ma.'- ron and Mo'jes, in the day that the Lord spake with Md'fes in mount Si'nai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of .^a'ron ; Na'dab the first-born, and A-bi'- hij, E-le-a'zSr, and ith'a-mar. 3 These are the names of the sons of •Aa'ron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Na'dab and A-bi'hu died before The Le'vttes numbered. the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Si'- nai, and they had no children : and E-le-a'- zar and Ith'a-mar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of »4a'r6n their father. 5 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Le'vi near, and pre- sent them before Aa'ron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation be- fore the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the ser'vice of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instru- ments of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and the charge of the children of 1§'- ra-el, to do the ser'vice of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Le'vites unto »4a'r6n and to his sons : they are wholly giv- en unto him out of the children of If 'ra-el. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aa'ron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes. saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Le - vites from among the children of If'ra-el instead of all the first-born that openeth the ma'trix among the children of I|'ra-el ; there'fore the Le'vites shall be mine ; 13 Because all the first-born are mine ; for on the day that I smote all the first- born in the land of E'gypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in I^'ra-el, both man and beast ; mine they shall be : I am the Lord. 14 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes in the wilderness of Si'nai, saying, 15 Number the children of Le'vT, after the house of their fathers, by their fami- lies : every male from a month old and up'ward shalt thou number them. 16 And Mo'fes numbered them, accord- ing to the word of the Lord, as he was comman'ded. 17 And these were the sons of Le'vi by their names ; Ger'shon, and Ko'hath, and Mer'a-ri. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Ger'shon, by their families ; Lib'nl, and Shim'e-i. 19 And the sons of Ko'hath, by their families ; Am'ram, and Iz'e-har, He'bron, and t/z-zi'el. 20 And the sons of Mer'a-ri, by their families ; Mah'lT, and Mii'shi. These are the families of the Le'vites according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Ger'shon was the family of the Lib'nites, and the family of the Shim'ites : these are the families of the Ger'shon-ites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and up'ward, even those 118 The charge of Mo'fci and Aa'ron that were numbered of them, wire seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Ger'shon-ites shall pitch behind the tabernacle west'- ward. 24 And the chief of the house of the fa- ther of the Ger'shon-ites shall be E-li'a-saph the son of La'el. 25 And the charge of the sons of Ger'- shon, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the cov'ering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the cur'tain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about', and the cords of it, for all the ser'vice thereof. 27 And of Kd'hath was the family of the Am'ram-ites, and the family of the Iz'har- ites, and the family of the He'bron-ites, and the family of the Uz-zl'el-ites : these are the families of the K5'hath-ltes. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and up'ward, were eight thou- sand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Ko'hath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle south'ward. 30 And the chief of the house of the fa- ther of the families of the Ko'hath-ites shall be E-liz'a-phan the son of tJz-zi'el. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the ser'vice thereof. 32 And E-le-a'zar the son of Aa'ron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Le'vTtes, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Mer'a-rT was the family of the Mah'Iites, and the family of the Mu'shltes : these are the families of Mer'a-ri. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and up'ward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the fa- ther of the families of Mer'a-rT was Zii'ri-el the sen of Ab-i-ha'il : these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle north'ward. 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Mer'a-ri shall be the boards ■")f the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets there- of, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about', and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle to'ward the east, eren before the tabernacle of the congregation ea^t'ward, shall be Mo'jes, and «3a'r6n and his sons. NUM'BERS, The Jirsl-bom fretd keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of i§'-ra-el ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Le'- vTtes, which Mo'fes and ./3a'r6n number- ed at the command'ment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males, from a month old and up'ward, wire twen- ty and two thousand. 40 t And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Number all the first-born of the males of the children of Ij'ra-el, from a month old and up'ward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Le'vTtes for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the first-born among the children of If'ra-el ; and the cattle of the Le'vTtes instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the chil- dren of If 'ra-el. 42 And Mo'fes numbered, as the Lord comman'ded him, all the first-born among the children of Ij'ra-el. 43 And all the first-born males, by the number of names, from a month old and up'ward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 45 Take the Le'vTtes instead of all the first-born among the children of Ij'ra-ei, and the cattle of the Le'vTtes instead of their cattle ; and the Le'vTtes shall be mine : I am the Lord. 46 And for those that arc to be redeem- ed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of If 'ra-el, which are more than the Le'vTtes ; 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll ; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them : (the shekel is twenty gerahs :) 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aa'ron and to his sons. 49 And Mo'fes took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Le'vTtes : 50 Of the first-born of the children of If'ra-el took he the money ; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shek- els^ after the shekel of the sanctuary : 51 And Mo'fes gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aa'ron, and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes. CHAP. IV. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes and unto .>3a'r6n, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Ko'hath from am6ng the sons of Le'vT, after their families, by the house of their fathers ; 3 From thirty years old and up'ward, even until fifty years old, all that enter 119 The charge of E-h-a'sar. into the host, to do the work in the taber- nacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the ser'vice of the sons of Ko'hath, in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, about' the most holy things. 5 And when the camp setteth for'ward, Ak'vbn shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the cov'erhig-vail, and cover the ark of tes'timony with it ; 6 And shall put thereon the cov'ering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over ^l a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of show-bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal : and the continual bread shall be thereon. 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a cov'ering 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 snuff- dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it : 10 And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a cov'ering of bad- gers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 1 1 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a cov'ering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof. ,2 And they shall take all the instru- ments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a cov'ering 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 up'^n it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about' it, even the censers, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar : and they shall spread upon it a cov'ering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Ak'vlm and liis sons have made an end of cov'ering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set for'ward ; after that, the sons of Ko'hath shall come to bear it : hut they shall not toi^ich any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Ko'hath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 And to the office of E-le-a'zar, the son of .^a'ron the priest, pertdin'eth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein i*, in the sanctu- ary, and in the vessels thereof. NUM'BERS. The number of the Kb'hath-tles. 17 V And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes and unto ^a'ron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Ko'hath-ites from among the Le'vites • 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aiiibn and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his ser'vice and to his burden : 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'§es, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Ger'shon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families ; 23 From thirty years old and iip'ward, until fifty years old, shalt thou number them : all that enter in to perform' the ser'vice, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the ser'vice of the families of . the Ger'shon-ites, to serve, and for burdens. 25 And they shall bear the ciir'tains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his cov'ering, and the cw'- ering of the ba.dgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about', and their cords, and all the instruments of their ser'vice, and all that is made for them : so shall they serve. 27 At the apjjointment of ».4a'r6n and his sons shall be all the ser'vice of the sons of the Ger'shon-ites, in all their burdens, and in all their ser'vice : and ye shall ap- point unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is the ser'vice of the families of the sons of Ger'shon in the tabernacle of the congregation : and their charge shall be under the hand of Ith'a-mar, the son of .^a'ron the priest. 29 As for the sons of Mer'a-ri, thou shalt number them after theio families, by the house of their fathers: 30 From thirty years old and Cip'ward, even unto fifty years old, shalt thou num- ber them, every one that entereth into the ser'vice, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this is the charge of their bur- den, according to all their ser'vice in the tabernacle of the congregation ; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about', and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their ser'vice : and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of *heir burden. 33 This is the ser'vice of the families 120 The number of the Kd'hath-Hes, Sfc. NUiM'BERS of the sons of Mcr'a-rT, according- to all their ser'vice in the tabernacle of the con- greg-ation, under the hand of Ith'a-miir, the sou of ^a'ron the priest. 34 A. id Mo'fes and »4a'r6n, and the chief of the congregation, numbered the sons of the Ko'hath-ites, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 PVom thirty years old and up'ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that jntereth into the ser'vice, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation : 36 And those that were numbered of them, by their families, were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These tccre they that were numbered of the families of the Ko'hath-Ttes, all that might do ser'vice in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Mo'jes and ^a'ron did number, according to the command'- ment of the Lord by the hand of Mo'fes. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Ger'shon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and up'ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the ser'vice, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the houses of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These art they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Ger'shon, of all that might do ser'vice in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Mo'jes and •^a'ron did number, according to the com- mand'ment of the Lgrk. 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Mer'a-rl, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and iip'ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the ser'vice, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them, aftc' their families, were three thou- sand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Mer'a-ri, whom Mo'fes and ^k'rbn numbered, ac- cording to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mo'fes. 46 All those that were numbered of the Le'vltes, whom Mo'jes and Ak'rbn and the chief of If'ra-el numbered, after their fam- ilies, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and up'ward, even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the ser'vice of the ministry, and the ser'vice of the burden in the tab- ernacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were numbered of them, -^ere eight thousand and five hun- dred aaj fourscore. RestUution in trespasses. 49 According to the comniand'ment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Mo'fes, every one according to his ser'vice, and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes. CHAP, v.— AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- 2 Command' the children of If'ra-el, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead : 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them ; that they defile not their camps, in Xltyj midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of if'ra-el did so, and put them out without the camp : as the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, so did the children of If'ra-el. 5 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el ; When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a tres'pass against' 1 the Lord, and that person be guilty ; 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done : and he shall rec- ompense his tres'pass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against' whom he hath tres'passed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the tres'pass unto, let the tres'- pass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest ; beside the ram of the atone- ment, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of If'ra-el, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 11 IT And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, and say unto them. If any man's wife go aside, and commit a tres'pass against' him, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her huf band, and be kept close, and she be de- filed, and tliere be no witness against' her, neither she be taken with the manner ; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy com'e upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled ; 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her of- fering for her, the tenth part of an eph'ah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon * a-genst . 121 The trial of jealousy. NUM it, nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is an offerings of jealousy, an offerings of me- morial, hring;in» iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord : 17 And the priest shall take holy w?rter in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: 10 And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman''s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy-offering : and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse. 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman. If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy huf'band, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse : 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy hijj'band, and if thou be defiled, and some man hath lain with thee beside thine huj'band ; 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing ; and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell : 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, A'men', a'men'. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water : 24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jeal- ousy-offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar : 26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that if she be defiled, and have done tres'pass against' her huf'band, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot : and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jeal'ousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of -■*• tauf'band, and is defiled ; * klr'riihs. BERS. The law of the Kas'a-rite. 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law ; 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. CHAP. VL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- in?, 2 Speak unto the children of If 'ra-el, and say unto them. When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Naz'a-rTte, to separate themselves unto the Lord ; 3 He shall separate himself from wine, and strong drink, and shall drink no vine- gar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from the kernels ^ even to the hvisk. 5 All the days of the vow of his separa- tion there shall no razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separateth him,- selfnnto the Lord he shall come at no dead body. 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die ; because the consecration of his God is upon his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration ; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pig'eons,'' to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt- offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a tres'- pass-offering : but the days that were be- fore shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. 13 And this is the law of the Naz'a-rite, when the days of his separation are fulfil- led : he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; 14 And he shall offer his offering unto 2 pid'jine. 132 Form of blessing tht people. NUM' the Lord, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering;, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings. 16 And the priest shall bring them be- fore the Lord, and shall offer his sin-of- fering, and his burnt-offering. 17 And he shall offer the ram /or a sac'- rif i^e of peace-offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 18 And the Naz'a-rlte shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sac'rif i^e of the peace-offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Naz'a-rite, after the hair of his sep- aration is shaven : 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord : this is holy for the priest, with the wave-breast and heave-shoulder : and after that the Naz'a-rlte may drink wine. 21 This IS the law of the Naz'a-rite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, besides that that his hand shall get : according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 T And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 23 Speak unto via'ron, and unto his sons, saying. On this wise ye shall bless the children of If'ra-el, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee ; 25 The I^ORD 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 If'ra-el, and I will bless them. CHAP. VIL AND it came to pass on the day that Mo'f's had fully set up the taberna de, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them, 2 That the princes of If'ra-el, heads of the house of their fathers, who wire the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered : 3 And they brought their offering before BERS. The princes'' offerings. the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes. saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the con- gregation ; and thou shalt give them unto the Le'vTtes, to every man according to his ser'vice. 6 And Mo'fes took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Le'vltes. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Ger'shon, according to their ser'vice : 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Mer'a-ri, according unto their ser'vice, under the hand of Ith'- a-mar, the son of ^a'ron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Ko'hath he gave none ; because the ser'vTce of the sanctu- ary belonging unto them ?<'aj, that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 And the princes offered for dedicat- ing of the altar, in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their of- fering before the altar. 11 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes. 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 Nah'shon, the son of Am-min'- a-dab, of the tribe of .Ifi'dah : 13 And his offering wa^one silver charg- er, the weight thereof M>a* a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 14 One spoon often shekels o( gold, fiiU of incense : 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a bumt-offering 16 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering 17 And for a sac'rif i^e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nah'shon, the son of Am-min'- a-dab. 18 T On the second day Ne-than'e-el, the son of Zu'ar, prince of Is'sa-char, did offer : 19 He offered /or his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hun- dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense : 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a bumt-offering : 22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offer- ing: 23 And for a sac'rifi^e of peace-offer- 123 The offerings NUM' ings, two oxen, five rams, five Vie-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the oflering of Ne-than'e-el, the son of Zu'ar. 24 f On the third day E-li'ab, the son of Ile'lon, prince of the children of Zeb'u- lon, did offer : 25 His ofi"ering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekds, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; lioth of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-ofl'ering : 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-ofi'ering: 28 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 29 And for a sSc'rif i^e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This icas the offering of E-li'ab, the son of He'Ion. 30 TI On the fourth day E-li'zur, the son of Shed'e-ur, prince of the children of Reii'ben, did offer : 31 His ottering lous one silver charger of the weight of a 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-of- fering : 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-offer- ing : 35 And for a sac'rif ige of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of E-lT'zur, the son of Shed'e-iir. 36 IT On the fifth day She-ia'mi-el, the son of Zu-ri-shad'da-i, prince of the chil- dren of Sim'e-6n, did offer : 37 His offering tvas one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 41 And for a sac'rif i^e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This ivas the offering of She-lii'mi-el, the son of Zu-ri- shad'da-i. 42 IT On the sixth day E-li'a-saph, the son of De-ii'el, prince of the children of Gad, offered : 43 His offering was one silver charger, of the weight of a hundred and thirty shek- els, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them BERS. of the princes, 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-offer- ing : 47 And for a sac'rif ige of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of E-li'a-saph, the son of De-ii'el. 48 On the seventh day E-lish'a-ma, the son of Am-mi'hud, prince of the children of E'phra-im, offered : 49 His offering icas one silver charger the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver b5wl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctu- ary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 52 One kid of the goats for a sin- offering : 53 And for a sac'rifi^e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of E-lish'a-ma, the son of Am- mi'hijd. 54 IT On the eighth day offered Ga- ma'li-el, the son of Ped'ah-zur, prince of the children of Ma-nas'seh : 55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of a 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 : 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 58 One kid of the goats for a sin- offering : 59 And for a sac'rifi5e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ga-ma'li-el, the son of Ped'- ah-zur. 60 IT On the ninth day Sb'i-dan, the son of Gid-e-o'ni, prince of the children of Ben'ja-min, offered : 61 His offering ivas one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt -offer- ing: 124 The ojering at the NUM' 64 One kid of the gloats for a sin- offering : 65 And for a sac'rifi9e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ab'i-dan, the sonof GTd-e-6'ni. 66 IT On the tenth day A-hi-e'zer, the son of Am-mi-shad'da-l, prince of the chil- dren of Dan, offered : 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy skekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering : 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 70 One kid of the goats for a sin-of- fering : 71 And for a sac'rifige of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of A-hi-e'zer, the son of Am- mi-shad'da-i. 72 H On the eleventh day Pa'gi-el, the son of Oc'ran, prince of the children of Ash'er, offered : 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a 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 : 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense : 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 76 One kid of the goats for a sin-of- fering : 77 And for a sac'rlfi^e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Pa'gi-el, the son of Oc'ran. 78 V On the twelfth day A-hi'ra, the son of E'nan, prince of the children of Niiph'ta-ll, offered : 79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, iifter the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 80 One golden spoon often shekels, full of incense : 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 82 One kid of the goats for a sin-of- fering : 83 And for a sac'rifi^e of peace-offer- ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of A-hi'ra, the «on of E'nan. 84 'fhis was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the I L2 BERS. dedication of the altar. princes of Ij'ra-el : twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold : 85 Each charger of silver weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy : all the silver vessels iveighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apieci-, ufter the shekel of the sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons teas a 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 sac'rif i^e of the peace-offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 IT And when Mo'jes 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 rvas upon the ark of tes'- timony, from between the two cherubim? : and he spake unto him. CHAP. VIII. AND the Lord spake unto M5'fes, saying, 2 Speak unto ^a'ron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against' the candlestick. 3 And AsiTon did so ; he lighted the lamps thereof over against' the candle- stick, as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, wa^s beaten work : according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Mo'fes, so he made the candlestick. 5 1 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 6 Take the Le'vites from among the children of Ij'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 the-'r 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 bul- lock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. 9 And thou shalt bring the Le'vites be- fore the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of If'ra-el, together : 10 And thou shalt bring the Le'vites before the Lord : and the children of 125 The consecration of the Le'vites. NUM' If'ra-el shall put their hands upon the Le'vites : 1 1 And ^a'ron shall offer the Le'vites before the Lord for an offerings of the children of If'ra-el, that they may exe- cute the ser'vice 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-offer- ing, 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 be- fore w^a'ron, and before his sons, and offer them /or an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le'- vites from among the children of l|'ra-el : and the Le'vites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Le'vites go in to do the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them /or an offering. 16 For tiiey are wholly given unto me from among the children of l§'ra-el ; in- stead of such as open every womb, even instead of the first-born of all the children of l§'ra-el, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the first-born of the children of If'ra-el are mine, both man and beast : on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of E'|ypt, I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Le'vites for all the first-born of the children of !§'■ ra-el. 19 And I have given the Le'vites as a gift to ^a'ron and to his sons from among the children of If'ra-el, to do the ser'vice of the children of If'ra-el in the taberna- cle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of If'ra-el : that there be no plague among the chil- dren of l§'ra-el, when the children of Ij'- ra-el come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And Mo'jes, and ./fZa'ron, and all the congregation of the children of If'ra-el, did to the Le'vites according unto all that the Lord comman'ded Mo'^es concer'ning the Le'vites, so did the children of If'ra-el unto them. 21 And the Le'vites were purified, and they washed their clothes ; and ^a'ron offered them as an offering before the Lord ; and ^a'ron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Le'vites in to do their ser'vice in the tabernacle of the congregation before »/3a'r6n, and be- fore his sons : as the Lord had command- ed Md'jes concer'ning the Le'vites, so did they unto them. 23 And the Lord spake unto Md'fes, saying, 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Le'vites : from twenty and five years old and iip'ward they shall go in to wait upon BERS. The passover comman'ded again'. the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the con- gregation : 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the ser'vice thereof., and shall serve no more : 26 But shall minister with their breth- ren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no ser'- vice. Thus shalt thou do unto the Le'- vites toiich'ing their charge. CHAP. IX. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes in the wilderness of Si'nai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of E'|ypt, saying, 2 Let the children of If'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 cer'emonief there- of, shall ye keep it. 4 And Mo'fes spake unto the children of If'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 comman'ded Mo'fes, so did the children of If'ra-el. 6 IT And there were cer'tain 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'fes and before ^a'ron on that day : 7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of If'ra-el ? 8 And Mo'fes said unto them. Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command' concer'ning you. 9 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, saying. If any man of you or of your pos- terity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a joiirney afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord. 11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter hirbf. 12 They shall leave n6ne of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it : ac- cording to all the ordinances of the pass- over they shall keep it. 13 But the man that is clean, and is npt in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from his people : because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his ap- pointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall so'joiirn among you, and will keep the passover unto the 126 The cloud guidelh the 1§' ra-il-ites . NUM'BERS Lord ; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do : ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. 15 t And on the day that the taberna- cle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the tes'ti- mony : and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it wasalway : the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of If'ra-el journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of If'ra-el pitched their tents. 18 At the command'ment of the Lord the children of Ij'ra-el journeyed, and at the command'ment of the Lord they pitched : as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of If'ra-el kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle ; according to the command'ment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the command'ment of the Lord they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they joiirneyed ; whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they joiirneyed. 22 Or whether it were two days, or a m6nth, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Ij'ra-el abode in their tents, and journeyed not : but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the command'menrof the Lord they rested in their tents, and at the com- mand'ment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command'ment of the Lord by the hand of M5'fes. CHAP. X. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- ing, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver : of a whole piece shalt thou make them, that thou mayst use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the joiJr'neyTng of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trum- pet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Ij'ra-el, shall gather themselves unto thee. Tliey remove from Si'ndi to Pa! ran. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go for'ward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of ^a'ron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets ; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against' the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the be- ginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offer- ings, and over the sac'rifi9es of your peace-offerings ; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God : I am the Lord your God. 11 IT And it came to pass on the twen- tieth day of the second month, in the sec- ond year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the tes'timony. 12 And the children of If'ra-el took their joilrneys out of the wilderness of Si'nai ; and the cloud rested in the wil- derness of Pa'ran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the command'ment of the Lord by the hand of Md'fes. 14 In the first flace went the standard of the camp of the children of Jii'dah ac- cording to their armies : and over his host was Nah'shon the son of Am-min'a-dab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Is'sa-char was Ne-than'e-el, the son of Zu'ar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zeb'u-lon was E-li'ab the son of Ile'lon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down ; and the sons of Ger'shon and the sons of Mer'a-ri set for'ward, bearing the taber- nacle. 18 And the standard of the camp of ReA'ben set for'ward according to their armies : and over his host was E-li'zur the son of Shed'e-iir. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-6n was She-lu'mi-el the son of Zu-ri-shad'da-i. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was E-li'a-saph the son of De-u'el. 21 And the Ko-hath'ites set for'ward, bearing the sanctuary : and the other did set up the tabernacle against' they came . 127 Mo'fcs enlreateth Ho bah. NUM'BERy. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of E'phra-im set for'ward accord- ing to their armies : and over his host xras E-lish'a-ma the son of Am-mT'hud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ma-nas'seh was Ga-ma'li-el the son of Ped'ah-zur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Een'ja-min was Ab'i-dan the son of Gid-e-o'ni. 25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set for'ward, which was the rear'ward of all the camps throughout their hosts : and over his host was A-hi-e'- zer the son of Am-mi-shad'da-i. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Ash'er was Pa'gi-el the son of Oc'ran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naph'ta-IT was A-hi'ra the son of E'nan. 28 Thus tcere the joiir'neyTngs of the children of If'ra-el according to their ar- mies, when they set for'ward. 29 And Mo'fes said unto Ho'bab, the son of Ra-gu'el the Mid'i-an-Ite, Mo'jes'' father-in-law, We are jour'neying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good concer'ning If'ra-el. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go ; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said. Leave us not, I pray thee : forasmuch as thou knowesthow we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayst be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days^ journey : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days' joiirney, to search out a resting-place for them. 34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set for'ward, that Mo'fes 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 If'- ra-el. CHAP. XI. AND when the people complained, it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard if ; and his anger was kindled ; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed Ihtm that ivcre in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Mo'fes ; Manna loathed. and when Mo'fes prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Tab'e-rah ; because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. 4 And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the chil- dren of Ij'ra-el also wept again', and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 5 We remember the fish which we did eat in E'gypt freely ; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick : 6 But now our soul is dried away : there is nothing at all, besides this manna, be- fore our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander-seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. ^ 8 ^nd 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 Then Mo'fes heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent : and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; Mo'jes also was displeased. 11 And Mo'fes 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 shouldst say unto me, Carry them in thy bo'fom, 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 peo- ple al5ne, becitise it ts 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 iu thy sight ; and let me not see my wretchedness. 16 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of l|'ra-el, whom thou knowest to be the el- ders 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 ii upon them ; and they shall bear the bur- den of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanc- * dil'yum. 1S8 Quails are given in wrath. NUMBERS tify yourselves ag;ainst' to-morrow, and yc shall eat flesh : for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, sayings, Who shall give us flesh to eat ? for it was well with us in E'gypt: there'fore 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 loath- some unto you: because that ye have de- spi'jed the Lord which is among; you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of E'gypt ? 21 And M6'§es said. The people amongst whom I am^ are six hundred thousand foot- men ; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to sOfi'i^e them .' 23 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Is the Lord's hand waxed short ? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 And Mo'fes went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gath- ered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about' the tab- ernacle. 25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass, that^ when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was El'- dad, and the name of the other Me'dad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle : and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Mo'fes, and said, El'dad and Me'dad do prophesy in the camp, 28 And Josh'u-a the son of Nun, the servant of Mo'fes, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Mo'fes, forbid them. 29 And Mo'fes said unto him, Enriest thou for my sake ? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! 30 And Mo'fes gat him into the camp, he and the elders of If'ra-el. 31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about' the camp, and as it w6re two cubits high upon the face of the garth. Mir'i-am'^s leprosy 32 And the people stood up all tha' day, and all Ihnt night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails : he that gathered least gathered ten homers : and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about' the camp. 33 And while the flesh loaj yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against' the peo- ple, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place Kib'roth-Htit-ta'a-vah : because there they buried the people that lusted. 35 ./Ind the people journeyed from Kib'- roth-Hat-ta'a-vah unto Haz-e'roth ; and abode at Haz-e'roth. CHAP. XIL AND Mir'i-am' and .^a'ron spake against' Mo'fes because of the E-thi- 6'pi-an woman whom he had married: for he had married an E-thi-o'pi-an woman. 2 And they said. Hath the Lord in- deed spoken only by Mo'fes ? hath he not spoken also by us ? And the Lord heard it. 3 (Now the man M'''fes was very meek, above all the men which wire upon the face of the earth.) 4 And the Lord spake suddenly unto Mo'fes, and unto »4la'r6n, and unto Mir'i- am. Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the Lord came down in the pil- lar of the cloud, and stood tn the door of the tabernacle, and called ^a'ron and Mir'i-am : and they both came forth. 6 And he said. Hear now my words . if there be a prophet among j'ou, 7 the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Mo'fes 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 thp similitude of the Lord shall he behold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against' my servant Mo'fes ? 9 And the anger of the Lord waa kin- dled 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 */3a'r6n look- ed upon Mir'i-am, and, behold, she was leprous. 1 1 And *4a'r6n said unto Mo'fes, 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 Com- eth out of his m6ther's womb. 13 And Mo'fes cried unto the- Lordj 9 ' Mlr'e-am. 1S» Twelve men sent NUM'BERS. to search the land. saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be asha'med 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 jour- neyed not till Mir'i-am was brought in again'. 16 And afterward the people removed from Haz-e'roth, and pitched in the wil- derness of Pa'ran. CHAP. XIIL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- 2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Ca'na-an, which I give unto the children of Ij'ra-el : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And M5'f es by the command'ment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Pa'ran : all those men were heads of the children of if'ra-el. 4 And these were their names : Of the tribe of Reu'ben, Sham-nm'a the son of Zac'cur. 5 Of the tribe of Sim'e-6n, Sha'phat the son of Ho'rT. 6 Of the tribe of Ju'dah, Ca'leb the son of Je-phiin'neh. 7 Of the tribe of Is'sa-char, T'gal the son of Jo'seph. 8 Of the tribe of E'phra-im, o'she-a the son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, Pal'tl the son of Ra'phu. 10 Of the tribe of Zeb'u-lon, 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, Xm'mi-el the son of Ge-mal'll. 13 Of the tribe of Ssh'er, Se'thur the son of Mi'cha-el. 14 Of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, NahVi the .son of Voph'si. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Ge-ii'el the son of Ma'chl. 16 These are the names of the men which M6'§es sent to spy out the land. And Mo'fes called o'she-a the son of Nun, Je-hosh'u-a. 17 And M5'§es sent them to spy out the land of Ca'na-an, and said unto them, Get you up this way south'ward, and go up into the moiln'tain : 18 And see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they he strong or weak, few or many ; 19 And what the land is that they dwell ; in, whether it he good or bad ; and what ^ Shi' shay. cities they be that they dwell in, whethe; 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 first ripe grapes. 21 So they went up, and searched the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Re'- hob, as men come to Ha'math. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto He'bron, where A-hi'man, She'- shai, ^ and Tal'mai,^ the children of A'nak, were. (Now He'bron was built seven years before Zo'an in E'eypt.) 23 And they came unto the brook of Esh'col, and cut down from thence abranch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff ; and they brought of the pomegran'ates, and of the figfS. 24 The place was called the brook Esh'- col, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of I§'ra-el cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from search'ing of the land after forty days. 26 And they went and came to Mo'- fes, and to Aa.'rbn, and to all the congre- ation of the children of If 'ra-el, unto the wilderness of Pa'ran. to Ka'desh ; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said. We came unto the land whither thou seutest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great : and, moreover, we saw the children of A'nak there. 29 The Am'a-lek-ites dwell in the land of the south ; and the Hit'tites, and the Jeb'u-sTtes, and the Am'o-rites, dwell in the moun'tains ; and the Can'aan-ites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jor'dan. 30 And Ca'leb stilled the people before Mo'fes, and said. Let us go up at once and poffess' it ; for we are well able to over- come it. 31 But the men that went up with him said. We be not able to go up against' the people ; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of If'ra-el, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof ; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of A'nak, ichich come of the giants ; and we were in our own sight as grasshop- pers, and so we were in their sight. 2 Tal'may. 130 7%e people murmur. NUM CHAP. xrv. AND all the congregation lifted up their ▼oice, and cried ; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of If'ra-el mur- mured against' Mo'fes and against' Ak'Ton : and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of E'eypt .' or would God we had died in this wilderness ! 3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey ? were it not better for us to return into E'^ypt ? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a cap'tain, and let us return into E'fypt. 5 Then Mo fes and Aa. ron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the con- gregation of the children of If 'ra-el. 6 And Josh'u-a the son of Niin, and Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes : 7 And they spake unto all the compa- ny of the children of If 'ra-el, saying, 'The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us ; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against' the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land ; for they are bread for us : their defence is de- parted 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 If 'ra-el. 11 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, How long will this people provoke me ? and how long will it be ere^ they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them ? 12 I will smite them with the pesti- lence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 And Mo'fes said unto the Lord, Then the E-^yp'ti-anf 2 shall hear z7, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them ;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabit- ants 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 m a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now, z/ thou shall kill ail this people 1 rtr* BERS. Mb'§cs intercedeth for them, 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, there'fore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 Aod now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and trans- gression, and by no means clearing the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people from E'sypt even until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have pardon- ed, 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 1 did in E'gypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it • 24 But my servant Ca'leb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath fol- lowed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall poffess' it. 25 (Now the Am'a-Iek-ites and the Can'aan-itea dwelt in the valley.) To- morrow turn ye, and get ye into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. 26 T And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes and unto ^a'ron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against' me ? I have heard the murmurings of the chil- dren of If'ra-el, which they murmur against' me. 28 Say 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 carcasses shall fall in this wil- derness ; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and up'ward, which have murmured against' me, 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land conccr'ntng which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh, and J6sh'u-a the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despi'fed. 32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. 2 E-gip' she-anz, * 131 Infidtlily Ihreaiened. 32 And )our children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses 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 H And the men which Mo'jes 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. 38 But Josh'u-a the son of Nun, and Ca'ieb the son of Je-phun'neh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived slill. 39 IT And Mo'fes told these sayings unto all the children of Ij'ra-el : and the peo- ple mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morn- ing, and gat them up into the top of the moiin'tain, saying, Lo, we be here^ and will go up unto the place which the Lord nath promised : for we have sinned. 41 And M6'§es said. Wherefore now do ye transgress the command'ment of the Lord .'' but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Am'a-lek-ites and the Can'- aan-ites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, there'fore the Lord will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top : nevertheless the ark of the cov enant of the Lord, and Mo'fes, departed {eth with you NUM'BERS. The law of the meal-offering. 4 Then shall he thaf, offereth his offer- ing unto the Lord bring a meat-offering of a tenth-deal of flour, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil. 5 And the fourth part of a 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 floui mingled with the third part of a hin of oil. 7 And for a drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 8 And v,'hen thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sac'rif I^e in perfor'ming 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 a hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-of- feriug half a hin of wine, /or an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 1 1 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one, according to their number. 13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offer- ing an offering made by fire of a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord. 14 And if a stranger so'joiirn with you, or whosoever be among you in your gen- erations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that so'joiirneth with you^ an or- dinance for ever in your generations : as ye are so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that so'joiirn- not out of the camp. 45 Then the Am'a-lek-ites came down, and the Cau'aan-ites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hor'mah. CHAP. XV. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of if'ra-el, and say unto them. When ye be come into ihe land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt-offerlug, or a sac'rif T9e in perfor'ming a vow, or in a free-will-of- fering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a •jweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or o[ the flock ; j 17 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of If'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 the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto the Lord. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of y.our dough /or a heave-offering: as ye do the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lor.d a heave-offering ia your generations. 22 And if ye have erred, and not ob- served all these command'ments which the Lord hath spoken unto Mo'fes, 132 Tke sabbath-breaker stoned. 23 Even all that the Lord hath com- man'ded you by the hand of Mo'fes, from the day that the Lord commanded Md'- ?cj, and henceforward among your gen- erations ; 24 Then it shall be, if aught be com- mitted by ignorance, without the knowl- edge 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 atone- ment for all the congregation of the chil- dren of If'ra-el, and it shall be forgiven them ; for it is ignorance : and they shall bring their offering, a sfic'rif ire made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin-offering before the Lord, for their ignorance : 26 And it shall be forgiven all the con- gregation of the children of ij'ra-el, and the stranger that so'journeth among them ; seeing all the people wire in ignorance. 27 And if any soul sin through igno- rance, then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year for a sin-offtring. 28 And the priest shall make an atone- ment for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him ; and it shall be forgiven him. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born amongst the children of If'ra- el, and for the stranger that so'joiirneth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth aught pre- sumptuously, whtther he he born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despl'fed the word of the Lord, and hath broken his com- mand'ment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 % And while the children of If'ra-el were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath-day. 33 And they that found him gath'erlng sticks brought him unto M6'§es and Ak'- ron, and unto all the congregation : 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes. 37 V And the Lord ipake unto Mo'fes, •aying, NUM'BERS. The rebellion. 38 Speak unfo the children of If'ra-el, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments, through- out their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a rib'and ' of blue : 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the command'ments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart, and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring : 40 That ye may remember, and do all my command'ments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of E'gypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. CHAP. XVI. NOW Ko'rah the son of Iz'har, the son of Ko'hath, the son of Le'vi, and Da'than and A-bi'ram the sons of E-li'ab-, and on the son of Pe'leth, sons of Red' ben, took tnen: 2 And they rose up before Mo'ges, with cer'tain of the children of If'ra-el, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown : 3 And they gathered themselves togeth- er against' Mo'fes and against' .^a'ron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then lift ye up your- selves above the congregation of the Lord ' 4 And when Mo'fes heard i/, he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Ko'rah, and unto all his company, saying, Even to-morrow the Lord will show who are his, and who is holy ; and will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do : Take you censers, Ko'rah, and all his company : 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to-morrow : and it shall be, that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy : ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Le'vi. 8 And Mo'fes said unto K5'rah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Le'vT : 9 Snemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of if'ra-el hath separated you from the congregation of If'ra-el, to bring you near to himself, to do the ser'- vice of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation, to min- ister unto them ' 10 And he hath brought thee near to him^ and all thy brethren the sons of Le'- vi with thee : and seek ye the priesthood also? 1 1 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against M ' rlb'btn. 133 Mo'gea separateth the people. NUM'BERS the Lord : and what is *4a'r6D, that ye murmur against' him ? 12 And M6'§es sent to call Da'than and A-bi'ram, the sons of E-lI'ab ; which said, We will not come up. 13 Is it a small things that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wil- derness, except thou make thyself alto- gether a prince over us ? 14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vine'yards : ' wilt thou put out the eyes of these men ? we will not come up. 15 And Mo'jes was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their oflFering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Mo'fes said unto Ko'rah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and wSa'ron, to-morrow : 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hun- dred and fifty censers ; thou also, and wSa'ron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tab- ernacle of the congregation with Mo'jes and wSa'ron. 19 And Ko'rah gathered all the congre- gation against' them, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, and unto ^a'ron, 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 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about' the tabernacle of Ko'rah, Da'than, and A-bi'ram. 25 And M6'§es rose up, and went unto Da'than and A-bi'ram ; and the elders of if'ra-el followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, eaying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of tlieae wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Ko'rah, Da'than, and A-bi'ram, on every side : and Da'than and A-bl'ram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. The rebellious are destrdi/ed. 28 And INIo'fes said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for / have not dune them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me : 30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swal'- low 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 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asun'der that was under them : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swal'lowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appirtain'ed unto Ko'rah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appirtain'ed to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all If'ra-el that wire round about' them fled at the cry of them : for they said. Lest the earth swal'low us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that ofiered incense. 36 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 37 Speak unto E-le-a'zar the son of .^a'ron the priest, that he take up the cen- sers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these sinners against' their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a cov'erlng of the altar ; for they offered them before the Lord, there'- fore they are hallowed : and they shall be a sign unto the children of 15'ra-el. 39 And E-le-a'zar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered ; and they were made broad plates for a cov'erlng of the altar ; 40 To be a memorial unto the children of l§'ra-el, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Jlk'thu, come near to offer incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Ko'rah, and as his company : as the Lord said to him by the hand of M5'- |es. 41 IT But, on the morrow, all the con- gregation of the children of I|'ra-el mur- mured against' M5'§es and against' ./Sa'ron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And it came to pass, when the con- gregation was gathered against' Mo'fes and against' .//a'ron, that they looked to'ward the tabernacle of the congregation : and, vin'yerdz. 134 His rodjlounshtth. behold, the cloud covered it, and the of the Lord appeared. 43 And Mo'jes and .^a'ron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 45 Get yo up from among this congre- gation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Mo'jes said unto .^Sa'ron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atone- ment for them : for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. 47 And ^a'ron took, as Mo'jes com- man'ded, and ran into the midst of the congregation ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people : and he put on incense, and made an 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 hun- dred, beside tliem that died about' the matter of Ko'rah. 50 And .^a'ron returned unto Mo'jes, unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation : and the plague was stayed. CHAP. xvn. AND the Lord spake unto Md'jes, say- ing. 2 Speak unto the children of Ij'ra-el, and take of every one of them a rod, ac- cording to the house oi their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods : write thou every man''s name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write .^a'ron's name upon the rod of Le'vi : for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation, before the tes'timony, where I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blos- som : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Ij'ra-el, ivhereby they murmur against' you. 6 And Md'jes spake unto the children of Ij'ra-el ; and every one of their princes ga,ve him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : and the rod of ^^a'ron was among their rods. 7 And Mo'fes laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that, on the mor- row, Mo'fes went into the tabernacle of witness ; and, behold, the rod of .^a'ron, for the house of Le'vT, was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded a/mond;. 9 And Mo'ges brought out all the rods ^ agen'. NUM'BERS. Tht p> casts' and Ll'vites'' charge. lory from before the Lord unto all the chil- dren of Ij'ra-el : and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Bring c^a'ron's rod again' 1 before the tes- timony, to be kept for a token against'2 the rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 11 And Mo'fes did so : as the Lord comman'ded him, so did he. 12 And the children of if'ra-el spake unto Mo'fes, 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 ? CHAP. XVIIL AND the IjOrd said unto ^a'ron. Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary : and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priest- hood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe ol Le'vi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee : but thou and thy sons witlt thee shall minister be- fore the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle : only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they nor ye also die. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the ser'vice of the tabernacle ; and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar ; that there be no wrkth any more upon the children of If'ra-el. 6 And I, behold I, have taken your brethren the Le'vites from among the chil- dren of If'ra-el ; to you tliei/ are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 There'fore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for eve- ry thing of the altar, and within the vail ; and ye shall serve : I have given your priest's office unto you as a ser'vice of gift : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be I put to death. 8 And the Lord spake unto i-4a'r6n. Be- hold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave-offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of If'ra-el ; unto thee have I given them, by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire ; Every obla- 2 agcTut'. 135 The Le'vtUs'' portion. tion of theirs, every meat-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every tres'pass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto nie, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it ; every male shall eat it : it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this I* thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Ij'ra-el : I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever : every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first- fruits of them, which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. 13 ^nd whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine : every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 Every thing devoted in I§'ra-el shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the ma'trix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine : nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou re- deem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed, from a month old shalt thou redeem, ac- cording to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoul- der are thine. 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Ij'ra-el offer unto the Lord, have I given thee and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever : it w a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee, and to thy seed with thee. 20 And the Lord spake unto ^a'rou, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them : I am thy part, and thine in- heritance, among the children of Ij'ra-el. 21 And, behold, I have given the chil- dren of Le'vl all the tenth in i§'ra-el for an inheritance, for their ser'vice which they serve, eren the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the congregation. NUM'BERS. The waltr of separation the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Le'vites shall do the ser'vice of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity. // shall be a statute for ever throughout your genera- tions, that among the children of I§'ra-el they have no inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children oflj'- ra-el, which they offer as a heave-offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Le' vites to inherit : there'f ore I have said unto them, Among the children of Ij'ra-el they shall have no inheritance. 25 And the Lord spake unto M5'§ea, saying, 26 Thus speak unto the Le'vites, and say unto them. When ye take of the chil- dren of ij'ra-el the tithes, which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the ful- ness of the wine-press. 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave- offering unto the Lord of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of I|'ra-el ; and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave-offering to ^^a'ron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, ere?i the hallowed part thereof, out of it. 30 There'f ore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Le'vites as the mcrease of the threshing- floor, and as the increase of the wune-press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households : for it is your reward for your ser'vice 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 If 'ra-el, lest ye die. CHAP. XIX. A ND the Lord spake unto Mo'jjes, and xjL unto ./3a'r6n, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath comman'ded, saying, Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, w^here- in is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke. 3 And ye shall give her unto E-le-a'zar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face. 4 And E-le-a'zar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of 22 Neither must the children of If'ra-el| her blood dhectly before the tabernacle of henceforth come nigh the tabernacle ofj the congregation seven times. 136 The law of purification. 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his si^ht ; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn : C And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyj'fop, 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 bfithe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. C And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of If'ra-el, for a water of separa- tion : it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it shall be unto the children of If'ra-el, and unto the stranger that so'journeth among them, for a statute for ever. 1 1 IT He that toCicheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean : but if he purify not him- self the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from If'ra-el : because the water of separation was not sprinkled upop him, he shall be unclean ; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law when a man dieth in a tent ; All that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no cov'ering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean ;;erJon they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel ; 18 And a clean person shall take hyf'- fop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave : 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day ; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, M2 N UM'BERS. Water out of the rock. and shall not purify himself, that soul sliall be cut ofl" from among the congrega- tion, because he hath defiled the sanctu- ary of the Lord : the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him ; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpet'ual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes ; and he that toucheth the water of separa- tion shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAP. XX. THEN came the children of If'ra-el, even the whole congregation, into the def'ert of Zin, in the first month : and the people abode in Ka'desh ; and Mir'i-am died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congre- gation : and they gathered themselves to- gether against' jVlojes and against' ^a'ron. 3 And the people chode with Mo'fes, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord ! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wil- derness, that we and our cattle should die there .'' 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of E'^ypt, to bring us in unto this evil place .'' it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegran'ates ; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Mo'jes and i4a'r6n went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces ; and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. 7 And the Lord spake unto Mo'§es, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and ./Sa'ron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes ; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock : so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Mo'fes took the rod from before the Lord, as he comman'ded him. 10 And Mo'fes and ^a'ron 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'fes lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice : and the water came out abun'dantly : and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes and ^a'ron. Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of If'ra-el, there'fore ye shall not bring 137 Jla'rfin ditlh. this conirrigation into the land which I have g;iven them. 13 'Ihis is the water of Mer'i-bah ; be- cause the chiklren of I§'ra-cl strove with the LoRn, and he was sanctified in them. 14 \ And Mo'fes sent messengers from Ka'desh unto the king of E'dom, Thus saith thy brother Ij'ra-^l, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us ; 15 How our fathers went down into E'pypt, and we have dwelt in E'gypt a long time -, and the K-^yp'ti-anf vexed us and our fathers : 16 And v/hcn we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an an|el, and hath brought us forth out of E'gypt ; 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 vine'yards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king's high--w?iy, we will not turn" to the right "hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 10 And E'dom said unto him. Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against' thee with the su'ord. 19 And the children of If'ra-el said unto him, We will go by the high-way, and if I and my aattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it : I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said. Thou shalt not go through. And E'dom came out against' him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus E'dom refused to give If'ra-el passage through his border : wherefore Ij'ra-el turned away from him. 22 IT And the children of If'ra-el, even the whole congregation, joiir'neyed from Ka'desh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes and »/3a'r6n in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of E'dom, saying, 24 Aa.'rbn shall be gathered unto his people : for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of If'ra-el, because ye rebelled against' my word at the water of Mer'i-bah. 25 Take Aa'Ton and E-le-a'zar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor ; 26 And strip ^a'ron of his garments, and put them upon E-le-a'zar his son : and ^3a'r6n shall be gathered unlo his people, and shall die there. 27 And Mo'fes did as the Lord com- man'ded : and they went up into mount Hor, in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Mo'fes stripped ^^fi'ron of his garments, and put them upon E-le-a'zar his son ; and .4a'r6n died there in the top of the mount : and Mo'fes and E-le-a'zar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw NUM'BKRS. Fiery strpents, that ./^a'ron was dead, they mourned for *4a'r6n thirty days, even all the house of If'ra-el. CHAP, XXI. AND iL-lien king A'rad the Can'aan-Tte, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that If'ra-el came by the way of the spies ; then he fought against' If'ra-el, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And If'ra-el vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said. If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will ut- terly destroy' their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of If'ra-el, and delivered up the Can'aan- ites ; and they utterly destroy'ed them and their cities : and he called the name of the place Hor'mah. 4 IT And they joiir'neyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to com'- pass the land of E'dom : and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against' God, and against' Mo'fes, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of E'gypt, to die in the wilderness ? for ihert 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 peo- ple ; and much people of If'ra-el died. 7 There'fore 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'fes prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, 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'fes 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. 10 f And the children of If ra-el set for'ward, and pitched in O'both. 11 And they jour'neyed from o'both, and pitched at Ig-e-ab'a-rim, 1 in the wil- derness which is before Mo'ab, to'u'ard the sun-rising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Za'red. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Ar'non, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Im'o-rites : for Ar'non is the border of Mo'ab, between Mo'ab and the Am'o-rites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Ar'non, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that ' g hard. 138 Sl'honu overcome. NUM'BEilS goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, aud 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'fes, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then ij'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 di- rection o/the law-giver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mat'tan-ah : 19 And from Mat'tan-ah to Na-ha'li-el : and from Na-ha'li-el to Ba'moth : 20 And from Ba'moth in the valley, that is in the country of Mo'ab, to the top of Pij'gah, which looketh to'ward Jesh'i-mon. 21 1 And l§'ra-el sent messengers unto Si'hon king of the Arn'o-rltes, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn into the fields, or into the vine'yards ; ^ we will not drink of the wa- ters of the well : but -we will go along' by the king's high-wdij^ until we be past thy borders. 23 And Si'hon would not suffer If'ra-el to pass through his border ; but Si'hon gathered all his people together, and went out against' If'ra-el into the wilderness : and he came to Ja'haz, and fought against' If'ra-el. 24 And If'ra-el smote him with the edge of the sii'ord, and pofjess'ed his land from Ar'non unto Jab'bok, even unto the chil- dren of Am'mon : for the border of the children of Am'mon was strong. 25 And If'ra-el took all these cities : and If'ra-el dwelt in all the cities of the Am'o-rites, in Hesh'bon, and in all the vil- lages thereof. 26 For Hesh'bon was the city of Si'hon the king of the Am'o-rltes, who had fought against' the former king of Mo'ab, and taken all his laud out of his hand, even unto Ar'non. 27 Wherefore they that speak in prov- erbs say. Come into Hesh'bon, let the city of Si'hon be built and prepared : 28 For there is a fire gone out of Hesh'- bon, a flame from the city of Si'hon : it hath consumed Ar of Mo'ab, and the lords of the high places of Ar'non. 29 Wo to thee, Mo'ab ! thou art undone, O people of Che'mosh : he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Si'hon king of the Am'o- rites. 30 We have shot at them : Hesh'bon is perished even unto Di'bon, and we have laid them waste even unto No'phah, which reachtih unto Med'e-ba. 31 If Thus If'ra-el dwelt in the land of the Am'o-rites. 32 And Mo'fes sent to spy out Ja-a'zer ; Bd'lak sendelh for Balaam. and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Am'o-rites that wire there. 33 And they turned, and went up by the way of Ba'shan : and Og the king of Ba'- shan went out against' them, he and all his people, to the battle at Ed're-T. 34 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, 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'hon king of the Am'o-rites, which dwelt at Hesh'bon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive : and they poffess'ed his land. CHAP. XXII. AND the children of If'ra-el set for'- . ward, and pitched in the plains of Mo'ab, on this side Jor'dan by Jer'i-cho. 2 And Ba'lak, the son of Zip'por, saw all that If'ra-el had done to the Am'o-rites. 3 And Mo'ab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many : and Mo'ab was distressed because of the chil- dren of If'ra-el. 4 And Mo'ab said unto the elders of Mid'i-an, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about' us, as the ox lick- eth up the grass of the field. And Ba'lak, the son of Zip'por, was king of the Mo'ab- Ites at that time. 5 He sent messengers, there'fore, unto Ba'laam, the son of Be'or, to Pe'thor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from E'eypt : behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against' me. 6 Come now, there'fore, I pray thee, curse me this people, for they are too mighty for me : peradven'tOre I shall pre- vail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land : for I wot that he whom thou blessest is bles'sed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. a, 7 And the elders of Mo'ab, and the elders of Mid'i-an, departed with the re- wards of divination in their hand ; and they came unto Ba'laam, and spake unto him the words of Ba'lak. 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 Mo'ab abode with Ba'laam. 9 And God came unto Ba'laam, and said. What men are these with thee ? 10 And Ba'laam said unto God, Ba'lak the son of Zip'por, king of Mo'ab, hath sent unto me, saying.^ 1 1 Behold, there is a people come out of £'|ypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse me them ; pSrad- ven'ture I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Ba'laam, Thou vln'ycrdz. 139 .4n angel meeteth him in th t nay. NI IM'BERS. BaTaam's ass speaketh. 29 And Ba'laam said unto the ass, Be- cause thou hast mocked me : I would shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people : for they are bles'sed. 13 And Ba'laam rose up in the morning-, and said unto the princes of Ba'lak, Get you into your land : for the Lord refuseth to give mc leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Mo'ab rose up, and they went unto Ba'lak, and said, Ba'- laam refuseth to come with us. 15 And Ba'lak sent yet again' princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Ba'laam, and said to /lini. Thus saith Ba'lak, the son of Zip'- por, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming luito me : 17 For I will promote thee unto very great Annour, and I will do whatsoever thou saycst unto me : come, there'fore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Ba'laam answered and said unto the servants of Ba'lak, If Ba'lak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 Now, there'fore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Ba'laam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them ; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Ba'laam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Mo'ab. 22 And God's anger was kindled be- cause he went : and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an ad'versary against' him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field ; and Ba'laam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the Lord stood in^a path of the vine'yards,^ a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Ba'laam's foot against' the wall : and he smote her again'. 26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where tcbs no way to turn, either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Ba'laam : and Ba'laam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass ; and she said unto Ba'laam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times ? ' vln'yerdz. there were a sjtord in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Ba'laam, Ant not I thine ass, upon which thou hast rid- den ever since I was thine unto this day ? was I ever wont to do so unto thee ? And he said. Nay. 31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of Ba'laam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand : and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the Lord said unto him. Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times ? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is per- verse' before me : 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times ; unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Ba'laam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against' me : now, there'f5re, if it displease thee, I will get me back again'. 35 And the angel of the Lord said unto Ba'laam, Go with the men : but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Ba'laam went with the princes of Ba'lak. 36 And when Ba'lak heard that Ba'- laam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of M5'ab, which is in the bor der of Ar'non, which is in the utmost coast 37 And Ba'lak said unto Ba'laam, 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 hbn- OUT ? 38 And Ba'laam said unto Ba'lak, Lo, I am come unto Si^e : 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'lak, and they came unto Kir'jath-Hu'zoth. 40 And Ba'lak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Ba'laam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Ba'lak took Ba'laam, and brought him up into the high places of Ba'al, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAP. XXIII. AND Bi'laam said unto Ba'lak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Ba'lak did as Ba'laam had spok- en ; and Ba'lak and Ba'laam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Ba'laam said unto Ba'lak, Stand 140 Bd'lak's sac'rif'ice. by thy burnt-offering, and I will go ; per- adven'ture the Lord will come to meet me : and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a high place. 4 And God met Ba'laam : and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bul- lock and a ram. 5 And the Lord put a word in Ba'- laam's mouth, and said. Return unto Ba'- lak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him ; and, lo, he stood by his burnt-sac'rif Ige, he, and all the princes of Mo'ab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Ba'lak the king of Mo'ab hath brought me from A'ram, out of the moun'tains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Ja'cob, and come, defy ij'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'cob, and the number of the fourth part of If'- ra-el ? Let me die the death of the rTgh'- teous, and let my last end be like his ! 11 And Ba'lak said unto Ba'laam, What hast thou done unto me ? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast bless'ed 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'lak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayst see them : thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all ; and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zo'phim, to the top of hif'gah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Ba'lak, 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 said, Go again' unto Ba'lak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Mo'ab with him. And Ba'lak said unto him, What hath the Lord spok- en ? 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Ba'lak, and hear ; hearken unto me, thou son of Zip'por : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good f NUM'BERS. Bd'laam>s parable. 20 Behold, I have received command'- mint to bless, and he hath bless'ed ; and [ cannot reverse' it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja'- cob, neither hath he se<:n perversc'ness in Ij'ra-el : the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of t'sypt : he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchantment against' Ja'cob, neither is there any divi- nation against' Ij'ra-el : according to this time it shall be said of Ja'cob and of Ij'- ra-el, What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 And Ba'lak said unto Ba'laam, Nei- ther curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Ba'laam answered and said unto Ba'lak, Told not I thee, saying. All that the Lord speakcth, that I must do ? 27 And Ba'lak said unto Ba'laam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place : peradven'ture it will please God that thou mayst curse me them from thence. 28 And Ba'lak brought Balaam unto the top of Pe'or, thatlooketh td'ward Jesh'- i-mon. 29 And Ba'laam said unto Ba'lak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Ba'lak did as Ba'laam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAP. XXIV. AND when Ba'laam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Ij'ra-el, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchant- ments, but he set his face to'uard the wilderness. 2 And Ba'laam lifted up his eyes, and he saw 15'ra-el abiding in his tents according to their tribes ; and the SpTr'it of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Ba'laam the son of Be'or hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said ; 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Al mTgh'ty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ja'96b, and thy tabernacles, O If'ra-el ! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign-aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar-trees beside the waters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than A.'gh.g and his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 God brought him forth out of fi'fypt, 141 Ba'laam's prophecy. he hath as it were the strength of a uni- corn : he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce than through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up ? Bles'sed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 And Ba'lak's anger was kindled against' Ba'laam, and he smote his hands together: and Ba'lak said unto Ba'laam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether bless'ed thtm these three times. 11 There'fore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee unto great /lon'our ; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from ft.6n'our. 12 And Ba'laam said unto Ba'lak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thoH sentest unto me, saying, 13 If Ba'lak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the command'ment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; hut what the Lord saith,^ that will I speak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my peo- ple : come //icre/ore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy peo- ple in the latter days. 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Ba'laam the son of Be'or hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said ; 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Al-migh'ty, falling into a trance, but hav- ing his eyes open : 17 I .''hall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Ja'cob, and a Scep'tre shall rise out of Ij'ra-el, and shall smite the corners of Mo'ab, and destroy' all the children of Sheth. 18 And E'dom shall be a poffes'sion, Se'ir also shall be a p6§f es'sion for his ene- mies ; and If'ra-el shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Ja'cob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy' him that remaineth of the city. 20 And when he looked on Xm'a-lek, he took up his parable, and said, Am'a- lek was the first of the nations ; but his latter end shall be, that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Ken'ites, and took up his parable, and said. Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenlte shall be wasted until Ash'ur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and sail, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! NUM'BERS. Zlm'rt and Cdz'b'i are slain 24 And ships shall come from the coas of Chit'tim, and shall afflict Ash'ur, and shall afflict E'ber, and he also shall perish for ever. 25 And Ba'laam rose up, and went and returned to his place : and Ba'lak also went his way. CHAP. XXV.— AND If'ra-el abode in Shit'tim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Mo'ab. 2 And they called the people unto the sac'rif i^es of their gods : and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And if'ra-el joined himself unto Ba' al-Pe'6r : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against' Ij'ra-el. 4 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against' the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from If'ra-el. 5 And Mo'fes said unto the judges of If'ra-el, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Ba'al-Pe'or. 6 IT And, behold, one of the children of If 'ra-el came, and brought unto his breth- ren a Mid'i-an-i-tish woman, in the sight of Mo'fes, and in the sight of all the con- gregation of the children of If'ra-el, who were weeping before the door of the tab- ernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phin'e-has the son of E-le- a'zar, the son of ^a'ron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand ; 8 And he went after the man of If'ra- el into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of If'ra-el, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of If'ra-el. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 10 And the Lord spake unto Mofes, saying, 1 1 Phm'e-has the son of E-le-a'zar, the son of ^a'ron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of If'- ra-el, (while he was zealous for my sake among them,) that I consumed not the children of If'ra-el in my jealousy. 12 Wherefore, say. Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an ever- las'ting priesthood ; because he was zeal ous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of if'ra-el. 14 Now the name of the If'ra-el-Tte that was slain, even that was slain with the Mid'i-an-T-tish woman, was Zim'r! the son of Sa'lu, a prince of a chief house among the Sim'e-6n-ltes. 15 And the name of the Mid'i-an-i-tish 1 tcth. 142 ITie sum of all I/ra-cl is NUM womaa that was slain icas Coz'bi, the daughter of Zur ; he was head over a peo- ple, and of a chief house in Mid'i-an. 16 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 17 Vex the Mid'i-an-ites, and smite them : 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you, in the matter of Pe'or, and in the matter of Coz'- bi, the daughter of a prince of Mid'i-an, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague, for Pe'or's sake. CHAP. XXVI. AND it came to pass, after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, and unto E-le-a'zar the son of »4a'ron the priest, saying, 2 'Fake the sum of all the congregation of the children of Ij'ra-el, from twenty years old and up'ward, throughout their father's house, all that are able to go to war in Ij'ra-el. 3 And Mo'fes and E-le-a'zar the priest spake with them in the plains of M5'ab, by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and up'ward ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes, and the chil- dren of if'ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E'gypt. 5 Reii'ben, the eldest son of if'ra-el : the children of Rea'ben ; Ha'nSch, of whom com.elh the family of the Ha'noch-ites : of Fal'lu, the family of the Pal'lu-ites : 6 Of Hez'ron, the family of the Hez'- ron-ites : of Car'mT, the family of the Car'mTtes. 7 These are the families of the Reil'- ben-Ttes : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. R And the sons of Pal'lu ; E-ll'ab. 9 And the sons of E-li'ab ; Nem-ii'el, and Da'than, and A-bi'ram. This is that Da'than and A-bi'ram which were famous in the congregation, who strove against' Mo'fes and against' JJa'ron 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'rjih, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : and they became a sign. 1 1 Notwithstanding, the children of Ko'rah died not. 12 The sons of STm'e-6n after their fami- lies : of Nem-u'el, the family of the Nem- u'el-ites : of Ja'min, the family of the Ja'min-ltes : of Ja'9hin, the family of the Ja'9hin-ites : 13 Of Ze'rah, the family of the Zar'- fiitcs : of Sha'iil, the family of the Sha'- ul-!tes. 14 These are the families of the STm'e- BERS. laf:en in the plains of Md'ab. 6n-itcs, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 15 The children of Gad, after their families : of Ze'phon, the family of the Ze'phon-ites : of Hag'gi, the family of the Hag'gites : of Shu'ni, the family of the Shu'nites : 16 Of oz'nT, the family of the Oz'nltes of E'rT, the family of the E'rites : 17 Of A'r5d, the family of the A'rod- ites : of A're-IT, the family of the A're-lltes. 18 These are the families of tlie chil- dren of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 The sons of Ju'dah ivere Er and o'- nan : and Er and o'nan died in the land of Ca'na-an. 20 And the sons of Jii'dah after their families were ; of She'lah, the family of the She'lan-Ttes : of Pha'rez, the family of the Phar'zites : of Ze'rah, the family of the Zar'hites : 21 And the sons of Pha'rez were ; of Hez'ron, the family of the Hez'ron-ltes : of Pla'mul, the family of the Ha'mul-ltes. 23 These are the families of Ju'dah ac- cording to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 Of the sons of is'sa-char after their families : of To'la, the family of the To'- la-ltes : of Pu'a, the family of the Pu'- nltes : 24 Of Jash'ub, the family of the Jash'- iib-ites : of Shim'ron, the family of the Shim'ron-ites. 25 These are the families of Is'sa-9har according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 Of the sons of Zeb'u-lon after their families : of Se'red, the family of the Sar'- dltes : 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- lon-ites, according to those that were num bered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Jo'seph, after their fam- ilies, were Ma-nas'-seh and E'phra-Tm. 29 Of the sons of Ma-nas'seh : of Ma'- chi'r, the family of the Ma'chir-ites ; and Ma'chir begat Gil'e-ad : oi Gil'e-ad come the family of the Gil'e-ad-ites. 30 These are the sons of GTl'e-ad : of Je-e'zer, the family of the Je-e'zer-ites : of He'lek, the family of the He'lek-ltes: 31 And of Af'ri-el, the family of the Af'ri-el-ltes : and of She'cbem, the family of the She'chem-ites : 32 And of She-mi'da, the family of the She-mi'da-;tes : and of He'ph^r, the family of the He'pher-ltes. 33 IT And Ze-lo'phe-had the son of 143 The tribes numbered. He'ph^r had no sons, but dAiijrhti rs : and the names of the daughters of Zr-lo'phe- had «•(■/•« Mah'lah, and No'ah, IlO^'lah, Md'cab, and Tir'zah.l 34 Thi se are the families of Ma-nas'seh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 'I'hcse are the sons of E'phra-Tm after thifir families : of Shu'the-lah, the family of the Shii'thal-Ttes : of Be'cher, 'he family of the Bach'rltes : of Ta'han, the family of the Ta'han-Ttes. 36 And these are the sons of Shu'the- lah : of E'ran, the family of the E'ran-ltes. 37 These are the families of the sons of E'phra-im, according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thou- sand and five hundred. These are the sons of Jo'seph after their families. 38 The sons of Ben'ja-min after their families : of Be'la, the family of the Be'la- ites : of Ash'bel, the family of the Ash'- bel-ltes : of A-hi'ram, the family of the A-hl'ram-ites : 39 Of Shii'pham, the family of the Shu'- pham-ltes : 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'a-mites : 41 These are the sons of Ben'ja-min, after their families: and they that were numbered of them wire forty and five thousand and six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan, after their families : of Shii'ham, the family of the Shu'ham-ltes. These are the families of Dan, after their families. 43 All the families of the Shu'ham-ites, according to those that were numbered of them, n-cre threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 Of the children of Ash'er, after their families: of Jim'na,. the family of the JTm'nites : of Jes'u-i, the family of the Jes'- u-ites : of Be-ri'ah, the family of the Be'- ri-ites. 45 Of the sons of Be-rl'ah : of He'ber, the family of the He'ber-ites : of Mal'- chi-el, the family of the Mal'chi-el-Ttes. 46 And the name of the daughter of Ash'er n-as Sa ain. 47 These are the lamilioa of tho 3on3 of Ash'er, according to those that were numbered of them, who wire fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 48 Of the sons of Naph'ta-IT, after their families : of Jah'ze-el, the family of the Jah'ze-el-ites : of Gu'ni, the family of the Gu'nltes : 49 Of .Te'z^r, the family of the Je'z^r- ites : of Shll'lem, the family of the Shil'- ;em-ites. 50 These are the families of Naph'ta-IT, 1 Tir'za. NUM'BERS. Tlie law of inheritance. according to their families : and they that were numbered of them wire forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These wire the numbered of the children of If'ra-el, six hundred thousand, and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 f And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the num- ber of names. 54 To many thou shalt giA'e the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance : to every one shall his in- heritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be di- vided by lot : according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the pof- fes'sion thereof be divided between many and few. 57 H And these are they that were numbered of the Le'vites, after their fam- ilies : of Ger'shon, the family of the Ger'- shon-ites : of Ko'hath, the family of the Ko'hath-ites : of Mer'a-rT, the family of the Mer'a-rites. 58 These are the families of the Le'- vites : the family of the Lib'nites, the fam- ily of the He'bron-ites, the family of the Mah'lites, the family of the Mu'shites, the family of the Ko'rath-ites : and Ko'hath begat Am'ram. 59 And the name of Am'ram's wife was Joch'e-bed, the daughter of Le'vT, whom her nidther bare to Le'vi in E'gypt : and he bare unto Am'ram, ^a'ron, and Mo'jes, and Mir'i-am^ their sister. 60 And unto ./3a'r6n was born Na'dab, and A-bi'hii, E-le-a'zar, and Ith'a-mar. 61 And Na'dab and A-bi'hu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord. 62 And those that were numbered of them w6re twenty and three thousand, all males, from a month old and ijp'ward : for they were not numbered among the chil- dren of If'ra-el, because there was no in- heritance given them among the children of If'ra-el. 63 IT These are they that were num- bered by Mo'fes and E-le-a'zar the priest, who numbered the children of ij'ra-el in the plains of Mo'ab, by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Mo'fes and ./3a'r6n the priest numbered, when they number- ed the children of Ij'ra-el in the wilder- ness of Si'nai : 65 For the Lord had said of them. They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was liot left a man of them, save Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh, and Josh'u-a the son of Niin. 2 Mer'e-atn. 144 TTie laip of mneritancts. CHAP. XXVII. THEN came the daughters of Ze-16'- phe-had, the son of He'ph^r, the son of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh, of the families of Ma-nas'seh the son of Jo'seph : and these are the names of his daughters ; Mah'lah, No'ah, and Hog'lah, and MH'cah, and Tir'ziih.^ 2 And they stood before Mo'fes, and before E-le-fi'zar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, 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 ov/n sin, and had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, be- cause he hath no son ? Give unto us, there'Jore^ a poffes'sion am6ng the breth- ren of our father. 5 And Mo'jes brought their cause before the Lord. 6 And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 7 The daughters of Ze-lo'phe-had speak right : thou shalt surely give them a poj- fes'sion of an inheritance am6ng their fa- ther's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the chil- dren of ij'ra-el, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his in- heritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's orethren. 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 pojjess' it : and it shall be unto the children of Is'ra-el a statute of judgment ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 12 IT And the Lord said unto Mo'jes, Get thee up into this mount Ab'a-rim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of If'ra-el. 13 And when thou hast seen it thou also s-halt be gathered unto thy people, as •4a'ron thy brother was gathered. 14 For ye rebelled against' my com- mand'ment in the dej'ert of Zln, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes : that is the water of Mer'i-bah in Ka'desh, in the wil- derness of Zin. 15 And Mo'fes spake unto the Lord, saying, ' Tlr'mi. N 10 NUM'BERS Jbsh'u-a succeedeth Mh'§e» 16 Let the Lord, the God of the spir- its of all flesh, set a man over the congre- gation, 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 shep'/ierd. 18 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Take thee J6sh'u-a the son of NCin, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; 19 And set him before E-le-a'zar the priest, and before all the congregation : and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put soine of thine /lon'our upon him, that all the congrega- tion of the children of l|'ra-el may be obedient. 2 21 And he shall stand before E-le-a'z&r the priest, who shall ask counsel for him, after the judgment of C'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 If'ra-el with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Mo fes did as the Lord com- man'ded him : and he took J6sh'u-a, and set him before £-le-a'zar the priest, and before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord com- man'ded by the hand of Mo'fes. CHAP. XXVIII. A ND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- J\. ing, 2 Command' the children of If'ra-el, and say unto them. My offering, and my bread for my sac'rif i^es made by fire for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye objerve to offer unto me in their due season. 3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; two lambs of the first year without spot, day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even ; 5 And a tenth fart of an eph'ah of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a bin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in Mount Si'nai for a sweet savour, a sac'rifi^e made by fire unto the Lord. 7 And the drink-offering thereof thaU be the fourth part of a bin for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink-offering. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as the meat-offering of the morn- ing, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou 2 o-be'je-ent. 145 Offerings on shall offer i7, a sac'rifl9e made by fire, of a swiit savour unto the Lord. 9 And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year witliout spot, and two tenth- deals of flour /or a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof. 10 This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offer- ing, and his drink-offering. 1 1 And in the beginnings of your m6nths ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; 12 And three-tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock ; and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, for one ram ; 13 And a several tenth-deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering unto one lamb, for a burnt-offering of a sweet savour, a sac'rif i^e made by fire unto the Lord. 14 And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third fart of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth fart of a hin unto a lamb : this is the burnt-offering of every month through- out the m6nths of the year. 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin- offering unto the Lord shall be offered, besides the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering. 16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. 17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast : seven days shall un- leavened bread be eaten. 18 In the first day shall be a holy con vocation ; ye shall do no manner of ser'- vile work therein : 19 But ye shall offer a sac'rif i^e made by fire, for a burnt-offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year : they shall be unto you without blemish : 20 And their meat-offerings shall be of flour mingled with oil : three tenth-deals -shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth- deals for a ram ; 21 A several tenth-deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 22 And one goat for a sin-offering, to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt- offering in the morning, which is for a con- tinual burnt-offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sac'rif ige made by fire, of a sweet sa- vour unto the Lord : it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and .his drink-offering. .25 And ou the seveath day ye shall NUM'BERS. divers occastons. have a holy convocation ; ye shall do no ser'vile work. 26 Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye bring a new meat-offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no ser'vile work : 27 But ye shall offer the burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year ; 28 And their meat-offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto one bullock, two tenth-deals unto one ram ; 29 A several tenth-deal unto one iamb, throughout the seven lambs ; 30 ^nd one kid of the goats, to makt an atonement for you. 31 Ye shall offer them besides the con tinual burnt-offering, and his meat-offer ing, (they shall be unto you without blem ish,") and their drink-offerings. CHAP. XXIX. AND in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation : ye shall do no ser'vile work ; it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord, one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 3 And their meat-offerings shall be of flour mingled with oil, three-tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth-deals for a ram. 4 And one tenth-deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs ; 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin- offering, to make an atonement for you : 6 Beside the burnt-offering of the month, and his meat-offering, and the daily burnt- offering, and his meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, according unto their man- ner, for a sweet savour, a sac'rifi^e made by fire unto the Lord. 7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy convocation ; and ye shall afilict your souls : ye shall not do any work therein : 8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour ; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year ; they shall be unto you without blemish. 9 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals to a bullock, and two tenth-deals to one ram. 10 A several tenth-deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 11 One kid of the goats for a sin-offer ing, beside the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meat-offering of it, and their drink-oflfer- ings. 14a Solemn feasls and offerings. NUM'BERS. 12 And on the fifteenth day of the sev- enth month ye shall have a holy convoca- tion ; ye shall do no ser'vTle work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : 13 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sac'rifT9emade by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year ; they shall be without blemish : 14 And their naeat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bul- locks, two tenth-deals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a several tenth-deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs ; 16 And one kid of the goats for a sin- offering, beside the continual burnt-offer- ing, his meat-offering, and his drink-offer- ing. 17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot ; 18 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be accordin" to their number, after the manner 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin- offering ; beside the continual burnt-offer ing, and the meat-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings 20 And on the third day eleven bul- locks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish ; 21 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 22 And one goat /or a sin-offering ; be- side the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, 23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs cf the first year without blemish : 24 Their meat-offering, and their drink- offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin- offering ; beside the continual burnt-offer- ing, his meat-offering, and his drink-offer- ing. 26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot : 27 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be accord- ing to their number, after the manner : 28 And one goat /or a sin-offering ; be- side the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks. Fbtr* not to be broken. 30 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 31 And one goat /or a sin-offering; be- side the continual burnt-offering, his meat- offering, and his drink-offering. 32 And on the seventh day seven bul locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish : 33 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner ; 34 And one goat for a sin-offering ; be- side the continual burnt-offering, his meat- offering, and his drink-offering. 35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly ; ye shall do no ser'vile work therein : 36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sac'rifi^e made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish : 37 Their meat-offering, and their drink- offerings, for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner : 38 And one goat /or a sin-offering ; be- side the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 39 These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your free-will-offerings, for your burnt- offerings, and for your meat-offerings, and for 70ur drink-offerings, and for your peace- offerings. 40 And Mo'jes told the children of !§'- ra-el, according to all that the Lord com- man'ded Md'fes. CHAP. XXX. AND Mo'fes spake unto the heads of the tribes concer'ning the children of I§'ra-el, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath comm^n'ded. 2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth ; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth ; not any of her vows, or of her bonds, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand : and the Lord shall two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first forgive her, because her father disallowed year without blemish : I her. 147 ff^ar tcith the Mid'i-an-ites. 6 And if she liad at all a huf'band, when she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul 7 And her huj'band heard i7, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it ; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her huj'band disallowed her on the day that he heard it ; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that whicli she uttered with her lips, where- with she bound her soul, of n6ne effect : and the Lorij shall forgive her. 9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against' her. 10 And if she vowed in her huj'band's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath ; 11 And her huf'band heard i/, and held bis peace at her, and disallowed her not ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her huf'band hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them, ; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concer'ning her vows, or concer'nlng' the bond of her soul, shall not stand ; her huf'- band hath made them void, and the Lord shall forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her hiif 'band may estab'- lish it, or her huf'band may make it void. 14 But if her huf'band altogether hold his peace at her, from day to day ; then he estab'lisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her : he confirm- eth^ them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall any ways make them void, after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 These are the statutes which the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes, between a man and his wife ; between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's houf e. CHAP. XXXL AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, say- ing, 2 Aven^'e' the children of If 'ra-el of the Mid'i-an-ites : afterward shall thou be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Mo'fes spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against' the Mid'i-an- ites and avenge' the Lord of I\Iid'i-an. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of If'ra-el, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of If'ra-el, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. JNUM'BEIIS. The Mid'i-dn-iles spoiled. 6 And Mo'fes sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phin'e- has the son of K-le-a'zar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and thf< trumpets to blow, in his hand. 7 And they warred against' the Mid'i- an-ites, as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes ; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Mid'i-an, beside the rest of them that were slain ; namely., E'vi, and Re'kem, and Zur, and Hiir, and Re'ba, five kings of Mid'i-an : Ba'laam also, the son of Be'or, they slew with the sM/'ord. 9 And the children of If'ra-el took al. the women of Mid'i-an captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities where in they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Mo'fes and E-le-a'zar the priest, and unto the congre- gation of the children of If'ra-el, unto the camp at the plains of Mo'ab, which are by Jor'dan near Jer'i-ch5. 13 A.nd M5'f es, and E-le-a'zar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Mo'fes was wroth with the offi- cers of the host, ui.ih the cap'tains over thousands, and cap'tains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Mo'fes said unto them. Have ye saved all the women alive ? 16 Behold, these caused the children of If'ra-el, through the counsel of Ba'laam, to commit tres'pass against' the Lord in the matter of Pe'or, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now there'f ore kill every male among th« little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women-children that have not known a man, by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath toiiched any slain, purify both your&elves and your cap- tives, on the third day, and on the seventh day. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all Uiat is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair., and all things made of wood. 21 And E-le-a'zar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes ; 22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, kon-firmHth. 148 The sum of the prey, and NUM'BERS 23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean ; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterwards ye shall come into the camp. 25 T And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and £-le-a'zar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation ; 27 And divide the prey into two parts ; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation : 28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to bat- tle : one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep. 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto E-le-a'zar the priest, for a heave-offering of the I>oRD. 30 And of the children of If'ra-el's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Le'vites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. 31 And Mo'fes and E-le-a'zar the priest did as the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand sheep, 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 34 And threescore and . one thousand 33 And thirty and two thousand per- sons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in num- ber three hundred thousand, and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep : 37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand ; of which the Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thou- sand ; of which the Lord's tribute tvas thirty and two persons. 41 And Mo'fes gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave-offering, unto E-le- a'zar the priest ; as the Lord comman'ded Mo'$es. N 2 1 E-le-d'le divigton of it. 42 And of the children of If'ra-el's half which Mo'fes divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half thai pcrtain'ed unto the congregation was three hundred thou- sand, and thirty thousand, and seven thou- sand 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 If'ra-el's half, Mo'fes 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 comman'ded Mo'fes. 48 IT And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the cap'tains of thousands, and cap'tains of hundreds, came near unto Mo'fes : 49 And they said unto Mo'fes, Thy ser- vants 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 there'f ore brought an obla- tion for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewelsof gold, chains, and brace- lets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 51 And Mo'fes and E-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 cap'- tains of thousands, and of the cap'tains of hundreds was sixteen thousand seven hun- dred and fifty shekels. 53 {For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.^ 54 And Mo'fes and E-le-a'zar the priest took the gold of the cap'tains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a me- morial for the children of If 'ra-el before the Lord. CHAP. XXXIL NOW the children of Reft'ben, and the children of Gad, had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Ja'zer, and the land of GTl'e-ad, that, behold, the place was a placi- for cat- tle ; 2 The children of Gad, and the chil- dren of Reft'ben, came and spake unto Mo'- fes, and to E-le-a'zar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 At'a-roth, and Ul'bon, and Ja'zer, and Nim'rah, and Hesh'bon, and E-le-a'leh,* and She'bam, and Ne'bo, and Be'on, 4 Even the country which the Lorb smote before the congregation of If'ra-el, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle : 149 The Reu'bcn-ttes and Gad''iUs 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for_ a posjes'sion, and bring us not over Jor'dau. 6 And M6'$e8 said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reft'ben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here ? i i ■ ^ 7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of If'ra-tl from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them ? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Ka'desh-13ar'ne-a to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the val- ley of i;sh'961, and saw the land, they dis- couraged the heart of the children of If'- ra-el,'that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. 10 And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of E'^ypt, from twenty years old and up'ward, shall see the land which I sware unto A'bra-ham, unto I'faac, and unto Ja'cob ; because they have not wholly followed me ; 12 Save Caleb the son of Je-phun'neh the Ken'e-zite, and J6sh'u-a the sou of K un ; for they have wholly followed the Lord. 13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against' If 'ra-el, and he made them wan- der in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord ib'wa.vA 15'ra-el. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again' leave them in the wil- derness, and ye shall destroy' all this people. 16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones ; 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of if'ra-el, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Ij'ra-el have inher- ited every man his inheritance : 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jor'dan, or for'ward ; be- cause our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jor'dan east'ward. 20 And Mo'fes said unto them. If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed be- fore the Lord to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jor'dan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, NUM'BERS. sue for 071 inheritance 22 And the land be subdued before the Lord ; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and be- fore Ij'ra-el ; and this land shall be your poffes'sion before the Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against' the Lord : and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build ye cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reu'ben, spake unto Mo'jes, saying. Thy servants will do as my lord comman'deth. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gll'e-ad ; 27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So concer'ning them Mo'jes com man'ded E-le-a'zar the priest, and J6sh'u-a the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of I§'ra-el : 29 And Mo'fes said unto them. If the children of Gad, and the children of Reft'- ben, will pass with you over Jor'dan, every man armed to battle before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued be- fore you, then ye shall give them the land of Gll'e-ad for a poffes'sion : 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have posjes'sions among you in the land of Ca'na-an. 31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reu'ben, answered, saying As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. ' 32 We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Ca'na-an, that the poffes'sion of our inheritance on this side Jor'dan may be ours. 33 And Mo'fes gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reij'ben, and unto half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh the son of Jo'seph, the king- dom of Si'hon king of the Am'o-rTtes, and the kingdom of 6g king of Ba'shan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about'. 34 And the children of Gad built Di'- bon, and At'a-roth, and Ir'o-er, 35 And At'roth, Shd'phan, and Ja-a'zer, and Jog'be-hah, 36 And Beth-n'im'rah, and Beth-ha'ran^ fenced cities ; and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reu'ben built Hesh'b6n,and E-le-a'leh,and Kir jath-A'im, 38 And Ne'bo, and Ba'al-Me'on, (their names being changed.) and Shib'mah : and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh, went to Gil'e-ad, and took 150 TSco and forty journeys NUM'BERS it, and dTspojfess'ed the Am'o-rite which W(M in it. 40 And IVl5'fes gave GTl'e-ad unto Ma'- chfr 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'voth-Ja'ir. 42 And No'bah went and took Ke'nath, and the villag;es thereof, and called it No'bah, after his own name. CHAP. XXXIII.— THESE are the journeys of the chil dren of I^'ra-el, which went forth out of the land of E'gypt with their armies, under the hand of M5'fes and Asdrhn. 2 And Mo'jes wrote their goings out according to their journeys, by the com mand'raent of the Lord : and these are their joi^irneys according to their goings out- 3 And they departed from Ra-me'ses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month : on the morrow after the passover the children of If'ra-el went out with a high hand in the sight of all the E-gyp'ti-anf. 4 (For the E-gyp'ti-anf buried all their first-born which the Lord had smitten among them : upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments,) 5 And the children of If'ra-el removed from Ra-me'ses, and pitched in Suc'coth. 6 And they departed from Suc'coth, and pitched in E'tham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from E'tham, and turned again' unto Pl-ha-hl'roth, which is before Ba'al-Ze'phon : and they pitched before Mig'dol. 8 And they departed from before Pi-ha- hl'roth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of E'tham, and pitched in Ma'rah. 9 And they removed from Ma'rah, and came unto E'lTm : and in E'lim were twelve foun'tains of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees ; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from E'lim, and encamped by the Red Sea. 1 1 And they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Doph'kah. 13 And they departed from Doph'kah, and encamped in A'lush. 14 And they removed from A'liish, 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 def'ert of Si'nai, and pitched at Kib'roth-Hat-ta'- a-Tah. of the Ig'ra-el-ltes 17 And they departed from Kib'roth- Hat-ta'a-vah, and encamped at Haz-e'roth 18 And they departed from Haz-e'roth, and pitched in Rith'mah. 19 And they departed from Rith'mah, and pitched at Rim'mon-Pa'rez. 20 And they departed from RTm'mon Pa'rez, and pitched in Lib'nah. 21 And they removed from Lib'nah, and pitched at Ris'sah. 22 And they joiimeyed from Ris'sah, and pitched in Ke-hel'a-thah. 23 And they went from Ke-hel'a-thah, and pitched in mount Sha'ph6r. 24 And they removed from mount Sha'- pher, and encamped in Har'a-dah. 25 And they removed from Har'a-dah, and pitched in Mak-he'loth. 26 And they removed from Mak-he'loth, and encamped at Ta'hath. 27 And they departed from Ta'hath, and pitched at Ta'rah. 28 And they removed from Ta'rah, amd pitched in Mith'cah. 29 And they went from Mith'cah, and pitched in Hash-mo'nah. 30 And they departed from Hash-mo'- nah, and encamped at M6-se'r6th. 31 And they departed from Mo-se'roth, and pitched in Be-ne-ja'a-kan. 32 And they removed from Be-ne-ja'a- kan, and encamped at H6r-ha-gid'gad. 33 And they went from H6r-ha-gid'gad, and pitched in Jot'ba-thah. 34 And they removed from Jot'ba-thah, and encamped at E-bro'nah. 35 And they departed from E-bro'nah, and encamped at E'zi-6n-Ga'ber. 36 And they removed from E'zi-6n-Ga'- ber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Ka'desh. 37 And they removed from Ka'desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of E'dom. 38 And ^a'ron the priest went up into mount Hor, at the command'ment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of l§'ra-el were come out of the land of E'gypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39 And »/3a'r6n ?/;a*ahundred and twen- ty and three years old when he died in mount Hor, 40 And king A'rad the Can'aan-Ite, which dwelt in the south, in the land of Ca'na-an, heard of the coming of the children of if'ra-el. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zal-mo'nah, 42 And they departed from Zal-mo'nah, and pitched in Pu'non. 43 And they departed from Pu'non, and pitched in o'both. 44 And they departed from O'bSth, and pitched in I'je-Ab'a-rim, in the border of Mo'ab. 151 The Can aan-'ilcs are to be dcslrui/'ed. NUM'BERS 45 And they departed from I'im, and pitchc(! in Dl'bon-Gad. 46 And th( y removed from Di'bon-Gad, and tncanipcd in Arni6n-Uib-]a-lha'im. 47 And tluy removed from Al'mon- Dib-la-llia'im, and pitched in the niouu'- tains of Ab'a-rini, before ^'e'b6. 48 And they departed from the; moiin'- tains of Ab'a-rlm, and pitched in the plains of Mo'ab, by Jor'dan 7ienr "Jer'i-cho. 49 And they pitched by Jor'dan from Beth-jes'i-moth, even unto A'bel-Shit'tim, in the plains of Mo'ab. 50 ^ And the Lord spake unto Mo'jes in the plains of Mo'ab, by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho, saying:, 51 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jor'dan, into the land of Ca'na-an ; 52 Then ye shall drive out all the in- habitants of the land from before you, and destroy' all their pictures, and destroy' all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places. 53 And ye shall dispoffess' the inhab- itants o/the land, and dwell therein : for 1 have given you the land to pofjess' it. 54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among- your families ; and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance : every man's inherit- ance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabit- ants of the land from before you ; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of thenii/trt// be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that 1 shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. CHAP. XXXIV. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'jes, say- 2 Command' the children of If'ra-el, and say unto them. When ye come into the land of C.i'na-an, (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Ca'na-an, with the coasts thereof,) 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the -wilderness of Zin, along' by the coast of £'d6m; and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea east'ward. 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Ak-rab'bim, and pass on to Z\n : and the going forth there- of shall be from the south to Ka'desh-Bar'- ne-a, and shall go on to Ha'zar-Ad'dar, and pass on to Az'mon. 5 And the border shall fetch a com 'pass from Az'mon unto the river of K'|ypt, and the o-oings out of it shall be at the sea. The land divldea. 6 And as for the western border, you shall even have the great sea for a bor- der : this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border ; from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount H6r. 8 I'rom mount Ilor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Ha'math : and the goings forth of the border shall be to Ze'dad. 9 And the border shall go on to Ziph'ron, and the goings out of it shall be at Ha'zar- E'nan : this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Ha'zar-E'nan to She'pham. 11 And the coast shall go down from She'pham to Rib'lah, on the east side of A'in ; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Cin'ne-reth east'ward. 12 And the border shall go down to Jor'- dan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea : this shall be your land, with the coasts thereof round about'. 13 And Mo'jes comman'ded the children of I§'ra-el, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord command'ed to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe. 14 For the tribe of the children of Refi' ben according to the house of their fa- thers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance, and half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh have received their inheritance : 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho, east'ward, to- ward the sun-rising. 16 IT And the l^oRu spake unto Mo'fes, saying, 17 These ore the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you ; £-le-a'zar the priest, and Josh'u-a the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 1 9 And the names of the men are these : of the tribe of Jit'dah, Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-6n, She-mii'el the son of Am-mi'hud. 21 Of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, £-li'dad the son of Chlf'lon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Biikki the son of Jog'll. 23 The prince of the children of Jo'- seph, for the tribe of the children of Ma- nas'seh, Han'ni-el the son of £'ph6d. 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of E'phra-im, Kem-ii'el the son of ShTph'tan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zeb'u-lon, E-liz'a-phan the son of I'ar'nach. 152 The tUits of the Ll'vitcs. NUJM 26 And the prince of the tribe of th( children of Is'sa-char, Pal'ti-el the son of Az'zan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ash'er, A-hi'hud the sou of Shel'o-mi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naph'ta-11, Ped'a-hel the son of Am-mi'hud. 29 These are //ley whom the Lord com- man'ded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Ij'ra-el in the land of Ca'na-an. CHAP. XXXV. AND the Lord spake unto Mo'fes in the plains of Mo'ab, by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho, saying, 2 Command' the children of If'ra-el, that they give unto the Le'vltes, of the inheiitance of their poffes'sion, cities to dwelt in ; and ye shall give also unto the Le'vites suburbs for the cities round about' them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Le'vites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward, a thousand cubits round about'. 5 And ye shall meaf'ure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits ; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the city. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Le'vites, th^re shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man-slayer, that he may flee thith- er : and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Le'vites shall be forty and eight cities : them shallye give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the poffes'sion of the children of If'ra-el : from thevi that hare many ye shall give many : but from them that have few ye shall give few : every one shall give of his cities unto the Le'vites, ac- cording to his inheritance which he inher- iteth. ' 9 T And the Lord spake unto Mo'fes, «aying, 10 Speak unto the children of If'ra-el, and say unto them. When ye be come over Jor'dan into the land of Ca'na-an ; 1 1 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the aven'^er ; that the man- 'BERS. The laws ofmurdtt slayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jor'dan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Ca'na-an, wAjc/i shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Ij'ra-el, and for the straneer, and for the sojourner among them ; that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he smite him with an instru- ment of iron, so that he die, he is a mur- derer : the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smite him with a hand- weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer : the murder er shall surely be put to death. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer : when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; 21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die ; he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; for he is a murderer : the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly with- out enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing hivi not, and cast it upon him that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm ; 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments : 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall re- store him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his ref- uge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer ; he shall not be guilty of blood ; 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest : but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his pojjes'sion. 29 So these things shall be for a statute 153 Mo'fcs rch'carseth the of judgment unto you, throughout your generations, in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the mur- derer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against' any person lo cause him to die. 31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfac- tion for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death ; but he shall be surely put lo death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again' to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are ; for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not there'fore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for I the Lord dwell among the children of Is'ra-el. CHAP. XXXVI. AND the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'chir. the son of Ma-nas'seh, of the fam- ilies' of the sons of Jo'seph, came near, and spake before M5'fes, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of If 'ra-el : 2 And they said. The Lord command'- ed my lord to give the land for an inher- itance by lot to the children of is'ra-el : and my lord was comman'ded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Ze-lo'phe-had our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of if'ra-el, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received : so shall it be taken from the lot of our in- heritance. DEUTERON'OMY. history of Jfra-il. 4 And when the jubilee of the children of Ij'ra-el shall be, then shall their inlieri- tancc be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Mo'fes comman'ded the children of If'ra-el, according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Jo'- seph hath said well. 6 This is the thing which the Loud doth command' concerning the daughters of Ze-lo'phe-had, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best ; only to the family of the tribe of their fathers shall they marry : 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of If'ra-el remove from tribe to tribe ; for every one of the children of If'- ra-el shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter, that poffess'eth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of If'ra-el, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of If'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 the children of If'ra-el shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the Lord comman'ded Mo'- fes, so did the daughters of Ze-lo'phe-had. 1 1 For Mah'lah, Tir'zah, ' and Hog'lah, and Mil'cah, and No'ah, the daughters of Ze-16'phe-had, were married unto their fa- ther's brothers' sons. 12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Ma-nas'seh, the son of Jo'seph ; and their inheritance remain- ed in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the command'ments and the judgments which the Lord command'- ed, by the hand of Mo'fes, unto the chil- dren of If'ra-el, in the plains of Mo'ab, by Jor'dan near Jer'i-cho. 1 The FIFTH Book of MCySES, called DEUTERON'OMY. CHAPTER L THESE be the words which Mo'fes spake unto all if'ra-el on this side Jor'dan, in the wilderness, in the plain over against' the Red Sea, between Pa'ran, and To'phel, and La'ban, and Haz-e'roth, and DTz'a-hab. 2 (There are eleven ds.js'^ joiir7iey from Ho'reb, by the way of mount Se'ir, unto Ka'desh-Bar'ne-a.) 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Mo'fes spake unto the children of If'ra-el, according unto all that the Lord had given him in command'- ment unto them ; 4 After he had slain Si'hon the king of the Im'o-rites, which dwelt in Hesh'bon, and Og the king of Ba'shan, which dwelt at As'ta-roth in Ed're-1 : 5 On this side Jor'dan, in the land of Mo'ab, began M5'fes to declare this law, saying, 6 The Lord our God spake unto us in 1 Ter'sa. 154 Mo /cj' speech at the Ho'reb, sayiu», Ye have dwelt long; enough in this mouut. 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Am'o-rltes, and unto all Ihe places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land of the Can'aan-ites, and unto Leb'a-non, unto the great river, the river Eu-phra'- tej.l 8 Behold, I have set the land before you : go in and pojjess' the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, A'bra- ham, l'§aac, and Ja'cob, to g/ve unto them, and to their seed after them. 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone : 10 The Lord your God hath multipli- ed you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God ofyour fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and. bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife ? 13 Take ye wise men, and understand- ing, 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, cap'tains over thousands, and cap'tains over hundreds, and cap'tahis over fifties, and cap'tains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Heaf the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously be- tween every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judg- ment ; 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 comman'ded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 And when we departed from Ho'reb, we went through all that great and terri- ble wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the moun'tain of the Am'o-rites, as the Lord our God comman'ded us ; and we came to Ka'desh-Bar'ne-a. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the moun'tain of the Am'o-rites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee : go up and po^jess' it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath end of forty yeart. fear not, neither be dis- DEUTERON'OMY. said unto thee : couraged. 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 moun'tain, and came unto the valley of Esh'^ol, 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 command'- ment of the Lord your God : 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hatb brought us forth out of the land of E'gypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Am'o- rltes, to destroy' us. 28 Whither shall we go up ? our breth- ren 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-kims 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, accord- ing to all that he did for you in E'gypt be- fore 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, 33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show 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 thest men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fa- thers, 36 Save Ca'leb the son of Je-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 fol- lowed the Lord. 37 Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying. Thou also shalt ao. o in thither. ^ Yu-fra'llz. 155 n-Uh uhomlf'ra-cl DEUTERONOMY J8 But Jcsh'u-a the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thith- er : encourage him ; for he shall cause Ij'ia-el to inherit it. 39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge be- tween good and evil, they shall go in thith- er, and unto them will I give it, and they shall p('>5§ess' it. 40 But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea. 41 Then yc answered and said unto me. We have sinned against' the Lord ; we will go up, and fight, according to all that the Lord our God comman'ded us. And when ye had gir'ded' on every man his weapons^ of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the Lord said unto me. Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight ; for I am not among you ; lest ye be smitten be- fore your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you ; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against' the com- mand'ment of the Lord, and went pre- fiimp'tuously up into the hill. 44 And the Am'o-rites which dwelt in that mouu'tain, came out against' you, and chased you as bees do, and destroy 'ed you in Se'ir, eren unto Hor'mah. 45 And ye returned, and wept before the Lord ; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Ka'desh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. CHAP. IL THEN we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spake unto me : and we com'passed mount Se'ir many days. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, say- mg, 3 Ye have com'passed this moun'tain ong enough : turn you north'ward. 4 And command' thou the people, say- ing. Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of E'sau, which dwell in Se'ir; and they shall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto yourselves there'fore : 5 Meddle not with them ; for I will not give you of their land, no not so much as a foot breadth, because I have given mount Se'ir unto E'sau /or a pofjes'sion. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy Water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath bless'ed thee in all the works of thy hand ; he knoweth thy walking through this 1 ger'ded may not fight wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee, thou bast lacked nothing. 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of E'sau, which dwelt in Se'ir, through the way of the plaic from E'lath, and from E'zi-6n-Ga"ber, we turned, and passed by the way of the wil- derness of Mo'ab. 9 And the Lord said unto me. Distress not the Mo'ab-ites, neither contend with them in battle ; for I will not give thee of their land /or a pojjes'sion, because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a pojfes'sion. 10 The E'mims dwelt therein in ^.mt'S past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the An'a-kims ; 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the An'a-kims ; but the Mo'ab-ites call them E'mims. 12 The Ho'rims also dwelt in Se'ir be- fore-time ; but the children of E'sau suc- ceeded them, when they had destroy'ed. them from before them, and dwelt in their stead ; as If'ra-el did unto the land of his poffes'sion, which the Lord gave iinto them. 13 Now rise up, said /, and get you over the brook Ze'red : and we went over the brook Ze'red. 14 And the space in which we came from Ka'desh-Bar'ne-a, until we were come over the brook Ze'red, was thirty and eight years ; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was against' them, to destroy' them from among the host, until they were con- sumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the Lord spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Mo'ab, this day. 19 And vjhcn thou comest nigh over against' the children of Am'mon, distress them not, nor meddle with them : for I will not give thee of the land of the chil- dren of Am'mon any pofges'sion ; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a pofjes'sion. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants : giants dwelt therein in old time, and the Am'mon-ites call them Zam-zum'- mims ; 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the An'a-kims ; but the Lord destroy ed them before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead : 22 As he did to the children of E'sau, which dwelt in Se'ir, when he destroy'ed th« great! Ho'rims from before them ; and they sue wep p^ns. 156 Si'hon the. Am'o-nlc subdued. DEUTERON'OMY ceeded them, and dwelt in their stead IIIEN even unto this day 23 And the A'vims which dwelt in Haz'- e-riiu, eren unto Xz'zah, the Caph'to-rinis, which came forth out of Caph'tor, de- stroy'ed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Ar'non: behold, I have given into thy hand Si'hon the Am'o-rite, king of Hesh'bon, and his land: begin to pojfess' iV, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations Ikal are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish be- cause of thee. 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Ked'e-moth, unto Si'hon king of Hesh'bon, with words of peace, say- ing, 27 Let me pass through thy land : I will go along' by the high-way ; I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 2!j Thou shall sell me meat for money, that I may eat ; and give me water for money, that I may drink : only I will pass through on my feet ; 20 (As the children of E'sau which dwell in Se'ir, and the Mo ab-ites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ;) until I shall pass over Jor'dan, into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 30 But Si'hon king of Hesh'bon would not \ft us pass by him : for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appearetk this day. 31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Si'hon and his land before thee : begin to poffess', that thou mayst inherit his land. 32 Then Si'hon came out against' us, be and all his people, to fight at Ja'haz. 33 And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroy'ed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city ; we left none to remain : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From Ar'o-er, which is by the brink region of Ar'gob, with all Ba'shan, which of the river of Ar'non, and from the city was called the land of giants. 77ie conquest oj Og. CHAP. in. THEN we turned, and went up the way to Ba'shan : and Og the king of Ba'shan came out iigainst' ' us, he and all his people, to battle at Ed're-T. 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not : for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Si'hon king of the Am'o-rites, which dwelt at Hesh'bon. 3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Ba'shan, and all his people : and we smote him, until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all b.is citi(-s ixt that time ; there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Ar'gob, the kingdom of Og in Ba'shan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates and bars ; beside unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroy'ed them, as we did unto Si'hon king of Hesh'bon, ut- terly destroy'ing the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8 And we took at that time, out of the hand of the two kings of the Am'o-rltes, the land that was on this side Jor'dan, from the river of Ar'non unto Mount Her'mon ; 9 {Which Her'mon the Sl-do'ni-anj call Sir'i-dn ; and the Am'o-rites call it She'- nir;) 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gil'e-ad, and all Ba'shan, unto Sal'chah and Ed're-i, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba'shan. 1 1 For only Og king of Ba'shan remain- ed of the remnant of giants ; behold, his bedstead tvas a bedstead of iron : is it not in Rab'bath of the children of Am'mon ? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 And this land, which we poffess'ed at that time, from Ar'o-er, which is by the river Ar'non, and half mount Gil'e-ad, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reft'- ben-ltes, and to the Gad'ites. 13 And the rest of Gil'e-ad, and all Ba'shan, being the kingdom of Og, gave 1 unto the half-tribe of Ma-nas'seh ; all the that I* by the river, even unto Gil'e-ad, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us. 37 Only unto the land of the children of Am'mon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jab'bok, nor unto the cities in the moiin'tains, nor unto whatso- <'ver the Lord our God I'orbade' us. 14 Ja'ir the son of Ma-nas'seh took all the country of Ar'gob, unto the coasts of Gesh'u-rl and Ma-ach'a-thi ; and called them after his own name, Ba'shan- Ha' voth- ja'ir, unto this day. 15 And 1 give Gil'e-ad unto Ma'chir. 16 And unto the Rett ben-ites, and unto the Gad'ites, I gave from Gil e-ad even O a-glnst'. 157 Mo'fcs'' prayer. DEUTERON'OMY. An exliorlalion to obedience- unto the river Ar'non, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jab'bok, which is the border of the children of Xm'mon: 17 The plain also, and J6r'dan, and the coast thereof.^ from Cln'ne-reth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ash'doth-Pif'gah eastVard. 10 And I comman'ded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to pojjess' it : ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the chil- dren of Ij'ra-el, all that are meet for the war. 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you ; 20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and xintil they also pojfess' the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jor'dan : and then shall ye return every man unto his pojfes'sion which I have given you. 21 IT And I comman'ded J6sh'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. 23 And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to show 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 ? 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jor'dan, that goodly moun'tain, and Leb'a-non. 26 But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me : and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice' thee ; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of PTf'gah, md lift up thine eyes west'ward, and aorth'ward, and south'ward, and east'- ward, and behold it with thine eyes : for thou shalt not go over this Jor'dan. 28 But charge Josh'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'or. CHAP. IV, NOW there'fore hearken, O If'ra-el, unto the statutes and unto the judg- ments which I teach you, for to do //icm, that ye may live, and go in and poffess' the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command' you, neither shall you dimin- ish aught from it, that ye may keep the command'ments of the Lord your God which I command' you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lorp did because of Ba'al-Pe'or : for all the men that followed Ba'al-Pe'or, the Lord thy God hath destroy'ed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God d,re alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God comman'ded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to pojjess' it. 6 Keep, there'fore, and do them, : for this is your wisdom and your understand- ing in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say. Surely this great nation is a wise and understand- ing 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 /or .? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righ'- teous as all this law, which I set before you this day ? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life ; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons ; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Ho'reb, when the Lord said unto me. Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 1 1 And ye came near, and stood under the moun'tain ; and the moun'tain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his cove- nant, which he comman'ded you to per- form', even ten command'ments ; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And the Lord comman'ded me at that time to teach you statutes and judg- ments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to pofjess' it. 15 Take ye there'fore good heed unto yourselves, (for ye saw no manner of si- militude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Ho'reb out of the midst of the fire,) 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves^ and make 1&8 Jlo jli '* charge to you a graven image, tlv? 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 ♦he moon, and the stars, even all the host of heax'en, shouldst be driven to wor'shlp them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron fur'nace,^ even out of E'gypt, to be unto him a peo- ple of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me for ycur sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jor'dan, and that I should not go in unto that good land which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance : 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jor'dan : but ye shall go over, and pof jess' 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 things which the Lord thy God hath for- bidden thee. 24 For the Lord thy God is a consum- ing fire, even a jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and shalt have re- mained 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 1 call heaven and earth to witness against' you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land where unto you go over Jor'dan to pof^ess' it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroy'ed. 27 And the I>ord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even iu the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord DEUTERON'OMY. the Ig ra-el-tlet thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice, 31 (For the Lord thy God i* a merci- ful God,") he will not fo^^ake 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 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 trer 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 hmi 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'gypt be- fore your eyes ? 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightst know that the Lord he is God ; there is none else besides him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he showed thee his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, there'fore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of E'gypt ; 38 To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know there'fore this day, and con sider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there is none else. 40 Thou shalt keep there'fore his stat- utes, and his command'ments, which I command' thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayst prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 f Then Mo'fes severed three cit- ies on this side Jor'dan, to'ward the sun- rising ; 42 "That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past ; and that, fleeing unto one of these cities, he might live : 43 Namely, Be'zer in the wilderness, in the plain country of the ReA'ben-Ttes ; and Ra'moth in Gil'e-ad, of the Gad'ites ; and Go'lan in Ba'shan, of the Ma-nas'sites. 44 And this is the law which Mo'jes set before the children of If'ra-el : ^fur'nU 169 Tht ten 45 These art the tes'timonks, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Mo'jes spake unto the children of Ij'ra-el, after they came forth out of E'fypt, AG On this side Jor'dan, in the valley over an;ainst' Beth-pe'or, in the land of Si'lion Idnfr of the Am'o-rltes, who dwelt at Ilesh'bon, whom Mo'fes and the chil- dren of 15'ra-el smote, after they were come forth out of £'gypt : 47 And they pofjes'sed his land, and the land of Og king of Ba'shan, two kings of the Am'o-rites, which were on this side Jor'dan, to'tcard the sun-rising ; 48 From Ar'o-er, which is by the bank of the river Ar'non, even unto mount Si'- 6n, which is Her'mon ; 49 And all the plain on this side Jor'dan east'ward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pij'gah. CHAP. V, AND Mo'§es called all Ij'ra-el, and said unto them. Hear, O Ij'ra-el, the stat- utes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep and do them. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Ho'reb. 3 The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to show you the word of the Lord ; for ye wers afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount ;) saying, 6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of E'|ypt, from the house of bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none other gods be- fore me. 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth : 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the in- iquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my com- mand'ments. 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the LoRDtiiy God hath comman'ded thee 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work ; DEUTERON'OMY. commandments. 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : tn it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- ter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- ^ ant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember that thou wast a ser- vant in the land of E'^ypt, and (hat the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a strctch- ed-out arm : there'fore the Lord thy God comman'ded thee to keep the sabbath-day. 16 Hoq'out thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comman'ded thee ; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against' thy neighbour. 21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neigh- bour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man- servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. 22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice ; and he added no more : and he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the moun'tain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; 24 And ye said. Behold, the Lord our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now there'fore why should we die ? for this great fire will consume us : if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we /tare, and lived ? 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say ; and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear ?7, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice ol your words, when ye spake unto me ; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee : they have well said all that they have spoken. 160 1/Io'§ci rtccivdh Ihe law from God. DEUTERON'OMY. ^in exhorlalion la obedienee. 29 O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep my command'ments always, that it might be well with them, aiid with their chil- dren for ever ! 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents agfain'. 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and 1 will speak unto thee all the com- mand'ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give tluin to po^jess' it. 32 Yc shall observe' to do there'f ore as ♦he Lord your God hath commaii'ded you : 3''ou shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath comman'ded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall pojjess'. CHAP. VI, NOW these are. the command'ments, the statute?, and the judgments, which the Lord your God comman'ded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to pojjess' it : 2 That thou mightst fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his com- mand'ments which I command' thee ; thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days oi thy life ; and that thy days may oe prolonged. 3 Hear there'fore, O If'ra-el, and 6b- jerve' to do t7, that it may be well with Ihee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath prom- ised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Ij'ra-el : the Lord our God M one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command' Ihee this day, shall be in thine heart : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a si^ upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to A'bra- ham, to I'jaac, and to .la'cob, to give thee g^eat and goodly cities, which thou build- edst not, 11 And houses full of all good things., which thou filledst not, and wells digged, • vin'uerde. 0 9 11 which thou diggedst not, vine'yardi' aad olive-trees, which thou planltdat nor, ; when thou shalt have eaten, and be full ; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of E'gypt, from the house of bondage. 13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about' you ; 15 (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God am6ng you,) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against' thee, and destroy' thee from off the face of the earth. 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Mas'sah. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the com- mand'ments of the Lord your God, and his tes'tim6nies, and his statutes, which he hath comman'ded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord ; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst go in and pojjess' the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers ; 19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 20 And when thy son asketh thee iu time to come, saying, What mean the tes'- timonies, and the statutes, and the judg- ments, which the Lord our God hath com- man'ded you ? 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son. We were Pha'ra6h''s bondmen in E'g^pt ; and the Lord brought us out of E'gypt with a mighty hand : 22 And the Lord showed signs and w6u- ders, great and sore, upon E'gypt, upon Pha'raoh, and upon all his household, be- fore our eyes : 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he mi^hn bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And the Lord comman'ded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve' us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe' to do all these command'ments before the Lord our God, as he hath comman'ded us. CHAP. VIL WHEN the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to pojfess' it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hit'tites, and the Gir'ga.-shTtes,2 and the Am'o-rites, and the Can'aan-ites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the I^Ii'vltes, and the Jeb'u-sltes, seven nsU.ion3 greater and mightier than thou : 2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee ; thou shalt smite 2 Ger'ga-shlles. ComtHMnlon vnth the thrni, (ind utterly destroy' them : thou Shalt make no c6venant with them, nor show mercy unto them : 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages •with thorn ; thy daughter thou shalt not "■ivc unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods : so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against' you, and destroy' thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal Avith them : ye shall destroy' their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God : the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, ab6ve all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choofe you, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye iPf re the fewest of all people ; 8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the T^oRD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pha'raoh king of E'|ypt. 9 Know there'fore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth c6venant and mercy with them that love him and keep his command'- ments, to a thousand generations ; 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy' them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. DEUTERON'OMY. nations is forbiddtn, pie which the Lord thy God shall deliTer thee ; thine eye shall have no pity up on them : neither shalt thou serve their gov s ; for that will be a snare unto thee. 17 If thou shall say in thine het rt, These nations are. more than I ; how < an I dispojfess' them ? 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of the a ; but shalt well remember what the Lo id thy God did unto Pha'raoh, and unto j\\ E'f ypt ; 19 The great temptations which th. le eyes saw, and the signs, and the wondt "s, and the mighty hand, and the stretch* d- out arm, whereby the Lord thy G ■)cl brought thee out ; so shall the Lord 1 \y God do unto all the people of whom tl .:u art afraid. 20 Moreover, the Lord thy God \ W send the hornet am6ng them, until tb .y that are left, and hide themselves fro. ri thee, be destroy'ed. 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 lit- tle : thou mayst not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy' them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroy'ed. 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 destroy'ed them. 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire ; thou shalt not 11 Thou shalt there'fore keep the com- desire the silver or gold that is on them, mand'ments, and the statutes, and the nor take if unto thee, lest thou be snared judgments, which I command' thee this i therein : for it is an abomination to the day, to do them. 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mer- cy which he sware unto thy fathers : 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multipiy thee : he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shait be bless'cd above all peo- ple : there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle 15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of E'^ypt, which thou know- est, upon thee ; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt consume all thepeo- LoRD thy God. 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomi- nation into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it : but Ihou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; for it is a cursed thing. CHAP. VIIL ALL the command'ments which I com- mand' thee this day shall ye obf erve' to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and po^jess' the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to /liimble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldst keep his command'ments, or no. 3 And he tumbled 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 162 Mo'}es exhorteth the DEUTERON'OMY. T^'ra-cl'ltes to obedience know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every icord that procecdeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 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 There'fore thou shalt keep the com- mand'ments 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 foiln'tains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegran'ates ; a land of oil-olive, and honey ; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it ; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayst dig brass. 10 When thou hast eaten, and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God, for the good land which he hath given thee. 1 1 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his com- mand'ments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command' thee this day : 12 Lest, tchen thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is mul- tiplied ; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of E'riypt, from the house of bondage ; 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery ser- pents, and scorpions, and droug/it ; ' 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 /tumble 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 estab'- llsh his covenant, which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all fcaget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and wor'ship 1 dr6v)t. them, I testify against' you this day, that ye shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the Lord de stroy'eth before your face, so shall ye per ish ; because ye would not be obedient^ unto the voice of the Lord your God. CHAP. LX. HEAR, O if'ra-el ; Thou art to pass over Jor'dan this day, to go in to pofiess' nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great, and fenced up to heaven ; 2 A people great and tall, the children of the An'a-klms, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of A'nak I 3 Understand there'fore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee ; as a consuming fire he shall destroy' them, and he shall bring them down before thy face : so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy' them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying. For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to poffess' this land ; but for the wick- edness 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 pofjess' their land ; but for the wicked- ness 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'bra-ham, I'faac, and Ja'cob. 6 Understand there'fore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to poffess it for thy right'eousness ; for thou art a stiff-necked 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 fi'sypt, until ye came unto this place, ye nave been rebellious against' the Lord. 8 Also in Ho'reb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you, to have destroy' ed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount, to receive the tables of stone, eveii the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights ; I neither did eat bread nor drink water : 10 And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God : and on them was written according to all the words which the Lord spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly-. 11 And it came to pSss, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord 2 o-b€'je-int. 163 Mb'ic* rihlar'telh DEUTERON'OMY thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land oi" E'gypt, from the house of bondage. 1 1 And all Ij'ra-el shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. 12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath giv- en thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Cer'taln men, the children of Beli- 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 ; 167 Meals clean and unclean. 14 Then shall thou inquire, and make sdarch, and ask diligently ; and, behold, tfit be truth, and the thing cer'taTn, that such aboniiuation is wrought among you ; 15 'J'hou shalt surely smite the inhabit- ants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroy 'ing it utterly, and all that M thtrcin, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. IC And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God : and it shall be a 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 show thee mercy, and have compas- sion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers ; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his command'ments which I command' thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. CHAP. XIV. YE are the children of the Lord your God : ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead : 2 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 f Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat ; the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the wild goat, and thepy'- garg, and the wild ox, and the chamois'. ^ 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two r.laws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney : for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof: thire'- fore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because it divTdeth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. 9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters : all that have fins and scales shall ye eat : 10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat ; it is unclean unto you. 11 0/all clean birds ye shall eat DEUTEROiN'OMY. Of sundry Itthea not eat : the eagle, and the os'sifrage,* and the ospray,^ 13 And the glede, and the kite, aud the vul'ture'' after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, 15 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuc'koo, and the hawk after hii kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 17 And the pel'ican, and the ^ier'eagle, and the cormorant, 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 19 And every creeping thing that fliethi* unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 20 But o/all clean fowls ye may eat. 21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the strancer that is in thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou mayst sell it unto an alien for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid iu his mother's milk. 22 If Thou shalt truly tithe all the in- crease of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. 23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choofe to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herdf, and of thy flocks ; that thou mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it ; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choofe to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath bless'ed thee ; 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : 26 Aud thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth : and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, 27 And the Le'vite that is within thy gates ; thou shalt not forsake him ; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. 28 At the end of three years thou shalJ bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates : 29 And the Le'vite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied ; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all 12 But these are they of which ye shall* the work of thine hand which thou doest I sha-moc'. 2 ^ ^i^^ of eagle. ^ The sea-eagle. ^ viil'tshurt. 168 TTie year 0/ release. CHAP. XV. 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 aught nnto 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 mayst exact it again' : but that which is thine with thy brother, thine hand shall release ; 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you ; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance to pofjess' it : DEUTERON'OxMY. The feast of the passovei. Lord thy God hath bless'ed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of E'gypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : there'- fore I command' thee this thing to-day. IG 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 awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he sViall be thy servant for ever : And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do like- wise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto I thee; for he hath been worth a doiible the voice of the Lord thy God, to 6b- hired servant lo thee^ in ser'ving thee six ferve' to do all these command ments i years : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 If All the firstling males that con)e which I command' thee this day. G For the Lord thy God hlesseth thee, 1 as he promised thee : and thou shalt lend of thy herd and of thy flock thou shall unto many nations, but thou shalt not bor- 1 sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou row ; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. 7 If there be am6ng 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 thy heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother ; 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him suf- ficient 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 Thoii shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou o-i vest unto Viim : because that for this thing 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 chooje, thou and thy household. 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sac'rifi^e it unto the Lord thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the unclean and the electa person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat flie blood there of ; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. CHAP. XVI. OBSERVE the month of A'bib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God : for in the month of A'bib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of E'|ypt by night. 2 Thou shalt there'fore sac'rifi^e the the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all passover unto the Lord thy God, of the thy works, and in all that thou puttest flock and the herd, in the place which the thine hand unto 1 1 For the poor shall never cease out of the land : there'fore I command' thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 12 A^nd if thy brother, a He'brew man, or a He'brew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years, then in the sev- enth 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 wine-press : of thai wherewith the P Lord shall choofe to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it ; seven days shalt thou eat unleav- ened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction ; (for thou earnest forth out of the land of E'|ypt in haste ;) that thou mayst remember the day when thou earn- est forth out of the land of E'ppt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days ; neither shall there any thing of the flesh which thou sac'rif i^edst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayst not sac'rif i^e the pass- over within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 169 The feast of weeks Sfc. DEUTERON'OMY. G But at the place which the Lord thy God shall chooje to place his name in, there thou shalt sac'rif i^e the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou earnest forth out of K',fypt- 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choofe : and thou shalt turn in the morn- ing-, 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 ^ 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 corn. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a trib- ute of a free-will-offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath bless'ed thee : 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Le'vite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in E'^ypt: and thou shalt observe' and do these statutes. 13 IT Thou shalt observe' the feast of tabernarles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine : 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Le'vite, the stranger, and the fa- therless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choofe : because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy increase, and in all the works of thine hands, there'fore thou shalt surely rejoice. 16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall ch66§e ; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of taberna- cles : 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 IT Jud^ges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God givelh thee, throughout thy tribes : and they shall judge the peo- ple with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment ; thou shalt not respect persons, neither The punishment for idolatry take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert' the words of the righteous. 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayst live, and in herit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image, which the Lord thy God hateth. CHAP. XVIL THOU shalt not sac'rifl^e unto the Lord thy God any bullock or sheep wherein is blemish, or any evil-favoured- ness ; for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 2 IT If there be found among you, with- in any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his cov- enant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and wor'shipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not comman'ded ; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and. behold, it be true, and the thing cer'- tain, that such abomination is wrought in I§'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 ; hut ai me mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. 8 IT If there arT^e a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and be- tween stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates ; then shalt thou arife, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall chooje ; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Le'vites, and unto the judge that shall he in those days, and inquire ; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment : 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choofe shall show thee ; and thou shalt obferve' to do according to all that they inform thee. 1 1 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and accord- ing to the judgment which they shall tell 170 Tlu election of a king. thee, thou shalt do : thou cline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand nor to the left. 12 And the man that will do prcjump'- tuoiJsly, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there be- fore the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : and thou shalt put away the evil from If'ra-el. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more prefump'tuoiisly. 14 f When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God givelh thee, and shalt pojfess' 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 choofe : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayst 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'gypt, to the end that he should multiply horses : forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you. Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly multiply to him- self 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'vltes : 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 command'ment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may pro- long his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of I§'ra-el CHAP. XVIIL THE priests the Le'vltes, and all the tribe of Le'vl, shall have no part nor inheritance with Ij'ra-el : they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 There'fore shall they have no inherit- ance among their brethren : the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sac'rif i^e, whether it he ox or sheep ; and they shall give unto the priest the shoul- der, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 The first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first DEUTERON'OMY. Christ the true proph'et. shalt not de- 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 min- ister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever. 6 And if a Le'vlte come from any of thy gates out of all Ij'ra-el, where he so - journed, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choof e ; 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Le'vltes rfo, which stand there before the Lord. 8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his pat'rimony. 9 H When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abom- inations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daugh- ter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an objerv'er of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 1 1 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a nec'ro- mancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shall pofjess,' hearkened unto objerv'ers of times, and unto diviners : but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. 15 IT The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Proph'et from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken ; 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Ho'reb, in the day of the assembly, saying. Let me not hear again' the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me. They have well spoke7i that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Proph'et 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 com mand' him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that who- soever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the proph'et which shall pre- sume to speak a word in my name which I have not comman'ded him to speak, o 171 The cities of refuge. that shall speak rn the name of other gods, even that prnph'et shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken ? 22 AVhen a proph'et 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 proph'et hath spoken it prejump'tuoQsly : thou shalt not be afraid of him. CH.\P. XIX. WHEN the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou suc- ceedest them, and dwellest in their cities, ajid in their houses; 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in (he midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to p6|§ess' it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 4 And this is the case of the slayer which shall tlee 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 axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neigh- bour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live : 6 Lest the aven'eer 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 lime 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 prom- ised to give unto thy fathers ; 9 If thou shalt keep all these command'- ments 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 thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. 11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against' him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleelh into one of these cities 12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the aven'ger of blood, that he may die. DEUTERON'OMY. The ojficera' proclamation. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from ij'ra-el, that it may go well with thee. 14 f Thou shalt not remove thy neigh- bour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to p6f§ess' it. 15 T 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 estab'lished. 16 If a false witness rise up against' any man, to testify against' him that uhick is wrong ; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy i*, 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 bt a false witness, and hath testified false- ly against' his brother ; 19 Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his broth- er : 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 go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. CHAP. XX. WHEN thou goest out to battle against' thine enemies, and seest horses and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of E'^ypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach, and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them. Hear, O Ij'ra-el, Ye approach this day unto bat- tle against' your enemies : let not your hearts faint ; fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them : 4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against' your enemies, to save you. 5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not ded- icated it ? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and anoth- er man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath plant- ed a vineyard, and hath not yet 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 be- trothed a wife, and hath not taken her ? 172 Whal cities must be devoted. DEUTERON'OMY. Expiation of unctr'lahi murder. let him g^o and return unto his house, lest he die in 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 fearful and faint-heart- ed ? 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 speakings unto the people, that they shall make cap'tains of the ar- mies to lead the people. 10 IT When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against' it, then proclaim peace unto it. 1 1 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, thai all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against' thee, then thou shalt besiege it : 13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sM'ord : 14 But the women, and the little ones, and tlie cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 16 But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth : 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy' them ; namely, the Hit'tUes, and the Am'o-rites, the Can'aan-itcs, and the Per'iz-zltes, the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'u-sltes, as the Lord thy God hath comman'ded 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 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against' it to take it, thou shalt not destroy' the trees thereof by forcing an axe against' them : for thou mayst 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 luaketh war with thee, until it be subdued. CHAP. XXI. IF one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to pof- r 2 fess' it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him ; 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall mea^'ure unto the cities which arc round about' him that is slain : 3 And it shall be, that the city uhich is next unto the slain man, evn th(; elders of that city, shall take a heifer which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke ; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in tin- 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 Lort),) and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried. 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man., shall wash their hands over tlie heifer that is be- headed in the valley : 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 peo- ple If 'ra-el, whom thou hast redeemed ; and lay not innocent blood unto thy peo- ple of if'ra-el's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. 10 H When thou goest forth to war against' thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldst 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 huj'band, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no de- light 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 mer'chandije of her, because thou hast /tum'bled her. 15 f If a man have two wives, one be- loved, and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated ; and if the first-born soh be hers that was hated : 16 Then it shall be, when he maketb 173 A stubborn son to be stoned. his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the be- 16ved first-born before the son of the hated, ichich is indeed the first-born : 17 Hut he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first-born, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath : for he is the beginning of his strength ; the right of the first-born is his. 18 IT If a man have a stubborn and re- bellions 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 intone him with stones, that he die : so shalt thou put evil away from among you : and all If'ra-el shall hear, and fear. 22 1 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 IS accursed of God ;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giv- eth thee /or an inheritance. CHAP, xxn.— THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thy- self from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again' unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again'. 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his rai- ment ; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou mayst not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again'. 5 IT The woman shall not wear that which pertain'eth 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 a bi'-d'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 DEUTERON'OMY. Divers lavs and ordinances. or upon the e)^gs, 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 mayst prolong thy days. 8 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 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 Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together. 11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen to- gether. 12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy ves'ture,^ where- with thou coverest thyself. 13 IT If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against' her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and, when I came to her, I found her not a maid : 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's vireTn'itv" unto the ' vcs'tshurt. /"the damsel's vir^Tn'ity^ 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 virein'ity : 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 vir'- |iu-' 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 virein'ity be not found for the damsel : 21 Then they shall bring out the dam- sel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die ; because she hath wrought folly in i|'ra-el, to play the whore in her father's house : so shalt thou put evil away from among you. 22 t If a man be found lying with a woman married to an huf'band, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away evil from If'ra-el. 23 IT If a damsel that is a vir'gin be 2 vcr-jln'e-te. 3 ver'jin. 174 Divers laws DEUTERON'OMY. and ordinances. betrothed unto a huj'band, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her ; 24 Then ye shall brings 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 hum'- bled 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 the man only that lay with her shall die : 2G But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; Ihere 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 IT If a man find a damsel that is a vir'|in, -which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife : because he hath hiim'hled her, he may not put her away all his days. 30 S A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. ^ CHAP. XXIII. HE that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off", shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. 2 A bas'tard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. 3 An Am'mon-ite or Mo'ab-ite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever : 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of £'f ypt ; and because they hired against' thee Ba'laam the son of Be'or, of Pe'thor of Mes-o-p6-ta'mi-a, to curse thee, 5 Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Ba'laam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor an £'d6m-ite ; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not ab- hor an £-eyp'ti-an, 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. 1 skirt. 9 % When the host goeth forth against' thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. 10 If there be among you any man that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : 1 1 But it shall be, when evening com- eth 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 with- out 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 ; there'fore shall thy camp be holy ; that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 IT Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : 16 He shall dwell with thee, eten among you, in that place which he shall choofe in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Ij'ra-el, nor a sodomite of the sons of Ij'ra-ei. 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 II Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother ; usury of money, usury of vict'uals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury. 20 Unto a stranger thou mayst 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 po^fess' it. 21 IT When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it : for the Lord thy God will sure- ly 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 free- will-off"ering, according as thou hast vow- ed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 T When thou comest into thy neigh- bour's vlne'yard,2 then thou mayst eat 2 vin'yerd. 176 Of pledges^ DEUTERON'OMY. »rapes thj' fill, at (hine own pKaj'ure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vcfsel. 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayst pluck the cars with thine hand ; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto tliy neigh- bour's standing corn. CHAP. XXIV. WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, be- cause he iiath found some uncleanness in her ; then let him write her a bill of di- A'orcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's ivife. 3 And if the latter hiif'band hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house ; or if the latter hiif'band die, which took her to be his wife ; 4 Her former hu^'band, which sent her away, may not take her again' to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomination before the Lord : and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inher- itance. 5 TT When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business : but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 H No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge : for he taketh a mmi^s life to pledge. 7 IT If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of I|'ra-el, and maketh mer'chandife of him, or sell- eth him ; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. 8 IT Take heed in the plague of lep- rosy, that thou obferve' diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Le'vltes shall teach you : as I command'- ed them, so ye shall 6b§erve' to do. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Mir'i-am i by the way, after that ye were come forth out of E'eypt. 10 1 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring- out the pledge abroad unto thee. 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge : 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again' when the sun gotth down, that he may sleep in his own rai- ment, and bless thee : and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God. justice, and charity. 14 1 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant thai is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that art in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against' thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. 16 IF The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 f Thou shalt not pervert' the judg- ment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless ; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge : 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in E'eypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : there'fcre I command' thee to do this thing. 19 IT When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again' to fetch it : it shall be for the stran|er, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again' : it shall be for the stranger, for the father- less, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vine'yard, thou shalt not glean it af- terward : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for tlie widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of E'eypt ; there'fore I command' thee to do this thing, CHAP. XXV. IF there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them ; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a cer'tain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 IT Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 5 IT If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry Avithout unto a stranger : her huj'band's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform' the duty of a hiif'band's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth shall succeed in the ' Mcr'e-am. 176 Of unjust weights. DEUTERON'OMY name of his brother which z> dead, that his name be not put out of Ij'ra-el. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My huf'band's brother rcfuscth to raise up unto his brother a name in If'ra-el, he will not perform' the duty of my hu^'bdnd's brother : 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto liim : and if he stand to it^i and say, I like not to take her ; 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in If'- ra-el, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 11 IT When men strive together one ■with another, and the wife of the one draw- eth near for to deliver her hiij'band out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets ; 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 13 IT Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weig^hts, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers meaf'ures, a great and a small. 15 Bui thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just meaj'ure shalt thou have ; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lokd thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 H Remember what Am'a-lek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of E'gypt ; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou jvast faint and weary ; and he feared not God. 19 There'fore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about', in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to pofjess' it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Am'a-lek from under heaven : thou shalt not forget it. CHAP. XXVI. AND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and p6§§ess'est it, and dwellest therein, 2 That thou shalt lake of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the 12 Of offering thejifst-fruilt. Lord thy God shall chooje to place his name there. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou shalt speak, and say before the Lord thy God, A Syr'i-iin ready to perish was my father ; and he went down into £'^'ypt, and so'joijrned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous ; 6 And the E-^yp'ti-anf evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. 7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression : 0 And the Lord brought us forth out of E'gypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-stretched arm, and with great ter- ribleness, and with signs, and with won- ders ; 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the first-fruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and w6r'- sh'P before the Lord thy God : 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath giv- en unto the6, and unto thine house, thou, and the Le'vite, and the stranger that is among you. 12 IT When thou hast made an end of tith'ing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tith'ing, and hast given it unto the Le'vite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled ; 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hal- lowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Le'vite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy com- mand'ments, which thou hast comman'ded me : I have not transgressed thy com- mand'ments, neither have I forgotten them, • 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourn- ing, neither have I taken away aught there- of for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof for the dead : but I have hiarken- ed to the voice of the Lord my God, arul have done according to all that thou hast comman'ded me. 15 Look down from thy holy habitation. 177 God and the ptoplt's cdvtnani. from heaven, and bless thy people I§'ra-el, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarcst unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and h6aey. 16 IT This day the Lord thy God hath comman'ded thee to do these statutes and indgments : thou shalt there'f ore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his command'ments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice : 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldst keep all his command'ments ; 19 And to make thee high nations which he hath made, and in name, and in hon'ouv ; thou mayst be a holy people Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. CHAP. XXVIL AND Mo'§es, with the elders of I j'ra-el, comman'ded the people, saying, Keep all the command'ments which I command' you this day. 2 And it shall be, on the day when ye shall pass over Jor'dan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster : 3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art pass- ed over, that thou mayst go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey ; as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee 4 There'fore it shall be, when ye be above all in praise, and that unto the up this gone over Jor'dan, that ye shall set these stones, which I command' you day, in mount E'bal, and thou shalt plas- ter them with plaster. 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 IT And Mo'jes, and the priests the Le'vites, spake unto all If'ra-el, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Ij'ra-el ; This day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God 10 Thou shalt there'fore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his com 1 aklrU DEUTERON'OMY. The curse* mand'ments and his statutes, which I com- mand' thee this day. 11 And Mo'fes charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Ger'- i-zim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jor'dan ; Sim'e-6n, and Le'vl, and Ju'dah, and Is'sa-char, and Jo'seph, and Ben'ja-min. 13 And these shall stand upon mount E'bal to curse ; Reii'ben, Gad, and Ash'er, and Zeb'u-lon, Dan, and Naph'ta-li. 14 And the Le'vites shall speak, and say unto all the men of i|'ra-el with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that makethaji^ 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, A'men'. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the peo- ple shall say, A'men'. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the peo- ple shall say, A'men'. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, A'men'. 19 Cursed be he that pervert'eth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, A'men'. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his fa- ther's wife ; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. ' And all the people shall say, A'men'. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, A'men'. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sis- ter, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the peo- ple shall say, A'men'. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, A'men'. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neigh- bour secretly. And all the people shall say, A'men'. 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the peo- ple shall say, A'men'. 26 Cursed be he that confirm'eth^ not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, A'men'. CHAP. XXVIII. AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to obferve' and to do all his command'ments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 kon-fcm ith, 178 The blessings for obedience, DEUTERON'OMY. and curses for disobedience 2 And all these blessings shall come on I 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy thee, and overtake thee, if thou shaltj store hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 18 Cursed shall be th« fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of j ~--J -i*..--^ m.^M^^ at.Mt^i \,txs\ 3 Blcs'sed shall thou be in the city, and thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. bles'sed shall thou be in the field 4 Bles'sed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Bles'sed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Bles'sed shall thou be when thou comest in, and bles'sed shall thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against' thee to be smitten be- fore thy face : they shall come out against' thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command' the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall estab'lTsh thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shall keep the com- mand'ments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee. 1 1 And the Lord shall make thee plen'- teous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treaf'ure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the command'- mcnts of the Lord thy God, which I com- mand' thee this day, to observe' and to do them : 14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command' thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to obferve' to do all his command'ments and his statutes which I command' thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. 16 Cursed shall thou 6e in the city, and cursed shall thou be in the field. 19 Cursed shalt thou 6c when thou comest in, and cursed shall thou be when thou goest out. 20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroy'ed, and until thou perish quickly ; because of the wick- edness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from ofl" the land whither thou goest to poffess' it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burn- ing, and with the sword, and with blast'- Ing, and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be de- stroy'ed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shall go out one way against' them, and flee seven ways before them ; and shalt be re- moved into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of E'^ypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart : 29 And thou shalt gr5pe at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways : and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled ever- more, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her : thou shalt build a house, and thou shall not dwell therein: thou shall plant a vine'yard,- and shall not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shall not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from be- fore thy face, and shall not be restored to thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have n6Qe to nt- cue them. 2 vin'yerd. 17» Disobedience threatened DEUTERON'OMY. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be 49 The Lord shall o-ivcn unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long : and there shall be no mi-'ht in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy lahours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat' up ; and thou shalt be only op- pressed and crushed alway : 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the si-'ht of thine eyes which thou shalt sec. "35 The LuRU shall smite thee in the ^nees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy kin<' which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fa- thers have known ; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonish- ment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in ; for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vine'yards, and dress thtm^ but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees through- out all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daugh- ters, but thou shalt not enjoy them ; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high ; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake tliee, till thou be destroy'ed ; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his command'ments and his statutes which he commau'ded thee : 46 A'jl they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with glad- ness of heart, for the abundance of all things ; 48 There'fore shalt thou serve thine en- emies, which the Lord shall send against' thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in na- kedness, and i.i want of all things : and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroy'ed thee. with plaguet. bring a nation against' thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young : 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroy'ed : which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroy'ed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land : and he shall be- siege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee : 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil to'uiard his brother, and to'itard the wife of his b6'§6m, and to'ward the rem- nant of his children which he shall leave 55 So that he will not give to any ol them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil tb'wa.rd the hiif'band of her bo'fom, and to'ward her son, and to'ward her daughter, 57 And to'ioard her young one that Cometh out from between her feet, and to'icard her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness where- with thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not obferve' to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayst fear this glori- ous and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, evcTi gieat plagues, and of long con- tinuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the diseases of E'^ypt, which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave^nto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book 180 JtfoVe* exhorteth to obedience. DEUTERON'OMY of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroy'ed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude ; because thou wouldst not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that^ as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you g^ood, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy' you, and to brin» you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to poj^ess' it. 64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, eve7i wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : hut the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt be- fore thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life : 67 In the morning thou shalt say. Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say. Would God it were morn- ing! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into E'|ypt again' with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee. Thou shalt see it no more again' : and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bond women, and no man shall buy you. CHAP. XXIX. THESE art the words of the covenant, which the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes to make with the children of Ij'ra-el in the land of M-6'ab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Ho'reb. 2 V And Mo'fes called unto all if'ra-el, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of E'eypt unto Pha'raoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land ; 3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles : 4 Yet the Lord hath not given you a heart to perceive', and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness : your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have vou drunk wine or strong drink : that ye might know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when ye came unto this place, Wrath to the wicked. the Si'ho-n the king of Hesh'bon, and 5g king of Ba'shan, came out against' us unto battle, and we smote them : 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reft'ben-ites, and to the Gad'ites, and to the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh. 9 Keep there'fore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may pros- per in all that ye do. 10 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God ; your cap'tains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, tvilh all the men of If'ra-el, 11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stran|;er that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water : 12 That thou shouldst enter into c6v- enant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day : 13 That he may estab'lTsh thee to-day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fa- thers, to A'bra-ham, to I'faac, and to Ja'- cob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath ; 15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him, that is not here with us this day : v^ 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of E'eypt ; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by ; 17 And ye have seen their abomina- tions, and their idols, wood and stone, sil- ver and gold, which were among them :) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations ; lest there should be among you a. root that beareth gall and worm'wood ; ' 19 And it come to pass, when he hear eth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst : 20 The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jeal- ousy shall smoke against' that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Ij'ra-el, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in (his book of the law • 22 So that the generation to come of your children, that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a ' umrm'wud. 181 MIt'cIu to the penitent. far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; 23 A7id that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, tltat it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass froweth therein, like the overthrow of od'om, and G6-m6r'rah, Ad'mah, and Ze- bo'im, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath ; 24 Even all nations shall say, Where- fore hath the Lord done thus unto this land ? what nuanetk the heat of this great anger ? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of £'|ypt : 26 For they went and served other gods, and w6r' shipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them : 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against' this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book : 28 And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but those things ichich are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that tve may do all the words of this law. CHAP. XXX. AND it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, Avhich I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command' thee this day, thou, and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; 3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If an^ of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers piij- §ess'ed, and thou shalt pofjess' it ; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the Lord thy God will cir'cum- Clje thine heart, and the heart of thy •eed, to love the Lord thy God with all DEUTERON'OM Y. Life and death set before them. thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayst lire. 7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecu'ted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his com- mand'ments, which I command' thee this day. 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plen'teous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good : for the Lord will again' rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers ; 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his com- mand'ments and his statutes 'which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 11 For this command'mcnt which I command' thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldst say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst say. Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it. 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; 16 In that 1 command' thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his command'ments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayst live and multiply : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whith- er thou goest to pof^ess' it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and wor'ship other gods, and serve them ; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jor'dan to go to poffess' it. 19 I call heaven and earth to record' this day against' you, that I have set be- fore you life and death, blessing and curs- ing : there'f ore choofe life, that both thou and thy seed may live : 20 That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayst obey his voice, and that thou mayst cleave unto him ; (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days ;) that thou mayst dwell in the land 182 Mo'fis eneourageth the people. DEUTERON OMY which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to A'bra-ham, to I'f aac, and to Ja'cob, to give them. CHAP. XXXI. AND Mo'fes went, and spake these words unto all Ij'ra-el. 2 And he said unto them, I am a hun- dred and twenty years old this day : I can no more go out and come in : also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jor'dan. 3 The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy' these na- tions from before thee, and thou shalt poj- jess' them : and Josh'u-a, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said. 4 And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Si'hon and to Og, kings of the Am'o-rites, and unto the land of them whom he destroy'ed. 5 And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the command'- ments which I have comman'ded you. 6 Be strong and of a good courage, ^ fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Mo'fes called unto J6sh'u-a, and said unto him in the sight of all Ij'ra-el, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fa- thers to give them ; and {hou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee ; he 'vIU be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dijmay'ed. 9 T And Mo'fes wrote this law, and de- livered it unto the priests tlie sons of Le'vT, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of If'ra-el. 10 And Mo'fes comman'ded them, say- ing, At the end of evert/ seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 11 When all If'ra-el is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choofe, thou shalt read this law before all If'ra-el in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stran- ger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and obferve' to do all the words of this law ; 13 And that their children, which have not known ani/ things may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jor'- dan to poffesa' it. 14 f And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die : call Josh'u-a, and present yourselves in ' kUr'ndje TT^e book of Ike law. the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Mo'fes and Josh'u-a went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the Lord appeared in the tab- ernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. 16 And the Lord said unto Mo'fes, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land whither they go to be amongst them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against' them in that day, and I will for- sake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befal them ; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not amongst us ? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day, for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 19 Now there'fore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of If'ra-el : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against' the children of If'ra-el. 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fa- thers, that floweth with milk and honey ; and they shall have eaten and filled them- selves, and waxen fat ; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and pro- voke me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against' them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed : for I know their imagination which they go about', even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 Mo'fes there'fore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of If'ra-el. 23 And he gave Josh'u-a the son of Nun a charge, and said. Be strong and of a good courage • for thou shalt bring the children of If'ra el into the land which I sware unto them : and I will be with thee. 24 IT And it came to pass, when Mo'fes had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they w6rc finished, 25 That Mo'fes comman'ded the Le'- vites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the c6venant 183 Mb't'cs'' son}:; of God''s of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against' thee. 27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day ye have been rebellious against' the J^ord ; and how much more after my death ? 28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their cars, and call heaven and earth to record' against' them. 29 For I know that after my death ye ■will utterly corrupt yourselves^ and turn aside from the way which I have com- man'ded you ; and evil will befal you in the latter days* ; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And Mo'fes spake in the ears of all the congregation of If'ra-el the words of this song, until they were ended. CPIAP. XXXIL GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender /lerb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect ; for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5 They have corrupted themselves ; their spot is not Ihe spot of his children : ihey are a perverse' and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord ? O foolish people and unwise ! is not he thy father that halh bought thee ? hath he not made thee, and estab'lTshed thee ? 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations : ask thy father, and he will show thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee ; 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separat- ed the sons of Ad'am, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of i§'ra-el. 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Ja'cob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a def'ert land, and m the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about', he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an eagle stirreth upher nest, flut- tereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; 12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there ivas no strange god with him. 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the j DEUTERON'OMY. mercy and vengeance. increase of the fields ; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Ba'shiin, and goats, with the fat of kid- neys of wheat ; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 15 But Jesh'u-run waxed fat, and kick- ed : thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness : then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with stran|e gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sac'rifT^ed unto devils, not to God ; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 19 And when the Lord saw tV, he ab- horred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, 1 will see what their end shall be : for they are a very fro'ward genera- tion, children in whom is no faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God ; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities . and I will movfe them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will pro- voke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the moun'tains. 23 I will heap mis'chlefs upon them : 1 will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction : I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poi- son of serpents of the dust. .25 The sword without, and terror with- in, shall destroy' both the young man and the vir'ein, the suckling also, with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men : 27 Were it not {hat I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their ad'versaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say. Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 28 For they fire a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they un- derstood this, that they would consider their latter end I 30 How should one chase a thousand, 184 Gocfs mercy ana judgment. and two put ten thousand to fli§fht, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves frcm^-- judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sod'- om, and of the fields of Go-mor'rah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clus- ters are bitter : 33 Their wine i* the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treaf'ures ? 35 To me belongelh vengeance, and recompense ; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up or left. 37 And he shall say. Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted ; 30 Which did eat the fat of their sac'- rif i^es, and drank the wine of their drink- offerings ? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. 39 See now that I, even I, am. he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering soiord, and mine hand take hold on judgment, 1 will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with bloo CHAP. IX. AND it came to pass, when all the kings which wire on this side Jor'dan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against' Leb'- a-non, the Hit'tlte, and the Am'o-rite, t-he Can'aan-ite, the Per'iz-zite, the Hi'vite, and the Jeb'u-sTte, heard thereof, 2 That they gathered themselves to- gether, to fight with Josh'u-a and with If'ra-el, with one accord. 3 And when the inhabitants of Gib'e- 6n heard what J6sh'u-a had done unto Jer'i-cho and to A'i, 4 They did work wllily, 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 If'ra-el, We be come from a far country : now there'fore make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of Ij'ra-el said unto the Hl'vites, Peradven'ture ye dwell among us ; and how shall we make a league with you .'' 8 And they said unto Josh'u-a, We are thy servants. And Josh'u-a said unto them, Who are ye ? and from whence come ye ? 9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come, because of the name of the Lord thy God : for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in E'gypt, 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Am'o-rltes that were beyond Jor'- dan, to Si'hon king of Hesh'bon, and to Og king of Ba'shan, which ivas at Ash'ta- roth. 11 Wherefore our elders and all the in habitants 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 : there'fore 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, be- hold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : JOSH'UA. obtain a league. 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new ; and, behold, they be rent : and these our garments and our shoes arc become 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. 1 5 And Josh'u-a 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 wcr( their neighbours, and that they dwell among them. 17 And the children of l§'ra-el journey ed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gib'e-6n, and Cheph'i-rah, and Be-e'roth, and Kir'jath Je'a-rim.' 18 And the children of Tf'ra-el smote them not, because the princes of the con- gregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of If'ra-el. And all the con- gregation murmured against' the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of If'ra-el : now, there'- fore, 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 prom- ised them. 22 And Josh'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 there'fore ye are cursed ; and there shall none of you be freed from be- ing bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Josh'u-a, and said, Because it was cer'tainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God comman'ded his servant Mo'fes to give you all the land, and to destroy' all the inhabitants of the land from before you, there'fore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand : as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And so did he unto them, and de- livered them out of the hand of the chil- dren of Ij'ra-el, that they slew them not. 27 And Josh'u-a made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the congregation and for the altar of the ' Kcr'jaih-Ji-afTim. 194 Josh'u-a rescuelh Gtb'e-on . JOSHIJA. Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choofe. CHAP. X. NOW it came to pass, when X-don-i- ze'dek king of Je-ift'sa-lem had heard how J6sh'u-a had taken A'T, and had ut- terly destioy'ed it ; as he had done to Jer'- i-cho and hur king^, so he had done to A'l and her king ; and how the inhabitants of Gib'e-6n had made peace with I§'ra-el, and were among' them ; 2 That they feared greatly, because Gib'e-6n uas a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it teas greater than a'T, and all the men thereof toere mighty. 3 Wherefore A-don-i-ze'dek king of Je- rA'sa-]em sent unto Ho'ham king of He'- bron, and unto Pi'ram king of Jar'miith, and unto Ja-phi'a king of Lach'ish, and unto De'bir king of Eg'lon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gib'e-6n : for it hath made peace with J6sh'u-a and with the children of If'ra-el. 5 There'fcre the five kings of the Am' o-rltes, the king of Je-rO'sa-lem, the kinj of He'bron, the king of Jar'muth, the king of Lach'ish, the king of Eg'lon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gib'e-6n, and made war against' it. 6 And the men of Gib'e-6n sent unto Josh'u-a to the camp at Gil'gal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants ; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : for all the kings of the Am'o-rltes that dwell in the moun'tains are gathered together against' us. 7 So Josh'u-a ascended from Gil'gal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 And the Lord said unto Josh'u-a, Fear them not ; for I have delivered them into thine hand : there shall not a man of them stand before thee. 9 Josh'u-a there'fore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gil'gal all night. 10 And the Lord discomfited them be- fore If'ra-el, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gib'e-6n, and chased them along' the way that goeth up to Beth-ho'- ron, and smote them to A-ze'kah, and unto Mak-ke'dah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before If'ra-el, and were in the going down to Beth-ho'ron, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto A-ze'kah, and they died : they were more which died with hailstones than Ihey whom the children of If'ra-el slew with the sword. 12 Then spake Josh'u-a to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Thejire kings hanged. Xm'o-rTtes before the children of If'ra-el, and he said in the sight of If'ra-el, Sun, stand thou still upon Gib'e-6n ; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aj'a-lon. ' 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had aveng- ed themselves upon their enemies. /* not this written in the book of Jash'er ? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about' a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that be- fore it or after it, that the Lord hearken- ed unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for If'ra-el. 15 And Josh'u-a returned, and all If- ra-el with him, unto the camp to Gil'gal. 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Mak-ke'dah. 17 And it was told Josh'u-a, saying;, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Mak-ke'dah. 18 And Josh'u-a said. Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them ; sufier them not to enter into their cities : for the Lord your God hath deliv- ered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Josh'u-a and the childreji of If'ra-el had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest xvhich remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Josh'u-a at Mak-ke'dah in peace : none moved his tongue against' any of the children of If'ra-el. 22 Then said Josh'u-a, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Je-rA'sa-lem, the king of He'- bron, the king of Jar'miith, the king of Lach'ish, and the king of Eg'lon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Josh'u-a, that Josh'u-a called for all the men of If'ra-el, and said unto the cap'tains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Josh'u-a said unto them, Fear not, nor be difmay'ed, be strong and of sood courage : for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against' whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Josh'u-a smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on fire trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the cTcnlng. Ad'ja-ldn. 196 Seven kings conquered. JOSH'UA. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, Ihal Josh'u-a comman'ded, and tliey took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, whick remain until tliis very day. 28 And that day Josh'u-a took Mak- ke'diih, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly de- stroy'ed, them, and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain : and he did to the king of Mak-ke'dah as he did unto the king of Jer'i-cho. 29 Then Josh'u-a passed from Mak-ke'- dah, and all i§'ra-el with him, unto Lib'- nah, and fought against' Lib'nah : 30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of If'ra-el ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein ; he let none remain in it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jer'i-cho. 31 And Josh'u-a passed from Lib'nah, and all ij'ra-el with him, unto Lach'ish, and encamped against' it, and fought against' it : 32 And the Lord delivered Lach'ish into the hand of If'ra-el, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Lib'nah. 33 Then Ho'ram king of Ge'zer came up to help Lach'ish ; and Josh'u-a smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34 And from Lach'ish Josh'u-a passed unto Eg'lon, and all If'ra-el with him ; and they encamped against' it, and fought against' it : 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sw5rd ; and all the souls that wire therein he utterly destroy'ed that day, according to all that he had done to Lach'ish, 36 And Josh'u-a went up from Eg'lon, and all if'ra-el with him, unto He'bron ; and they fought against' it : 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the siford, and the king there- of, and^all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein ; he left none re- maining, according to all that he had done to Eg'lon ; but destroy'ed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 38 And Josh'u-a returned, and all if'ra-el with him, to De'bir, and fought ag;ainst' it : 39 And he took it, and the king there- of, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the eds;e of the sword, and utterly destroy'ed all the souls that wire therein ; he left none remaining: as he had done to He'bron, so he did to De'- Dt'ver§ kings overcome. bir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Lib'nah, and to her king. 40 So Josh'u-a smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings : he left none remaining, but utterly destroy'ed all that breathed, as the Lord God of if'ra-el comman'ded. 41 And Josh'u-a smote them from Ka'- desh-Bar'ne-a even unto Ga'za, and all the country of Go'shen even unto Gib'e-6n. 42 And all these kings and their land did Josh'u-a take at one time, because the Lord God of if'ra-el fought for If'ra-el. 43 And Josh'u-a returned, and all If'- ra-el with him, unto the camp to Gil'gal. CHAP. XL ^hik. AND it came to pass, when Ja'bin kmg of Ha'zor had heard those Ihmgs, that he sent to Jo'bab king of Ma'don, and to the king of Shim'ron, and to the king of Ach'shaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the moun'tains, and of the plains south of Cin'ne-roth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 3 Jlnd to the Can'aan-lte on the east and on the west, and to the Am'o-rTte, and the Hit'tite, and the Per'iz-zlte, and the Jeb'u-site in the moiin'tains, and to the Hi'vite under Her'mon, in the laud of Miz'peh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Me'rom, to fight against' If'ra-el. 6 And the Lord said unto Josh'u-a, Be not afraid because of them : for to-morrow about' this time will I deliver them up all slain before if'ra-el: thou shalt hough ^ their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Josh'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 If'ra-el, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zi'don, and unto Mif're-photh-Ma'im, and unto the valley of Miz'peh east'ward ; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Josh'u-a did unto them as the Lord bade him : he hough'ed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. ' 10 And Josh'u-a at that time turned back, and took Ha'zor, and smote the king thereof with the sjford : for Ha'zor before- time was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that 196 Dt'vgrs kings and cities JOSH'UA. conquered by Jbsh'%t-h were therein with the edg^e of the stoord, I from the river Ar'non unto mount Her'mon utterly destroy'ing Ihem: there was not land all the plain on the east: any left to breathe : and he burnt Ha'zor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kin^s of them, did Josh'u-a take, and smote them with the edg;e of the siford ; and he utterly destroy 'ed them, as Mo'jes the servant of the Lord comman'ded. 13 But as for the cities that stood still in their streng^th, Ij'ra-el burned none of them save Ha'zor only ; that did Josh'u-a burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of i|'ra-el took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sicord, un- til they had destroy'ed them, neither left they any to breathe. 15 As the Loan comman'ded Mo'fes his servant, so did Mo'jes command' Josh'u-a, and so did Jdsh'u-a ; he left nothing un- done of all that the Lord comman'ded Mo'fes. 16 So Josh'u-a cook 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 moun'taln of If'ra-el, and the valley of the same ; 17 Even from the mount Ha'lak, that goeth up to Se'ir, unto Ba'al-Gad, in the valley of Leb'a-non, unto mount Her'mon : and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18 Josh'u-a made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of I^'ra-el, save the Hi'vites, the inhabitants of Gib'e-6n' : all otke.r they took in battle 2 Si'hon king of the Arn'o-rltes, who dwelt in Hesh'bon, and ruled from Ar'o-er, which is upon the bank of the river Ar'- non, and from the middle of the river, and from Iialf-GTl'e-5d, even unto the river JSb'- bok, ichkh is the border of the children of Am'mon ; 3 And from the plain to the sea of Cin'ne-roth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jesh'i-moth ; and from the south, under Ash'doth-Pif'gah : 4 And the coast of Og king of Ba'shan, which teas of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ash'ta-roth and at Ed're-I, 5 And reigned in mount Her'mon, and in Sal'cah, and in all Ba'shan, unto the border of the Gesh'u-rites, and the Ma-ach - a-thltes, and half Gil'e-ad, the border ot Si'hon king of Hesh'bon. 6 Them did Mo'fes the servant of the Lord and the children of If'ra-el smite and Mo'fes the servant of the Lord gave it for a poffes'sion unto the ReO'ben-ites, and Gad'ites, and the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh. 7 And these are the kings of the coun- try which Josh'u-a and the children of If'ra-el smote on this side Jor'dan on the west, from Ba'al-Gad in the valley of Leb - a-non even unto the mount Ha'lak, that goeth up to Se'ir ; which Josh'u-a gave unto the tribes of If'ra-el /or a poffes'sion, according to their divisions : 8 In the moun'tains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south coun- 20 For it was of the Lord to harden | try ; the Hit'tites, the Am'o-rltes. and the their hearts, that they should come against If'ra-el in battle, that he miglit destroy' them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy' them, as the liORD comman'ded Mo'fes. Can'aan-ites, the Per'iz-zites, the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'u-sites : 9 The king of Jer'i-cho, one; the king of a'i, which is beside Beth'el, one ; 10 The king: of Je-riVsa-lem, one ; the 21 And at that time came Josh'u-a, and] king of He'bron, one ; cut off the An'a-kims from the moun'tains, I 1 1 The king of Jar'miith, one ; the king from He'bron, from De'bir, from A'nab, and | of Lach'ish, one ; from all the moun'tains of JQ'dah, and I 12 The king of Eg'lon, one; the king from all the moun'tains of If'ra-el: Josh'- of Ge'zer, one; u-adestroy'edthemutterly withtheircities. I 13 The king of De'bir, one ; the king of 22 There Avas none of the An'a-kims i Ge'der, one ; left in the land of the children of If'ra-el : only in Ga'za, in Gath, and in Ash'dod, there remained. 23 So Josh'u-a took the whole land, ac- cording to all that the Lord said unto Mo'fes ; and Josh'u-a gave it for an inher- itance unto Tf'ra-el, according to their di- visions by their tribes. And the land rest- ed from war. CHAP. XIL NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of If'ra-el smote, and poffess'ed their land on the other side Jor'dan, to'ward the rising of the sun ; R 2 14 The king of Hor'mah, one ; the king of A'rad, one ; 15 The king of Lib'nah. one ; the king of A-dul'lam, one ; 16 The king of Mfik-ke'dah, one ; the king of Beth'el, one ; 1'7 The king of Tap'pu-iih, one ; the king of He'ph6r, one ; 18 The king of A'phek, one ; the king of La-sha'ron, one ; 1 9 The king of Ma'don, one ; the king of Ha'zor, one ; 20 The king of Shim'ron-Me'ron, one ; the king of Ach'shaph, one ; 197 Tht bounds of land net conquered 21 The kinj of Ta'a-na9h, one ; the king of Me-gid'do, one ; 22 The king of Ke'desh, one ; the king of Jok'ne-ain of Car'mel, one ; 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one ; the king of the nations of Gil'gal, one; 24 The king of Tir'zah, ' one : All the king» thirty and one. CHAP. XIII. NOW J6sh'u-a was old and stricken in years ; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be pof jess'ed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the borders of the Phi-lis'tines, and all Gesh'u-ri, 3 From Si'hor, which is before £'|ypt, even unto the borders of Ek'ron north'- ward, which is counted to the Can'aan-ite : five lords of the Phi-lis'tines ; the Ga'zath- ites, and the Ash'doth-ites, the Esh'ka-lon- ites, the Git'tites, and the Ek'ron-ites ; also the A'vltes : 4 From the south, all the land of the Can'aau-ites, and Me-a'rah that is beside the Si-dt/ni-anj, unto A'phek, to the bor- ders of the Am'o-rites : 5 And the land of the Gib'Iites, and all Leb'a-non, toward the sun-rising, from Ba'al-Gad under mount Iler'mon unto the entering into Ha'math : 6 All the inhabitants of the hill coun- try, from Leb a-non unto Mij're-photh- Ma'im, a7id all the Si-do'ni-anj, them will I drive out from before the children of I5'- ra-el : only divide thou it by lot unto the If'ra-el-ltes for an inheritance, as I have comman'ded thee. 7 Now there'fore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, 8 With whom the Refi'ben-ites and the Gad'ites have received their inheritance, which Mo'^es gave them, beyond Jor'dan eastward, even as Mo'fes the servant of the Lord gave them ; 9 From Ar'o-er, that ii upon the bank of the river Ar'non, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Med'e-ba unto Dl'bon ; 10 And all the cities of Sl'hon king of the Am'o-ritcs, which reigned in Hesh'bon, unto the border of the children of Am'mon ; 11 And Gil'e-ad, and the border of the Gesh'u-rites and Ma-ach'a-thites, and all mount Her'mon, and all Ba'shan unto Sal'- cah ; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Ba'shan, which reigned in Ash'ta-roth and in Ed're-T, who remained of the remnant of the giants : for these did M5'§es smite,andcast them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Ij'ra-el expelled not the Gesh'u-rites, nor the Ma-ach'a-thites ; but the Gesh'u-rites and JOSH'UA. Reii'bcn^s and Gud''s inheritance. the Ma-ach'a-thites dwell among the If'- ra-el-ites until this day. 14 Only unto the tribe of Le'vl he gave none inheritance ; the sac'rifi^es of the Lord God of 15'ra-el made by fire art their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 And Mo'fes gave unto the tribe ol the children of Reft'ben inheritance ac- cording to their families: 16 And their coast was from Ar'o-er, that is on the bank of the river Ar'non, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Med'e-ba; 17 Hesh'bon, and all her cities that are in the plain ; Di'bon, and Ba'moth-Ba'al, and Beth-ba-al-me'6n, 18 And Ja-ha'za, and Ked'e-moth, and Meph'a-ath, 19 And Kir'jath-A'im, and Sib'mah, and Za'reth-Sha'har in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-pe'or, and Ash'doth-Pif' gall, and Beth-jesh'i-moth, 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Si'hon king of the Am'- o-rltes, which reigned in Hesh'bon, whom Mo'fes smote with the princes of Mid'i-an^ E'vi, and Re'kem, and Zur, and Hiir, and Re'ba, luhich were dukes of Si'hon, dwell- ing in the country. 22 Ba'laain also the son of Be'or, the soothsayer, did the children of Ij'ra-el slay with the sM-'ord among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of the children ol Reu'ben was Jor'dan, and the border there- of. This was the inheritance of the chil- dren of ReCi'ben after their families, the cities and villages thereof. 24 And Mo'fes gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children ol Gad, according to their families : 25 And their coast was Ja'zer, and all the cities of Gil'e-ad, and half the land of the children of Am'mon, unte Ar'o-er that is before Rab'bah ; 26 And from Hesh'bon unto Ra'math- Miz'peh, and Bet'o-nim ; and from Ma-ha- na'im unto the border of De'bir ; 27 And in the valley, Beth'a-ram, and Beth-nim'rah, and Suc'coth, and Za'phon, the rest of the kingdom of Si'hon king of Hesh'bon, Jor'dan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chi'ne-roth, on the other side Jor'dan east'ward. 28 This is the inheritance of the chil- dren of Gad after their families, the cities, and their viHages. 29 And Mo'fes gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh: and this was the p6§§cs'sion of the half tribe of the children of Ma-nas'seh by their families : 30 And their coast was from Ma-ha na'im, all Ba'shan, all the kingdom of Og king of Ba'shan, and all the towns of Ja'ir, which are in Ba'shan, threescore cities ; Tir'zah. 198 The lands divided. JOSHOJA. 31 And half GTl'e-ad, and Xsh'ta-roth, and Ed're-T, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba'shan, iccre pcrtain'ing unto the chil- dren of Ma'chir the son of Ma-nas'seh, even to the one half of the children of Ma'chir by their families. 32 These are the countries which Mo'fes did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Mo'ab, on the other side Jor'dan, by Jer'i-rho, east'ward. 33 But unto the tribe of Le'vi, Mo'fes gave not airy inheritance : the Lord God of If'ra-el was their inheritance, as he said unto them. CHAP. XIV. AND these are the countries which the children of I§'ra-el inherited in the land of Ca'na-an, which E-le-a'zar the priest, and J6sh'u-a the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of If'ra-el, distributed for in- heritance to them. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord comman'ded by the hand of Mo'jes, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Mo'jes had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jor'dan : but unto the Le'vites he gave none inheritance among- them. 4 For the children of Jo'seph were two tribes, Ma-nas'seh and E'phra-im: there'- fore they gave no part unto the Le'vites in the land, save cities to dwell m, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5 As the Lord comman'ded Mo'jes, so the children of 15'ra-el did, and they di- vided the land. 6 T Then the children of Jij'dah came unto Josh'u-a in Gil'gal : and Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh the Ken'e-zite said unto him. Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Mo'fes the man of God concer'ning me and thee in Ka'desh-Bar'- ne-a. 7 Forty years old was I when Mo'fes 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 The lot and borders oj Ju'dah 11 As yet I am as strong this day as / was in the day that Md'fes sent me : as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in 12 Now there'fore give me this moun'- taTn, whereof the Lord spake in that day ; for thou heardest in that day how the An'a-kims wire there, and that the cities wire great and fenced : if so be the Lord will be with me, then 1 shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. 13 And Josh'u-a bless'ed him, and gave unto Ca'leb, the son of Je-phun'neh, He'- bron for an inheritance. 14 He'bron there'fore became the inher- itance of Ca'leb, the son of Je-phun'neh the Ken'e-zlte unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of ig'- ra-el. 15 And the name of He'bron before was Kir jath-Ar'ba: which ^r'ba was a great man among the An'a-kims. And the land had rest from war. CHAP. XV. rpUIS then was the lot of the tribe of -*■ the children of Ju'dah by their fam- ilies, even to the border of E'dnm ; the wil- derness of Zin south'ward v;as the utter- most part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh south'ward : 3 And it went out to the south side to Ma-al'eh-A-crab'blm, and passed along' to Zln, and ascended up on the south side unto Ka'desh-Bar'ne-a ; and passed along' to Hez'ron, and went up to A'dar, and fetched a com'pass to Kar'ka-a : 4 From thence it passed to'ward Xz mon, and went out unto the river of E'eypt ; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea : This shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border ivas the salt sea, even unto the end of Jor'dan. And their border in the north quarter rvas from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jor'dan : 6 And the border went up to Beth-hog' lah, and passed along' by the north of Beth-ar'a-bah ; and the border went up 7 And the border went up to'ward De'- bir from the valley of Ach'or, and so north'ward, looking to'u-ard Gil'gal, that up with me made the heart of the people I to the stone of Bo'han the son of Reil'ben : melt: but I wholly followed the Lord " -. - . ^- my God. 9 And Mo'fes sware on that day, say- ing. Surely the land whereon thy feetjt* before the going up to A-dum'mim, have trodden shall be thine inheritance, 1 which is on the south side of the river : and thy children's for ever, because thou and the border passed to'ii'ard the waters hast wholly followed the Lord my God. I of En'she-mesh, and the goings out there- to And now, behold, the Lord hath ! of were at En-ro'gel : kept me alive, as he said, these forty and | 8 And the border went up by the val- five years, even since the Lord spake this ley of the son of Hin'nom unto the south word unto Mo'fes, while the children of \ side of the Jeb'u-sTte ; the same is Je-rft'- If'ra-el wandered in the wilderness : andjsa-lem: and the border went up to the now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five top of the moun'taln that lieth before the years old valley of Hin'nom west' ward, which is at 199 CafUVs pbrlion and conquest. JOSH'UA. the end of the valley of the giants north'- wftrd: 9 And the border was drawn from (he top of the hill unto the foun'tain of the water of Nep'tho-ah, and went out to the cities of mount E'phron ; and the bonier was drawn to Bfi'a-lah, which is Kir'jath- Je'a-rim :' ' 10 And the border com'passed from Ba'- a-lah west'ward unto mount Se'ir, and passed along' unto the side of mount Je'a- rim, which is Ches'a-lon, on the north side, and went down to Beth'she-mesh, and passed on to Tim'nah : 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ek'ron north'ward : and the border was drawn to ^hl'cron, and passed alon;,^' to mount Ba'a-lah, and went out unto Jab'- ne-el ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Ju'dah round about', according to their families. 13 And unto Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'- neh he gave a part among the children of Ju'dah, according to the command'ment of the Lord to Josh'u-a, even the city of Ar'ba the father of I'nak, which city is He'bron. 14 And Ca'leb drove thence the three sons of A'nak, She'shai, and A-hi'man, and Tal'mai, the children of A'nak. 15 And he went up thence to the in habitants of De'bir : and the name of De'- bir before was Kir'jath-Se'pher. 16 And Ca'leb said, He that smiteth Kir'jath-Se'pher, and taketh it, to him will 1 give Ach'sah my daughter to wife. 17 And Oth'ni-el the son of Ke'naz, the brother of Ca'leb, took it : and he gave him Ach'suh his daughter to wife. 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him,., that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted off htr ass ; and Ca'leb said unto her, What wouldst thou ? 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing ; for thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Jii'dah, to'ward the coast of E'dom south'ward, were Kab'ze- el, and E'der, and Ja'gur, 22 And Ki'nah, and Di-mo'nah, and id'a-dah, 23 And Ke'desh, and Ha'zor, and Ith'- nan, 24 Ziph, and Te'lem, and Be'a-loth, 25 And Ha'?6r, Ha-dat'tah, and Ke'ri 6th, and Hez'ron, which is Ha'zor, ' Ker'jdth-Jc'a-rlm. The several cities of Ju'dah. 26 A'mam, and She'ma, and Mol'a-dah, 27 And Ha'zar-Gad'dah, and Hesh'mon, and Beth-pa'let, 28 And Ha'zar-Shu'al, and Be-er'she-ba, and Biz-i-j6-th)'jah, 29 Ba'a-lah, and I'im, and A'zem, 30 And El'to-lad, and Che'sil, and Hor'- mah, 31 And Zik'lag, and Mad-man'nah, and San-san'nah, 32 And Leb'a-oth, and ShTl'him, and A'in, and RTm'mnn : all the cities are twen- ty and nine, with their villages : 33 ^^nd in the valley, Esh'ta-61, and Zo're-ah, and Ash'nah, 31 And Za-no'ah, and En-gan'nim, Tap' pu-ah, and E'nam, 35 Jar'miith, and A-dul'lam, So'coh, and A-ze'kah, 36 And Shar'a-im, and Ad-i-tha'im, and Ge-de'rah, and Ged-e-roth-a'im ; fourteen cities with their villages : 37 Ze'nan, and Had'a-shah, and MTg- dal-Gad, 38 And Dil'e-an, and Miz'peh, and J ok' the-el, 39 La'chish, and Boz'kath, and Eg'lon 40 And Cab'bon, and Lah'mam, and Kith'lish, 41 And Ge-de'roth, Beth-da'gon, and JVa'a-mah, and Mak-ke'dah ; sixteen cities with their villages : 42 Lib'nah, and E'ther, and A'shan, 43 And Jiph'tah, and Ash'nah, and Ne'- zib, 44 And Kei'lah,2 and Ach'zTb, and Ma- re'shah ; nine cities with their villages. 45 Ek'ron with her towns and her vil- lages : 46 From Ek'ron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ash'dod, with their villages: 47 Ash'dod with her towns and her vil- lages, Ga'za with her towns and her vil- lages, unto the river of E'gypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof : 48 And in the moun'tains, Sha'mir, and Jat'tir, and So'coh, 49 And Dan'nah, and Kir'jath-San'nah, which is De'bir, 50 And A'nab, and Esh'te-moh, and A'nira, 51 And Go'shen, and Ho'lon, and Qi'- loh ; eleven cities with their villages : 52 A'rab, and Du'mah, and E'she-an, 53 And Ja'niim, and Beth-tap'pu-ah, and A-phe'kah, 54 And PJum'tah, and Kir'jath-Ar'ba (which is He'bron), and Zi'or ; nine cities with their villages : 55 Ma'on, Car'mel, and Ziph, and Jut' tab, 56 And Jez're-el, and J6k'de-am, and Za-no'ah, 57 Cain, Gib'e-ah, and Tim'nah ; ten cities with their villages : 2 Kil'lah. 200 Tfu borders of Jo'seph and E'phra-hn. JOSH'UA. The lot of Ma-nas'stti. 58 Ilal'hul, Bith'zur, and Ge'dor, 59 And Ma'a-rith,ai]d Beth'a-noth, and El'te-kon ; six citif.s with their villages : 60 Kiijath-Ba'al (which is Kir'jJth-Je'- a-rim), and Iliibbuh ; two cities with their villajjts • 61 In the wilderness, Beth-ara-bah, Mid'din, and Sec'a-cah, 62 And Nib'shan, and the city of Salt, andEn'ge-di '; six cities with tluir villages. 63 As for the Jeb'u-sites, the inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem, the children of Ju'dah could not drive them out : but the Jeb'u- sitis dwell with the children of Ju'dah at Je-rQ'sa-lem unto this day. criAi', XVI. AND the lot of the children of Jo'seph fell from Jor'dan by Jer'i-cho, unto the water of Jer'i-cho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jer'i-cho throughout mount Beth'el, 2 .\nd goc'th out from Beth'el to Liiz, and passeth along' unto the borders of Ar'chi to At'a-roth, 3 And gocth down west'ward to the coast of Japh'le-tT, unto the coast of Beth- hO'ron the nether, and to Ge'zer : and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Jo'seph, Ma-nas'- seh and £'phra-im, took their inheritance. 5 And the border of the children of E'phra-ira, according to their families, was thus ; even the border of their inheritance on the east side was At'a-roth-A'dar, unto Beth-ho'rou the upper : 6 And the border went out to'w'drd the sea to Mich'me-thah on the north side ; and the border went about' east'ward unto Te'a-nath-Shi'loh, and passed by it on the cast to Ja-no'hah : 7 And it went down from Ja-no'hah to At'a-roth, and to Na'a-rath, and came to Jer'i-cho, and went out at Jor'dan. 8 The border went out from Tap'pu-ah west'ward unto the river Ka'nah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the chil- dren of E'phra-im by their families. 9 And the separate cities for the chil- dren of E'phra-im were among the inher- itance of the children of Ma-nas seh, all the cities with their villages. 10 And they drave not out the Can'- aan-ites that dwelt in Ge'zer ; hut the Can'aan-ites dwell among the E'phra- im-ites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAP. XVII. THERE was also a lot for the tribe of Ma-nas'seh, (for he was the first-born of Jo'seph) ; to wit, for Ma'chir the first- born of Ma-nas'seh, the father of Gil'e- ad ; because he was a man of war, there'- fore he had Gil'e-ad and Ba'shan. 2 There was also a lot for the rest of * g hard. the children of Ma-nas'seh by their fami- lies ; for the children of A-bi-e'zer, and for the children of He'lek, and for the chil- dren of Aj'ri-el, and for the children of She'chem, and for the children of He'pher, and for the children of She-mi'da : these wcit the male children of Ma-nas'seh the son of Jo'seph by their families. 3 But Ze-k)'phe-had, the son of He'- pher, the son of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'- chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh, had no sons, but daughters : and these are the names of his daughters, Mah'lah, and No'ah, Hng'lah, Mil'cah, and Tir'zah.^ 4 And they came near before E-le-a'zar the priest, and before Josh'a-a the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying. The Lord comman'ded Alo'jes to give us an inheritance fimong our brethren. There'- fore, according to the command'ment of the Lord, he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten portions to Ma- nas'seh, beside the land of Gil'e-ad and Ba'shan, which ucrc on the other side Jor'dan ; 6 Because the daughters of Ma-nas'seh had an inheritance among his sons : and the rest of Ma-nas'seh's sons had the land of Gil'e-ad. 7 And the coast of Ma-nas'seh was from Ash'er to Mich'me-thah, that lieth before She'chem ; and the border went along' on the right hand unto the inhabit- ants of En-tap'pu-ah. 8 JVotv Ma-nas'seh had the land of Tap'pu-ah : but Tap'pu-ah, on the border of Ma-nas'seh, btlonged to the children of E'phra-Im. 9 And the coast descended unto the river Ka'nah, south'ward of the river: these cities of E'phra-im are among the cities of Ma-nas'seh : the coast of Ma- nas'seh also was on the north side of the river, and the out-goings of it were at the sea : 10 South'ward it was E'phra-Tm's, and north'ward it teas Ma-nas'seh's, and the sea is his border ; and they met together in Ash'er on the north, and in is'sa-char on the east. 1 1 And Ma-nas'seh had in Ts'sa-char, and in Ash'er, Beth-she'an and her towns, and Ib'le-am and her towns, and the inhab- itants of Dor and her towns, and the inhab- itants of En'dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Ta'a-nach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Me-gid'do 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 Can'aan-Ues would dwell in that land. 13 Yet it came to pass, when the chil- dren of If'ra-el wore waxen strong, that 2 Tir'tah. 201 fhe tabernacle is set up at ShVldh. JOSH'UA. tliey put the Can'aan-Ttes to tribute ; but did. not utterly drive them out. 14 And the children of Jo'seph spake sayings, Why hast thou giv- lot and one portion to in- am a great people, foras- LoRi) hath bless'ed me The lot of Btn'ja-min unto J6sh'u-a, en me but one herit, seeing I much aa the 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 Per'iz-zites and of the giants, if mount E'phra-im be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Jo'seph said. The hill is not enough for us : and all the Can'aan-ites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who art of Beth-she'an and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jez'- re-el. 17 And J6sh'u-a spake unto the house of Jo'seph, ecen to E'phra-im and to Ma- nas'seh, saying. Thou art a great people, and hast great power ; thou shalt not have one lot only : 18 But the moijn'tain shall be thine ; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and the out-goings of it shall be thine : for thou shalt drive out the Can'- aan-ites, though they have iron chariots, and though they he strong. CHAP. XVIII. AND the whole congregation of the children of if ra-el assembled togeth- er at Shi'loh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among thS chil- dren of If'ra-el seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance. 3 .\nd Josh'u-a said unto the children of If'ra-el, How long are ye slack to go to poffess' 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 inherit- ance 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 Jd'seph shall abide in their coasts on the north. 6 Ye shall there'fore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that 1 may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But the Le'vTtes have no part among you ; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance : and Gad, and Reft'ben, and half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh, have received their inheritance beyond Jor'dan on the east, which Mo'jes the servant of the Lord gave them. 8 And the men arofe, and went away : and Josh'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'loh. 9 And the men went, andpassed through the land, and described it by cities, into seven parts, in a book, and came again' to Josh'u-a to the host at Shi'loh. 10 And Josh'u-a cast lots for them in Shi'loh before the Lord : and there Josh'- u-a divided the land unto the children of If'ra-el, according to their divisions. 11 And the lot of the tribe of the chil- dren of Ben'ja-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 Jor'dan : and the border went up to the side of Jer'i-ch5 on the north side, and went up through the moun'tains west'ward ; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-a'ven. 13 And the border went over from thence t5'7fard Luz, to the side of Liiz, (which is Beth'el), south'ward ; and the border descended to At'a-rdth-A'dar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-ho'ron. 14 And the border was drawn thence, and com'passed the corner of the sea south'ward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-ho'ron south'ward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kir'jath-Ba'al (which /* 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 moun'tain 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 Je-bu'si on the south, and descended to En-ro'gel, 17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-she'mesh, and went forth to'ward Gel'i-loth, which is over against the going up of A-dilm'mim, and descend- ed to the stone of Bo'han the son of Refi'ben, ' 18 And passed along' to'ward the side over against' Ar'a-bah north'ward, and went down unto Ar'a-bah : 19 And the border passed along' to the side of Beth-hog'lah north'ward : and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jor'dan : this was the south coast. 20 And Jor'dan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Ben'ja-min, by the 202 The lots ofSim'e-bny Zco'u-lon, JOSH'UA. Ash'tr^ Is'sa-char, Sft. coasts thereof round about', according to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Ben'ja-min, according to their families, were Jer'i-cho, and Beth-hog'lah, and the valley of Ke'ziz, 22 And Beth-ar'a-bah, and Zem-a-ra'- im, and Beth'el, 23 And a' vim, and Pa'rah, and Oph'rah, 24 And Che'phar-Ha-am'mo-nai, and Oph'nT, and'Ga'ba; twelve cities with their villages : 25 Gib'e-6n, and Ra'mah, and Be- e'roth, 26 And Miz'peh, and Cheph'i-rah, and Mo'zah, 27 And Re'kem, and ir'pe-el, and Tar'- a-Iah, 28 And Ze'lah, E'leph, and Je-bu'si (which is Je-rCl'sa-lem), Gib'e-ath, and Kir'jath;' fourteen cities with their vil- lages. This is the inheritance of the chil- dren of Ben'ja-min, according to their familes. CHAP, XIX. AND the second lot came forth to Sim'- e-on, even for the tribe of the children of Sim'e-6n according to their families . and their inheritance was within the in- heritance of the children of Ju'dah. 2 And they had in their inheritance, Be-er'she-ba and She ba and Mol'a-dah, 3 And Ha'zar-Shu'al, and Ba'lah, and A'zem, « 4 And El'to-lad, and Be'thul, and Hor'- mah, 5 And Zik'lag, and Beth-mar'ca-both, and Ha'zar-Su'sah, 6 And Beth-leb'a-6th, and Sha-rA'hen ; thirteen cities and their villages: 7 A'in, llem'mon, and £'ther, and A'- shan ; four cities and their villages : 8 And all the villages that were round about' these cities to Ba'a-lath-Be'er, Ra'- math of the south. This is the inherit- ance of the tribe of the children of Sim'e- 6n according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the children of Ju'dah was the inheritance of the children of Sim'e-on ; for the part of the children of Ju'dah was too much for them ; there'- fore the children of Sim'e-6n had their in- heritance within the inheritance of them. 10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zeb'u-lon, according to their families : and the border of their inherit- ance was unto Sa'rid : 1 1 And their border went up to'ward the sea, and Mar'a-lah, and reached to Dab'ba-sheth, and reached to the river that is before J6k'ne-am ; 12 And turned from Sa'rid east'ward, to'rcard the sun-rising, unto the border of Chis'loth-Ta'bor, and then goeth out to Dab e-rath, and goeth up to Ja-phl'a, 13 And from thence passeth on along' on the east to Git'tah-He'pher, to It'tah- Ka'zin, and goeth out to Rem'mon-Meth'- o-ar to Ne'ah : 14 And the border com'passeth it on the north side to Han'na-thon : and the out- ejoings thereof are in the valley of Jiph'- thah-el : 15 And Kat'tah, and Na-hal'lal, and Shim'ron, and id'a-lah, and Beth'le-hem : twelve cities vi'ith their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the chil- dren of Zeb'u-lon according to their fam- ilies, these cities with their villages. 17 And the fourth lot came out to Is'- sa-char, for the children of Is'sa-char ac- cording to their families. 18 And their border was tb'wsird Jez're- el, and Che-sul'loth, and Shu'nem, 19 And Haph-ra'im, and Shi'hon, and An-a-ha'rath, 20 And Rab'bith, and Klsh'i-6n, and A'bez, 21 And Re'meth, and En-gan'nim, and En-had'dah, and Beth-paz'ztz ; 22 And the coast rcacheth to Ta'bor, and Sha-haz'i-mah, and Beth'she-mesh ; and the outgoings of their border were at Jor'dan : sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Is'sa-char according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Ash'er according to their families. 25 And their border was Hel'kath, and Ha'li, and Be'ten, and Ach'shaph, 26 And A-lam'me-lech, and A'mad, and Ml'she-al ; and reacheth to Car'mel west'- ward, and to ShT'hor-Lib'nath ; 27 And turneth to'ward the sun-rising to Beth-da'gon, and reacheth to Zeb'u-lon, and to the valley of Jiph'thah-el, to'ioard the north side of Beth'e-mek, and Ne'i-el, and goeth out to Ca'bul on the left hand, 28 And He'broii, and Re'ob, and Ham'- mon, and Ka'niih, even unto great Zi'don ; 29 And Ihen the coast turneth to Ra'- mah, and to the strong city Tyre ; and the coast turneth to Ho'sah ; and the out- goings thereof are at the sea, from the coast to Ach'zTb : 30 iJm'mah also, and A'phek, and Re'- hob : twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ash'er according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 The sixth lot came out to the chil- dren of Naph'ta-n, even for the children of Naph'ta-n according to their families. 33 And their coast was from He'leph, from Al'lon to Za-a-nan'nim, and Ad'a-mi, Ne'keb, and Jab'ne-el, unto l.a'kum ; and the outgoings thereof were at Jor'dan; ' Klr'jath. 203 The inheritance ofJosh'u-a. JOSH'UA. The six eihes of refuge 34 And then the coast tiirneth west'- ward to Az'noth-Ta'bor, and goeth out from thence to Huk'kok, and reacheth to Zeb'u-lon on the south side, and reacheth to Ash'er on the west side, and to Ju'dah upon Jor'dan tu'w^ard the sun-rising. 35 And the fenced cities are Zid'dini, Zer, and Ilam'math, Ilak'kath, and Cin'- nc-reth, 36 And Ad'a-mah, and Ra'mah, and Ha'zor. 37 And Ke'desh, and Ed're-1, and En- ha'zor, 38 And i'ron, and Mig'da-lel, Ho'rem, and Beth'a-nfith, and Beth she-mesh ; nine- teen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naph'ta-lT according to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 ./Ind the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zo'rah, and Esh'ta-61,and ir-she'mesh, 42 And Sha-al-ab'bin, and Aj'a-lon,^ and Jeth'lah, 43 And E'lon, and Thim'na-thah, and Ek'ron, 44 And El'te-keh, and Gib'be-thon, and Ba'a-lath, 45 And Je'hiid, and Ben-eb'e-rak, and Gath-Rim'mon, 46 And Me-jar'kon, and Rak'kon, with the border before Ja'pho. 47 And the coast of the children of iJan went out loo Utile for them ; there'- fore the children of Dan went up to fight against' Le'shem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and pof- jess'ed it, and dwelt therein, and called Le'shem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 When they had made an end of di- viding the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Ij'ra-el gave an inheritance to J6sh'u-a the son of Nun among them : 50 According to the word of the Lord, they gave him the city which he asked, even Tim'nath-Se'rah in mount E'phra-im : and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 These are the inheritances which E-le-a'zar the priest, and J5sh'u-a the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of if'ra-el, di- vided for an inheritance by lot in Shi'loh before the Lord, at the door of the tab- ernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. CHAP. XX. THE Lord also spake unto J6sh'u-a, saying, 1 Ad'ja-lon. 2 Speak to the children of If'ra-el, say- ing, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Mo'fes : 3 That the slayer that killeth any per- son unawares and unwittingly may flee thither : and they shall be your refuge from the aven'|er of blood. 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the aven'^er of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand ; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judg- ment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days : then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 And they appointed Ke'desh in Gal' i-lee in mount Naph'ta-lT, and She'chem in mount E'phra-im, and Kir'jath-Ar'ba^ (which is He'bron), in the moixD'taTn of Ju'dah. 8 And on the other side Jor'dan by Jer i-cho east'ward, they assigned Be'zer in the wilderness upon me plain out of the tribe of ReOi'ben, and Ra'moth in Gil'e-ad out of the tribe of Gad, and Go'lan in Ba'- shan out of the tribe of Ma-nas'seh. 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of l|'ra-el, and for the stranger that so'joiirneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. CHAP. XXL THEN came near the heads of the fa- thers of the Le'vites unto E-le-a'zar the priest, and unto Josh'u-a the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of If'ra-el ; 2 And they spake unto them at Shi'loh in the land of Ca'na-an, saying, The Lord comman'ded by the hand of Mo'fes to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of If 'ra-el gave unto the Le'vites out of their inheritance, at the command'ment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Ko'hath-ites : and the children of ^a'ron the priest, which were of the Le'- vites, had by lot, out of the tribe of Ju'- dah, and out of the tribe of Sim'e-6n, and 2 Klr'jalh-Ar'ba. 204 Cities given by lot JOSHUA out of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of K6'- hath had hj lot, out of the families of the tribe of E'phra-im, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Ma-nas'- seh, ten cities. 6 And the children of Ger'shon had by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Is- sa-char, and out of the tribe of A^'h'er, and out of the tribe of Naph'ta-IT, and out of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh in Ba'shan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of Mer'a-ri, by their families, had, out of the tribe of Reu'ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb'u-lon, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Ij'ra-r.l gave by lot unto the Le'vites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord comman'ded by the nand of Mo'fes. 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-nn, these cities which are here mentioned by name. 10 AVhich the children of .^a'ron, bei7Tg of the families of the Ko'hath-ites, who were of the children of Le'vT, had : for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Ar' ba, the father of A'nak (which cili/ is He'- bron), in the hill-coun/rj/ of Ju'dah, with the suburbs thereof round about' it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh for his p'^fjes'sion. 13 Thus they gave to the children of »4a'r6n the priest, He'bron with her sub- urbs, lo be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Lib'nah with her suburbs, 14 And Jal'tir with her suburbs, and £sh-tem'o-a with her suburbs, 15 And Ho'lon with her suburbs, and De'bir with her suburbs, 16 And A'in with her suburbs, and Jut'- tah with her suburbs, and Beth'she-mesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two trib<'S. 17 And out of the tribe of Ben'ja-min, Gib'e-6n with her suburbs, Ge'ba with her suburbs, 18 An'a-thiith with her suburbs, and Al'mfin with her suburbs ; four cities. 19 All the cities of the children ofv^a'- ron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 And the ftimilies of the children of Ko'hath, the Le'vites which remained of the children of Ko'hath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of i'phra-im. 21 For they gave them She'chem with her suburbs in mount E'phra-Tm, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ge'z^ with her suburbs, ^ Ad'ja-ldn unto the Le'vitet. 22 And Kib-zaTm with her suburbs, and Beth-ho'ron with her suburbs ; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El'te- keh with her suburbs, Glb'be-thon with her suburbs, 24 Aj'a-lon' with her suburbs, Gath- Rim'mon with her suburbs ; four cities. 25 And out of the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh, Ta'a-nach with her suburbs and Gath-Rim'mon with her suburbs ; two cities. 26 All the cities wire ten, with their suburbs, for the families of the children of Ko'hath that remained. 27 And unto the children of Gcr'shon, of the families of the Le'vites, out of the other half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, they gave Go'lan in Ba'shan with her suburbs, lo be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Bc- esh'te-rah with her suburbs ; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Is'sa-char, Ki'shnn with her suburbs, Diib'a-rch with her subiu'bs, 29 Jar'mQth with her suburbs, En-gan'- nim with her suburbs ; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Ash'er, MT'- hal with her suburbs, Ab'don with her uburbs, 31 Hel'kath with her suburbs, and Re'hob with her suburbs ; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, Ke'desh in Gal'i-lee with her suburbs, to he a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ha'm6th-D6r with her suburbs, and Kar'- tan with her suburbs ; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Ger'shon-ites, according to their families, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 And unto the families of the chil- dren of Mer'a-ri, the rest of the Le'vites, out of the tribe of Zeb'u-lon, Jok'ne-am with her suburbs, and Kar'tah with her suburbs, 35 Dim'nah with her suburbs, Na-haral with her suburbs ; four cities. 36 And out of the tribe of Reft'ben, Be'zer with her suburbs, and Ja-ha'zah with her suburbs, 37 Ked'e-moth with her suburbs, and Meph'a-ath with her suburbs ; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra'- mnth in Gil'e-ad with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and Ma-ha- na'Tm with her suburbs, 39 Hesh'bon with her suburbs, Ja'z6r with her suburbs ; four cities in all. 40 So all the cities for the children of Mer'a-rT, by their families, which were re- maining of the families of the Le'vites, were, by their lot, twelve cities. 41 All the cities of the Le'vites within the pejies'sion of the children of I;i'ra-el wire forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with S05 The two tribes and half tribe return. JOSH'UA. their suburbs round about' Ihem : thus were all these cities. 43 IT And the Lord gave unto I§'ra-el all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers ; and they pofjess'ed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And the Lord gave them rest round about', according to all that he sware unto their fathers : and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them ; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of If'ra-el ; all came to pass. CHAP. XXII. THEN J6sh'u-a called the ReO'ben- ites, and the Gad'ites, and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, 2 And said unto them. Ye have kept all that Mo'fes the servant of the Lord com- man'ded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I comman'ded you : 3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the command'ment of the Lord your God. 4 And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he prom- ised them : there'fore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your poffes'sion, which Mo'fes the ser- vant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jor dan. 5 But take diligent heed to do the com- mand'ment and the law, which Mo'fes the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his command'ments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So J6sh'u-a bless'ed them, and sent them away : and they went unto their tents. 7 Now, to the one half of the tribe of Ma-nas'seh, Mo'fes had given po$^cs'sion in Ba'shan ; but unto the other half there- of gave Josh'u-a among their brethren on this side Jor'dan west'ward. And when J6sh'u-a sent them away also unto their tents, then he bless'ed them ; 8 And he spake unto them, saying. Re- turn 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 : di- vide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 And the children of Refi'ben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, returned, and departed from the children of if'ra-el out of Shi'loh, ■^'"'h is in the land of Ca'na-an, to go '» the country of Gil'e-ad, to the land ♦.heir pofjes'sion, whereof they were 7%e l$'ra-elAtes offended. poffess'ed, according to the word of the Lord by the hanut all the land of Ca'na-an, and multiplied his seed, and gave him l'|aac. 4 And I gave unto I'|aac, Ja'cob and E'sau ; and 1 gave unto E'sau mount Se'ir, to pofjess' it : but Ja'cob and his children went down into E'gypt. 5 I sent Mo'fes also and .4a'r6n, and I plagued E'eypt, according to that which I did among them : and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of E'f ypt : and you came unto the sea ; and the E-|yp'ti-an§ pursued after your fathers "with chariots and horsemen unto the Red Sea. Hi'vltes, and the Jeb'u-sites ; and I de- livered them into your hand. 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, eren the two kings of the Am'o-rltes ; but not with thy stford, nor with thy b5w. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them ; of the vine'yards- and oliveyards which ye plant- ed not, do ye eat. 14 Now there'fore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in E'eypt ; and serve ye the Lord. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served, that wire on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Am'o-rites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 16 And the people answered and said. God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods ; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up, and our fathers, out of the and of E'eypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and prejerv'ed us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peo- ple through whom we pass'ed : 18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Am'o-rites which dwelt in the land : there'fore will we also serve the Lord ; for he is our God. 19 And Josh'u-a said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord : for he is 7 And when they cried unto the Lord, |holy God ; he is a jealous God ; he will * Gcr'ga-thtles. vin'yerdz. 208 Josh'u-a's exhortaiton. JUDG'ES. not forgive your traasgressions nor your 20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Josh'u-a, Nay, but we will serve the Lord. 22 And Josh'u-a said unto the people, Ye are. witnesses against' yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said. We are witnesses. 23 Now therc'fore put away, said Ae, the strange gods which arc among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of If'ra-el. 24 And the people said unto Josh'u-a, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. 23 So Josh'u-a made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a stat- ute and an ordinance in She'chem. 26 And Josh'u-a wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanc'tuary ^ of the Lord. 27 And Josh'u-a said unto all the peo- ple, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us ; for it hath heard all the words of He'bron taken. the Lord which he spake unto us : it shall be there'fore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Josh'u-a let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Josh'u-a the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hun- dred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Tim'nath-Se'rah, which is in mount E'phra-Tm, on the north side of the hill of Ga'ash. 31 And l!;'ra-el served the Lord all the days of Josh'u-a, and all the days of the elders that overlived Josh'u-a, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for If'ra-el. 32 And the bones of Jo'seph, which the children of ij'ra-el brought up out of E'|ypt, buried they in She'chem, in a parcel of ground which Ja'cob bought of the sons of lla'mor, the fathtr of She'chem, for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Jo'seph. 33 And E-le-a'zar, the son of Aa'rbn, died ; and they buried him in a hill that pertain' ed to Phin'e-has his son, which was given him in mount E'phra-im. 1[ The BOOK of JUDG'ES. CHAPTER L NOW, after the death of J6sh'u-a, it came to pass, that the children of Ij'ra-el asked the Lord, saying. Who shall go up for us against' the Can'aan-Ttes first, to fight against' them ? 2 And the LoRDsaid, Ju'dah shallgoup: behold, 1 have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Jii'dah said unto Sim'e-on his br6ther. Come up with me into my lot, that ■we may fight against' the Can'aan-ites ; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Sim'e-6n went with him. 4 And Ju'dah went up ; and the Lord delivered the Can'aan-ites and the Per'iz- zTtes into their hand: and they slew of them in Be'zek ten thousand men. 5 And they found X-do-ni-be'zek in Be'- zek ; and they fought against' him, and they slew the Can'aan-ites and the Per'iz- zites. 6 But X-do-ni-be'z^k fled: and they pur- sued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And A-do-ni-be'zek said. Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table : as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they ' snngk'lahu-a-re. S2 14 brought him to Je-rfl'sa-lem, and there he died. 8 IT Now the children of Ju'dah had fought against' Je-ril'sa-lem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the children of Ju'dah went down to fight against' the Can'aan- Ttes, that dwelt in the moun'tain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 And Ju'dah went against' the Can- aan-ites that dwelt in He'bron, (now' the name of He'bron before was Kir'jath-Ar - ba,) and they slew She'shai, and_A-hT- man, and Tal'mai. 11 And from thence he went against' the inhabitants of De'bir ; (and the name of De'bfr before was Kir'jath-Se'ph6r :)2 12 And Ca'leb said. He that smitetb Kir'jath-Se'pher, and taketh it, to him will I give Ach'sah my daughter to wife. 13 And Oth'ni-el the son of Ke'naz, Ca'- leb's younger brother, took it : and he gave him Ach'sah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him., that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass ; and Ca'leb said unto her, What wilt thou ? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a 2 Kcr'jath-Si'fur. 3CS The acts of Bcn'ja-min. JUDG'ES blessing : for thou hast given me a south land, give me also springs of water. And ^a'leb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. ^ 16 IT And the children of the Kenlte, Mo'fes' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Ju'- dah, into the wilderness of Ju'dah, which lidh in the south of A'rad : and they went and dwelt among the people. ^ 17 And Ju'dah went with Sim'e-6n his brother, and they slew the Can'aan-ites that inhabited Ze'phath, and utterly de- stroy'ed it : (And the name of the city was called Hor'mah.) 18 Also Ju'dah took Ga'za with the coast thereof, and Is'ke-lon with the coast thereof, and Ek'ron with the coast thereof. 19 And the Lord was with Ju'dah, and he drave out Ihe inhabitants of the mdun'tain, but could not drive out the in- habitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. 20 And they gave He'bron unto Ca'leb, as Mo'f es said : and he expelled thence the three sons of A'nak. 21 H And the children of Ben'ja-min did not drive out the Jeb'u-sites that in- habited Je-rft'sa-lem ; but the Jeb'u-sTtes dwell with the children of Ben'ja-min in Je-rft'sa-lem unto this day. 22 T And the house of Jo'seph, they also went up against' Beth'el : and the LoBD was with them. 23 And the house of Jo'seph sent to descry Beth'el : (Now the name of the city before was Liiz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth oui of the city ; and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. 25 And when he showed them the en- trance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the su'ord ; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hit'tites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Liiz : which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 H Neither did Ma-nas'seh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-she'an and her towns, nor Ta'a-nach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of ib'le-am and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Me-gid'do and her tewns : but the Can'aan-ites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Ij'ra-el was strong, that they put the Can'aan-ites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 Neither did E'phra-im drive out the Can'aan-ites that dwelt in Ge'zer ; but the ' Can'aan-ites dwelt in Ge'zer among them. 30 Neither did Zeb'u-lon drive out the l§'ra-cl reproved at Bb'ch'im. inhabitants of Kit'ron, nor the inhabitants of Na'ha-161 ; but the Can'aan-ites dwelt am6ng them, and became tributaries. 31 Neither did Ash'er drive out the in- habitants of Ac'cho, nor the inhabitants of Zi'don, nor of Ah'lab, nor of Ich'zTb, nor of Ilel'bah, nor of A'phek, nor of Re'hob : 32 But the Ash'er-ites dwelt among the Can'aan-ites, the inhabitants of the land ; for they did not drive them out. 33 Neither did Naph'ta-IT drive out the inhabitants of Beth'she-mesh, nor the in- habitants of Beth'a-nath ; but he dwelt among the Can'aan-ites, the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth'she-mesh and of Beth'a-nath bR- came tributaries unto them. 34 IT And the Am'o-rTtes forced the chil- dren of Dan into the moiln'tain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley : 35 But the Am'o-rites would dwell in mount He'res in Ai'ja-lon,^ and in Sha-al'- bim ; yet the hand of the house of Jo'seph prevailed, so that they became tribu- taries. 36 And the coast of the Am'o-rites teas from the going up to Ak-rab'bim, from the rock, and vip'ward. CHAP. II. AND an angel of the Lord came up from Gil'gal, to Bo'chim, and said, I made you to go up out of E'|ypt, 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 If'ra-el, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bo'chim : and they sac'rif iged there unto the Lord. 6 IT And when Josh'u-a had let the peo- ple go, the children of if'ra-el went every man unto his inheritance to pof jess' the land. 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Josh'u-a, and all the days of the elders that outlived Josh'u-a, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for I§'ra-el. 8 And Josh'u-a the son of N&n, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hun- dred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in TTm'nath-He'res, in the Ad'ja-lon. 210 ,An angel rebuketh I§'ra-el. mount of E'phra-im, on the north side of the hill Ga'ash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arofe another "feneration after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for If'ra-el. 1 1 And the children of If 'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Ba'al-Im : 12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, whicli brought them out of the land of E'eypt, 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-roth. 14 And the anger of the Lord was hot against' Ij'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 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 judp;es, but they went a whor- ing after other gods, and bov/ed themselves unto them : they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the command'ments of the Lord ; but they did not so. 18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : for it repented the Lord because of their groanings, by reason of them that oppress- ed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupt- ed Ihemselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them : they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stub- born way. 20 And the anger of the Lord was hot against' I§'ra-el ; and he said. Because that this people hath transgressed my cov- enant which I comman'ded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice, 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Josh'u-a left when he died ; 22 That through them I may prove If'- ra-el, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 There'fore the Lord left those na- tioni, without driving them out hastily ; JUDG'ES. The nations left to prote Ig'ra-cl. neither delivered he them into the hand of Josh'u-a. CHAP. in. Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove If'ra-el by them ; (e7-f7i as many of I^'ra-cl as had not known all the wars of Ca'na-an ; 2 Only that the generations of the chil- dren of l|'ra-el might know to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;) 3 J^aineb/, five lords of the Phi-lTs'tines, and all the Can'aan-ltes, and the Sl-do'ni- anf, and the Hl'vites that dwelt in mount Leb'a-non, from mount Ba'al-Her'mon unto the entering in of Ha'math. 4 And they were to prove If'ra-el by them, to know whether they would heark- en unto the command'ments of the Lord, which he comman'ded their fathers by the hand of Mo'fes. 5 IT And the children of if'ra-el dwelt among the Can'aan-ltes, Hit'tites, and Am'o-r7tes, and Per'iz-zites, and Hl'vites, and .leb'u-sTtes : 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7 And the children of Ij'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 There'fore the anger of the Lord was hot against' l§'ra-el, and he sold them into the hand of Chush'an-Rish-a-tha'im king of Mes-o-p6-ta'mi-a : and the children of If'ra-el served Chush'an-Rish-a-tha'Im eight years. 9 And when the children of If'ra-el cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of If'ra-el, who delivered them, even oth'ni-el the son of Ke'naz, Ca'leb's younger brother. 10 And the Spir'it of the Lord came upon him, and he judged If'ra-el, and went out to war : and the Lord delivereo Chush'an-RTsh-a-tha'im king of Mes-6-po ta'mi-a into his hand ; and his hand pre vailed against' Chush'an-Rish-a-tha'im. 11 And the land had rest forty vears and Oth'ni-el the son of Ke'naz die*" 12 IT And the children of If'ra-el did evil again' in the sight of the Lord : and th« Lord strengthened Eg'lon the king o( Mo'ab against' If'ra-el, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord. 13 And he gathered unto him the chil- dren of Am'mon and Am'a-lek, and went and smote If'ra-el, and pofjess'ed the city of palm-trees. 14 So the children of If'ra-el served fig'lon the king of Mo'ab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of If'ra-el cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, E'hud the son of Ge'ra, a Ben'ja-mite, a man left-handed • 211 E'hicd kiUelh ig'lUn. and by him the children of I^'ra-tl sent a present unto £g'16n the king of McVab. IG But E'hiid made him a dagger, which had two edges, of a cubit length ; and he did "-ird' it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the present unto £g'16n king of Mo'ab ; and Eg'lon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to olfer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19 But he himself turned again from the quar'ries that wire by Gil'gal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20 And K'hud came unto him ; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone : and Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And be ar5f e out of his seat. 21 And E'hud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. 22 And the haft also went in after the blade ; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly -, and the dirt came out. 23 Then E'hud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the par- lour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out, his servants came ; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were asha'med ; and, behold, he opened not The doors of the parlour : there'f ore they took a key and opened them : and, be- hold, their lord icas fallen down dead on the earth. 26 And E'hiid escaped while they tar- ried, and passed beyond the quar'ries, and escaped unto Se'i-rath. 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the moun- tain of E'phra-Tm, and the children of Ij'- ra-el went down with him from the mount, and he before them. 28 And he said unto them. Follow after me ; for the Lord hath delivered your ';nemies the Mo'ab-ltes into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jor'dan to'u'ard Mo'ab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29 And they slew of Mo'ab at that time about' ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. 30 So M5'ab was subdued that day un- der the hand of Ij'ra-el. And the land had rest fourscore years. 31 And after him was Sham'gar, the 1 A" JUDG'ES. Dcb'o-rah and Ba'rak deliver Is'ra-el. son of A'nath, which slew of the Phi-lis'- tines six hundred men with an ox-goad : and he also delivered Ij'ra-el. CHAP. IV. ND the children of If'ra-el again' did evil in the sight of the Lokd, when E'hud was dead. 2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of Ja'bin king of Ca'na-an, that reigned in Ha'zor ; the cap'tain of whose host was Sis'e-ra, which dwelt in Har'o- sheth of the Qen'tiles. 3 And the children of l§'ra-el cried unto the Lord ; for he had nine hundred char- iots of iron : and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of l§'ra-el. 4 And Deb'o-rah a prophetess, the wife of Lap'i-doth, she judged i|'ra-el at that time. 5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deb'o-rah, between Ra'mah and Beth'- el in mount E'phra-im ; and the children of If'ra-el came up to her for judgment. 6 And she sent and called Ba'rak, the son of A-bin'o-am, out of Ke'desh-JN'aph'- ta-li, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of If'ra-el comman'ded, saying. Go, and draw to'itard mount Ta'bor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naph'ta-li and of the children of Zeb'u-lon ? 7 And I will draw unto thee, to the river Ki'shon, Sis'e-ra, the cap'tain of Ja'- bin's army, with his chariots and his mul- titude ; and I will deliver him into thine hand. 8 And Ba'rak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go ; but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee : notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine hbn'ouT ; for the Lord shall sell Sis'e-ra into the hand of a woman. And Deb'o-rah arofe, and went with Ba'rak to Ke'desh. 10 And Ba'rak called Zeb'u-lon and Naph'ta-li to Ke'desh ; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet : and Deb'o-rah went up with him. 1 1 Now He'ber the Ken'ite, which was of the children of H5'bab, the father-in- law of Mo'fes, had severed himself from the Ken'ites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Za-a-na'im, which is by Ke'- desh. 12 And they showed Sis'e-ra that Ba'- rak, the son of A-bin'o-am, was gone up to mount Ta'bor. 13 And Sis'e-ra gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that wire with him, from Har'o-sheth of the Qen'tiles unto the river of Ki'shon. 14 And Deb'o-rah said unto Ba'rak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord gerd. 212 Ja'il killeth SU'e-ra. JUDG'ES hath delivered Sis'e-ra into thine hand not the Lord gone out before thee ? So Ba'rak went down from mount Ta'bor, and ten thousand men after him. 15 And the Lord discomfited STs'e-ra, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edg;e of the sword, before Ba'rak ; so that Sis'e-ra lighted down ofl" his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Ba'rak pursued after the chari- ots, and after the host, unto Har'o-sheth of the Qen'tiles : and all the host of Sis'- e-ra fell upon the edge of the siuord ; and there was not a man left. 17 Howbeit, Sis'e-ra fled away on his feet to the tent of Ja'el the wife of He'- ber the Kea'ite : for there ivas peace be- tween Ja'bin the king of Ha'zor and the house of He'ber the Ken'ite. 18 And Ja'el went out to meet Sis'e-ra, and said unto him. Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not : and when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she cov- ered him with a mantle. 19 And he said unto her. Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink ; for I am thirsty : and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 20 Again' he said unto her. Stand in the door of the tent ; and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here ? that thou shalt say, No. 21 Then Ja'el, He'ber's wife, took a nail of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fas- tened it into the ground ; (for he was fast asleep, and weary :) so he died. 22 And, behold, as Ba'rdk pursued Sis'- e-ra, Ja'el came out to meet him, and said unto him, C^ome, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her lent^ behold, Sis'e-ra lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So God subdued on that day Ja'bin the king of Ca'na-an before the children of If'ra-el. 24 And the hand of the children of If'- ra-el prospered, and prevailed against' Ja'- bin the king of Ca'na-an, until they had destroy'ed Ja'bin king of Ca'na-an. CHAP. V.' THEN sang Deb'o-rah, and Ba'rak the son of A-bTn'o-am, on that day, say- ing, 2 Praise ye the Lord for the aven'ging of If'ra-el, when the people willingly of- fered themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes : I, even I, will sing unto the Lord ; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Ij'- 7a-el. The song of Deb'o'rah and Ba'rak. E'donr, the earth trembled, and the heav- ens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 5 The moun'talns melted from before the Lord, even that Si'nai from before the Lord God of l§'ra-el. _ 6 In the days of Sham'gar the son of A'nath, in the days of Ja'el, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walk- ed through by-ways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceas- ed, they ceased in If'ra-el, until that I Deb'o-rah aroje, that 1 arofe a mother in If'ra-el. 8 They chose new gods ; then tnas war in the gates : was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in if'ra-el? 9 My heart is to'ward the governors of If'ra-el, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord. 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by tlie way. 1 1 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righ'teous acts of the Lord, even the righ'teous acts lo'ivard the inhabitants of his villages in If'ra-el : then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates. 12 Awake, awake, Deb'o-rah ; awake, awake ; utter a song : arife, Ba'rak, and lead th}'^ captivity captive, thou son of A-bin'o-am. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people : the Lord made me have domin ion over the mighty. 14 Out of E'phra-Tm teas there a root of them against' Am'a-lek ; after thee, Beti'- ja-min, among thy people : out of Ma'chir came down governors, and out of Zeh'- u-16n they that handle the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Is'sa-char were with Deb'o-rah ; even Is'sa-char, and also Ba'rak : he was sent on foot into the val- ley. -For the divisions of ReA'ben there were great thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodest thou among the sheep- folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks ? For the divisions of Reft'ben there wire great search'ings of heart. 17 Gil'e-ad abode beyond Jor'dan : and why did Dan remain in ships ? Ash'er continued on the sea-shore, and abode in his breaches. 18 Zeb'u-lon and Naph'ta-IT were a peo- ple that jeop'arded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came anrf fought ; then fought the kings of Ca'na-an in Ta'a-nach by the waters of Me-gid'do : they took no gain of money. 20 They fought from heaven ; the stars 4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Se'ir, in their courses fought against' STs'e-ra. when thou marchedst out of the field of 21 The river of Ki'shon swept them 213 t/'ra-il oppresied by Mid'i-an. away, that ancient river, the JUDG'ES. Gid'e-on is sent for their deliverance. river, the river Ki'- shon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the pran'cings, the pran'- cings of their mighty ones. 23 Curse ye Me'roz, said the angel of the Lord ; curse ye bitterly the inhabit- ants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the TjORD against' the mighty. 24 Bles'sed above women shall Ja'el the wite of He'ber the Ken'Ite be ; bles'sed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk ; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman''s hammer ; and with the hammer she smote Sis'e-ra ; she smote off his head, when she had pierc- ed and stricken through his temples. 27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell ; where he bowed, there he fell down dead. 28 The mother of Sis'e-ra looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming ? why tarry the wheels of his chariots ? 29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, 30 Have they not sped .' have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ? to Sis'e-ra a prey of di'verj colours, a prey of di'verf colours of needle-work, of di'verf colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them, that take the spoil? 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. CHAP. VI. AND the children of If'ra-el did evil in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Mid'i-an seven years. I 2 And the hand of Mid'i-an prevailed against' If'ra-el : and because of the Mid'i- an-ites the children of Ij'ra-el made them the dens which are in the moun'tains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when If'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 destroy'ed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Ga'za ; and left no sustenance for I§'ra-el, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle, and their tents, and they came as grass- hoppers for multitude : for both they and their camels were without number : and they entered into the land to destroy' it. 6 And If'ra-el M'as greatly impoverish- ed because of the Mid'i-an-ites ; and the children oi If'ra-el cried unto the Lord. 7 And it came to pass, when the chil- dren of if'ra-el cried unto the Lord be- cause ofthe Mid'i-an-itcs, 8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of if'ra-el, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of If'ra-el, I brought you up from E'gypt, and brought you forth out ofthe house of bondage ; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the E-gyp'ti-anf , and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land: 10 And I said unto you, 1 am the Lord your God ; fear not the gods of the Am'o- rites, in whose land ye dwell : but ye have not obeyed my voice. 11 If And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Oph'rah, that pcrtain'ed unto Jo'ash the A-bi-ez'rite : and his son Gid'e-6n threshed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Mid'i-an-ites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appear- ed unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour, 13 And Gid'e-6n 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 E'eypt .'' but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands ofthe Mid'i-an-ites. 14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said. Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save if'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 If'ra-el ? 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, Sure- ly I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Mid'i-an-ites as one man. 17 IT And he said unto him. If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my pres- ent, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again'. 19 And Gld'e-6n went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an eph'ah of flour : the flesh he put in a bas- ket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. 21 Then* the angel of the Lord put 214 Gid't-on deslrSyeth Ba'aPs altar. JUDG'ES forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and toiiched the flesh and the un- leavened cakes ; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gid'e-6n perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gid'e-6n said, Alas', O Lord God I for because I hare seen an angel of the Lord face to face. 23 And the Lord said unto him. Peace be unto thee ; fear not : thou shall not die. 24 Then Gid'e-6n built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Je-ho'vah- Shal'lom : unto this day it is yet in Oph'rah of the A-bi-ez'rites. 25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him. Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throvir down the altar of Ba'al that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it; 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bul- lock, and offer a burnt-sac'rifi^e with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gid'e-6n took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him : and .jo it was, because he fea ed his father's household, and the men the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. 28 And when the men of the city arofe early in the morning, behold, the altar of Ba'al was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing ? And when they in- quired and asked, they said, Gid'e-6n the son of Jo'ash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Jo'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 Jo'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 There'fore on that day he called him Je-riib'ba-al, saying, let Ba'al plead against' him, because he hath thrown down his al- tar. 33 T Then alLthe MTd'i-an-Ttes, and the Am'a-lek-ites, and the children of the east, His army and stratagem. were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jez're-el. 34 But the Spir'it of the Lord came upon_ Gid'e-6n, 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-lon, and unto Naph'ta-li ; and they came up to meet them. 36 And Gid'e-6n said unto God, If thou wilt save i§'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 l|'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 to- gether, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gid'e-6n said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against' me, and I will speak but this once : Let me prove, I pray thee, hut 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. CHAP. VII. r- rriHEN Je-riib'ba-al, (who is Gid'e-on,) of JL and all the people that were with him, rose up eetrly, and pitched beside the well of Har'od : so that the host of the MTd'i-an-ites were on the north side of them, by the hill ofMo'reh, in the valley. 2 And the Lord said unto Gid'e-6n, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Mid'i-an-ites into their hands, lest Ij'ra-el vaunt themselves against' me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now, there'fore, go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying. Whosoever is fearful* and afraid, let him return, and depart early from mount. Gil'e-ad : and there returned of the people twenty and two thousand, and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the Lord said unto Gid'e-6n, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and 1 will try them for thee there : and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water : and the Lord said unto Gld'- e-6n. Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself, likewise eyery 1 fcar'/ai, timorous— /car/u/, terrible. 215 Gid'e-on defeats the Mid'i-an-itcs. J UDG'ES. one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, ■putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men : but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the Lord said unto Gid'e-6n, by the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Mid'i-an-Itei into thine hand : and let all the other peo- ple go every man unto his place. ^ So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets : and he sent all the rest o/lf'ra-el, every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men. And the host of Mid'i-an was beneath him in the valley. 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Ari§e, get thee down unto the host ; for I have de- livered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phu'rah thy servant down to the host: 11 And thou shalt hear what they say, and afterward shall thy hands be strength- ened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phii'rah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that Were in the host. 12 And the Mid'i-an-ites, and the Am'a- lek-ites, and all the children of the east, lay along' in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude ; and their camels were with- out number, as the sand by the sea-side for multitude. 13 And when Gid'e-6n was come, be- hold, there rvas a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said. Behold, I dream- ed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley- bread tumbled into the host of Mid'i-an, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along^. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gid'e-6n the son of J5'ash, a man of I|'- ra-el : for into his hand hath God deliver- ed Mid'i-an, and all the host. 15 And it was *o, when Gid'e-6n heard the telling of the dream, and the interpre- tation thereof, that he wor'shipped, and returned into the host of If'ra-el, and said, Arije ; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Mid'i-an. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three com'panies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them. Look on me, and do likewise : and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall he^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 O'reb and Zl'eb taken. trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say. The swcrd of the Lord, and of Gid'e-6n. 19 So Gid'e-6n, and the hundred mea that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp, in the beginning of the mid- dle watch ; and they had but newly set the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, that wire in their hands. 20 And the three com'panies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow xcithal ; and they cried. The sword of the Lord, and of Gid'e-6n. 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 s?*6rd against' his fellow, even throughout all the host : and the host fled to Beth- shit'tah in Zer'e-rath, and to the border of A'bel-Me-ho'lah, unto Tab'bath. 23 And the men of If'ra-el gathered themselves together out of Naph'ta-li, and out of Ash'er, and out of all Ma-nas'seh, and pursued after the Mid'i-an-ltes. 24 And Gid'e-6n sent messengers throughout all mount E'phra-im, saying. Come down against' the Mid'i-an-Ttes, and take before them the waters unto Beth- ba'rah and Jor'dan. Then all the men of E'phra-im gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-ba'rah and 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 6'reb, and Ze'eb they slew at the wine-press of Ze'eb, and pursued Mid'i-an, and brought the heads of O'reb and Ze'eb to Gid'e-6n on the other side Jor'dan. CHAP. vin. AND the men of E'phra-im said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not when thou went- est to fight with the Mid'i-an-ltes ? And they did chide with him shai'ply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you ? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of E'phra-im better than the vintage of A-bi-e'zer ? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Mid'i-an, o'reb and Ze'eb : and what was I able to do in comparison of you ? Then their anger was abated to'ward him, when he had said that. 4 And Gid'e-6n came to Jor'dan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursu- ing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Siic'- 96th, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the peopla that follow me ; for they 216 ie'bah and Zal-mun'na JUDG'ES be faint, and I am pursuing after Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na, kin°fs of Mid'i-an. 6 And the princes of Suc'coth said, Jlre the hands of Ze'bah and Zai-mun'n;l now their camels' necks. are slain by Gid'e-on. w, so is his strength. And Gid'e-6n arofe, and slew Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na, and took away the ornaments that were on in thine hands, that we should unto thine army ? jive bread j 22 IT Then the men of I j'ra-el said unto Gid'e-6n, Rule thou over us, both 7 And Gid'e-6n said, There'fore, when i thou and thy son, and thy son's son also ; the Lord hath delivered Ze'bah and Zal niun'na into mine hand, then 1 will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilder- ness and with briers. 8 And he went up thence to Pe-nfi'el, and spake unto them likewise : and the men of Pe-nu'el answered him as the men of Suc'coth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Pe-uu'el, saying-, Whim 1 come again' in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 Now Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na wrre in Kar'kor, and their hosts with them, about' fifteen thousand men^ all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east : for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sM'ord. 1 1 And Gid'e-6n went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, on the east of No'bah and Jog'be-hah, and smote the host : for the host was secure. 12 And when Ze'bah and Zrd-mun'na fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Mid'i-an, Ze'bah and Ziil- mun'na, and discom'fited all the host. 13 And Gid'e-on, the son of Jo'ash, returned from battle before the sun was up^ 14 And caught a young man of the men of Siic'coth, and inquired of him : and he described unto him the princes of Suc'coth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. 15 And he came unto the men of Sfic'- poth, and said. Behold Ze'bah and Zal- mun'na, with whom yc did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Ze'bah and Zal'- mun'na now in thine hand, that we shoulfl give bread unto thy men Ikal are weary ? 16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Suc'coth. 17 And he beat down the tower of Pe-nu'el, and slew the men of the city. 18 Then said he unto Ze'bah and Zal- miin'na, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Ta'bnr ? And they an- 3wered, As thou ar/, so were they ; each one resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said. They wire my brethren, even the sons of my mother : as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Je'ther his first- born, Up, and slay them : but the youth drew not his stf5rd ; for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Ze'bah and Zal-mun'na said, Rise thou, and fall upon us : for as the man for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Mid'i-an. 23 And GTd'e-6n said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you. 24 And Gid'e-on said unto them, I would desire a request of you, t'hat ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey : (for they had golden ear-rings, because they wire ish'ma-el-ites.) 25 And they answeri;d, We will will- ingly give them. And the}'' spread a gar- ment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden ear- rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Mid'i-an, and beside the chains that were about' their camels' necks. 27 And Gid'e-on made an eph'od thereof, and put it in his city, even in Oph'rah: and all I§'ra-el went thither a whoring after it ; which thing became a snare unto Gid - e-on, and to his house. 28 Thus was Mid'i-an subdued before the children of I^'ra-el, so that they lifted up their heads no more : and the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gid'e-on. 29 H And Je-rub'ba-al the son of Jo'ash, went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gid'e-on had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten : for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine, that was in She'chem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called A-bim'e-lech. 32 And Gid'e-on , the son of Jo'ash, died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Jo'ash, his father, in Oph'rah of the A-bi-ez'rites. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gld'e-6n was dead, that the children of If 'ra-el turned again', and went a whoring after Ba'al-Tm, and made Ba'al-Be'rith their god. 34 And the children of Ij'ra-el remem- bered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side : 35 Neither showed they kindness to the house of Je-rub'ba-al, namely Gid'e-6n, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto If'ra-el. CHAP. IX. ND A-bim'e-le9h the son of Je-riib - ba-al, went to She'9h6m unto his 217 A-bim'e-Uch'^s conspiracy. niothtT's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying-, 2 Speak, I pray yota, in the ears of all the men of She'rhem, Whether is better for you either that all the sons of Je-rub'- ba-al, vhicJi are threescore and ten per- sons, reign over you, or that one reign over you ? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of She'- chem all these words : and their hearts inclined to follow A-bim'e-lech ; for they said. Hew our brother. 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al- Be'rith ; wherewith A-bim'e-lech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. 5 And he went unto his father's house at Oph'rah, and slew his brethren, the sons of Je-rub'ba-al, beiiig threescore and ten persons, upon one stone : notwithstanding, yet Jo'tham, the youngest son of Je-riib'- ba-al, was left : for he hid himself. 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 And when they told it to Jo'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 /lon'our God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? 10 And the trees said to the fig-tree. Come thou and reign over us. 11 But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees ? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine. Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine said unto them. Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble. Come thou, and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shad- ow ; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Leb'- a-non. 16 Now there'fore, if ye have done truly and sincerely in that ye have made A-bim'- e-lech king, and if ye have dealt well with Je-rCib'ba-al and his house, and have JUDG'ES. Ga'aPs conspiracy. done unto him according to the de§erv'ing of his hands ; 17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Mid'i-an ; 18 And ye are risen up Against' my fa ther's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made A-bim'e-l&ch, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of She'chem, because he is your brother;) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sin- cerely with Je-rfib'ba-al and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in A-blm'e- lech, and let him also rejoice in you ; 20 But if not, let fire come out from A-bim'e-lech, and devour the men of She'- chem, and the house of Mil'lo ; and let fire come out from the men of She'chem, and from the house of Mil'lo, and devour A-bim'e-lech. 21 And Jo'tham ran away, and fled, and went to Be'er, and dwelt there, for fear of A-bim'e-lech his brother. 22 If When A-bim'e-lech had reigned three years over Ij'ra-el, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit be- tween A-bim'e-lech and the men of She'- chem ; and the men of She'chem dealt treacherously with A-bim'e-lech : 24 That the cruelty done to the three- score and ten sons of Je-riib'ba-al might come, and their blood be laid upon A- bim'e-lech their brother, which slew them ; and upon the men of She'chem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. 25 And the men of She'chem set liers in wait for him in the top of the moun'- tains, and they robbed all that came along' that way by them : and it was told A-bim'e-lech. 26 And Ga'al, the son of E'bed, came with his brethren, and went over to She'- chem : and the men of She'chem put their confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards,' and trode the grapes^ and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed A-bim'e-lech. 28 And Ga'al, the son of E'bed, said, Who is A-bim'e-lech, and who is She'chem, that we should serve him ? /* not he the son of Je-rub'ba-al ? and Ze'bul his officer? Serve the men of Ha'mor, the father of She'chem ; for why should we serve him ? 29 And would to God this people were under my hand ! then would I remove A-bim'e-lech. And he said to A-bim'e- lech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30 And when Ze'bul, the ruler of the city, heard the words of Ga'al, the son of E'bed, his anger was kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto X- bim'e-le9h privily, saying. Behold, Ga'al ^ vin'yirds. 218 Ga'aTs conspiracy JUDG'ES the son of E'bed, and his brethren, be come to She'chem ; and, behold, they for- tify the city against' thee. 32 Now, there'f ore, up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field : 33 And it shall be, thai in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city : and, behold, token he and the people that is with him come out against' thee, then mayst thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. 34 And A-bim'e-lech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against' She'chem in four com'panies. 35 And Ga'al, the son of E'bed, went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and A-bim'e-lech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Ga'al saw the people, he said to Ze'bul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the moun'tains. And Ze'bul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the moun'tains as if they wire men. 37 And Ga'al spake again', and said. See, there come people down by the mid- dle of the laud, and another company come along' by the plain of Me-on'e-nim, 38 Then said Ze'bul unto him. Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is A-bim'e-lech, that we should serve him ? 7* not this the people that thou hast despTf ed ? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 39 And Ga'al went out before the men of She'chem, and fought with l-blm'e- lech. 40 And A-bim'e-lech chased him, and he fled before him ; and many were over- thrown and wounded, even unto the en- tering of the gate. 41 And A-bim'e-lech dwelt at X-rft'mah : and Ze'bul thrust out Ga'al and his breth- ren, that they should not dwell in She'- chem. 42 And it came to pass on the morrow that the people went out into the field ; and they told A-bim'e-lech. 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three com'panies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city ; and he rose up against' them, and smote them. 44 And A-bim e-lech, and the com'pany that lias with him, rushed for'ward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and the two other com'panies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 45 And A-bim'e-lech fought against' the city all that day : and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and against' A-blni e-lech. beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. 46 And when all the men of the tower of She'chem heard thaf^ they entered into a hold of the house of the god Be'rith. 47 And it was told A-bim'e-lech that all the men of the tower of She'chem wepe gathered together. 48 And A-bim'e-le9h gat him up to mount Zal'mon, he and all the people that ivcre with him ; and A-bim'e-lech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him. What ye have seen me do, make haste, a?id do as I have done. 49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed A-bim'e-lech, and put Ihevi to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them ; so that all the men of the tower of She'chem died also, about' a thousand men and women. 50 Then went A-bim'c-lech to The'bez, and encamped against' The'bez, and took it. 51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And A-bim'e-lech came unto th*^ tower, and fought against' it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 53 And a cer'tain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon A-bim'e-lech's head, and all to break his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, 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 i|'ra-el saw that A-bim'e-lech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of A-bim'e-le9h, 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 Je-riib'ba-al. CHAP. X. AND after A-bim'e-lech there aroje, to defend l|'ra-el, To'la the son of Pii'- ah, the son of Do'do, a man of is'sa-char ; and he dwelt in Sha'mir in mount E'phra- im. 2 And he judged If'ra-el twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Sha'mir. 3 And after him aroje Ja'ir,a Gil'e-ad- ite, and judged Ij'rra-el twenty and fwo years. 4 And he had thirty sons that rode m 219 To'la and Jd'ir judge l§'ra-il. JUDCES thfrty ass-colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Ha'voth-Ja'ir unto this day, which are in the land of Gil'e-ad. 5 And Ja'ir died, and was buried in Ca'mon. 6 H And the children of If'ra-el did evil again' in the sight of the Lord, and serv- ed Ba'al-Tm, and Ash'ta-roth, and the gods of Syr'i-a, and the gods of Zi'don, and the gods of Mo'ab, and the gods of the children of Am'mon, and the gods of the Phi-lis'tines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the Lord was hot against' If'ra-el, and he sold them into the hands of the Fhi-lis'tines, and into the hands of the children of Am'mon. 8 And that year they vexed and op- pressed the children of If'ra-el eighteen years, .all the children of If'ra-el that iccre on the other side Jor'dan, in the land of tlie Am'o-rites, which is in Gil'e-ad : 9 (Moreover, the children of Am'mon passed over Jor'dan to fight also against' Jii'dah, and iigains^' Ben'ja-mln, and against' the house of E'phra-im ,) so that If'ra-el was sore distressed. 10 And the children of If'ra-el cried unto the Lord, saying. We have sinned against' thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Ba'- al-Tm. 11 And the Lord said unto the chil- dren of If'ra-el, Did not I deliver you from the E-eyp'ti-anf, and from the Am'o- rites, from the children of Am'mon, and from the Phi-lis'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 serv- ed 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 If'ra-el said unto the Lord, We have sinned, do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee ; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord : and his soul was grieved for the misery of If'ra-el. 17 Then the chi.dren of Am'mon were gathered together, and encamped in Gil'- e-ad : and the children of If'ra-el assem- bled 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 chil- dren of Am'mon ? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gil'e-ad. Jcph'lhah is made cap'lain. CHAP. XL "T^OW Jeph'thah the Gil'e-ad-ite was a J-^ mighty man of valour, and he wcu the son of a harlot : and Gil'e-ad begat Jeph'thah. 2 And Gil'e-ad's wife bare him sons : and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jeph'thah, and said unto him. Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house ; for thou art the son of a strange woman. 3 Then Jeph'thah fled from his breth- ren, and dwelt in the land of Tob : and there were gathered vain men to Jeph'- thah, and went out with him, 4 And it came to pass in proc'ess of time, that the children of Am'mon made war against' If'ra-el. 5 And it was so, that when the children of Am'mon made war against' If'ra-el, the elders of Gil'e-ad went to fetch Jeph'thah out of the land of Tob : 6 And they said unto Jeph'thah, Come, and be our cap'tain, that we may fight with the children of Am'mon. 7 And Jeph'thah said unto the elders of Gil'e-ad, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house ? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress ? 8 And the elders of Gil'e-ad said unto Jeph'thah, There'fore we turn again' to thee now, that thou mayst go with us, and fight against' the children of Am'mon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of GU'e-ad. 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 i 10 And the elders of GTl'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 el- ders of Gil'e-ad, and the people made him head and -cap'tain over them : and Jeph'- thah uttered all his words before the Lord in Miz'peh. 12 And Jeph'thah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Am'mon, say- ing, 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 If'ra-el took away my land when they came up out of E'gypt, from Ar'non even unto Jab'bok, and unto Jor'dan : now, there'fore, restore those lands again' peaceably. 14 And Jeph'thah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Am' mon, 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jeph' thah, If'ra-el took not away the land of 220 The king hearkens not to Jlph'thah. JUDG'ES. Jcph'lhah^s vow. M5'ab, nor the land of the children of Am'mon : 16 But when if'ra-el came up from E'|ypt, and walked through the wilder- .ness unto the Red Sea, and came to Ka'- desh ; 17 Then I§'ra-el sent messengers unto the king of E'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 If'ra-el abode in Ka'desh. 18 Then they went along' through the wilderness, and com'passed the land of E'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'non was the border of Mo'ab. 19 And if'ra-el sent messengers unto Si'hon king of the Am'o-rites, the king of Hesh'bon ; and If'ra-el said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place. 20 But S'l'hon trusted not Ij'ra-el to pass through his coast : but Si'hon gath- ered all his people together, and pitched in Ja'haz, and fought against' Ij'ra-el. 21 And the Lord God of Ij'ra-el de- livered Si'hon and all his people into the hand of if'ra-el, and they smote them : so If'ra-el poffess'ed all the land of the Am'o-rites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they poffess'ed all the coasts of the Am'o-rites, from Ar'non even unto Jab'- bok, and from the wilderness even unto Jor'dan. 23 So now the Lord God of If'ra-el hath dispoffess'ed the Am'o-rites from be- fore his people If'ra-el, and shouldst thou poffess' it ? 24 Wilt not thou poffess' that which Che'mosh thy god giveth thee to poffess' ? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we poffess'. 25 And now, art thou any thing better than Ba'lak the son of Zip'por, king of Mo'ab? did he ever strive against' If'ra-el, or did he ever fight against' them, 26 While If'ra-el dwelt in Hesh'bon and her towns, and in Ar'o-er and her towns, and in all the cities that be along' by the coasts of Ar'non, three hundred years ? why there'fore did ye not recover them within that time ? 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against' thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against' me : the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of If'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. T2 29 Then the Spir'Tt of the Lord cam* upon Jeph'thah ; and he passed over Gil' e-ad and Ma-nas'seh, and pfiss-cd ovei Miz'peh of Gil'e-iid, and from Miz'peh of Gil'e-ad he passed over unto the children of Am'mon. 30 And Jeph'thah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said. If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Am'mon into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoevei cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Am'mon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. 32 So Jeph'thah passed over unto the children of Am'mon, to light tigainst' them ; and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Ar'o-er, even till thou come to Min'nlth, eveti twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vine'yards, ' with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Am'mon were subdu- ed before the children of If'ra-el. 34 And Jeph'thah came to Miz'peh unto his house, and, behold, his daughttrcame out to meet him with timbrels and with dances ; and she ivas his only child : be- side 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 ; foras- much as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the chil- dren of Am'mon. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me : Let me alone for two months, that I may go up and down upon the moun'tains, and bewail my virgin'ity, I and my fellows. 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away /or two months ; and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virgin'- ity upon the moun'tains. 39 And it came to pass, at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed : and she knew no man. And it was a custom in If'- ra-el, 40 That the daughters of If'ra-el went yearly to lament the daughter of Jeph'- thah the Gil'e-ad-ite four days in a year. CHAP. XIL AND the men of E'phra-Tm gathered themselves together, and went north'- ward, and said unto Jeph'thah, Wherefore vtn'ifcrde. 221 iA 77i« itphra-lTiv-ites slain. JUDG'ES pa»sedst 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'mon ; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against' the children of Am'mon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day to fight against' me ? 4 Then Jeph'thah gathered together all the men of Gil'e-ad, and fought with E'phra-Tm : and the men of Gil'e-ad smote E'phra-im, because they said. Ye Gil'e- ad-ites are fugitives of E'phra-im among the E'phra-im-ites, and among the Ma- nas'sltes. 5 And the Gil'e-ad-ites_took the pas- sages of Jor'dan before the E'phra-im-ites : and it was *o, that when those E'phra-im- ites which were escaped, said, Let me go over, that the men of Gil'e-ad said unto him, ^H thou an E'phra-im-Tte ? If he said. Nay ; 6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shib'bo-leth ; and he said Sib'bo-leth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jor'dan ; and there fell at that time of the E'phra-im-ites forty and two thousand. 7 T And Jeph'thah judged l§'ra-el six years : then died Jeph'thah the Gil'e-ad- ite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gil'e-ad. 8 And after him Ib'zan of Beth'le-hem judged If'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 If'ra-el seven years. 10 Then died ib'zan, and was buried at Beth'le-hem. 11 And after him E'lon a Zeb'u-16n-Tte judged If'ra-el ; and he judged If'ra-el ten years. 12 And E'lon the Zeb'u-lon-ite died, and was buried in Ai'ja-lon,^ in the coun- try of Zeb'u-lon. 13 And after him Ab'don, the son of Hil'lel a Pir'a-thon-ite,^ judged If'ra-el. 14 And he had forty sons, and thirty neph'ewf,^ that rode on threescore and ten ass-colts: and he judged If'ra-el eight years. 15 And Ab'don, the son of Hil'lel the Pir'a-thon-ite, died, and was buried in Pir'- a-thon, in the land of E'phra-im, in the mount of the Am'a-lek-ites. Ad'ja-lon. jin angel appeareth lo Ma^nd'ah. CHAP. XIIL AND the children of If'ra-el did evil again' in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phi-lTs'tines forty years. 2 And there was a cer'tain man of Zo'rah, of the family of the Uan'ites, whose name icas Ma-no'ah ; and his wife was barren, and hare not. 3 4nd the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman and said unto her, Be- hold now, thou art barren, and bearest not : but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now there'fore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no razor shall come on his head : for the child shall be a Naz'a-rite unto God from the womb ; and he shall begin to deliver If'ra-el out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. 6 Then the woman came, and told her huf'band, 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 Then Ma-no'ah entreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again' unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice ol Ma-no'ah ; and the angel of God came again' unto the woman as she sat in the field : but Ma-no'ah her huf'band was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her huf'band, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. 11 And Ma-no'ah arofe, and went after iiis wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, ^rt thou the man that spakest unto the woman ? And he said, I am. 12 And Ma-no'ah said. Now let thy words come to pass ; how shall we order the child ? and hov> shall we do unto him ? 13 And the angel of the Lord said unto Ma-no'ah, Of all that I said unto the wo- man let her beware. 1 4 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing : all that I comman'ded her let her obferve'. 2 Per'a-thdn-ite. 222 Sam'son's birth ' fort' told : ' JUDGTES 15 And Ma-ao'ah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Ala-no'ah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread ; and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord : for Ma-no'ah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. 17 And IMa-no'ah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that, when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee /lon'our? 18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him. Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? 19 So Ma-no'ah took a kid, with a meat- offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord : and Iht angel did wondrously ; and Ma-no'ah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up to'wjard heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar : and Ma-no'ah and his wife looked on i/, and fell on their faces to the ground. 21 (But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Ma-no'ah and to his wife.) Then Ma-u6'ah knew that he was an an- gel of the Lord. 22 And Ma-no'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 showed us all these things^ nor would, as at this time, have told us such things as these. 24 And the woman bare a son, and call- ed his name Sam'son ; and the child grew, and the Lord bless'ed him. 25 And the Spir'it of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan, between Zo'rah and Ksh'ta-61. CHAP. XIV. A ND Sam'son went down to Tim'nath, His marriage-feast, and riddle. at that time the Phi-lis'tineshad dominion over If'ra-el. 5 Then went Sam'son down, and his father and his mother, to Tim'rvith, and came to the vlne'yards- of Tim'nath : and, behold, a young lion roared against' him. 6 And the Spir'it of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and lie 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 Sam'son well. 8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion ; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass 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 carcass of the lion. 10 So his father went down unto the woman : and Sam'son made there a feast ; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 And Sam'son said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you : if you can cer'tahily declare it me within thi 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 Sam'son^s wife. and saw a woman in Tim'nath of the Entice thy huj'band, that he may declare daughters of the Phi-lis'tines. unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and 2 And he came up and told his father thy father's house with fire : have yecall- and his mother, and said, I have seen a ed us to take that we have ? is it not so ? woman in Tim'nath of the daughters of 16 And Sam'son's wife wept before him, the Phi-lis'tines ; now, there'fore, get her and said. Thou dost but hate me, and 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 uncir'cumcifed Phi-lis'tines? And Sam'son said unto his father, Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew lovest me not : thou hast put forth a rid- dle 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 not that it MO* of the Lord that he sought she told the riddle to the children of an occasion against' the Phi-lis'tines : for j her people. 1 berth 2 vin'ylrdz, 9S3 Sam'son's stratagevi wilh the foxes 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day, before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than lioney ? and what is strong'cr than a lion ? And he said unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found out my rid- dle. 19 And the Splr'lt of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ash'ke- lon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave chan|e of garments unto them which expounded the riddle : and his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. 20 But Sam'son's wife was givtn to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. CHAP. XV. BUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Sam'son visited his wife with a kid ; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber: but her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her ; there'- fore I gave her to thy companion : is not her younger sister fairer than she ? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. 3 And Sam'son said concer'ning them. Now shall I be more blameless than the Phi-lis'tines, though I do them a displeas- ure. 4 And Sam'son went and caught three hundred foxes, and took fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midst between two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Phi-lis'tlnes, and burnt up both the shocks and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. 6 Then the Phi-lis'tines said. Who hath done this ? And they answered, Sam'son, the son-in-law of the Tim'nite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Phi-lTs'tlnes came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Sam'son said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be aven'ged of you, and after that I will cease. 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter ; and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock E'tam. 9 Then the Phi-lis'tines went up, and pitched in Ju'dah, and spread themselves in Le'hi. 10 And the men of Ju'dah said. Why are ye come up against' us? And they answered. To bind Sam'son are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11 Then three thousand men of Ju'dah went to the top of the rock E'tam, and said to Sam'son, Knowest thou not that the Phi-lis'tines are rulers over us .' what is JUDG'ES. He smiteth the Phi-Rs'tlnet. 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 wt may deliver thee into the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. And Sam'son said unto them. Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me your- selves. 13 And they spake unto him, saying, No ; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand : but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 ^nd when he came unto Le'hT, the Phi-lTs'tines shouted against' him : and the Spir'it 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 ofi" his hands. 15 And he found a new jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Sam'son said, With the jaw- bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ra'math-Le'hi. 18 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 uncir'cum cif ed ? 19 But God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout ; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again', and he revived : where- fore he called the name thereof En-hak'- ko-re, which is in Le'hi unto this day. 20 And he judged If'ra-el, in the days of the Phi-lis'tines, twenty years. CHAP. XVI THEN went Sam'son to Ga'za, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it was told the Gaz'ites, saying, Sam'son is come hither. And they c6m'- passed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying. In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. 3 And Sam'son lay till midnight, and arofe at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them, upon his shoulders, and car- ried them up to the top of a hill that it before He'bron. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of So'rek, whose name was Del'i-Iah. 224 Delt-lah enticelh, and at last JUDCES 5 And the lords of the Phi-lis'tines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth^ and by what means we may prevail against' him, that we may bind him to af- flict him ; and we will give thee, every one of us, eleven hundred piece* of silver. 6 And Del'i-lah said to Sam'son, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength liefh, and wherewith thou mightst be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Sam'son said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 8 Then the lords of the Phi-lis'tiues brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him ■with them. 9 (Now tJiere were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.) And she said unto him. The Phi-lis'tTncs be upon thee, Sam'son. And he brake the •withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire : so his strength was not known. 10 And Del'i-lah said unto Sam'son, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, where- with thou mightst be bound. 11 And he said unto her. If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall 1 be weak, and be as another man. 12 Del'i-lah there'f5re took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him. The Phi-lis'tines be upon thee, Sam'- son. (And there were Hers in wait abi- ding in the chamber.) And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Del'i-lah said unto Sam'son, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : tell me wherewith thou mightst be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weav- est the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him. The Phi-lis'tines be upon thee, Sam'son. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And she said unto him. How canst thou say, 1 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 press- ed liim 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 ra- zor upon mine head ; for I have been a Naz'a-rite unto God from my m6ther's womb : if I be shaven, then ray strength will go from me, and 1 shall become weak, and be like any other man. overcorneth Sani'sSn 18 And when Del'i-lah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Phi-lis'tines, saying, Come up this once ; for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Phi-lis'tines 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-lis'tines be upon thee, Sam'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-lis'tines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Ga'za, and bound him with fetters ol 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 Phi-lis'tines gathered them together for to offer a great sac'rifi^e unto Da'gon their god, and to rejoice : for they said. Our god hath de- livered Sam'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 destroy'er of our country, which slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said. Call for Sam'son, that he may make us sport. And they called for Sam'son out of the prison-house ; and he made them sport : and they set him between the pillars. 26 And Sam'son said unto the lad that held him by the hand. Suffer me that 1 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-lTs'- tines were there : and there were upon the roof about' three thousand men and wo- men, that beheld while Sam'son made sport. 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 aven'ped of the Phi-lis'tines for my two eyes. 29 And Sam'son took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. 30 And Sam'son said, Let me die with the Phi-lis'tines. And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that wSre therein : so the dead which be 15 * knew. 226 JSi'f&h^s images^ and priest, JUDG'ES, slew at his death were more than thty which he slew in his life. 31 Thtn his brethren, and all the house of his father, came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him be- tween Zo'rah and fish'ta-ol, in the bury- ing-place of Ma-noah his father. And he judged Ij'ra-el twenty years. CHAP. XVII. AND there was a man of mount E'phra- 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 curs- edst, and spakest of also in mine ears, be- hold, the silver is with me ; I took it. And his mother said, Bles'sed be thou of the Lord, my son. S 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, there'f 5re, I will re- store it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother ; and his mother took two hundred shekeb of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven im- age and a molten image : and they were in the house of Mi'cah. 5 And the man Mi'cah had a house of gods, and made an eph'od, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who be- came his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in !§'- ra-el, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 And there was a young man out of Beth'le-hem-Ju'dah, of the family of Jii'- dah, who was a Le'vite, and he so'journed there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth'le-hem-JU'dah, to so'journ where he could find a place : and he came to mount E'phra-im, to the house of Mi'cah, as he joQrneyed. 9 And Mi'cah said unto him, Whence comest thou ? And he said unto him, I am . a Le'vite of Beth'le-hem-Ju'dah, and I go to so'jo&m where I may find a place. 10 And Mi'cah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a pi:iest, 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^im as one of his sons. 12 And Mi'cah consecrated the Le'vite ; and tjiie 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. The spies of Dan. CHAP. XVIII. IN those days there was no king in If'ra- el : and in those days the tribe of the Dan'ites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their in- heritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of If 'ra-el. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zo'rah, and from Esh'ta-ol, to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said unto them. Go, search the land : who, when they came to mount E'phra-im, to the house of Mi'cah, they lodged there. 3 When they ivcrc by the house of Mi'- cah, 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 place ? 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 Then the five men departed, and came to La'ish, and saw the people that wire therein, how they dwelt careless after the manner of the Zi-do'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 Esh'ta-61 : and their brethren said unto them. What say ye ? 9 And they said, Arij e, 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 poffess' 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 And there went from thence of the family of the Dan'ites, out of Zo'rah and out of Esh'ta-61, six hundred men appoint- ed 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 E'phra-im, and came unto the house of Mi'cah. 14 Then answered the five men that ^ Kcr'jiUh-Jl'a-nm. MVcah robbed of his images, 8fc. went to spy out the country of La'Tsh, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an eph'od, and tcraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image ? now, there'fore, consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Le'vite, tren unto the house of Mi'9ah, 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 thith- er, and took the graven image, and the eph'od, and the teraphim, and the molten image : and the priest stood in the enter- ing 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 eph'od, 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 If'ra-el ? 20 And the priest's heart was glad ; and he took the eph'od, and the tcraphim, 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 i/lnd when they were a good way from the house of Mi'cah, the men that iDcre in the houses near to Ml'cah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan : and they turned their faces, and said unto Mi'cah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company ? 24 And he said. Ye have taken away my gods 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 Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of Dan 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 MT'9ah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Lalsh, unto a people JUDG'ES. The Ll'vite and his concubine that were at quiet and secure : and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zl'don, and they had no business with any man : and it was in the valley that lielh hy Belh're-hob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their fa- ther, who was born unto If'ra-el : how- beit, the name of the city was La'ish at the first. 30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image : and Jon'a-than the son of Ger'shom, the son of Ma-nas'seh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they set them up MT'cah's gra- ven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shi'loh. CHAP. XIX.— AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in If'ra-el, that there was a cer'tain Le'vite sd'journ- ing on the side of mount E'phra-im, who took to him a concubine out of Beth'le- hem-Ju'dah. 2 And his concubine played the whore &gainst' him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth'le-hem- Ju'dah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her huf'band arofe, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again', having his servant with him, and a coiiple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house ; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arof e early in the morning, that he rose up to depart : and the damsel'* father said unto his son-in-law, C6m'f6rt 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 dam- sel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And wlien the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him ; there'fore he lodged there again'. 8 And he arof e early in the morning on the fifth day to depart : and the damsel's father said, Com'fort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until after noon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rcse up to depart, he and his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold now, the day draweth 227 iVie Ll'mit slops at Glb'e-dh. JUDG'ES toVard evening ; I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end ; lodge here, that thine heart may be mer- ry ; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayst go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against' Je'biis, which /* Je- rft'sa-lem : and there were with him two asses saddled ; his concubine also uas with him. 1 1 .Mnd when they were by Je'biis, the day was far spent ; and the servant said unto his master. Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in unto this city of the Jeb'Ci- sites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him. We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Ij'ra-el ; we will pass over to Gib'e-ah. 13 And he said unto his servant. Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gib e-ah, or in lla'mah. 14 And they passed on and went their way ; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gib'e-ah, which belong- eth to Ben'ja-min. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gib'e-ah : and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city ; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount E'phra-im ; and he so'journed in Gib'e-ah : but the men of the place were Ben'ja-mites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city : and the old man said, Whither goest thou ? and whence comest thou ? 18 And he said unto him, We are pass'- ing from Beth'le-hem-Jii'dah to'w^ard the side of mount E'phra-im; from thence avi I : and I went to Beth'le-hem-Ju'dah, but I am, now going to the house of the Lord ; and there is no man that receiveth me to houfe. 19 Yet there is both straw and proven- der for our asses ; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants : there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man said. Peace be with thee : howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me ; only lodge not in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses : and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 JVbic, as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, cer'tain sons of Be'li-al, beset the house round about', and beat at the door, and •pake to tl>e master of the house, the old The Ll'mlts' concubine abiuet. saying. Bring forth the man that man, saymg, tiring lorin tne man came into thine house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said untc them. Nay, my brethren, 7iay, I pray you, do not so wickedly ; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 24 Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine ; them I will bring out now, and /liimble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them ; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning : and when the day be- gan to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman, in the dawn- ing of the day, and fell down at the door of the man''s house where her lord was^ till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morn- ing, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going : but none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of If'ra-el. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of If - ra-el came up out of the land of E'^ypt, unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. CHAP. XX. THEN all the children of If 'ra-el went out, and the congregation was gath- ered together as one man, from Dan even to Be-er'she-ba, with the land of Gil'e-ad, unto the Lord in Miz'peh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of If'ra-el, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Ben'ja-min heard that the children of I§'ra-el werf gone up to Miz'peh.) Then said the chil- dren of if'ra-el. Tell iw, how was this wickedness ? 4 And the Le'vite, the hiif'band of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gib'e-ah that belongeth to Ben'ja-min, I and my concubine, to lodge 5 And the men of Gib'e-ah rose againi^ 2r28 The J§'ra-ll-tles Jight JUDG'ES. me, and beset the house round about' upon me by night, and thought to have slain me ; and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of If'ra-el : for they have committed lewdness and folly in 15'ra-el. 7 Behold, ye are all children of If'ra-el ; give here your advice and counsel. 8 And all the people aroje as one man, saying, We will not any o/"u* go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house : 9 But now, this shall be the thing which we will do to Gib'e-ah, we iv ill go up by lot against' it : 10 And we will take ten men of a hun- dred throughout all the tribes of if'ra-el, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thou- sand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gib'e-ah of Ben'ja-min, ac- cording to all the folly that they have wrought in If'ra-el. 11 So all the men of If'ra-el were gath- ered against' the city, knit together as one man. 12 And the tribes of If'ra-el sent men through all the tribe of Ben'ja-rain, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you ? 13 Now there'fore deliver m* the men, the children of Be'li-al, which are in Gib'- e-ah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from If'ra-el. But the chil- dren of Ben'ja-min would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of If'ra-el : 14 But the children of Ben'ja-min gath- ered themselves together out of the cities unto Gib'e-ah, to go out to battle against' the children of If'ra-el. 15 And the children of Ben ja-min were numbered at that time, out of the cities, twenty and six thousand men that drew sM'ord, beside the inhabitants of Gib'e-ah,. which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed ; every one could sling stones at a hair breadth^ and not miss. 17 And the men of If'ra-el, beside Ben'- ja-min, were numbered four hundred thou- sand men that drew sic5rd : all these were men of war. 18 And the children of If'ra-el arofe, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said. Which of us shall go up first to the battle against' the children of Ben'ja-min ? And the Lord said, Jii'dah shall go u/> first. 19 .\nd the children of If'ra-el rose up in the morning, and encamped against' Gib'e- ab. U with the Ben'ja-mites 20 And the men of If'ra-el went out to battle against' Ben'ja-min ; and the men of If'ra-el put themselves in array to fight against' them at Gib'e-ah. 21 And the children of Ben'ja-min came forth out of Gib'e-ah, and destroy'ed down to the ground, of the If'ra-el-ites that day, twenty and two thousand men. 22 And the people, the men of If'ra-el, encouraged themselves, and set their bat- tle again' in array, in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. 23 (And the children of If'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 If'ra-el came near against' the children of Ben'ja-min the second day. 25 And Benja-min went forth against' them out of Gib'e-ah the second day, and destroy'ed down to the ground, of the children of If'ra-el again', eighteen thou- sand men ; all these drew the sword. 26 Then all the children of If'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 un- til even, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. 27 And the children of If'ra-el inquired of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days ; 28 And PhTn'e-has, the son of E-le-a'zar, the son of c^a'ron, stood before it in those days,) saying. Shall I yet again' go out to battle against' the children of Ben'ja- min my brother, or shall I cease ? And the Lord said. Go up ; for to-morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. 29 And If'ra-el set Hers in wait round about' Gib'e-ah. 30 And the children of If'ra-el went up against' the children of Ben'ja-min on the third day, and put themselves in array against' Gib'e-ah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Ben'ja-min went (Jut iigaiiist' the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began to smite of the people and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gib'e-ah in the field, about' thirty men of If'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 If'ra-el said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of If'ra-el rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Ba'al-Ta'mar ; and the liers in wait of If'ra-el came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gib'e-ah. 229 The entire overthrow and JUDG'ES. desolation of Ben'ja-min. 34 And there came against' Gib'e-ahl that came to hand : also they set on fire all ten thousand chosen men out of Jill If'ra-el, the cities that they came to. and the battle was sore : but they knew not that evil was near them. 35 And the Lord smote Ben'ja-min be- fore Ij'ra-el : and the children of If'ra-el destroy 'ed of the Ben'ja-mites, that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men : all these drew the sJi'ord. 36 So the children of Ben'ja-min saw that they were smitten : for the men of If'ra-el gave place to the Ben'ja-mites, be- cause 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 If'ra-el and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of If'ra-el retired in the battle, Ben'ja-min began to smite and kill of the men of If'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 arTfe up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Ben'ja-mites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of If'ra-el turned again', the men of Ben'ja-min %vere amaz- ed : for they saw that evil was come upon them. 42 There'fore they turned their backs be- fore the men of If'ra-el unto the way of the wilderness ; but the battle overtook them : and them which came out of the cities they destroy'ed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they enclosed the Ben'ja-mites round about', and chased them, a7id trode them down with ease, over against' Gib'- e-ah to'ward the sun-rising. 44 And there fell of Ben'ja-min eighteen thousand men : all these were men of val- our. 45 And they turned, and fled to'it-ard the wilderness unto the rock of Rim'mon : and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men ; and pursued hard af- ter them into Gi'dom, and slew two thou- sand men of them. 46 So that all which fell that day of Ben'ja-min were twenty and five thousand met! that drew the sicord : all these were men of valour. 47 But six hundred men turned, and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rim'- mon, and abode in the rock Rim'mon four months. 48 And the men of If'ra-el turned again' upon the children of Ben'ja-min, and smote them with the edge of the siiJord, as well the men of every city as the beast, and all CHAP. XXI. NOW the men of If'ra-el had sworn in Miz'peh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Ben'ja-min to wife. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore ; 3 And said, O Lord God of If'ra-el, why is this come to pass in If'ra-el, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in If'ra-el ? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and ofliered burnt-ofi"erings and peace-oflTerings. , 5 And the children of If'ra-el said, WTio 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 concer'ning him that came not up to the Lord to Miz'peh, saying. He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the children of If'ra-el repented them for Ben'ja-min their brother, and said. There is one tribe cut off" from If'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 if'ra-el that came not up to Miz'peh to the Lord ? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Ja-'besh-Gil'- e-ad to the assembly. 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commah'ded them, saying. Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad with the edge of the sM-'ord, with the wo- men and the children. 11 And this is the thing that ye shall do. Ye shall utterly destroy' every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 12 And they found among- the inhabi- tants of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad four hundred young vir'eins, that had known no man by lying with any male ; and they brought them unto the camp to Shi'loh, which is in the land of Ca'na-an. 13 And the whole congregation sent *07?ie to speak to the children of Ben'ja- min, that were in the rock R.im'm6n, and to call peaceably unto them. 14 And Ben'ja-min came again' at that time ; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Ja'- besh-Gil'e-ad : and yet so they siiirijed them not. 15 And the people repented them for 230 Examples of the Ben'ja-mTn, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Ij'ra-el. 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are de- stroy'ed out of Ben'ja-min ? 17 And they said, There must be an in- heritance for them that be escaped of Ben'- ja-min, that a tribe be not destroy'ed out of If'ra-el. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters : for the children of If'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 Shl'loh yearly, in a vlace which is on the north side of Beth'el, on the east side of the highway that goeth Up from Beth'el to She'chem, and on the south of Le-bo'nah. 20 There'fore they comman'ded the children of Ben'ja-mTn, saying. Go and lie in wait in the vineyards ; 21 And see, and, behold, if the daugh- ters of Shl'loh come out to dance in dances, RUTH. constancy of Ruth then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shl'loh, and go to the landol Ben'ja-mTn. 22 And it shall be, when their father* or their brethren come unto us to com plain, that we will say unto them. Be fa vourable unto them for our sakes ; because we rejerv'ed not to each man his wife in the war : for ye did not give unto them a( this time, that ye should be guilty, 23 And the children of Ben'ja-mTn did so, and took thevi 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 If'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 inherit- ance. 25 In those days there was no king in I§'ra-el : every man did that which teas right in his own eyes. H The BOOK of RUTH. CHAPTER L NOW it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a cer'tain man of Beth'le-hem-Ju'dah went to so'journ in the country of Mo'ab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was E-lim'- e-lech, and the name of his wife Na'o-mT, and the name of his two sons Mah'lon and Chi-li'on, E'phrath-ites of Beth'le-hem- Jii'dah. And they came into the country of Mo'ab, and continued there. 3 And E-lTm'e-le^h, Nat'o-mi's huf'band, died ; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the wo- men of Mo'ab ; the name of the one ivas Or'pah, and the name of the other Ruth : ' and they dwelled there about' ten years. 5 And Mah'lon and Chi-li'on died also both of them ; and the woman was left of her two sons and her huf'band. 6 Then she arofe, with her daughters- in-law, that she might return from the country of Mo'ab : for she had heard in the country of Mo'ab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daugh- ters-in-law with her : and they went on the way to return unto the land of Ju'dah. 8 And Na'o-mT said unto her two daugh- ters-in-law. Go, return each to her moth- er's house : the Lord deal kindly with * Rooth. — u Ions: after you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her hiij'- band. 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 Na'o-mT said. Turn again', my daughters, why will you go with me ? are there yet any viore sons in rny womb, that they may be your huj'bands ? 12 Turn again', my daughters, go your way ; for I am too old to have a hfif'band. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a huf'band 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 hu^'bands ? nay, my daughters ; for it grieveth me much, for your sakes, that the hand of the Lord is gone out against' me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again' : and Or'pah kissed her m6ther- 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. Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following af- ter thee : for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lod»e : thy r, sounds like oo. 231 Ilulh gkaneth in Bb'az' field : RUTH people shall be my people, and thy God my God. 17 Where thou diest will I die, and /here will I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was stead- fastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 19 So they two went until they came to Beth'le-hem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth'le-hem, that all the city was moved about' them ; and they said. Is this Na'o-mi ? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Na'o-ml, call me Ma'ra : for the 11- mlgh'ty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 1 went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again' empty : why then call ye me Na'o-mi, seeing the Lord hath testified against' me, and the 5.1-mlgh'ty hath afflicted me ? 22 So Na'o-mi returned, and Ruth the Mo'ab-T-tess, her daughter-in-law, with her, which returned out of the country of Mo'ab : and they came to Beth'le-hem in the beginning of barley-harvest. CHAP. n. AND Na'o-mi had a kinsman of her hijf'band's, a mighty man of wealth, >f the family of E-lim'e-lech ; and his name leas Bo'az. 2 And Ruth the Mo'ab-T-tess said unto Na'o-mi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after hijn'm whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and glean- ed in the field after the reapers : and her hap was to light on a part of the field be- longing unto Bo'az, who was of the kin- dred of E-lim'e-lech. 4 And, behold, Bo'az came from Beth'- le-hem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord bt with you. And they answered him. The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Bo'az unto his servant that was set over the reapers. Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said. It is the Mo ab- i-tish damsel that rame back with Na'o-mi out of the country of Mo'ab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath continu- ed even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. 8 Then said Bo'az 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 1 not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee ? and when thou art who avoiceth himself a kituman, athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bow- ed herself to the ground, and said unto him. Why have 1 found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Bo'az answered and said unto her. It hath fully been showed me all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine huf'band ; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knew- est not heretofore. 12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of ij'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 com'forted 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 meal- time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers : and he reached her parched corn^ and she did eat, and was sufi^ged, and left. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Bo'az comman'ded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: 16 And let fall also some of the hand- fuls of purpose for her, and leave them^ that she may glean them., and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until ^vt-u, and beat out that she had gleaned : and it was about' an eph'ah 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 re.jerv'ed af- ter she was siiffi^ed. 19 And her mother-in-law said unto her. Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? bles'sed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed 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-mT said unto her daugh- ter-in-law, Bles'sed 6e he of the Lord, who hath not left oflf his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Na'o-mi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Rilth the Mo'ab-i-tess said. He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Na'o-mT said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, // is good, my daughter, 232 Bo'as buyelh the land, RUTH 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-har- vest, and of wheat-harvest ; and dwelt with her mother-in-law. CHAP. III. THEN Na'o-mi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Bo'az of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. 3 Wash thyself, there'fdre, 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 tliou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shaltgo in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee wliat thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. 6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother- iu-law bade her. 7 And when Bo'az had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 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 an a near kinsman. 10 And he said, Bles'sed be thou of the Lord, my daughter ; for thou hast show- ed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou folio vv- edst not young men, whether poor or rich. 1 1 And now, my daughter, fear not ; I will do to tlicc all that tiiou reqiiirest : for all tlic city of my [)eo|jio doth know that thou ar^aSvir'tuous woman. 12 And now, it is true that I am thy near kinsman : howbeit, there is a kins- man nearer than I. 13 Tarry this niiiht, and it shall 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 will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth : lie down until the morn- 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning ; and she rose up before one could and marrielh Riilh. know another. And he said. Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 15 Abo he said. Bring the vail that //lou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six mia^'ures of barley, and laid it on her : and she went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother- in-law, she said. Who art thou, my daugh- ter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said. These six min^'urcn of barley gave he me ; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. lU Then said she. Sit still, my dauirli- ter, until thou know how the matter will fall : for the man will not be in re. yet revealed unto him. 8 And the Lord called Sam'u-el again the third time. And he arofe, and went to E'li, and said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. And E'li perceived that the Lord had called the child. 9 There'fore E'li said unto Sam'u-el, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thte, that thou shalt say. Speak, Lord ; for thy servant heareth. So Sam'u-el went and lay down in his place. 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Sam'u-el, Sam'- u-el. Then Sam'u-el answered, Speak ; for thy servant heareth. 11 And the Lord said to Sam'u-el, Be- hold, I will do a thing in If'ra-el, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform' against' E'li all things which I have spoken con- cer'ning his house : when I begin, I will also make an end. 13 For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his soul ^ mor'sil. 236 I/ra-ci overcome^ !• SAM'UEL. made themselves vile, and he restrahied them not. 14 And there'fore 1 have sworn unto the. house of £11, that the iniquity oi" E'li's house shall not be purged with sac'rifi^e nor offering for ever. 15 H And Sam'u-el lay until the morn- ing, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord : and Sam'u-el feared to show E'li the vision. 16 Then E'li called Sam'u-el, and said, Sam'u-el, my son. And he answered. Here am I. 17 And he said. What is the thing that the. LORD hath said unto thee ? I pray thee hide il not from me : God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 18 And Sam'u-el told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said. It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. 19 IT And Sam'u-el grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all If'ra-el, from Dan even to Be-er'she-ba, knew that Sam'u-el was established to be a prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord appeared again' in Shi'loh : for the Lord revealed himself to Sam'u-el in Shi'loh by the word of the Lord. CHAP. IV. AND the word of Sam'u-el came to all Ij'ra-el. Now If'ra-el went out the Phi-lis'tlnes to battle, and ht-side £b-en-e zer ; and the Phi- iis'tines pitched in A'phek. 2 And the Phi-lTs'tines put themselves in array against' If'ra-el : and when they joined battle, tj'ra-el was smitten before the Phi-lis'tines ; and they slew of the ar- my in the field about' four thousand men. 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of I§'ra-el said. Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to- day before the Phi-lTs'tines ? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shi'loh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shi'loh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims : and the two sons of £'11, Hoph'nl and Phln'e-has, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the c6venant of the Lord came into the camp, all Ij'ra-el shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again'. 6 And when the Phi-lis'tines heard the noise of the shout, they said. What mean- tth the noise of this great shout in the ND all against' pitoiic and the ark taken. camp of the He'brews ? And they under- stood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. 7 And the Phi-lis'tines were afraid ; for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Wo unto us ! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Wo unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods ? these are the Gods that smote tlie K-eyp'" ti-ans with all the plagues in the wildernes?. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Phi-lis'tlnes, that ye be not servants unto the He'brews, as they have been to you : quit yourselves like men, and fight. 10 And the Phi-lls'tlnes fought ; and 15'ra-el was smitten, and they Hed every man into his tent : and there was a very great slaughter ; for there fell of If'ra-el thirty thousand footmen. 11 And the ark of God was taken ; and the two sons of E'll, Hoph'nl and Phln'e- has, were slain. 12 And there ran a man of Ben'ja-min out of the army, and came to Shi'loh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, £'11 sat upon a seat by the way-side, watch'ing : for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told z7, all the city cried out. 14 And when £'11 heard the noise of the crying, he said. What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? And the man came in hastily, and told £'11. 15 Now £'11 was ninety and eight years old ; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 16 And the man said unto E'li, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son ? 17 And the messenger answered and said, tf'ra-el is fled before the Phi-lls'tlnes; and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people ; and thy two sons also, Hoph'nl and Phln'e-has, are dead ; and the ark of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward, by the side of the gate ; and his neck brake, and he died ; for he was an old man, and heavy and he had judged If'ra-el forty years. ^ 19 And his daughter-in-law, Phln'e- has' wife, was with child, near to be de- livered : and when she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her huf'bdnd were dead, she bowed herself and travailed ; for her pains came upon her. 20 And about' the time of her death, the women that stood by her said unto her. Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. 237 Da'gon smitten^ and But she answered not, neither did she re- gard it. 21 And she named the child ich'a-bod, saying, The glory is departed from Ij'ra- el : (because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her hiif'band :) 22 And she said, The glory is departed from Ij'ra-el ; for the ark of God is taken. CHAP. V. AND the Phi-lis'tines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eb-en-e'- zfer unto Ash'dod. 2 When the Phi-lis'tines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Da'gon, and set it by Da'gon, 3 And when they of Ash'dod aroje early on the morrow, behold, Da'gon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Da'gon, and set him in his place again'. 4 And when they arofe early on the mor- row morning, behold, Da'gon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Da'gon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold ; only the slump of Da'gon was left to him. 5 There'f 5re neither the priests of Da'- gon, nor any that come into Da'gon's house, tread on the threshold of Da'gon in Ash'dod unto this day. 6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ash'dod ; and he destroy'ed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ash'dod, and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ash'dod saw that it was so, they said. The ark of the God of Ij'ra-el shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Da'gon our god. 8 They sent, there'fore, and gathered all the lords of the Phi-lis'tines unto them, and said. What shall we do with the ark of the God of Ij'ra-el ? And they an- swered. Let the ark of the God of if'ra- el be carried about' unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of i|'ra-el about' thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about', the hand of the Lord was against' the city with a very great destruction : and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 There'fore they sent the ark of God to Ek'ron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ek'ron, that the Ek'- ron-ites cried out, saying. They have brought about' the ark of the God of Ij'- ra-el to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Phi-lis'tines, and said. Send away the ark of the God of If'ra-el, and let it go again' to his own place, that I. SAMTJEL. the ark sent back. it slay us not, and our people : for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city ; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods : and the cry oi the city went up to heaven. CHAP. VL AND the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Phi-lis'tines seven months. 2 And the Phi-lTs'tines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do *o the ark of the Lord ? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of l§'ra-el, send it not empty ; but in any wise return him a tres'pass-offering : then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they. What shall be the tres'pass-offering which we shall return to him ? They answered. Five golden emer- ods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Phi-lis'- tines : for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the God of If'ra-el ; peradven'ture he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the E-gyp'ti-anj and Pha'raoh hardened their hearts ? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they de- parted ? 7 Now there'fore make a new cart, and take two milch ^ kine on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart : and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a tres'- pass-offering, in a coffer by the side there- of; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth'she-mesh, then he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us ; it was a chance that hap- pened to us. 10 And the men did so ; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth'she-mesh, and went along' the highway, lowing as they went, ^ m^lsh. 238 TJie people are tmitten. I. SAM'UEL and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left ; and the lords of the Phi-lis'- tines went after them unto the border of Beth'she-mesh. 13 And they of Beth'she-mesh were reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley : and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Josh'u-a, a Beth'she-mTte, and stood there, where there was a great stone : and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 15 And the Le'vites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that icas with it, wherein the jewels of gold u'tre, and put them on the great stone : and the men of Beth'she-mesh offered burnt-offerings, and sac'rifi^ed sac'rifi9es, the same day unto the Lord. 16 And when the five lords of the Phi- lis'tines had seen i/, they returned to Ek'- ron the same day. 17 And these are the golden emerods which the Phi-lis'tines returned /or a tres'- pass-offering unto the Lord ; for Ash'dod one, for Ga'za one, for As'ke-lon one, for Gath one, for Ek'ron one : . 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Phi-lis'- tines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities and of country villages, even unto the great stone of A'bel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord ; which stone remdineth unto this day in the field of J6sh'u-a the Beth'she-mite. 19 And he smote the men of Beth'she- mesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, evcai he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men. And the people lamented, be- cause the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth'she-mesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God ? and to whom shall he go up from us ? 21 And they sent messengers to the in- habitants of Kirjath-Je'a-rim, saying. The Phi-lis'tines have brought again' the ark of the Lord ; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAP. VIL AND the men of Kir'jath-Je'a-rim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of A-bTn'a- dab, in the hill, and sanctified E-le-a'zar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kir'jath-Je'a-rTm, that the time was long -, for it was twenty years : and all the house of If 'ra-el lamented after the Lord. 3 IT And Sam'u-el spake unto all the house of If'ra-el, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then Tfu 1f'ra-el-iles repent. put away the strange gods and Ash'ta-roth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only ; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. 4 Then the children of If'ra-el did put away Ba'al-im and Ash'ta-roth, and served the Lord only. 5 And Sam'u-el said. Gather all If'ra-el to Miz'peh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to Miz'- peh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there. We have sinned against' the Lord. And Sam'u-el judged the children of If'ra-el in Miz'peh. 7 And when the Phi-lis'tines heard that the children of If'ra-el were gathered to- gether to Miz'peh, the lords of the Phi- lls'tines went up against' If'ra-el. And when the children of If'ra-el heard it, they were afraid of the Phi-lIs'tines. 8 And the children of If'ra-el said to Sam'u-el, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Phi-IIs'tlnes. 9 And Sam'u-el took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the Lord : and Sam'u-el cried unto the Lord for If'ra-el ; and the Lord heard him. 10 And as Sam'u-el was offering up the burnt-offering, the Phi-lis'tines drew near to battle against' If'ra-el : but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Phi-lis'tines, and discom'fit- ed them ; and they were smitten before If'ra-el. 1 1 And the men of If'ra-el went out of Miz'peh, and pursued the Phi-lis'tines, and smote them, until they came under Beth'car. 12 Then Sam'u-el took a stone, and set it between Miz'peh and Shen, and called the name of it Eb-en-e'zer, saying. Hith- erto hath the Lord helped us. 13 So the Phi-lls'tlnes were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of If'ra-el, and the hand of the Lord was against' the Phi-lis'tines all the days of Sam'u-el. 14 And the cities which the Phi-lis'- tlnes had taken from If'ra-el were restored to if'ra-el, from Ek'ron even unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof did If'ra-el deliver out of the hands of the Phi-lis'tines. And there was peace between if'ra-el and the Am'o-rltes. 15 And Sam'u-el judged If'ra-el all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year in cir'cuifl to Beth'el, and Gil'gal, and Miz'peh, and judged If'ra-el in all those places. 1 ter'kU. 239 Ilu I^'ra-el-ttes desire a king. 1 17 And his return was to Ra'mah ; for there was his house : and there he judged Ij'ra-el ; and there he built an altar unto the Lord. CHAP. VIII. AND it came to pass, when Sam'u-el ■was old, that he made his sons judges over If'ra-el. 2 Now the name of his first-born was Jo'el, and the name of his second A-bi'ah : they were jm]ges in Be-er'she-ba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took t-iribes, and pervert'ed judgment. 4 Then all the elders of I^'ra-el gath- ered themselves together, and came to 5am'u-el unto Ra'mah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways : now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Sam'u-el, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Sam'u-el prayed unto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said unto Sam'u-el, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done, since the day that I brought them up out of E'gypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods ; so do they also unto thee. 9 Now, there'fore, hearken unto their voice : howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 And Sam'u-el told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said. This will be the man- ner of the king that shall reign over you ; He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and lo be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him cap'tains over thousands, and cap'tains over fifties, and tcill set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instru- ments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and lo be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vine'yards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them,, and give them, to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vine'yards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest SAM'UEL Saul seeketh his fattier's asset young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep : and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. 19 Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Sam'u-el : and they said. Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; 20 That we also may be like all the na- tions ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles 21 And Sam'u-el heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Sam'u-tl, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Sam'u-el said unto the men of If'ra-el, Go ye every man unto his city. chap! IX. Now there was a man of Ben'ja-min, whose name was Kish, the son of A'bi-el, the son of Ze'ror, the son of Bech- 6'rath, the son of A-phi'ah, a Ben'ja-mite, a mighty man of power. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly ; and there ivas not among the children of If'ra-el a goodlier person than he : from his shoulders and up'ward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish, SauPs father, were lost : and Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arije, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount E'phra- im, and passed through the land of Shal'i- sha, but they found them not : then they passed through the land of Sha'lim, and there they were not ; and he passed through the land of the Ben'ja-mltes, but they found thevi not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Ziaph, Saul said to his servant that teas with him, Come, and let us return ; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an /ton'ourable man ; all that he saith cometh surely to pass : now, let us go thither ; peradven'ture he can show us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant. But, behold, ?y"we go, what shall we bring the man ? for the bread is spent in our ves- sels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we ? 8 And the servant answered Saul again', and said. Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver ; that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in if'ra-el, when a man 240 Sam'u-el entertaineth Saul, and went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : for he thai is now called a Proph'et, was before- time called a Se'er.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant. Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them. Is the seer here ? 12 And they answered them, and said. He is ; behold, he is before you : make haste now, for he came to-day to the city ; for there is a sac'rif i^e of the people to- day in the high place : 13 As soon as ye be come into the city ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat : for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sac'rifige ; and after- wards they eat that be bidden. No there'fore get you up ; for about' this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up into the city ; and when they were come into the city, be- hold, Sam'u-el came out against' them, for to go up to the high place. 15 Now the Lord had told Sam'u-el in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16 To-morrow, about' this time, I will send thee a man out of the land of Ben'ja- min ; and thou shalt anoint him to be eap'tain over my people Ij'ra-el, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines : for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Sam'u-el saw Saul, the Lord said unto him. Behold the man whom I spake to thee of: this same shall reign over my people. 18 Then Saul drew near to Sam'u-el in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19 And Siim'u-el answered Saul, and said, I am the seer : go up before me unto the high place ; for ye shall eat with me to-day ; and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them ; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of if ra-el ; is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house ? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not 1 a Ben'ja-mite, of the smalles-t of the tribes of Ij'ra-el ? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Ben'- )a-mln ? wherefore then speakest thou so to me ? 22 And Sam'u-el took Saul and his ser- vant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place] L SAMUEL. anointelh him king over If'ra-il. among them that were bidden, which were about' thirty persons. 23 And Sam'u-el said unto the cook, Brmg the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it be- fore Saul. And Sam'u-H said. Behold that which is left ! set it before thee, and eat ; for unto this time hath it been kept for thee, since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Sam'u-el that day. 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Sam'- u-el communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arofe early : and it came to pass, about' the spring of the day, that Sam'u-el called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arofe, and they went out both of them, he and Sam'u-el, abroad. 27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Sam'u-el said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God. CHAP. X. THEN Sam'u-el took a vial of oil and poured it upon liis head, and kissed him, and said, /* it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be eap'tain over his inheritance ? 2 When thou art departed from me to- day, then thou shalt find two men by Ra'- chel's sepulchre, in the border of Ben'ja- min, at Zel'zah ; and they will say unto thee. The asses which thou wentest to seek are found : and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son ? 3 Then shalt thou go on for'ward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Ta'bor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth'el, one car rying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carry- ing a bottle of wine : 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Phi- lis'tines : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets comine down from the high place, with a psaltery,' and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, be- fore them ; and they shall prophesy : 6 And the Spir'it of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into an6th- er man. 7 And let it be, when these signs are 16 ' aawl'luT-e. 241 Sdulprophesieth. I. SAM'UEL come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee ; for God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to GU'gal ; and, behold, I will come down unto fhee, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sac'rif i^e sac'rifi5es of peace-offerings : seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. 9 And it was *o, that when he had turn- ed his back to go from Sam'u-el, God gave him another heart : and all those signs came to pass that day. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him ; and the Spir'it of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said or-? to another. What is this that is come unto the son of Kish ? Is Saul also among the prophets ? 12 And one of the same place answered, and said. But who is their father ? There'- fore it became a proverb. Is Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 14 And SauPs uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye ? And he said, to seek the asses : and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Sam'- u-el. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Sam'u-el said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle. He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Sam'u-el spake, he told him not. 17 T And Sam'u-el called the people together unto the Lord to MIz'peh ; 18 And said unto the children of If 'ra-el. Thus saith the Lord God of If'ra-el, 1 brought up i§'ra-el out of E'^ypt, and de- livered you out of the hand of the E'|yp'- ti-ans, and out of the hand of all king- doms, and of them that oppressed you : 19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adver'sities and your tribulations ; aad ye have said unto him, JVaj/, but set a king over us. Now there'fore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20 And when Sam'u-el had caused all the tribes of if'ra-el to come near, the tribe of Ben'ja-mTn was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Ben'ja-min to come near by their families, the family of Ma'tri was taken, and Saul, the son of Kish, was taken : and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 There'fore they inquired of the Lord lurther, if the man should yet come thither. And the LoKp answered, Behold, he hath hid himself amtog the stuff. Saul relieves Ja'bcsh-GiV e-aa, 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people, from his shoulders and up'ward. 24 And Sam'u-el said to all the people. See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people ? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king 1 25 Then Sam'u-el told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid ii up before the Lord. And Sam'u-el sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 And Saul also went home to Gib e- ah ; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had toiiched. 27 But the children of Be'li-al said, Howshall this man save us ? And they despTfed him, and brought him no pres- ents : but he held his peace. CHAP. XI. THEN Na'hash the Am'mon-Tte came up, and encamped against' Ja'besh- Gil'e-ad : and all the men of Ja'besh said unto Na'hash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Na'hash the Arn'mon-ite answer- ed them. On this condition will I make a cdvenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a re- proach upon all If'ra-el. 3 And the elders of Ja'besh said unto him. Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of If'ra-el : and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 Then came the messengers to Gib'e- ah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people : and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field ; and Saul said, What ail- eth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Ja'besh. 6 And the Spir'it of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of If'ra-el by the hands of messengers, saying. Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Sam' u-el, so snail it be done unto his oxen And the fear of the Lord fell on the peo- ple, and they came out with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Be'- zek, the children of If'ra-el were three hundred thousand, and the men of Ju'dah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came. Thus shall ye say unto the men of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad, To-morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came aud 242 Sdm'u'cl teslifieth his integrity, I. SAM'UEL showed it to the men of Ja'besh ; and they were glad. 10 There'fore the men of Ja'besh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemcth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three com'panles ; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning- watch, and slew the Am'- mon-ites until the heat of the day : and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together* 12 And the people said unto Sam'u-el, Who is he that said. Shall Saul reign over us ? bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day : for to-day the Lord hath wrought salvation in If'ra-el. 14 Then said Sam'u-el to the people, Come, and let us go to Gil'gal, and renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gil'gal ; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gil'gal ; and there they sac'rif i5ed sac'rifT^es of peace-offerings before the Lord ; and there Saul and all the men of If 'ra-el rejoiced greatly. CHAP. XII. AND Sam'u-el said unto all Ij'ra-el, Be- hold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you : and I am old and grey-head- ed ; and, behold, my sons are with you ; and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 Behold, here I am .• witness against' me before the Lord, and before his anoint- ed; whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken ? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not de- frauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them. The Lord is witness against' you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. 6 And Sam'u-el said unto the people, // t* the Lord that advanced Mo'fes and .^a'ron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of E'^ypt. 7 Now there'fore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers. 8 When Ja'cob was come into E'gypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Mo'fes and v^a'rdn, which and reprovelh Ihepeople. brought forth your fathers out of E'gypt, and made them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sis'e- ra, cap'tain of the host of Ha'zor, and into the hand of the Phi-lis'tines, and into the hand of the king of Mo'ab ; and they fought against' them. , 10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Ba'al- im and Ash'ta-roth : but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 1 1 And the Lord sent Je-rub'ba-al, and Be'dan, and Jeph'thah, and Sam'u-el, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 12 And when ye saw that Na'hash, the king of the children of Am'mon, came against' you, ye said unto me. Nay ; but a king shall reign over us ; when the Lord your God was your king. 13 Now there'fore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired ! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you. 14 If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against' the command'ment of the Lord, then shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you, continue following the Lord your God : 15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against' the com- mand'ment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against' you, as it teas against' your fathers. 16 Now there'fore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do be- fore your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain ; that ye may perceive' and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in ask'ing you a king. 18 So Sam'u-el called unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day : and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Sam'u-61. 19 And all the people said unto Sam'u- el, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 20 And Sam'u-el said unto the people, Fear not : (ye have done all this wicked- ness ; yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart ; 21 And turn ye not aside : for then should ye go after vain things, which can- not profit nor deliver ; for they are vain :) 22 For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake ; because 243 The Phi-Hs'tinet invade If'ra-el. I. SAM'UEL. The policy of the Phi-Ht'tlnet. it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. 23 Moreover, as for me, God forbid that [ should sin against' the Lord in ceasing- to pray for you : but I will teach you the good and the right way : 24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart : for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. CHAP. XIIL SAUL reigned one year ; and when he had reigned two years over If'ra-el, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of If'ra-el ; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Mich'mash and in mount Beth'el, and a thousand were with Jon'a- than in Gib'e-ah of Ben'ja-min : and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jon'a-than smote the garrison of the Phi-lis'tines that was in Ge'ba ; and the Phi-lis'tines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying. Let the He'brews hear. 4 And all If'ra-el heard say, that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Phi-lis'tines, and that If'ra-el also was had in abomi- nation with the Phi-lis'tines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gil'gal. 5 And the Phi-lis'tines gathered them- selves together to fight v/ith If'ra-el, thir- ty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude : and they came up and pitched in Mich'mash, east'- ward from Beth-a'ven. 6 When the men of If'ra-el saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide them- selves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 7 And some of the He'brews went over Jor'dan to the land of Gad and Gil'e-ad. As for Saul, he was yet in Gil'gal ; and all the people followed him trembling. 8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Sam'u-el had appoint- ed .- but Sam'u-el came not to Gil'gal ; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt- oflfering to me, and peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. 10 And it came to pass, that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt- offering, behold, Sam u-el came ; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might sa- lute him. 11 And Sam'u-el said, What hast thou done ? And Saul said. Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou earnest not within the days ap- pointed, and that the Phi-lis'tines gath ered themselves together at Mich'mash ; 12 There'fore, said I, the Phi-lis'tines will comt down now upon me to Gil'gal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord : I forced myself there'fore, and offered a burnt-offering. 13 And Sam'u-el said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly : thou hast not kept the command'ment of the Lord thy God, which he comman'ded thee ; for now would the Lord have estab'lished thy kingdom upon if'ra-el for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not con- tinue : the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath comman'ded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord comman'ded thee. 15 And Sam'u-el arofe, and gat him up from Gil'gal unto Gib'e-ah of Ben'ja-min. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about' six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jon'a-than his son, and the people thai wire present with them, abode in Gib'e-ah of Ben'ja-min : but the Phi-lis'tines encamped in Mich'- mash. 17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Phi-lis'tines in three com'pa- nies : one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Oph'rah, unto the land of Shu'al : 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-ho'ron ; and another company turned to the way of the border that look- eth to the valley of Ze-bo'im, to'tt'ard the wilderness. 19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of If'ra-el ; (for the Phi-lis'tines said, Lest the He'brews make them swords or spears ;) 20 But all the If ra-el-ites went down to the Phi-lis'tines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass, in the day of battle, that there was neither stcdrd nor spear found in the hand of any of the peo- ple that wire with Saul and Jon'a-than : but with Saul, and with Jon'a-than his son, was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Phi-lis'tines went out to the passage of Mich'mash. CHAP. XIV. NOW it came to pass upon a day, that Jon'a-than the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Phi-lis- tines' garrison that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gib'e-ah, under a pomegran'ate-tree, which is in Mig'ron : and the people that wire with him wire about' six hundred men; 3 And A-hi'ah, the son of i-hl'tub, 244 Jon'a-than smiteth the Phi-tts' tines. I. SAM'UEL. SduPs unadvised adjuration. 17 Then said Saul unto the people that Ich'a-bod's brother, the son of Phin'e-has, the son of E'li, the Lord's priest in ShV- loh, wearing an eph'od. And the people knew not that Jon'a-than was gone. 4 And between the passages, by which Jon'a-than sought to go over unto the Phi- lls'tines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side : and the name of the one teas Bo'zez, and the name of the other Se'neh. 5 The fore-front of the one teas situate north'ward over against' Mich'mash, and the other south'ward over against' Gib'- e-ah. 6 And Jon'a-than said to the young man that bare his armour. Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncir'- cumcifed : it may be that the Lord will work for us : for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. 7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart : turn thee ; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jon'a-than, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus. Come up unto us ; then we will go up : for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand ; and this shall be a sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered them- selves unto the garrison of the Phi-lis'- tines : and the Phi-lis'tines said. Behold, the He'brews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison an- swered Jon'a-than and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jon'a-than said unto his armour-bearer. Come up after me ; for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of If'ra-el. 13 And Jon'a-than climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour- bearer after him : and they fell before Jon'a-than ; and his armour-bearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jon'- a-than and his armour-bearer made, was about' twenty men, within as it were a half-acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plough. 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people ; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled ; and the earth quaked : so it was a very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gib'- e-ah of Ben'ja-min looked ; and, Ijehold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one andther. were with him. Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jon'a-than and his ar- mour-bearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto A-hl'ah, Bring hither the ark of God : (for the ark of God was at that time with the children of If'ra-el.) 19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Phi-lis'tines went on and increased ; and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle : and, behold, every man's sword was against' his fellow, and there xvas a very great discom'fit- ure.J 21 Moreover, the He'brews that were with the Phi-lis'tTnes before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about', even they also turned to be with the Ij'ra-el-ites that were with Saul and Jon'a-than. 22 Likewise all the men of If'ra-el which had hid themselves in mount £'- phra-im, when they heard that the Phi- lls'tines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the Lord saved If'ra-el that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-a'ven. 24 And the men of If'ra-el were dis- tressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be aven'|ed on mine enemies. So none of the peojile tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood, and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped ; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jon'a-than heard not when his father charged the people with the oath : wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honey-comb, and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said. Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jon'a-than, My father hath troubled the land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this h6ney ; 30 How much more, if haply the peo- ple had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found .' for had X2 ^ dis-kiim'fit-yure. 245 Saul buildeth an altar. I. there not been now a much greater slaugh- ter among the Phi-lis'tines ? 31 And they smote the Phi-lis'tines that day from Mi9h'mash to Ai'ja-lon :* and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew thein on the ground : and the people did eat them with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying, Be- hold, the people sin against' the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said. Ye have transgressed : roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said, Disperse' yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat ; and sin not against' the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the peo- ple brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew Ihem, there. 35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord : the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. 36 And Saul said. Let us go down after the Phi-lis'tines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said. Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest. Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Phi-lis'tines ? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of l§'- ra-el ? But he answered him not that day. 38 And Saul said. Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people ; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day : 39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth If'ra-el, though it be in Jon'a-than my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that an- swered him. 40 Then said he unto all If'ra-el, Be ye on one side, and I and Jon'a-than my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 There'fore Saul said unto the Lord God of If'ra-el, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jon'a-than were taken : but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said. Cast lots between me and Jon'a-than my son. And Jon'a-than was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jon'a-than, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jon'a-than told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, God do so, and more also : for thou shalt surely die, Jon'- a-than. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall SAM'UEL. Saul sent to destroy' Am'a-lek. Jon'a-than die, who hath wrought this great salvation in If'ra-el ? God forbid : as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jon'a-than, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from following the Phi-lis'tines : and the Phi-lis'tines went to their own place. 47 IT So Saul took the kingdom over If'- ra-el, and fought against' all his enemies on every side, against' M5'ab, and against' the children of Am'mon, and against' £'- dom, and against' the kings of Zo'bah, and against' the Phi-lis'tines : and whith- ersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he gathered a host, and smote the Am'a-lek-ites, and delivered If'ra-el out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 IT Now the sons of Saul were Jon'a- than, and lsh'u-1, and Mel-chi-shii'a : and the names of his two daughters wire these ; the name of the first-born Me'vab, and the name of the younger Mi'chal : 50 And the name of Saul's wife was A-hin'o-am, the daughter of A-him'a-az : and the name of the cap'tain of his host was Ab'ner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle : 51 And Kish was the father of Saul ; and Ner, the father of Ab'ner, was the son of A'bi-el. 52 And there was sore war against' the Phi-lis'tines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. CHAP. XV. SAM'U-EL also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over if'ra-el : now there'- fore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I re- member that which Am'a-lek did to If'ra- el, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from E'gypt. 3 Now go, and smite Am'a-lek, and ut- terly destroy' all that they have, and spare them not ; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gathered the people togeth- er, and numbered them in Tel'a-im, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thou- sand men of Ju'dah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Am'a-lek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 And Saul said unto the Ken'ites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Am'a-lek-ites, lest I destroy' you with them : for ye showed kindness to all the children of If'ra-el when they came up out of E'gypt. So the Ken'ites departed from among the Am'a-lek-ites. Ad'ja-lon. Z46 Sam'u-cl Cometh unto Saul. 7 And Saul smote the Am'a-lek-Ues from Hav'i-lah unlil thou comest to Shur, that w over against' E'^ypt. 8 And he took A'gag the king of the Am'a-lek-ites alive, and utterly destroy'ed all the people with the edge of the sjford. 9 But Saul and the people spared A'gag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy' them : but every thing that %vas vile and refuse, that they destroy'ed ut- terly. 10 IT Then came the word of the Lord unto Sam'u-el, saying, 1 1 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king : for he is turned back from following me, and hath not perform'- ed my conimand'ments. And it grieved Sam'u-el ; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 12 And when Sam'u-el rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Sam'- u-el, saying, Saul came to Car'mel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about', and passed on, and gone down to Gil'gal. 13 And Sam'u-el came to Saul : and Saul said unto him, Bles'sed be thou of the Lord : I have perf orm'ed the command'- ment of the Lord. 14 And Sam'u-el said, What nieaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? 15 And Saul said. They have brought them from tlie Am'a-lek-Ttes : for the peo- ple spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sac'rif i^e unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have utterly de- stroy'ed. 16 Then Sam'u-el said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Sam'u-el said. When thou wast little in thine own sight, vast thou not made the head of the tribes of If'ra-el, and the Lord anointed thee king over If'ra-el ? 18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said. Go, and utterly destroy' the sin- ners the Xm'a-lek-ites, and fight against' them until they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord ? 20 And Saul said unto Sam'u-el, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the IjORd, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought A'gag the king of Xm'a-lek, and have utterly destroy'ed the Am'a-lek-ites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things SAM'UEL. SauPs humiliation, which should have been utterly destroy'- ed, to sac'rifi^e unto the Lord thy God in Gil'gal. 22 And Sam'u-el said. Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sac'rifT9es as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sac'rifi5e, and to hearken, than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witch- craft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 24 And Saul said unto Sam'u-el, I have sinned : for I have transgressed the com- mand'ment of the Lord, and thy words ; because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now, there'fore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again' with me, that I may wor'ship the Lord. 26 And Sam'u-el said unto Saul, I will not return with thee : for thou hast reject- ed the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from bemg king over ij'ra-el. 27 And as Sam'u-el turned about' to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt^ of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Sam'u-el said unto him. The Lord hath rent the kingdom of lyra-el from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the Strength of Ij'ra-el will not lie, nor repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned ; yd /lon'our me now, I pray thee, befoj-e the elders of my people, and before Ij'ra-el, and turn again' with me, that I may wor'ship the Lord thy God. 31 So Sam'u-el turned again' after Saul : and Saul wor'shipped the Lord. 32 Then said Sam'u-el, Bring you hith- er to me A'gag the king of the Am'a-lek- ites: and A'gag came unto him delicately. And A'gag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Sam'u-el said, As thy sicbrd hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Sam'u-el hewed A'gag in pieces before the Lord in Gil'gal. 34 II Then Sam'u-el went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gib'e-ah of Saul. 35 And Sam'u-el came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: neverthe- less Sam'u-el mourned for Saul : and th«! Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Is'ra-el. CHAP. XVL AND the Lord said unto Sam'u-el, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seein? I have rejected him from reijning * skirt. 247 Sam'u-el anoinleth Da'vtd. I. SAM'UEL. Gd-Wath''s challenge . over If'ra-el ? fill thine horn with oil, and go ; I will send thee to Jes'se the Beth'le- hem-ite : for I have provided me a king ani6ngf his sons. 2 And Sam'u-el said, How can I go ? if Saul hear iV, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sac'rifT^e to the Lord. 3 And call Jes'se to the sac'rifi^e, and I will show thee what thou shalt do : and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Sam'u-el did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth'le-hem : and the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peace- ably ? 5 And he said. Peaceably : I am come to sac'rifige unto the Loe.d ; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sac'- rif ige. And he sanctified Jes'se and his sons, and called them to the sac'rifT^e. 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on E-li'ab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. 7 Bnt the Lord said unto Sam'u-el, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have re- fused him : for the LORD seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the oilt'ward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jes'se called A-bin'a-dab, and made him pass before Sam'u-el. And he said. Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 9 Then Jes'se made Sham'mah to pass by. And he said. Neither hath the Lord chosen this. 10 Again', Jes'se made seven of his sons to p5ss before Sam'u-el. And Sam'u-el said unto Jes'se, The Lord hath not cho- sen these. 1 1 And Sam'u-el said unto Jes'se, Are here all thy children ? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Sam'u-el said unto Jes'se, Send and fetch him : for we will not sit down till he come hither. 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beau- tiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said. Arise, anoint him : for this is he. 13 Then Sam'u-el took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spir'it of the Lord came upon Da'vld from that day for'ward. So Sam'u-el rose up, and went to Ra'mah. 14 IT But the Spir'it of the Lord de- parted frorii Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him. Behold now, an evil spirit from God troub- leth thee. 16 Let our lord now command' thy ser- vants, which hre before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on a harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring hivi to me. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jes'se the Beth'le-hem-ite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him. 19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jes'se, and said, Send me Da'vid thy son, which is with the sheep. 20 And Jes'se took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Da'vid his son unto Saul. 21 And Da'vid came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jes'se, saying. Let Da'vid, I pray thee, stand before me ; for he hath found favour in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that Da'- vid took a harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. CHAP. XVIL OW the Phi-lis'tines gathered togeth- er their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shd'choh, which be longe.th to Jii'dah, and pitched between Sho'choh and A-ze'kah, in E'phej-Dam'- mim. 2 And Saul and the men of ij'ra-el were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of E'lah, and set the battle in array against' the Phi-lis'tines. 3 And the Phi-lis'tines stood on a moiin'- tain on. the one side, and If'ra-el stood on a moiin'tain on the other side : and there was a valley between them. 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Phi-lis'tines, named Go-li'ath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail ; .and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weigh ed six hundred shekels of iron : and one bearing a shield went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the ar- mies of If'ra-el, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in ar- ray ? c4m not I a Phi-lis'tine, and ye 248 N' Da'vid risiteth his brclhren. I. SAM'UEL servants to Saul ? chooje you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against' him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 10 And the Phi-lis'tine said, I defy the armies of Ij'ra-el this day : g-ive me a man, that we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all I§'ra-el heard those words of the Phi-lTs'tine, they were difmay'cd, and greatly afraid. 12 f Now Da'vid was the son of that E'phrath-ite of Beth'le-hem-.Ki'dah, whose name was Jes'se ; and he had eight sons : and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jes'se •went and followed Saul to the battle ; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle wire £-li'ab the first-born ; and next unto him, A-bni'a-dab ; and the third, Sham'mah. 14 And Da'vid was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But Da'vid went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth'le- hem. 16 And the Phi-Iis'tine drew near morn- ing and evening, and presented himself forty days. 17 And Jes'se said unto Da'vid his son. Take now for thy brethren an eph'ah of this parched corn^ and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren : 18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the cap'tain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of If'ra-el, were in the valley of E'lah, fighting with the Phi-lis'thies. 20 And Da'vid rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jes'se had com- man'ded him : and he came to the trench as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle, 21 For 15'ra-el and the Phi-lTs'tines had put the battles in array, army against' army. 22 And D;Vvid left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion (the Phi-lis'- tine of Gath, Go-li'ath by name) out of the armies of the Phi-lis'tines, and spake according to the same words : and Da'vid heard them. 24 And all the men of If'ra-el, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Ij'ra-el said, Have ye seen this man that is come up ? surely to defy I}'ra-el is he come up : and it shall He is brought to Saul. be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his fa- ther''s house free in If'ra-el. 26 And Da'vid spake to the men that stood by him, saying. What shall be done to the man that killeth this Phi-lis'tine, and taketh away the reproach from if'ra-el ? for who is this uncir'cumclfed Phi-Hs'tine, that he should defy the armies of the liv- ing God .' 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 And E-li'ab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the men ; and £-11'- ab's anger was kindled against' Da'vid, and he saiil. Why camest thou down hither.'' and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness ? 1 know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine hctart; for thou art come down that thou mightst see the battle. 29 .'\nd Da'vid said. What have I now done ? Is there not a cause ? 30 And he turned from him to'ward another, and spake after the same man- ner : and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31 And when the words were lieard which Da'vid spake, they rehearsed them before Saul ; and he sent for him. 32 And Da'vid saM to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him : thy ser- vant will go and fight with this Phi-lis'- tine. 33 And Saul said to Da'vid, Thou art not able to go against' this Phi-lis'tine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And Da'vid said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his ialher's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock ; 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arofe against' me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncir'cumcifed Phi-lis'- tine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 Da'vid said, moreover. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he Avill deliver me out of the hand of this Phi-lis'tine. And Saul said unto Da'vid, Go, and the Lord be with thee. 38 And Saul armed Da'vid with his ar- mour, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head ; also he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And Da'vid girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And Da'vid said unto 249 Dc^vid kilkth Go'li-alh. I. Saul, I cannot go with these ; for I have not proved Ihem. And Da'vid put them ,off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shep'/ierd's bag which he had, even in a scrip ; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Phi-lis'tine. 41 And the Phi-lis'tine came on, and drew near unto Da'vid ; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Phi-lis'tine looked about' and saw Da'vid, he disdained him ; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of I fair countenance. 43 And the Phi-lis'tine said unto Da'- /id. Am I a dog, that thou comest to me ivith staves ? And the Phi-lis'tine cursed Oa'vid by his gods. 44 And the Phi-lis'tine said to Da'vid, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said Da'vid to the Phi-lis'tlne, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield ; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of If'ra-el, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand ; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee ; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Phi- lis'tines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth ; that all the earth may know that there is a God in I|'ra-el. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with s?«ord and spear : for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Phi- lis'tine arofe, and came and drew nigh to meet Da'vid, that Da'vid hasted, and ran to'ward the army to meet the Phi-lis tine. 49 And Da'vid put his hand into his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang z7, and smote the Phi-lis'tine in his fdre'head, that the stone sunk into his fore'head ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So Da'vid prevailed over the Phi-lis'- tine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Phi-lis'tine, and slew him ; but there was no st^^ord in the hand of Da'vid. 51 Therc'fore Da'vid ran, and stood upon the Phi-lis'tine, and took his s?iord, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Phi-lis'tines saw their cham- pion was dead, they fled. 52 And the men of If'ra-el and of Jii'- dah arofe, and shouted, and pursued the Phi-lis'tines, until thou come to the val- ley, and to the gates of Ek'ron : and the wounded of the Phi-lis'tines fell down by SAM'UEL. Saul envieth Da'vid. the way to Sha-a-ra'im, even unto Gath, and unto Ek'ron. 53 And the children of if 'ra-el returned from chasing after the Phi-lis'tines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And Da'vid took the head of the Phi-lis'tine, and brought it to Je-ru'sa-lem but he put his armour in his tent. 55 IT And when Saul saw Da'vid go forth against' the Phi-lis'tine, he said unto Ab'ner, the cap'tain of the host, Ab'ner, whose son is this youth ? And Ab'ner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said. Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 57 And as Da'vid returned from the slaughter of the Phi-lis'tine, Ab'ner took him, and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Phi-lis'tine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man ? And Da'vid an- swered, I am the son of thy servant Jes'se the Beth'le-hem-Tte. CHAP. XVHL A ND it came to pass, when he had J\. made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jon'a-than was knit with the soul of Da'vid ; and Jon'a-than loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his fa- ther's house. 3 Then Jon'a-than and Da'vid made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jon'a-than stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to Da'vid, and his garments, even to hia sword, and to his bow, and to his gir'dle. 5 And Da'vid went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wise- ly : and Saul set him over the men of war ; and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of SauPs servants. 6 And it came to pass, as they came, when Da'vid was returned from the slaughter of the Phi-lis'tine, that the wo men came out of all the cities of If'ra-el, singing and dan'cing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instru- ments of musick. 7 And the women answered one an- 6ther as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and Da'vid his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him ; and he said. They have ascribed unto Da'vid ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thou- sands : and what can he have more but the kingdom ? 9 And Saul eyed Da'vid from that day and for'ward. 10 And it came to pass, on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon 250 Da'vid''s glory inereaseth. I. SAMTJEL. Saul, aud he prophesied in the midst of the house ; and Da'vTd played with his hand, as at other times : and there was a, J3ive\io in Saul's hand. 1 1 And Saul cast the javelin ; f6r he said, I will smite Da'vid even to the wall with it. And Da'vid avoided out of his presence twice. 12 And Saul was afraid of Da'vid, be- cause the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 There'fore Saul removed him from him, and made him his cap'tain over a thousand : and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And Da'vid behaved himself wisely •n all his ways; and the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore, when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all if'ra-el and Jii'dah loved Da'vid, because he went out and came in before them. 17 And Saul said to Da'vid, Behold, my elder daughter Me'rab, her will I give thee to wife ; only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles : for Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Phi-lis'tines be upon him. 18 And Da'vid said unto Saul, Who am I ? and what is my life, or my father's fam- ily in ]j'ra-el, that I should be son-in-law to the king ? 19 But it came to pass, at the time when Me'rab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to Da'vid, that she was given unto A'dri-el the Me-hol'ath-ite to wife. 20 And Mi'chal, Saul's daughter, loved Da'vid : and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him, 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Phi-lis'tines may be against' him. Wherefore Saul said to Da'- vid, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law in the one o/the tvvain. 22 And Saul comman'ded his servants, saying.. Commune with Da'vid secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee ; now, there'fore, be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of Da'vid. And Da'vid said, Secmeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteem'ed ? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake Da'vid. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to Da'vid, The king desireth not any dowry, but ahundred foreskins of the Phi-lis'tines, to be aven'ged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make Da'vid fall by the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. 26 And when his servants told Da'vTd these words, it pleased Da'vTd well to be Jon'a-than s love to Da'vid the king's son-in-law : and the days were not expired. 27 Wherefore Da'vTd Sro^e and went, he and his men, and slew of the Fhi-lTs'tines two hundred men ; and Da'vid brought their foreskins, aud they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And S&ul gave him Mi'chal his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with Da'vid, and that Mi'chal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of Da'vid ; and Saul became Da'vld's enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Phi-lTs'tTnei went forth : and it came to pass, after they went forth, that Da'vid behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul • so that his name was much set by. CHAP. XIX. AND Saul spake to Jon'a-than his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill Da'vid. 2 But Jon'a-than, Saul's son, delighted much in Da'vid : and Jon'a-than told Da'- vid, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee. Now, there'fore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place^ and hide thyself: 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee ; and what I see, that I will tell thee. 4 And Jon'a-than spake good of Da'vTd unto Saul his father, and said unto him. Let not the king sin against' his servant, against' Da'vid ; because he hath not sin- ned against' thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good. 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Phi-lis'tine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Ij'ra-el : thou sawest it, and didst rejoice ; where- fore then wilt thou sin against' innocent blood, to slay Da'vid without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jon'a-than : and Saul sware, ^s the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. 7 And Jon'a-than called Da'vid, and Jon'a-than showed him all those things: and Jon'a-than brought Da'vid to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past. 8 And there was war again': and Da- vid went out and fought with the Phi-lls'- tlnes, and slew them with a great slaugh- ter ; and they fled from him. 9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand : and Da'vid played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite Da'vid even to the wall with the javeliu ; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall : and Da'vid fled, and escaped that night. 251 Oa'vid consullelh with I . 11 Saul also sent messengers unto Da'- vid's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning : and Mi'chal, Da'vld's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain. 12 So Mi'chal let Da'vid down through a window : and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Mi'chal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take Da'vTd, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again' to see Da'vTd, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Mi'chal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he has escaped? And Mi'chal answered Saul, He said unto me. Let me go ; why should I kill thee ? 18 So Da'vid fled, and escaped, and came to Sam'u-el to Ra'mah, and told him all that Saul had done to him : and he and Sam'u-el went and dwelt in Nai'oth.^ 19 And it was told Saul, saying. Be- hold, Da'vTd is at Nai'oth in Ra'mah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take Da'vTd : and when they saw the com- pany of the prophets prophesying, and Sam'u-el standing as appointed over them, the SpTr'it of God was upon the messen- gers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again' the third time, and they prophesied also. 22 Then went he also to Ra'mah, and came to a great well that is in Se'chu : and he asked and said, Where are Sam'u-el and Da'vid ? And one said, Behold, they be at Nai'oth in Ra'mah. 23 And he went thither to Nai'oth in Ra'mah : and the SpTr'Tt of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied, until he came to Nai'oth, in Ra'mah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Sam'u-el in like manner, and lay down naked all that day, and all that night. Wherefore they say. Is Saul also among the prophets ! CHAP. XX. AND Da'vTd fled from Nai'oth in Ra'- mah, and came and said before Jon'- a-than, What have I done ? what is mine iniquity ? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life .'' 2 And he said unto him, God forbid : thou shalt not die : behold, my father will 1 Ma'yoth. SAM'UEL. Jon'a-thanfor his safety. do nothing, either great or small, but that he will show it me ; and why should my father hide this thing from me ? it is not so, 3 And Da'vTd sware moreover, and said, Thy father cer'tainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine e.yes ; and he saith, Let not Jon'a-than know this, lest he be grieved : but truly, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 4 Then said Jon'a-than unto Da'vTd, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And Da'vTd said unto Jon'a-than, Be- hold, to-morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat ; but let me go. that I may hide my- self in the field unto the third day at even. 6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, Da'vTd earnestly asked leave of me, that he might run to Beth'le-hem his city : for there is a yearly sac'rif i^e there for all the family. 7 If he say thus. It wwell; thy servant shall have peace : but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is deter'min- ed by him. 8 There'fore thou shalt deal kindly witn thy servant ; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee : notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself ; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father ? 9 And Jon'a-than said. Far be it from thee : for if I knew cer'tainly that evil were deter'niTned by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee ? 10 Then said Da'vid to Jon'a-than, Who shall tell me ? or what if thy father answer thee roughly ?^ 11 IT And Jon'a-than said unto Da'vTd, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jon'a-than said unto Da'vTd, O liORD God of If 'ra-el, when I have sound- ed my father about' to-morrow any time, or the third dfflj/, and behold, if there be good to'uards Da'vTd, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee, 13 The Lord do so and much more to Jon'a-than : but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayst go in peace : and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And thou shalt not only while yet 1 live show me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not : 15 But also thou shalt not cut ofi" thy kindness from my house for ever : no, not when the Lord hath cut ofi" the enemies of Da'vTd every one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jon'a-than made a covenant with 2 ricfle. 252 Jon'a-than's token to Da'vld. the house of Da'vld, sayings Let the Lord even require it at the hand of Da'vid's enemies 17 And Jon'a-than caused Da'vid to swear again', because he loved him : for he loved him as he loved his own soul. 18 Then Jon'a-than said to Da'vid, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou slialt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. 19 And wheii thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quick- ly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand^ and shalt remain by the stone E'zel. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof^ as though I shot at a mark. 21 And behold, I will send a lad, say- ing^ Go, find out the arrows. If I ex- pressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them ; then come thou : for there is peace to thee, and no hurt ; as the Lord liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee ; go tliy way : for the Lord hath sent thee away. 23 And as toiich'ing the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. 24 IT So Da'vid hid himself in the field : and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 .And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall : and Jon'a-than arofe, and Ab'ner sat by SauPs side, and Di'vld's place was empty. 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day : for he thought. Something hath befallen him, he is not clean ; surely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that Da'vid's place was empty : and Saul said unto Jon'a-than his son, Wherefore comelh not the son of Jes'se to meat, nei- ther }es'terday, nor to-day ? 2o And Jon'a-than answered Saul, Da'- vid earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth'Ie-hem : 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee ; for our family hath a sac'rif ige in the city ; and my brother he hath com- manded me to be there : and now if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. There'fore he cometh not unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against' Jon'a-than, and he said unto him. Thou son of the perverse' rebellious wo- vian^ do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jes'se to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness ? L SAM'UEL. Jon'a-than inter cedeth for Da'vid. 31 For as long as the son of Jes'se liv- eth upon the ground, thou shalt not be estab'lished, nor thy kingdom. Where- fore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jon'a-than answered Saul his father, and said unto him. Wherefore shall he be slain ? what hath he done ? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him : whereby Jon'a-than knew that it was deter'mined of his father to slay Da'vid. 34 So Jon'a-than arofe from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month : for he was grieved for Da'vid, because his father had done him shame. 35 IT And it came to pass in the morn- ing, that Jon'a-than went out into the field at the time appointed with Da'vid, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad. Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot, ^nd as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which J5n'a-than had shot, Jon'a-than cried after the lad, and said. Is not the arrow beyond thee ? 38 And Jon'a-than cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jon'a- than's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not any thing : only Jon'a-than and Da'vid knew the matter. 40 And Jon'a-than gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. 41 IT ^nd as soon as the lad was gone, Da'vid arofe out of a place to'twards the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until Da'vid exceeded. 42 And Jon'a-than said to Da'vid, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, say- ing, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arofe and departed : and Jon'a-than went into the city. CHAP. XXL THEN came Da'vld to Nob, to A-him'- e-lech the priest : and A-him'e-lech was afraid at the meeting of Da'vid, and said unto him. Why art thou alone, and no man with thee ? 2 And Da'vid said unto A-him'e-lech the priest. The king hath comman'ded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have comman'ded thee : and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. 3 Now there'fore what is under thine 253 A-hlm'e-lcch relieveth Da'vid. I. SAM'UEL. hand ? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. 4 And the priest answered Da'vid, and said. There is no common bread undermine hand, but there is hallowed bread ; if the youn°p men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And Da'vid answered the priest, and said unto him. Of a truth women have been kept from us about' these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread : for there was no bread there but the shew-bread, that was taken from be- fore the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. 7 Now a cer'tain man of the servants of Saul teas there that day, detained be- fore the Lord ; and his name was, Do'eg, an E'dom-ite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 IT And Da'vid said unto A-him'e-lech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sicbrd ? for I have neither brought my sit^ord nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Go-li'ath the Phi-lis'tine, whom thou slewest in the valley of E'lah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the eph'od : if thou Avilt take that, take it : for there is no other save that here. And Da'vid said, There is none like that ; give it me. 10 IT And Da'vid arofe, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to A'chish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of A'chish said unto him, Is not this Da'vid the king of the land ? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and Da'vid his ten thou- sands ? 12 And Da'vid laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of A'chish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said A'chish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad : wherefore then have ye brought him to me ? 15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad- man in my presence ? shall this fellow come into my house ? CHAP. xxn. DA'VID there'fore departed thence, and escaped to the cave A-dul'lam : and when his brethren and all his father's Da'rld'^s request to the king. house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that M'a,? discontented, gathered themselves unto him ; and he became a cap'tain over them : and there were with him about' four hundred men. 3 f And Da'vid went thence to Miz' peh of Mo'ab : and he said unto the king of Mo'ab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Mo'ab: and they dwelt with him all the while that Da'vid was in the hold. 5 T And the prophet Gad said unto Da'vid, Abide not in the hold ; depart, and get thee into the land of Ju'dah. "Then Da'vid departed, and came into the forest of Ha'reth. 6 T When Saul heard that Da'vid was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gib'e-ah under a tree in Ra'mali, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about' him ;) 7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about' him. Hear now, ye Ben'ja- mites ; will the son of Jes'se give every one of you fields and vine'yards, and make you all cap'tains of thousands, and cap'- tains of hundreds ; 8 That all of you have conspired against' me, and there is none that show- eth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jes'se, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against' me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? 9 IT Then answered Do'eg the E'dom- Tte, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jes'se coming to Nob, to A-him'e-lech the son of A-hi'tub. 10 And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Go-li'ath the Phi-lis'tine. 11 Then the king sent to call A-him'e- lech the priest, the son of A-hi'tub, and all his father's house, the priests that iccre in Nob : and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of A-hi'tub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him. Why have ye conspired against' me, thou and the son of Jes'se, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? 14 Then A-him'e-lech answered the king, and said. And who is so faithful among all thy servants as Da'vid, which 354 Da'vtd inquiring of the Lord by is the king's son-in-law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is /lon'ourable in thine house ? 15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me. Let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father : for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. 16 And the king said. Thou shalt sure- ly die, A-him'e-lech, thou and all thy fa- tlier's house. 17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about' him. Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord ; because their hand also is with Da'vid, and because they know when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. 10 And the king said to Do'eg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Do'eg the E'dom-Tte turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen epli'od. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 20 IT And one of the sons of A-him'e- lech the son of A-hl'tub, named A-bl'a- thar, escaped, and fled after Da'vTd. 21 And A-bl'a-thar showed Da'vTd that Saul had slain the Lord's priests. 22 And Da'vid said unto A-bi'a-thar, I knew it that day, when Do'eg the E'dom- Ite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with mc, fear not ; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life : but with me thou shall be in safeguard. CHAP. XXIII. THEN they told Da'vid, saying. Be- hold, the Phi-lis'tlnes Hght against' Kei'lah,^ and they rob the threshing- floors. 2 There'fore Da'vid inquired of the Lord, saying. Shall I go and smite these Phi-lTs'- tines ? And the Lord said unto Da'vTd, Go, and smite the Phi-lTs'tines, and save Kei'lah. 3 And Da'vTd's men said unto him, Be- hold, we be afraid here in Ju'dah : how much more then if we come to Kei'lah against' the armies of the Phi-lTs'tTnes ? 4 Then Da'vid inquired of the Lord yet again'. And the Lord answered him, and said, Arlfe, go down to Kei'lah ; for I will deliver the Phi-lTs'tines into thine hand. 5 So Da'vTd and his men went to Kei'- lah, and fought with the Phi-lTs'tTnes, and brought away their cattle, and smote them I. SAM'UEL. A-bl'a-thar, rescueth fCei'lah. with a great slaughter. So Da'vTd saved the inhabitants of Kei-lah. 6 And it came to pass, when A-bl'a-thar the son of A-him'e-lech fled to Da'vTd to Kei'lah, that he came down with an eph'od in his hand. 7 l And it was told Saul that Da'vTd was come to Kei'lah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand ; forh<» is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people togeth- er to war, to go down to Kei'lah, to be- siege Da'vTd and his men. 9 And Da'vTd knew that Saul secretly practised mTs'chTef against' him ; and he said to A-bl'a-thar the priest. Bring hither the eph'od. 10 Then said Da'vTd, O Lord God of Ij'ra-el, thy ser'vant hath cer'taTnly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Kei'lah, to destroy' the city for my sake. 1 1 Will the men of Kei'lah deliver me up into his hand ? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard ? O Lord God of I§'ra-el, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said. He will come down. 12 Then said Da'vTd, Will the men of Kei'lah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the Lord said. They will deliver thee up. 13 Then Da'vTd and his men, which were about' six hundred, arof e and depart- ed out of Kei'lah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it waslold Saul that Da'vid was escaped from Kei'lah : and he forbare to go forth. 14 And Da'vTd abode in the v/ilderncss in strong holds, and remained in a moiin'- taTn in the wilderness of ZTph: and Saul sought him every day ; but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And Da'vTd saw that Saul was come out to seek his life : and Da'vTd was in the wilderness of ZTph in a wood. 16 And Jon'a-than, Saul's son, aroje, and went to Da'vTd into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. 17 And he said unto him. Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee : and thou shalt be king over If'ra-el, and I shall be next unto thee ; and that also Saul my father knoweth. 18 And they two made a covenant be- fore the Lord. And Da'vTd abode in the wood, and Jon'a-than went to his house. 19 f Then came up the ZTph'ites to Saul to Gib'e-ah, saying. Doth not Da'vTd hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hach'i-lah, which w on the south of Jesh'i-mon ? 20 Now there'fore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down ; and our part shall be to de- liver him into the king's hand. » Kee'lah. 256 Da'vld in a cave at I. 21 And Saul said, Bles'sed be ye of the Lord ; for ye have compassion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and set his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there : for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly. 23 See there'fore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again' to me with the cer'tainty, and I will go with you : and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Ju'dah. 24 And they arofe, and went to Ziph before Saul : but Da'vid and his men wire in the wilderness of Ma'on, in the plain on the south of Jesh'i-mon. 25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told Da'vid: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma'on. And when Saul heard thal^ he pursued after Da'vid in the wilderness of Ma'on. 26 And Saul went on this side of the moun'tain, and Da'vid and his men on that side of the moun'tain : and Da'vid made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men com'passed Da'vid and his men round about' to take them. 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying. Haste thee, and come ; for the Phi-lis'tines have invaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pur- suing after Da'vid, and went against' the Phi-lis'tines : 'there'fore they called that place Se'la-Ham-mah-le'koth. 29 And Da'vid went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En'ge-di. ' CHAP. XXIV. AND it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Phi-lis'- tines, that it was told him, saying. Be- hold, Da'vid is in the wilderness of En'- ge-di. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all if'ra-el, and went to seek Da'vid and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcots by the way, where was a cave ; and Saul went in to cover his feet : and Da'vid and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 4 And the men of Da'vid said unto him. Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee. Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou maystdo to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then Da'vid ardje, and cut off the skirt^ of Saul's robe privily. 5 And it came to pass afterward, that Da'vid's heart smote him, because he had cut off SauPs skirt. 6 And he said unto his men. The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch • g hard. SAM'UEL. Sn'ge-di^ spares SduVs life. forth mine hand against' him, seeing he zs the anointed of the Lord. 7 So Da'vid stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against' Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 Da'vid also rose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, say- My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, Da'vid stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. 9 And Da'vid said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying. Behold. Da'vid seeketh thy hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the IjOrd had delivered thee to-day into mine hand in the cave : and some bade me kill thee ; but mine eye spared thee : and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against' my lord ; for he is the Lord's anointed. 1 1 Moreover, my father, see ; yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: foi in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see thac there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against' thee ; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. 12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge' me of thee ; but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the prov'erb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked : but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of I|'ra-el come out ? after whom dost thou pursue ? after a dead dog, after a flea ? 15 The Lord there'fore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. 16 And it came to pass, when Da'vid had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, /* this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. 17 And he said to Da'vid, Thou art more righteous than I : for thou hast re- warded me good, whereas I have reward- ed thee evil. 18 And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me : foras- much as, when the Lord had deliver- ed me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away ? Wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now. Behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of If'ra-el shall be estab'lished in thine hand. 21 Swear now there'fore unto me by the 2 *kert. 256 J^a'baPs churlishness, Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my s&ed fifter me, and that thou wilt not destroy' my name out of my father''s house. 22 And Da'vld sware unto Saul. And Saul went home : but Da'vid and his men gat them up unto the hold. CHAP. XXV.— AND Sam'u-el died : and all the If'ra-el- ites were gathered together, and la- mented him, and buried him in his house at Ra'mfih. And Da'vid aroje, and went down to the wilderness of Pa'ran. 2 And l/tere was a man in Ma'on whose poffes'sions wh'e in Car'mel ; and the man loas very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats : and he was shearing his sheep in Car'mel. 3 Now the name of the man was Na'- bal, and the name of his wife Ab'i-gail ; ' and she was a woman of good understand- ing, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man teas churlish, and evil in his do- ings ; and he was of the house of Ca'leb. 4 And Da'vid heard in the wilderness that Na'bal did shear his sheep. 5 And Da'vTd sent out ten young men ; and Da'vid said unto the young men, Get ye up to Car'mel, and go to Na'bal, and greet hitn in my name. 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liv- eth in prosperity^ Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers : now, thy shep'/i^rds which were with UP, we hart them not, neither was there aught missing imto them, all the while they were in Car'mel. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes ; for we come in a good day : give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son Da'vid. 9 And when Da'vid's young men came, they spake to Na'bal according to all those words, in the name of Da'vid, and ceased. 10 And Na'bal answered Da'vTd's ser- vants, and said. Who is Da'vid ? and who ts the son of Jes'se ? There be many ser- vants now-a-days that break away every man from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread and my •water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be ? 12 So Da'vid's young men turned their way, and went again', and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And Da'vid said unto his men, Gird^ ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword, and Da'- vid also girded on his sword : and there went up after Da'vid about' four hundred » Ab'fgal. Y2 17 I. SAM'UEL. and Ab'i-gaiPs wisdom two hundred abode by the and men ; stuff. 14 But one of the young men told Ab'i- gail, Na'baPs wife, saying, Behold, Da'- vid sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master ; and he railed on them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were con'versaiit with them, when we were in the fiClds: 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were witli them keeping sheep. 17 Now there'fore know and consider what thou wilt do ; for evil is detor'mined against' our master, and against all his household : for he is such a son of Be'li-al, that a man cannot speak to him. 18 Then Ab'i-gail made baste, and too)» two hundred loaves, and two bottles ol' wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn^ and a hun- dred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid //ie?7i on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants. Go on before me : behold, I come after you. But she told not her huj'band Na'bal. 20 And it was *o, as she rode ou the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, Da'vid and his men came down against' her ; and she met them. 21 (Now Da'vid had said. Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him : and he hath requited me evil for good. 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of D-a'vid, if I leave of all that pertain' to him, by the morning light, any that pisseth against' the wall.) 23 And when Ab'i-gail saw Da'vid, she hasted and lighted off the ass, and fell before Da'vid on her face, and bowed her- self to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be ; and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Be'li-al, eren Na'bal . for as his name is^ so is he ; Na'bal is his name, and folly is with him : but I thine hand- maid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now there'fore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withhoklen thee from coming to shed blood, and from aven'^ing thyself with thine own hand, now let thine ene- mies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Na'bal. 27 And now this blessing, which thine 2 gird. 257 Da'md is pacified. I. SAMTJEL. Saul Cometh against' htm. handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. 28 I pray thee, forgive the tres'pass of thine handmaid : for the Lord will cer'- tainly make my lord a sure house ; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul : but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God ; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord accord- ing to all the good that he hath spoken noncer'ning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Ij'ra-el, 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath aven'ged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32 And Da'vid said to Ab'i-gail, Bles'- sed be the Lord God of If'ra-el, which ^ent thee this day to meet me : 33 And bles'sed be thy advice, and bles'- sed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from aven'- .jing myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of If'ra-el liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted, and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Na'bal, by the morning light, any that pisseth against' the wall. 35 So Da'vid received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house : see, 1 have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. 36 And Ab'i-gail came to Na'bal : and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king ; and Na'baPs heart •i-as merry within him, for he was very •Irunken : wherefore she told him nothing, Jess or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Na'bal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he be- came as a stone. 38 And it came to pass, about' ten days after^ that the Lord smote Na'bal, that he died. 39 And when Da'vid heard that Na'bal was dead, he said, Bles'sed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Na'bal, and hath kept his servant from evil : for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Na'bal upon his own head. And Da'vid sent and com- muned with Ib'i-gail, to take her to him to wife. 40 And when the servants of Da'vid were come to Ib'i-gail to Car'mel, they spake unto her, saying, Da'vid sent us unto thee to take thee to him to wife. 41 And she arofe, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said. Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. 42 And Ab'i-gail hasted, and arof e, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her ; and she went after the messengers of Da'vid, and be- came his M'ife. 43 Da'vid also took A-hin'o-am of Jez'- re-el ; and they were also both of them his Avives. 44 But Saul had given Mi'chal his daughter, Da'vid's wife, to Phal'ti, the son of La'ish, which was of Gal'lim. CHAP. XXVL AND the Zlph'ites came unto Saul to Gib'e-ah, saying. Doth not Da'vid hide himself in the hill of Hach'i-lah, which is before Jesh'i-m5n ? 2 Then Saul aro^e, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thou- sand chosen men of if'ra-el with him, to seek Da'vid in the wilderness of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hach'- i-lah which is before Jesh'i-mon, by the way : but Da'vid abdde in the wilderness ; and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 4 Da'vid there'f 5re sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 And Da'vid arofe, and came to the place where Saul had pitched : and Da'- vid beheld the place where Saul lay, and Ab'ner the son of Ner, the cap'tain of his host : and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about' him. 6 Then answered Da'vid, and said to A-him'e-lech the Hit'tite, and to A-bish'a-i the son of Zer-ii-i'ah, brother to Jo'ab, saying. Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp ? And A-bish'a-i said, I will go down with thee. 7 So Da'vid and A-bish'a-i came to the people by night : and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster ; but Ab'ner and the people lay round about him. 8 Then said A-bish'a-i to Da'vid, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day : now, there'fdre, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. 9 And Da'vid said to A-bish'a-i, Destroy' him not: for who can stretch forth hia hand against' the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless ? David spareth SauVs lift. 10 Da'vid said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him ; or his day shall come to die ; or he shall descend into battle and perish. 11 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against' the Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruise ^ of water, and let us go. 12 So Da'vid took the spear and the cruise of water from SauPs bolster ; and they gat them away, and no man saw f/, nor knew f/, neither awaked ; for they tccre all asleep ; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. 13 Then Da'vid went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off ; (a great space hting between them ;) 14 And Da'vid cried to the people, and to Ab'ner the son of Ner, saying, Answer- est thou not, Ab'ner ? Then Ab'ner an- swered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king ? 15 And Da'vid said to Ab'ner, Art not thou a valiant man ? and who is like to thee in If'ra-el? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy' the king thy lord. 16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king"'s spear is, and the cruise of water that was at his bolster. 17 And Saul knew Da'vid's voice, and said. Is this thy voice, my son Da'vid ? And Da'vid said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he said. Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant ? for what have I done ? or what evil is in mine hand ? 19 Now there'f ore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his ser- vant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against' me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord ; for they have driven me out this day from abi'ding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. 20 Now, there'fore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord : for the king of If'ra-el is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the moun'tains. 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned : re- turn, my son Da'vid ; for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was pre- cious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played the fool, and have erred ex- ceedingly. 22 And Da vld answered and said, Be- L SAM'UEL. Zik'lag given to Da'vid. hold the king's spear ! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23 The Lord render to every man his righteousness, and his faithfulness : for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to-day ; but I would not stretch forth mine hand against' the Lord's anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribu- lation. 25 Then Saul said to Da'vid, Bles'sed be thou, my son Da'vid : thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So Da'vid went on his way, and Saul re- turned to his place. CHAP. XXVII. AND Da'vid said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape' into the land of the Phi-lis'tines ; and Saul shall de- spair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of If'ra-el : so shall 1 escape' out of his hand. 2 And Da'vid arofe, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto A'chish, the son of Ma'och, king of Gath. 3 And Da'vid dwelt with A'chish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even Da'vid with his two wives, A-hin'o-am the .Tez're-el-i-tess, and Ab'i-gail the Car'mel-i-tess, Na'bal's wife. 4 And it was told Saul that Da'vid was fled to Gath ; and he sought no more again' for him. 5 And Da'vid said unto A'chish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in tiie country, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee ? 6 Then A'chish gave him Zik'lag that day : wherefore Zik'lag pertaineth unto the kings of Ju'dah unto this day. 7 And the time that Da'vid dwelt in the country of the Phi-Hs'tines was a full year and four months. 8 T And Da'vid and his men went up and invaded the Gesh'u-rites, and the Gez'rites, and the Am'a-lek-ites : for those nations icere of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shiir, even unto the land of E'^ypt. 9 And Da'vid smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive ; and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and_ the apparel, and returned, and came to A'9hish. 10 And A'chish said. Whither have ye made a road to-day? And Da'vid said, Against' the south of Ju'dah, and against ' kroos. 369 A iL^.tch inrokelh Sam'u-el, the south of the Je-rahm'e-el-ites, and iio-aiiist' the south of the Ken'ites. 1 1 And Da'vld saved neither man nor woman alive to bring tidings to Gath, iaying, Lest they should tell on us, say- in", So did Da'vid, and so will be his man- ner all the while he dwelleth in the coun- try of the I'hi-lis'tines. 12 And A'chish believed Da'vid, saying, lit hath made his people If'ra-el utterly to abhor him ; therc'fore he shall be my servant for ever. CHAP. XXVIII. AND it came to pass in those days, that the Phi-listines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Ij'ra-el. And A'chish said unto Da'vid, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 2 And Da'vid said to A'chish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And A'chish said to Da'vid, There'fore v.ill I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. 3 If Now Sam'u-el was dead, and all ij'ra-el had lamented him, and buried him in Ra'mah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 4 And the Phi-lis'tines gathered them- selves together, and came and pitched in Shii'nem : and Saul gathered all If 'ra-el together, and they pitched in Gll'bo-a. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phi-lis'tTnes, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by U'rim, nor by prophets. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants. Seek me a woman that hath a familiar sjjirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Be- hold, there is a woman that hath a fa- miliar spirit at En'dor. 8 And Saul dijguifed himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the wo- man by night : and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up whom 1 shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him. Be- hold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have fa- miliar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die ? 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, Baying, >^s the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. 1 1 Then said the woman. Whom shall I bring up unto thee ? And he said, Bring me up Sam'u-el. 12 And when the woman saw Sam' I, SAM'UEL. who predicts SauPs ittin. u-el, she cried with a loud voice ; and the woman spake to Saul, saying. Why has* thou deceived me ? for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid : for what sawest thou ? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascend- ing out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her. What form is he of ? And she said, An old man cometh up ; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it icas Sam'u-el, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 15 And Sam'u-el said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Phi-lis'tines make war against' me, and Qod is departed from me, and an- swereth me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams : there'fore I have called thee, that thou mayst make known unto me what I shall do. 16 Then said Sam'u-el, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy ? 17 And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to Da'vid : 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Am'a-lek, there'fore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover, the Lord will also deliv- er If'ra-el with thee into the hand of the Phi-lis'tines ; and to-morrow shall thou and thy sons be with me : the Lord also shall deliver the host of If'ra-el into the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along' on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Sam'u-el : and there was no strength in him ; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me : 22 Now there'fore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine hand- maid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee ; and eat, that thou mayst have strength when thou gotit on thy way. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him, and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arofe from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house, and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and 260 A' chuK's commendation of Da' vid. I. SAM'UEL. Da'rid purmeth the Am'a-lck-ltes. before his servants ; and they did eat. CHAP. XXX. Then they aroje up, and went away that night. CHAP. XXIX. NOW the Phi-lis'tines gathered togeth- er all their armies to A'phek ; and the If'ra-el-ites pitched by a foun'tain which is in Jez're-el. 2 And the lords of the Phi-lTs'tines passed on by hundreds and by thousands : but Da'vTd and his men passed on in the rearward with A'chish. 3 Then said the princes of the Phi-lis'- tines, What do these He'brews here ? And A'ehTsh said unto the princes of the Phi- lis'tines, /* not this Ua'vid, the servant of Saul the king of If'ra-el, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and ! have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day ? 4 And the princes of the Phi-lis'tines were wroth with him ; and the princes of the Phi-lis'tines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again' to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an ad'versary to us : for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men ? 5 Is not this Da'vid, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and Da'vid his ten thqusands ? 6 Then A'chish called Da'vid, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy ffoing out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight ; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day ; nevertheless, the lords fa- vour thee not. 7 Wherefore, now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Phi-lis'tines. ?, And Da'vid said unto A'chish, But what have I done ? and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight figainst' the enemies of my lord the king ? 9 And A'chish answered and said to Da'vid, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God : notwithstand- ing, the princes of the Phi-lis'tines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning, with thy master's servants that are come with thee : and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. 11 So Da'vid and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Phi-lis'tines : and the Phi- lis'tines went up to Jez're-el. AND it came to pass, when Da'vid and his men were come to Zik'lag on the third day, that the Am'a-lek-ites had in- vaded the south, and Zik'lag, and smitten Zik'lag, and burnt it with fire ; 2 And had taken the women captives that were therein : they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 So Da'vid and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire ; and their wii'es, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4 Then Da'vid and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And Da'vid''s two wives were taken captives, A-hin'o-am the Jez're-el-l-tess, and Ab'i-gail the wife of Na'bal the Car'- mel-ite. 6 And Da'vid was greatly distressed : for the people spake of stoning him ; be- cause the soul of all the people was griev- ed, every man for his sons and for his daughters : but Da'vid encouraged him- self in the Lord his God. 7 And Da'vid said to A-bi'a-thar the priest, A-him'e-lech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the eph'od. And A-bi'a- thar brought thither the eph'od to Da'vTd. 8 And Da'vid inquired at the Lord, saying. Shall I pursue after this troop? shall 1 overtake them ? And he answered him, Pursue : for thou shalt surely over- take them^ and without fail recover all. 9 So Da'vid went, he and the six hun- dred men that iccrt with him, and came to the brook Be'sor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But Da'vid pursued, he and four hundred men; (for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Be'sor.) 1 1 And they found an E-gyp'ti-an in the field, and brought him to Da'vid, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; and they made him drink water: 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of fig^, and two clusters of raisins : and when he had eaten, his spirit came ain' to him ; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And Da'vid said unto him. To whom belongest thou ? and whence art thou ? And he said, I am a young man of E'^ypt? servant to an Am'a-lek-ite ; and my master left me, because three days agone'I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cher'eth-ites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Ju'dah, and upon the south of Ca'leb ; and we burnt Zik'lag with fire. 15 And Da'vid said to him, Canst thou 261 Da'vid overcometh the Am'a-lik-itts. I. SAM'UEL bring me down to this company ? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. 16 And when he had brought him down, behold, ihey wire spread abroad upon all the earth, eating, and drinking, and dan'- cing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Phi-lis'tines, and out of the land of Ja'dah. 17 And Da'vid smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day ; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And Da'vid recovered all that the Am'a-lek-ites had carried away ; and Da'- vid rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them : Da'vid re covered all. 20 And Da'vid took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said. This is Da'vid's spoil. 21 And Da'vid came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow Da'vid, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Be'sor : and they went forth to meet Da'vid, and to meet the people that were with him : and when Da'vid came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Be'li-al, of those that went with Da'vid, and said. Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and de- part. 23 Then said Da'vid, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preferv'ed us, and delivered the company that came against' us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter ? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stufi": they shall part alike. 25 And it was jo, from that day for'- ward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for If'ra-el unto this day. 26 IT And when Da'vid came to Zik'la he sent of the spoil unto the elders of JQ'- dah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord. 27 To them which were in Beth'el, and to them which wire in south Ra'moth, and to them which were in Jat'tir, 28 And to them which wire xa. Ar'o-er, Saul and hU sons slain. and to them, which were in Siph'moth, and to them which wire in Esh-tem'o-a, 29 And to them which wire in Ra'^hal, and to them which wire in the cities of the Je-rahm'e-el-ites, and to them, which were in the cities of the Ken'ites, 30 And to them which wire in Hor'mah, and to them which wire in Cho-ra'shan, and to them which wire in A'thach, 31 And to them which wire in He'bron, and to all the places where Da'vid him- self and his men were wont to haunt. CHAP. XXXJ. NOW the Phi-lis'tines fought against' I§'ra-el : and the men of If'ra-el fled from before the Phi-lis'tines, and fell down slain in mount Gil'bo-a. 2 And the Phi-lis'tines followed hard upon Saul, and upon his sons ; and the Phi-lis'tines slew Jon'a-than, and A-bin'a- dab, and Mel-chi-shii'a, Saul's sons. 3 And the battle went sore against' Saul, and the archers hit him ; and he was sore wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his armour-bear- er. Draw thy sM-'ord, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncir'cumcifed come and thrust me through, and abiife me. But his armour-bearer would not ; for he was sore afraid : there'fore Saul took a sMJord, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, Vnd his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 And when the men of If'ra-el that wire on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jor'dan, saw that the men of If'ra-el fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled ; and the Phi-lis'tines came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass ou the morrow, when the Phi-lis'tines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gil'bo-a. 9 And they cut ofi' his head, and strip- ped ofi" his armour, and sent into the land of the Phi-lis'tines round about', to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ash'ta-roth ; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth'shan. 11 And when the inhabitants of Ja'- besh-Gil'e-ad heard of that which the Phi- lis'tines had done to Saul, 12 All the valiant men arofe, and went all night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth'shan, and came to Ja'besh, and burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, amd buried them under a tree at Ja'besh, and fasted seven days. 262 H The SECOND Book of SAM'UEL, otherwise callea The SECOND Book of the KINGS. CHAPTER I. NOW it came to pass, after the death of Saul, when Da'vid was returned from the slaughter of the Am'a-lek-ltes, and Da'vid had ab5de two days in Zik'lkg ; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : and so it was, when he came to Da'vid, that he fell to the earth, and did obei'sance. ' 3 And Da'vid said unto him, From whence comest thou ? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of If'ia-el am I escaped. 4 And Da'vid said unto him, How went the matter ? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead ; and Saul and Jon'a- than his son are dead also. 5 And Da'vid said unto the young man that told him. How knowest thou that Saul and Jon'a-than his son be dead ? 6 And the young man that told him said. As I happened by chance upon mount Gil'bo-a, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear ; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me : and I an- swered, Here am I. 8 And he said unto me. Who art thou ? And 1 answered him, I am an Am'a-lek-Tte. 9 He said unto me again'. Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me ; for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen ; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 Then Da'vid took hold on his clothes, and rent them ; and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jon'a- than his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of If'ra-el ; be- cause they were fallen by the sword. 13 And Da'vid said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Am'a-lek-ite. 14 And Da'vid said unto him. How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy' the Lord's anointed? 15 And David called one of the young men, and said. Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. 16 And Da'vid said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head : for thy mouth hath testified against' thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. 17 And Da'vid lamented with this lam entation over Saul and over Jon'a-than his son : 18 (Also he bade them tench the chil- dren of Jii'dah the use of the bow ; behold, il is written in the book of Ja'sher :) 19 The beauty of Ij'ra-el is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of As'ke-lon ; lest the daugh- ters of the Phi-lis'tines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncir'cumcifed triumph. 21 Ye moun'tains of Gil'bo-a, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not 6een anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jon'a-than turned not back, and the sword of Saul re- turned not empty. 23 Saul and Jon'a-than wire lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions 24 Ye daughters of If'ra-el, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights ; who put on ornaments o( gold upon your apparel. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! O Jon'a-than, thou wast slain in thine high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jon'a-than : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, pas'sTng the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished ! CHAP. n. ND it came to pass after this, that Da'vid inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Ju'- dah? And the Lord said unto him. Go up. And Da'vid said. Whither shall I go up ? And he said. Unto He'bron. 2 So Da'vid went up thither, and his two wives also, A-hin'o-am the Jez're-el- T-tess, and Ab'i-gail, Na'bal's wife, the Car'mel-ite. A ND A. Da * o-ba'sar 263 A.}' a-hil pursues Ab'nir : II 3 And his men that were with him did Ua'vid bring up, every man with his house- hold : and they dwelt in the cities of lie'- bron. 4 And the men of Jii'dah came, and there they anointed Da'vid king over the house of Ju'dah. And they told Da'vid, sayinff. That the men of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad were Ihey that buried Saul. 5 And Da'vid sent messengers unto the men of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad, and said unto them, Bles'sed be ye of the Lord, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you : and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. 7 There'fore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Jii'dah have anointed me king over them. 8 IT But Ab'ner the son of Ner, cap'tain of SauPs host, took Ish'bo-sheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Ma-ha- na'im : 9 And he made him king over Gil'e-ad, and over the Ash'ur-ites, and over Jez're-el, and over E'phra-im, and over Ben'ja-min, and over all Ij'ra-el. 10 ish'bo-sheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over if'ra-el, and reigned two years. But the house of Jii'dah followed Da'vid. 11 And the time that Da'vid was king in He'bron, over the house of Jii'dah, was seven years and six months. 12 IT And Ab'ner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish'bo-sheth the son of Saul, went out from Ma-ha-na'im to Gib'- e-6n. 13 And Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah, and the servants of Da'vid, went out, and met together by the pool of Gib'e-6n : and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Ab'ner said to Jo'ab, Let the young men now arT§e, and play before us. And Jo'ab said, Let them arT|e. 15 Then there aroje, and went over by number, twelve of Ben'ja-min, which pa-- tained to Ish'bo-sheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of Da'vid. 16 And they caught every one his fel- low by the head, and thrust his swjord in his fellow's side ; so they fell down to- gether : wherefore that place was called Hel'kath-Haz'zu-rim, which is in Gib'e-6n. 17 And there was a very sore battle that day : and Ab'ner was beaten, and the men of I§'ra-el, before the servants of Da'- vid. 18 And there were three sons of Zer-u- 1 nrt SAM'UEL. his death and burial. i'ah there, Jo'ab, and A-bishia-i, and A§'a- hel : and Aj'a-hel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 19 And Af'a-hel pursued after Ab'ner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Ab'- 20 Then Ab'ner looked behind him, and said. Art thou Af'a-hel ? And he answer- ed, I avi. 21 And Ab'ner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Aj'a-hel would not turn aside .from following of him. 22 And Ab'ner said again' to Af'a-hel, Turn thee aside from following me : where- fore should I smite thee to the ground ? how then should I hold up my face to Jo'ab thy brother ? 23 Howbeit, he refused to turn aside : wherefore Ab'ner, with the hinder end of the spear, smote him under the fifth n'6, that the spear came out behind him ; and he fell down there, and died in the same place : and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where A|'a-hel fell down and died, stood still. 24 J5'ab also and A-bish'a-1 pursued at ter Ab'ner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Am'mah, that lieth before Gi'ah, by the way of the wil- derness of Gib'e-(Tn. 25 And the children of Ben'ja-min gath- ered themselves together after Ab'ner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill. 26 Then Ab'ner called to Jo'ab, and said. Shall the sw-'ord devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end ? how long shall it be then ere^ thou bid the people return from following their brethren ? 27 And Jo'ab said, As God liveth, un- less thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. 28 So Jo'ab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after If'ra-el no more, neither fought they any more 29 And Ab'ner and his men walked ah that night through the plain, and passed over Jor'dan, and went through all Bith'- ron, and they came to Ma-ha-na'im. 30 And Jo'ab returned from following Ab'ner : and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Da'vid' s servants nineteen men and Af'a-hel. 31 But the servants of Da'vid had smit- ten of Benja-min, and of Ab'ner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 32 And they took up Af'a-hel, and buri- ed him in the sepulchre of his father. tbner displeased with Ish'bo-shclh. II. SAM'UEL which u-as in Beth'lehem. And Jo'iib and his men went all night, and they came to He'bron at break of day. CHAP. III. NOW there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of Da'- vid : but Da'vid waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 And unto Da'vid were sons born in He'brun : and his first-born was Aui'non, of A-hin'o-ani the Jez're-el-i-tess ; 3 And his second, Chll'e-ab, of Ab'i-gail the wife of Na'bal the Car'mel-ite : and the third, Ab'sa-lom, the son of Ma'a-cah the daughter of Tal'mai king of Ge'shur; 4 And the fourth, Id-o-ni'jah, the son of Hag'gith ; and the fifth, Sheph-a-tl'ah, the son of Ab'i-tal ; 5 And the sixth, Ith're-am, by Eg'lah, l)a.'vid''s wife. These were born to Da'- vid in He'bron. 6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of Da'vid, that Ab'ner made himself strong for the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name ?<•«!• Riz'pah, the daughter of A-i'ah: and Ish'bo-shith said to Ab'ner, Where- fore hast thou gone in unto my father''s concubine ? • 8 Then was Ab'ner very wroth, for the words of ish'bo-sheth, and said. Am la dog's head, which against' Jii'dah do show i(but Ab'ner was not Avith Da'vid in He- kindness this day unto the house of Suul bron ; for he had sent him away, and he thy father, to his brethren, and to bis was gone in peace.) MOneT retollelh lo Da'vid 16 And her husband went with hei along' weeping behind her to Ba-hu'rim. Then said Ab'ner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 IT And Ab'ner had communication with the elders of i|'ra-tl, saying, Ye sought for Da'vid in times past to be king over you : 18 Now then do it : for the Lord hath spoken of Da'vid, saying, Dy the hand of my servant Da'vid 1 will save my people l§'ra-el out of the hand of the Phi-lis'- tines, and out of the hand of all their en emies. 19 And Ab'ner also spake in the ears of Ben'ja-min : and Ab'ner went also to speak in the tars of Da'vid in He'bron all that seemed good to 15'ra-el, and that seemed good to the whole house of Btrf'ja-min. 20 So Ab'ner came to Da'vid to He'- bron, and twenty men with him : and Da'vid made Ab'ner, and the men that wire with him, a feast. 21 And Ab'ner said untvi Da'vid, I will arije and go, and will gather all i§'ra-el unto my lord the king, that they may make a league witii thee, and that thou mayst reign over all that thine heart de- sireth. And Da'vid sent Ab'ner away ; and he went in peace. 22 And, behold, the servants of Da'vid and Jo'ab came from pursuing a troop, and brouifht in a great spoil with them : friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of Da'vid, that thou cha':gest me to-day with a fault concer'ning this wo- man? 9 So do God to Ab'ner, and more also, except as the Lord hath sworn to Da'vid, even so I do to him ; 10 To translate the kingdom from the bouse of Saul, and to set up the throne of T^a'vid over 15'ra-el, and over Ju'dah, from Dan even to Be-er'she-ba. 11 And he could not answer Ab'n6r a Vvord ftgain', because he feared him. Pi And Ab'ner sent messengers to Da'- vid on his behalf, saying. Whose is the land r saying also^ Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about' all If'ra-el unto thee. 13 And he said. Well ; 1 will make a league with thee : but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Mi'chal, SauPs daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And Da'vid sent messengers to Ish'- bo-sheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Mi'chal, which I espoufed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Phi-lis'tines. 15 And Ish'bo-sheth sent, and took her from her hijf'band,ete;i from Phal'ti-el the son of La'ish. 23 \A hen Jo'ab and all the host that was with him were come, they told .lo'ab, saying, Ab'ner the son of Nercame to the king, and he hath sent him a\yay, and he is gone in peace : 24 Tlien Jo'ab came to the king, and said, \A'hat hast thou done ? behold, Ab'- ner came unto thee ; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone ? 25 Thou knowest Ab'ner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive tliee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26 And when Jo'ab was come out from Da'vid, he sent messengers after Ab'ner, which brought him again' from the well of Si'rah : but Da'vid knew it not. 27 And when Ab'ner was returned to He'bron, Jo'ab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib^ that he died, for the blood of Aj'a-hel his brother. 28 And afterward, when Da'vid heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Ab'ner the son of Ner. 29 Let it rest on the head of Jo'ab, and on all his father's house ; and let there not fail from the house of Jo'ab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that 265 Da'nd moumtth, for Ab'nh. II leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 30 So Jo'iib and A-bish'a-l his brother slew Ab'ner, because he had slain their brothf-r Aj'a-hel at Gib'e-on in the battle. 31 And Da'vid said to Jo'ab, and to all the people that»«cre with him, Rend your clotiies. and grird^ you with sackcloth, and mourn before Ab'ner. And king Da'- vid himself followed the bier. 32 And they buried Ab'ner in He'bron : and the kinsf lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Ab'ner ; and all the peo- ple wept. 33 And tne king lamented over Ab'ner, and said. Died Ab'ner as a fool dieth .' 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : as a man falleth be- fore wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again' over him. 35 And when all the people came to cause Da'vid to eat meat while it was yet day, Da'vid sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down. 36 And all the people took notice o/z7, and it pleased them : as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. XI For all the people, and all If'ra-el understood that day, that it was not of the king to slay Ab'ner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his servants. Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in if'ra-el ? 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king ; and these men the sons of Zer-u-i'ah be too hard for me : the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. CHAP. IV. AND when Saul's son heard that Ab'- ner was dead in He'bron, his hands were feeble, and all the i|'ra-el-ites were troiibled. 2 And Saul's son had two men that were cap'tains of bands ; the name of the one was Ba'a-nah, and the name of the other Re'chab, the sons of Rim'mon a Be-e'roth- Tte, of the children of Ben'ja-min : (for Be-e'roth also was reckoned to Ben'- ja-min : 3 And the Be-e'roth-Ttes fled to Git'ta- im, and were so'journers there until this day.) 4 And Jon'a-than, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jon'a-than out of Jez're-el, and h nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Me-phib'o-sheth. 5 And the sons of Rim'mon, the Be-e'- roth-'ite, Re'chab and Ba'a-nah, went, and came about' the heat of the day to the SAM'UEL. The IfWa-il-ites troubled. house of Ish'bo-sheth, who lay on a bed at noon : 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat ; and they smote him under the fifth rib : and Re'chab and Ba'a-uah his brother escaped. 7 For when tney came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber ; and they smote him, and slew him, and be- headed him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain aTl night. 8 And they brought the head of ish'bo- sheth unto Da'vid to He'bron, and said to the king. Behold the head of ish'bo-sheth, the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life ; and the Lord hath aven'ged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 And Da'vid answered Re'chab and Ba'a-nah his brother, the sons of Rim'mon the Be-e'roth-lte, and said unto them, ^s the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adver'sity, 10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, (thinking to have brought good tidings,) I took hold of him, and slew him in Zik'lag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings : 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall 1 not there'fore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth ? 12 And Da'vid comman'ded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in He'bron. But they took the head of ish'bo-sheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Ab'ner in He'bron. CHAP. V. THEN came all the tribes of If'ra-el to Da'vid unto He'bron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest m if'ra-el : and the Lord said to thee. Thou shalt feed my people If'ra-el, and thou shalt be a cap'- tain over If'ra-el. 3 So all the elders of If'ra-el came to the king to He'bron ; and king Da'vid made a league with them in He'bron be- fore the Lord : and they anointed Da'vid king over If'ra-el. 4 Da'vid xvas thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In He'bron he reigned over Ju'dah seven years and six months ; and in Je- ril'sa-lem he reigned thirty and three years over all If'ra-el and Ju'dah. 6 And the king and his men went to ^ gerd. 266 m'rhimtndeth to Da'xiid. II. SAM'UEL. Je-r&'sa-lem unto the Jeb'u-sites, the in- habitants of the land ; which spake unto Da'vid, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither : thinking, Da'vid cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless Da'vid took the strong hold of Zi'on : the same is the city of Da'vid. 8 And Da'vid said on that day, Who- soever getteth up to the gutter, and smit- eth the Jeb'u-sites, and the lame and the blind, tliat art hated of Da'vid's soul, ht shall be chief and cap'laln : wherefore they said. The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So Da'vid dwelt in the fort, and called it The City of Da'vid : and Da'vid built round about', from Mil'lo and in'ward. 10 And Da'vid went on, and grew great ; and the Lord God of hosts was with him. 1 1 And Hi'ram king of Tyre sent mes- sengers to Da'vid, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons ; and they built Da'vid a house. 12 And Da'vid perceived that the Lord had estab'lished him king over If'ra-el, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people If'ra-el's sake. 13 And Da'vid took him more con- cubines and wives out of Je-rft'sa-lem, af- ter he was come from Ple'bron : and there were yet sons and daughters born to Da'- vid. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Je-rCl'sa-lem ; Sham-mu'ah, and Sho'bab, and Na'than, and Sol'o-mon, 15 Ib'har also, and El-i-shii'a, and Ne'- pheg, and Ja-phi'a, 16 And E-lish'a-ma, and E-lT'a-da, and £-liph'a-let. 17 IT But when the Phi-lis'tines heard that they had anointed Da'vid king over ij'ra-el, all the Phi-lis'tlnes came up to seek Da'vid ; and Da'vid heard of it^ and went down to the hold. 18 The Phi-lis'tines also came, and spread themselves in the valley of Reph'- a-im. 19 And Da'vid inquired of the Lord, saying:, Shall I go up to the Phi-lis'tines ? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand ? And the Lord said unto Da'vid, Go up ; for 1 will doubtless deliver the Phi-lis'tines into thine hand. 20 And Da'vid came to Ba'al-Per'a-zim, and Da'vid smote them there, and said. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of wa- ters. Therf'fore he called the name of that place Ba'al-Per'a-zim. 21 And there they left their images, and Da'vid and his men burnt them. 22 T And the Phi-lis'tines came up yet Uz'sah slain. and spread themselves in the va'- agam ley of Reph'a-im. 23 And when Da'vid inquired of the Lord, he Sciid, Thou shalt not go up ; but fetch a com'pass behind them, and come upon them over agaunst' the mulber- ry-trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mul- berry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Phi- lis'tines. 25 And Da'vid did so, as the Lord had comman'ded him ; and smote the Phi-lis'- tines from Ge'ba until thou come to Ga'zer. ^ CHAP. VL AGAIN', Da'vid gathered together all the chosen men of If'ra-el, thirty thousand. 2 And Da'vid aro§e, and went with all the people that were with him from Ba'- al-le of Jii'dah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of 'The liORD of Hosts, that dwelleth betvjeen the cherubims. 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of A-bin'a-dab that was in Gib'e-ah : and tjz'zah and A-hi'o, the sons of A-bin'a-dab, drave the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of A-bin'a-dab, which teas at Gib'e-ah, accom'panying the ark of God : and A-hi'o went before the ark. 5 And Da'vid and all the house of Ij'- ra-el, played before the Lord on all man- ner of instruments made of hr-wood,^ even on harps, and on psal'teries, and on tim- brels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 And when they came to Na'chon's threshing-floor, tJz'zah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it ; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kin- dled against' IJz'zah, and God smote him there for his errour ; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And Da'vid was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Vz'- zah : and he called the name of the place Pe'rez-tJz'zah to this day. 9 And Da'vid was afraid of the Lord that day, and said. How shall the ark of the Lord come to me ? 10 So Da'vid would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of Da'vid ; but Da'vid carried it aside into the house of O'bed-E'dom the Git'tite. 11 And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of o'bed-E'dom the Git'tite three months: and the Lord bless'ed o'bed-E'dom, and all his household. 12 And it was told king Da'vid, saying, The Lord hath bltss'ed the house of O'bed- E'dom, and all that pirlain'eth unto him, fir-wild. 267 God blcss'elh O'bcd-E'ddm. because of the ark of God. went and brought up the ark of God from the house of O'bed-E'dom into the city of Da'vid with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sac'rifi5ed oxen and fatlings. 14 And Da'vTd danced before the Lord with all his might : and Da'vid was girded with a linen eph'od. 15 So Da'vid and all the house of If'ra- el brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trum- pet. 16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of Da'vTd, Mi'chal, SauPs daughter, looked through a window, and saw king Da'vid leaping and dan'cing be- fore the Lord ; and she despifed him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that Da'vid had pitched for it: and Da'vTd offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. 18 And as soon as Da'vTd had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace- offerings, he bless'ed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of I§'ra- el, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 20 Then Da'vTd returned to bless his household. And Mi'chal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet Da'vTd, and said, How glorious was the kingof If'ra-el to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself ! 21 And Da'vTd said unto Mi'chal, II was before the Lord, which chose me be- fore thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Ij'ra-el : there'fore will I play before the Lord. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maid-servants, which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in fton'our. 23 There'fdre Mi'chal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the day of her death. CHAP. VIL A ND it came to pass, when the king J\. sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about' from all his enemies, 2 That the king said unto Na'than the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within ciir'taTns. 3 And Na'than said to the king^, Go, do IL SAM'UEL. Da'vid^ s prayer and thanksgiving So Da'vTd all that is in thine heart : for the Lord u with thee. 4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Na'than, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant Da'vTd, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in ? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the chil- dren of If'ra-el out of E'gypt even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walk- ed with all the children of Ij'ra-el, spake I a word with any of the tribes of If'ra-el, whom I comman'ded to feed my people If'ra-el, saying. Why build ye not me a house of cedar ? 8 Now there'fore so shalt thou say unto my servant Da'vTd, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcot, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over If'ra-el : 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people If'ra-el, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more ; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as before-time. 1 1 And as since the time that I com- man'ded judges to be over my people If'- ra-el, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee, that he will make thee a house. 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will estab'lTsh his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his king dom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men : 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be estab'lTshed for ever before thee . thy throne shall be estab'lTshed for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Na'than speak unto Da'vTd. 18 Then went king Da'vTd in, and sat before the Lord ; and he said. Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a small thing in 268 David subduclh his enemies. II. thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant''s hbUse for a great whih; to come. And is this the man- ner of man, O Lord God ' 20 And what can Da'vid say more unto thee ? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know Ihem. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God : for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Ij'ra-el, whom God went to redeem for a people to him- self, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou re- deemedst to thee from E'gypt, from the nations and their gods ? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Ij'ra-el, to be a people unto thee for ever : and thou, Lord, art be- come their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concer'ning thy ser- vant, and concer'ning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 2G And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying. The Lord of hosts is the Gcd over Ij'ra-el : and let the house of thy servant Da'vid be estab'lished before thee. 27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of l§'ra-el, hast revealed to thy servant, say- ing, I will build thee a house : there'fore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy ser- vant : 29 There'fore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee : for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it ; and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be bless'ed for ever. CHAP. VIII. AND after this it came to pass, that Da'vid smote the Phi-lTs'tines, and subdued them : and Da'vid took Me'theg- Am'mah out of the hand of the Phi-lis'- lines. 2 And he smote Mo'ab, and meaj'ured them with a line, cas'ting them down to the ground ; even with two lines meaj'ur- ed he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive : and so the Mo'ab-ites became Da.'vid''s servants, and brought gifts. 3 Da'vid smote also Had-ad-e'zer, the 1 hokftd. SAM'UEL. He dedicates the spoil unlo God son of Re'hob, king of Zd'bah, as he went to recover his border at the river Eu-phra'- tef. 4 And Da'vid took from him a thousand chariots^ and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : and Da'vid hough'edl all the chariot /to«ei, but re- ferv'ed of them fur a hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syr'i-fms of Da-mas' - cus came to succour Had-iid-e'zer king oi Zo'bah, Da'vid slew of the Syr'i-ans two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then Da'vid put garrisons in Syr'i-a of Da-mas'fus : and the Syr'i-ans became servants to Da'vid, and brought gifts. And the Lord prejerv'ed Da'vid whithersoever he went. 7 And Da'vid took Ihe shields of gold that were on the servants of IIad-;id-e'zer, and brought them to Je-rO'sa-lem. 8 And from Be'tfdi, and from Ber'o-thfii, cities of Had-ad-e'zer, king Da'vid took exceeding mucVi brass. 9 t When To'i king of Ha'math heanl that Da'vid had smitten all the host of Had-ad-e'zer, 10 Then 'r5'i sent Jo'ram his son unto king Da'vid, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against' Had- ad-e'zer, and smitten him : (for Had-ad-e'- zer had wars with To'i :) and Jo'ram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass ; 11 Which also king Da'vid did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued ; 12 Of Syr'i-a, and of Mo'ab, and of the children of Am'mon, and of the Phi-lis'- tines, and of Am'a-lek, and of the spoil of Had-ad-e'zer, son of Re'hob, king of Zo'bah. 13 And Da'vid gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syr'i-ans in the valley of Salt, being eighteen thou- sand men. 14 And he put garrisons in E'dom ; throughout all E'dom put he garrisons : and all they of E'dom became Da'rid's servants. And the Lord prejerv'ed Da'- vid whithersoever he went. 15 And Da'vid reigned over all Ij'ra-el ; and Da'vid executed judgment and jus- tice unto all his people. 16 And Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-T'ah was over the host ; and Je-hosh'a-phat the son of A-hi'liid was recorder ; 17 And Za'dok the son of A-hi'tub, and A-him'e-lech the son of A-bi'a-thar, wire the priests; and Se-ra-1'ah teat the scribe ; 18 And Ben-ai'ah^ the son of Je-hoi'a- da was over both the Cher'e-thTtes and the Pel'eth-ites ; and Da'vid's sons were chief rulers. 2 Bcn-a'yah. 269 DH'tncfs kindness to Mc-phWo-shctk. II. SAM'UEL. The Am'mon-ites overcame. CHAP. IX. AND Da'vid said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jon'a-than's sake ? 2 And there ivas of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Zi'ba : and when they had called him unto Da'vid, the kin°; said unto him. Art thou Zi'ba ? And he said, Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said. Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him ? And Zi'ba said unto the king, Jon'a-than hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he ? And Zi'ba said unto the king. Be- hold, he is in the house of Ma'chir the son of Am'mi-el, in Lod'e-bar. 5 Then king Da'vid sent, and fetched nini out of the house of Ma'chir the son of Am'mi-el, from Lod'e-bar. 6 Now when Me-phib'o-sheth, the son of Jon'a-than, the son of Saul, was come unto Da'vid, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And Da'vid said, Me-phib'o- sheth I And he answered, Behold thy servant. 7 And Da'vid said unto him. Fear not : for I will surely show thee kindness for Jon'a-than thy father's sake, and will re- store thee all the land of Saul thy father ; and thou shalt eat bread at my table con- tinually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said, "What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am ? 9 Then the king called to Zi'ba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertain'ed to Saul, and to all his house. 10 Thou there'fore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits., that thy master's son may have food to eat : but Me-phib'o-sheth, thy master's son, shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Zi'ba had fifteen sons, and twenty servants. 11 Then said Zi'ba unto the king. Ac- cording to all that my lord the king hath comman'ded his servant, so shall thy ser- vant do. As for Me-phib'o-sheth, said the king., he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 12 And Me-phib'o-sheth had a young son, whose name was Mi'cah. And all that dwelt in the house of Zi'ba were ser- vants unto Me-phib'o-sheth. 13 So Me-phib'o-sheth dwelt in Je-rA'- sa-lem : for he did eat continually at the king's table ; and was lame on both his feet. CHAP. X.— AND it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Am'mon died, and Ha'nun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said Da'vid, I will show kind- ness unto Ha'nun the son of Na'hash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And Da'vTd sent to com'fort him, by the hand of his servants, for his father. And Da'- vid's servants came into the land of the children of Am'mon. 3 And the princes of the children of Am'mon said unto Ha'nun their lord, Thinkest thou that Da'vid doth /lon'our thy father, that he hath sent coni'forters unto thee ? hath not Da'vid rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it ? 4 Wherefore Ha'niin took Da'vid's ser- vants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto Da'vid, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed : and the king said. Tar- ry at Jer'i-cho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 And when the children of Am'mon saw that they stank before Da'vTd, the children of Am'mon sent and hired the Syr'i-ans of Beth're-hob, and the Syr'i-ans of Z5'ba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Ma'a-cah a thousand men, and of Ish'tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when Da'vid heard of j7, he sent Jo'ab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Am'mon came out, and put the battle in array at the en- tering in of the gate : and the Syr'i-ans of Zo'ba, and of Re'hob, and ish'tob, and Ma'a-cah, were by themselves in the field. 9 When Jo'ab saw that the front of the battle was against' him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Tf'ra-el, and put them in array against' the Syr'- i-ans : 10 And the rest of the people he deliv- ered into the hand of A-bish'a-i his brother, that he might put them in array against' the children of Am'mon. 11 And he said. If the Syr'i-ans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me ; but if the children of Am'mon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the Lord do that which seemeth him good. 13 And Jo'ab drew nigh, and the people that wire with him, unto the battle against' the Syr'i-ans : and they fled before him. 14 And when the children of Am'mon saw that the Syr'i-ans were fled, then fled they also before A-bTsh'a-i, and entered into the city. So Jo'ab returned from the children of Am'mon, and came to Je-rfl'- sa-lem. 15 And when the Syr'i-ans saw that 270 Da via covvmittelh adultery. II. SAM'UEL. they were smitten before If'ra-el, they gathered themselves together. 16 And Iliid-ar-e'zer^ sent, and brought out the Syr'i-ans that were beyond the river: and they came to He'lam ; and Sho'bach, the cap'tahi of the host of Had- ar-e'zdr, went before them. 17 And when it was told Da'vid, he gathered all l§'ra-el together, and passed over Jor'dan, and came to He'lam. And the Syr'i-ans set themselves in array against' Da'vid, and fought with him. 18 And the Syr'i-ans fled before If'ra-el; and Da'vid slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syr'i-ans, and forty thou- sand horsemen, and smote Sho'bach the cap'tain of their host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that were servants to Had-ar-e'zer saw that they were smitten before Ij'ra-el, they made peace with If'ra-el, and served them. So the Syr'i-ans feared to help the children of im'mon any more. CHAP. XI. AND it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle^ that Da'vid sent Jo'ab, and his servants with him, and all Ij'ra-el ; and they destroy'ed the children of Am'- mon, and besieged Rab'bah. But Da'vid tarried still at Je-ril'sa-lem. 2 And it came to pass in an evening- tide, that Da'vid arofe from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house : and from the roof he saw a woman wash'ing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And Da'vid sent and inquired after the woman. And one said. Is not this Bath'she-ba, the daughter of E-li'am, the wife of U-rl'ah the Hit't'ite ? 4 And Da'vid sent messengers, and took her : and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, (for she was purified from her uncleanness,) and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told Da'vid, and said, I am with child. 6 And Da'vid sent to Jo'ab, saying. Send me U-ri'ah the Hit'tite. And Jo'ab sent U-rl'ah to Da'vid. 7 And when U-ri'ah was come unto nim, Da'vid deman'ded of him how Jo'ab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 .■Vnd Da'vid said to tj-ri'ah. Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And tj-r'i'ah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But U-ri'ah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And when they had told Da'vid, saying:, U-rl'ah went not down unto his U-ri'ah is slain. house, Da'vid said unto U-rl'ah, Camest thou not from /% journey ? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house ? 11 And U-ri'ah said unto Da'vid, The ark, and ij'ra-el, and Ju'dah, abide in tents ; and my lord Jo'ab, and the ser- vants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields : shall 1 then go into mine house, to eat, and to drink, and to lie with my wife ? as thou lirest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And Da'vid said to U-ri'ah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So U-ri'ah abode in Je-rC*'- sa-lem that day and the morrow. 13 And when Da'vid had called him, he did eat and drink before him ; and he made him drunk : and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that Da'vid wrote a letter to Jo'ab, and sent it by the hand of U-ri'ah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye tJ-ri'ah in the fore-front of the hot- test battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when J5'ab 6b- ferv'ed the city, that he assigned U-ri'ah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out and fought with Jo'ab : and there fell some of the people of the servants of Da'vid ; and U-ri'ah the Hit'tite died also. 18 Then Jo'ab sent and told Da'vid all the things concer'nlng the war ; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arife, and he say unto thee. Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight ? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall ? 21 Who smote A-bim'e-lech the son of Je-rub'be-sheth ? did not a woman cast a piece of a mill-stone upon him from the wall, that he died in The'bez ? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou. Thy servant tJ-rl'ah the Hit'tite is dead also. 22 So the messenger went, and came and showed Da'vid all that Jo'ab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto Da'vid, Surely the men prevailed against' us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants, and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant U-ri'ah the Hit'tite is dead also. 25 Then Da'vid said unto the messen- ger. Thus shalt thou say unto Jo'ab, Let ' The same as Hadadezer — compare 2 Sam. viii. 3 with 1 Chron. viii. 3. 271 Da'vld^ reproved by Na'than, II. SAMIJEL not this thing- displease thee; for the ^trord devourelh one as well as jitiother : make thy battle more strong against' the city, and overthrow it ; and encourage thou him. 26 II And when the wife of fj-rl'ah heard that U-rl'ah her huf'band was dead, she mourned for her huf'baiid. 27 And when the mourning' was past, Da'vid sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that Da'vid had done displeased the Lord. CHAP. XII. AND the Lord sent Na'thiln unto Da'- vid. And he came unto him, and said unto him. There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : 3 But the poor rtian had nothing save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up ; and it grew up to- gether with him, and Avith his children : it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bo'gom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man ; and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And Da'vid'a anger was greatly kin- dled against' the man ; and he said to Na'than, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die : 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 And Na'than said to Da'vid, Thou ar/ the man. Thus saith the Lord God of if'ra-el, I anointed thee king over If'ra-el, and 1 delivered thee out of the hand of Saul: 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy b6'§6m, and gave thee the house of If'ra-gl and of Ju'dah ; and if that had been too little, I would, moreover, have given unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight ? Thou hast killed IJ-ri'ah the Hit'tite with the sw5rd, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the s?ford of the children of Am'mon. 10 Now there'fore, thesw^ord shall never depart from thine house ; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of tJ-ri'ah the Hit'tite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 1 will raise up evil against' thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before confesseth his sin^ and is pardoned. thine eyes, and give them unto thy neigh- bour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly : but I will do this thing before all Ij'ra-el, and before the sun. 13 And Da'vid said unto Na'than, I have sinned against' the Lord. And Na'than sa'd unto Da'vid, The Lord also hath put away thy sin ; thou shall not die. 14 Ilowbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also tlial is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 T And Na'than departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that U-ri'ah's wife bare unto Da'vid, and it was very sick. 16 Da'vid there'fore besought God for the child ; and Da'vid fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arofe, and wc7it to him, to raise him up from the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. IS And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of Da'vid feared to tell him that the child was dead : for they said. Behold, while the child was yet alive we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice ; how will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead ? 19 But when Da'vid saw that his ser- vants whispered, Da'vid perceived that the child was dead: there'fore Da'vid said unto his servants, Is the child dead ? And they said. He is dead. 20 Then Da'vid arofe from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed liis apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and wor'shipped : then he came to his own house ; and M'hen he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then said his servants unto him. What thing is this that thou hast done ? thou didst fast and weep for the child while it was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wtpt : for I said, Who can tell ivhether God will be gra- cious to me, that the child may live ? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again' ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 24 And Da'vid com'forted Bath'she-ba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her : and she bare a son, and he call- ed his name Sol'o-mon ; and the Lord loved him. 25 And he sent by the hand of Na'than the prophet; and he called his name Jed- i-di'ah, because of the Lord. 26 1 And Jo'ab fought against' Rab' 272 Am'non ravisheth, 7^'mar, II. SAWUEL bah of the children of Am'mon, and took the royal city. 27 And Jo'ab sent messengers to Da'vid, and said, I have fought against' Rab'bah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now there'f ore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against' the city, and take it : lest 1 take the city, and it be called after my name. 29 And Dii'vld gathered all the people together, and went to Rab'bah, and fought against' it, and took it. 30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, (the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones,) and it was set on Da'vid's head : and he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that tDcrt therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Am'mon. So Da'- vid and all the people returned unto Je-rfl'- sa-lem. CHAP. XIII.— AND it came to pass after this, that Ab'sa-loni, the son of Da'vid, had a fair sister, whose name was Ta'mar ; and Am'noii the son of Da'vid loved her. 2 And Ain'non was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Ta'mar: for she teas a vir'ein : ' and Am'non thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 3 But Am'nnn had a friend, whose name teas Jon'a-dai), the son of Shim'e-ah, Da'- vid's brother : and Jon'a-dab was a very subtle man. 4 And he said unto him. Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day ? wilt thou not tell me.' And Am'non said unto him, I love Ta'mar, my brother Ab'- sa-lom's sister. 5 And Jon'a-dab said unto him, Lay thee down on tliy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Ta'mar come and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see i/, and eat il at her hand. 6 So Am'non lay down, and made him- self sick : and when the king was come to see him, Am'non said unto the king, I pray thee, let Ta'mar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 7 Then Dii'vid sent home to Ta'mar, saying. Go now to thy brother Am'non's house, and dress him meat. 8 So Ta'mar went to her brother Am'- noa's house ; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded t7, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 9 And she took a pan, and poured them and sendeth her away. out before him ; but he refused to eat. And Am'non said. Have out all men from me : and they went out every man from him. 10 And Am'non said unto Ta'mar, Brini; the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Ta'mar took the cakes which she had made, and brouo-hl them into the chamber to Am'non her brother. 11 And when she had brought thcn^ unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sis- ter. 12 And she answered him. Nay, my brother, do not force me ; for no such thing ought to be done in Ij'ra-el : do not thou this folly. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my ■shame to go ? and as for thee, thou shall be as one of the fools in If'ra-Cl. Now there'fore, I pray thee, speak unto the king ; for he will not withhold me from thee. 14 Howbeit, he would not hearken Hntu her voice ; but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 15 Then Am'non hated her exceeding- ly ; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her : and Am'non said unta her, ArTfe, be gone. 16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away ix greater than the other that thou didsf unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 17 Then he called his servant that min- istered unto him, and said. Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 18 And she had a garment of dl'rerf colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were vir'glns ap- parelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 19 And Ta'mar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of di'verj colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 20 And Ab'sa-lom her brother said unto her. Hath Am'non thy brother been with thee ? but hold now thy peace, my sister : he is thy brother ; regard not this thing. So Ta'mar remained desolate in her br6ther Ab'sa-lom's house. 21 But when king Da'vid heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Ab'sa-lom spake unto his brother Am'non neither good nor bad : for Ab'sa- lom hated Am'non, because he had forced his sister Ta'mar. 23 And it came to pass, after two full years, that Ab'sa-lom had sheep-shearers in Ba'al-Ha'zor, which is beside E'phra-im: 18 tii'jin. S73 Am'ndn it $lnn. and Ab'sa-lom invited all the king^s sons. 24 And Ab'sa-lom came to the king, and ■aid, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep- shearers ; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants, go with thy servant. 25 And the king said to Ab'sa-lom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him : howbeit he would not go, but bless'- ed him. 26 Then said Ab'sa-lom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Am'non go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee ? 27 But Ab'sa-lom pressed him, that he let Am'non and all the king's sons go with him. 28 Now Ab'sa-lom had comman'ded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Am'- non's heart is merry with wine ; and when 1 say unto you, Smite Am'non ; then kill him, fear not : have not I comman'ded you ? be courageous, and be valiant. 29 And the servants of Ab'sa-lom did unto Am'non as Ab'sa-lom had command- ed. Then all the king's sons aroje, and every man gat him up upon his mule and lied. 30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to Da'vid, saying, Ab'sa-lom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arofe, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth ; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 32 And Jon'a-dab the son of Shim'e-ah, Da'vid's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons ; for Am'non only is dead : for by the appoint- ment of Ab'sa-lom this hath been deter'- mined from the day that he forced his sis- ter Ta'mar. 33 Now there'fore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead ; for Am'non only is dead. 34 But Ab'sa-lom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. 35 And Jon'a-dab said unto the king. Behold, the king's sons come : as thy ser- vant, said, so it is. 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, be- hold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept : and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. 37 But Ab'sa-lom fled, and went to Tal'mai, the son of Am-mi'hiid, king of Ge'shiir. And Da'vid mourned for his in every day. II. SAM'UEL. Ab'ia-lomjletth to Ge'shw 38 So Ab'sa-lom fled, and went to Ge'- shur, and was there three years. 39 And the soul of king Da'vid longed to go forth unto Ab'sa-lom : for he was c6m'f6rted concer'ning Am'non, seeing he was dead. CHAP. XIV. NOW Jd'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah per- ceived that the king's heart was to'- ward Ab'sa-lom. 2 And J5'ab sent to Te-ko'ah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning ap- parel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead ; 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Jo'ab put the words in her mouth. 4 And when the woman of Te-ko'ah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obei'sance, ' and said. Help, O king. 5 And the king said unto her, what ail- eth thee ? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine huf'band is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. 7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against' thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill hjm, for the life of his brother whom he slew ; and we will destroy' the heir'' also : and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my huf'band neither name nor remainder upon the earth. 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concer'ning thee. 9 And the woman of Te-ko'ah said unto the king. My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house ; and the king and his throne be guiltless. 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not toGch thee any more. 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldst not sufler the revengers of blood to destroy' any more, lest they de- stroy' my son. And he said, ^s the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 12 Then the woman said, I^et thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak 07ie word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against' the people of God ? for the king 3 dre. ' O'ba'tlaue. »4 J Ab'sa-lom''s beauty. II. SAMTTEL. d6th speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king d6th not fetch home again' his banished. 14 For we must needs die, and art as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again' : neither doth God respect any person ; yet doth he devif e means that his banished be not expelled from him. 15 Now there'fore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid : and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king ; it may be that the king will perform' the request of his hand- maid. 16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of fhe hand of the man that woxiM destroy' me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. 17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be com'fortable : for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to difgern' good and bad ; there'fore the Lord thy God will be with thee. in Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thin-g that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, /* not the hand of Jo'ab with thee in all Uiis ? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul livelh, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken : for thy servant Jo'ab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine hand- maid : 20 To fetch about' this form of speech hath thy servant Jd'ab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wis- dom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 21 And the king said unto Jo'ab, Behold now, 1 have done this thing : go there'fdre, bring the young man Ab'sa-lom again'. 22 And Jo'ab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king : and Jo'ab said, To-day thy feervant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. 23 So Jd'ab arofe, and went to Ge'shur, and brought Ab'sa-lom to Je-r&'sa-lem. 24 Ami the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Ab'sa-lom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. 25 But in all Ij'ra-el there was none to be so much praised as Ab'sa-lom for his beauty : from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blem- ish in him. 26 And when he polled his head, (for His popidaritrf. it was at every year's end that he polled it ; because the hair was heavy on him, there'fdre he polled it,) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. 27 And unto Ab'sa-lom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Ta'mar : she was a woman of a fair countenance. 28 So Ab'sa-lom dwelt two full years in Je-rft'sa-lem, and saw not the king's face. 29 There'fore Ab'sa-lom sent for Jo'ab, to have sent him to the king ; but he would not come to him : and when he sent again' the second time, he would not come. 30 There'fore he said unto his servants, See, Jo'ab's field is near mine* and he hath barley there ; go and set it on fire. And Ab'sa-lom's servants set the field on fire. 31 Then Jo'ab aroje, and came to Ab' sa-16m unto his house, and said unto him. Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire .'' 32 And Ab'sa-lom answered Jo'ab, Be- 'hold, I sent unto thee, saying. Come hith- er, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Ge'shiir? it had been good for me to have been there still : now there'fore let me see the king'? face ; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. 33 So Jo'ab came to the king, and told him : and when he had called for Ab'sa- lom, he came to the king, and bowed him- self on his face to the ground before the king : and the king kissed Ab'sa-lom. CHAP. XV. A ND it came to pass after this, that Ab'sa-lom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Ab'sa-lom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate : and it was *o, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judg- ment, then Ab'sa-lom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou ? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of If'ra-el. 3 And Ab'sa-lom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 4 Ab'sa-lom said moreover. Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him jus- tice ! 5 And it was *o, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obei'sance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6 And on this manner did Ab'sa-lom to all If'ra-el that came to the king for jud»- ment. So Ab'sa-lom stole the hearts of the men of It'ra-el. 275 Da'vli fittlh from Jc-ru-m'lcm. II. SAM'UEL. 7 And it came to pass alter forty years, that Ab'sa-loin said unto ine King, 1 pray thee, let me go and pay my vow whicli I have vowed unto the Lord m He oron. 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Ge'shur in Sjr'i-a, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again' indeed to Je- rfl'sa-lem, then I will serve the Lord. 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arof e, and went to He'bron. 10 But Ab'sa-loiu sent spies throughout all the tribes of i§'ra-el, saying. As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Ib'sa-lom reigneth in He'bron. 1 1 And with Ab'sa-lom went two hun- dred men out of Je-rCl'sa-lem, thai were called ; and they went in their simplicity, and they kn^w not any thing. 12 And Ab'sa-lom sent for A-hith'o-phel the Gi'lo-nlte, Da'vid's counsellor, from his city, evtn from Gi'loh, while he offered sar'rii ces. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Ab'sa-lom. 13 And there came a messenger to Da'- vid, saying, The hearts of the men of If '- ra-el are after Ab'sa-lom. 14 And Da'vid said unto all his servants thiv. wire with him at Je-rft'sa-lem, Arife, and lit us flee ; for we shall not the escape' from Ab'sa-lom : make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the su'ord. 15 And the king''s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women which were concubines to keep the house. 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 18 And all his servants passed on beside him ; and all the Cher'eth-ites, and all the Pe'leth-ites, and' all the Git'tites, six hundred men which came after him fi'om Gath, passed on before the king, 19 ^ Then said the king to it'ta-i the Git'tite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy piace, and abide with the king ; for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us ? seeing I go whither I may ; return thou, and take back thy brethren : mercy and truth be with thee. 21 And lt'ta-1 answered the king, and said, »As the Lord liveth, and at my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. 22 And Da'vid said to It'ta-i, Go and Ab'aa-ldni's conspiracy pass over. And It'ta-i the Git'tite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over : the king also himself passed over the brook Kid'ron, and all the people passed over, to'ward the way of the wil- derness. 24 H And lo, Za'dok also, and all the Le'vites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God : and they sd down the ark of God ; and A-bl'a-thar went up, until all the people had done pas'sing out of the city. 25 And the king said unto Za'doK. Carry back the ark of God into the city . if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he. will bring me again', ^ and show me both it, and his habitation : 26 But if he thus say, I have no de- light in thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. 27 The king said also unto Za'dok the priest, ^rt not thou a seer ? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, A-him'a-az thy son, and Jon'a-than the son of A-bi'a-thar. 28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. 29 Za'dok there'fore and A-bi'a-thar carried the ark of God again' to Je-rft'sa- lem : and they tarrried there. 30 IT And Da'vid went up by the ascent of mount 61'i-vet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went bare-foot : and all the people that icas with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. 31 T And one told Da'vid, saying, A- hith'o-phel is among the conspirators with Ab'sa-lom. And Da'vid said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of A-hith'o- phel into foolishness. 32 IT And it came to pass, that when Da'vid was come to the top of the mount, where he wor'shipped God, behold, Hii- shai the Arch'ite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head : 33 Unto whom Da'vid said. If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me : 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Ab'sa-lom, I will be thy servant, O king ; as I have been thy father's ser- vant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant : then mayst thou for me defeat the counsel of A-hith'o-phel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar the priests ? there'- fore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king''3 house, thou shalt tell it to Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar the priests. oigen'. S76 Shtm'e-t curseth Dd'vid. II 36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, A-him'a-az Za'dok's snn^ and Jon'a-than A-bi'a-thar's son ; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. 37 So HiVshai Da'vid's friend came into the city, and Ab'sa-lom came into Je-rft'- sa-lem. CHAP. XVI. AND when Da'vid was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Zi'ba the ser- vant of Me-phib'o-sheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hun- dred bunclus of raisins, and a hunchxd of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Zi'ba, What meanest thou by these ? And Zi'ba said. The asses be for the king-''s household to ride on ; and the bread and summer fruit for the youn^ men to eat ; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. « 3 And the kin^ said. And where is thy master^s son ? And Zi'ba said unto the kin°;. Behold, he abideth at Je-r(j'sa-leni : for he said. To-day shall the liouse of i^'- ra-el restore me the kingdom of my fa- ther. 4 Then said the king to Zi'ba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Me-phib'- o-sheth. And Zi'ba said, I /nimbly be- seech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 5 And when King Da'vid came to Ba- hu'rim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name iras Shim'e-l, the sou of Ge'ra : he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at Da'vid, and at all the servants of king Da'vid : and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shlm'e-i when he curs- ed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thon man of Be'li-al : 8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned ; and the IjORT) hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Ab'sa-lom thy son : and behold, thou art taken in thy mis'chief, because thou art a bloody man. 9 H Then said A-bTsh'a-i the son of Zer-u-1'ah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king ? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 10 And the king said. What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zer-u-i'ah ? so let him curse, because the LoRn hath said unto him, Curse Da'vid. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so ? 11 And Dii'vTd said to A-bTsh'a-i, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my Aa SAM'UEL. A-hith'o-phcVa counteL life : how much more now may this Ben'- ja-mite do it ? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day. 13 And as Da'vid and his men went by the way, Shim'e-l went along' on the hilPs side over against' him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. 14 And the king, and all the people that wire with him, came weary, and re- freshed themselves there. 15 1[ And Ab'sa-lom, and all the people the men of If'ra-el, came to Je-rfl'sa-lem, and A-hith'o-phel with him. 16 And it came to pass, when Hii'shai the Arch'ite, Da'vid's friend, was come unto Ab'sa-lom, that Hu'shai said unto Ab'sa-lom, God save the king, God save the king. 17 And Ab'sa-lom said to Hu'shai, /* this thy kindness to thy friend ? why wentest thou not with thy friend ? 18 And liQ'shai said unto Ab'sa-lom, Nay -, but whom the Lord, and this peo- ple, and all the men of If'ra-el ch66§e, his will I be, and with him will I iibide. 19 And again', whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son ? as I have served in thy father's pres- ence, so will I be in thy presence. 20 H Then said Ab'sa-lom to A-hith'o- phel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 21 And A-hith'o-phel said unto Ab'sa- lom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house ; and all If'ra-el shall hear that thou art abhor- red of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Ab'sa-lom a tent upon the top of the house ; and Ab'sa-lom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all If'ra-el. 23 And the counsel of A-hith'o-phel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God : so was all the counsel of A-hith'o- phel both with Da'vid and with Ab'sa- lom. CHAP. XVII. MOREOVER A-hith'o-phel said unto Ab'sa-lom, Let me now choofe out twelve thousand men, and I will ari§e and pursue after Da'vid this night ; 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid : and all the people that art with him shall flee ; and I will smite the king only : 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee : the man whom thou seekestt* as if all returned : so all the people shall be in peace. 277 Hu'shai^a counsel accepted, II 4 And the saying pleased Ab'sa-lora well, and all the elders of Ij'ra-el. 5 Then said Ab'sa-lom, Call now HQ'- shai the Arch'ite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. 6 And when Ilu'shai was come to Ab'- sa-lom, Ab'sa-lom spake unto him, sayin», A-hith'o-phel hath spoken after this man- ner : shall we do after his saying ? if not, speak thou. 7 And Hu'shai said unto Ab'sa-lom, The counsel that A-hith'o-phel hath given, is not good at this time. 8 For, said Hu'shai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field : and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place : and it Avill come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the peo- ple that follow Ab'sa-lom. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utter- ly melt : for all If'ra-el knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. 11 There'fore I counsel that all If'ra-el be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Be-er'she-ba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground : and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all I^'ra-el bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Ab'sa-lom and all the men of l§'ra-el said. The counsel of Hu'shai the Arch'ite is better than the counsel of A- hith'o-phel. For the Lord had appoint- ed to defeat the good counsel of A-hith'o- phel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Ab'sa-lom. 15 T Then said Hii'shai unto Za'dok and to A-bi'a-thar the priests, Thus and thus did A-hith'o-phel counsel Ab'sa-lom and the elders of If'ra-el ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 16 Now there'fore send quickly, and tell Da'vid, saying. Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speed- ily pass over ; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17 Now Jon'a-than and A-him'a-az SAM'UEL. A-hith'o-phel hangeth himsel/. stayed by En-ro'gel ; for they might not be seen to come into the city : and a wench went and told them ; and they went and told king Da'vid. 18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told Ab'sa-lom : but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Ba-hu'rim, which had a well in his court ; whither they went down. 19 And the woman took and spread a cov'ering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon ; and the thing was not known. 20 And when Ab'sa-lom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is A-him'a-az and Jon'a-than ? And the woman said unto them, they be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find ihem^ they returned to Je-rft'sa-lem. 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went'and told king Da'vtd, and said unto Da'vid, Arif e, and pass quickly over the water : for thus hath A-hith'o phel counselled against' you. 22 Then Da'vid arofe, and all the peo pie that were with him, and they passed over Jor'dan : by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jor'dan. 23 IT And when A-hith'o-phel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and ardje, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his house- hold in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 24 Then Da'vid came to Ma-ha-na'im. And Ab'sa-lom passed over Jor'dan, he and all the men of If'ra-el with him. 25 t And Ab'sa-lom made Am'a-sa cap'- tain of the host instead of Jo'ab : which Am'a-sa was a man's son, whose name wua ith'ra, an If'ra-el-ite, that went in to Ab' i-gail the daughter of Na'hash, sister to Zer-u-i'ah, Jo'ab's mother. 26 So If'ra-el and Ab'sa-lom pitched in the land of Gil'e-ad. 27 1 And it came to pass, when Da'vid was come to Ma-ha-na'im, that Sho'bi the son of Na'hash of Rab'bah of the children of Am'mon, and Ma'chir the son of Am'- mi-el of Lod'e-bar, and Bar-zil'la-i the Gil'e-ad-Tte of Ro-gel'im,' 28 Brought beds, and basins, and earth- en vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched cor7i^ and beans, and len'tiles, and parched pulse^ 29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for Da'vid, and for the people that were with him, to eat : for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilder- ness. ' g hard. 278 Ab sa-lojn slain by Jo'ab. CHAP. XVIII. AND Da'vid numbered the people that wire with him, and set cap'tains of thousands and cap'tains of hundreds over them. 2 And Da'vid sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of J5'ab, and a third part under the hand of A-bish'a-T the son of Zer-u-i'ah, Jo'ab's brother, and a third part under the hand of it'ta-i the Git'tlte. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth : for if we flee away, they will not care for us ; neither if half of us die, will they care for us : but now Ihou art worth ten thousand of us : there'fore now it in better that thou succour us out of the city. 4 And the king said unto them, "What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. 5 And the king comman'ded Jo'ab and A-blsh'a-i and it'ta-i, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, eveji with Ab'sa-lom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the cap'tains charge concerning Ab'sa-lom. 6 f So the people went out into the field against' Ij'ra-el : and the battle was in the wood of E'phra-im ; 7 Where the people of I§'ra-el were slain before the servants of Da'vid ; and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. 8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country : and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. 9 T And Ab'sa-lom met the servants of Da'vid. And Ab'sa-lom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a cer'tain man saw it, and told Jo'ab, and said, Behold, I saw Ab'sa-lom haiiged in an oak. 1 1 And Jo'ab said unto the man that told him. And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground ? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a gir'dle.^ 12 And the man said unto Jo'ab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of sil- ver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against' the king's son : for in our hearing the king charged thee and A-bish'a-i and it'ta-i, saying, Beware that n6ne touch the young man Xb'sa- I5m. 13 Otherwise I should have wrought » ger'dl. II. SAM'UEL. Tidings of Ab'sa.lom''s death. I falsehood against' mine own life : for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldst have set thyself against 14 Then said Jo'ab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Ab'sa-lom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Jo'ab's armour com'passcd about' and smote Ab'- sa-lom, and slew him. 16 And Jo'ab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after If'ra-el : for Jo'ab held back the people. 17 And they took Ab'sa-lom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him : and all If'ra-el fled every one to his tent. 18 T Now Ab'sa-lom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, 1 have no son to keep my name in remem- brance : and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is called unto this day, Ab'sa-lom's place. 19 IT Then said A-him'a-az the son of Za'dok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Jo'ab said unto him. Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day : but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. 21 Then said Jo'ab to Cii'shT, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cii'- shT bowed himself unto J5'ab, and ran. 22 Then said A-him'a-az the son of Za' dok, yet again' to J5'ab, but howsoever let me, I pray thee, also run after Cii'shi. And Jo'ab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready ? 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him. Run. Then A-him'- a-az ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cu'shi. 24 And Da'vid sat between the two gates : and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lift- ed up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone. 25 And the watchn)an cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. 26 And the watchman saw another man running : and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold andlher man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. 27 And the watchman said, Methinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of A-him'a-az the son of Za'dok. S79 Da'vid mourndh for M'sa-lom. II. SAM'UEL. Shim'e-t pardoned. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. 28 And A-liun'a-az called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Bles'sed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against' my lord the king. 29 And the king said, Is the young man Ab'sa-lom safe ? And A-him'a-az an- swered, When Jd'ab sent the king''s ser- vant, and mc thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. 30 And the king said unlo him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. 31 And behold, Cu'shT came ; and Cu'- shi said. Tidings, my lord the king : for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against' thee. 32 And the king said unto Cu'shT, Is the young man Ab'sa-lom safe ? And Cu'- shl answered. The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against' thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. 33 H And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Ab'sa-lom, my son, my son Ab'- sa-lom ! would God I had died for thee, O Ab'sa-lom, my son, my son I CHAP. XIX. AND it was told Jo'ab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Ab'sa-lom. 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people : for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Ab'sa-lom ! O Ab'sa-lom, my son, my son ! 5 And Jo'ab came into the house to the king, and said. Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines. 6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants : for this day I perceive', that if Ab'sa-lom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. 7 Now there'fore arlfe, go forth, and speak com'fortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king ar6§e, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying. Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king ; for ij'ra-el had fled every man to his tent. 9 TT And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of If'ra-el, say- ing. The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Phi-lis'tines ; and now he is fled out of the land for Ab'sa-lom. 10 And Ab'sa-lom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now there'fore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back ? 11 % And king Da'vid sent to Za'dok and to A-bi'a-thar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Jii'dah, saying, VVhy are ye the last to bring the king back to his house ? seeing the speech of*all If'- ra-el is come to the king, even to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king ^ 13 And say ye to Am'a-sa, ^rt thou not of my bone, and of my flesh ? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not cap'tain of the host before me continually in the room of Jo'ab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Ju'dah, even as the heart of one man ; so that they sent this vord unto the king. Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king returned, and came to Jor'dan. And Ju'dah came to Gil'gal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jor'dan. 16 TT And Shim'e-i the son of Ge'ra, a Ben'ja-mite, which was of Ba-hii'rim, hasted and came down with the men of Ju'dah, to meet king Da'vid. 17 And there wire a thousand men of Ben'ja-min with him, and Zi'ba the ser- vant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him ; and they went over Jor'dan before the king. 18 And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shim'e-i the son of Ge'ra fell down before the king, as he was come over Jor'dan : 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perverse'ly the day that my lord the king went out of Je-rft'sa-lem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned : there'fore behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Jo'- there will not tarry one with thee this seph to go down to meet my lord the king night: and that will be worse unto thfce| 21 But A-bish'a-i the son of Zer-u-i'ah 280 David rclurnelh lo Jc-ru'sa-le.m. i>i5w<.TP(l and said, Shall not Shim'e-T be put to death for this, because he cursed tlio LoKi)''s anointed ? "i"! And Da'vid said, What hiive I to do with you, ye sons of Zer-u-i'ah, that ye should this day be ad'versaries unto me ? shall there any man be put to death this day in Ij'ra-el ? for do not I know that I am this day kingf over if'ra-el ? 23 Thert'fore the king^ said unto Shim'- c-i, Tlum shalt not die. And the king sware unto liim. 24 IT And Me-phib'o-sheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the kins; departed until the day he came (igain' m peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Je-ru'sa-lem to meet the king,that file king; said unto him. Wherefore went- cst not thou witli me, Me-phib'o-sheth ? 26 .^nd he answered. My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an iiss, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king ; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king ; but my lord the king is as an angel of God : do there'fore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right thert'fore have I yet to cry any more unto the king ? 29 And tlie king said unto him, Wliy speakest thou any more of thy matters ? I have said, Thou and Zl'ba divide thcland. 30 And Me-phib'o-sheth said unto the king. Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again' in peace unto his own house. 31 "i And Bar-zil'la-l the Gil'e-ad-Tte came down from R6-ge'lim, and went over Jor'dan with the king, to conduct him over Jor'dan. 32 Now Bar-zU'la-i was a very aged man, tvcn fourscore years old : and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Ma-ha-na'im : for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Bar-zU'la-T, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Je-nVsa-lem. 34 And Bar-zil'la-T said unto the king, How long have 1 to live, that I should go up with the king unto Je-rd'sa-lem ? 35 I am this day fourscore years old : and can I dif ^ern' between good and evil ? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink ? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing-women ? where- fore then should thy servant be yet a bur- den unto my lord the king ? Aa 2 II. SAM'UEL. Rebellion of Skl'ba. 3G Thy servant will go a little way over Jor'dan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward ? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again', that I may die in mine own city, and be, buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chim'ham ; let him go over with my lord the king ; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 3!j And the king answered, Chim'ham shall go over with me, and 1 will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee : and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, //la/ will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jor'- dan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Bar-zil'la-T, and bless'ed him ; and he returned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gil'gal, and Chim'ham went on with him : and all the people of Ju'dt.h conducted the king, and also half the people of If'ra-el. 41 IT And behold, all the men of I§'ra-el came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Ju'dah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all Da'vid's men with him, over Jor'dan ? 42 And all the men of Ju'dah answered the men of If'ra-el, Because the king is near of kin to us : wherefore then be ye an- gry for this matter ? have we eaten at all ot the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of if'ra-el answered the men of Ju'dah, and said. We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more ri'rht in Da'vid than ye : why then did ye despTje' us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king ? And the words of the men of Ju'dah were fiercei than the words of the men of Ij'ra-el. CHAP. XX. AND there happened to be there a man of Be'li-al, whose name icas She'ba, the son of Bich'rT, a Ben'ja-mlte ; and he blew a trumpet, and said. We Iiave no part in Da'vid, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jes'se : every man to his tents, O If'ra-el. 2 So every man of lyra-el went up from after Da'vid, and followed She'ba the son of Bich'ri : but the men of Ju'dah clave un- to their king, from Jor'dan even to Je-rfl'sar lem. 3 Tl And Da'vid came to his house at Je-nVsa-lem ; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put thtm in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. 4 Then said the king to Am'a-sa, As- semble me the men of Ju'dah within three days, and be thou here present. 281 J[ni'a-sa ■,« slain. II. 5 So Atn'a-sa went to assemble the men of Jii'dah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And Da'v'id said to A-bish'a-T, Now shall She'ba the son of Bich'ri do us more harm than did Ab'sa-lom : take thou thy ■>rd''s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape' us. 7 And there went out after him, JD'ab's men, and the Cher'eth-ites, and the Pe'- leth-ltes, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Je-riYsa-lem, to pursue after She'ba the son of Bich'ri. 8 When they wire at the great stone which is in Gib'e-6n, Am'a-sa went before them. And Jo'ab's garment that he had put on was gir'ded^ unto him, and upon it a gir'dle- wilh a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Jo'ab said to Am'a-sa, Art thou tn health, my brother? And Jo'ab took Am'a-sa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Am'a-sa took no heed to the stpord that was in Jo'ab's hand : so he smote him therewith in the fifth rt'ft, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again'; and he died. So Jo'ab and A-bish'a-T his brother pursued after She'ba the son of Bich'ri. 1 1 And one of Jo'ab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Jo'ab, and he that is for Da'vid, let him go after Jo'ab. 12 And Am'a-sa. wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Am'a-sa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Jo'ab, to pursue after She'ba the son of Bich'ri. 14 T And he went through all the tribes of I|'ra-el unto A'bel, and to Beth-ma'a- chah, and all the Be'rltes : and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in A'bel of Beth-ma'a-chah,and they cast up a bank against' the city, and it stood in the trench : and all the people that ivere with Jo'ab battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 T Then cried a wise woman out of the city. Hear, hear ; say, I pray you, unto Jo'ab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. ]T And when he was come near unto her, the woman said. Art thou Jo'ab ? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him. Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 1 ger'dcd. SAM'UEL. SuuVs sons hanged. 18 Then she spake, saying. They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at A'bel : and so they ended the matter. 19 1 am, one of t hern that are peaceable and faithful in If'ra-el : thou seekest to destroy' a city and a mother in I|'ra-el : why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord .' 20 And Jo'ab answered and said, Farbe it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy'. 21 The matter is not so : but a man of mount E'phra-Im, She'ba the son of Bich'ri by name, hath lifted up his hand against' the kin?, even against' Da'vid : deliver him only, acid I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Jo'ab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of She'ba the son of Bich'ri, and cast it out to Jo'ab. And he blew a trum- pet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Jo'ab returned to Je-ru'sa-lem unto the king. 23 IT Now Jo'ab tvas over all the host of I§'ra-el : and Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a- da was over the Cher'eth-ites and over the Pe'leth-ites : 24 And A-do'ram teas over the tribute: and Je-hosh'a-phat the son of A-hi'liid was recorder : 25 And She'va was scribe : and Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar were the priests. 26 And I'ra also the Ja'ir-ite was a chief ruler about' Da'vid. CHAP. XXI. THEN there was a famine in the days of Da'vid three years, year after year ; and Da'vid inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered. It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gib'e-6n-ites. 2 And the king called the Gib'e-6n- ites, and said unto them ; (now the Gib'- e-6n-Ttes were not of the children of ij'ra- el, but of the remnant of the Am'o-rites ; and the children of If'ra-el had sworn unto them ; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of l§'ra-el and Jii'dah ;) 3 Wherefore Da'vid said unto the Gib'- e-6n-Ttes, What shall I do for you ? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord ? 4 And the Gib'e-6n-ites said unto him. We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house ; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in If'ra-el. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they answered the king. The man that consumed us, and that devTf ed 2 gcr'dl. 282 Seven of SduPs sons slain. II. SAM'UEL. against' us that we should be destroy'ed froiii remaining in any of the coasts of i^'ra-el, 6 Let seven men of his sons be deliv- ered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gib'e-ah of Saul, whom the Lord did chooje. And the king said, 1 will give them. 7 But the king spared Me-phib'o-sheth, the son of Jon'a-than the son of Saul, be- cause of the Lord's oath that was be- tween them, between Da'vid and Jon'a- than the son of Saul. a But the king took the two sons of Riz'pah the daughter of A-i'ah, whom she bare unto Saul, Ar-mo'ni and Me-phib'o- shtth ; and the five sous of Mi'chal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for A'dri-el the son of Bar-zil'la-I the Me- hol'ath-lte ; 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gib'e-6n-ites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord : and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days., in the beginning of barley-harvest. 10 And Riz'pah the daugliter of A-l'ah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told Da'vid what Riz'- pah the daughter of A-i'ah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 And Da'vid went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jon'a-than his son, from the men .of Ja'besh-Gil'e-ad, which had stolen them from the street of Beth'shan, where the Phi-lis'tines had hanged them, when the Phi lis'tines had slain Saul in Gjl'bo-a : 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jon'a-than his son ; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jon'a- than his son buried they in the country of Ben'ja-mln in Ze'lah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father ; and they perform'ed all that the kingcomman'ded: and after that, God was entreated for the land. 13 IT Moreover, the Phi-lis'tlnes had yet war again' with If ra-el ; and Da'vid went down, and his servants with him, and fought against' the Fhi-lls'tines : and Da'vid waxed faint. 16 -Vnd Ish'bT-Be'nob, which was of the sons of the giant, (the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight,) he, being girded with a new swdrd.1 thought to have slain Da'- vid : 17 But A-bish'a-i t .e son of Zer-u-i'ah auccoured him, and smote the Phi-lis'tme, Da'vtd^s song and killed him. Then the men of Da'vid sware unto him, saying. Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thoa quench not the light of Ij'ra-el. 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again' a battle with the Phi-lis'- tines at Gob : then Sib'be-^hai the Hu'- shath-ite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. 19 And there was again' a battle in Gob with the Phi-lis'tines, where El-ha'nan the son of Ja-ar-e-6r'e-gTm, a Beth'le-hem-lte, slew the brdlher of Go-ll'ath the Git'tlte, the staff of whose spear was like a weav- er's beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on ev- ery foot six toes, four and twenty in num- ber ; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied I§'ra-el, Jon'a- than, the son of Shim'e-ah, the brother of Da'vid, slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of Da'vid, and by the hand of his servants. CHAP. XXII. AND Da'vid spake unto the Lord the words of this song, in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : 2 And he said. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; 3 The God of my rock ; in him will I trust : he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my ref- uge, my saviour ; thou savest me frjm violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, who is wor- thy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death com'passed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid ; 6 The sorrows of hell com'passeJ me about'; the snares of death prevente 1 me. 7 In my distress I called upon the I iORD, and cried to my God ; and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and treriibled ; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devour- ed : coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also and came down ; and darkness was under liis fee .. If And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about' him, dark waters, a?i(/ thick clouds of the skies. 283 Da't-Ws psnlvi II. SAM'UEI.. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scat- tered them ; lightning, and discom'f ited them. 16 And the channels of the sea appear- ed, the foundations of the world were dis- covered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from above, he took me ; he drew me out of many waters , 18 He delivered me from my strong en- emy, and from them that hated me : for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place ; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness : according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompen- sed me. 22 F'or I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his judgments uiere before me : and as for his statutes, I did not de- part from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 There fore the Lord hath recom- pensed me according to my righteousness ; according to my cleanness in his eye- sight. 26 With the mer'ciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt show thy- self pure ; and with the frd'ward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save : but thine eyes are upon the haugh- ty, that thou mayst bring them down. 29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord ; and the Lord will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop : by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect ; the word of the Lord is tried : he is a buck- ler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the Lord ? and who is a rock, save our God ? 33 God is my strength and power : and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' /ee/ ; and setteth me upon my high places. 35 He teacheth my hands to war ; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. of thanksgiving 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me ; so that my feet did not slip. 38 1 have pursued mine enemies, and destroy'ed them ; and turned not again' until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arife . yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle : them that rose up against' me hast thou subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy' them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there teas none to save ; ere^i unto the Lord, but he answer- ed them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me lo be head of the heathen : a people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 Stran|ers shall submit themselves unto me : as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. 47 The Lord liveth ; and bles'sed be my rock ; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 48 It ii God that aven|eth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against' me : thou hast delivered me from the vio- lent man. 50 There'f ore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and 1 will sing praises unto thy name. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto Da'vid, and to his seed for evermore. CHAP. XXIII. NOW these be the last words of Da'- vid. Da'vid the son of Jes'se said, and the man xvho was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Ja'cob, and the sweet psalmist of If'ra-el, said, 2 The Splr'lt of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of If'ra-el said. The Rock of Ij'ra-el spake to me, He that ruleth over men miist be just, ruling in the fear of God : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, U'/ien the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an ever- las'ting covenant, ordered in all things, 284 A catalogue of II. SAM'UEL. and sure : for this is all my salvation, and al! my desire, althoug^li he make it not to grow. 6 But the sons of Be'li-al shall be all of them as th^>rns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands. 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron, and the staff of a spear ; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. a IT Tliese be the names of the mighty jnen whom Da'vTd had : The Ta9h'mon- ile that sat in the seat, chief among; the cap'tains ; the same was Ad'i-no the Ez'- nlte ; he lifted \ip his spear against' eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was E-le-a'zar, the son of Do'do the A-ho'hite, one of the three mig-hty men with Da'vid, when they de- fied the Phi-lis'tines that were there gath- ered together to battle, and the men of if'ra-el were gone away : 10 He aroje, and smote the Phi-lis'tines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the Lord wrought a great victory that day ; and the people returned after him only to spoil. 1 1 And after him was Sham'mah the son of Ag'c-e the Ha'ra-rite : and the Phi- lis'tines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of len'tilfs ; and the people tied from the Phi-lis'tines : 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Phi-lis'tines : and the Lord wrought a great victory. 13 .\nd three of the thirty chief went down, and came to Da'vid in the harvest- time unto the cave of A-dfd lam : and the troop of the Phi-lis'tines pitched in the valley of Reph'a-im. 14 And Da'vid was then in a hold, and the garrison of the Phi-lis'tines was then in Beth'le-hem. 15 And Da'vid longed, and said. Oh that one would give me drink of the wa- ter of the well of Beth'le-hem, which is by the gate ! IG .\nrl the three mighty men brake through the host of the Phi-lis'tines, and drew water out of the well of Beth'le- hem, that teas by the gate, and took z7, and brought it to Da'vid: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord ; 17 .\nd he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this : is not this the blood of the men that went in jeop'- ardy of their lives ? There'fore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 18 And A-bTsh'a-1, the br6ther of Jo'ab, the son of Zer-u-i'ah, was chief among three : and he lifted up his spear against' 1 Bin-a'yah. Da'ticfs uorthiei. three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. 19 \^'as he not most ftnn'ourablc of three ? there'fore he was their cAp'tain . howbeit he attained not unto the Jirsl three. 20 And Ben-ai'ah^ the son of Je-hoi'a- da, the son of a valiant man, of Kab'ze-el, who had done many acts ; he slew two lion-like men of Mo'ab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 21 And he slew an E-eyp'ti-an, a good- ly man : and the E-gyp'ti-an had a sprar in his hand ; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the E-gyp'ti-an's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He Avas more Aon'ourahle than the thirty, but he attained not to the Jirsl three : and Da'vid set him over his guard. 24 Aj'a-hel the brother of Jo'ab was one of the thirty ; El-ha'nan the son of Do'do of Beth'le-hem, 25 Sham'mah the Ha'rod-ite, El'i-ka the Ha'rod-lte, 26 He'lez the Pal'tite, T'ra the son of Ik'kesh the Te-ko'ite, 27 A-bi-e'zer the An'e-thoth-ite, Me- bun'nai the Hfi'shath-ite, 28 Zal'mon the A-hoh'ite, Ma-har'a-i the Ne-toph'a-thite, 29 He'leb the son of Ba'a-nah, a Ne- toph'a-thite ; it'ta-i the son of Ri'bai, out of Gib'e-ah of the children of Ben'ja-min, 30 Ben-ai'ah the Pir'a-th6n-ite,2 Hid'- da-i of the brooks of Ga'ash, 31 A-bi-al'bon the Ar'bath-ite, Az'ma- veth the Bar-hii'mite, 32 E-li'ah-ba the Sha-al'bon-lte ; of the sons of Ja'shen, Jon'a-than, 33 Sham'mah the Ha'ra-rite, A-hi'am the son of Sha'rar the Ha'ra-rite, 34 E-liph'e-let the son of A-haj'ba-i, the son of the Ma'a-chath-ite ; E-li'am the son of A-hith'o-phel the Gi'lo-nite, 35 Hez'ra-i the Car'mel-ite, Pa'a-rai the Ar'bite, 36 T'gal the son of Na'than of Zo'bah, Ba'ni the Gad'ite, 37 Ze'lek the Am'mon-ite ; Na-har'a-i the Be-e'roth-ite, armour-bearer to Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah, 38 I'ra an ith'rite, Ga'reb an Ith'rite, 39 U-ri'ah the Hit'tite : thirty and seven in all. CHAP. XXIV. AND again' the anger of the Lord was kindled against' If'ra-el, and he moved Da'vTd against' them to say, Go, number If'ra-el and Jfi'dah. 2 For the king said to J5'ab the cap'- a Pcr'a-thdn-tie. S8& Da'vid, mimbertng the people^ 11. SAM'UEL tain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of If'ra-el, from Uan even to Be-er'she-ba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. 3 And Jo'ab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it : hut why doth my lord the king delight in this thing ? 4 Notwithstanding the king's word pre- vailed against' Jo'ab, and against' the cap'- tains of the host : and Jo'ab and the cap'tains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the peo- ple of if'ra-el. 5 And they passed over Jor'dan, and pitched in Ar'o-er, on the right side of the city that lielh in the midst of (he river of Gad, and to'ward Ja'zer : 6 Then they came to Gil'e-ad, and to the land of Tah'tim-Hod'shi ; and they came to Dan-ja'an, and about' to Zi'don, 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hi'vTtes, and of the Can'aan-Ttes : and they went out to the south of Jii'dah, even to Be-er'she-ba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Je-ru'sa-lem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Jo'ab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king : and there were in If'ra-el eight hundred thou- sand valiant men that drew the sJford ; and the men of Ju'dah tccre five hundred thousand men. 10 And Da'vid's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And Da'vid said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done : and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the in- iquity of thy servant ; fori have done very foolishly. 1 1 For when Da'v'd was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, Da'vid's seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto Da'vid, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things ; choofe thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to Da'vTd, and told him, and said unto him. Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land .'' or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee ? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land ? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And Da'vid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mer'ciea are aftirwarda repenteth great,) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon If'ra-el, from the morning even to the time appointed : and there died of the people, from Dan even to Be-er'she-ba, seventy thousand men. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Je-ri>'sa-lem to destroy' it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroy'ed the peo- ple, It is enough ; stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-place of A-rau'nah the Jeb'u- site. 17 And Da'vTd spake unto the Lord, when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done ? Let thine hand, I pray thee, be against' me, and against' my father's house. 18 And Gad came that day to Da'vTd, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of A-rau'nah the Jeb'u-sTte. 19 And Da'vTd, according to the saying of Gad, went up, as the Lord com- man'ded. 20 And A-rau'nah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on to'?<'ard him : and A-rau'nah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And A-rau'nah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant ? And Da'vid said, To buy the threshing- floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And A-rau'nah said unto Da'vTd, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt-sac'rifi^e, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. 23 All these things did A-rau'nah, as a king, give unto the king : and A-rau'nah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. 24 And the king said unto A-rau'nah, Nay ; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So Da'vTd bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And Da'vTd built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord was en- treated for the land, and the plague was stayed from If'ra-el. 286 f The FIRST Book of the lONGS, commonly called, The THIRD Book of the KINGS. CHAPTER I. NOW kingf Da'vid was old and stricken in years ; and they covered him with clothes, hut he ofat no heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin ; and let her stand befoie the kins:, and let her cherish him, Had let her lie in thy bo'fom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of If'ra-el, and found Ab'i-shag a Shu'nam-Tte, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 5 T Then Sd-o-ni'jah the son of Hag'- gith exalted himself, saying, I will be king : and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so ? and he also was a very goodly man ; and his mother bare him after Ab'- sa-16m. 7 And he confer'red with Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah, and with A-bi'a-thar the priest : and they, following Ad-o-ni'jah, helped him. 8 But Za'dok the priest, and Ben-ai'ah the son of .Te-hoi'a-da, and Na'than the prophet, and Shim'e-i, and lle'i, and the mighty men %vhich belonged to Da'vid, were not with Ad-o-ni'jah. 9 And Ad-o-ni'jah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zo'he-leth, which is by £n-r6'gil, and called all his* brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Jii'dah the king's servants : 10 But Na'than the prophet, and Ben- ai'ah, and the mighty men, and Sol'o- mon his brother, he called not. 1 1 Wherefore Na'than spake unto B;'ith'she-ba the mcfiher of Sol'o-mon, say- ing, Ilast thou not heard that Ad-o-nl'jah the son of Hag'gilh doth reign, and Da'- vid our lord knoweth it not ? 12 Now therc'fore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayst save thine own life, and the life of thy son Sol'o-mon. 13 Go and get thee in unto king Da'- vid, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Sol'o-mon thy son shall > kon'flrm'. reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? why then doth Ad-o-ni'jah reign ? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm' thy words. 15 And Bath'she-ba went in unto the king into the chamber : and the king was very old ; and Ab'i-shag the Shu'nam-ite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath'she-ba bowed, and did obei'sance- unto the king. And the king said, What wouldst thou ? 17 And she said unto him. My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying.. Assuredly Sol'o- mon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne : 18 And now, behold, Ad-o-ni'jah reign- eth ; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not : 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cat- tle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and A-bi' a-thar the priest, and Jo'ab the cap'tain of the host : but Sol'o-mon thy servant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all If'ra-el art upon thee, that thou shouldst tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Sol'o-mon shall be counted offenders. 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Na'than the prophet also came in 23 And they told the king, saying. Be- hold, Na'than the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Na'than said. My lord, O king, hast thou said, Ad-o-ni'jah shall reign af- ter me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the cap'taTns of the host, and A-bi'a-thar the priest : and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Ad-o-ni'jah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Za'dok the priest, and Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and thy servant Sol'o-mon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto 2 d-ba'tarue. S87 Sbl'o-mun anointed king. I. KINGS. Da'tWs chargt to him. thy servant, who should sit on the throne i Come in ; for thou art a valiant man, and of my lord the king after him ? bringest good tidings. 2ii 'I'hcn king Da'vid ansvifercd and 43 And Jon'a-than answered and said said, Call mc I3ath'she-ba. And she came to Ad-o-ni'jah, Verily our lord king Da'- info the king''s presence, and stood before vTd hath made Sol'o-mon king, the king. 44 And the king hath sent with him :9 And the kini;- sware, and said, AslZa'dbk the priest, and Na'than the propb the Lord li\'eth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the l^oRB God of !j'ra-el, saying. Assuredly Sol'o-mon thy son shall reign after me. et, and Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and the Cher'eth-Ttes, and the Pe'leth-Ttes, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule : 45 And Za'dok the priest and Na'than and he shall sit upon my throne in my j the prophet have anointed him king in stead ; even so will 1 cer'tainly do this day. j Gi'hon ; and they are come up from thence 31 Then Bath'she-ba bowed with /ler | rejoicing, so that the city rang again'. face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king Da'vVd live for ever. 32 And king Da'vid said. Call me Zk'-\ dok the priest, and Na'than the prophet, and Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them. Take with you the servants of your lard, and cause Sol'o-mon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gi'hon This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also Sol'o-mon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And, moreover, the king''s servants came to bless our lord king Da'vid, say- ing, God make the name of Sol'o-mon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king, Bles' sed be the Lord God of if'ra-el, which 34 And let Za'dok the priest and Na'- hath given one to sit on my throne this than the prophet anoint him there king over Ij'ra-el : and blow ye with the trum- pet, and say, God save king Sol'o-mon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne ; for he shall be king in my stead : and I have appointed him to be ruler over If'ra- el and over Ju'dah. 36 And Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da answered the king, and said, A'men' : the Lord God of my lord the king say so too. 37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Sol'o- mon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king Da'vid. 38 So Za'dok the priest, and Na'than the prophet, and Ben-ai'ah the son of Je- hoi'a-dii, and the Cher'eth-ltes, and the Pe'leth-ltes, went down, and caused Sol'- day, mine eyes even seeing it. 49 And all the guests that utre with Ad-o-nT'jah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man hu way. 50 And Ad-o-ni'jah feared because of Sol'o-mon, and arof e, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Sol'o-mon, saying. Behold, Ad-o-ni'jah feareth king Sol'o- mon : for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying. Let king Sol'o- mon swear unto me to-day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Sol'o-mon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth : but if wick- edness shall be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Sol'o-mon sent, and they brousfht him down from the altar. And o-mon to ride upon king Da'vid's mule, he came and bowed himself to king Sol'o- and brought him lo Gi'hon. j mon : and Sol'o-mon said unto him, Go to 39 And Za'dok the priest took a horn , thine house. of oil out of the tabernacle, and anoint- ed Sol'o-mon. And they blew the trum- pet ; and all the people said, God save king Sol'o-mon. 40 And all the people came up after CHAP. II. NOW the days of Da'vid drew nigh that he should die : and he charged Sol'o-mon his son, saying, 2 I go the way of all the earth : be him; and the people piped with pipes,! thou strong there'fore, and show thyself and rejoiced with great joy, so that the! a man; earth rent with the sound of them. 3 And keep the charge of the Lord 41 And Ad-o-ni'jiih, and all the guests' thy God, to walk in his ways, to ke^p his that ivcre with him, heard i7, as they had} statutes, and his command'ments, and his made an end of eating. And when Jo'abj judgments, and his tes'timonies, as it is heard the sound of the trumpet, he said. Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar ? 42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jon'a-than the son of A-bT'a-thar the priest came : and Ad-o-ni'jah said unto him, written in the law of Mo'jes, that thou mayst prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself; 4 That the Lord may continue his word, which he spake concerning me^ saying, If thy children take heed to their 288 Da'vid ditth. I. way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of ij'ra-el. 5 Moreover, thon knowest also what Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah did to me, and what he did to the two cap'tains of the hosts of Ij'ra-el, unto Ab'n^r the son of Ner, and unto Am'a-sa the son of Je'ther, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and juit the blood of war upon his girdle that was about' his loins, and in his shoes that ivlre on his fc(^t. 6 Do there'fore according to thy wis- dom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 7 But show kindness unto the sons of Bar-zil'la-i the Gil'e-ad-ite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table : for so they came to me when I fled because of Ab'sa-lom thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shim'e-1 the son of Ge'rii, a Ben'ja-mite of Ba-hu'rim, which cursed me with a griev'- ous curse in the day when I went to Ma-ha- na'im : but he came down to meet me at Jor'dan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sjrord. 9 Novv there'fore hold him not guilt- less ; for thou art a wise man, and know- est what thou oughtest to do unto him ; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with bl ^od. 10 So Da'vui slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Da'vid. 1 1 And the days that Da'vid reigned over Ij'ra-el ivlre forty years : seven years reigned he in Ple'bron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Je-riVsa-lem. 12 Then sat Sol'o-mon upon the throne of Da'vid his father ; and his kingdom was estab'lished greatly. 13 And Ad-o-ni'jah the son of Hag'gith came to Bath'she-ba the mother of Sol'o- mon. And she said, Comest thou peace- ably ? And he said. Peaceably. 14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. 15 And he said. Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all if'ra-el set their faces on me, that I should reign : howbeit the kingdom is turned about', and is become my brother's ; for it was his from the Lord. IG .And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said. Speak, I pray thee, unto Sol'o-mon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Ab'i-shag the Shu'nam-lte to wife. 18 And Bath'she-ba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 Bath'she-ba there'fore went unto king Sol'D-mon, to speak unto him for Ad- B b 19 KINGS. Ad-o-n'i'jah is slain . o-ni'jah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and «at down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on bis right hand. 20 Then she said, 1 desire one small pe- tition of thee ; 7 praij th ee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother ; for I will not say thee nay. 21 And she said, Let Ab'i-shag the Shu'- nam-ite be given to Ad-o-ni'jrdi thy broth- er to wife. 22 And king Sul'o-mon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Ab'i-shfig the ShiViiam-itefor Ad-o-ni'- jah ? ask for him the kingdom also ; for he is mine elder brother ; even for him, and for A-bi'a-thar the priest, and for .lo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah. 23 Then king Suro-mou sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Ad-o-ni'jah have not spoken this word against' his own life. 24 Now there'fore, as the IjORD liveth, which hath estab'lishcd me, and set me on the throne of Da'vid my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, Ad-o-ni'jah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Sol'o-mon sent bj" the hand of Ben-ai'ah the son of .le-hoi'a-dfi ; and he fell upon him that he died. 26 And unto A-bi'a-thar the priest said the king. Get thee to An'a-thoth, unto thine own fields ; for thou art worthy of death : but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before Da'vid my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So Sol'o-mon thrust out A-bi'a-thar from being priest unto the Lord ; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which lie spake concer'ning the house of E'li in Shi'loh. 28 Then tidings came to Jo'ab: (for Jo'- ab had turned after Ad-o-ni'jah, though he turned not after Ab'sa-lom :) and Jo'ab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Sol'o-mon that JoTib was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord ; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Sol'o-mon sent Ben-fd'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, saying. Go fall upon him. 30 And Ben-ai'ah came to the taberna- cle of the Lord, and said unto him. Thus saith the king. Come forth. And he said^ Nay ; but I will die here. And Ben-ai'ah brought the king word again', saying. Thus saith Jo'ab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him^and bury him ; that thou mayst txike awfiy the in- nocent blood, which Jo'ab shed, fmm me, and from the house of my fiilher. 32 And the Lord shsJl return his blood S89 L'dm'e-l is slain. • upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the swdrd, my fa- ther Da'vid not knowing thereof, to wit, Xb'ner the son of Ner, cap'taln of the host of I j'ra-el, and Am'a-sa the son of Je'ther, cap'taln of the host of Ju'dah. 33 Their blood shall there'fore return upon the head of Jo'ab, and upon the head of his seed for ever : but upon Da'vid, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. 34 So Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da went up, and fell upon him, and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 And the king put Ben-ai'ah the son Je-hoi'a-da in his room over the host ; and Za'dok the priest did the king put in the room of A-bi'a-thar. 36 IT And the king sent and called for Shim'e-i, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Je-riVsa-lem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou "■oest out, and passest over the brook Kid'- ron, thou shalt know for cer'tain that thou shalt surely die : thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shim'e-i said unto the king, 'I'he saying is good : as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shim'e-i dwelt in Je-rft'sa-lem many days. 39 And it came to pass, at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shlm'e-i ran away unto A'chish son of Ma'a- chah,kin5 of Gath ; and they told Shim'e-I, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. 40 And Shim'e-i aro§e, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, to A'chish, to seek his servants : and Shim'e-l went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Sol'o-mon that Shim'e-i had gone from Je-nVsa-lem to Gath, and was come again'. 42 And the king sent and called for Shim'e-i, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying. Know for a t-er'tain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou sh?,lt surely die ? and thou saidst unto me. The word that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the ■>ath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with ? 44 The king said, moreover, to Shim'e-i, I'hou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to ^^'wid my father : there'fore the Lord shall Miturn thy wickedness upon thine own head : 45 And king Sol'o-mon shall be bless'ed, ajid the throne of Da'vid shall be estab'- , Jished before, the Lord for ever KINGS. Sal'o-md!i''swise choice. 46 So the king comman'ded Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da ; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kinguum was estab'lished in the hand ol Sol'o-mon. CHAB. III. AND Sol'o-mon made affinity with Phii'- raoh king of L'^ypt, and took Ph.V- raoh's daughter, and brought her into tin; city of Da'vid, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house oJ the Lord, and Ihe wall of Je-rii'sa-leni round about'. 2 Only the people sac'rifl(,ed in hii;h places, because there was no house built untothenarrteof the Lord until those days. 3 And Sol'o-mon loved the Lord, walk- ing in the statutes of Da'vid his father ; only he sac'rificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And the king went to Gib'e-6n to sac'rifj^e there ; for th-at was the great high place : a thousand burnt-offerings did Sol'o-mon offer up on that altar. 5 In Gib'e-6n the Lord appeared to Sol'o-mon in a dream by night : and God said, Ask what 1 shall give thee. 6 And Sol'o-mon said, Thou hast show- ed unto thy servant Da'vid my father great mercy, according as he walked be- fore thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee ; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of Da'vid my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant z> in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor count- ed for multitude. 9 Give there'fdre thy servant an under- standing heart to judge thy people, that I may dijgern' between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Sol'o-mon had asked this thing. 1 1 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life ; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; buthastasked forthy- self understanding to dif ^ern' judgment ; 12 Behold, 1 have done according to thy word : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart ; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither af ter thee shall any arije like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and/ion'our; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. Sol' o-mori^s judgment I. KINGS 14 And if thou wi't walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my command'- inents, as thy father Da'viddid walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Sol'o-mon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Je-riVsa- lem, and stood before the ark of the cove- nant of the LoRn, and offered up burnt- ofrcringfs, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16 f Then came there two women, that wrre harlots, unto the king, and stood be- fore him. 17 And the one woman said, () my lord, 1 and this woman dwell in one house ; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass, the third day after that I was delivered, that this wo- man was delivered also : and we tvtre to- gether ; there u-as no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night ; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arofe at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine hand- maid slept, and laid it in herbo'fom, and laid her dead child in my bo'jom. 21 And when I aroje in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead ; but when I had considered it in the morn- ing, behold, it was not my son which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay ; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said. No ; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith. This is my son that liveth, and thy son is Ihe dead : and the other saith. Nay ; but Ihy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said. Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was iinto the king, (for her bowels yearned upon her son,) and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, r£nd in no wise slay it. But the other said. Let it be neither mine nor thine, but di- vide it. 27 Then the king answered and said. Give her the living child, and in no wise tlay it : she is the mother thereof. 28 And all If'ra-el heard of the judg- ment which the king had judged ; and they feared the king : for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judg- n>€nt. CHAP. IV. SO king Sol'o-mon was king over all If'ra-el. Hts pnnccs^ <^r. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Az-a-ri'ah the son of Za'dok the priest ; 3 El-j-ho'reph and A-hi'ah, the sons ol Shi'sha, scribes ; Je-hosh'a-phat the son ol A-hi'lud, the recorder. 4 And Ben-ai'ah the son of .le-hoi'a-da was over the host ; and Za'dok and A-bV- a-thar were the priests ; 5 And Az-a-ri'ah the son of Na'than was over the officers ; and Za'bud the son of Na'than was principal officer, and the king's friend ; 6 And A-hl'shar was over the household ; and A-don-i'ram the son of Ab'da was over the tribute. 7 And Sol'o-mnn had twelve officers over all Ij'ra-el, which provided victuals for the king and his household : each man his month in a year made provision. 8 And these «rf their names : The son of Hfir, in mount E'phra-Tm. 9 The son of De'kar, in Ma'kaz, and in Sha-al'bim, and Beth'she-mesh, and E'lon- Beth'ha-nan. 10 The son of He'sed, in Ar'u-both ; to him pertained So'choh, and all the land of- He'pher. 11 The son of A-bin'a-dab, in all the region of Uor ; which had Ta'phath the daughter of Sol'o-mnn to wife. 12 Ba'a-na, the son of A-hl'lud ; to him pertained Ta'a-nach and Mc-gid'do, and all Beth'she-an, which is by Zar'ta-nah beneath Jez're-t-1, from Beth'she-on to a'- bel-Me-ho'lah, even unto the place that is beyond Jok'ne-am. 13 The son of Ge'ber, in Ra'moth-Gil'- e-ad ; to him pertained the towns of Ja'ir the son of Ma-nas'seh, which are in Gil'e- ad : to him also pertained the region of Ar'gob, which is in Ba'shan, threescort; great cities, with walls and brazen bars. 14 A-hin'a-dab the son of id'do had Ma-ha-na'im. 15 A-him'a-az was in Naph'ta-li ; he also took Bas'math the daughter of Sol'o- mon to wife. 16 Ba'a-nah the son of Hu'shai was in Ash'er and in A'loth. 17 Je-h("sh'a-phat the son of Par'u-ah in Is'sa-char. 18 Shim'e-i the son of £'lah in Ben'ja min. 19 Ge'ber the son of tj'ri was in the country of GTl'e-iid, in the country of Si'- hon king of the Am'o-rltes, and of Og king of Ba'shan ; and he was the only officer which was in the land. 20 IT Ju'dah and If'ra-el were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multi- tude, eating and drinking, and making merry. 21 And Sol'o-mon reigned over all king- doms from the river unto the land of the Phi-lls'tines, and unto the border of £'- 291 S5ro-md)i''s riches and wisdom. I. KINGS gypit : they brought presents, and served feol'o-mon all the days of his life. •2Z And Sol'o-mon's provision for one day was thirty meaj'ures of fine flour, and threescore meaj'ures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and tvirenty oxen out of the pas'tures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the re- gion on this side the river, from Tiph'sah even to Az'zah, over all the kings on this side the river : and he had peace on all sides round about' him. 25 And Ju'dah and 15'ra-el dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Be-er'she-ba, all the days of Sol'o-mon. 26 And Sol'o-mon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27 And those officers provided victual for king Sol'o-mon, and for all that came U!ito king Sol'o-mon's table, every man in his month : they lacked nothing. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and drom'edaries brought they unto the place where Hit officers were, every man according to his charge. 29 And God gave Sol'o-mon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. 30 And Soro-mon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of E'gypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men ; than E'than the Ez'ra-hlte, and He'man, and Chal'col, and Dar'da, the sons of Ma'hol : and his fame was in all nations round about'. 32 And he spake three thousand prov- erbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the ce- dar-tree that is in Leb'a-nou even unto the hyf'§6p that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Sol'o-mon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wis- dom. CHAP. V. AND Hi'ram king of Tyre sent his ser- vants unto Sol'o-mon ; (for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father ;) for Ili'ram was ever a lover of Da'vid. 2 And Sol'o-mon sent to HT'ram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that Da'vid my father could not build a house unto the name of the Lord his God, for the wars which were about' him on every side, un- til the Loud put them under the soles of bis feet. 1 The number of his workmen 4 But now the LoRn my God hath giv- en me rest on every side, so thai theie it neither ad'versary nor evil occurrent. 5 And, behold, I purpose to builJ a house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the J^ord spake unto Da'vid my father, saying, Thy son whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he snail build a house unto my name. G Now there'fore command' thou that they hew me cedar-trees out of Leb'a- non ; and my servants shall be with thy servants : and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants, according to all that thou shalt appoint : for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to h6 w timber like unto the Si-dd'ni-ans. 7 And it came to pii-ss, when HT'ram heard the words of Sol'o-mon, (hat he re- joiced greatly, and said, Bles'sed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto Da'vid a wise son over this great people, 8 And Hi'ram sent to Sol'o-mon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for : and I will do all thy desire concer'ning timber of cedar, and concer'ning timber of fir. ' 9 My servants shall bring them down from Leb'a-non unto the sea ; and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household. 10 So Hi'ram gave Sol'o-mon cedar- trees and fir-trees, according to all his de- sire. 11 And Sol'o-mon gave Hi'ram twenty thousand meaf'ures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty meaj'ures of pure oil : thus gave Sol'o-mon to Hi'ram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Sol'o-mon wis- dom, as he promised him ; and there was peace between Hi'ram and Sol'o-mon ; and they two made a league together. 13 And king Sol'o-mon raised a levy out of all 15'ra-el ; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Leb'a-non, ten thousand a m6nth by courses ; a month they were in Leb'a-non, and two months at home : and A-don-i'ram uas over the levy. 15 And Sol'o-mon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and four- score thousand hewers in the moun'tains ; 16 Besides the chief of Solo-mon's offi- cers which ivcre over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. 17 And the king comman'ded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, a?irf hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. fer. 292 riu building of Sol'o-nion''s temple. I. 10 And Sol'o-nion's builders and Hi'- ram's builders did hew them, and the stor^e-squarers : so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. CHAP. VI. AND it came to pass, in the four hun- dred and eightieth year after the children of If'ra-el were come out of the land of E'gypt, in the fourth year of Sol'- o-mon's reign over If'ra-el, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he beg-an to build the house of the Lord. 2 And the house which king Sol'o-mon built for the Lord, the length thereof itrt* threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty ctibits, and the height thereof thir- ty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the leng-th thereof, according' to the breadth of the house ; and ten cubits tvas the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. 5 And against' the wall of the house he built chambers round about', against' the walls of the house round about', both. of the temple and of the oracle : and he made chambers round about'. 6 The nethermost chamber teas five cubits broad, and the middle icas six cu- bits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad : for without in the wall of the house lie made narrowed rests round about', that the beams should not be fas- tened in the walls of the house. 7 And the house, when it was in build- ing, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, 7ior any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle chamber was in the rijrht side of the house : and they went up with winding stairs into the mid- dle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. 9 So he built the house, and finished it ; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. 10 And then he built chambers against' all the house, five cubits high : and they rested on the house with timber of ce- dar. 1 1 T And the word of the Lord came to Sol'o-mon, saying, 12 Conccr'ning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my command'ments to walk in them ; then will I perform' my word with thee, which I spake unto Da'vTd thy fa- ther : 13 And I will dwell among the children of Ij'ra-el, and will not forsake my people ij'ra-el. Bb2 KINGS. The chambers thereof 14 So Sol'o-mon built the house, and finished it. 15 And ho built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house and the walls of the ceil'ing: and he covered them on the in- side with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls, with boards of cedar : he even built them for it within, even (or the ora- cle, eveyi for the most holy jilacf . 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits lotig. 18 And the cedar of the house within ivas carved with knops and open flowers : all was cedar; there was no stone seen. 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 .And the oracle in the fore part was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cu- bits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold ; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. 21 So Sol'o-mon overlaid the house within with pure gold : and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house : also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 And within the oracle lie made two cherubims of olive-tree, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other ivi're ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cu- bits : both the cherubims were of one meaj'ure and one size. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house : and they stretched forth the wings of the chertibims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the oth- er wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house lound about' with carved figures of cherubims and palm-trees and open flow- ers, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he over- laid with gold witiiin and without. 31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive-tree : the lintel 293 SoUo-mon't house. I. KINGS, Hiranx's work of the two pillars. and side-posts were a fifth part of the wall. 32 The two doors also wire of olive- tree ; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm-trefs and open flowers, and overlaid Iheni with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims and upon the palm-trees. 33 So also made he for the door of the temple, posts of olive-tree, a fourth part of the wall. 34 And the two doors were of fir-tree : the two leaves of the one door were fold- ing, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm-trees and open flowers ; and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar-beams. 37 IT In the fourth year was the foun- dation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif : 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, (which t* the eighth month,) was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. CHAP. VII. BUT Sol'o-mon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finish- ed all his house. 2 He built also the house of the forest of Leb'a-non ; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the h^ght thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty-five pil- lars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows m three rows, and light was against' light in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows : and light was against' light in three ranks. 6 And he made a porch of pillars ; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and the porch was before them ; and the other pil- lars and the thick beam were before them. 7 Then he made a porch for the throne, where he might judge, even the porch of judgment : and it was covered with cedar from ofte side of the floor to the other. 8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Sol'o-mon made also a house for Pha'raoh's daughter, whom he had taken to ivife, like unto this porch. 9 All these were of costly stones, (ac- cording to the meaj'ures of hewed stones, sawed with saws,) within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside to'uard the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, ere7i great stones ; stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, (after the meaf'ures of hewed stones,) and ce- dars. 12 And the great court round about' u-as with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the p5rch of the house. 13 IT And king Sol'o-mcin sent, and fetched Hi'ram out of Tyre. 14 He 2vas a widow''s son of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass : and he was filled with wisdom and understanding, and cunning to work all Avorks in brass. And he came to king Sol'o-mon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece ; and a line of twelve cubits did com'pass either of them about'. 16 And he made two chapiters of mol- ten brass, to set upon the tops of the pil- lars : the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the othxir chapiter icas five cubits : 17 ^nd nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about' upon the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that ivcre upon the top, with pomegran'ates : and so did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars iccre of lily-work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the tAvo pil- lars had pomegran'ates also ilbove, over against' the belly which was by the net- work : and the pomegran'ates ivcre two hundred, in rows round about' upon the other chapiter. 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof .Ta'chin ; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Bo'az. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work : so was the work of the pillars finished. 23 And he made a molten sea, ten cu- bits from the one brim to the other : it was round all about', and his height was five cubits ; and a line of thir{y cubits did com'pass it round about'. 24 And under the brim of it round about' there were knops c6m'passing it, 294 m'ram>s work of the ten I.KINGS, ten in a cubit, com'passTng the sea round about' : the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking- to'ward the north, and three look- ing to'ward the west, and three looking to'tcard the south, and three looking to'- ward the east : and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were in'ward. 26 And it was a hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies : it contained two thousand baths. 27 And he made ten bases of brass : four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases xoas on this manner : they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges : 29 And on the borders that were be- tween the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims : and upon the ledges there was abase above: and beneath the lions and oxen tcere cer'tain additions made of thin work. 30 And every base had four brazen •wheels, and plates of brass ; and the four corners thereof had undersetters : under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it, within the chapiter and above, teas a cubit : but the mouth thereof was round, after the work of the base, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. 32 And under the borders ivere four wheels ; and the axle-trees of the wheels were joined to the base, and tlie height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels U'ajlike the work of a chariot-wheel ; their axle- trees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base : and the un- dersetters were of the very base itself. 35 .'Vnd in the top of the base was there a Round com'pass of half a cubit high : and on the top of the base, the ledges thereof, and the borders thereof, vjere of the same. 36 For on the plates of the ledges there- of, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm-trees, accord- ing to the proportion of every one, and additions round about'. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases : all of them had one cas'ting^, one mea§'ure, and one size. 38 Then made he ten lavers of brass : one laver contained forty baths ; and ev- ery laver was four cubits : and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he put five bases on the right bases, and all the vessels. side of the house, and five on the left side of the house ; and he set the sea on the right side of the house east'ward, over against' the south. 40 And Hi'ram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Ili'rfi'm made an end of doing all the work that he made king Sol'o-mon for the house of the Lord ; 41 The two pillars, and the tivo bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars ; and the two net-works, to c6ver the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ; 42 And four hundred pomegran'ates ior the two net-works, even two rows of pome- gran'ates for one net-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars ; 43 And the ten bases, and ton lavers on the bases ; 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea ; 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins : and all these vessels, wliich Hi'ram made to king Sol'o-mon for the house of the Lord, were o/ bright brass. 46 In the plain of Jor'dan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Sfic'coth and Zar'than. 47 And Sol'o-mon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many : neither was the weight of the brass found out. 48 And Sol'o-mon made all the vessels Vn'At pertained unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the show-bread was, 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold : 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the cen- sers, of pure gold ; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the tem- ple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Sol'o-mon made for the house of the Lord. And Sol'o-mon brought in the things which Dfi'vid his father had dedicated ; eveji the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treaj'ures of the home of the Lord. CHAP. VIII. THEN Sol'o-mon assembled the elden of If'ra-el, and all (he heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the chil- dren of Ij'ra-el, unto king Sol'o-mon in Je-rO'sa-lem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of Da'vid, which is ZVbn. 2 And all the men of Tf'ra-el assembled themselves unto king .Sol'o-mon at the 295 Sdl'o-m6)i's blessing. I. KINGS feast, in the month Eth'a-nim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the ciders of Ij'ra-el came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Le'vites bring up. 5 And king Sol'o-mon, and all the con- gregation of i§'ra-el, that were assembled unto him, ivire with him before the ark, sac'rifi^ing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the c6venant of the Lord unto his place, holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark, and the staves thereof, above. 8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without : and there they are unto this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone, which Mo'fes put there at Ho'reb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of If'ra-el, when they came out of the land of E'g^pt. 10 IT And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. 12 Then spake Sol'o-mon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about', and bless'ed all the congregation of If'ra- el : (and all the congregation of l^'ra-el stood :) 15 And he said, Bles'sed be the Lord God of If'ra-el, which spake with his mouth unto Da'vid my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people if'ra-el out of E'^ypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of If'ra-el to build a house, that my name might be therein ; but I chose Da'vid to be over my people If'ra-el. 17 And it was in the heart of Da'vid my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of If'ra-el. 18 And the Lord said unto Da'vid my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to His prayer. build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart : 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. 20 And the Lord hath perform'ed his word that he spake ; and 1 am risen up in the room of Da'vid my father, and sit on the throne of If'ra-el, as the Lord promised, and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of if'ra-el. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein zj the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of E'eypt. into the oracle of the house, to the most >,' 22 And Sol'D-mou stood before the altar r>, of the Lord, in the presence of all the congregation of if'ra-el, and spread forth his hands to'u'ard heaven : 23 And he said^-^ Lord God of If'ra-el, there is no god like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest cove- nant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart ; 24 Who hast ktpt with thy servant Da'vid my father that thou promisedst him : thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 25 There'fore now, Lord G od of if'ra- el, keep witli thy servant Da'vid my fa- ther that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of if'ra-el ; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me, as thou hast walked before me»--<>,-.^,„^~ ••'<•■ ' 26 And now, O God of If'ra-el, let thy word, I pray thee, be ver'ified, which thou spakest unto thy servant Da'vid my father. 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have build- ed! 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his suppli- cation, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy ser- vant prayeth before thee to-day : 29 That thine eyes may be open to'MJard this house night and day, ere?i to'ward the place of which thou hast said. My name shall be there ; that thou mayst hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make to'wards this place. 30 And hearken thou to the supplica- tion of thy servant, and of thy people If'ra-el, when they shall pray t5'wards this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place ; and when thou hearest,_i forgive. ^'-^ 31 If any man trespass against' his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him 296 Sol'o-mbn's prayer at the to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house : 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring; his way upon his head ; and justifying; the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. 33 When thy people I§'ra-el be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinntd against' thee, and shall turn again' to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house : 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and for- give the sin of thy people Ij'ra-el, and bring them again' unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. 35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against' thee ; if they pray to'jrard this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them : 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and for- give the sin of thy servants, and of thy people If'ra-el, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. 37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blas'ting, mildew, lo- cust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, whatsoeverplague, whatsoever sick- ness, llirre be ; 38 What prayer and supplication soever be 7nade by any man, or by all thy people If'ra-el, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands to'w^ards this house : 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwell- ing-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou, even tliou only, knowest the hearts of all the chil- dren of men ;) 40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 41 Moreover, concer'ning a stra.nf;er that is not of thy people If'ra-el, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake ; 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched-out arm ;) when he shall come and pray to'ii-ards this house : 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling- place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for ; that all peo- pk of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people If'ra-el ; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. 44 If thy people go out to battle against' their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt ' men-tane'. I. KINGS. dtduation of the tcmpk, send them, and shall pray unto the LoRii to'itard the city whicli thou hast chosen, and toward the house that 1 have built for thy name : 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and main- tain' their cause. 40 If they sin against' thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with tliem, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near ; 47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make suppli- cation unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perverse'ly, we have committed wickedness ; 48 And so return unto thee with all their lieart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies which led them away captive, and pray unto thee to'w'ard their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name : 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling- place, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against' thee, and all their trans- gressions wherein they have transgressed against' thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them : 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of E'eypt, from the midst of the fur'- nace- of iron : 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the sui)plication of thy people If'ra-el, to he arken unto them in all that they call for unto thee ; 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Mo'fes thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of t'^ypt, O Lord God. 54 H And it was so, that when Sol'o- mon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he iirofe from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 55 And he stood, and bless'ed all the congregation of If'ra-el with a loud voice, saying, 56 Bles'sed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people if'ra-el, accord- uig to all that he promised : there hath not failed one word of all his good prom- 2 fur'ms. 297 Sol o-vion blesseth the congregation : I. KINGS ise, which he promised by the hand of Mo'ses his servant. 57 The Lord our God be -with us, as he was with our fathers : let him not leave us, nor forsake us ; 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to M alk in all his ways, and to keep his command'ments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he comman'ded our fathiTs. 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people If'ra-el at all times, as the matter shall require ; 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else. 61 Let your heart, there'fore, be perfect with the Lord, our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his command'ments, as at this day. 62 V And the king, and all I§'ra-el with him, offered sac'rifT^e before the Lord. 63 And Sol'o-mon offered a sac'rifl^e of peace-offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of I§'ra-el dedicated the house of the Lord. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that icas before the house of the Lord : for there he of- fered burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings ; because the brazen altar that was before the Lord ti-as too little to receive the burnt-offerings and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 And at that time Sol'o-mon held a feast, and all I§'ra-el with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Ha'- math unto the river of E'gypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the peo- ple away : and they bless'ed the king-, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart, for all the goodness that the I^ord had done for Da'vid his servant, and for If'ra-el his people. CHAP. IX. AND it came to pass, when Sol'o-mcn had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Sol'o-mon's desire which he was pleas- ed to do, 2 That the Lord appeared to Sol'o-mnn the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gib'e-6n. 3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before mc : I have hal- lowed this house which thou hast built, his mutual presents uilh Hiram to put my name there for ever ; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpet'ually. 4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as Da'vTd thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have comman'ded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments ; 5 Then I will estab'lish the throne of thy kingdom upon Ij'ra-el for ever, as I prom- ised to Da'vid thy father, saying. There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Ij'ra-el. 6 Bui if }'c shall at all turn from fol- lowing me, ye or your children, and will not keep my command'ments and my stat- utes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and wor'ship them ; 7 Then will I cut off Tf'ra-el out of the land which I have given them : and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; and If'ra-el shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be as- tonished, and shall hiss ; and they shall say. Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house ? 9 And they shall answer. Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of £'- eypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have wor'shipped them, and served them : there'fore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 10 TT And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Sol'o-mcn bad built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house, 1 1 (JVo!<; Hl'rani the king of Tyre had furnished Sol'o-mon with cedar-trees, and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king SoI'o-ni6n gave Hi'- ram twenty cities in the land of Gal'i-lee. 12 And Hi'ram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Sol'o-mon had given him ; and they pleased him not. 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother ? And he called them the land of Ca'biil unto this day. 14 And Hi'ram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Sol'o-mon raised. For to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Mil'ld, and the wall of Je-rit'sa-lem, and Ha'zor, and Me-gld'do, and Ge'zer. 16 For Pha'raoh king of £'eypt had gone up and taken Ge'zer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Can'aan-ites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a pres- ent unto his daughter, Sol'o-mon's wife. 17 And Sol'o-mon built Ge'zer, and Beth-ho'ron the nether, 298 5o/'o-m57i'* nary. 18 And Ba'a-lath, and Tad'mor in the wilderness, in the land, 19 And all the cities of store that SM'o- mon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Sol'o-mon desired to build in Je-ru'sa-lem, and in Leb'a-non, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 ^ind all the people that were left of the Am'o-rites, Hit'tites, Per'iz-zites, HV- vites, and Jeb'u-sites, which were not of the children of If'ra-el, 21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Ij'ra-el also were not able utterly to de- stroy', upon those did Sol'o-mon levy a tribute of bond-ser'vice unto this day. 22 But of the children of If'ra-el did Sol'o-mon make no bondmen : but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his cap'tains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. 23 These were the chief of the officers that wire over Sol'o-mon's work, five hun- dred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 But Pha'raoh's daughter came up out of the city of Dfi'vid unto her house which Sdio-7non had built for her : then did he build Mil'lo. 25 And three times in a year did Sol'o- mon off'er burnt-ofTerin.'^s and peace-offer- ing;s upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house. 26 And kin J Sol'o-mon made a navy of ships in E'zi-6n-Ge'ber, which is beside E'loth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of E'dom. 27 And Hi'ram sent in the navy his ser- vants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Sol'o-mon. 28 And they came to o'phir, and fetch- ed from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Sol'o-mon. CHAP.^ X. AND when the queen of She'ba heard of the fame of Sol'o-mon, concer'ning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Je-ru'sa-lem with a vfery great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Sol'o- mon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Sol'o-mon told her all her ques- tions : there was not aiit/ thing hid from the Icing, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of She'oa had seen all Sol'o-mon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance I. KINGS. The queen of She'ba. of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in n)ine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 7 liowbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it ; and, behold, the half was not told me • thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually be- fore thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Bles'sed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of ij'ra-el: because the Lord loved If'ra- el for ever, there'fore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which tlie queen of She'ba gave to king Sol'o-mon. 1 1 And the navy also of Hi'ram, that brought gold from O'phir, brought in from o'phir great plenty of almug-trees, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug- trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king^s house, harps also and psalteries for singers : there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen unto this day. 13 And king Sol'o-mon gave unto the queen of She'ba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Sol'o-mon gave her of his royal bounty : so she turned, and went to her own country, she and her servants. 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Sol'o-mon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 Besides that he had of the merchant- men, and of the traffick of the spice-mer- chants, and of all the kings of A-ra'bi-a, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Sol'o-mon made two hun- dred targets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. 17 And he made three hundred shields o/ beaten gold ; three pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Leb'a-non. 18 t Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and thr. top of the throne ivas round behind : and there were stays on either side on the plact of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six 299 a'aVo-mori's wives, concubines, steps : there was not the like made in any kingdom. 21 And all king Sol'o-mon's drinking^ vessels wire of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Leb'a-non were of pure gold ; none were 0/ silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Sol'o-mon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Thar'shish with the navy of Ili'ram : once in three years came the navy o{ Thar'- shish, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23 So king Sol'o-mon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought to Sol'o- mon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spi- ces, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 And Sol'o-mon gathered together chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he be- stowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Je-rii'sa-lem. 27 And the king made silver lo be in Je-rfi'sa-lem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore-trees that are in the vale, for abundance. 28 And Sol'o-mon had horses brought out of E'|ypt, and linen yarn : the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of E'eypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fif- ty : and so for all the kings of the Hit'- lites, and for the kings of Syr'i-a, did they bring Ihem out by their means. CHAP. XI. BUT king Sol'o-mon loved many strange women, (together with the daughter of Pha'raoh,) women of the Mo'ab-ites, Am'mon-ites, E'dom-ites, Zi-do'ni-ans, anrf Hit'tites ; 2 Of the nations cimcer'nlng which the Lord said unto the children of ij'ra-el. Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you : for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Sol'o-mon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines : and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Sol'o-mon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Da'vid his father. 5 For Sol'o-mon went after Ash'to-reth the goddess of the Zl-do'ni-ans, and after Mil'com the abomination of the Am'mon- ites. 6 And Sol'o-mon did evil in the sight L KINGS. and ad'versarlu of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did Da'vid his father. 7 Then did Sol'o-mon build a high place for Che'mosh, the abomination ol Mo'ab, in the hill that is before Je-rft'sa- lem ; and for Mo'lech, the abomination of the children of Am'mon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives which burnt incense, and sac'ri- fi^ed unto their gods. 9 And the Lord was angry with Sol'o- mon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of l§'ra-el, which had ap- peared unto him twice, 10 And had comman'ded him con- cer'ning this thing, that he should not go after other gods : but he kept not that which the Lord comman'ded. 11 \\ herefore the Lord said unto Sol- o-mon. Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have comman'ded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it, for Da'vid thy father's sake : but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all tlie kingdom ; but will give one tribe to thy son for Da'vid my servant's sake, and for Je-ru'sa-lem's sake, which I have chosen. 14 IT And the Lord stirred up an ad'- versary unto Sol'o-mon, Ha'dad the E'dom- ite : he was of the king's seed in E'dom, 15 For it came to pass, when Da'vid was in E'dom, and Jd'ab, the cap'tain of the host, was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in E'dom, 16 (For six months did Jo'ab remain there with all 15'ra-el, until he had cut off every male in E'dom,) 17 That Ha'dad fled, he, and cer'tain E'dom-ites of his father's servants with him, to go into E'gj'pt ; Ha'dad being yet a little child. 18 And they arofe out of Mid'i-an, and came to Pa'ran : and they took men with them out of Pa'ran, and they came 'to E'eypt, unto Pha'raoh king of E'|;ypt ; which gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19 And Ha'dad found great favour in the sight of Pha'raoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his o%vn wii'e, the sis- ter of Tah'pe-ne§ the queen. 30 And the sister of Tah'pe-nej bare him Gen-u'batli his son, whom Tah'pe- nej weaned in Pha'raoh's house : and Gen-ii'bath was in Pha'raoh's household, among the sons of Pha'raoh. 21 And when Ha'dad heard in E'gypt that Da'vid slept with his fathers, and that Jo'ab, the cap'tain of the host, was dead, Ha'dad said to Pha'raoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own countri' 300 A'hVjafi's prophecy of Jcr-o-bo' am. I. KINGS 22 Then Phfi'raoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, be- hold, thou seekest to go to thine own country ? And he answered, Nothing : howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 H And God stirred him up andther adversary, Re'zon the son of E-li'a-dah, which fled from his lord Had-ad-ezer, king of Z5'bah. 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became cap'tain over a band, when Da'- vid slew them of Zb'bah : and they went to Da-mas'cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Da-mas'cus. 25 And he was an ad'versary to If'ra- el all the days of Sol'o-mon, beside the mis'chlef that Ha'dad did : and he ab- horred Ij'ra-el, and reigned over Syr'i-a. 26 T And Jer-6-b6'am the son of Ne'- bat, an E'phrath-lte of Zer'e-da, Sol'o- mon's servant, (whose mother's name loas Ze-rii'ah, a widow woman,) even he lifted up his hand against' the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lift- ed up his hand against' the king : Sol'o- mon built Mil'16, and repaired the breach- es of the city of Da'vid his father. 28 And the man Jer-o-bo'am was a mighty man of valour : and Sol'o-mon seeing the young man that he was indus- trious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of J5'seph. 29 And it came to pass at that time, when Jer-6-bo'am went out of Je-rf('sa- lem, that the prophet A-hl'jah the Shi-16'- nite found him in the way ; and he had clad himself with a new garment : and they two were al5ne in the field : 30 And A-hl'jah caught the new gar- ment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces : 31 And he said to Jer-o-bo'am, Take thee ten pieces ; for thus saith the Lord, the God of l$'ra-el. Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Sol'o- mon, and will give ten tribes to thee : 32 But he shall have one tribe for my servant Da'vid's sake, and for Je-r&'sa- lem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of If'ra-el: 33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have wor'shTpped Ash'to-reth the goddess of the ZT-do'ni-ans, Che'mosh the god of the Mo'ab-ltes, and Mil'com the god of the children of Am'mon ; and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my stat- utes and my judgments, as did Da'vid his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand : but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for Da'vid my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my command'ments and my statutes ; 35 But I will take the kingdom out of Cc Soi o-mOn'' s acts^ reign, and death. his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that Da'vid my servant may have a light alway before me in Je-rii'sa-lem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that tliy soul de- sireth, and shalt be king over i^'ra-el. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command' thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my command'ments, as Da'vid my servant did ; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure bouse, as I built for Da'vid, and will give I$'ra-el unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of Da'vid, but not for ever. 40 Sol'o-mon sought there'fore to kill Jer-o-bo'am : and Jer-o-bo'am arofe, and fled into E'^-pt, unto Shi'shak king of E'gypt, and was in E'^ypt until the death of Sol'o-mon. 41 IT And the rest of the acts of Solo- mon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Sol'o-mon ? 42 And the time that Sol'o-mon reigned in Je-rft'sa-lem, over all I^'ra-el, ivas forty years. 43 And Sol'o-mon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Da'vid his father : and Re-ho-bo'am his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XII. AND Re-ho-bo'am went to She'chem : for all I§'ra-el were come to She'chem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jer-o-bo'- am the son of Ne'bat, who was yet in E'eypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Sol'o-mon, and Jer- o-bo'am dwelt in E'gypt,) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jer-o-bo'am and all the congregation of Ij'ra-el came, and spake unto Re-ho-bo'- am, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke griev'oiis : now, there'fore, make thou the griev'oiis ser'vice of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them. Depart yet for three days, then come again' to me. And the people departed. 6 And king Re-h6-b6'am consulted with the old men that stood before Sol'o-mon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise, that I may answer this people ? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and an- swer them, and speak good words to 301 Ten tribes revolt. I KINGS. Jcr-o-bb'am's idolatry. (hcin, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and con- sulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood be- fore him ; 9 And he said unto them, What coun- sel give ye, that we may answer this peo- ple, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter .' 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying. Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us ; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 And now, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke ; my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 f So Jer-o-bo'am and all the people came to Re-h5-bo'am the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again' the third day. 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's coun- sel that they gave him ; 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying. My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke : my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scor- pions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people ; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform' his say- ing, whix;h the Lord spake by A-hi'jah the Shi-16'nite unto Jer-5-bo'am the son of Ne'bat. 16 So when all If'ra-el saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the peo- ple answered the king, saying. What por- tion have we in Da'vid 1 neither have we inheritance in the son of Jes'se : to your tents, O If'ra-el : Now see to thine own house, Da'vTd. So I§'ra-el departed unto their tents. in »--* /,» jf^f the children of If'ra-el which dwelt in the cities of Ju'dah, Re- ho-bo'am reigned over them. 18 Then king Re-ho-bo'am sent A-do'- ram, who was over the tribute ; and all If'ra-el stoned him with stones, that he died : there'fore king Re-ho-bo'am made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Je-rfi'sa-lem. 19 So Tf'ra-el rebelled against' the nouse ot Da vid unto this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all If'ra elheard that Jer-6-b6'am was come again' that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all If'ra-el : there was none that followed the house of Da'vid, but the tribe of Jii'- dah only. 21 IT And when Re-ho-bo'am was come to Je-ru'sa-lem, he assembled all the house of Ju'dah, with the tribe of Ben'ja-min, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warr'iors, to fight against' the house of if'ra-el, to bring the king- dom again' to Re-h5-bo'am the son of Sol'- o-mon. 22 But the word of God came unto Shem-a-i'ah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Re-ho-bo'am the son of Sol'o-mon, king of Ju'dah, and unto all the house of Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not o up nor fight against' your brethren the children of If'ra-el : return every man to his house ; for this thing is from me. They hearkened there'fore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, accord- ^ to the word of the Lord. 25 IT Then Jer-o-bo'am built She'chem in mount E'phra-im, and dwelt therein ; and went out from thence, and built Pe- nu'el. 26 And Jer-6-b5'am said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of Da'vid : 27 If this people go up to do sac'rifTge in the house of the Lord at Je-rft'sa-lem, then shall the heart of this people turn again' unto their lord, even unto Re-ho- bo'am king of Ju'dah, and they shall kill me, and go again' to Re-ho-bo'am king of Ju'dah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them. It is too much for you to go up to Je-ru'sa-lem : behold thy gods, O If 'ra-el, which brought thee up out of the land of E'^ypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth'el, and the other put he in Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin : for the people went to wdr'skip before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the peo- ple, which were not of the sons of Le'vi. 32 And Jer-o-bo'am ordained a least in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Ju'dah, and he offered upon the altar, (so did he in Beth'el,) sac'rifT5ing unto the calves that he had made : and he placed in Beth'el the priests of l^e high places which he had made. 33 So he ofi'ered upon the altar which he had made in Beth'el, the fifteenth day •of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devifed of his own heart ; and ordained a feast unto the children of 302 J tr-o-bo' aril's hand withered. I. KINGS. I§'ra-el : and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. CHAP. XIII. AND, behold, there came a man of God out of Ju'dah hj the word of the Lord unto Beth'el : and Jer-o-bo'am stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against' the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar ! thus saith the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of Da'vid, J6-sl'ah by name ; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying. This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken ; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when king Jer- o-bo'am heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against' the altar in Beth'el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying. Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against' him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again' to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, accord- ing to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again'. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again', and became as it loas before. 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place : 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again' by the same way that thou camest. 10 So he went another way, and re- turned not by the way that he came to Beth'el. 11 H Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth'el ; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth'el : the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he ? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went which came from JCi'dah. 13 And he said unto his sons. Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass, and he rode thereon, The man of God slaiii by a lion. 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Ju'dah ? And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee ; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : 17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn iigain' to go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art ; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried imto the man of God that came from Jii'dah, saying. Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast dis- obeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the command'ment which the Lord thy God comman'ded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water ; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 And it cam« to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him ; and his carcass icas cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the car- cass. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass : and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said. It is the man of God, who was dis- obedient unto the word of the Lord ; there'fore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him,. 28 And he went, and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion 303 A-bi'jak's sickness I. standing by the carcass : the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the fiss. 29 And the prophet took up the car- cass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back : and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave ; and they mourned over him, sax/- ing^ Alas', my brother ! 31 And it came to pass, after he bad buried him, that he spake to his sons, say- ing, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried ; lay my bones beside his bones : 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against' the altar in Beth'el, and against' all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Sa-ma'ri-a, shall surely come to pass. 33 IF After this thing Jer-5-b6'am re- turned not from his evil way, but made again' of the lowest of the people priests of the high places : whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jer-o-bo'am, even to cut it off, and to destroy' it from oflF the face of the earth. CHAP. XIV.— AT that time A-bi'jah the son of Jer-o- bo'am fell sick. 2 And Jer-6-bo'am said to his wife, Arlfe, I pray thee, and difguije' thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jer-o-bo'am ; and get thee to Shi'15h : be- hold, there is A-hi'jah the prophet, which told me that / should be king over this people. 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruise of honey, and go to him : he shall tell thee what shall be- come of the child. 4 And Jer-6-b6'am''s wife did so, and arofe, and went to Shi'loh ; and came to the house of A-hi'jah. But A-hT'jah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age. 5 And the Lord said unto A-hi'jah, Behold, the wife of Jer-o-bo'am cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick : thus and thus shalt thou say unto her ; for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. 6 And it was so, when A-hl'jah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said. Come in, thou wife of Jer-o-bo'am ; why feignest thou thyself to be another ? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 7 Go, tell Jer-6-bo'am, Thus saith the Lord God of i§'ra-el, Forasmuch as I ex- alted thee from among the people, and 1 KINGS. and death. made thee prince over my people If'ra-el, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of Da'vid, and gave it thee ; and 2/et thou hast not been as my servant Da'- vid, who kept my command'ments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes ; 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee : for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back ; 10 There'fore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jer-o-b5'a.m, and will cut off from Jer-o-bo'am him that pisseth against' the wall, and him that is shut up, and left in Ij'ra-el, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jer-o-bo'am, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 1 1 Him that dieth of Jer-5-bo'am in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it. 12 Arife thou, there'fore, get thee tc thine own house ; and when thy feet en- ter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all If'ra-el shall mourn for him, and bury him : for he only of Jer-o-bo'am shall come to the grave, because in him there is found som,e good thing to'ward the Lord God of If'ra-el in the house of Jer- o-bo'am. 14 Moreover, the Lord shall raise him up a king over If'ra-el, who shall cut off the house of Jer-o-bo'am that day : but what? even now. 15 For the Lord shall smite If'ra-el as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up If'ra-el out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger. 16 And he shall give If'ra-el up, be- cause of the sins of Jer-5-bo'am, who did sin, and who made If'ra-el to sin. 17 And Jer-d-bd'am's wife arofe, and departed, and came to Tir'zah : ' and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died. 18 And they buried him; and all If'- ra-el mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant A-hl'jah the proph- et. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jer-o-bo'- am, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of If'ra-el. 20 And the days which Jer-o-bo'am reigned were two and twenty years : and he slept with his fathers, and Na'dab his son reigned in his stead. 21 t And Re-ho-bo'am the son of Sol o Tir'zah. 304 A-hi'jarrCs wicked reign. I. KINGS. mon reig^ned in Jii'dah. Re-hn-bo'am rra.t forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Je-rft'sa-lem, the city which the Lord did choofe out of all the tribes of If'ra-el, to put his name tliere. And his mother's name was Na'a-mah, an Am'mon-l-tess. 22 And Ju'dah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jeal- ousy with their sins which they had com- mitted, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also Sod'om-Ttes in the land ; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the cliildren of I5'- ra-el. 25 And it came to pass, in the fifth year of king Re-ho-bo'am, that Shi'shak king of E'gypt came up against' Je-rft'sa- lem : 26 And he took away the treaj'ures of the house of the Lord, and the treaf'ures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold which Sol'o-mon had made. 27 And king Re-ho-bo'am made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 28 And it was *o, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 29 Now the rest of the acts of Re-ho- bo'am, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 30 And there was war between Re-ho- bo'am and Jer-6-b6'am all their days. 31 And Re-ho-bo'am slept with his fa- thers, and was buried with his fathers in th£ city of Da'vid. And his mother's name ioa.i Na'a-mah, an Am'mon-i-tess. And A-bl'jam his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. I^J'OW, in the eighteenth year of king J^ Jer-6-b6'am the son of Ne'bat, reign- ed A-bl'jam over Ju'dah. 2 Three years reigned he in Je-rA'sa- lem. And his mother's name was Ma'a- chah, the daughter of A-bish'a-lom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him : and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of Da'vTd his father. 4 Nevertheless, for Da'vid's sake, did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Je- rft'sa-lem, to set up his son after him, and to estab'lish Je-rft'sa-lem : 5 Because Da'vid did that which, was A' sa^s good reign. not aside from any thing that he com- man'ded him all the days of his life, save oniy m the matter of C-rl'ah the Hit'- tite. 6 And 'there was war between Re-ho- bo'am and Jer-6-bo'am all the days of his life. 7 Now the rest of the acts of A-bl'jam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah? And there was war between A-bl'- jam and Jer-5-bo'am. 8 And A-bl'jam slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in the city of Da'vid : and A'sa his son reigned in his stead. 9 IT And in the twentieth year of Jer-o- bo'am king of If'ra-el reigned A'sa over JQ'- dah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Je-rft'sa-lem. And his mother's name was Ma'a-chah, the daughter of A-bTsh'a- 16m. 1 1 And A'sa did (hat which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did Da'vid his father. 12 And he took away the Sod'om-ltes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And also Ma'a-chah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove : and A'sa destroy'ed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kid'ron. 14 But the high places were not re- moved : nevertheless A'sa's heart was per- fect with the Lord all his days. 15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16 And there was war between A'sa and Ba'a-sha king of 15'ra-el all their days. 17 And Ba'a-sha king of If'ra-el went up against' Jii'dah, and built Ra'mah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to A'sa king of Ju'dah. 18 Then A'sa took all the silver and the old that were left in the treaf'ures of the house of the Lord, and the treaf'ures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king A'sa sent them to Ben'ha-dad, ' the son ofTab'- ri-mon, the son of He'zi-6n,king of Syr'i-a, that dwelt at Da-mas'c&s, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy fa- ther : behold, I have sent unto thee a pres- ent of silver and gold ; come and break thy league with Ba'a-sha king of If'ra-el, that he may depart from me. 20 So Ben'ha-dad hearkened unto king A'sa, and sent the cap'tains of the hosts which he had against' the cities of ff'ra-el, and smote I'jon, and Dan, and A'bel-Beth- right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned ' Anal'ogow to Oal'a-ad, Jos'a-bad, Hcn'a-ddd, Zl-ld'phe-ad., 6fc C c 2 20 305 m'dab^s acts and death. I. KINGS ma'a-chah, and all Cm'ne-roth, with all the land of Naph'ta-ll. 21 And it came to pass, when Ba'a-sha heard thereof^ that he left off building of Ra'mah, and dwelt in Tir'zah.^ 22 Then king A'sa made a proclamation throughout all Ju'dah ; (none ivas exempt- ed ;) and they took away the stones of Ra'mah, and the timber thereof, where- with Ba'a-sha had builded : and king A'sa built with them Ge'ba of Ben'ja-min, and Miz'pah. 23 The rest of all the acts of A'sa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? Nevertheless, in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24 And A'sa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da'vid his father : and Je-hosh'a-phat his son reigned in his stead. 25 IT And Na'dab the son of Jer-6-bo'am began to_ reign over ij'ra-el in the second year of A'sa king of Ju'dah, and reigned over If'ra-el two years. 26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his fa- ther, and in his sin wherewith he made If'ra-el to sin. 27 And Ba'a-sha the son of A-hi'jah, of the house of is'sa-char, conspired against' him : and Ba'a-sha smote him at Gib'be- thon, which belongeth to the Phi-lis'tines ; (for Na'dab and all ij'ra-el laid siege to Gib'be-thon ;) ^ 28 Even in the third year of A'sa king of Ju'dah did Ba'a-sha slay him, and reigned m his stead. 29 And it came to pass, when he reign- ed, (hat he smote all the house of Jer-o- bo'am ; he left not to Jer-6-b5'am any that breathed, until he had destroy'ed him, ac- cording unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant A-hi'jah the Shi-16'mte: 30 Because of the sins of Jer-6-b6'am wnich he sinned, and which he made If '- ra-el sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of i|'ra-el to an- ger. 31 Now the rest of the acts of Na'dab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kin°-s of l§'ra-el ? ' ° 32 And there was war between A'sa and Ba'a-sha king of lf'ra-61 all their days. 33 In the third year of A'sa king of Ju'- dah began Ba'a-sha the son of A-hT'jah to reign over all If'ra-el in Tir'zah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jer-6- bo'am, and in his sin wherewith he made !f$'ra-el to sin. ^ a-gerut'. Jl'hu'a prophecy against Bd'a-sh&. CHAP. XVI.— THEN the word of the Lord came to Je'hii the son of Han'a-ni, against" Ba'a-sha, saying, 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people If'ra-el, and thou hast walked in the way of Jer-o-bo'am, and hast made my people If'ra-el to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins ; 3 Behold, I will take away the poster- ity of Ba'a-sha, and the posterity of his house ; and will make thy house like the house of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat. 4 Him that dieth of Ba'a-sha in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that di- eth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Ba'a-sha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i cles of the kings of If'ra-el ? 6 So Ba'a-sha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tir'zah :^ and E'lahhis son reigned in his stead. 7 And also by the hand of the prophet Je'hii, the son of Han'a-ui, came the word of the Lord against' Ba'a-sha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jer-o-b5'am ; and because he killed him. 8 f In the twenty and sixth year of A'sa king of Ju'dah began E'lah the son of Ba'a-sha to reign over If'ra-el in Tir'- zah, two years. 9 And his servant Zim'ri, cap'tain of half his chariots, conspired against' him as he was in Tir'zah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Ar'za, steward of his house in Tir'zah. 10 And Zim'ri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of A'sa king of Jii'dah, and reigned in his stead. 11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Ba'a-sha : he left him not one that pisseth against' a wall, neither of his kinsfolks nor of his friends. 12 Thus did Zim'ri destroy' all the house of Ba'a-sha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against' Ba'- a-sha by Je'hii the prophet : 13 For all the sins of Ba'a-sha, and the sins of E'lah his son, by which they sin- ned, and by which they made If'ra-el to sin, in provoking the Lord God of If'ra- el to anger with their vanities. 14 Now the rest of the acts of £lah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of if'ra-el ? « Ter'sa. 30« Om'rVs teieked retgn. T. KINGS 15 IT In the twenty and seventh year ot A'sa king of Ju'dah did Zim'ri reig^n seven days in Tir'zah. And the people were encamped against' Gib'be-thon, which belonged to the Phi-lis'tines. 16 And the people that wire encamped heard say, Zim'ri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king : wherefore all Ij'ra-el made Om'rl, the cap'tain of the host, king over Ij'ra-el that day in the camp. 17 And om'rl went up from Gib'be- thon, and all If'ra-el with him, and they besieged Tir'zah. 18 And it came to pass, when Zim'ri saw that the city Avas taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, 19 For his sins which he sinned in do- ing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walk- ing in the way of Jer-o-bo'am, and in his sin which he did, to make If'ra-el to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zim'ri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of i§'ra-el ? 21 II Then were the people of If'ra-el divided into two parts : half of the people followed Tib'ni the son of Gi'nath, to make him king ; and half followed Om'ri. 22 But the people that followed Om'ri prevailed against' the people that follow- ed Tib'ni the son of Gi'nath : so Tib'nT died, and Om'rT reigned. 23 In the thirty and first year of A'sa kmg of. JQ'dah began Om'ri to reign over 15'ra-el, twelve years : six years reigned he in Tir'zah. 24 And he bought the hill Sa-ma'ri-a of She'mer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of She'mer, owner of the hill, Sa-ma'ri-a. 25 But Om'ri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jer- 6-b5'am the son of Ne'bat, and in his sin wherewith he made If'ra-el to sin, to pro- voke the Lord God of If ra-el to anger with their vanities. 27 Now the rest of the acts of 6m'ri which he did, and his might that he show- ed, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of If'ra-el ? 28 So om'ri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sa-ma'ri-a : and A'hab his son reigned in his stead. 29 IT And in the thirty and eighth year of A'sa king of Ju'dah, began A'hab the son of Om'rl to reign over If'ra-el : and A'hab the son of Om'ri reigned over If'ra- el, in Sa-ma'ri-a, twenty and two years. 30 And A'hab the son of Om'ri did evil E-ti'jah fed by raveru, in the sight of the Lord ab6ve all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jer-6-b6'am the son of Ne'bat, that he took to wife Jez'e-bel the daughter of Eth'ba-al king of the Zi-do'ni-ans, and went and served Ba'al, and w6r'shipped him. 32 And he reared up an altar for Ba'al in the house of Ba'al, which he had built in Sa-ma'ri-a. 33 And A'hab made a grove ; and A'- hab did more to provoke the Lord God of if'ra-el to anger than all the kings of If'ra-el that were before him. 34 In his days did Hi'el the Beth'el-ite build Jer'i-^ho : he laid the foundation thereof in A-bi'ram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Se'gub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by J6sh'u-a the son of Nun. CHAP. XVII. AND E-li'jah the Tish'bite, who was of the inhabitants of Gil'e-ad, said unto A'hab, ^s the Lord God of If'ra-el liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee east ward, and hide thyself by the brook Che'rith, that is before Jor'dan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook ; and I have comman'ded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went, and did according unto the word of the Lord : for he went and dwelt by the brook Che'rith, that is be- fore Jor'dan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening : and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass, after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 9 Arife, get thee to Zar'e-phath, which belongeth to Zi'don, and dwell there : be- hold, I have comman'ded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arofe, and went to Zar'e- phath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gath'ering of sticks: and he called to her, and said. Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 1 1 And as she was going to fetch tf, he called to her, and said. Bring me, I pray thee, a mor'sel ' of bread in thine hand. » mtr'HL 907 E-Jl'jah raiseth the widow''s son. I. KINGS. 12 And she said, As the Lord thy God livelh, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise : and, behold, I am gath'- ering two sticks, that 1 may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And E-li'jah said unto her. Fear net ; go, and do as thou hast said : but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son : 14 For thus saith the Lord God of if'- ra-el, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went, and did according to the saying of E-li'jah : and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 -And the barrel of me&l wasted not, neither did the cruise of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by E-li'jah. 17 And it came to pass, after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick ; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto E-ll'jah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God ? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 19 And he said unto her. Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bo'fom, and carried him up into a loft where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I so'journ, by slaying her son ? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again'. 22 And the Lord heard the voice of E-li'jah, and the soul of the child came into him again', and he revived. 23 And E-li'jah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother : and E-li'jah said. See, thy son liveth ! 24 And the woman said to E-li'jah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth. CHAP. XVIIL A He reproveth A'hab, unto A'hab. And thtre was a sore famine in Sa-ma'ri-a. 3 And A'hab called Ob-a-di'ah, which was the g6vernor of his house. (Now ob-a-di'ah feared the Lord greatly : 4 For it was *o, when Jez'e-bel cut oflf the prophets of the Lord, that Ob-a-di'ah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5 And A'hab said unto Ob-a-di'ah, Go into the land, unto all foun'tains of water, and unto all brooks : peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them, to pass throughout it : A'hab went one way by himself, and ob-a-di'ah went another way by himself. 7 And as ob-a-di'ah was in the way, behold, E-li'jah met him : and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord E-li'jah ? 8 And he answered him, I am,: go, toll thy lord. Behold, E-li'jah is here. 9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver thy servant into the hand of A'hab, to slay me ? 10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee : and when they said, Ht is not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest. Go, tell thy lord. Behold, E-li'jah is here. 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spir'it of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not ; and so when 1 come and tell A'hab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me : but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jez'e-bel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 14 And now thou sayest. Go, tell thy lord. Behold, E-li'jah is here : and he shall slay me. 15 And E-li'jah said. As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day. 16 So ob-a-di'ah went to meet A'hab, and told hint : and A'hab went to meet E-li'jah. 17 And it came to pass, when A'hab saw E-li'jah, that A'hab said unto him, ND it came to pass, after many days, Art thou he that troubleth If 'ra-el ? that the word of the Lord came to 18 And he answered, I have not troiib- E-li'jah in thethird year, saying. Go show led i|'ra-el ; but thou and thy father's thyself unto A'hab ; and I will send rain upon the earth 2 And E-li'jah went to show himself followed Ba'al-im. house, in that ye have forsaken the com- mand'ments of the Lord, and thou hast 308 E-Hjah destrdyeth 1. 19 Now there'fore send, and gather to me all If'ra-el unto mount Car'mel, and the prophets of Ba'al four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jez'e-bel's table. 20 So A'hab sent unto all the children of ij'ra-el, and gathered the prophets to- gether unto mount Car'mel. 21 And E-li'jah came unto all the peo- ple, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, fol- low him : but if Ba'al, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said E-li'jah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Ba'al's prophets are four hun- dred and fifty men. 23 Let them there'fore give us two bul- locks ; and let them choofe one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under : and I will dress the other bullock, and lay il on wood, and put no fire under : 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord : and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said. It is well spoken. 25 And E-li'jah said unto the prophets of Ba'al, Choof e you one bullock for your- selves, and dress it first ; for ye are many : and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under : 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Ba'al, from morning even until noon, saying, O Ba'al, hear us ! But there was no voice, nor any that an- swered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that E-li'jah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talk- ing, or he is pursuing, or he is in a joOrney, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut them- selves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sac'ri- f i9e, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. 30 And E-ll'jah said unto all the peo- ple. Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he re- paired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 31 .^nd E-li'jah took twelve stones, ac- cording to the number of the tribes of the sons of Ja'cob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Ij'ra-el shall be thy name : 32 And with the stones he built an altar KINGS. Ba'aft prophett in the name of the Lord : and he made a trench about' the altar, as great as would contain two meaf'ures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said. Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt-sac'rif i^e, and on the wood. 34 And he said, Do it the second time and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time : and they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about' the altar ; and he filled the trench also with water. 3ti And it came to pass, at the time of the olferinn; of the evening siic'rif i^e, that E-ll'jah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of A'bra-ham, I'jaac, and of Ij'ra-el, let it be known this day, that thou art God in If'ra-el, and that I am, thy ser- vant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me ; that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again'. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt-sac'rif i^e, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that ivas in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said. The Lord, he is the God ; the Lord, he is the God. 40 And E-ll'jah said unto them. Take the prophets of Ba'al ; let not one of them escape'. And they took them : and E-li'- jah brought them down to the brook Ki'- shon, and slew them there. 41 And E-ll'jah said unto A'hab, Get thee up, eat and drink ; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. 42 So A'hab went up to eat and to drink. And E-li'jah went up to the top of Car'mel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look to'ward the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again' seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arifeth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto A'- hab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And A'hab rode, and went to Jez' re-el. 46 And the hand of the Lord was on E- li'jah : and he girded up his loins, and ran before A'hab to the entrance of Jez're-el. 309 God appearetk to E-ll'jah. I. CHAP. XIX. AND A'hab told Jez'e-bel all that E-lI'- jah had done, and withal, how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jez'e-bel sent a messenger unto E-li'jali, saying, So let the gods do to me. and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about' this time. 3 And when he saw that^ he aroje, and went for his life, and came to Be-er'she- ba, which belongeth to Ju'dah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree : and he re- quested for himself that he might die ; and said. It is enough ; now, O Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juni- per-tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arife, and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruise of water at his. head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again'. 7 And the angel of the Lord came again' the second time, and touched him, and said, ArT§e and eat ; because the joiir- ney is too great for thee. 8 And he arof e, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights, unto Ho'reb the mount of Go,d. 9 And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there ; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, Whatdoest thou here, E-li'jah 10 And he said, I have been very jeal- ous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of If 'ra-el have forsaken thy cov- enant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword : and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the moun'talns, and brake in pieces the rocks, before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earth'quake ; but the Lord teas not in the earth quake : 12 And after the earth'quake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when E-li'jah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said. What doest thou here, E-li'jah ? 14 And he said, I have been very jeal- ous for the Lord God of hosts ; because the children of If 'ra-el hare forsaken thy KINGS. E-R shafolloweth E-Wjah covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword : and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Da-mas'ciis: and when thou comest, anoint Haz'a-el to be king over Syr'i-a. 16 And Je'hu the son of Nim'shi shalt thou anoint to be king over If 'ra-el : and E-li'sha the son of Sha'phat, of A'bel-Me- ho'lah, shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Haz'a-el shall Je'hu slay ; and him that escapeth from the sitord of Je'hu shall E-li'sha slay. 18 Yet I have left m.e seven thousand in If'ra-el, all the knees which have not bowed unto Ba'al, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 19 So he departed thence, and found E-Ii'sha the son of Sha'phat, who was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen be- fore him, and he with the twelfth : and E-li'jah passed by him, and cast his man- tle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after E-li'jah, and said. Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and theyi I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again' : for what have I done to thee? 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat : then he arofe, and went after E-lijah, and ministered unto him. CHAP. XX. AND Ben'ha-dad the king of Syr'i-a gathered all his host together : and there wire thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots : and he went up and besieged Sa-ma'ri-a, and warred against' it. 2 And he sent messengers to A'hab king of If'ia-el into the city, and said unto him. Thus saith Ben'ha-dad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; thy wives also and thy children, even the good- liest, are mine. 4 And the king of If'ra-el answered and said. My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am, thine, and all that I have. 5 And the messengers came again', and said, Thus speaketh Ben'ha-dad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy chil- dren ; 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about' this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants •, and it shall be, that whatsoerer 310 I By the dirSction of a prophet I. KINGS. is pleaf 'ant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. 7 Then the kin^ of l^'ra-el called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mls'- chief ; for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I denied him not. 8 And all the elders and all the people iaid unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. 9 Wherefore he said unto the messen- gers of Ben'ha-dad, Tell my lord thekin», All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thin» I may not do. And the messengers departed, and broug^ht him word again'. 10 And Ben'ha-dad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Sa-ma'ri-a shall suffice' for handfuls for all the people that follow 11 And the king of l§'ra-el answered and said. Tell him. Let not him that gird eth on his harness boast himself, as he that putteth it oflF. 12 And it came to pass, when Ben'ha- dad heard this message, as he was drink- ing, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array : and they set themselves in array against' the city. 13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto I'hab king of If'ra-el, saying. Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude ? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day ; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. 14 And A'hab said, By whom ? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said. Who shall order the battle ? And he answered, Thou. 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two : and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of If'ra-el, being seven thousand. 16 And they went out at noon : but Ben'ha-dad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ; and Ben'- ha-dad sent out, and they told him, say- ing, There are men come out of Sa-ma'- 18 And he said. Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive ; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20 And they slew every one his man : 1 ger'dtd. the Syr'i-ans are overthrown, and the Syr'i-ans fled ; and If'ra-el pur- sued them^ and Ben'ha-dad the king' of Syr'i-a escaped on a horse with the horse- men. 21 And the king of if'ra-el went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syr'i-ans with a great slaughter. 22 And the prophet came to the king of If'ra-el, and said unto him, Go, strength- en thyself, and mark and see what thou doest : for at the return of the year the king of Syr'i-a will come up against' thee. 23 And the servants of the king of Syr'- i-a said unto him. Their gods are gods of the hills, there'fore they were stronger than we : but let us fight against' them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24 And do this thing : Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put cap'tains in their rooms : 25 And number thee an army like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot : and we will fight against' them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 26 And it came to pass, at the return of the year, that Ben'ha-dad numbered the Syr'i-ans, and went up to A'phek, to fight against' If'ra-el. 27 And the children of If'ra-el were numbered, and were all present, and went against' them : and the children of If'ra- el pitched before them* like two little flocks of kids ; but the Syr'i-ans filled the country. 28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of If'ra-el, and said. Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syr'i- ans have said. The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys ; there'fore will I deliver all this great mul- titude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 29 And they pitched one over against' the other seven days ; and so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined : and the children of If'ra-el slew of the Syr'i-ans a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to A'phek, into the city ; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben'ha-dad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. 31 And his servants said unto him, Be- hold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of If'ra-el are mer'ciful kings : let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of If'ra-el ; peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded ' sackcloth on their 311 A'haVs foolish pily reproved : loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of If'ra-el, and said, Thy servant Ben'ha-clad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive ? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe' whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it : and they said, Thy brother Ben'ha-dad. Then he said. Go ye, bring him. Then Ben'ha-dad came forth to him ; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. 34 And Bai'ha-dad said unto him. The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore ; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Da-mas'cus, as my fa- ther made in Sa-ma'ri-a. Then said A'hab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. 35 And a cer'tain man of the son-s of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36 Then said he unto him. Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art depart- ed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said. Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. 38 So the prophet departed, and wait- ed for the king by the way, and difguijed himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king : and he said. Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle ; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said. Keep this man : if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of If'ra-el said unto him. So shall thy judg- ment be ; thyself hast decided it. 41 And he hasted, and too-k the ashes away from his face ; and the king of l§'- ra-el dif^ern'ed him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to ut- ter destruction, there'fore thy life shall go for his IHe, and thy people for his peo- ple. 43 And the king of I§'ra-el went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Sa-ma'ri-a. CHAP. XXL— AND it came to pass after these things, that Na'both the Jez're-el-ite had a L KINGS. he coveleth M'a'bdth''s xme'yara vine'yard,2 which was in Jez're-el, hard by the palace of I'hab king of Sa-ma'ri-a. 2 And A'hab spake unto Na'both, say ing. Give me '.hy vine'yard, that I may have it for a garden of /lerbs, because it is near unto my house ; and I will give thee for it a better vine'yard than it. or, if it seem good to thee,l will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Na'both said to A'hab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And A'hab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Na'both the Jez're-el-ite had spoken to him ; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But Jez'e-bel his wife came to him, and said unto him. Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread ? 6 And he said unto her. Because I spake unto Na'both the Jez're-el-ite, and said unto him. Give me thy vine'yard for money ; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee andther vineyard for it : and he answered, I will not give thee my vine yard. 7 And Jez'e-bel his wife said unto him. Dost thou now govern the kingdom of !§'- ra-el ? Arif e, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vine- yard of Na'both the Jez're-el-ite. 8 So she wrote letters in A'hab's name, and sealed the7n with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the no bles that were in his city, dwelling with Na'both. 9 And she wrote in the letters, sayings Proclaim a fast, and set Na'both on high among the people ; 10 And set two men, sons of Be'li-al, before him, to bear witness against' him, saying. Thou didst blaspheme' God and the king : and then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles, who were the in- habitants in his city, did as Jez'e-bel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them : 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Na'- both on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, chil- dren of Be'li-al, and sat before him : and the men of Be'li-al witnessed against him, even against' Na'both, in the pre- sence of the people, saying, Na'both did blaspheme' God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. vtn'ycrd. 31S a'fi.ab and Jiz'e-bcl threatened. I. KINGS 14 Then they sent to Jez'e-bel, sayin», Na'both is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jez'e-bel heard that Na'both was stoned, and was dead, that Jez'e-bel said to A'hab, Arije, take poffes'sion of the vlne'yard of Na'- both the Jez're-el-lte, which he refr.sed to give thee for money :. for Na'both is not alive, but dead. 16 And it came to pass, when A'liab heard that Na'both was dead, that A'hab rose up to go down to the vine'yard of Na'both the Jez're-el-lte, to take pofjes'- sioii of it. 17 And the word of the Lord came to E-ll'jah the Tish'blte, saying, 18 Arlfe, go down to meet A'hab king- of If'ra-el, which is in Sa-ma'ri-a : behold, he is in the vine'yard of Na'both, whither he is g-one down to poffess' it. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, say- ing-, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken pojses'sion ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying. Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Na'both, shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And A'hab said to E-li'jilh, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy ? And he answered, I have found thee ; because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take iiway thy posterity, and will cut off from A hab him that pisseth against' the wall, and him that is shut up and left in If'ra-el, 22 And will make thine house like the house of Jer-6-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, and like the house of Ba'a-sha the son of A-hl'jah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made If'ra-el to sin. 23 And of Jez'e-bel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jez'e- bel by the wall of Jez're-el. 24 Plim that dieth of A'hab in the city the dogs shall eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 25 But there was none like unto A'hab, which did sell himself to work wicked- ness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jez'- e-bel his wife stirred up. 26 And he did very abominably in fol- lowing idols, according to all things as did the Am'o-rltes, whom the Lord cast out before the children of If'ra-el. 27 And it came to pass, when A'hab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fast- ed, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to E-ll'jah the Tish'blte, saying, 29 Seest thou how A'hab /liimbleth him- self before me .' Because he /lumbleth Dd A'hab scaucea »y false prophets. himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days ; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. CHAP. XXII. AND they continued three years with- out war between Syr'i-a and Is'- ra-el. 2 And it came to pass, in the third year, that Je-hosh'a-phat the king of Ju' dah came down to the king of if'ra-el. 3 And the king of Ij'ra-el said unto his servants, Know ye that Ila'moth in GTl'c- ad is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syr'i-a ? 4 And he said unto Je-hosh'a-phat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Rii'nioth- GU'e-ad ? And Je-hosh'a-phat said to the king of If'ra-el, I am as thou a/-/, my peo- ple as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 5 And Je-hosh'a-phat said unto the kino- of If'ra-el, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. 6 Then the king of If'ra-el gathered the prophets together, about' four hundred men, and said unto them. Shall I go against' Ra'moth-Gire-ad to battle, or shall I forbear ? And they said. Go up ; for the LoPcD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And Je-hosh'a-phat said, Is there not h<;re a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him ? 8 And the king of If'ra-el said unto Je- hosh'a-phat, There is yet one man, Ml- cai'ah' the son of Im'lah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concer'ning me, but evil. And Je-hosh'a-phat said, Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of If'ra-el called an officer, and said. Hasten hither Mi-cai'ah the son of im'lah. 10 And the king of If'ra-el and Je-hosh'- a-phat the king of Ju'dah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Sa-ma'ri-a : and all the prophets prophe- sied before them. 11 And Zed-e-kl'ah the son of Che-na' a-nah made him horns of iron : and he said. Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syr'i-ans, until thou have consumed them. 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ila'moth-Gil'e-ad, and prosper : for the Lord shall deliver i7 into the king's hand. 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Ml-cai'ah spake unto him, sayin"-, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thai which is good. 14 And MT-cai'ah said, «4» the LoRO Ml'ka'yah. 313 Mi-cdi'ah^s prophtcy againsf A'hab. I. KINGS. A'hab slain al Ramdth^Gil'e-ad. liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak. 15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Mi-cai'ah, shall we go against' Ra'moth-Gil'e-ad to battle, or shall we forbear ? And he answered him. Go, and prosper : for the Lord shall de- liver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king said unto him. How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but thai which is true in the name of the Lord .'' 17 And he said, I saw all l§'ra-e] scat- tered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shep'/ierd : and the Lord said, These have no master ; let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of If'ra-el said unto Je-hosh'a-phat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil ? 19 And he said. Hear thou, there'fore, the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left. 20 And the Lord said, Who shall per- ?uade A'hab, that he may go up and fall at Ra'moth-Gll'e-ad ? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spir'It, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the Lord said unto him, Where- with ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying splr'it in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said. Thou shalt persuade him^ and prevail also : go forth, and do so. 23 Now there'fore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spir'it in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concer'ning thee. 24 But Zed-e-ki'ah the son of Che-na'- a-nah went near, and smote Mi-cai'ah on the cheek, and said. Which way went the Spir'it of the Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 25 And Mi-cai'ah said. Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of l§'ra-el said. Take Mi-cai'ah, and carry him back unto A'mon the governor of the city, and to Jo'ash the king's son ; 27 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 come in peace. 28 And Ml-cai'ah said. If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken ^" me. And he said, Hearken, O people, Kvery one of you. 29 So the king of If'ra-el, and Je-hosh'- a-phat the king of Ju'dah, went up to Ra'moth-Gire-ad. 30 And the king of If'ra-el said unto Je-hosh'a-phat, I will difguife' myself, and enter into the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of If'ra-el difguifed himself, and went into the battle. 31 Bat the king of Syr'i-a comman'ded his thirty and two cap'tains that had rule over his chariots, saying. Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of If'ra-el. 32 And it came to pass, when the cap'- tains of the chariots saw Je-hosh'a-phat, that they said. Surely it is the king of if'- ra-el. And they turned aside to fight against' him : and Je-hosh'a-phat cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the cap'- tains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of If'ra-el, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a cir'tain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of If'ra-el between the joints of the harness : where- fore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host ; for I am wounded. 35 And the battle increased that day ; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against' the Syr'i-ans, and died at even : and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about' the going down of the sun, saying. Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 So the king died, and was brought to Sa-ma'ri-a ; and they buried the king in Sa-ma'ri-a. 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Sa-ma'ri-a, and the dogs licked up his blood, (and they washed his armour,) according unto the word of the LcRii which he spake. 39 Now the rest of the acts of A'hab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of If'ra-el ? 40 So A'hab slept with his fathers ; and A-ha-zi'ah his son reigned in his stead. 41 II And Je-hosh'a-phat the son of A'sa began to reign over Ju'dah in the fourth year of A'hab king of If'ra-el. 42 Je-hosh'a-phat 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 Shil'hi. 43 And he walked in all the ways of A'sa his father ; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord : nevertheless the high places were not taken away ; for the people of- fered and burnt incense yet in the high places. 44 And Je-hosh'a-phat made peace witb the kio^ of l$'ra-el. S14 Mo'ab rebelletk againsf If'ra-el. II. KINGS 45 Now the rest of the acts of Je-hosh'- a-phat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 46 And the remnant of the Sod'om-ites, which remained in the days of his father i'sa, he took out of the land. 47 There was then no king in E'dom : a deputy teas king. 48 Je-hosh'a-phat made ships of Thar'- shish to go to O'phir for gold ; but they went not: for the ships were broken at £'zi-6n-Ge'b6r. 49 Then said A-ha-zi'ah the son of A'- hab unto Je-hosh'a-phat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships : but Je- hosh'a-phat would not. M-li'jah bringeihjire/rom heaven. 50 And Je-hosh'a-phat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da'vid his father : and Je- ho'ram his son reigned in his stead. 51 IT A-ha-zl'ah the son of Ahab began to reign over I§'ra-el in Sa-nia'ri-a the seventeenth year of Je-hosh'a-phat king of Ju'dah, and reigned two years over If'- ra-el. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his fa- ther, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'- bat, who made Ij'ra-el to sin : 53 P'or he served Ba'al, and wor'ship- ped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Ij'ra-el, according to all that his father had done. H The SECOND Book of the KINGS, commonly called, The FOURTH Book of the KINGS. CHAPTER I. THEN Mo'ab rebelled against' I§'ra-el after the death of A'hab. 2 And A-ha-zl'ah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that mas in Sa-ma'ri-a, and was sick : and he sent messengers, and said unto them. Go, inquire of Ba'al-Ze'bub, the god of Ek'- ron, whether I shall recover of this dis- ease. 3 But the angel of the Lord said to E-li'jah the Tish'bite, Arife, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Sa-ma'ri-a, and say unto them. Is it not because there is not a God in If'ra-el, that ye go to in- quire of Ba'al-Ze'bub, the god of Ek'- ron? 4 Now, there'fore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt sure- ly die. And E-lI'jah departed. 5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back ? 6 And they said unto him. There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again' unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in If'- ra-el, that thou sendest to inquire of Ba - al-Ze'bfib, the god of Ek'ron ? there'fore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt sure- ly die. 7 And he said unto them, What man- ner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words ? 8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt' with a gir'dle^ of 1 gert. leather about' his loins. And he said. It is E-H'jah the Tish'bite. 9 Then the king sent unto him a cap'- tain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him ; (and, behold, he sat on the top of a hill ;) and he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 10 And E-ll'jah answered and said to the cap'tain of fifty. If I 6e a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and con- sumed him and his fifty. 1 1 Again' also he sent unto him another cap'tain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said. Come down quickly. 12 And E-ll'jah answered and said unto them, If I foe a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 And he sent again' a cap'tain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third cap'tain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before E-li'jah, and be- sought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two cap'tains of the former fifties with their fifties: there'fore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the Lord said ^gir'dl. 315 h-ti'jah divideth Jur'dan. unto E-li'jah, Go down with him ; be not afraid of him. And he arofe, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Ba'al-Ze'bub, the god of Ek'ron, {is it not because Ihere is no God in l§'ra-el to inquire of his word ?) there'f ore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 17 So he died, according to the word of the Lord, which E-li'jah had spoken : and Je-ho'ram reigned in his stead, in the second year of Je-ho'ram the son of Je-hosh'a-phat, king of Ju'dah ; because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of A-ba-zi'- ah which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of If'ra-el i CHAP. n. AND it came to pass, when the Lord would take up E-li'jah into heaven by a whirl'wTnd,^ that E-li'jah went with E-lT'sha from Gil'gal. 2 And E-ll'jah said unto E-ll'sha, Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth'el. And E-l'i'sha said unto him^ ^s the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth'el. 3 And the sons of the prophets that wire at Beth'el came forth to E-li'sha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to-day ? And he said, Yea, I know il ; hold ye your peace. 4 And E-li'jah said unto him, E-li'sha, tarry here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent me to Jer'i-9ho. And he said, ^s the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jer'i-cho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that icere at Jer'i-cho came to E-ll'sha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to-day ? And he answered. Yea, I know i< ; hold ye your peace. 6 And E-li'jah said unto him. Tarry, I pray thee, here ; for the Lord hath sent me to Jor'dan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jor'dan. 8 And E-li'jah took his mantle, and "wrapped it together, and smote the wa- ters, and they were divided hither and thither ; so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that E-li'jah said unto E-li'sha, Ask what 1 shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And E-li'sha said. II. KINGS. TTie young prophets seek E-U'jah. I pray thee, let a doiible portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10 And he said. Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am, taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asiin'der ; and E-li'jah went up by a whirl'wTnd into heaven. 12 And E-li'sha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father ! the chariot of I§'- ra-el, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more : and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 Pie took up also the mantle of E-li'- jah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jor'dan ; 14 And he took the mantle of E-li'jah that fell J-rom him, and smote the waters and said. Where is the Lord God of E-li' jah ? And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and E-li'sba went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets, which were to view at Jer'i-cho, saw him, they said. The spirit of E-li'jah doth rest on E-ll'sha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground be- fore him : 16 And they said unto him. Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men ; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradven'ture the Splr'it of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some moun'tain, or into some valley. And he said. Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent, there'fore, fifty men ; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again' to him, (for he tarried at Jer'i-cho,) he said unto them. Did I not say unto you, Go not ? 19 And the men of the city said unto E-ll'sha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleaf'ant, as my lord seeth : but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20 And he said. Bring me a new cruise, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he Avent forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lor.d, I have healed these waters ; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of E-ll'sha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth'el : and as he was going up by the 1 hwcrl'wlnd. 316 Je-hd'ram''s reign. II. way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald-head ; go up, thou bald-head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Car'rael ; and from thence he returned to Sa-ma'ri-a. CHAP. III. NOW Je-ho'ram the son of A'hab began to reign over if'ra-el in Sa-ma'ri-a the eighteenth year of Je-hosh'a-phat king of Ju'd.'ih, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord ; but not like his father, and like his mother ; for he put away the image of Ba'al that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, which made Ij'ra-el to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 4 H And Me'sha king of Mo'ab was a sheep-master, and rendered unto the king of If'ra-el a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 5 But it came to pass, when A'hab was dead, that the king of Mo'ab rebelled against' the king of i§'ra-el. 6 And king Je-ho'ram went out of Sa- ma'ri-a the same time, and numbered all ij'ra-el. 7 And he went and sent to Je-hosh'a- phat the king of Jii'dah, saying. The king of Mo'ab hath rebelled against' me : wilt thou go with me against' Md'ab to battle ? And he said, I will go up : I am as thou arl^ my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And lie said. Which way shall we go up ? And he answered. The way through the wilderness of E'dom. 9 So the king of Ij'ra-el went, and the king of Ju'dah, and the king of E'dom : and they fetched a com'pass of seven days' joiirney : and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. 10 And the king of If'ra-el said, Alas ! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Mo'ab ! 11 But Je-hosh'a-phat said. Is Ihere not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him ? And one of the king of l^'ra-ePs servants answered and said, Elere is £-li'sha the son of Sha'- phat, whicn poured water on the hands of E-li'jah. 12 And Je-hosh'a-phat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of If'ra-el, and Je-hosh'a-phat, and the king of E'dom, went down to him. KINGS. E-U'sha healeth the ronler. 13 And E-ll'sha said unto the king oi If'ra-el, What have I to do with thee ? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of If'ra-el said unto him, Nay : for the Lord hath called these three kings togeth- er, to deliver them into the hand of Mo'ab. 14 And E-li'shii said, ^1s the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that 1 regard the presence of Je-hosh'a-phat the king of Ju'tlfih, 1 would not look to'ward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to piiss, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. 16 And he said. Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches : 17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain ; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cat- tle, and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord : he will deliver the Mo'ab-ites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 IT And it came to pass in the morn- ing, when the meat-offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of E'dom ; and the country was filled with water. 21 And when all the Mo'ab-ites heard that the kings were come up to fight against' them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and up' ward, and stood in the border. 22 And they rose up early in the morn- ing, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Mo'ab-ites saw the v/ater on the other side as red as blood : 23 And they said. This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another : now there'fore, Mo'ab, to the spoil. 24 And when they came to the camp of If'ra-el, the If'ra-el-Ttes rose up and smote the Mo'ab-ites, so that they fled be- fore them : but they went for'ward smit- ing the Mo'ab-ites, even in their country. 25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it ; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-har'a-seth' • left they the stones thereof; howbeit, the slingers went about' i/, and smote it. 26 And when the king of Mo'ab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through eren unto the king of E'dom : but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son, that iDd 2 ' Kir-har'a-seth. 317 A son promised to the Shun&m-itt ; II. KINGS. who^ dyings is raised byM-li'sha. should have reigned in his stead, and of- fered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against' If'ra-el : And they departed from him, and returned to their own land. CHAP. IV. NOW there cried a cer'tain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto E-li'sha, saying, Thy servant my huf '- band is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord : and the cred- itor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And E-li'sha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me : what hast thou in the house ? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said. Go, borrow thee ves- sels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels ; borrow not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her, and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the ves- sels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her. There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man of God: and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy chil dren of the rest. 8 IT And it fell on a day, that E-lI'sha passed to Shii'nem, where was a great wo man ; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that^ as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her huj'band, Be- hold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God which passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall ; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he Cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. 11 And it fell on a day that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Ge-ha'zi his servant. Call this Shu'nam-ite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said unto him. Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care ; what is to be done for thee ? wouldst thou be spoken for to the king, or to the cap'tain of the host ? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 14 And he said, What then is to be done for her ? And Ge-ha'zi answered. Verily she hath no child, and her huf'- band is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 And he said. About' this season, ac- cording to the time of life, thou shalt em- brace a son. And she said. Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. 17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that E-li'sha had said unto her, according to the time of life. 18 IT And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father. My head, my head ! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her huj'band, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again'. 23 And he said, W^herefore wilt thou go to him to-day ? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said. It shall be well. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go for'ward ; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 25 So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Car'mel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Ge-ha'zi his ser- vant. Behold, yonder is that Shu'nam-ite : 26 Run now, 1 pray thee, to meet her ; and say unto h£r, Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy huf 'band ? is it well with the child? And she answered. It is well. 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet ; but Ge-ha'zi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said. Let her alone ; for her soul is vexed within her : and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me ? 29 Then he said to Ge-ha'zi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way : if thou meet any man, salute him not ; and if any salute thee, answer him not again' : and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said,.^* the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arofe, and foL>wed her. 318 i-li'sha Titaleth the deadly pottage. II. KINGS 31 And Ge-ha'zT passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child ; but there was neither voice nor hearings : •wherefore he went again' to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. 32 And when E-lT'sha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in there'fore and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the He cureth J^'a-man^s leprosy. CHAP. V. NOW Na'a-man, cap'taln of the host of the king of Syr'i-a, was a great man with his master, and /ton'ourable ; because by him the Lord had given de- liverance unto Syr'i-a : he was also a mighty man in valour, but fie was a leper. 2 And the Syr'i-ans had gone out by com'panies, and had brought away cap- tive out of the land of l§'ra-el a little maid ; and she waited on Na'a-man's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, | is in Sa-ma'ri-a ! for he would recover him and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands j of his leprosy. upon his hands ; and he stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro ; and went up, and stretched himself upon him : and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Ge-ha'zT, and said, Call this Shu'nam-ite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said. Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. 38 H And £-li'sha came again' to Gil'- gal, and there tvas a dearth in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him : and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather /lerbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage : for they knew therii not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat : and it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot ; and they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said. Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot ; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. 42 And there came a man from Ba'al- Shal'i-sha, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said. Give unto the peo- ple, that they may eat. 43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before a hundred men ? He said again', Give the people, that they may eat : for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. AA So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof., according to the word of the Lord. 4 And one went in and told his lord saying. Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of If'ra-el. 5 And the king of Syr'i-a said. Go to. go, and I will send a letter unto the king of if'ra-el. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the kin^ of ij'ra-el, saying, Now, when this lettei is come unto thee, behold, I have there with sent Na'a-man my servant to thee that thou mayst recover him of his lep rosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the kin / of If'ra-el had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am 1 God, to kill and to make alTve, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy ? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against' me. 8 And it was *o, when £-li'sha the man of God had heard that the king of If'ra-el had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying. Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in if'- ra-el. 9 So Na'a-man came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of E-li'sha. 10 And E-lT'sha sent a messenger unto him, saying. Go and wash in Jor'dan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again' to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 1 1 But Na'a-man was wroth, and went away, and said. Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Ab'a-na and Phar'par, rivers of Da-mas'cus, better than all the waters of If'ra-el ? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said. My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great 319 Ge-ha'si smitten with leprosy. thino-, wouldst thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean ? 14 Then went he dov/n, and dipped himself seven times in Jor'dan, according to the saying of the man of God : and his flesh came again' like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him : and he said. Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth but in T?'ra-el : now there'fore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he said. As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it ; but he re- fused. 17 And Na'a-man said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules'' burden of earth ? for thy ser- vant will henceforth ofi'er neither burnt- off"ering nor sac'rif 196 unto other gods, but unto the Lord. 18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of RTm'mon to wor'ship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rim'mon ; when I bow down myself in the house of Rim'- mon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. 19 And he said unto him. Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 20 But Ge-ha'zl, the servant of E-li'sha the man of God, said. Behold, my master hath spared Na'a-man this Syr'i-an, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him 21 So Ge-ha'zi followed after Na'a-man And when Na'a-man saw him runninj^ after him, he lighted down from the char- iot to meet him, and said. Is all well ? 22 And he said, All is well. My ma- ster hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount E'phra-Tm two young men of the sons of the prophets : give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of gar- ments. 23 And Na'a-man said. Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in tM'o bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants ; and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed thtm, in the house : and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And E-lT'sha said unto him. Whence com,est thou, Ge-ha'zi ? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. n. KINGS. E-R'sha causeth iron to float, mine neart with thee, when the man turn- ed again' from his chariot to meet thee ? Is it a time to receive money, and to re- ceive garments, and olive-yards, and vine- yards, and sheep, and ojcen, and men-ser- vants, and maid-servants ? 27 The leprosy there'fore of Nii'a-man shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his pres- ence a leper as white as snow. CHAP. VI. AND the sons of the prophets said unto E-li'sha, Behold now, the j)lace wht-re we dwell with thee is too strail ibr us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jor'diin, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered. Go ye. 3 And one said. Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, 1 will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came fo Jor'dan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water : and he cried, and said, Alas', master I for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said. Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither ; and the iron did swim. 7 There'fore said he. Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 8 % Then the king of Syr'i-a warred against' i§'ra-el, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of If'ra-el, saying. Beware that thou pass not such a place ; for thither the Syr'i-ans are come down. 10 And the king of if'ra-el sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 1 1 There'fore the heart of the king of Syr'i-a was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them. Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Ij'ra-el ? 12 And one of li-is servants said. None, my lord, O king : but E-ll'sha, the prophet that is in I§'ra-el, telleth the king of if'ra- el the words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber. 13 And he said. Go, and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying. Behold, he is in Do'than. 14 There'fore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host : and they came by night, and com'passed the city about'. 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, 26 And he said unto him, Went not | behold, a host com'passed the city, both 320 A great famine %n Sa-md'n-(i. II. with horses and chariots. And his ser vant said unto him, Alas', my master ! how shall we do .' 16 And he answered, Fear not ; for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And £-n'sha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man : and he saw, and, behold, the moun'taiu was full of horses and char- iots of fire round about' E-lT'sha. 18 And when they came down to him, E-li'sha prayed unto the Lord, and said. Smite this people, I pray thee, with blind- ness. And he smote them with blindness, according to the word of E-lT'sha. 19 And E-li'sha said unto them, This w not the way, neither is this the city ; fol- low me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Sa- ma'ri-a. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Sa-ma'ri-a, that E-li'sha said. Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord open- ed their eyes, and they saw ; and, behold, they were in the midst of Sa-ma'ri-a. 21 And the king of If'ra-el said unto E-lT'sha, when he saw them. My father, shall I smite them 7 shall I smite Ihem ? 22 And he answered. Thou shalt not smite thtm : wouldst thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow ? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great provision for them : and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and ttjey went to their master. So the bands of Syr'i-a came no more into the land of If'ra-el. 24 IT And it came to pass after this, that Ben'ha-dad king of Syr'i-a gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Sa-ma'ri-a. 25 And there was a great famine in Sa-ma'ri-a : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces o{ silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of 15'ra-el was pass'ing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying. Help, my lord, O king ! 27 And he said. If the Lord do not lielp thee, whence shall I help thee ? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press:' 28 And the king said unto her. What aileth thee ? And she answered. This, woman said unto me. Give thy soa, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 29 So we boiled my sod, and did eat him : and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him ; and she hath hid her son. 21 rjpi KINGS. E-ti'sha prophesieth in Sa-ma'ri-a. 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes ; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, be- hold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me if the head of E-li'sha the son of Sha'phat shall stand on him this day. 32 But E-li'sha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him : and the king sent a man from before him : but ere the mes- senger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head ? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door : is not the sound of his master's feet behind him .'' 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him, and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord ; what should I wait for the Lord any longer ? CHAP. VII. HEN E-li'sha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord : Thus saith the Lord, To-morrow, about' this time, shall a meaf'ure of fine flour fie sold for a shekel, and two meaf'ures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Sa-ma'ri-a. 2 Then a lord, on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said. Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be ? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate : and they said one to another. Why sit we here until we die ? 4 If we say. We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there : and if ^e sit still here, we die also. Now ther^i'fore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syr'i-ans : if they save us alive, we shall live ; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rese up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syr'i-ans : and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syr'i-a, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syri-ans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a o-reat host ; and they said one to another, Lo, the king of If 'ra-el hath hired against' us the kings of the Hit'tTtes, and the kings of the E-^yp'ti-ans, to come upon us. > 7 Wherefore they arofe, and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as- it was, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drinlc, and carried thence silver, and gold, and rai- 321 The Syr'i-ans' tents spoiled. ment, and went and hid it ; and came again' and entered into an6ther tent, and carried thence also^ and went and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well : this day is a day of good tidin"-s, and we hold our peace : if we tarry°till the morning light, some mis'- chief will come upon us : now there'f ore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came, and called unto the porter of the city; and they told him, saying. We came to the camp of the Syr'- i-ans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. 11 And he called the porters ; and they told it to the king's house within. 12 And the king arof e in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syr'i-ans have done to us : They know that we be hungry, there'fore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying. When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants answered and said. Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of if'ra-el that are left in it ; behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the l^'ra-el-ites that are con- sumed^ and let us send and see. 14 They took there'fore two chariot horses ; and the king sent after the host of the Syr'i-ans, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jor'- dan ; and, lo, all the way was full of gar- ments and vessels, which the Syr'i-ans had cast away in their haste : and the messengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and spoil- ed the tents of the ^yr'i-ans. So a meaf'- ure of fine flour whs sold for a shekel, and two meaf'ures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. 17 And the king appoinlpd the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate : and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, T^ro mea§'ures of barley for a shekel, and k meaf'ure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow, about' this time, in the gate of Sa-ma'rira : 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be ? And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. SO And. so it fell out unto him : for the n. KINGS. Haz'a-el goeth to M-H'shh. people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAP. vin. THEN spake E-li'sha unto the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, ArT§e, and go thou and thine household, and so'joum wheresoever thou canst so'joum : for the Lord hath called for a famine ; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 2 And the woman arofe, and did after the saying of the man of God : and she went with her household, and so'journ- ed in the land of the Phi-lis'tines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Phi-lis'tines : and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with Ge-ha'zi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that E-li'sha hath done. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Ge-ha'zT said. My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom E-11'- sha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a cer'tain officer, saying. Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field, since the day that she left the land, even until now. 7 IT And £-li'sha came to Da-mas'ciis ; and Ben'ha-dad the king of Syr'i-a was sick : and it was told him, saying. The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Haz'a-el, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying. Shall I recover of this disease ? 9 So Haz'a-el went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Da-mas'cus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said. Thy son Ben'ha-dad king of Syr'i-a hath sent me to thee, saying. Shall I recover of this disease ? 10 And E-li'sha said unto him. Go, say unto him. Thou mayst cer'tainly recover : 'nowbeit, the Lord hath showed me that he shall surely die. 11 And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed : and the man of God wept. 12 And Haz'a-el said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered. Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of if'ra-el : their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt 322 UaS'a-eVi reign. II. KINGS. Je'hu anointed kins. thou slay with the sicord, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Haz'a-el said, But what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And £-li'sha answered. The Lord hath showed me that thou shall be king over Syr t-a. 14 So he departed from E-li'sha, and came to his master ; who said to him. What said E-li'sha to thee ? And he an- swered, He told me that thou shouldst surely recover. 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died ; and Haz'a-el reigned in his stead. 16 H And in the fifth year of Jo'ram, the son of A'hab king of If'ra-el, Je-hosh'- a-phat being then king of Jii'dah, Je-ho'- ram, the son of Je-hosh'a-phat king of Ju'dah, began to reign. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Je-ru'sa-lem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of If 'ra-el, as did the house of A'hab ; for the daughter of A'hab was his wife : and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy' Ju'dah for Da'vid his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. 20 In his days E'dom revolted from un- der the hand of Jii'dah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Jo'ram went over to Za'ir, and all the chariots with him : and he rose by night, and smote the E'dom-ltes which com'passed him about', and the cap'tains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 22 Yet E'dom revolted from under the hand of Ju'dah unto this day. Then Lib'- nah revolted at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of Jo'ram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 24 And Jo'ram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da'vid : and A-ha-zi'ah his son reigned in his stead. 25 In the twelfth year of Jo'ram, the son of A'hab king of t§'ra-el, did A-ha-zi'- ah, the son of Je-ho'ram king of Jii'dah, begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old M>a*A-ha- zi'ah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Je-rfl'sa-lem : and his m6ther's name teas Ath-a-li'ah, the daugh- ter of Om'rl king of iff'ra-el. for he was the son-in-law of the house of A'hab. 28 And he went with Jo'ram the son of A'hab to the war against' Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a in Ra'moth-Gil'e-ad ; and the Syr'- i-ans wounded Jo'ram. 29 And kmg Jo'ram went back to be healed in Jez're-el of the wounds which the Syr'i-ans had given him at Ra'mah, when he fought against' Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a. And A-ha-zi'ah, the son of Je- ho'ram king of Ju'dah, went down to see Jo'ram the son of A'hab in Jez're-el, be cause he was sick. CHAP. IX.— AND E-li'sha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird' up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ra'moth-Gil'e-ad : 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Je'hu the son of Je-hosh'a-phat, the son of Nim'shT, and go in, and make him arife up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber : 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour il on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord I have anointed thee king over If'ra-el. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ra'moth-GH'- erad. 5 And when he came, behold, the cap'- tains of the host were sitting : and he said, I have an er'rand to thee, Ocap'taTn. And Je'hii said. Unto which of all us ? And he said, To thee, O cap'tain. 6 And he aroje, and went into the house ; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, God of !f'ra-el, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over If'ra-el. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of A'hab thy master, that I may avenge' the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jez'e-bel. 8 For the whole house of A'hab shall perish ; and I will cut oS" from A'hab him that pisseth against' the wall, and him that is shut up and left in If'ra-el : 9 And I will make the house of A'hab like the house of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, and like the house of Ba'a-sha the son of A-hi'iah : 10 And the dogs shall eat Jez'e-bel in the portion of Jez're-el, and there shall be n6ne to bury her. And he opened the door and fled. 11 Then Je'hii came forth to the ser- 27 And he walked in the way of the Ivants of his lord : and one said unto house of A'hab, and did evil in the sight him, /* all well ? wherefore came this " - - - ^^ thee? And he said unto of the Lord, as did the house of A'hab : jmad fflUf'/) ' gird. 9BB3 II. KINGS. Jl'hu goelh to Jls/rt-ll. them, Ye know the man, and his com- munication. 12 And they said, // is false ; tell us now. And he said. Thus and thus spake he to me, saying. Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over If'ra-el. 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trum- pets, saying, Je'hu is king. 14 So Je'hii, the son of Je-hosh'a-phat, the son of Nim'shT, conspired against' Jo'- ram. (Now Jo'ram had kept Ra'moth- Gll'e-ad, he and all If'ra-el, because of Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a. 15 But king Jo'ram was returned to be healed in Jez're-el of the wounds which the Syr'i-ans had given him, when he fought with Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a.) And Je'hu said. If it be your minds, thtn let none go forth nor escape' out of the city, to go to tell it in Jez're-el. 16 So Je'hu rode in a chariot, and went to Jez're-el ; for Jo'ram lay there. And A-ha-zi'ah king of Ju'dah was come down to see Jo'ram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jez're-el, and he spied the com- pany of Je'hu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Jo'ram said. Take a norseman, and send to meet them, and let him say. Is it peace ? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said. Thus saith the king, h it peace ? And Je'hu said, What hast thou to do with peace ? turn th^e behind me. And the watchman told, saying. The messenger came to them, but he Cometh not again'. 19 Then he sent out a second on horse- back, which came to them, and said. Thus saith the king, h it peace ? And Je'hu answered, What hast thou to do with peace ? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying. He came even unto them, and cometh not again' : and the driving is like the driving of Je'hu the son of Nim'shi ; for he driveth furiously. 21 And Jo'ram said. Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Jo'ram king of ij'ra-el, and A-ha-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, went out, each in his chariot, and they Avent out against' Je'hu, and met him in the portion of Na'both the Jez're-el-ite. 22 And it came to pass, when J5'ram saw Je'hii, that he said. Is it peace, Je'hii ? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jez'e-bel, and her witch'crafts are so many ? 23 And Jo'ram turned his hands, and fled, and said to A-ha-zi'ah, There is treachery, O A-ha-zi'ah ! 24 And Je'hu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Je-ho'ram between A-ha-zi'ah is slain at Gicr. his arms ; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Je'hi/, to Bid'kar his cap'- tain, 'Eake up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Na'both the Jez're-el-ite . for remember how that, when I and thou rode together fifter A'hab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him ; 26 Surely I have seen yes'terday the blood of Na'both, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord ; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now there'fore take and cast him into the plat of ground^ according to the word of the Lord. 27 But when A-ha-zi'ah the king of Ju'dah saw Ihis^ he fled by the way of the garden-house : and Je'hii followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the char- iot, ^nd they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by ib'le-am. And he fled to Me-gid'do, and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Je-r(i'sa-lem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of Da'vid. 29 And in the eleventh year of Jo'ram the son of A'hab began A-ha-zi'ah to reigu over Jii'dah. 30 T And when Je'hii was come to Jez'- re-el, Jez'e-bel heard of it ; and she paint- ed h'er face, and tired her head, and look- ed out at a'Kvi'ndow. 31 And as Je'hu entered in at the gate, she said. Had Zim'ri peace, who slew his master ? 32 And he lifted up his face to the win- dow, and said. Who is on my side ? who ? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.^ 33 And he said. Throw her down. So they threw her down : and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said. Go, see now this cursed woman^ and bury her : for she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her ; but they found no more of her than the scull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came again', and told him. And he said. This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his ser- vant E-li'jah the Tish'bite, saying. In the portion of Jez're-el shall dogs eat the flesh of Jez'e-bel : 37 And the carcass of Jez'e-bel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the p5rtion of Jez're-el ; so that they shaU not say, This is Jez'e-bel. CHAP. X. AND A'hab had seventy sons in Sa-ma ri-a. And Je'hu wrote letters, and sent to Sa-ma'ri-a, unto the rulers of Jez'- jfunux. 324 SevenUj of ^i'hdb's soils slain. II. KINGS re-6l, to the elders, and to them that brought up A'hab's children, saying, 2 Now, as soon as this letter conieth to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour, 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and tight for your niiister's house. 4 But they were exceedingly £ifraid, and said, Beliold, two kings stood not be- fore him : iiow then shall we stand .-' 5 And he that toas over the house, and he that 2oas over the city, the elders also, and tlie bringers-up of the children, sent to Je'hu, saying. We are thy servants, and will do all that tliou shalt bid us ; we will not make any king : do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying. If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jez'rc-el by to-morrow this time. (Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.) 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jez're-el. 8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said. Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous : behold, I conspired jgainst' my mcister, and slew him : but who slew all these ? 10 Know now that there shall fall unto the garth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concer'nTng the house of A'hab : for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his sSrvant £-li'j5h. 11 So Je'hu slew all that remained of the house of i'hib in JSz're-6l, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 12 And he aro^e and departed, and came to Sa-ma'ri-a. Mnd as he was at the shearing-house in the way, 13 Je'hu met with the brethren of .V-ha- zi'ah king of Ju'dah, and said, Who arr ye ? And they answered. Wo are the brethren of .*.-ha-zi'ah ; and we go down to salute the children of the king, and tlie children of the queen. 14 And he said. Take them alive. And Bd'al's prophets slain. 15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Je-hon'a-dab the son of Re'- chab, cominir to meet him : and he saluted him, and said to him. Is thine hekrt right, as my heart is with thy heart.' And Je- hon'a-dab answered. It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said. Come with me, and see ray zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Sa-ma'ri-a, he slew all that remained unto A'hab in Sa- ma'ri-a, till he had destroy'ed him, accord- ing to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to E-li'jah. 18 And Je'hu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, A'hab served Ba'al a little, but Je'hu shall serve him much. 19 Now there'fore call unto me all the prophets of Ba'al, all his servants, and all his priests ; let none be wanting : for I have a great sac'rifiqe to do to Ba'al : whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Je'hu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy' the wor'shTppers of Ba'al. 20 And Je'hu said. Proclaim a solemn assembly for Ba'al. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Je'hu sent through all I§'ra-el ; and all the wor'shippers of Ba'al came, so that there was not a man left that came not : and they came into the house of Ba'al; and the house of Ba'al was full from one end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry. Bring forth vestments for all the wor'shTppers of Ba'Sl. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Je'hQ went, and Je-hon'a-dab the son of Re'chab, into the house of Ba'- al, and said unto the wor'shTppers of Ba'al, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the Lord, but the wor'shTppers of Ba'al only. 24 And wiien they went in to offer sac'- rifufcs and burnt-offerings, Je'hu appoint- ed fourscore men without, and said. If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape', he that letteth him go ^ his life shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt- offering, that Je'hu said to the guard and to the cap'taTns, Go in, and slay them; k't n6:ie come forth. And they smote them witli the edge of the stcOrd ; and the guard ;ind the cap'taTns cast them out, and Wv^iit to the city of the house of Ba'SL 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Ba'al, and burned they took them alive, and slew them at them, the pit of the shearing-house, even two and 27 And they brake down the image of forty men : neither left he any of them. B.'i'al, and brake down the house of Ba'&I, Ee ' 325 Ath-a-li' ah dtstrdy'eth the king's seed. II. KINGS. Ath-u-H'dh iss!ai/t. and made it a draught-house unto this day. 28 Thus Je'liu destroy'ed Ba'al out of Ij'ra-el. 29 Howbeit,/roTO the sins of J6r-o-b6'am the son of Ne'bat, who made If'ra-el to sin, Je'hu departed not from after them, to ««"(, the golden ciilves that were in Beth'el, and that icere in Din. 30 And the Lord said unto Je'hu, Be- cause thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of A'hab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of I§'ra-el. 31 But Je'hu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of If'ra-el with all his hekrt: for he departed not from the sins of Jer-o-bo'am, which made If'- ra-el to sin. 32 TI In those days the Lord began to cut If'ra-el short .- and Haz'a-el smote them in all the coasts of If'ra-el ; 33 From Jor'dan east'wdrd, all the land of Gll'e-ad, the Gad'itos, and the ReCi'- ben-ites, and the Ma-nSs'sites, from Ar'o-er, (which is by the river Ar'non,) even Gll'- e-5d and Ba'shin. 34 H Now the rest of the acts of Je'hu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the Chron i-cles of the kings of If'ra-el .' 35 And Je'ha slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in Sa-ma'ri-a. And Je-ho'a-haz his son reigned in his stead 36 And the time that Je'hu reigned over If'ra-el in Sa-ma'ri-a icas twenty and eight years. CHAP. XI. AND when Xth-a-li'ah, the mother of A-ha-zI'ah, saw that her son was dead, she aroge, and destroy'ed all the seed royal. 2 But Je-hosh'e-ba the d&ughter of king Jo'ram, sister of A-ha-zi'ah, took Jo'ash the son of A-ha-zT'ah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain ; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bed-chamber from Xth-a-li'ah, so that he was not slain. 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And ith-a-li'ah did reign over the land. 4 And the seventh year Je-hoi'a-da sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the cap'tains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king's son. 5 And he commhn'ded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do : A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house ; 6 And a tiiird part shall be at the gate of Sur ; and a third part at the gate be- hind the guard : so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about' the king. 8 And ye shall com'pAss the king round about', every man with his weapons in his hand : and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain : and be ye with the king as he goeth out, and as he com- eth in. 9 And the cap'tains over the hundreds did according to all things that Je-hoi'a- da the priest commcin'ded : and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Je-hoi'a- da the priest. 10 And to the cap'tains over hundreds did the priest give king Da'vid's spears and shields, that 7cere in the temple of the Lord. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about' the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along' by the altar and the temple. 12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the tes'timony : and they made him king, and anointed him ; and they clap- ped their hands, and said, God save the king. 13 And when Ath-a-h'5h heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord. 14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king ; and all the people of the land re- joiced, and blew with trumpets : and Xth- a-li'ah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason ! 15 But Je-hoi'a-da the priest commknd- ed the cap'tains of the hundreds, the of- ficers of the host, and said unto them. Have her forth without the ranges ; and him that followeth her kill with the sjoord. For the priest had said. Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. 16 And they laid hands on her : and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house : and there was she slain. 17 And Je-hoi'a-da made a c6venant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people ; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Ba'al, and brake it down ; his altars and his images brake they in 326 The temple repaired. II. KINGS, pieces throughly, and slew M5t't5n the priest of Ba'al before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord. 19 And he took the rulers over hun- dreds, and the cSp'talns, and the guard, and all the people of the land ; and they brought down the king from the house of the LoRii, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land re- joiced, and the city was in quiet : and they slew Ath-a-li'ah with the sjoord beside the king's house. 21 Seven years old was Je-ho'cLsh when he began to reign. CHAP. XII. IN the seventh year of Je'hu, Je-ho'ash began to reign ; and forty years reigned he in Je-ril'sa-lem : and his mother's name teas Zi-bi'ah of Be-er'she-bS. 2 And Je-ho'Ssh did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wnerein Je-hoi'a-dl the priest instructed him. 3 But the high places wgre not taken away : the people still sSc'rif I(jed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 And Je-ho'ash said to the priests. All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that pisseth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance ; and let them repair the breaches of the house, whereso- ever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that, in the three and twentieth year of king Je-ho'Ssh, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 Then king Je-ho'ash called for Je- hoi'a-da the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them. Why repair ye not the breaches of the house .' Now, there'fore, receive no more money of your acquaint- ance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. 9 But Je-hoi'a-da the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one Cometh into the house of the Lord : and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the Je-ho'dsh slain bij his servants. money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord : and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of the Lord, 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 Howbeit, there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord : 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord. 15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen : for they dealt faithfully. 16 The tres'pass-money and sin-money was not brought into the house of the Lord : it was the priests'. 17 H Then Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-i went up, and fought against' Gath, and took it : and Haz'a-el set his face to go up to Je-ru'sa-lem. 18 And Je-ho'ash king of Ju'dah took all the hallowed things that Je-hosh'a- phat, and Je-ho'r5m, and .i-ha-zT'ah, his fathers, kings of Ju'dah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that ^cas found in the treaj'ures of the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and sent it to Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a : and he went Sway from Je-rQ'sa- lem. 19 And the rest of the acts of Je-ho'ash, and all that he did, dre they not written in the book of the Chr5n'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 20 And his servants aroje, and made a conspiracy, and slew Je-ho'ash in the house of Mil'lo, which goeth down to Sll'la. 21 For Joz'a-char the son of Shim'e-ath, and Je-hoz'a-bad the son of Sho'mer, his servants, smote him, and he died ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Da'vid : and Am-a-zl'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XIII. IN the three and twentieth year of Jo'- ash, the son of A-ha-zi'ah king of Ju'- dah, Je-ho'a-haz, the son of Je'ha, began to reign over I§'ra-el in Sa-ma'ri-a, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did that which roas evil in tlie sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of jlr-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, which made Is'ra-el to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 327 Jo'ish'a wicked reign. II. KINGS. E-ll'skd's bones raise a dead man^ 3 And the anger of the Lord was kin- i said, Shoot : and he shot. And he said, died against' Ij'ra-el ; and he delivered The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and them into the hand of Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a, and into the hand of Ben'ha-dad the son of Haz'a-el, all their days. 4 And Je-ho'a-haz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him ; for he saw the oppression of I§'ra-el, because the king of Syr'i-a oppressed them. 5 (And the Lord gave If'ra-el a sav- iour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syr'i-ans : and the chil- dren of I§'ra-el dwelt in their tents as be- fore time. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jer-6-bo'am, who made I^'ra-el sin, but walked therein : and there remained the grove also in Sa- ma'ri-a.) 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Je-ho'a-haz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen ; for the king of Syr'i-a had destroy'ed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Je-ho'a- haz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of I§'ra-el .' 9 And Je-ho'a-haz slept with his fa- thers ; and they buried him in Sa-ma'ri-a : and Jo'ash his son reigned in his stead. 10 H In the thirty and seventh year of Jo'ash king of Ju'dali began Je-ho'ash the son of Je-ho'a-haz to reign over l|'ra-el in Sa-ma'ri-a, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he departed not from all the sins of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, who made Ij'ra-el sin ; but he walked therein. 12 And the rest of the acts of Jo'ash, and all that he did, and his might where- with he fought against' Am-a-zl'ah king of Ju'dah, are they not written in the book of the Chr6n'i-cles of the kings of Ij'ra-6l .' 13 And Jo'ash slept with his fathers ; and J6r-o-bo'am sat upon his throne : and Jo'ash was buried in Sa-ma'ri-a with the kings of Ij'ra-el. 14 Tf Now E-ll'sha was fallen sick, of his sickness whereof he died. And Jo'ash the king of Ij'ra-el came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father ! the chariot of Ij'ra-el, and the horsemen thereof! 15 And E-li'sha said unto him. Take bow and arrows : and he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king of Ij'ra-el, Put thine hand upon the bow : and he put his hand upon it ; and i-li'sha put his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said, Open the window east'- wdrd : and he opened it. Then i-li'sha the arrow of deliverance from Syr'i-a ; for thou shalt smite the Syr'i-anj in A'phek till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said. Take the arrows : and he took them. And he said unto the king of Ij'ra-el, Smite upon the ground: and he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said. Thou sliouldst have smit- ten five or si.x times, then hadst thou smit- ten Syr'i-a till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syr'i-a but thrice. 20 IT And K-li'sha died, and they buri- ed him. And the bands of the Mo'ab-ites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of E-li'sha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of E-li'sha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 IT But Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a op- pressed Ij'ra-el all the days of Je-ho'a-haz. 23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with A'bra-ham, I'faac, and Ja'- cob, and would not destroy' them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 24 So Haz'a-el the king of Syr'i-a died : and Ben'ha-dad his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Je-ho'ash, the son of Je-ho'a- haz, took again', out of the hand of Ben'- ha-dad the son of Haz'a-el, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Je-ho'a-haz his father by war : three times did Jo'ash beat him, and recovered the cities of Is'ra-el. CHAP. XIV. IN the second year of Jo'ash, son of Je-ho'a-haz king of I|'ra-el, reigned Xm-a-zi'ah, the son of Jo'ash king of Ju'- dah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Je-ri^'sa-lem ; and his mother's name icas Je-ho-ad'dan of Je-ru'sa-lem. 3 And he did that which %cas right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like Da'- vid his father : he did according to all things as Jo'ash his father did. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away : as yet the people did sac'ri- fiqe and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he 328 Jer-6-bO'din succcedcth Je-lio'dsh. II. KINGS. Az-a-ri'dlCs good reign. slew not : according unto that which is chlsh ; but they sent after him to La'chish, written in the book of the law of M5'|es, wherein the Lokd coinnuXn'ded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers ; but every man shall be put to death fiir his own sin. 7 He slew of t'dom, in the valley of Salt, ten thousand, and took Se'lah by war, and called the name of it Jok'the-el unto this day. 8 Then AUi-a-zi'ah sent messengers to Je-ho'ash, the son of Je-ho'a-haz, son of Je'hu king of l;{'ra-el, saying, Come, let US look one another in the face. i) And Je-ho'ash the king of Ij'ra-el sent to Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, saying, The thistle that loas in Leb'a-non sent to the cedar that loas 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 tliistle. lU Thou hast indeed smitten li'dom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up : glory of this, and tarry at liome ; for why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldst fall, even thou, and Ju'dah with thee ? 11 But Am-a-zl'ah would not hear : there'fore Je-ho'ash king of I§'ra-el went up ; and he and Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah looked one another in the face at Beth'- she-mesh, which hdongeth to Ju'dah. 12 And Ju'dah was put to the worse be- fore I§'ra-el ; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Je-ho'ash king of Ij'ra-el took Am-a-zT'ah king of Ju'dah, the son of Je ho'ash, the son of A-ha-zi'ah, at Biith'she and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jc-rij'sa-lem with his fathers, in the city of Da'vid. 21 And all the people of Ju'dah took Az-a-ri'ah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Am-a-zi'ah. 22 He built i'lath, and restored it to Ju'dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 IT In the fifteenth year of Auj-a-zi'ah the son of Jo'ash king of Ju'dah, Jer-G-bo'- am the son of Jo'ash king of i§'ra-el began to reign in Sa-ma'ri-a, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that lohich icas evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not from all the sins of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, who made Ij'ra-el to sin. 25 He restored the coast of I§'ra-el from the entering of Ha'math unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Loud God of Ij'ra-el, which he spake by the hand of his servant JO'nah, the son oi A-mlt'tai, the prophet, which was of Gath- he'pher. 26 For the Lord saw the affliction ol Ij'ra-el, that it was very bitter : for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for I^'ra-el. 27 And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Ij'ra-el from under heaven : but he saved them by the hand of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Jo'ash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jer-o- bo'am, and all that he did, and his might, how he vi'iirred, and how he recovered mesh, and came to Je-rfi'sa-lem, and brake Da-mas'cQs, and Ha'math, which belonged down the wall of Je-r&'sa-lem, from the gate of F,'piira-im unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treaf'ures of the king's house, and hostages, and re- turned to Sa-ma'ri-a. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Je-ho'- ash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, (ire they not written in the book of the Clirun'i-cles of the kings of I§'ra-el .'' 1() And Je-ho'ash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sa-ma'ri-a with the kings of Ij'ra-el ; and J6r-6-bo'am his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Am-a-zi'ah the son of Jo'ash king of Ju'dah lived afler the death of Je- ho'ash son of Je-ho'a-haz king of Ij'ra-el fifleen years. 18 And the rest of the acta of Am-a-zi'- ah, Are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 19 Now they made a conspiracy against' him in Je-rCl'sa-l6m : and he fled to La'- Ee2 to Ju'dah, for I|'ra-el, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-^les of the kings of Ij'ra-el .' 2i) And Jer-o-bo'am slept with his fa- thers, even with the kings of I|'ra-el ; and Zach-a-ri'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XV. IN the twenty and seventh year of Jer- o-bo'am king of I j'ra-el began Az-a-ri'- ah son of Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Je-ri^'sa-lem : and his mother's name was Jech-o-Ii'ah of Je-rCi'sa-lem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Am-a-zi'ah had done ; 4 Save that the high places were not removed : the people sac'rifi<;ed and burnt incense still on the high places. 5 And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jo'tham the kind's son ipas over the house, judging the people of the land. Zdch-a-ri'dh is slain. II. KINGS. Pek-a-hi'ah is slain by Pe'kah. 6 And the rest of the acts of Az-a-ri'ah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 7 So Az-a-rl'ah slept with his fathers ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Da'vid : and Jo'tham his son reigned in his stead. 8 IT In the thirty and eighth year of Az-a-ri'ah king of Ju'dah did Zach-a-ri'ah the son of Jer-o-bo'ain reign over I|'ra-el in Sa-ma'ri-a six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done : he departed not from the sins of Jer-o-bo'ani the son of Ne'bat, who made Ij'ra-el to sin. 10 And Shal'lum the son of Ja'besh conspired against' him, and smote him be- fore the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 11 And the rest of the acts of Zach-a- ri'ah, behold, they are written in the Dook of the ^hron'i-cles of the kings of Ij'ra-el. 12 This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Je'hu, saying, Thy sons shalt sit on the throne of Ij'ra-el unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. 13 IT Shal'lum the son of Ja'besh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uz-zi'ah king of Ju'dah ; and he reigned a full month in Sa-ma'ri-a. 14 For Men'a-hem the son of Ga'dl went up from Tir'zah,' and came to Sa-ma'ri-a, and smote Shal'lum the son of Ja'besh in Sa-ma'ri-a, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15 And the rest of the acts of Shal'lum, and his conspiracy which he made, be- hold, they are written in the book of the ^hron'i-cles of the kings of Ij'ra-el. 16 Then Men'a-hem smote TTph'sah, and all that were therein, and the coast thereof from Tir'zah : because they opened not to him, therfi'fore he smote it ; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. 17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Az- a-ri'ah king of Ju'dah began Men'a-hem the son of Ga'dl to reign over I§'ra-el, and reigned ten years in Sa-ma'ri-a. 18 And he did that lohich was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not all his days from the sins of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat, who made l§'ra-el to sin. 19 And Pul the king of As-syr'i-a came against' the land : and Men'a-hem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him, to confirm' ^ the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Men'a-hem exacted the money of If'ra-6l, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, 1 Tir'zah. to give to the king of As-syr'i-a : so the king of As-syr'i-a turned back, and stayed not tliere in the land 21 And the rest of the acts of Mfin'a- hem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of I|'ra-el .' 22 And Men'a-hem slept with his fa- thers: and Pek-a-hi'ah his son reigned in his stead. 23 In the fiftieth year of Az-a-ri'ah king of Jo'dah, Pek-a-hi'ah the son of Men'a- hem began to reign over I|'ra-el in Sa-ma'- ri-a, arid reigned two years. 24 And he did that ichich was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he departed not from the sins of Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'- bat, who made I§'ra-el to sin. 25 But Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-li'ah, a cap'tain of his, conspired against' him, and smote him in Sa-ma'ri-a, in the palace of the king's house, with Ar'gob and A-ri'eh, and with him fifty men of the Gil'e-ad-ites : and he killed him, and reigned in his room. 26 And the rest of the acts of Pek-a- hi'ah, and ail that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ij'ra-el. 27 In the two and fiftieth year of Az-a- ri'ah king of Ju'dah, Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-li'ah began to reign over Ij'ra-el in Sa-ma'ri-a, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which icas evil in the sight of the Lord ; he departed not from the sins of Jer-u-bo'am the son of Ne'- bat, who made Ij'ra-el to sin. 29 In the days of Pe'kah king of Ij'ra-el, came Tig'lath-Pl-le'ser king of As-syr'i-a, and took I'jon, and A'bel-Beth-ma'a-chah, and Ja-no'ah, and Ke'desh, and Ha'zor, and Gil'e-ad, and Gal'i-lee, all the land of Naph'ta-li, and carried them captive to As-syr'i-a. 30 And Ho-she'a the son of i'lah made a conspiracy against' Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-li'ah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jo'tham the son of Uz-zi'ah. 31 And the rest of the acts of Pe'kah, and all that he did, behold, they are writ- ten in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of I|'ra-el. 32 IT In the second year of Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-Ii'ah king" of If'ra-el, began Jo'tham the son of Uz-zi'ah king of Ju'dah to reign. 33 Five and twenty years old was ho when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Je-rA'sa-lem ; and his mother's name was Je-rft'sha, the daugh- ter of Za'dok. 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord : he did jiccording to all that his father Uz-zi'ah had done. * kon-ferm'. 330 jl'h&z's wicked reign. II. 35 Howbeit, the high places were not removed : the people sac'rif i(;ed and burnt incense still in the high places. He built the higher gale of tlie house of the Lord. 36 Now the rest of the acts of Jo'tham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chrun'i-cles of the kings of Ju'dah ? 37 In those days the Lord began to send against' Ja'dah, Re'zin the king of S^r'i-a, and Pe'kah the son of Rem-a- ll'ah. 38 And Jo'tham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da'vid his father : and A'haz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVI. IN the seventeenth year of Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-li'ah, A'haz the son of Jo'tham king of Ja'dah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was .i'haz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Je-rft'sa-lem, and did not that ickich was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like Da'vid his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Ij'ra-el ; yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of If'ra-el. 4 And he sac'rif I(jed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Then Re'zTn king of Syr'i-a, and Pe'- kah son of Rem-a-li'ah king of If'ra-el, came up to Je-ru'sa-lem to war : and they besieged i'haz, but could not overcome Am. 6 At that time Re'zin king of Syr'i-a recovered i'lath to Syr'i-a, and drave the Jews from i'lath : and the Syr'i-ans came to i'lath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So A'haz sent messengers to Tig'lath- Pl-le'ser king of As-syr'i-a, saying, I am thy servant, and thy son : come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Syr'i-a, and out of the hand of the king of I|'ra-el, which rise up against' me. 8 And A'haz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the trea^'ures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of As- s^r'i-a. 9 And the king of As-syr'i-a hearken- ed unto him ; for the king of As-sjrr'i-a went up against' Da-mas'^us, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir,' and slew Re'zin. 10 And king A'haz went to Da-mas'cus to meet TIg'latii-Pl-le'ser king of As-syr'i-a, and saw an altar that teas at Da-mas'cus : and king A'haz sent to U-rl'jah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of KINGS. He spoileth the temple. it, accordmg to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And U-ri'jah the priest built an altar according to all that king A'haz had sent ■from Da-mas'cus : so U-rl'jah the priest made it against' king A'haz came from Da-mas'ctis. 12 And when the king was come from Da-mas'ciis, the king saw the altar : and the king approached to the altar, and of- fered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and poured his drink- offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brazen al- tar, which was before the Lord, from the fore-front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king A'haz commin'ded U-ri'- jah the priest, saying. Upon the great al- tar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meat-offering, and the king's burnt-sac'rifiqe, and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings ; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sac'rif i(;e : and the bra- zen altar shall be for me to inquire hif. 16 Thus did U-ri'jah the priest, accord- ing to all that king A'haz c6mm;in'ded. 17 And king A'haz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them ; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that icere under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones : 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of As-syr'i-a. 19 Now the rest of the acts of A'haz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Ja'dah > 20 And A'haz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da'vid : and Hez-e-ki'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XVII. IN the twelfth year of A'haz king of Ju'- dah, began Ho-she'a the son of i'lah to reign in Sa-ma'ri-a over I§'ra-el nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of If 'ra-el that were before him. 3 Against' him caTPe up Shal-ma-ne'ser king of As-syr'i- ; and Ho-she'a became his servant, and g.'tive him presents. 4 And the king of As-syr'i-a found con- spiracy in Ho-she'a : for he had sent mes- sengers to So king of E'eypt, and brought no present to the king of As-syr'i-a, as he had done year by year : there'fcre the king « Kir. 331 Ip'ra-gl carried away captive. II. KINGS. of As-s^r'i-a shut him up, and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of AS-s^r'i-a came up throughout all the land, and went up to Sa-ma'ri-a, and besieged it three years. 6 In the ninth year of Ho-she'a the king of As-syr'i-a took Sa-ma'ri-a, and carried If'ra-el away into Is-syr'i-a, and placed them in Ha'lah, and in Ha'bor by the river of Go'zan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7 For so it was, that the children of Ij'- ra-el had sinned against' the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of E'gypt, from under tlie hand of Pha'raoh king of li'eypt, and liad feared other gods, 8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of I|'ra-el, and of the kings of I§'ra-el, which they had made. 9 And the children of I|'ra-el did secret- ly those things that icSre 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 ihem up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree : 11 And there they burnt mcense 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 them. Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Lord testified against' I§'- ra-el, and against' Ju'dah, by all the proph- ets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my c6m- m;\nd'ments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commkn'ded your fa- thers, and which I sent to you by my ser- vants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not be- lieve in the Lord their God. 15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his tes'timonies which he tes- tified against' them ; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went af- ter the heathen that were round about' them, concer'riing whom the IjOrd had charged them, that they should not do like them. s, 16 And they left all th#'comm;\nd'ments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and wor'shTpped 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 Ho-she'a s wicked reign. sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 18 There'fore the Lord was very an- gry with Ij'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 comrnknd'- ments of the Lord their God, but walk- ed in the statutes of l§'ra-6l which they made. 20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Is'ra-el, and afflicted them, and deliv- ered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For he rent Ij'ra-el from the house of Da'vld ; and they made Jer-o-bo'am, the son of Ne'bat, king : and Jer-G-bO'Sm drave I|'ra-('l from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Ij'ra-el walked in all the sins of Jer-6-bo'am which he did ; they departed not from them ; 23 Until the Lord removed Ij'ra-el out of his sight, as he had said by all his ser- vants the prophets. So was I|'ra-el car- ried avi'ay out of their own land to As-syr'- i-a unto this day. 24 And the king of As-syr'i-a brought men from Bab'y-lon, and from Cuth'ah, and from A'va, and from Ha'math, and from Seph-ar-va'im, and placed them in the cities of Sa-ma'ri-a, instead of the chil- dren of I^'ra-el : and they p6§|ess'ed 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 ; there'fore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of As-syr'i-a, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the rities of Sa-ma'ri-a, know not the manner of the God of the land : there'fore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, the)' slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of As-syr'i-a com- man'ded, 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-a, 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-mar'i-tans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of Bab'y-lon made Siic'coth-Be'noth, and the men of ^Qth made Ner'gal, and the men of Ha'rnath made Ash'i-ma, 1 31 And the i'vltes made Nib'haz and 332 llez-e.-la'dh's good reign. II Tar'tak, and tlie Si'phar-vltcs burnt their chilclmi in fire to A-(lram'nie-lrch, and A- nam'ine-lech, tlip gods of Seph-ar-va'iin. 32 So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sac'rifl?- ed for them in the houses of the high places. 33 They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after tlie manner of tlie nations wJiom they carried away from thence. 34 Unto this day they do after tlie for- mer manners : they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and command'ment which the Lord com- min'ded the children of Ja'cob, whom he named Ij'ra-el ; 35 With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying. Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow your- selves to them, nor serve them, nor sac'ri- f i(;.e to them : ;i6 But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of f'gypt with great power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye wor'shTp, and to him shall ye do sac'rifiqe. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commtind'ment, which he wrote for you, ye shall ob.56rve' 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. CHAP. XVIIL— NOW it came to pass, in the third year of Ho-she'a son of E'lah king of Ij'- ra-el, that Hez-e-ki'ah the son of A'haz king of Ju'dah began to reign. 2 Twenty and five years old was he when lie began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Je-r(i'sa-lem. His mother's name also was i'bi, the d.\ughter of Zach-a-ri'ah. 3 And he did that lohich was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Da'vid his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Mn'^es had made : for unto those days the children of Ij'ra-fil did burn incense to it : and he called it Ne-h(ish'tan. 5 He trusted in the Lord God of Ig'ra- KINGS. Sii-md'rl-d besieged and lahcn. el ; so that after him was n6ne like him nor any among all the kings of Ja'dah that were before him. 6 For he clave to the Lord, and depart- ed not from following him, but kept his ciimmand'ments, which the Lord com- mcin'ded Mo'jes. 7 And the Lord was with him ; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth : and he rebelled against' the king of as- syr'i-a, and served him not. 8 He smote the Phi-lls'tlnes, even unto Ga'za, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hez-e-kl'ali, which VHi,tt the sev- enth year of Ho-she'a son of E'lah king of I§'ra-el, that Shal-ma-ne'scr king of AS-syr'i-a came up against' Sa-ma'ri-a, and besieeed 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 Ho-she'a king of I^'ra-el) Sa-ma'ri-a was taken. 11 And the king of Xs-syr'i-a did carry away Ij'ra-el unto AS-syr'i-a, and put them in Ha'lah and in Ha'bor by the river of Go'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'^es the ser- vant of the Lord c6mm,\ii'ded, and would not hear them, nor do them. 13 TT Now, in the fourteenth year of king Hez-e-ki'ah did Sen-na-che'rlb 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 Xs-syr'i-a to La'chish, say- ing, I have offended ; return from me : that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Xs-syr'i-a appointed unto Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ja'dah three hun- dred 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 treaj 'ures of the king's house. 16 At that time did Hez-e-ki'ah cut off the gold from the doors of the 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 IT And the king of As-syr'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' Je-rft'sa-lem : and they went up, and came to Je-rft'sa-l6m. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the con'duTt of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to tbe 333 Rdl'ska-keh's blasphemy. II. KINGS. H'ez-e-ki'ah mnurneth kint E'dom were ; duke Tim'nah, duke a- li'ah, duke Je'theth, 52 Duke A-ho-lib'a-mah, duke E'lah, duke Pl'non, 53 Duke Ke'naz, duke Te'man, duke Mib'zar, 54 Duke Mag'di-el, duke I'ram are the dukes of E'dom. CHAP. II. THESE are the sons of If'ra-el ben, Sim'e-6n, Le'vi, and Is'sa-char, and Zeb'u-lon, 2 Dan, Jo'seph, and Ben'ja-min, Naph'- la-li, Gad, and Ash'^r. 3 T The sons of Ju'dah ; Er, and O'nan, and She'Iah ; which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shii'a the Can'- aan-i-tess. And Er, the first-born of' Ju'- dah, was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and he slew him. 4 And Ta'mar his daughter-in-law bare him Pha'rez and Ze'rah. All the sons of Ju'dah were five. 5 The sons of Pha'rez ; Hez'ron, and Ha'mul. 6 And the sons of Ze'rah ; Zim'ri, and E'than, and He'man, and Cal'col, and Da'- ra : five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Car'mi ; A'char the troubler of Ij'ra-el, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8 And the sons of E'than ; Az-a-ri'ah. 9 The sons also of Hez'ron, that were born unto him ; Je-rahm'e-el, Ram, and Che-lu'bai. 10 And Ram begat A-min'a-dab ; A-min'a-dab begat Nah'shon, prince of the children of Ju'dah ; 11 And Nah'shon begat Sal'ma, and Sal'ma begat Bo'az, ^■ 12 And Bo'az begat o'bed, and O'bed begat Jes'se. 13 And Jes'se begat his first-born E-li'- ab, and A-bin'a-dab the second, and Shim'- ma the third, 14 Ne-than'e-el the fourth, Rad'da-T the fift^h, 15 o'zem the sixth, Da'vid the seventh : 16 Whose sisters were Zer-u-1'ah, and Ab'i-gail. And the sons of Zer-u-i'ah ; A-blsh'a-i, and Jo'Sb, and A§'a-hel, three. 17 And Ab'i-gail bare Am'a-sa : and the father of Am'a-sa was Je'ther the Ish'me- el-ite. I. CHRONICLES. J-e-rahm'e-eland She'shan. 18 T And Caleb the son of Hez'ron be- gat children of A-zu'bah his wife, and of Jer'i-oth : her sons are these ; Je'sh^r, and Sho'bab, and Ar'don. 19 And when A-zu'bah was dead, Ca'- leb took unto him E'phrath, which bare him Hiir. 20 And Hur begat U'rl, and U'ri begat Be-zal'e-el. 21 T And afterward Hez'ron went in to the daughter of Ma'chir the father of Gil'e-ad, whom he married when he was threescore j'ears old ; and she bare him Se'gub. 22 And Se'gub begat Ja'ir, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil'e-ad. 23 And he took Ge'shur, and A'ram, with the towns of Ja'ir, from them, with Ke'nath and the towns thereof, even three- score cities : all these belonged to the sons of Ma'chir the father of Gil'e-ad. 24 And after that Hez'ron was dead in Ca'leb-Eph'ra-tah, then A-bi'ah, Hez'ron's wife bare him Ash'ur the father of Te- ko'a. 25 IT And the sons of Je-rahm'e-el, the first-born of Hez'ron, were Ram the first- born, and Bii'nah, and O'ren, and o'zem, and A-hi'jah. 26 Je-rahm'e-el had also another wife, whose name was At'a-rah ; she was the mother of O'nam. 27 And the sons of Ram, the first-born of Je-rahm'e-el, were Ma'az, and Ja'min, and E'ker. 28 And the sons of o'nam were, Sham'- ma-i, and Ja'da. And the sons of Sham'- ma-i ; Na'dab, and Ab'i-shur. 29 And the name of the wife of Ab'i-shur tvas Ab-i-ha'il, and she bare him Ah'ban, and Mo'lid. 30 And the sons of Na'dab ; Se'led, and Ap'pa-im : but Se'led died without chil- dren. 31 And the sons of Ap'pa-im ; I'shi. And the sons of I'shi ; She'shan. And the children of She'shan ; Ah'lai. 32 And the sons of Ja'da, the brother of Sham'ma-i ; Je'ther, and Jon'a-than and Je'ther died without children. 33 And the sons of Jon'a-than ; Pe'leth. and Za'za. These were the sons of Je- rahm'e-el. 34 IT Now She'shan had no sons, but daughters : and She'shan had a servant, an E-|yp'ti-an, whose name was Jar'ha. 35 And She'shan gave his daughter tc Jar'ha his servant to wife, and she bare him At'tai. 36 And At'tai begat Na'than, and Na'- than begat Za'bad, 37 And Za'bad begat fiphlal, and £ph'- lal begat 6'bed, 38 And o'bed begat Je'hu, and Je'hu begat Az-a-ri'ah, 343 and and TTle sons of Da'vld. I. CHRON'ICLES. The successors of Jcc-o-nl'ah. 39 And Az-a-ri'ah begat HeOez, and Hfe'lez begat E-le'a-sah, 40 And E-le'a-s^h begat Sis-am'a-i, and Sis-atn'a-i begat Shal'lum, 41 And Shal'lum begat Jek-a-mi'ah, and Jek-a-mi'ah begat E-lish'a-ma. 42 V Now the sons of Ca'leb, the brother of Je-rahm'e-el, were Me sha his first-born, which was the father of Ziph ; and the sons of Ma-re'shah, the father of He'bron. 43 And the sons of He'bron ; K5'rah, and Tap'pu-ah, and Re'kem, and She'ma. 44 And She'ma begat Ra'ham, the fa- ther of J6r'ko-am ; and Re'kem begat Sham'ma-i. 45 And the son of Sham'ma-I was Ma'- in ; and Ma'on tvas the father of Beth'zur. 46 And E'phah, Ca'leb's concubine, bare Ha'ran, and Mo'za, and Ga'zez : and Ha'- ran begat Ga'zez. 47 And the sons of Jah'da-T; Re'gem,^ and Jo'tham, and Ge'shan, and Pe'let, and E'phah, and Sha'aph. 48 Ma'a-chah, Ca'leb's concubine, bare She'ber, and Tir'ha-nah.^ 49 She bare also Sha'aph the father of Mad-man'nah, She'va the father of Mach'- be-nah, and the father of Gib'e-a : and the daughter of Ca'leb ivas Ach'sa. 50 These were the sons of Ca'leb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Eph'ra-tah ; Sh5'bal the father of Kir'jath-Je'a-rim, 51 Sal'ma the father of Beth'le-hem, Ha'reph the father of Beth-ga'der. 52 And ShS'bal the father of Kir'jath- Je'a-rim had sons ; Har'o-eh, and half of the Ma-na'heth-ites. 53 And the families of Kir'jath-Je'a- rim ; the Ith'rites, and the Pu'hites, and the Shii'math-Ttes, and the Mish'ra-ltes : of them came the Za-re'ath-ites, and the Esh'tau-lites. 54 The sons of Sal'ma ; Beth'le-hem, and the Ne-toph'a-thites, At'a-roth, the house of Jo'ab, and half of the Ma-na'- heth-ites, the Zo'rites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Ja'bez ; the Ti'rath-ites, the Shim'e-ath-ites, and Sii-cha'ath-ites. These are the Ken'ites that came of He'- math, the father of the house of Re'chab. CHAP. III. NOW these were the sons of Da'vid, which were born unto him in He'- bron ; the first-born, Am'non, of A-hm'o- am the Jez're-el-T-tess ; the second, Dan'- i-el,3 of Ab'i-gail the Car'mel-i-tess : 2 The third, Ab'sa-lora, the son of Ma'- a-chah, the daughter of Tal'mai king of Ge'shur ; the fourth, Ad-o-ni'jah, the son of Hag'gith ; 3 The fifth, Sheph-a-tl'ah, of Ab'i-tal ; the sixth, Ith're-am, by Eg'lah his wife. 4 These six were bora unto him in He'- bron ; aad there he reigned seven years and six months : and in Je-rft'sa-lem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 And these were born unto him in Je- rfl'sa-lem ; Shim'e-a, and Sho'bab, and Na'than, and Sol'o-mon, four, of Bath'- shu-a the daughter of Am'mi-el : 6 ib'har also, and E-lish'a-ma, and E- liph'e-let, 7 And N5'gah, and Ne'pheg, and Ja- phl'a, 8 And E-lTsh'a-ma, and E-li'a-da, and E-liph'e-let, nine. 9 These were all the sons of Da'vTd, be- side the sons of the concubines, and -Ta'- mar their sister. 10 IT And Sol'D-mon's son was Re-ho- bo'am ; A-bi'a his son, A'sa his son, Je- hosh'a-phat his son, 11 Jo'ram his son, A-ha-zi'ah his son, Jo'ash his son, 12 Am-a-zi'ah his son, Az-a-rl'ah his son, Jo'tham his son, 13 A'haz his son, Hez-e-ki'ah his son, Ma-nas'seh his son, 14 A'mon his son, Jo-sl'ah his son. 15 And the sons of J6-si'ah were, the first-born Jo-ha'nan, the second Je-hoi'a- klm, the third Zed-e-ki'ah, the fourth Shal'lum. 16 And the sons of Je-hoi'a-kim ; Jec- 6-nl'ah his son, Zed-e-ki'ah his son. 17 IT And the sons of Jec-6-ni'ah ; As - sir, Sa-la'thi-el his son, 18 Mal-chi'ram also, and Ped-a-i'ah, and She-na'zar, Jec-a-mi'ah, Hosh'a-ma, and Ned-a-bi'ah. 19 And the sons of Ped-a-i'ah were Ze- rub'ba-bel, and Shim'e-i : and the sons of Ze-rub'ba-bel ; Me-shul'lam, and Han-a- ni'ah, and Shel'o-mith their sister : 20 And Ha-shii'bah, and O'hel, and Ber-e-chi'ah, and Ha§-a-di'ah, Ju-shab'he- sed, five. 21 And the sons of Han-a-nT'ah ; Pel-a- ti'ah, and Je-sai'ah :4 the sons of Reph-a- i'ah, the sons of Ar'nan, the sons of Ob-a- di'ah, the sons of Shech-a-ni'ah. 22 And the sons of Shech-a-nl'ah ; Shem-a-T'ah : and the sons of Shem-a-1'ah ; Hat'tush, and ig'e-al, and Ba-rl'ah, and Ne-a-ri'ah, and Sha'phat, six. 23 And the sons of Ne-a-ri'ah ; E-li-ae'- na-T,^ and Hez-e-ki'ah, and Az'ri-kam, three. 24 And the sons of E-li-oe'na-i wire Hod- a-T'ah, and E-li'a-shib, and Pel-a-i'ah, and Ak'kiib, and J5-ha'nan, and Dal-a-i'ah, and An-a'nl, seven. CHAP. IV. THE sons of Jii'dah ; Pha'rez, Hez'ron, and Car'mi, and Hur, and Sho'bal. 2 And Re-a-T'ah the son of Shd'bal be- gat Ja'hath ; and Ja'hath begat A-hu'ma-i and La'had. These are the families of the Zo'rath-ites. 1 g hard. * Ter'ha-nhh. ^ Dan'y-ll or Ddn'e-cl. * Jl-sa'yah. ^ ffi like e long. 344 Judah^s posterity. I. CHRON'ICLES 3 And these were of the father of £'- tain ; Jez're-el, and Ish'ma, and Id'bash : and the name of their sister was Ha'zel- El-po'ni : 4 And Pe-nQ'el the father of Ge'dor, and E'zer the father of Hu'shah. These are the sons of Ilur, the first-born ofEph'- ra-tah, the father of Beth'le-hem. 5 IT And Ash'ur the father of Te-k5'a had two wives, He'lah and Na'a-rah. 6 And Na'a-rah bare him A-hu'zam, and He'pher, and Tem'e-nT, and Ha-a-hash'- ta-ri. These were the sons of Na'a-rah. 7 Afid the sons of He'hih were, Ze'reth, and Jez'o-ar, and Eth'nan. 8 And Coz begat A'nub, and Z5-be'hah, and the families of A-har'hel the son of Ua'rum. 9 IT And Ja'bez was more /ton'ourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Ja'bez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Ja'bez called on the God of if'ra-el, saying. Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me ! And God grant- ed him that which he requested. 1 1 IT And Che'lub the brother of Shu'- ah begat Me'hir, which was the father of Esh'ton. 12 And Esh'ton begat Beth'ra-pha, and Pa-se'ah, and Te-hin'nah the father of Ir'- na-hash. These are the men of Re'chah. 13 And the sons of Ke'naz ; Oth'ni-el, and Se-ra-i'ah : and the sons of Oth'ni-el ; Ha'thath. 14 And Me-6n'o-thai begat Oph'rah : and Se-ra-1'ah begat Jo'ab, the father of the valley of Char'a-shim ; for they were craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Ca'leb the son of Je-phim'n('h ; I'ru, E'lah, and Na'am ; and the sons of E'lah, even Ke'naz. 16 And the sons of Je-hal'e-le-el ; Ziph, and Zl'phiih, Tir'i-a,' and A-sar'e-el. 17 And the sons of Ez'ra were Je'ther and Me'red, and E'pher, and Ja'lon : and she bare Mir'i-am,^ and Shani'ma-T, and Ish'bah the father of Esh-tem'o-a. 18 And his wife Je-hu-di'jah bare Je'red the father of Ge'dor, and He'ber the father of So'ch5, and Je-ku'thi-el the father of Za-no'ah. And these are the sons of Bi- thl'ah the daughter of Pha'raoh, which Me'red took. 19 And the sons of his wife Ho-di'ah the sister of Na'ham, the father of Kei'lah the Gar'mite, and Esh-tem'o-a the Ma-ach'- a-thlte. 20 And the sons of Shi'mon were, Xm'- non, and Rin'nah, Ben-ha'nan, and Ti'lon. And the sons of I'shi wire, Zo'heth, and Ben-zo'heth. ' T'er'e-a. 2 Mer^e-am. 5 A'ehe-il The posterity of Sim'e-on. 21 H The sons of She'lah the son o<" ju - dah ictre, Er the father of Le'cah, and La'- a-dah the father of Ma-re'shah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ash'be-a, 22 And Jo'kim, and the men of Ch5-ze'- ba, and Jo'ash, and Sa'raph, who had the dominion in Mo'ab, and Jash'u-bi-Le'hera. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges : there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 f The sons of Sim'e-6n were, Nem- u'el, and Ja'min, Ja'rib, Ze'rah, and Sha'ul ; 25 Shal'lum his son, Mib'sam his son, Mish'ma his son. 26 And the sons of Mish'ma ; Ham-u'el his son, Zac'chur his son, Shim'e-i his son. 27 And Shim'e-T had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Ju'dah. 28 And they dwelt at Be-er'she-ba, and Mol'a-dah, and Ha'zar-Shu'al, 29 And at Bil'hah, and at E'zem, and at Td'lad, 30 And at Be-thii'el, and at Hor'mah, and at Zlk'lag, 31 And at Beth-mar'ca-both, and Ha zar-Su'sTn, and at Beth-bir'e-i,^ and at Sha-a-ra'im. These were their cities unto the reign of Da'vid. 32 And their villages were E'tam, and A'ln, RTm'mon, and Td'chen, and A'shan, five cities ; 33 And all their villages that were round about' the same cities, unto Ba'al. These were their habitations, and their geneal'o- ?y- 34 And Me-sho'bab, and Jam'lech, and Jd'shah the son of Am-a-zi'ah, 35 And Jo'el, and Je'hu the son of Jos- i-bl'ah, the son of Se-ra-i'ah, the son of A'- 5i-el,5 36 And E-li-ffi'na-T, and Ja-ak'o-bah, and Jesh-6-ha-i'ah, and Af-a-i'ah, and A'di-el, and Je-sim'i-el, and Ben-ai'ah,^ 37 And Zi'za the son of ShT'phi, the son of Al'lon, the son of Je-dai'ah, the son of Shim'rT, the son of Shem-a-i'ah : 38 These mentioned by (heir names were princes in their families ; and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39 And they went to the entrance of Ge'dor, even unto the east side of the val- ley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroy'ed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in ^ Beth-ber'e-l. * Bln'a'yah. 345 ReA'bin's line to the captivity. I. CHRON'ICLES. 2%e sons of Le'vi. their rooms : because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And some of thera, even of the sons of Si>Ti'e-6n, five hundred men, went to mount Se'ir, having- for their cap'tains Pel- a-ti'ah, and Ne-a-ri'ah, and Reph-a-i'ah, and Uz-zi'el, the sons of I'shi. 43 And they smote the rest of the Am'- a-lek-ites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. CHAP. V. I^POW the sons of ReO'ben the first-born X^ of If'ra-el, (for he was the first-born; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birlh'rlght' was given unto the sons of Jo'seph the son of If'ra-el : and the leneal'o^y is not to be reckoned after the birth'right. 2 For Ju'dah prevailed above his breth- ren, and of hini came the chief ruler ; but the birth'right was Jo'seph's ;) 3 The sons, I say^ of Reft'ben the first- born of If'ra-el, wtre, Ha'noch, and Pal'lii, Hez'ron, and Car'mi. 4 The sons of Jo'el ; Shem-a-i'ah his son, Gog his son, Shim'e-I his son, 5 Mi'cah his son, Re-a-i'a his son, Ba'al his son, 6 Be-e'rah his son, whom Til'gath-Pil- ne'ser king of As-syr'i-a carried away cap- tive : he was prince of the Re&'ben-Ites. 7 And his brethren by their families, (when the eeneal'ogy of their generations was reckoned,) were the chief, Je-I'el, and Zech-a-rl'ah, 8 And Be'la the son of A'zaz, the son of She'ma, the son of Jo'el, who dwelt in Ar'o-er, even unto Ne'bo and Ba'al-Me'- 6n : 9 And east'ward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Eu-phra'tef ; because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gil'e-ad. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Ha'gar-ltes, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east layid of GU'e-ad. 11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against' them, in the land of Ba'shan, unto Sal'cah : 12 Jo'el the chief, and Sha'pham the next, and Ja'a-nai, and Sha'phat in Ba'- shan. 13 And their brethren of the house of tneir fathers were Mi'cha-el, and Me-shiir- 'am, and She'ba, and Jo'ra-i, and Ja'chan, and Zl'a, and He'ber, seven. 14 These are the children of Ab-i-ha'iil the son of Hu'rT, the son of Ja-r5'ah, the son of Gil'e-ad, the son of Mi'cha-el, the son of Je-shish'a-I, the son of Jah'do, the son of Buz ; 15 A'hi the son of Ab'di-el, the son of Gu'ni, chief of the house of their fa- thers. » berth'rtte. 16 And they dwelt in Gil'e-ad Hi Bk' shan, and in her towns, and in all the sub- urbs of Sha'ron, upon their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by ^eneal'- o^Tes in the days of Jo'tham king of Ju'dah, and in the days of Jer-6-b5'am king of If'- ra-el. 18 The sons of Reft'ben, and the Gad'- ites, and half the tribe of Ma-nas'seh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sM'ord, and to shoot with bow, anrl skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the Ha'gar- ites, with Je'tur, and Ne'phish, and N6'- dab. 20 And they were helped against' them, and the Ha'gar-ites were delivered into their hand, and all that tvere with them : for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them ; because they put their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle ; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, be- cause the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivi- ty- 23 T And the children of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh dwelt in the land : they in- creased from Ba'shan unto Ba'al-Her'mon, and Se'nir, and unto mount Her'mon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even E'pher, and I'shT, and E'li-el, and Az'ri-el, and Jer-e- mi'ah, and Hod-a-vi'ah, and Jah'di-el, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25 And they transgressed against' the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroy'ed before them. 26 And the God of If'ra-el stirred up the spirit of Piil king of As-syr'i-a, and the spirit of Til'gath-Pil-ue'ser king of As-syr'- i-a, and he carried them away, (even the ReO'ben-Ttes, and the Gad'ites, and the half-tribe of Ma-nas'seh,) and brought them unto Ha'iah, and Ha'bor, and Ha'ra, and to the river Go'zan, unto this day. CHAP. VI. THE sons ofLe'vl ; Ger'shon, Ko'hath, and Mer'a-rl. 2 And the sons of Ko'hath ; Am'ram, Iz'har, and He'bron, and Uz-zi'el. 3 And the children of Am'ram ; Jt&'ron, and Mo'fes, and Mir'i-am.^ The sons also of »4a'r6n ; Na'dab and A-bl'hu, E-le-a'zar and ith'a-mar. 4 f E-le-a'zar begat Phm'e-has, Phm e has begat A-bish'u-a, 2 Mer'e-am. 346 TTiefamilieto/Ger'shom^ I. 5 And X-bTsh'u-a begat Buklci, and Buk'kl begat iTz'zT, 6 And Uz'zl begat Zer-a-hl'ah, and Zer- a-hl'ah be^rat Me-rai'6th,' 7 Me-rai'6th begat Am-a-ri'ah, and Am- a-ri'ah begat A-hi'tub, 8 And A-hl'tub begat Za'dok, and Za'- dok begat A-him'a-az, 9 And A-him'a-az begat Az-a-ri'ah, and Az-a-rl'ah begat Jo-ha'nan, 10 And Jo-ha'nan begat Az-a-ri'ah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Sol'o-mon built in Je-riVsa- lem,) 1 1 And Az-a-ri'ah begat Am-a-ri'ah, and Am-a-ri'ah begat A-hi'tub, 12 And A-hi'tub begat Za'dok, and Za'- dv)k begat Shal'lum, 13 And Shal'lum begat HTl-ki'ah, and Hil-ki'ah begat Az-a-ri'ah, 14 And Az-a-ri'ah begat Se-ra-I'ah, and Se-ra-i'ah begat Je-hoz'a-dak, 15 And Je-hoz'a-dak went into captivi- tyy when the Lord carried away Ju'dah and Je-r&'sa-lem by the hand of Neb-u- chad-nez'zar. 16 If The sons of Le'vi ; Ger'shom, K6'- hath, and Mer'a-ri. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Ger'shom; Lib'ni, and Shim'e-T. 18 And the sons of Ko'hath were, Am'- ram, and Iz'har, and He'bron, and tJz- zi'el. 19 The sons of Mer'a-ri; Mah'li and MQ'shi. And these are the families of the Le'vites, according to their fathers. 20 IT Of Ger'shom ; Lib'ni his son, Ja'- hath his son, Zim'mah his son, 21 Jo'ah his son, Id'do his son, Ze'rah his son, Je-at'e-rai his son. 22 The sons of Ko'hath ; A-min'a-dab his son, Ko'rah his son. As sir his son, 23 El'ka-nah his son, and E-bi'a-saph his son, and As'sir his son, 24 Ta'hath his son, U-ri'el his son, t7z- zi'ah his son, and Sha'ul his son. 25 And the sons of El'ka-nah ; A-mas'a-i, and A-hi'moth. 26 As for El'ka-nah : the sons of El'ka- nah ; Zo'phai his son, and Naliath his son, 27 £-li'ab hij son, Jer'o-ham his son, El'ka-nah his son. 28 And the sons of Sam'u-el ; the first- born Vash'ni, and A-bi'ah. 29 IT The sons of Mer'a-ri ; Mah'li, Lib'- ni his son, Shim'e-i his son, t/z'za his son, 30 Shim'e-a his son, Hag-gi'ah his son, Aj-a-i'ah Viis son. 31 And these are they whom Da'vid set over the ser'vice of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest. 32 Andthey ministered before the dwell- ing place of the tabernacle of the congre- gation with singing, until Sol'o-mon had built the house of the Lord in Je-rft'sa- ' Ml-ra'ybth. CHRON'ICLES. Ko'hath^ and Mcr'a-rl. lem ; and then they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that waited, with their children. Of the sons of the Ko'- hath-ites ; He'man a singer, the son of Jo'el, the son of She-mu'el, 34 The son of El'ka-nah, the son of Jer'- o-ham, the son of E'li-el, the son of To'ah, 35 "The son of Zuph, the son of El'ka- nah, the son of Ma'hath, the son of A- mas'a-i, 36 The son of El'ka-nah, the son of Jo'el, the son of Az-a-ri'ah, the son of Zeph-a- ni'ah, 37 The son of Ta'hath, the son of As'sir, the son of E-bi'a-saph, the son of Ko'rah, 38 The son of Iz'har, the son of Ko'- hath, the son of Le'vi, the son of if'ra-el: 39 And his brother A'saph, (who stood on his right hand,) even A'saph, the son of Ber-a-chi'ah, the son of Shim'e-a, 40 "The son of Mi'cha-el, the son of Ba- a-sei'ah,2 the son of Mal-chi'ah, 41 The son of Eth'ni, the son of Ze'rah, the son of Ad-a-i'ah, 42 The son of E'than, the son of Zim'- mah, the son of Shim'e-i, 43 The son of Ja'hath, the son of Ger' shom, the son of Le'vi. 44 And their brethren, the sons of Mer' a-ri, stood on the left hand : E'than the son of Kish'i, the son of Ab'di, the son of Mal'luch, 45 "The son of Hash-a-bi'ah, the son of Am-a-zi'ah, the son of Hil-ki'ah, 46 The son of Am'zi, the son of Ba'ni, the son of Sha'mer, 47 The son of Mah'li, the son of Mu'- shi, the son of Mer'a-ri, the son of Le vi. 48 Their brethren also the Le'vites wert appointed unto all manner of ser'vice of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But *4a'r6n and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for If'ra-el, accord- ing to all that Mo'fes the servant of God had comman'ded. 50 And these are the sons of ^a'ron ; E-le-a'zar his son, Phin'e-has his son, A- bish'u-a his son, 51 Biik'ki his son, tjz'zi his son, Zer-a- hi'ah his son, 52 Me-rai'6th his son, Am-a-ri'ah his son, A-hi'tub his son, 53 Za'dok his son, A-him'a-az his son. 54 t Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of .^a'ron, of the fam- ilies of the Ko'hath-ites ; for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them He'bron in the land of Ju'dah, and the suburbs thereof round about' it. 2 Ba-orte'yah, 347 77ie cities of the priests. I. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Ca'leb the son of Je-phun'neh. 57 And to the sons of ./Sa'ron they gave the cities of Ju'dah, namely, He'bron, the city of refuge, and Lib'nah with her sub- urbs, and Jat'tir, and Esh-tem'o-a, with their suburbs, 58 And Hi'len with her suburbs, De'bir with her suburbs, 59 And A'shan with her suburbs, and Beth'she-mesh with her suburbs : 60 And out of the tribe of Ben'ja-min ; Ge'ba with her suburbs, and A-le'meth with her suburbs, and An'a-thoth with her suburbs. All their cities, throughout their families, were thirteen cities. 61 And unto the sons of Ko'hath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Ma-nas seh, by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Ger'shom, throughout their families, out of the tribe of is'sa-char, and out of the tribe of Ash'er, and out of the tribe of Naph'ta-li, and out of the tribe of Ma-nas'seh in Ba'shan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Mer'a-ri were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reft'ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zeb'u-lon, twelve cities. 64 And the children of i|'ra-el gave to the Le'vites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Ju'dah, and out of the tribe of the children of Sim'e-6n, and out of the tribe of the children of Benja- min, these cities which are called by their names. 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Ko'hath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of E'phra-im. 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities ol refuge, She'chem in mount E'phra- im with her suburbs ; they gave also Ge'- zer with her suburbs, 68 And J6k'me-am with her suburbs, and Beth-ho'ron with her suburbs, 69 And Ai'ja-lon' with her suburbs, and Gath-rim'mon with her suburbs : 70 And_ out of the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh ; A'ner with her suburbs, and Bil'- e-am with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Ko'hath. 71 Unto the sons of Ger'shom tcere given out of the family of the half tribe of Ma- nas'seh, Go'lan in Ba'shan with her sub- urbs, and Ash'ta-roth with her suburbs : 72 And out of the tribe of Is'sa-char ; Ke'desh with her suburbs, Dab'e-rath with her suburbs, 73 And Ra'moth with her suburbs, and i'nem with her suburbs : ^ Ad'ja-lon, CHRON'ICLES. The posterity of Is'sa-char. 74 And out of the tribe of Xsh'^r ; Ma'- shal with her suburbs, and Ib'don with her suburbs, 75 And Hiik'ok with her suburbs, and Re'hob with her suburbs . 76 And out of the tribe of Naph'ta-li ; Ke'desh in Gal'i-lee with her suburbs, and Ham'mon with her suburbs, and Kir'jath- A'im2 with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Mer'- a-ri were given, out of the tribe of Zeb'u- lon, Rim'mon with her suburbs, Ta'bor with her suburbs : 78 And on the other side Jor'dan by Jer'i-cho, on the east side of Jor'dan, were given them out of the tribe of Reft'ben, B-e'zer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jah'zah with her suburbs, 79 Ked'e-moth also with her suburbs, and Meph'a-ath with her suburbs : 80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ra'- moth in Gil'e-ad with her suburbs, and Ma-ha-na'im with her suburbs, 81 And Hesh'bon with her suburbs, and Ja'z^r with her suburbs. CHAP. VII. NOW the sons of is'sa-char were, Td'la, and Pii'ah, Jash'iib, and Shim'ron, four. 2 And the sons of To'la ; Uz'zi, and Reph-a-i'ah, and Je'ri-el, and Jah'ma-i, and Jib'sam, and She-mu'el, heads of their father's house, to tvit, of To'la ; they were valiant men of might in their generations ; whose number was, in the days of Da'vid, two and twenty thousand and six hun- dred. 3 And the sons of tJz'zT ; Iz-ra-hi'ah : and the sons of Iz-ra-hi'ah ; Mi'cha-el, and ob-a-di'ah, and J5'el, I-shi'ah, five : all of them chief men. 4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of sol'dierf -^ for war, six and thirty thou- sand men : for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren, among all the families of is'sa-char, ivere men of might, reckoned in all, by their geneal'oeief , four- score and seven thousand. 6 IT The sons of Ben'ja-min ; Be'la, and Be'cher, and Je-dl'a-el, three. 7 And the sons of Be'la ; Ez'bon, and IJz'zi, and tJz-zT'el, and Jer'i-moth, and T'ri, five ; heads of the house of their fa- thers, mighty men of valour, and were reckoned, by their geneal'ogief, twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Be'cher ; Ze-mi'ra, and Jo'ash, and E-li-e'zer, and E-li-se'na-1, and Om'rT, and Jer'i-moth, and A-bi'ah, and An'a-thoth, and Al'a-meth. All these are the sons of Be'cher. 9 And the number of them, after their ^eneal'ogy by their generations, heads ol 2 Ker^jalh-A'tm,. ^ soVjutz. 348 ThesonsofMa-nas'sr.h, I. CHRON'ICLES. the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, teas twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 The sons also of Je-di'a-gl ; Bil'han : and the sons of Bil'han ; Je'flsh, and Bcn'- jamTn, and E'hiid, and ^he-nS'a-nah, and Ze'than, and Thar'shlsh, and A-hTsh'a-hir. 11 All these, tiie sons of Je-di'a-el, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, 7oere seventeen thousand and twro hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. Ii2 ShQp'pim also, and Hcip'pim, the children of Ir, and Hu'shiin, the sons of A'h6r. 13 H The sons of Naph'ta-ll ; Jkh'zi-el, and Ga'nl, and Je'zer, and Shal'lum, the sons of Bil'hah. 14 IT The sons of Ma-nas'seh ; Ash'ri-6l, whom she bare ; (hut his concubine the .\'ram-I-tess bare Ma'chir the father of Gil'e-ad. 15 And Ma'chir took to wife the sister of Hcip'pim and Shup'pim, whose sister's name was Ma'a-chah ;) and the name of the second 7cas Ze-lO'phe-had : and Ze- lo'phe-had had daughters. 16 And Ma'a-chjh tlie wife of Ma'chir bare a son, and she called his name re'- rfish ; and the name of his brother jcas She'resh : and his sons tclre U'lam and Ra'kem. 17 And the sons of U'lam ; Be'dan. These locre the sons of Gil'e-ad, the son of Ma'chir, the son of Ma-nas'seh. 18 And his sister Ham-mol'e-k6th bare I'shod, and A-bi-e'z6r, and Ma-ha'lah. 19 And the sons of Shgm'i-dkh loSre, A-hi'an, and She'chem, and Lik'hl, and A'ni-am. 20 IT And the sons of E'phra-Tm ; Shu'- the-l"ih, and Be'red his son, and Ta'hath his son, and El'a-dah his son, and Ta'hath his son, 21 And Za'bad his son, and Sho'the-lih his son, and e'zfer, and r.'le-ad, whom the men of Gath that wire born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And E'phra-im their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to com'- fort him. 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bare a son, and he call- ed his name Be-rl'ah, because it went evil with his house. 24 (And his dlughter was She'rah, who built Beth-hn'ron the nether, and the up- per, and Uz'zen-She'rah.) 2i3 And R^;'phah was his son, also Re'- shgph, and Te'lah his son, and Ta'han his son, 26 La'a-dan his son, Am-mi'hfld his son, K-lish'a-ma his son, 27.Ndn his son, Je-hdsh'u-kh his son. and of Ash'er. 28 ^ And tlieir poj^gs'sions and habita- tions wire Beth'el and the towns thereof, and east'wdrd Na'a-ran, and wgst'ward Ge'zer with the towns thereof, She'9hSm also and the towns thereof, unto Ga'za and the towns thereof: 29 And by the borders of tlie children of Ma-nas'seh, Belh-she'an and her towns, Ta'a-nach and her towns, Me-gid'do and her towns. Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Jo'seph the son of Ij'ra-el. 30 IT The sons of Ash'er; Im'nah, and Is'u-kh, and Ish'u-ai, and Be-ri'ah, and Se'rah their sister. 31 And the sons of Be-rl'ah ; He'bir, and Mal'chi-el, who is the father of Bir'- za-vTth. ' 32 And He'bor begat Japh'let, and Sho'- m6r, and Ho'tham, and Shu'a their sister. 33 And the sons of Japh'let ; Pa'sach, and Bim'hal, and .ish'vath : these dre the children of Japh'let. 34 And the sons of Sha'mer ; A'hT, and Riih'gah, Je-hub'bah, and A'ram. 35 And the sons of his brother He'l^m ; Zo'phah, and Im'na, and She'l6sh, and A'mal. 36 The sons of Zo'phah ; Su'ah, and Hiir'ne-pher, and ShQ'al, and Be'ri, and Im'rah, 37 Be'zer, and Hod, and Sham'ma, and Shil'shah, and Ith'ran, and Be-e'ra. 38 And the sons of Je'ther ; Je-phun'- neh, and Pl|'pah, and A'ra. 39 And the sons of Ul'la ; A'rah, and Han'i-el, and Re-zl'a. 40 All these were the children of Ash'- 6r, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number, throughout the |eneal'o|y of them that were apt to the war and to battle, was twenty and six thousand men. CHAP. vni. NOW B6n'ja-mTn begat Be'la his first- born, Ash'bel the second, and A-har'- ah the third, 2 No'hah the fourth, and Ra'pha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Be'la lolre, Id'dar, and Ge'ra, and X-bi'hud, 4 And A-bish'u-a, and Na'a-man, and A-ho'ah, 5 And Ge'ra, and She-phu'phan, and Hu'ram 6 And these dre the sons of E'hiid : these kre the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ge'ba, and they removed them to Man'a-hath : 7 And Na'a-man, and A-hi ah, and Ge'- ra, he removed them, and begat Uz'za, and A-hi'hud. 8 And Sha-ha-ra'Im begat children in the country of Mo'ab, after he had sent Gff Blr'za-vith. 349 The sons of Ben'ja-mln. I. CFIRON'ICLES. them Sway ; Hu'shim and Ba'a-ra wire his wives. 9 And he begat of Ho'desh his wife, Jo'bab, and Zib'i-a, and Me'sha, and Mal'- ch9in, 10 And Je'uz, and Cha-chi'a, and Mir'- ma. ' These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Ha'shlm he begat A-hl'tub, and iil'pa-al. 12 The sons of El'pa-5l ; i'bcr and Mi'- sham, and Sha'mgd, who built O'no and Lod, with the towns thereof: 13 Be-rl'ah also, and She'ma, who wSre heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Xi'ja-lon,^ who drove away the inhabi- tants of Gath : 14 And A-hl'o, Sha'shak, and Jgr'e- miJth, 15 And Zeb-a-dl'ah, and A'rad, and A'd6r, 16 And Mi'cha-el, and If'pah, and Jo'- ha, the sons of Be-ri'ah ; 17 And Zeb-a-di'ah, and Me-shul'lam, and H§z'e-ki, and He'ber, 18 Ish'me-rai also, and Jgz-li'ah, and Jo'bab, the sons of F.l'pa-al ; 19 And Ja'klm, and Zich'rl, and Zab'dl, 20 And E-li-ae'na-I, and Zil'thai, and E-li'el, 21 And Ad-a-i'ah, and Ber-a-I'ah, and Shim'rath, the sons of Shim'hl ; 22 And Ish'pan, and He'ber, and i-li'gl, 23 And Ab'don, and Zich'rl, and Ha'- nan, 24 And Han-a-ni'ah, and i'lam, and An-to-thi'jah, 25 And Iph-e-dei'ah,3 and Pe-nu'el, the sons of Sha'shak ; 26 And Sham-she-ra'i, and Sh6-ha-I'ah, and Ath-a-ll'ah, 27 And Jar-a-si'ah, and f-ll'ah, and Zich'rl, the sons of Jer'o-ham. 28 These ice.re heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief mew. These dwelt in Je-rCi'sa-lem. 29 And at Gib'e-on dwelt the father of Gib'e-6n, (whose wife's name was Ma'a' chkh ;) 30 And his first-born son Xb'don, and Zur, and Kish, and Ba'al, and Na'dab, 31 And Ge'dor, and A-hi'o, and Za'- ch6r. 32 And Mik'loth begat ShTm'e-ah. And these also dwelt with their brethren Je-rii'sa-lem, over against' them. 33 IT And Ner begat KTsh, and Ktsh begat Sftul, and S^ul begat Jon'a-than, and Mal-chi-shu'a, and X-bln'a-dab, and Esh'ba-al. 34 And the son of Jon'a-than was Me- rib'ba-al ; and Me-rib'ba-al begat Mi'cah. 35 And the sons of Mi'cah were, Pi'- thon, and Me'lech, and Ta're-a, and A'haz. T7ie stock of Saul and Jdn'a-than. 36 And A'haz begat Je-ho'a-diih ; and Je-ho'a-dah begat A-le'meth, and Az'nia- v6th, and Zim'ri ; and Zim'ri begat Mo'za, 37 And Mo'za begat Bin'e-a : Ra'pha was his son, E-le'a-stih his son, a'z61 his epn. 38 And A'zel had six sons, whose names dre these, Az'ri-kam, Bocli'e-rCi, and Ish'- ma-el, and She-a-ri'ah, and Ob-a-di'ah, and Ha'nan. All these wire the sons of A'zgl. 39 And the sons of E'shek his brother wSre, U'lam his first-born, Je'hQsh the second, and K-lTph'e-let the third. 40 And the sons of U'lam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are the sons of Ben'ja-min. CHAP. IX. SO all Ij'ra-el wgre reckoned bygeneal'- ogles ; and, behold, tliey were writ- ten in tne book of the kings of l|'ra-el and Ju'dah, who were carried away to Bab'y-lon for their transgression. 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their pof^es'sions in their cities were, the Is'ra-el-ites, the priests, Le'vites, and the Neth'i-nlms. 3 And in Je-rii'sa-lem dwelt of the chil- dren of Ju'dah, and of the children of Ben'ja-min, and of the children of i'phra- im, and Ma-nas'seh ; 4 U'tha-I the son of Am-mi'hud, the son of Om'rl, the son of Im'rl, the son of Ba'- nl, of the children of Pha'rez the son of Ju'dah. 5 And of the Shl-lG'nites ; A|-a-l'ah the first-born, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Ze'rah ; Je'u-el, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Ben'ja-min ; Sal'- lu the son of Me-shul'lam, the son of Hod- a-vi'ah, the son of Has-e-nu'ah, 8 And Ib-nei'ah * the son of Jer'o-ham, and i'lah the son of Uz'zi, the son of Mi9h'rl, and Me-shul'lam the son of Shgph- a-ti'ah, the son of Re-u'el, the son of Ib- nl'jah ; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fa- thers in the house of their fathers. 10 TT And of the priests; Je-dai'ah,* and Je-hoi'a-rib,* and Ja'chin, 11 And Az-a-ri'ah the son of Hil-ki'ah, the son of Me-shul'lam, the son of Za'dSk, the son of Me-rai'6th,' the son of A-hi'tQb, the ruler of the house of God ; 12 And Ad-a-i'ah the son of Jer'o-ham, the son of Pash'Qr, the son of Mal-chi'jah, and Ma-aj'i-ai the son of I'di-el, the son of Jah'ze-rah, the son of Me-shul'lam, the son of Mesh-Tl-le'mith, the son of Im'mer; 13 And their brethren, heads of the ' Mer'ma. * Ad'ja-ldn. ^ Jph-e-de'ydh.. * Ib-ne'yah. * Jt-da'y&h. 8 Je-hdy'a-rib. ^ Me-rd'ydth. 3*w Di'vSrf officers about' the temple. I. CHRON'ICLES. Saul's overthrow and death. house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore ; very able men for the work of the ser'vice of the house of God. 14 And of the Le'vites ; Shem-a-I'ah the son of Ha'shub, the son of iz'ri-kam, the son of Hash-a-bi'ah, of the sons of Mer'a-ri ; 15 And Bak-bak'kar, He'rgsh, and Ga'- lal, and Mat-ta-ni'ah the son of Mi'9ah, the son of Zich'rl, the son of A'siph ; 16 And Ob-a-di'ah the son of Shem-a- i'ah, the son of Ga'lal, the son of Jed'u- thun ; and Ber-c-chi'ah the son of A'sa, the son of El'ka-nah, that dwelt in the villages of the Ne-toph'a-thltes. 17 And the porters jo^re, Shal'lum, and Ak'kub, and Tal'mon, and A-bi'mun, and their brethren : Shal'lum was the chief; 18 (Who hitherto waited in the king's gate east' ward :) they wSre porters in the com'panies of the children of Le'vl. I'J And Shal'lQm the son of Ko're, the son of E-bl'a-saph, the son of Ko'rah, and his brethren, (of the house of his father,) the Ko'rah-ites, toere over the work of the sgr'vice, keepers of the gates of the tab- ernacle : and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, icere keepers of the entry. 20 And Phln'e-has the son of i-le-a'zar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord zoas with him. 21 .^nd Zech-a-rl'ah the son of Mesh- 6l-e-ml'ah toas porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these, which locre chosen to be porters in the gates, locrc two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their geneal'oey in their villages ; whom Da'vid and Sam'u-el the seer did ordain in their set office. 23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the taberna- cle, by wards. 24 In four quCtrters wgrc the porters, to'iodrd the east, west, north, and south. 2-5 And their brethren, which loire in their villages, \oiire to come after seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Le'vites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treaj'urlej of the house of God. 27 And they lodged round about' the house of God, because the charge icus upon them, and the opening thereof every morning virlained to them. 23 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should brinff them in and out by tale. 2'J Some of them also wire appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instru- ments of the sanctuary, and the fme flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frank- incense, and the spices. 30 And some of tlie sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 31 And Mai-ti-thi'ah, one of the Le'- vites, who was the first-born of Shal'lum the Ko'rah-ite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Ko'hath-Ues, wire over the show-bread, to prepare it every sabbath. 33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Lu'vltes, loho remaining in the chambers were free ; lor they wfire employed in that work day and night. 34 'These chief fathers of the Le'vites were chief thrcmghout their generations : these dwelt at Je-rLVsa-lem. 35 11 And in Gib'e-on dwelt the father of Gib'e-on, Je-hi'el, whose wife's name was Ma'a-chah : 36 And his first-born son ib'don, then Zur, and Klsh, and Ba'al, and Ner, and Na'dab, 37 And Ge'dur, and A-hi'6, and Ze^h- a-ri'ah, and Mik'lolh. 38 And Mik'loth begat Shlm'e-am. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Je- nVsa-lem, over against their brethren. 31) And Ner begat Klsh ; and Kish be- gat Saul ; and Si\ul begat Jon'a-than, and Mal-chi-shu'a, and X-bin'a-dab, and Esh'- ba-al. 40 And the son of Jon'a-than was Me- rlb'ba-al: and Me-rib'ba-al begat Ml'cih. 41 And the sons of Mi'cah loere, Pl'- thon, and Me'Iech, and Tah're-a, and A'hdz. 42 And A'haz begat Ja'rah ; and Ja'rah begat A-le'meth, and Xz'ma-veth, and Zim'- ri ; and Zim'ri begat Mo'za ; 43 And Mo'za begat Bln'e-a ; and RSph- a-I'ah his son, K-le'a-s^h his son, A'zel his son. 44 And A'zel had six sons, whose names are these, Az'ri-kam, Boch'e-rft, and Ish'- ma-6l, and She-a-rl'ah, and Ob-a-di'ah, and Ha'nan. These were the sons of a'- zgl. CHAP. X. Phi-lis'tines fought against' and the men of Ij'ra-el fled from before the Phi-lTs'tines, and fell down slain in mount Gll'bo-a. 2 And the Phi-lis'tines followed hard after SAul, and after his sons; and the Phi-lTs'tines slew Jon'a-than, and X-bln'a- dab, and Mal-chi-shu'a, the sons of Silul. 3 And the battle went sore against' Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was woftnded of the archers. 4 Then said Siul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sjoord, and tlirust me through therewith, lest these uncir'cumcifed > come and abu|e me. But his arirour- Tvrow th Ij'ra-el ' un-sir'kHm-si-zed. 351 Da'vUl made king at Hi'brdn. I. CHRONICLES. A catalogue of his worthies. bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Si'liil took a S7r6rcl, and fell upon it. 5 And when his annonr-bearer saw that SSul was dead, he fell likewise on the sjoord, and died. 6 So S\ul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Ij'ra-el that lolrc in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons wire, dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled : and the Phi-lis'lines came and dwelt in them. 8 H And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Phi-lis'tlnes came to strip the slain, that they Ibund Saul and his sons fallen in mount GTl'bo-a. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Phi-lis'tines round about', to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Da'gon. 11 IT And when all Ja'bgsh-Gil'e-ad heard all that the Phi-Iis'tines had done to SAul, VZ They aro^e, all the valiant men, and took away the body of S;lul, and the bod- ies of his sons, and brought them to Ja'- bgsh, and buried their bones under the oak in Ja'besh, and fasted seven days. 13 IT So Siiul died for his transgression which he committed against' the Lord, even against' the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for ask'ing counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 14 And inquired not of the Lord : there- fore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto Da'vld the son of Jes'se. CHAP. XL THEN all Ij'ra-el gathered themselves to Da'vTd unto He'bron, saying, Be- hold, we ore thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And, moreover, in time past, even when S&ul was king, thou ^cast he that leddest out and broughtest in Ij'ra-el : and the Lord thy God said unto thee. Thou shalt feed my people Ij'ra-el, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Ij'ra-el. 3 There'fijre came all the elders of 1|'- ra-el to the king to He'bron ; and Da'vTd made a c6venant with them in He'bron be fore the Lord ; and they anointed Da'vld king over I|'ra-el, according to the word of Uie Lord by Sam'u-el. 4 And Da'vTd and all I|'ra-el went to Je-ru'sa-lem, which is Je'bus ; where the Jeb'u-sltes were, the inhabitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Je'bus said to Da'vTd, Thou shalt not come hither. Nev- ertheless Da'vTd took the castle of Zi'on, which is the city of Da'vTd. 6 And Da'vTd said, Whosoever smiteth the Jgb'u-sites first shall be chief and cap'- taTn. So Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah went first up, and was chief. 7 And Da'vld dwelt in the castle; there'fore they called it The city of Da'vTd. 8 And he built the city round about', even from Mil'lo round about' : and Jo'ab repaired the rest of the city. 9 So Da'vTd wa.xed greater and greater : for the Lord of hosts loas with him. 10 IT These also are the chief of the mighty men whom Da'vTd had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all I§'ra-el, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concer'nTng l|'ra-el. 11 And this is the number of the migh- ty men whom Da'vTd had ; Ja-sho'be-am a Hach'mo-nlte, the chief of the cap'taTns : he lifted up his spear against' three hun- dred, slain by him, at one time. 12 And after him was K-le-a'zar the son of Do'do the A-ho'hite, who was one of the three mighties • 13 He was with Da'vTd at Paf-dam'- mTtn, and there the Phi-lTs'tTnes were gath- ered together to battle, where was a par- cel of ground full of barley ; and the peo- ple fled from before the Phi-lTs'tTnes. 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Phi-lTs'tTnes; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance. 15 Now three of the thirty cap'taTns went down to the rock to Da'vTd, into the cave of A-diil'lam ; and the host of the Phi-lTs'tTnes encamped in the valley of Reph'a-Tm. 16 And Da'vTd was then in the hold, and the Phi-lTs'tTnes' garrison was then at Beth'le-hem. 17 And Da'vTd longed, and said, Oh, that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth'le-h6m, that is at the gate ! 18 And the three brake through the host of the Phi-lTs'tTnes, and drew water out of the well of Bfith'le-hem that teas by the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da'vTd : but Da'vTd would not drink o/it, but poured it out to the Lord, 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing : shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy .' for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. There'fore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. 20 And A-bTsh'a-i the brother of Jo'ab, he was chief of the three : for lifling up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. 21 Of the three, he was more Aonoura- ble than the two, for he was their cap'- taTn ; howbeit he attained not to the first three. 353 A catalogue of I. CHRON'ICLES. 22 Ben-ai'ah' tlic son of Je-hoi'a-da, the son of a valiant man of Kab'ze-el, who liad done many acts ; he slew two lion-like men of Mo'ab : also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an K-eyp'ti-an, a man of great stature, five cubits high ; and in the K-gyp'ti-an's hand loas a spear like a weaver's beam ; and lie went down to him with a statf, and plucked the spear out of the K-gyp'ti-an's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24 These tilings did Ben-ai'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da, and had the name among the three mighties. 25 Behold, he was Aonourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three : and Da'vTd set him over his guard. 26 Also the valiant men of the armies wire Aj'a-hel the brother of Jo'ab, icl-ha'- nan the son of Dii'do of B^th'le-hem, 27 Sham'moth the Ha'ro-rlte, He'l6z the Pel'o-nite, 28 I'ra the son of Ik'kfish the Te-ko'Tte, A-bi-e'zer the Xn'toth-ite, 29 Sib'be-cai the Hu'shath-ite, I'lai the A'hoh-Ite, 30 Ma-har'a-i the Ne-toph'a-thite, He'- led the son of Ba'a-n<\h the Ne-toph'a- thlte, 31 Ith'a-i the son of Ri'bai of Glb'e-ih, that pertained to the children of B6n'ja- min, Ben-ai'ah the Pir'a-thon-ite,' 32 Ha'rai of the brooks of Ga'ash, A'bi- el the Ar'bath-ile, 33 Az'ma-vgth the Ba-ha'rom-ite, e-1i'- ah-ba the Sha-al'bo-nlte, 34 The sons of Ha'shSm the Gl'zo-nite, Jon'a-than the son of Sha'ge the Ha'ra- rite, 35 A-hi'am the son of Sa'car the Ha'ra- rUe, El'i-phal the son of Ur, 36 He'pher the M6ch'e-rath-Ue, A-hi'- jah the Pel'o-nite, 37 H^z'ro the Car'mgl-Ue, Na'a-rai the son of Ez'ba-i, 38 JG'el the br6ther of Na'than, Mib'har the son of Hag'ge-rl, 39 Ze'lek the Xm'mon-Ite, Na-har'a-i the Be'roth-ite, the armour-bearer of Jo'ab the son of Zer-u-I'ah, 40 I'ra the Ith'rlte, Ga'reb the Ith'rite, 41 U-ri'ah the Hil'tite, Za'bad the son of Ah'lai, 42 Ad'i-na the son of Shi'za the Reft'- b6n-Ite, a captain of the Re&'b6n-Ites, and thirty with him, 43 Ha'nan the son of Ma'a-9hah, and Josh'a-phat the Mith'nite, 44 Uz-zl'a the Xsh'te-rath-ite, Sha'ma and Je-hl'el the sons of Ho'than the Xr'o- er-ite, 45 Je-di'a-gl the son of Shim'ri, and Jo'- ha his brother, the Ti'zite, 46 E'liel the Ma'ha-vite, and Jer'i-bai ' Ben-a'ydh. 23 Dd'vld's mighty men. and Josh-a-vl'ah, the sons of F.l'na-am, and Ith'mah the Mo'ab-Ite, 47 E'li-el, and O'bfed, and Ja'si-^l the Mes'o-ba-Ite. CHAP. XII. NOW these rire they that came to Da'- vid to Zik'lag, while he yet kept himself close, because of Sftul the son of KTsh : and they loere among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 Tliey were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out f)f a bow, even of SAul's brethfen of B6n'- ja-min. 3 The chief icas A-hi-e'z6r, then Jo'ash, the sons of Shem'a-ah the Gib'e-ath-ite ; and Je'zi-el and Pe'let, the sons of Az'ma- veth ; and Bgr'a-9ht\h, and Je'hu the A,n'- toth-ite, 4 And If-ma-I'ah the Gib'e-6n-Ite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jer-e-mi'ah, and Ja-ha'zi- el, and Jo-ha'nan, and Jos'a-bad the Ge- de'rath-ite, 5 E-Iu'za-I, and J6r'i-moth, and B6-a- li'ah, and Shem-a-rl'ah, and ShSph-a-tl'ah the Ha-rft'phite, 6 El'ka-nah, and Je-sl'ah, and A-zS're- el, and Jo-e'z6r, and Ja-sho'be-am, the Kor'hites, 7 And Jo-e'lah, and Zgb-a-dl'ah, the sons of Jer'o-ham of Ge'dor. 8 And of the Gad'Ites there separated themselves unto Da'vid, into the hold to the wilderness, men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces wire like the faces of lions, and 2ocre as swift as the roes upon the moftn'tains ; 9 i'zfir the first, Ob-a-di'ah the second, E-lI'ab the third, 10 Mish-man'nah the fourth, J6r-e-ml'- ah the fifth, 11 At'tai the sixth, E'li-6l the seventh, 12 Jo-ha'nan the eighth, El'za-bad the ninth, 13 Jgr-e-mi'ah the tenth, Ma9h'ba-nai the eleventh. 14 These wire of the sons of Gad,cap'- tains of the host : one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thou- sand. 15 These are they that went over J6r'- dan in the first month, when it had over- flown all his banks ; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both to'iodrd the east and lo'tcArd the west. 16 And there came of the children of Ben'ja-min and Ju'dah to the hold unto Da'vTd. 17 And Da'vid went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them. If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mme heArt shall be knit unto you : but if « Pir'(i-t/idn-Ue. 353 Da'vld's helpers to I. »e he come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 18 Then the spirit came upon l-mas'a-I, who was chief of the cap'talns, and he said, Thine are ice, Da'vTd, and on thy side, thou son of Jes'se : peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers ; for thy God helpeth thee. Then Da'vid re- ceived them, and made them cap'tains of the band. 19 And there fell some of Ma-nas'seh to Da'vid, when he came with the Phi-lis'- tines against' Siiul to battle; but they helped them not ; for the lords of the Phi- lis'tines, upon advisement, sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul, to the jeopardy of our heads. 20 As he went to Zlk'lag, there fell to him of Ma-nas'seh, Ad'nah, and Joz'a-bad, and Je-di'a-el, and Mi'cha-el, and Joz'a- bad, and E-li'hu, and Zil'thai, cap'tains of the thousands that were of Ma-nas'seh. 21 And they helped Da'vid against' the band of the rovers : for they were all mighty men of valour, and were cap'tains in the host. 22 For at that time, day by day, there came to Da'vTd to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. 23 And these are the numbers of the bands that toere ready armed to the war, and came to Da'vid to He'bron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord. 24 The children of Ju'dah that bare shield and spear icere six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 25 Of the children of SIm'e-on, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Le'vi, four thou- sand and six hundred. 27 And Je-hoi'a-da %cas the leader of the .4a'ron-ites, and with him ?cere three thou- sand and seven hundred ; 28 And Za'dok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two cap'tains. 29 And of the children of Ben'ja-min, . the kindred of S&ul, three thousand : for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of S<^ul. 30 And of the children of fphra-im, - twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous through- out the house of their fathers. 31 And of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make Da'vid king. 32 And of the children of Is'sa-char, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what I§'ra-el ought . to do ; the heads of them were two hun- CHRON'ICLES. mahe him king. dred, and all their brethren locre at tlieir commknd'inent. 33 Of Z6b'u-l6n, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank : they were not of double heart. 34 And of Naph'ta-ll a thousand cap'- tains, and with them, with shield and spear, thirty and seven thousand. 35 And of the Dan'Ites, expert in war, twenty and eight thousand and six hun- dred. 36 And of Ish'er, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of Jor'dan, of the ReiVben-Ites, and the Gad'ites, and of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, with all man- ner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to He'bron, to make Da'vid king over all 1|'- ra-el : and all the rest also of l§'ra-el wire of one heart to make Da'vid king. 39 And there they were with Da'vid three days, eating and drinking : for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, even unto Is'sa-char and Zeb'u-lon and Naph'ta-ll, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen ; and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly : for there was joy in Is'ra-el. CHAP. xin. AND Da'vid consulted with the cap'- tains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And Da'vid said unto all the congre- gation of Ij'ra-el, If it seevi good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Ij'- ra-el, and with them also to the priests and Le'vites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us : 3 And let us bring again' the ark of our God to us : for we inquired not at it in the days of S&ul. 4 And all the congregation said that they would do so : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 So Da'vid gathered all Ij'ra-el togeth- er, from Shi'hor of i'gypt even unto the entering of He'math, to bring the ark of God from Kir'jath-Je'a-rlm.' 6 And Da'vid went up, and all Ij'ra-gl, to Ba'a-lah, that is, to Kir'jath-Je'a-rim, which belonged to Ju'dah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. 7 And they carried the ark of God iB a Ker'jdth-Jt'a-rim. 354 Ih'ram's Icindnrss to Da'vU. 1. CHRON'ICLES. Dd'tficVs tico victories. new cart out of the house of X-bin'a-dab : and Uz'za and A-hiM drave the cart. 8 And Da'vid and all If'ra-el played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psfil'- teries, and with timbrels, and with cym- bals, and with trumpets. 9 And when they came unto the thresh- ing floor of ^hi'don, Uz'za put forth his hand to hold Uie ark ; for the oxen stum- bled. 10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against' Uz'za, and ho smote him, because he put his hand to the ark : and there he died before God. 11 And Da'vid was displeased, because the LoKD had made a breach upon Uz'za : wherefore that place is called Pe'rgz-Uz'za to this day 12 And Da'vid was afraid of God that day, saying. How shall I bring the ark of God home to me .' 13 So Da'vid brought not the ark hoine to himself to the city of Da'vid, but car- ried it aside into the house of O'bed-E'dom the Git'tite. 14 And the ark of God remained with tlie family of O'bed-E'dom in his house three months. And the Lord bless'ed the house of O'bed-i'dom, and all that he had. CHAP. XIV. NOW Hi 'ram king of Tyre sent mes- sengers to Da'vid, and timber of ce- dars, with masons and carpenters to build him a house. 2 And Da'vid perceived that the Lord had confirm'ed • him king over l^'ra-el ; for his kingdom was lifted up on high, be- cause of his people I^'ra-el. 3 H And Da'vid took more wives at Je-rA'sa-lem : and Da'vid begat more sons and daughters 4 Now these dre the names of his chil- dren which he had in Je-rCl'sa-lem ; Sham and Da'vid smote them there. Then Da'- vid said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand, like the breaking fortli of waters : therc'f ore they called the name of that place, Ba'al-Pgr'a-zIm. r.i And when they had left their gods there, Da'vid gave a command'ment, and they were burnt with fire. 13 And tlie Phi-lis'tines yet again' spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14 Therc'fGre Da'vid inquired acain' of God : and God said unto him, Go not up after them ; turn away from them, and come upon them over against' the mulber- ry-trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou shall hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle : for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Phi-lis'tlnes. 16 Da'vid there'fore did as God com- man'ded him : and they smote the host of the Phi-lls'tines from Gib'e-6n even to Ga'z6r. 17 And the fame of Da'vid went out into all lands , and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations. CHAP. XV. AND Da'vid made him houses in the city of Da'vid, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then Da'vid said. None ought to carry the ark of God but the Le'vltes : for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And Da'vid gathered all I|'ra-el to- gether to Je-rft'sa-lem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place which he had prepared for it. 4 And Da'vid assembled the children of ^a'ron, and the Le'vltes : 5 Of the sons of Ko'hath ; U-rl'el the mu'a, and Sho'bab, Na'than, and Sol'o- ' chief, and his brethren, a hundred and 5 And Ib'har, and E-lish'u-a, and iil'- pa-l6t, 6 And No'gah, and Ne'pheg, and Ja- phi'a, 7 And E-lIsh a-ma, and Be-6l-i'a-da, and E-lTph'a-let. 8 H And when the Phi-lis'tines heard that Da'vid was anointed king over all If'ra-el, all the Phi-lis'tines went up to seek Da'vid : and Da'vid hgard of it, and went out against' them. 9 And the Phi-lis'tines came and spread themselves in the wiHey of Reph'a-im. 10 And Da'vid inquired of God, saying. Shall I go up against' the Phi-lis'lines .' and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand.' And the Lord said unto him. Go up ; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11 So they came up to Ba'al-P6r'a-2im, twenty. 6 Of the sons of Mer'a-rl ; Xj-a-I'ah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty. 7 Of the sons of Ggr'shom ; Jc'el the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty. 8 Of the sons of E-lIz'a-phan ; Shem-a- i'ah the chief, and his brethren, two hun- dred. i) Of the sons of He'bron ; E'li-6l the chief, and his brethren, fourscore. 10 Of the sons of Uz-zi'el ; im-mln'a- dab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve. 11 And Da'vid called for Za'dok and A-bi'a-thar the priests, and for the Ls'- vites, for U-ri'6l, Xf-a-i'ah, and Jo'61, Shem-a-i'ah, and E'li-gl, and Xm-min'a- dab, kdn-firm'ed. 355 na'vldhringct/iihcark I. CIIRON'ICLES 12 And said unto them, Yc arc the chief of tlie fathers of the Le'vites ; sanctify yourselves, hut/i ye and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of I^'ra-el unto Ihe jjlace that 1 have prepared lor it. 13 For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not ailer the due order. 14 So the priests and the Le'vites sanc- tified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of l|'ra-el. 15 And the children of the Le'vites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders, with the staves thereon, as MO'jes com- man'ded, according to the word of the Lord. 16 And Da'vid spake to the chief of the Le'vites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of niusick, pscil't6rie§ and harps, and cymbals, sound- ing, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17 So the Le'vites appointed He'man the son of Jo'el ; and of his brethren, a'- saph the son of Ber-e-chi'ah ; and of the sons of Mer'a-ri their brethren, i'than the son of Kilsh-ai'ah ; ' 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zech-a-ri'ah, Ben, and Ja- a'zi-el, and She-mir'a-moth,^ and Je-hl'el, and Un'ni, E-li'ab, and Ben-ai'ah,'' and Ma-a-sei'ah, ■* and Mat-ti-thi'ah, and i- liph'e-leh, and Mik-nei'ah ; ^ and O'bed- i'dom and Je-i'el the porters. 19 So the singers, He'man, i'saph, and ie'than, tvere appointed to sound with cym- bals of brass ; 20 And Zech-a-rl'ah and A'zi-6l, and She-mir'a-moth, and Je-hl'6l, and Un'ni, and E-li'ab, and Ma-a-s6i'ah, and Bgn-ai'- ah, with ps&l'teriej on Xl'a-moth ; 21 And Mat-ti-thi'ah, and E-liph'e-leh, and Mik-nei'ah, and O'bed-f'dom, and Je- i'el, and AZ-a-zi'ah, with harps on the Shein'i-nith to excel. 22 And (f^hen-a-ni'ah, chief of the Le'- vites, was for song : he instructed about' the song, because he was skilful. 23 And Ber-e-chi'ah and El'ka-nuh wf.re door-keepers for the ark. 24 And Sheb-a-ni'ah, and Je-hosh'a- phat, and Ne-than'e-el, and A-mas'a-I, and Zech-a-ri'ah, and Ben-ai'ah, and E-li-e'- zcr, the i)riests, did blow with the trum- pets before the ark of God ; and O'bed- i'dom and Je-hi'ah rccre door-keepers for the ark. 25 ^ So Da'vTd, and the elders of Ij'ra- 6l, and the cap'tains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of O'bed-E'dom with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Le'vites that bare the ark of from O'hid-E'ddm. the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And Da'vid %oas clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Le'vites that bare the ark, and the singers, and ^hen-a-ni'ah the milster of the song with the singers : Da'vid also had upon him an eph'od of linen. 28 Thus all I^'ra-el brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shout- ing, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psil'teriej and harps. 29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of Da'vid, that Mi'chal, the daughter of Siul, looking out at a window, saw king Da'vid dan'cing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. CHAP. XVI. SO they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that Da'vid had pitched for it : and they offer- ed burnt-sac'rifiqes and peace-offerings before God. 2 And when Da'vid had made an end of offering the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he bless'ed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 And he dealt to every one of l§'ra-el, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon oficinc. 4 And he appointed cer'taln of the Le'- vites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Loud God of Ij'ra-el : 5 A'saph the chief, and next to him Z6ch-a-ri'ah, Je-i'el, and She-mir'a-moth, and Je-hl'el, and Mat-ti-thi'ah, and E-li'- ab, and B6n-ai'ah, and O'bed-E'dom ; and Je-i'el with psal'teriej and with harps ; but A'saph made a sound with cymbals; 6 Ben-ai'ah also and Ja-ha'zi-el the priest with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 TI Then on that day Da'vid delivered first this psalm, to thank the Lord, into the hand of A'saph and his brethren. 8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth ; 13 O ye seed of Ij'ra-el his servant, yc children of Ja'cob his chosen ones. 14 He is the Lord our God ; his judg- ments dre in all the earth. ' Kush-d'ydh. * She-mi r'u-mdtk. 3 Bin-a'yah. Md-a-se 'yah . 356 Mik-ne'ydh. The pscllm of thanksgiving. 15 Be ye mindful always of his c6ve- nant, the word lofncli he cOmmiin'ded to a thousand generations ; 16 Even of the cdvtnant which he made with A'bra-ham, and of his oath unto I'$&a9; 17 And hath confirmed the same to Ja'9ob for a law, and to Ij'ra-gl for an fiv6rlastTng covenant. 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of ^a'na-an, the lot of your inherit- ance , 19 When ye w6rc but few, even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And' ichcn they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people ; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong ; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 Sino- unto the Lord, all the earth ; show fortn from day to day his salvation. 24 Declare his glory among the hea- then; his marvellous works among all nations. 25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised : he also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Glory and hononr are in his pres- ence ; strength and gladness are in his place. 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come before him ; wor'shTp the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 30 Fear before him, all the garth : the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the &irth rejoice : and let 7nen say amdng the nations. The Lord reigneth. 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, be- cause he Cometh to judge the Carth. 34 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his m^rcy cndureth for ever. 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and de- liver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. 36 Blfis'sed be the Lord God of l|'ra- 61 for ever and ever. And all the people said, A'mgn', and praised the Lord. 37 11 So he left there, before the ark of 1. CHRON'ICLES. jVd'thdns message to Da'vid. the covenant of the Lord, X'saph and his brethren, to minister before the ark con- tinually, as every day's work required : 38 And O'bed-K'dom, with tlieir breth- ren, threescore and eight ; 0'bed-£'d6ra also, the son of Jed'u-thun, and Ho'sah, to be porters : 39 And Za'dok the priest, and his breth- ren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gib'e-on, 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he comman'ded Ij'ra-el : 41 And with them He'man and Jed'u- thun, and the rest that were chosen, who w6re expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever : 42 And with them He'man and Jed'u- thQn, with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with mu- sical instruments of God. And the sons of Jed'u-thun ic(re porters. 43 And all the people departed, every man to his house: and Da'vTd returned to bless his house. CHAP. XVll. NOW it came to pass, as Da'vTd sat in his house, that Da'vid said to Na'- than the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant' of the Lord remdincth under cur'tains. 2 Then Na'than said unto Da'vid, Do all that is in thine heart ; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Na'than, saying, 4 Go and tell Da'vid my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in : 5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Ij'ra-el unto this day ; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to dndther. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all If'ra-el, spake I a word to any of the judges of I^'ra-el, whom I comman'ded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars ^ 7 Now therc'fore thus shalt thou say unto my servant Da'vid, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep- cot, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldst be ruler over my people Ij'- ra-el ; 8 And I have been with thee whither- soever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that nre. in tlie earth. 9 Also 1 will ordain a place for my 357 Da'vid's prayer and tlianlisgiving. I. CHRON'ICLES. His garrisons, S^c. people Is'ra-el, and will plant theni, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more ; neither shall the chil- dren of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10 And since the time that I command- ed judges to be over my people Ij'ra-gl. !^Ioreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee, that the Lord will build thee a house. 11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired, that thou must go to he with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons ; and I will stablish his kingdom 12 He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son ; and 1 will not take my mercy Sway from him, as I took it from him that was before thee : 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever ; and his throne shall be estab'lished for evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Na'than speak unto Da'vid. 16 And Da'vid the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ; 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God ; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me ac- cording to the estate of a man of high de- gree, O Lord God. 18 What can Da'vid speak more to thee for the Aon'our of thy servant ? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. 20 O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, ac- cording to all that we have hSard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people I^'ra-el, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of E'|ypt .= 22 For thy people Ij'ra-el didst thou make thine own people for ever ; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. 23 There'fore now. Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken cuncer'ning thy ser- vant, and concer'ning his house, be estab'- lished for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be estab'lished, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of I|'ra-el, even a God to Ij'ra-el : and let the house of Salt, eighteen thousand ' hoh'ed. 358 of Da'vid thy servant be estab'lished be- fore thee. 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house ; therc'fore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now. Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy ser- vant ; 27 Now, therc'fore, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever : for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall he bless'ed for ever. CHAP. XVHL NOW after this it came to pass, that Da'vid smote the Phi-lis'llnes, and subdued them, and took Gatb and her towns out of the hand of the Phi-lls'tines. 2 And he smote MG'ab : and the Mo'ab- ites became Da'vid's servants, and brought gifts. 3 And Da'vid smote Had-ar-e'zer king of Zo'bah unto Ha'math, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Eu'- phra'tef. 4 And Da'vid took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : Da'vid also hough'ed ' all the chai'iot-horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syr'i-ans of Da-mas'- cus came to help Had-ar-e'zer king of Zo'bah, Da'vid slew of the Syr'i-ans two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then Da'vid put garrisons in Syr'i-a- Da-mas'cus ; and the Syr'i-ans became Da'- vid's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved Da'vid whithersoever he went. 7 And Da'vid took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Had-ar-e'zer, and brought them to Je-nVsa-lem. 8 Likewise from Tib'hath, and from Chun, cities of Had-ar-e'zer, brought Da'- vid very much brass, wherewith Sol'o-mon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 H Now when Toft king of Ha'math heard how Da'vid had smitten all the host of Had-ar-e'zer king of Zo'bah, 10 He sent Ha-do'ram his son to king Da'vid, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against' Had-ar-e'zcr, and smitten him ; (for Had-ar-e'zer had war with Tou ;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11 Them also king Da'vid dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these na- tions ; from i'dom and from Mo'ab, and from the children of Xm'mun, and from the Phi-lls'tines, and from Xm'a-lek. 12 Moreover X-blsh'a-i the son of Z6r- u-i'ah slew of the f'dom-ites, in the valley The Avi'inon-ltis orcrcume 13 And he put garrisons in i'dom ; and all the E'doin-Ites became Da'vid's ser- vants. Thus the Lord preserved Da'vid whithersoever he went. 14 So Da'vid reigned over all I§'ra-el, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15 And Jo'ab the son of Z6r-u-I'ah teas over tlie liosl ; and Je-hosh'a-phat the son of A-hi'lud, recorder. Hi And Za'duk the son of A-hi'tub, and A-bim'e-lech the son of A-bl'a-thar, were the priests ; and Shav'sha was scribe ; 17 And Ben-ai'ah' the son of Je-hoi'a- da was over llie (^her'eth-ites and the Pe'- l6th-Ues; and the sons of Da'vid icere chief about' the king. CHAP. XIX. NOW it came to pass after this, that Na'- hash the king of the children of .\m'- mon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And Da'vid said, I will show kind- ness unto Ha'nun the son of Na'hash, be- cause his father showed kindness to me. And Da'vid sent messengers to com'fort him concfir'ning his father. So the ser- vants of Da'vid came into the land of the children of iim'mon to Ha'nun, to com'- fort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Am'mon said to Ha'nun, Thinkest thou that Da'vid doth /ion'our thy father, that he hath sent com'forters unto thee .' are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land .' 4 Wherefore Ha'nun took Da'vid's ser- vants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst, hard by their but tocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went cHr'taln, and told Da'vid how the men were served. And he sent to meet them ; (for the men were greatly ashamed.) And the king said, Tarry at Jur'i-cho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 And when the children of Am'mon saw that they had made themselves odi ous to Da'vid, Ha'nun and the children of im'mon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of MSs-0-pO-ta'mi-a, and out of Syr'i-S-Ma'a chah, and out of Zo'bah. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma'a-chah and his people, who came and pitched before MSd'c-ba. And the children of Xin'mon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle 8 And when Da'vid hfiard of it, he sent Jo'ab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Xm'mon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city ; and the kings that were come wire by themselves in the field. I. CHRON'ICLES. by Jo'iih and A-blsh'a-i. 10 Now when Jo'ab saw that the bat- tle was set against' him before and be- hind, he chose out of all the choice of Is'- ra-el, and put them in array against' the Syr'i-ans. 11 And the rest of the people he deliv- ered unto the hand of A-bish'a-T his broth- er, and they set theinselrcs in array against' the children of im'mon. 12 And he said, If the Syr'i-ans be too strong for me, tlien thou slialt help me : but if the children of Am'mon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us be- have ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God ; and let the Lord do that xchich is good in his sight. 14 So Jo'ab, and the people that lolre with him, drew nigh before the Syr'i-ans unto the battle ; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Xm'mon saw that the Syr'i-ans were fled, they likewise fled before A-bish'a-i his brother, and entered into the city. Then Jo'ab came to Je-rft'sa-lem. 16 And when the Syr'i-ans saw that they were put to the worse before Ij'ra-gl, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syr'i-ans that were beyond the river ; and Sho'phach, the cap'tain of the host of Had-ar-e'zer, went before them. 17 And it was told Da'vid ; and he gathered all If'ra-el, and passed over Jor'- dan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against' them. So when Da'vid had put the battle in array against' the Syr'i-ans, they fought with him. 18 But the Syr'i-ans fled before Ig'ra- el ; and Da'vid slew of the Syr'i-ans seven thousand wen which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Sho'phach the cap'tain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Had-ar- e'zer saw that they were put to the worse before Ij'ra-el, they made peace with Da - vid, and became his servants ; neither would the Syr'i-ans help the children of Am'mon any more. CHAP. XX. ND it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Jo'ab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Irn'mon, and came and besieged Rab'bah ; (but Da'vid tarried at Je-ru'sa-lem.) And Jo'ab smote Rab'bah, and destroy'ed it. 2 And Da'vid took the crown of their king from off' his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there tcgre precious stones in it : and it was set upon Da'vid's head : and he brought also ex- ceeding much spoil out of the city. A' ' Bin-d'ydh. 359 Dd'vid numhcrcth the j)eo]jle, I. CHRON'ICLES. 3 And he brought out the people that wire in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes : even so dealt Da'vid with all the cities of the children of Ain'mon. And Ua'vid and all the people returned to Je-rCl'sa-lem. 4 TI And it came to pass after this, that there arO§e war at Ge'zer with the Tlu-lis'- tines, at which time Sib'be-cai the Hu'- shath-ite slew Sip pai, that -was of the chil- dren of the giant : and they w6re subdued. 5 And there was war again' with the Phi-lTs'tines ; and fil-ha'nan the son of Ja'ir slew Luh'ml, the brother of Go-li'ath the Git'tite, whose spear's staff wus like a weaver's beam. 6 And yet again' there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes wire tour and twenty, six 071 each hand, and six on each foot : and he also was the son of the giant. 7 But when he defied I|'ra-6l, Jon'a- than the son of Shim'e-a, Da'vid's brother, slew him. 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they ft;ll by the hand of Da'- vid, and by the hand of his servants. CHAP. XXI. AND Sa'tan stood up against Ij'ra-el, and provoked Da'vid to number Ij'- ra-el. 2 And Da'vid said to Jo'ab, and to the rulers of the" people, Go, number" l§'ra-el, from Be-er'she-ba even to Dan ; and bring the number of them to me, that 1 may know it. 3 And Jo'ab answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times so many more as they be : but, my lord the king, dre they not all my lord's servants ? why then doth my lord require this thing.'' why will he be a cause of tres'pass to I|'ra-el .'' 4 Nevertheless the king's word pre- vailed against' Jo'ab : wherefore Jo'ab de- parted, and went throughout all ]|'ra-el, and came to Je-r&'sa-lem. 5 ^ And Jo'ab gave the sum of the number of the people unto Da'vid. And all they of l§'ra-el were a thousand thou- sand and a hundred thousand men that drew s2cord : and Ju'dah 7oas four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sioord. 6 But Le'vi and Ben'ja-min counted he not among them ; for the king's word was abominable to Jo'ab. 7 And God was displeased with this thing ; therc'f ore he smote I^'ra-el. 8 And Da vid said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing : but now, I beseech thee, do away the miquity of thy servant ; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, Da'- vid's seer, saying, 10 Go and tell Da'vid, saying, Thus and rcpciUs of it. saith the Lord, I o5l'r thee three things : ch^ije thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to Da'vid, and said unto him. Thus saith the Lord, Chdoje thee 12 Either three years' famine ; or three months to be destroy 'ed before thy foes, while that the sjcord of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sioord of tlie Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroy'ing throughout all the coasts of I§'ra-el. Now, therc'fOre, advise thyself what word I shall bring again' to him that sent me. 13 And Da'vid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let me fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for very great are his mer'cies : but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon I|'ra-el : and there fell of If'ra-el seventy thousand men. 15 And God sent an angel unto Je-rft'- sa-lem to destroy' it : and as he was de- stroy'ing, the Lord beheld, and he repent- ed him of the evil, and said to the angel that de-stroy'ed. It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Or'nan the Jeb'u-slte. 16 And Da'vid lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn s?oord in his hand stretched out over Je- rO'sa-lem : then Da'vid and the elders of J&'ra-cl, who icerc clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And Da'vid said unto God, Is it not I that commkn'ded the people to be num- bered .' even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed : but as for these sheep, what have they done .'' Let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's house ; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. 18 Then the angel of the Lord com- niiin'ded Gad to say to Da'vid, that Da'- vid should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Or'nan the Jeb'u-site. 19 And Da'vid went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord. 20 And Or'nan turned back, and saw the angel ; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Or'nan was threshing- wheat. 21 And as Da'vid came to Or'nan, Or'- nan looked, and saw Da'vid, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to Da'vid with his face to the ground. 22 Then Da'vid said to Or'nan, Grant me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord ; 360 Da'vid purchaseth Oman'* thou shalt grant it me for the full price, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 23 And Or'nan said unto Da'vid, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes : lo, I give thte thf oxen also for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat-offering : I give it all. 24 And king Da'vid said to Or'nan, Nay ; but I will verily buy it for the full price : for I will not take ilcat which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt-offer- ings without cost. 25 So Da'vid gave to Or'nan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26 And Da'vid built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 27 And the Lord comman'ded the an- gel ; and he put up his sword again' into the sheath thereof. 28 At that time, when Da'vid saw that the Lord had answered him in the thresh- ing-floor of Or'nan the Jeb'u-site, then he sac'rifT^ed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Mo'fes made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, were at that season in the high place at Gib'e-6n : 30 But Da'vid could not go before it to inquire of God : for he was afraid, because of the siA'ord of the angel of the Lord. CHAP. XXII. THEN Da'vid said. This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the al- tar of the burnt-offering for If'ra-el. 2 And Da'vid comman'ded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of I|'ra-el ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And Da'vid prepared iron in abun- dance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings ; and brass in abundance without weight ; 4 Also cedar-trees in abundance : for the Zi-do'ni-ans and they of Tyre brought much cedar-wood to Da'vid. 5 And Da'vid said, Sol'o-mon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must he exceed- ing magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will there'fore now make preparation for it. So Da'vid prepared abundantly before his death. 6 Then he called for Sol'o-mon his son, and charged him to build a house for the Lord God of If 'ra-el. 7 And Da'vid said to Sol'o-mon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God: Hh 1. CHRONICLES. threshing-floor. 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying. Thou hast shed blood abun- dantly, and hast made great wars : thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, a sou shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest ; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round fibout': for his name shall be Sol'o-mon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Ij'ra-el in his days. 10 He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father ; and 1 will estab'lish the throne of his kingdom over Ij'ra-el for ever. 11 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee ; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee. 12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concer'ning If'ra-el, that thou mayst keep the law of the Lord thy God. 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judg- ments which the Lord charged Mo'jes with concer'ning If'ra-el ■ be strong, and of good courage ; dread not, nor be dif- may'ed. 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord a hun- dred thousand talents of gold, and a thou- sand thousand talents of silver ; and of brass and iron without weight ; for it is in abundance : timber also and stone have 1 prepared ; and thou mayst add thereto. 15 Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cun- ning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arife there'fore^ and be doing, and the Lord he with thee. 17 Da'vid also comman'ded all the princes of If'ra-el to help Sol'o-mon his son, saying, 18 7.9 not the IjORD your God with you ? and hath he not given you rest on every side ? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand ; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people. 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God: arTfe, there'fore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIII. SO when Da'vid was old and full of days, he made Sol'o-mon his son king over If'ra-el. 2 And he gathered together all the 361 Tfie families of the Ger'shon-ltes. I. CHRON'ICLES. princes of If 'ra-el, with the priests and the Le'vTtes. 3 Now the Le'vTtes were numbered from the age of thirty years and iip'ward ; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set for'ward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were of- ficers and judges, 5 Moreover, four thousand ivcre p5rters : and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made {said Da'- rid) to praise Iherewilh. 6 And Da'vid divided them into courses among the sons of Le'vi, namely, Ger'shon, Ko'hath, and Mer'a-rT. 7 IT Of the Ger'shon-ites iccre La'a-dan and Shim'e-i. 8 The sons of La'a-dan ; the chief was Je-hi'el, and Ze'tham, and Jo'el, three. 9 The sons of Shlm'e-i ; Shel'o-mith, and Ha'zi-el, and Ha'ran, three. These tvcre the chief of the fathers of La'a-dan. 10 And the sons of Shim'e-i were, Ja'- hath, Zi'na, and Je'ush, and Be-rl'ah. These four wire the sons of Shim'e-i. 11 And Ja'hat i was the chief, and Zi'- zah the second ; but Je'ush and Be-ri'ah had not many sons ; there'f5re they were in one reckoning, according to their fa- ther's house. 12 If The sons of Ko'hath •, Am'ram, Iz'har, He'bron, and IJz-zi'el, four. 13 The sons of Am'ram ; c^a'ron and Mo'fes ; and ^Sa'ron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. 14 Now conccr'nlng Mo'fes the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Le'vl. 15_The sons of Mo'fes were Ger'shom and E-li-e'zer. 16 Of the sons of Ger'shom, Sheb'u-el was the chief. 17 And the sons of E-li-e'zer were, Re- ha-bi'ah the chief. And E-li-e'zer had none other sons ; but the sons of Re-ha-bi'ah were very many. 18 Of the sons of Iz'har; Shel'o-mith the chief. 19 Of the sons of He'bron ; Je-ri'ah the first, Am-a-ri'ah the second, Ja-ha'zi-el the third, and Jek-a-me'am the fourth. 20 Ofjhe sons of tJz-zi'el ; Mi'cah the first, and Je-si'ah the second. 21 If The sons of Mer'a-rl ; Mah'li and Mu'shT. The sons of Mah'li; E-le-a'zar and Kish. 22 And E-le-a'zar died, and had no sons, but daughters : and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. 23 The sons of Mu'shT ; Mah'lT, and E'- d^r, and Jer'i-moth, three. Division of the sons oftAa'ron. 24 f These were the sons of Le'vT, after the house of their fathers ; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the ser'vice of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and iip'ward. 25 For Da'vid said, The Lord God of If'ra-el hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Je-rd'sa-lem for ever: 26 And also unto the Le'vTtes ; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the ser'vice thereof. 27 For by the last words of Da'vid, the Le'vTtes were numbered from twenty years old and above : 28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of *^a'r6n, for the ser'vice of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the ser'vice of the house of God ; 29 Both for the show-bread, and for the fine flour for meat-ofl'ering, and for the un- leavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of meaf 'ure and size ; 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even; 31 And to oSei allburnt-sac'rifT^es unto the Lord, in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order comman'ded unto them, continually before the Lord : 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of .;3a'ron their brethren, in the ser'vice of the house of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV. NOW these are the divif'ions of the sons of .4a'r6n. The sons of ^a'ron ; Na'- dab, and A-bT'hu, E-le-a'zar, and Ith'a-mar. 2 But Na'dab and A-bT'hii died before their father, and had no children : there'- fore E-le-a'zar and ith'a-mar executed the priesfs office. 3 And Da'vid distributed them, both Za'dok of the sons of E-le-a'zar, and A-him'- e-lech of the sons of Ith'a-mar, according to their offices in their ser'vice. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of E-le-a'zar than of the sons of Ith'a-mar ; and thus were they divTded : among the sons of E-le-a'zar there were sixteen chief men of the house of tlieir fa- thers, and eight among the sons of ith'a- mar, according to the house of their fathers. 5 Thus were they divTded by lot, one sort with another : for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of E-le-a'zar, and of the sons of Ith'a-mar. ' 6 And Shem-a-T'ah the son of Ne-thari'- |e-el the scribe, one of the Le'vTtes, wrote 362 Tfieitvlitono/Jld'ron'tsons. I. CHRONICLES. The number of the singen. them before the king, and the princes, and! thers of the priests and Le'vltes, even the the Za'dok the priest, and A-him'e-le9h the son of A-bi'a-thar, and be/ore the chief of the fathers of the priests and Le'vites : one principal household being taken for E-le- a'zar, and one taken for ith'a-mar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Je- hoi'a-rib, the second to Je-dai'ah, ' 8 The third to Ha'rlm, the fourth to Se-o'rim, 9 The fifth to Ma^hi'jah, the sixth to MTj'a-min, 10 The seventh to Hak'koz, the eighth to A-bi'jah, 1 1 The ninth to Jesh'u-ah, the tenth to Shec-a-ni'ah, 12 The eleventh to E-U'a-shib, twelfth to Ja'kim, 13 The thirteenth to Hup'pah, fourteenth to Jesh-eb'e-ab, 14 The fifteenth to Bil'gah, the six- teenth to Im'mer, 15 The seventeenth to He'zir, the eigh- teenth to Aph'sef, 16 The nineteenth to Peth-a-hl'ah, the twentieth to Je-hez'e-kel, 17 The one and twentieth to Ja'chin, the two and twentieth to Ga'miil, 18 The three and twentieth to Del-a- I'ah, the four and twentieth to Ma-a-zi'ah 19 These were the orderings of them in their ser'vice, to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, un- der ^a'ron their father, as the Lord God of ij'ra-el had comman'ded him. 20 IT And the rest of the sons of Le'vi were these : Of the sons of Am'ram ; Shii'- ba-el: of the sonsofShu'ba-el ; Jeh-dei'ah.^ 21 Concer'ning Re-ha-bi'ah ; of the sons of Re-ha-bl'ah, the first was i-shi'ah. 22 Of the Iz'har-ltes ; Shel'o-moth : of the sons of Shel'o-moth ; Ja'hath. 23 And the sons of He'hron ; Je-ri'ah the first ^ Am-a-ri'ah the second, Ja-ha'- zi-el the third, Jek-a-me'am the fourth. 24 Of the sons of Uz-zi'el ; Mi'chah : of the sons of Mi'chah ; Sha'mir. 25 The brother of Ml'9hah was I-shi'- ah : of the sons of I-shi'ah ; Zech-a-ri'ah. 26 T The sons of Mer'a-ri wire Mah'li and Mu'shi : the sons of Ja-a-zi'ah ; Be'no. 27 The sons of Mer'a-ri by Ja-a-zI'ah ; Be'no, and Sho'ham, and Zac'9ur, andl'brT. 28 Of Mah'li came E-le-a'zar, who had no sons. 29 Concer'ning KTsh ; the son of Kish was Je-rahm'e-el. 30 The sons also of Mu'slii ; MJih'll, and E'der, and Jer'i-moth. These wire the sons of the Le'vites, after the house of their fathers. 31 These likewise cast lots over against' their brethren the sons of ^a'ron, in the presence of Da'vid the king, and Za'dok amd X-him'e-lech, and the chief of the fa- • Ji-de'yah. the principal fathers, over against' their younger brethren. CHAP. XXV. MOREOVER, Da'vid, and the cap'- tains of the host, separated to the ser'vice of the sons of A'saph, and of He'man, and of Jed'u-thun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals : and the number of the workmen, according to their ser'vice, was ; 2 Of the sons of A'saph ; Zac'cur, and Jo'seph, and Neth-a-m'ah, and Aj-a-re'lah, the sons of A'saph, under the hands of A'saph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. 3 Of Jed'u-thiin : the sons of Jed'u- thun ; Ged-a-li'ah, and Ze'rT, and Jesh-a- i'ali, Hash-a-bi'ah, and Mat-ti-thi'ah, six, under the hands of their father Jed'u-thun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of He'man : the sons of He'man ; Buk-ki'ah, Mat-tan-i'ah, tJz-zi'el, Sheb'u- el, and Jer'i-moth, Han-a-ni'ah, Han'a-ni, E-li'a-thah, Gid-dal'ti, and Ro-mam-ti-e'- zer, Josh-bek'a-shah, Mal'lo-thi, Ho'thir, and Ma-ha'zi-6th : 5 All these wire the sons of He'man the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to He'man four- teen sons and three daughters. 6 All these wlrt under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psal't^ries, and harps, for the ser'vice of the house of God, ac- cording to the king's order to A'saph, Jed'- u-thun, and He'man. 7 So the number of them with thek brethren, that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 9 Now, the first lot came forth for A'- saph to Jo'seph ; the second to Ged-a-ll'- ah, who with his brethren and sons wire twelve : 10 The third to Zac'cur, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 1 1 The fourth to Iz'ri, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 12 The fifth to Neth-a-nl'ah, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 13 The sixth to Buk-ki'ah, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 14 The seventh to Jesh-ar'e-lah, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 15 The eighth to Jesh-a-i'ah, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 16 The ninth to Mat-tan-i'ah, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 17 The tenth to Shim'e-i, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 2 Jl-de'yah. 363 The divtg'ion of the porlers. 18 The eleventh to A-za're-el, Ae, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 19 The twelfth to Hash-a-bVah, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 20 The thirteenth to Shu'ba-el, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 21 The fourteenth to Mat-ti-thl'ah, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 22 The fifteenth to Jer'e-moth, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 23 The sixteenth to Han-a-ni'ah, he, his sons and his brethren, wire twelve : 24 The seventeenth to Josh-bek'a-shah, he, his sons and his brethren, ivcre twelve : 25 The eighteenth to Han'a-ni, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 26 The nineteenth to Mal'lo-thl, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 27 The twentieth to E-li'a-thah : he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 28 The one and twentieth to Ho'thir, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 29 The two and twentieth to Gid-dal'- ti, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve : 30 The three and twentieth to Ma-ha'- zi-6th, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 31 The four and twentieth to R6-mam- ti-e'zer, he, his sons and his brethren, were twelve. CHAP. XXVI. CONCER'NING the divTf'ion§ of the porters : Of the Kor'hites was Mesh- el-e-mi'ah the son of Ko're, of the sons of A'saph. 2 And the sons of Mesh-el-e-mT'ah were Zech-a-ri'ah the first-born, Je-di'a-el the second, Zeb-a-di'ah the third, Jath'ni-ei the fourth, 3 E'lam the fifth, Je-ho'ha-nan the sixth, E-li-ae'na-1 the seventh. 4 Moreover, the sons of O'bed-E'dom were Shem-a-T'ah the first-born, Je-hoz'a- bad the second, Jo'ah the third, and Sa'car the fourth, and Ne-than'e-el the fifth. 5 Am'mi-el the sixth, Is'sa-char the seventh, Pe-ul'thai the eighth; for God bless'ed him. 6 Also unto Shem-a-iah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father : for they ivcre mighty men of valour. 7 The sons of Shem-a-i'ah ; oth'nT, and Re'pha-el, and O'bed, El'za-bad, whose brethren were strong men ; E-li'hu, and Sem-a-chl'ah. 8 All these of the sons of O'bed-E'dom ; they, and their sons, and their brethren, able men for strength for the ser'vice, were threescore and two of o'bed-E'dom. 9 And Mesh-el-e-mi'ah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10 Also Hd'sah, of the children of I. CHRON'ICLES. The gates assigned by lot. Mei'a-ri, had sons ; Sim'rT the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief,) 1 1 Hil-ki'ah the second, Teb-a-lT'ah the third, Zech-a-ri'ah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of Ho'sah were thirteen. 12 Among these were the divlf'ionf of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against' another, to minister in the house of the Lord. 13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 14 And the lot east'ward fell to Shel- e-mi'ah. Then for Zech-a-ri'ah his son (a wise counsellor) they cast lots, and his lot came out north'ward. 15 To o'bed-E'dom south'ward ; and to his sons the house of A-sup'pTm. 16 To Shiip'pim and Flo'sah the lot came forth west'ward, with the gate Shal' le-cheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against' ward. 17 East'ward ivere six Le'vites, north'- ward four a day, south'ward four a day, and td'itard A-sup'pim two and two. 18 At Par'bar west'ward, four at the causeway, and two at Par'bar. 19 These are the divTf'ionj of the por- ters among the sons of Ko're, and among the sons of Mer'a-rT. 20 TT And of the Le'vites, A-hi'jah was over the treaf'ures of the house of God, and over the treaf'ures of the dedicated things. 21 .As concer'ning the sons of La'a-dan : the sons of the Ger'shon-Tte La'a-dan, chief fathers, even of La'a-dan the Ger'- shon'ite, were Je-hi'e-li. 22 The sons of Je-hi'e-li ; Ze'tham, and Jo'el his brother, which were over the treaj'ures of the house of the Lord. 23 Of the Am'ram-ites, and the Iz'har- ites, the He'bron-ites, and the t/z-zi'el- Ites : 24 And Sheb'u-el the son of Ger'shom, the son of Mo'jes, was ruler of the treaf'- ures. 25 And his brethren by E-li-e'zer ; Re- ha-bi'ah his son, and Jesh-a-i'ah his son, and Jo'ram his son, and Zlch'ri his son, and Shel'o-mlth his son. 26 Which Shel'o-mith and his brethren were over all the treaj'ures of the dedi- cated things, which Da'vid the king, and the chief fathers, the cap'tains over thou- sands and hundreds, and the cap'tains of the host, had dedicated. 27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain^ the house of the Lord, 28 And all that Sam'u-el the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Ab'ner the son of Ner, and J5'ab the son of Zer-u-i'ah, had dedicated ; and whosoever had ded- 1 mln-tant'. 364 The twelve cap' tains I. CHRON'ICLES icated any Ihin^, it was under the hand of Shero-milh, and of his brethren. 29 Of the iz'har-'ites, Chen-a-ni'ah and his sons were for the outward business over If'ra-el, for officers and judges. 30 ^nd of the He'bron-ites, Hash-a- bl'ah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of I§'ra-el on this side Jor'dan west'ward,in all the business of the Lord, and in the ser'vice of the king. 31 Among the He'bron-ites was Je-rl'jah the chief, even among the He'bron-Ttes, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of Da'vid they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Ja'- z6r of Gil'e-ad. 32 And his brethren, men of valour, wire two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king Da'vid n)ade rulers over the Reili'ben-Ues, the Gad'ites, and the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, for every matter pertain'ing to God, and affairs of the king. CHAP. XXVII. NOW the children of If'ra-el after their number, to wit^ the chief fathers and cap'tains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month, throughout all the months of the year, of every course Kcre twenty and four thousand. 2 Over the first course, for the first month, was Ja-sho'be-am the son of Zab' di-el : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 3 Of the children of Pe'rez was the chief of all the cap'tains of the host for the first month. 4 And over the course of the second m6nth iias Dod'a-i an A-h6'h~ite, and of his course was Mik'loth also the ruler : in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. 5 The third cap'tain of the host, for the third month, was Ben-ai'ah the son of Je- hoi'a-da, a chief priest : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 6 This is that Ben-ai'ah w/io was mighty am6ng the thirty, and above the thirty : and in his course was Am-miz'a-bad his son. 7 The fourth cap'tain^ for the fourth m6nth, was Aj'a-hel the brother of J5'ab, and Zeb-a-dl'ah his son after him : and in his course wire twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth cap'tain^ for the fifth month, u>ns Sham'huth the iz'ra-hlte : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 9 The sixth cap'tain, for the sixth month, was i'ra the son of Ik'kesh the Te-ko'ite : and in his course wire twenty and four thousand. ' Pcr'a-thSrMte. Hh2 for their months. 10 The seventh cap'tain, for the seventh month, wa« He'ltz the Ptl'o-nite, of the children of E'phra-im : and in his course wire twenty and four thousand. 11 The eighth cap'laln, for the eighth month, was Sib'be-cai the Hu'shath-ite, of the Zar'h'ites : and in his course tcire twenty and four thousand. 12 The ninth cap'lahi, for the ninth month, was A-bi-e'zer the An'e-toth-ite, of the Ben'ja-mites : and in his course wire twenty and four thousand. 13 The tenth cap' lain, for the tenth month, wa«Ma-har'a-T the Ne-toph'a-thite, of the Zar'hites : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 14 The eleventh cap'fahi, for the elev- enth month, was Ben-ai'ah the Pir'a-tlion- ite,' of the children of E'phra-im : and in his course tvere twenty and four thousand 15 The twelfth cap'ta/in, for the twelfth month, was Hel'da-i the Ne-toph'a-thite, of Oth'ni-el : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 16 Furthermore, over the tribes of iij'- ra-el ; the ruler of the Reft'ben-ites was E-li-e'zer the son of Zirh'ri : of the Sim'- e-6n-ites, Sheph-a-ti'ah the son of Ma'a chah : 17 Of the Le'vites, Hash-a-bi'ah the son of Kem'u-el : of the ^3a'ron-Ttes, Za'- dok: 18 Of .Tu'dah, E-li'hu, one of the breth- ren of Da'vid : of is'sa-char, om'ri the son of Mi'cha-el. 19 Of Zeb'u-lon, Ish-ma-i'ah the son of ob-a-di'ah : of Naph'ta-li, Jer'i-moth the son of Az'ri-el : 20 Of the children of E'phra-im, 116- she'a the son of Az-a-zi'ah : of the half tribe of Ma-nas'seh, Jo'el the son of Ped- ai'ah i^ 21 Of the half trihe of Ma-nas'seh in Gil'e-ad, Id'do the son of Zech-a-ri'ah : of Ben'ja-min, Ja-a'|i-el the son of Ab'- ner : 22 Of Dan, A-za're-el the son of Jer'o- ham. These wire the princes of the tribes of If'ra-el. 23 But Da'vid took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would in- crease If'ra-el like to the stars of the heavens. 24 Jo'ab the son of Zer-ii-i'ah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against' if'ra-el ; neither was the number put in the account of the Chron'i-cles of king Da'vid. 25 And over the king's treaf'ures wat Az'ma-veth the son of A'di-el : and over the store-houses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Je-hon'a-than the son of tJz-zi'ah : 26 And over them that did the work cf 2 Pcd-a'yah. 3b6 Da'vWs several officers. I. CHRON'ICLES. the field, for tillage of the ground, was fiz'ri the son of Che'lub : 27 And over the vTne'yards' rca* Shlm'- e-1 the Ra'math-ite : over the increase of the vine'yards for the wine-cellars was Zab'dl the Shiph'mite: 28 And over the olive-trees, and the sycamore-trees that were in the low plains, was Ba'al-Han'an the Ged'e-rite : and over the cellars of oil was Jo'ash : 29 And over the herds that fed in Sha'- ron was Shit'ra-i the Sha'ron-ite : and over the herds that were in the valleys was Sha'phat the son of Ad'la-i : 30 Over the camels also was o'bil the Ish'ma-el-ite : and over the asses was Jeh- dei'ah^ the Me-ron'o-thTte : 31 And over the flocks was Ja'ziz the Ha'gar-lte. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king Da'vTd's. 32 Also Jon'a-than, Da'vid's uncle, was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe : and Je-hi'el the son of Hach'mo-ni was with the king's sons. 33 And A-hith'o-phel xoas the king's counsellor : and Hii'shai the Arch'ite was the king's companion : 34 And after A-hith'o-phel was Je-hoi'- a-da the son of Ben-ai'ah, and A-bi'a-thar: and the general of the king's army was Jo'ab. CHAP. XXVIII. AND Da'vid assembled all the princes of If'ra-el, the princes of the tribes, and the cap'tains of the com'panies that ministered to the king by course, and the cap'tains over the thousands, and cap'tains over the hundreds, and the stew- ards over all the substance and poffes'sion of the king, and of his sons, with the offi- cers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Je-rfi'sa-lem. 2 Then Da'vid the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people : As for me, I had in mine heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building : 3 But God said unto me. Thou shalt not build a house for my name ; because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit the Lord God of If'ra-el chose me before all the house of my father to be king over If'ra-el for ever : for he hath chosen Jii'dah to be the ruler ; and of the house of Jii'dah, the house of my father ; and among the sons of my father he liked me, to make me king over all Ij'ra-el : 5 And of all my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons) he hath chosen Sol'o-mon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Ij'ra-el. 6 And he said unto isae, SoVo-mon thy His charge to Sol'o-mSn. son, he shall build my house and my courts : for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 Moreover, I will estab'lish his king- dom for ever, if he be constant to do my command'ments and my judgments, as at this day. 8 Now there'fore, in the sight of all If'- ra-el, the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the command'ments of the Lord your God, that ye may poffess' this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 9 And thou, Sol'o-mon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou seek him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 10 Take heed now ; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanc- tuary : be strong, and do it. 11 7 Then Da'vid gave to Sol'o-mon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treaf'uries thereof, and of the upper chambers there- of, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the SpTr'it, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about', of the treaf'uries of the house of God, and of the treaf'uries of the dedicated things : 13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Le'vites, and for all the work of the ser'vice of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of ser'vice in the hou3*> of the LoRn, 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of ser'vice ; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of ser'vice : 15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candle- stick, and also for the lamps thereof, ac- cording to the use of every candlestick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of show-bread, for every table ; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17 Also pure gold for the flesh-hooks, and the bowls, and the cups : and for the olden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin ; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver : 18 And for the altar of incense refilled gold by weight ; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, tliiat ^ Jc-dl'yak, Da'vid''t gifts for the temple. I. CHRON'ICLES. Da'vid^s thanksgiving, prayer^ Sfc. spread out their wings, and c6vered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 19 All this, said Da'tnd, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 20 And Da'vid said to Sol'o-mon his son, Be strong, and of good courage, and do it : fear not, nor be dlf-may'ed ; for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the ser'vice of the house of the Lord. 21 A nd, behold, the courses of the priests and the Le'vites, even they shall be xoith thee for all the ser'vice of the house of God : and there shall be with thee, for all manner of workmanship, every willing skilful man, for any manner of ser'vice ; also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy command'ment. CHAP. XXIX. FURTHERMORE, Da'vid the king said unto all the congregation, Sol'o- mon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great : for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the sil- ver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood ; O'nyx- stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of di'verf colours, and all man- ner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. 3 Moreover, because I have set my af- fection to the house of my God, I have, of mine own proper good, of gold and sil- ver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, 4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of O'phir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal : 5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver lor things of silver, and for all man- ner of work to be made by the hands of ar tificers. And who then is willing to con secrate his ser'vice this day unto the Lord? 6 t Then the chief of the fathers, and princes of the tribes of Ij'ra-el, and the cap'tains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king^s work, offer- ed willingly, 7 And gave, for the ser'vice of the house of God, of gold, five thousand talents and ten thousand drams ; and of silver, ten thousand talents ; and of brass, eighteen thousand talents ; and one hundred thou- sand talents of iron. 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them, to the treaj'ure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Je- hi'el the Ger'shon-ite. 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with per- fect heart they offered willingly to the Lord : and Da'vid the king also rejoiced with great joy. 10 Wherefore Da'vid blessed the Lord before all the congregation : and Da'vid said, Bles'sed be thou. Lord God of Ij'ra-el our Fa'ther, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and {he glory, and the vic'tory, and the maj'esty :i for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and /lonour come of thee, and thou reignest over all ; and in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now there'fore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 14 But who am I, and whati* my peo- ple, that we should be able to offer so will- ingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15 For we are strangers before thee, and so'journers, as wire all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abi'ding. 16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared, to build thee a house for thine holy name, cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleaf'ure in up- rightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things : and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18 O Lord God of I'bra-ham, T'jaac, and of if 'ra-el, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee : 19 And give unto Sol'o-mon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy command'ments, thy tes'timonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace for the which I have made provision. 20 \ And Da'vid said to all the congre- gation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation bless'ed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and wor'shipped the Lord and the king. 21 And they sac'rift^ed sac'riffces unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, ^ 367 The offering of Sol'o-mbn. II. CHRON'ICLES and a thousand lambs, with their di ink-of- ferings, and sac'rifi9es in abundance for all Ij'ra-el : 22 And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness : and they made S6ro-m5n, the son of Da'- vid, king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief gover- nor, and Za'dok to be priest. 23 Then Sol'o-mon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of Da'vid his father, and prospered ; and all Ij'ra-el obeyed him. 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king Ua'- vid, submitted themselves unto Sol'o-mon the king. 25 And the Lord magnified Sol'o-mon exceedingly in the sight of all If 'ra-el, and bestowed upon him such royal maj'esty, as His choice of wisdom. had not been on any king before him ia If'ra-el. 26 IT Thus Da'vid the son of Jes'se reign- ed over all i§'ra-el. 27 And the time that he reigned over If'ra-el was forty years ; seven years reign- ed he in He'bron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Je-rfi'sa-lem. 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and /lon'our : and Sol'o- mon his son reigned in his stead. 29 Now the acts of Da'vid the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Sam'u-el the seer, and in the book of Na'than the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over If'ra-el, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. 1[ The SECOND Book of the CHRONICLES. CHAPTER L AND Sol'o-mon the son of Da'vid was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magni- fied him exceedingly. 2 Then Sol'o-mon spake unto all If'ra- el, to the cap'tains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all If'ra-el, the chief of the fathers. 3 So Sol'o-mfln, and all the congrega- tion with him, went to the high place that was at Gib'e-on ; for there was the taber- nacle of the congregation of God, which Mo'fes, the servant of the Lord, had made in the wilderness. 4 But the ark of God had Da'vTd brought up from Kir'jath-Je'a-rim ^ to the place which Da'vTd had prepared for it : for he had pitched a tent for it at Je-rfl'sa- lem. 5 Moreover, the brazen altar that Be- zal'e-el, the son of U'ri, the son of Hiir, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord ; and Sol'o-mon and the congre- gation sought unto it. 6 And Sol'o-mon went up thither to the brazen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt-oS"erings upon it. 7 In that night did God appear unto Sol'o-mon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Sol'o-mon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto Da'vid my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise xinto Da'vid my father be estab'llshed : for * Kir'jaih-Jta-nm. thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowl- edge, that I may go out and come in be- fore this people : for who can judge this thy people that is so great? 11 And God said to Sol'o-mon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or /lon'our, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast ask- ed long life ; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayst judge my people, over whom I have made thee king : 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee ; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and /lon'our, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 T Then Sol'o-mon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gib'- e-on to Je-rA'sa-lem, from before the taber- nacle of the congregation, and reigned over If'ra-el. 14 And Sol'o-mon gathered chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Je-r&'sa-lem. 15 And the king made silver and gold at Je-rfi'sa-lem as plen'teous as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the vale for abundance. 16 And Sol'o-mon had horses brought out of E'|ypt, and linen yarn ; the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 368 Sdl'o-mon's message to Hu'ram. II. CHRON'ICLES 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of E'gypt, a chariot for six hun- dred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hun- dred and fifty : and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hit'tTtes, and for the kings of Syr'i-a, by their means. CHAP. II. AND Sol'o-mon detei^'mined to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. 2 And Sol'o-mon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the moun'- tain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 And Sol'o-mon sent to Hii'ram the king of Tyre, saying. As thou didst deal with Da'vid my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell there- in, eren so deal with me. 4 Behold, I build a house to the name of the LoRn my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual show-bread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to 15'ra-el. 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him ? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn sac'rifl^e before him? 7 Send me now, there'fore, a man cun- ning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Ju'dah and in Je-rii'sa-lem, whom Da'vid my father did provide. 8 Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees,' and algum-trees, out of Leb'a-non ; (for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Leb'a-non ;) and, behold, my ser- vants shall be with thy servants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abun- dance : for the house which I am about' to build shall be won'derful great. 10 And, behold, I will give to thy ser- vants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand meaj'ures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand meaj'ures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twen- ty thousand baths of oil. 11 Then Ilu'ram the king of Tyre an- swered in writing, which he sent to Sol'o- mdn. Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Ilu'ram said moreover, Bles'sed be the Lord God of If'ra-el, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to Da'- vid the king a wise son, endued with pru- deoce and understanding, that might build Hii'ram'' s friendly answer. a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Hii'- ram my father's, 14 The son of a woman of the daugh- ters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in sil- ver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in tim- ber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson ; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cun- ning men, and with the cunning men of my lord Da'vid thy father. 15 Now thert'fore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants : 16 And we will cut wood out of Leb'a non, as much as thou shalt need ; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Jop'- pa, and thou shalt carry it up to Je-rft'- sa-lem. 17 IT And Sol'o-mon numbered all the strangers that ivcre in the land of l|'ra-el, after the numbering wherewith Da'vid his father had numbered them ; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand and six hundred. 18 And he set threescore and ten thou- sand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the moun'tain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a- work. CHAP. III. THEN Sol'o-mon began to build the house of the Lord at Je-ril'sa-lem in mount Mo-ri'ah, where the LORD ap- peared unto Da'vid his father, in the place that Da'vid had prepared in the thresh- ing-floor of Or'nan the Jeb'u-site. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 TT Now these are the things wherein Sol'o-mon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits, after the first meaf'ure, was three- score cubits, and the breadth twenty cu- bits. 4 And the porch that was in the front of the house.) the length of it was accord- ing to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty : and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir-tree, which he overlaid with fine gold,, and set thereon palm-trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house with pre- cious stones for beauty : and the gold teat gold of Par-va'im. 7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, 24 ' f^-treez. 369 The measure of the temple. the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold ; and graved cher- ubims on the walls. 8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits : and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the up- per chambers with gold. 10 And in the most holy place he made two cherubims of image work, and over- laid them with gold. 11 And the wings of the cherubims wire twenty cubits long : one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house ; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house ; and the other wing was five cubits aiso, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits : and they stood on their feet, and their faces icire in'ward. 14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them xcas five cubits. 16 And he made chains, as in the ora- cle, and put them on the heads of the pil- lars ; and made a hundred pomegran'ates, and put them on the chains. 17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left ; and called the name of that on the right hand Ja'chin, and the name of that on the left Bo'az. CHAP, IV, MOREOVER, he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof 2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cu- bits from brim to brim, round in com'pass, and five cubits the height thereof ; and a line of thirty cubits did com'pass it round about'. 3 And under it wBithp similitude of oxen, which did com'pass it round about' ; ten in a cubit, com'passing the sea round about'. Two rows of oxen wire cast when it was cast. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking to'ward the north, and three look- ing io'^wsxA the west, and three looking to'- w>ard the south, and three looking td'i/jard the east ; and the sea was set above upon II. CHRON'ICLES. The courts of the temple. them, and all their hinder parts were In'- ward. 5 And the thickness of it was a haud- breadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lil- ies ; and it received and held three thou- sand baths. 6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them : such things as the}' offered for the burnt-offering they washed in them ; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set Ihtm in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 He made also ten tables, ami placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left : and he made a hun- dred basins of gold. 9 Furthermore, he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against' the south. 11 And Hu'ram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Hu'ram fin- ished the work that he was to make for king Sol'o-mon for the house of God ; 12 To toili the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which wire on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars : 13 And four hundred pomegran'ates on the two wreaths ; two rows of pomegran'- ates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which wire upon the pillars. 14 He made also bases ; and lavers made he upon the bases ; 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it : 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all their instruments, did Hii'ram his father make to king Sol'o- mon, for the house of the Lord, of bright brass. 17 In the plain of Jor'dan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Suc'coth and Ze-red'a-thah. 18 Thus Sol'o-mon made all these ves- sels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass could not be found out. 19 And Sol'o-mon made all the vessels that wire for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the show-bread was set ; 20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner, before the oracle, of pure gold ; 21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, marfe he of gold, and that per feet gold ; 22 And the snuffers, and the basins. 370 TTie iniuclion of the ark. II. and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold : and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place., and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. CHAP. V. THl'S ar. the work that Sol'o-mon made for the house of the Lord was finished : ami Sol'o-mon brought in all the thinsrs that Da'vTd his father had dedi- cated ; and the silver, and the g'old, and all il^e instruments, put he among the treaf'ures of the house of God. 2 Then Sol'o-mon assembled the elders of If'ra-el, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Ij'ra-el, unto Je-nVsa-lem, to bring; up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of Da'vid, which is Zi'on. 3 Wherefore all the men of Ij'ra-el as- sembled themselves unto the kin^, in the feast which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of If'ra-el came ; and the Le'vites took up the ?rk. 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tab- ernacle, these did the priests and the Le'- vites bring up. 6 Also king- Sol'o-mon, and all the con- gregation of If'ra-el that were assem- bled unto him before the ark, sac'rifT9ed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the piiests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place^ even under the wings of the cherubims : 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark., that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle ; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Mo'fes put therein at Ho'reb, when the Lord made a c6ve- nanl with the children of If'ra-el, when they came out of E'eypt. 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place ; (for all the priests thai were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course ; 12 Also the Le'vites, ichich were the singers, all of them of A'saph, of He'man, of Jed'u-thun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psal't^ries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets ;) CHRON'ICLES. SoVo-mofCs blessings. 13 It came even to pass, as the trtjm- peters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lift- ed up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying^ For he is good ; for his mercy endurelh for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord ; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud ; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. CHAP. VI. THEN said Sol'o-mon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and bless'ed the whole congregation of If'ra-el : (and all the congregation of Tf'ra-el stood :^ 4 And he said, Bles'sed be the Lord God of If'ra-el, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father Da'vTd, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of E'gypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of If'ra-el to build a house in, that my name might be there ; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people if'ra-el : 6 But I have chosen Je-rii'sa-lem, that my name might be there ; and have chosen Da'vid to be over my people If'ra-el. 7 Now it was in the heart of Da'vid my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of if'ra-el. 8 But the Lord said to Da'vid my fa- ther. Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart : 9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 1 0 The Lord there'fore hath perform'ed his word that he hath spoken ; for I am risen up in the room of Da'vid my father, and am set on the throne of If'ra-el, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of If'ra-el : 1 1 And in it have I put the ark, where- in is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of If'ra-el. 12 IT And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in the presence of all the con- gregation of If'ra-el, and spread forth his hands, 13 (For Sol'o-mon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubrts broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court ; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his 371 Hoi' 0'mdn''s prayer at the II. knees before all the congregation of Ij'ra- el, and spread forth his hands to'tcards heaven,) 14 And said, O Lord God of ij'ra-el, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth ; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto thy servan'w that walk before thee with all their hearts : 15 Thou which hast kept with thy ser- vant Da'vid my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now there'fore, O Lord God of l§'- ra-el, keep with thy servant Da'vid my fa- ther that which thou hast promised him, iaying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of if'ra-el ; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walk- ed before me. 17 Now then, O Lord God of if'ra-el, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant Da'vid. 18 (But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built !) 19 Have respect, there'fore, to the pray- er of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee : 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldst put thy name there ; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth to'i^'ards this place. 21 Hearken, there'fore, unto the sup- plications of thy servant and of thy people If'ra-el, which they shall make t5'wards this place : hear thou from thy dwelling- place, even from heaven ; and when thou hearest, forgive. 22 If a man sin against' his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine al- tar in this house ; 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head ; and by justifying the Wghteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. 24 And if thy people if'ra-el be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against' thee, and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house ; 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people If'ra-el, and bring them again' unto the land ^Vhich thou gavest to them and to their fathers. CHRON'ICLES. comecration of the temple. 26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against' thee ; yet if they pray to'wards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them ; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people If'ra-el, when thou hast taught (hem the good way wherein they should walk ; and send rain upon the land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an in- heritance. 28 If there he dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blas'ting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars ; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land ; whatsoever sore oi whatsoever sick- ness there be ; 29 Then what prayer or what supplica- tion soever shall be made of any man, or of all thj people If'ra-el, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house ; 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the chil- dren of men ;) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 32 Moreover, concer'ning the stranger, which is not of thy people If'ra-el, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched-out arm ; if they come and pray in this bouse ; 33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do ac- cording to all that the stranger calleth to thee for ; that all people of fhe earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Is'ra-el ; and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy people go out to war against' their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee to' ?fard this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name ; 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain ' their cause. 36 If they sin against' thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near ; 3'7 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land * nUn-tane'. 372 Sbro-mon's solemn sac'rifJce. II. CHRON'ICLES. of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss', and have dealt wickedly ; 38 If they return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have car- ried them captives, and pray to'tt-ard their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and id'ward the city which thou hast chosen, and to'ward the house which I have built for thy name ; 39 Then hear thou from the heavens. God appeareth to S8l'o-m5n. the burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat. 8 Also, at the same time, Sol'o-mon kept the feast seven days, and all ij'ra-el. with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Ha'math unto the river of E'gypt. 9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly : for they kept the dedi- cation of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day rve.n from thy dwelling-place, their prayer 'of the seventh month he sent the people and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against' thee. 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine cars be at tent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now therefore arife, O Lord God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed : remember the mer'- cles of Da'vTd thy servant. CHAP. VII. l^l'OW when Sol'o-mon had made an end _L^ of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering a.nd the sfic'rlfige^; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. 3 And when all the children of ij'ra-el saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and wor'shlp- ped, and praised the Lord, sayings For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Then the king and all the people of- fered sac'rifi^es before the Lord. 5 And king Sol'o-mon offered a sac'ri- fi^e of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests waited on their of- fices ; the Le'vites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which Da'vid the king had made to praise the Lord, be- cause his mercy endureth for ever, when Da'vid praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all if'ra-el stood. 7 Moreover, Sol'o-mon hallowed the mid- dle of the court that was before the house of the Lord : for there he offered burnt- offerings, and the fat of the peace-offer- ings, because the brazen altar which Sol'- o-mon had made was not able to receive li away into their tents, glad and merry in heart, for the goodness that the Lord had showed unto Da'vid, and to Sol'o-mon, and to l§'ra-el his people. 11 Thus Sol'o-mon finished the house of the IjORD, and the king's house : and all that came into Sol'o-mon's heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12 And the Lord appeared to Sol'o- mon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sac'rifi^e. 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command' the locusts to de- vour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people ; 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall /tumble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways ; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears altent unto the prayer that is made in this place : 16 For now have I chosen and sancti- fied this house, that my name may be there for ever : and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpet'ually. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as Da'vid thy father walked, and do according to all that I have com- man'ded thee, and shalt objerve' my stat- utes and my judgments ; 18 Then will 1 stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have cov enanted with Da'vTd thy father, saying There shall not fail thee a man to be rule' in If'ra-el. 19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my command'ments, which I have set before you, and shall go and s6rve other gods and wor'ship them ; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them : and this house, which I have sane tified for my name, will 1 cast out of my sight, and will make it lo be a proverb and a by-word among all nations. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it ; so that he shall say, Why 373 Sdl'o-7nbn''s building*. II. CHRONICLES. Tfie queen of Shcba^Sfc. bath the Lokd done thus unto this Iind, and unto this house ? 22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fa- thers, which brought them forth out of the land of E'gypt, and laid hold on other gods, and wor'shTpped them, and served them : there'f5re hath he brought all this evil upon them. CHAP. VIII. AND it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Sol'o-monhad built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 2 That the cities which Hu'ram had restored to Sol'o-mon, Sol'o-mon built them, and caused the children of ij'ra-el to dwell there. 3 And Sol'o-mon went to Ha'math-Zo'- bah, and prevailed against' it. 4 And he built Tad'mor in the wilder- ness, and all the store-cities which he built in Ha'math. 5 Also he built Beth-ho'ron the upper, and Beth-ho'ron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars ; 6 And Ba'a-lath, and all the store-cities that Sol'o-mon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Sol'o-mon desired to build in Je- rfi'sa-lem, and in Leb'a-non, and through- out all the land of his dominion. 7 ^s for all the people that were left of the Hit'tites, and the Am'o-rites, and the Per'iz-zites, and the Hi'vites, and the Jeb'u-sites, which were not of i|'ra-el, 8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of If'ra-el consumed not, them did Sol'o- mon make to pay tribute until this day. 9 But of the children of Ij'ra-el did Sol'o-mon make no servants for his work ; but they were men of war, and chief of his cap'tains, and cap'tains of his chariots and horsemen. 10 And these were the chief of king Sol'o-mon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 11 And Sol'o-mon brought up the daugh ter of Pha'raoh out of the city of Da'vid unto the house that he had built for her for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of Da'vid king of l^'ra-el, be- cause the places are holy whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come. 12 t Then Sol'o-mon offered burnt-offer- ings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a cer'tain rate every day, offering according to the command'ment of Mo'fes, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of Da'vid his father, the courses of the priests to their ser'vice, and the Le'- vites to their charges, to praise and min- ister before the priests, as the duty of every day required ; the porters also by their courses at every gate : for so had Da'vid the man of God comman'ded. 15 And they departed not from the command'ment of the king unto the priests and Le'vites, concer'ning any matter, or concer'ning the treaf'ures. 16 Now all the work of Sol'o-mon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished : so the house of the Lord was perfected. 17 IT Then went Sol'o-mon to E'zi-on- Ge'ber, and to E'loth, at the sea side in the land of E'dom. 18 And Hii'ram sent him, by the hands of his servants, ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea ; and they went with the servants of Sol'o-rnon to O'phir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Sol'o-mon. CHAP. IX. AND when the queen of She'ba heard of the fame of Sol'o-mon, she came to prove Sol'o-mon with hard questions at Je-rOl'sa-lem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones : and when she was come to Sol'o-mon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Sol'o-mon told her all her ques- tions : and there was nothing hid from Sol'o-mon which he told her not. 3 And when the queen of She'ba had seen the wisdom of Sol'o-mon, and the house that he had built, 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel ; his cup-bearers also, and their apparel ; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 5 And she said to the king, // was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom ; 6 Howbeit, I believed not their words until I came, and mine eyes had seen (7 ; and, behold, the one half of the gnatness of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continu- ally before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Bles'sed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God : becaust thy God loved I§'ra-el, to estab'lTsh them for ever, there'fore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. 374 Sol'o-mon's magnificence, II. 9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones : neither was there any such spice as the queen of She'ba gave king Sol'o-mon. 10 And the servants also of Hu'ram, and the servants of S6ro-m6n, which brought gold from O'phir, brought algum- trees and precious stones. 11 And the king made of the algum- trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psal't^ries for singers : and there were nene such seen before in the land of Ju'- dah. 12 And king Sol'o-mon gave to the queen of She'ba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides tha( which she had brought unto the king : so she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. 13 Now the weight of gold that came to Sol'o-mon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold ; 14 Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of A-ra'bi-a and governors of the country brought gold and silver to SoVo-mfin. 15 And king Sol'o-mon made two hun- dred targets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one tar- get. 16 And three hundred shields rnade he of beaten gold ; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Leb'a- non. 17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting-place, and two lions standing by the stays : 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 And all the drinking-vessels of king Sol'o-mon were of gold, and all the ves- sels of the house of the forest of Leb'a- non were of pure gold ; none were of sil- ver ; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Sol'o-mon. 21 For the king's ships went to Tar'- shish with the servants of Hu'ram : every three years once came the ships of Tar'- shish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22 And king Sol'o-mon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Sol'o-mon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his CHRON'ICLES. reign, and death. present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 And Sol'o-mon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Je-ru'sa-lem. 26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Phi-lis'tlnes, and to the border of E'^ypt. 27 And the king made silver in .le-rft sa-lem as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the low plains in abundance. 28 And they brought unto Sol'o-mon horses out of E'^ypt, and out of all lands. 29 Now the rest of the acts of Sol'o- mon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Na'than the prophet, and in the prophecy of A-hi'jah the Shi-lo'nlte, and in the visions of Id'do the seer against' Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'bat ? 30 And Sol'o-mon reigned in Je-rft'sa- lem over all if'ra-el forty years. 31 And Sol'o-mon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of Da'vid his father : and Re-ho-bo am his son reign- ed in his stead. CHAP. X. AND Re-ho-bo'am went to She'chem : for to She'chem were all l|'ra-el come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jer-o-bo'- am the son of Ne'bat, (who was in E'|;ypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Sol'o-mon the king,) heard it, that Jer-o- bo'am returned out of E'^yP^- 3 And they sent and called him. So Jer-o-bo'am and all Ij'ra-el came, and spake to Re-ho-bo'am, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke griev'oiis ; now, there'fore, ease thou somewhat the griev'oiis servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them. Come again unto me after three days. And the peo- ple departed. 6 And king Re-ho-bo'am took counsel with the old men that had stood before Sol'- o-mon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me, to return an- swer to this people ? 7 And they spake unto him, saying. If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he said unto them, "What advice give ye, that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, 375 I/ra-el revolteth. II. CHRON'ICLES. Re-ho-bo'am's wivet. Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us ? 10 And theyoung^men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us ; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little Jinger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jer-o-bo'am and all the people came to Re-ho-b5'ani on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again' to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them rough- ly : and kjng Re-ho-bo'am forsook the counsel of the old men, 14 And answered them after the ad- vice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto : my father chastised you with ■whips, but I will chastise you with scor- pions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people ; for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform' his word, which he spake by the hand of A-hi'jah the ShT- lo'nite to Jer-o-bo'am the son of Ne'b3.t. 16 And when all I§'ra-el saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in Da'vid ? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jes'se : every man to your tents, O Ij'ra-el : and now, Da'vid, see to thine own house. So all I§'ra-el went to their tents. 17 But as for the children of i§'ra-el that dwelt in the cities of Ju'dah, Re-ho- bd'am reigned over them. 18 Then king Re-ho-bo'am sent Ha-do'- ram, that ivas over the tribute ; and the children of If'ra-el stoned him with stones that he died : but king Re-ho-bo'am made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Je-rfi'sa-lem. 19 And I§'ra-el rebelled against' the house of Da'vid unto this day. CHAP. XI. AND when Re-ho-bo'am was come to Je-^l^'sa-lem, he gathered of the house of Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen meji, which were warriors, to fight against' If'ra-el, that he might bring the kingdom again' to Re-ho-bo'am. 2 But the word of the Lord came to Shem-a-i'ah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Re-ho-bo'am the son of Sol'o-mon, kijig of Ju'dah, and to all If'- ra-el in Ju'dah and Ben'ja-mTn, saying, 4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go | make him king 1 Ad'ja-lon up nor fight against' your brethren : return every man to his house ; for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from ffoins agamst Jer-o-boam. 5 And Re-ho-b5'am dwelt in Je-rCi'sa- lem, and built cities for defence in Ju'dah. 6 He built even Beth'le-hem, and E'- tam, and Te-ko'a, 7 And Beth'ziJr, and Sho'co, and A-dai'- 1am, 8 And Gath, and 3Ma-re'shah, and Ziph, 9 And Ad-o-ra'im, and La'chish, and A-ze'kah, 10 And Zo'rah, and Ai'ja-lon,^ and He- bron, which are in Ju'dah and in Ben'ja- mln, fenced cities. 11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put cap'tains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them ex- ceeding strong, having Jii'dah and Ben'- ja-mTn on his side. 13 And the priests and the Le'vites that were in all if'ra-el resorted to him out of all their coasts 14 (For the Le vites left their suburbs, and their poffes'sion, and came to Jii'dah and Je-rft'sa-lem : for Jer-o-bo'am and his sons had cast them off from executing the priesfs office unto the Lord : 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.) 16 And after them, out of all the tribes of If'ra-el, such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of If'ra-el, came to Je-ru'- sa-lem to sac'rif ige unto the Lord God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Jii'dah, and made Re-ho-bo'am the son of Sol'o-mon strong, three years : for three years they walked in the way of Da'vid and Sol'o-mon. 18 And Re-ho-bo'am took him Ma'ha- lath the daughter of Jer'i-moth the son of Da'vid to wife, and Ib-i-ha'il the daugh- ter of E-li'ab the son of Jes'se ; 19 Which bare him children ; Je'ush, and Sham-a-ri'ah, and Za'ham. 20 And after her he took Mii'a-chah the daughter of Ab'sa-lom, which bare him A-bi'jah, and It'tai, and Zi'za, and Shel'o-mith. 21 And Re-ho-bo'am loved Ma'a-chah the daughter of Ab'sa-lom above all his wives and his concubines : (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concu- bines ; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 22 And Re-ho-bo'am made A-bi'jah the son of Ma'a-chah the chief, to be ruler i amon? his brethren : for he thought to 376 Shi'shakspoihth Jc-rii'ia-lim. II. CHRON'ICLES. A-bi'jdfi succeeds Ri-ho-bd'am. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dlspers'ed of all his children throughout all the countries of Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min, unto every fenced city ; and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. CHAP. XII. AND it came to pass, when Re-ho-bo'am had established the king^dom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all If'ra-el with him. 2 And it came to pass, that^ in the fifth yearof king Re-iio-bo am,Shi'shak king of E'^ypt came upagainst'^ Je-ru'sa-lem, be- cause they had transgressed against' the Lord, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen : and the people rrcre without numbctr that came with him out of E'eypt ; the Lu'bims, the Suk'ki-ims, and the E-thi-o'pi-ans. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pcrlaintd to Ju'dah, and came to Je-ru'- sa-lem. 5 Then came Shem-a-T'ah the prophet to Re-ho-bo'am, and lo the princes of .lu'- dah that were gathered together to Je-ru'- sa-lem because of Shl'shak, and said unto them. Thus saith the Lord, Ye have for- saken me, and therc'fore have I also left you in the hand of Shl'shak. 6 Whereupon the princes of If'ra-el and the king /lumbled themselves ; and they said. The Lord is righteous. 7 And when the Lord saw that they /tumbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shem-a-i'ah, saying, They have /tumbled themselves, ihcrt'fbre I will not destroy' them, but I will grant them some deliverance ; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Je-r 15 And thou slialt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bow- els fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. 16 IT Moreover, the Lord stirred up against' Je-ho'ram the spirit of the Phi- lis'tines, and of the A-ra'bi-ans, that were near the E-thi-o'pi-ans. 17 And they came up into Ju'dah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives ; so that there was never a son left him, save Je-ho'a-haz, the youngest of his sons. 18 T And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable dis- ease. 19 And it came to pass, that, in proc'ess of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness ; so he died of sore diseases : and his peo pie made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Je-rCi'sa-lem eight years, and departed without being desired ; howbeit they bu- ried him in the city of Da'vid, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. CHAP. A-ha-si'ah slair XXII. made A-ha-zi'ah his youngest son king n his stead : for the band of men that came with the A-ra'bi-ans to the camp had slain all the eldest. So A-ha-zI'ah, the son of Je-ho'ram king of Ju'dah, reigned. 2 I'orty and two years old was A-ha- zi'ah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Je-rft'sa-lem. His mother's name also U'as Ath-a-ll'ah the daughter of Om'rT. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of A'hab : for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of A'hab ; for they were his counsellors, after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Je-ho'ram, the son of A'- hab, king of If 'ra-el, to war against' Haz'- a-el king of Syr'i-a at Ra'moth-Gil'e-ad : and the Syr'i-ans smote Jo'ram. 6 And he returned to be healed in Jez'- re-el, because of the wounds which were given him at Ra'mJih, when he fought with Haz'a-el king of Syr'i-a. And Az-a- rl'ah, the son of Je-ho'ram king of Ju'- dah, went down to see Je-h5'ram, the son of A'hab, at Jez're-el, because he was sick. 7 And the destruction of A-ha-zi'ah was of God, by coming to Jo'ram ; for when he was come, he went out with Je-ho'ram ap:ainst' Je'hu, the son of Nim'shT, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of A'hab. 8 And it came to pass, that when Je'hii was executing judgment upon the house of A'hab, and found the princes of Jii'dah, and the sons of the brethren of A-ha-zT'ah, that ministered to A-ha-zi'ah, he slew them. 9 And he sought A-ha-zT'ah : and they caught him, (for he was hid in Sa-ma'ri-a,) and brought him to Je'hu : and when they had slain him, they buried him : Because, said they, he is the son of Je-hosh'a-phat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of A-ha-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 ar5f e, and destroy'ed all the seed-royal of the house of Ju'dah. 11 But Je-ho-shab'e-ath, the daughter of the king, took J5'ash the son of A-ha- zT'ah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bed-chamber. So Je-ho-shab'- e-ath, the daughter of king Je-h5'ram, the wife of Je-hoi'a-da the priest, (for she was the sister of A-ha-zi'ah,) hid him from Ath-a-li'ah, so that she slew him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the 384 Je-h6i'a-da maketh Jo'ash ki7ig. II. CHRON^ICLES. house of God six years: ami Sth-a-lT'ah reigned ov^r the land. CHAP. XXIII. AND in the seventh year Je-hoi'a-da strengthened himself, and took the cap'taTns of hundreds, Az-a-rT'ah the son of Jer'o-ham, and Ish'ma-el the son of Je-ho'a-nan, and Az-a-ri'ah the son of 6'bed, and Ma-a-sei'ah' the son of Ad-a- I'ah, and £-lish'a-phat the son of ZTch'rT, into c6venant with him. 2 And they went about' in Jij'dah, and gathered the Le'vites out of all the cities of Ju'd.ih, and the chief of the fathers of If'ra-el, and they came to Je-riVsa-lem. 3 And all the congregation made a cov- enant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hatVi said of the sons of Da'vld. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do ; A third part of you entering on the sab- bath, of the priests and of the Le'vites, shall be porters of the doors ; 5 And a third part shall be at the king's house ; and a third part at the gate of the foundation : and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord. 6 But let none come into the house of the Lord, 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 c6m'pass the king round about', every man with his weapons in hi<( hand ; and whosoever else Cometh into the house, he shall be put to death ; but be you 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 Je-hoi'a-da the priest had comman'ded, 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 Je-hoi'a-da the priest difmiss'ed not the courses. 9 Moreover, Je-hoi'a-da the priest de livered to the cap'taTns of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king Da'vld's, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people, (every man having his weapon in his hand,) from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along' by the altar and the temple, by the king round about'. 11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the tes'timony, and made him king: and Je-hoi'a-da and his sons anoint- ed him, and said, God save the king. 12 Now when Ath-a-11'ah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord. Jd'ash''* seal, 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king : and all the people of the land re- joiced, and sounded with trumpets ; also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Ath-a-H'ah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason ! 14 Then Je-hoi'a-da the priest brought out the cap'taTns of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges : and whoso foUoweth her, let him be slain with the sK'ord. 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 f And Je-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'tiin the priest of Ba'al be- fore the altars. 18 Also Je-hoi'a-da appointed the offi- cers of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Le'vites, whom Da'vld had distributed in the house of the LoRk., to offer the burnt-offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of M5'fes, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was or- dained by Da'vTd. 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that n6ne which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20 And he took the cap'taTns of hun- dreds, 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 re- joiced : and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Xth-a-ll'ah with the sword. CHAP. XXIV. JO'ASH tvas seven years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned forty years in Je-rft'sa-lem. His mother's name also was Zi-bl'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 Je-hoi'a-da the priest. 3 And Je-hoi'a-da took for him two wives ; and he begat sons and daugh- ters. 4 And it came to pass after this, that Jo'ash was minded to repair the house of the Lord. Kk 25 * Ma-a-se'yah. 385 Je-hdi'a-det't death. II. CHRON'ICLES. Jb'ash tlatn. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Le'vites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Ju'dah, and gather of all l§'ra-el m6nej' to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Le'- vites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Je-hoi'a-da the chief, and said unto him. Why hast thou not required of the Le'vites to bring in, out of Jii'dah and out of Je-rft'sa-lem, the collection, according to the command'- ment of Mo'jes the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of ij'ra-el, for the tabernacle of witness ? 7 For the sons of Ath-a-li'ah, that wick- ed 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 command'ment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And they made a proclamation through Jii'dah and Je-rft'sa-lem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Mo'jes the ser- vant of God laid upon If'ra-el in the wil- derness. 10 And all the princes and all the peo- ple rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 11 Now it cafllfe to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king''s office by the hand of the Le'vites, and when they saw that there was much mon- ey, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again''. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Je-hoi'a-da gave it to such as did the work of the ser'vice of the house of the Lord, and hired ma- sons 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 if, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Je-hoi'a-da, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer 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 Je-hoi'a-da. 15 But Je-hoi'a-da waxed old, and was full of days when he died ; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of Da'vid am6ng the kings, because he had done good in l§'ra-el, both to'tcarda God, and lo'wards his house. 17 Now after the death of Je-hoi'a-da came the princes of Ju'dah and made obei'sance ' to the king : then the 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 Ju'dah and Je-rft'sa-lem for this their tres'pass. 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 Splr'it of God came upon Zech-a-ri'ah the son of Je-hoi'a-da the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them. Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the command'ments of the 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 com- mand'ment of the king, in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Jo'ash the king remembered not the kindness which Je-hoi'a-da his father had done to him, but slew his son : and when he died, he said. The Lord look upon «7, and require it. 23 And it came to pass, at the end of the year, thai the host of Syr'i-a came up against' him : and they came to Ju'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, and destroy'ed all the princes of the people from among the peo- ple, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Da-mas'cus. 24 For the army of the Syr'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' Jo'ash. 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 Je-hoi'a-da the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died : and they buried him in the city of Da'vTd, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that conspired against' him ; Za'bad the son of Shim'e- athan Am'mon-I-tess, and Je-hoz'a-bad the son of Shim'rith a Mo'ab-i-tess. 27 Now conccr'mng 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 the book of the Kings. And Am-a-zi'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXV. AM-A-ZI'AH was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he * o-ba'»arue. 386 The E'dom-ltcs overcome. II. reigned twenty and nine years in Je-ri'l'sa- l6m : and his mother's name was Je-ho-ad'- dan of Je-rA'sa-lein. 2 And he did that which was nght in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect hekrt. 3 Now it came to p5ss, when the king- dom was estab'lished to him, that he slew his servants that liad 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'jes. where the Lord comman'ded, saying, The fathers sliall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fatliers, but every man shall die for his own sin. 5 Moreover, Am-a-zl'ah gathered Ju'dah together, and made tliem cap'tains over thousands, and cSp'tains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, tliroughout 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 a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of I^'ra-el for a hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of i^'ra- el go with thee ; for the Lord is not with Ij'ra-el, to wit, with all the children of E'phra-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 the hun- dred talents which I have given to the army of Ij'ra-gl ? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Am-a-zi'ah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of E'phra-Tm, to go home Sgain': wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against' Ju'dah, and they returned home in great anger. 11 And Am-a-zI'ah strengthened him- self, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of Salt, and smote of the chil- dren of Se'ir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand left 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 wSrc broken in pieces. 13 But the sol'dicrs' 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 untoBgth- h6'ron,and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. CHRON'ICLES. Am-a-zl'ah s idolatry. 14 IT Now it came to pass, after that Am-a-zi'ah was come from the slAughter of the E'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 be- fore them, and burned incense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against' Arn-a-zl'ah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand .'' IG And it came to pass, as he talked witli hiin, that the king said unto him. Art thou made of the king's counsel .' forbear ; why shouldst thou be smitten ? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath de-ter'nnned to destroy' thee, be- cause thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 17 II Then Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah took advice, and sent to Jo'ash the son of Je-ho'a-haz, the son of Je'hu king of Ij'ra- el, saying. Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Jo'ash king of Ij'ra-el sent to Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, saying. The thistle that jpss 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 trcide down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the E'dom-ites, and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast : abide now at home, why shouldst thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldst fall, even thou, and Ju'dah with thee .-' 20 But Am-a-zl'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 E'dom. 21 So Jo'asli the king of l|'ra-el went up, and they saw one another in the face, both he and Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, at Beth'she-mesh, which belongeth to Ju'dah. 22 And Ju'dah was put to the worse be- fore If 'ra-el ; and they fled every man to his tent. 23 And Jo'ash the king of Ij'ra-el took Am-a-zi'ah king of Ju'dah, the son of Jo'- ash, the son of Je-ho'a-haz, at Bfith'she- mesh, and brought iiim to Je-rfi'sa-lem, and brake down the wall of Je-rA'sa-lem, from the gate of E'phra-Im to the corner- gate, four hundred cubits. 24 And he took all the gold and the sil- ver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with O'b^d-E'dom, and the treaj'ures of tlie king's house, the hos- tages also, and returned to Sa-ma'ri-a. 2-5 And Am-a-zi'ah, the son of Ja'Ssh king of Ju'dah, lived after the death of Jo'a'sh, son of Je-ho'a-haz king of If'ra-6l, fifteen years. ' sdl'jurz. 387 Ain-a-ziak slain by conspiracy. II. CHRON'ICLES. Uz-zl'ah dies 26 Now the rest of the acts of Am-a-zi'- ah, first and last, behold, ore they not writ- ten in the book of the Kings of Ju'dah and Ij'ra-el :" 27 Now after the time that Am-a-zi'ah did turn Sway from following the Lord, they made a conspiracy against' him in Je-ru'sa-lem ; and he fled to La'chlsh : but they sent to La'chTsh 3,fter him, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Ju'dah. CHAP. XXVI. THEN all the people of Ju'dSh took tJz-zT'ah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his fa- ther Am-a-zl'ah^ 2 He built E'loth, and restored it to Ju'dah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was Uz-zI'ah when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty and two years in Je-ri>'sa-lem. His moth- er's name also was Jec-o-irah of Je-rCi'sa- Igm. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Am-a-zl'ah did. 5 And he sought God in the days of Zech-a-rl'ah, who had understanding in the visions of God : and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to pros- per. 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'dod, and among the Phi-lis'- tines. 7 And God helped him Sgainst' the Phi- lis'tines, and against' the A-ra'bi-ans that dwelt in Gur-ba'al, and the Me-hu''nim3. 8 And the Am'mon-ites gave gifts to tJz-zi'ah : and his name spread abroad ecen to the entering in of E'gypt ; for he strengthened hiviself exceedingly. 9 Moreover, tJz-zI'ah built towers in Je-r(i'sa-lem, at the corner-gate, and at the valley-gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. 10 Also he built towers in the dfij'ert, and digged many wells : for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains; hu^'bi'mdmen also, and vine-dress- ers in the moCin'tains, and in ^ar'mel : for he loved hu^'bindry. 11 Morefiver, Uz-zI'ah had a host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Je-i'el the scribe, and Ma-a-sei'ah tlie ruler, under the hand of Han-a-ni'ah, one of the king's cap'- tains. 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 army, three hundred thousand and seven thou- sand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against' the enemy. 14 And tJz-zi'ah prepared for them, throughout all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and ha-ber'ee-6ns, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Je-rfi'sa-lem en'gines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal : and his name spread far abroad ; for he was mar- vellously helped till he was strong. 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction : for he transgressed against' the Lord his God. and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And Az-a-rl'ah the priest went in af- ter him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men : 18 And they withstood Uz-zi'ah the king, and S3,id unto him, It a ppertdineth not unto thee, tJz-zI'ah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of ./Ja'ron, that arc consecrated to burn in- cense : go out of the sanctuary ; for thou hast tres'passed : neither shall it be for thine /ion'our from the Lord God. 19 Then tJz-zI'ah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense ; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his fore'head be- fore the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense-altar. 20 And Az-a-ri'ah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, be hold he teas leprous in his fore'head, and they thrust him out from thence ; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him. 21 And Uz-zi'ah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper ; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord ; and Jo'tham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of tJz-zi'ah, first and last, did T-sai'ali ' the prophet the son of A'moz, write. 23 So Uz-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 Jo'tham his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. xxvn. JO'THAM 7cas twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Je-rii'sa-lem. His mother's name also was Je-rft'shah, the daughter of Za'dok. ' 1-sa'ydk. 388 J o'tham's good reign. IT. CHRON'ICLES 2 And he did that which was right in the tight of the Lord, according to all that his father tJz-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 moun'- tains of Ju'dah : and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5 He fought also with the king of the Am'mon-ites, and prevailed against' them. And the children of Am'mon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand meaf'ures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Am'mon pay unto him, both the second year and the third. 6 So Jo'tham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Jo'tham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the Kings of I§'ra-el and Jii'dah. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned six- teen years in Je-ri\'sa-lem. 9 And Jo'tham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Da'vTd : and A'haz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXVIH. AHAZ was twenty years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned six- teen years in Je-rft'sa-lem : but he did not that which reus right in the sight of the Lord, like Da'vid his father : 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of If'ra-el, and made also molten images for Ba'al-im. 3 Moreover, he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hin'nom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abomi- nations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of If- ra-el. 4 He sac'rif iged also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Wherefore the Lord his God deliv- ered him into the hand of the king of Syr'i-a ; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought Ihem to Da-mas'cus ; and he was also delivered into the hand of the king of If'ra-el, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6 For Pe'kah the son of Rem-a-li'ah slew •n Ju'dah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men ; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. 7 And ZTch'rT, a mighty man of E'phra- im, slew Ma-a-sei'ah ' the king's son, and 1 Md-a-se'yah. Kk2 Jii'dah captivated by l§'ra-el. Xz'ri-kam the g6vernor of the house, and El'ka-nah that was next to the king. 8 And the children of Ij'ra-el carried away captive of their brethren two hun- dred thousand, women, sons, and daugh- ters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Sa-ma'ri-a. 9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name teas o'bed ; and he went out before the host that came to Sa-ma'ri-a, and said unto them. Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Ju'dah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and 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 Je-ri!l'sa-lem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you : hut are there not with you, even with you, sins against' the Lord your God ? 11 Now hear me, there'fore, and deliver the captives again', which ye have taken captive of your brethren : for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. 12 Then cer'taTn of the heads of the children of E'phra-im, Az-a-ri'ah the son of Jo-ha'nan, Ber-e-chi'ah the son of Me- shTl'le-moth, and Je-hiz-ki'ah the son of Shal'lum, and Am'a-sa the son of Had'la-T, 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 al- ready^ ye intend to add more to our sins and to our tres'pass ; for our tres'pass is great, and there is fierce wrath against if'ra-el. 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all tiie 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 Jer'i-cho the city of palm- trees, to their brethren : then they return- ed to Sa-ma'ri-a. 16 1 At that time did king A'haz send unto the kings of As-syr'i-a to help him. 17 For again' the E'dom-ites had come and smitten Jii'dah, and carried away captives. 18 The Phi-lis'tines 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-lon,^ and Ge-de'roth, and Sho'cho with the villages thereof, and Tim'nah with the villages thereof; Gim'- z5 also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the Lord brought Ju'dah low, ' Ad'ja-Un. 389 A'hMz't idolatry. II. because of A'haz king of i§'ra-el : for he made Ju'dah naked, and transgressed sore against' the Lord. 20 And Tirgath-Pil-ne'ser king of as- syr'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 tres'pass yet more against' the Lord : this is that king A'haz. 23 For he sac'rifl5ed unto the gods of Da-mas'ciis, which smote him : and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syr'i-a help them, thcre'fore will I sac'ri- fi§e to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all i§'- ra-el. 24 And A'haz gathered together the ves- sels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Je-r&'sa-lem. 25 And in every several city of Ju'dah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the [iORD 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 i|'ra-el. 27 And A'haz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Je-ru'- sa-lem ; but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Ijra-el'. and Hez-e-k)'ah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXIX. HEZ-E-KI'AH began to reign when he was five and twenty years old ; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Je- ru'sa-lem ; and his mother's name was A-bi'jah the daughter of Zech-a-ri'ah. 2 And he did that which teas right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Da'vTd his father had done. 3 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 ; Sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 6 For our fathers have tres'passed, 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. CHRON'ICLES. The house of God chanted. 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense nor offered burnt- ofiferings in the holy place, unto the God of ij'ra-el. 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Ju'dah and Je-riVsa-lem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to aston- ishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sMJord, 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 Ij'ra- el, that his fierce wriith 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 should minister imto him, and bum incense. 12 If Then the Le'vites arofe, Ma'hath the son of A-mas'a-I, and Jo'el the son of Az-a-ri'ah, of the sons of the Ko'hath-ites : and of the sons of Mer'a-ri ; Kish the son of Ab'di, and Az-a-ri'ah the son of Je-hal'- e-lel : and of the Ger'shon-ites ; Jo'ah the son of Zim'mah, and E'den the son ol J5'ah : 13 And of the sons of E-liz'a-phan ; Shim'ri, and Je-i'el : and of the sons of A'saph ; Zech-a-ri'ah, and Mat-ta-ni'ah : 14 And of the sons of He'man ; Je-hi'- el, and Shim'e-T: and of the sons of Jed'- u-thun ; Shem-a-i'ah, and tJz-zi'el. 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, ac- cording to the command'ment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house cf the Lord. 16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Le'vites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kid'ron. 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord : so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days ; and in the sixteenth day of the first montli they made an end. 18 Then they went in to Hez-e-ki'ah the king, and said. We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt-off"ering, with all the vessels there- of, and the show-bread table, with all the vessels thereof. 19 Moreover, all the vessels, which king A haz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanc- tified, and, behold, they are before the al tar of the Lord. 20 Then Hez-e-ki'ah the king rose early 390 Hez-e-Id'ah offereth sac rif'ice. and gathered the rukrs of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and «even he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Ju'dah : and he comnian'ded the priests, the sons of »4a'r6n, to offer thtm on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar : likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar : they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 23 And they brought forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation ; and they laid their hands upon them : 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all l§'ra-el ; for the king cfimman'ded, that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all If 'ra-el. 25 And he set the Le'vites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psal'ter- ies, and with harps, according to the command'ment of Da'vid, and of Gad the king's seer, and Na'than the prophet ; for so was the command'ment of the Lord by his prophets. 26 And the Le'vites stood with the in- struments of Da'vid, and the priests with the trumpets. 27 And Hez-e-ki'ah comman'ded to of- fer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord beg^n also with the trumpets, and with the instruments urddined by Da'- vid king of l§'ra-el. 28 And all the congregation wor'ship- ped, and the singers sang, and the trum- peters sounded : and all this contiiiued until the burnt-offering was finished. 29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that wire present with him bowed themselves, and wor'shTp- ped. 30 Moreover, Hez-e-ki'ah the king, and the princes, comman'ded the Le'vites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of Da'vid, and of A'saph the seer : and they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and w6r'shlpped. 31 Then Hez-e-ki'ah answered and said. Now ye have consecrated yourselves untp the Lord, come near, and bring sac'rifT^es and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congrega- tion brought in sac'rificjesand thank-offer- ings ; and as many as were of a free heart, burnt-offerin?3. IL CHRON'ICLES. The passover proclaimed, threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs : all these wire for a burnt-offering to the Lord. 33 And the consecrated things wire six hundred oxen, and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not slay 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 them- selves ; for the Le'vites tvire more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also the burnt-offerings wire in abundance, with the fat of the peace-of- ferings, and the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the ser'vlce 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. CHAP. XXX. AND Hez-e-ki'ah sent to all if ra-el and Ju'dah, and wrote letters also to £'- phra-Tm and Ma-nas'seh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Je-rA'- sa-lem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of l§'ra-el. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Je-riVsa-lem, to keep the passover in the second month. 3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sancti- fied themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Je-rii'sa-lem. 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. 5 So they estab'lished a decree, to make proclamation throughout all If'ra-el, from Be-er'she-ba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of If'ra-el at Je-riVsa-lem ; for they had not done it of a long /me in such sort as it was written. 6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all If'ra-el and Ju'dah, and according to the command'ment of the king, saying, Ye children of If'ra-el, tufti again' unto the Lord God of A'bra-ham, I'jaac, and If'ra-el, and he ivill return to the remnant of you that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of As-syr'i-a. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which tres'passed against' the Lord God of their fathers, who^ there'f5re, gave them up to desola- tion, as ye see. 8 Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, hut yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever ; and serve the 32 And the number of the burnt-offer- 1 Lord your God, that the fierceness of his ings, which the congregation brought, was | wrath may turn away from you. 391 Hes-e-kl'ahkeepethapussover. 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Provision for the priests. 9 For if ye turn again' unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again' into this land : for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of E'phra-im and Ma-nas'seh, even unto Zeb'u-lon : but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless di'verf of Ish'er and Ma-nas'seh and of Zeb'u-lou /tumbled themselves, and came to Je-rft'sa-Iem. 12 Also in Ju'dah, the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the com- mand'ment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord. 13 And there assembled at Je-rfi'sa-lem much people to keep the feast of unleav- ened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arofe, and took away the altars that ivlre in Je-ru'sa-lem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kid'ron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month : and the priests and the Le'vites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt-offerings into the house of the Lord. 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Mo'jes the man of God : the priests sprin- kled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Le'vites : 17 For there were many in the congre- gation that were not sanctified ; there'fore the Le'vites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that teas not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord. 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of E'phra-im and Ma-nas'seh, is'sa- char and Zeb'u-lon, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written : but Hez-e- kl'ah prayed for them, saying. The good Lord pardon every one 19 That prepareth hi^ heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purifi- cation of the sanctuary. 20 And the Lord hearkened to Hez-e- kl'ah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of tj'ra-el that were present at Je-rd'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 com'fortably unto all the Le'vites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord : and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, of- fering peace-offerings, and making con- fession to the Lord God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took coun- sel to keep other seven days : and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah did give to the congregation a thousand bul- locks and seven thousand sheep ; and the princes gave to the congregation a thou- sand 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 Le'vites, and all the congregation that came out of Ip'ra- el, and the strangers that came out of the land of l§'ra-el, and that dwelt in Ju'dah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Je-ru'sa- lem : for since the time of Sol'o-mon the son of Da'vid king of I§'ra-el there was not the like in Je-ru'sa-lem. 27 Then the priests the Le'vites ar6§e and bless'ed the people : and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling-place, even unto heaven. CHAP. XXXI. NOW when all this was finished, all Ij'ra-el that were present went out to the cities of Ju'dah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Jii'dah and Ben'- ja-min, in E'phra-im also and Ma-nas'seh ; until they had utterly destroy 'ed them all. Then all the children of Ij'ra-el re- turned every man to his p6f|es'sion into their own cities. 2 And Hez-e-ki'ah appointed the courses of the priests and the Le'vites after their courses, every man according to his ser'- vTce, the priests and Le'vites for burnt- offerings and for peace-offerings, to minis- ter, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord. 3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt- offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as ii is written in the law of the Lord 4 Moreover, he comman'ded the people that dwelt in Je-rfi'sa-lem to give the p5r tion of the priests and the Le'vites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord. 5 And as soon as the command'ment came abroad, the children of If'ra-el brought in abundance the first-fru'fi of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field ; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 392 Tkt tithes of the people. II. CIIRON'ICLES. Sc7i-na-fhc'nb iiiiadtlh Ju'dah. 6 And conccr'ning the children of ij'- ra-el and Ju'dah that dwelt in the cities of JQ'dah, they also brought in the tithes of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which iiire consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid Ihetn by heaps. 7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and faiished them in the seventh month. 8 And when Hez-e-ki'ah and the prin- ces came and saw the heaps, they bless'ed the LoRu, and his people if'ra-el. 9 Then Hez-e-ki'ah questioned with the priests and the Le'vites concer'ning the heaps. 10 And Az-a-ri'ah the chief priest, of the house of Za'dok, answered him and said. Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath bless'ed his people : and that which is left is this great store. 11 Then Hez-e-kT'ah comman'ded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord ; and they prepared //lew, 12 And brought in the offerings, and the- tithes, and the dedicated / lungs, faith- fully; over which Con-o-ni'ah the Le'vite teas ruler, and Shim'e-i his brother was the next. 13 And Je-hT'el, and Az-a-zVah, and Na'halh, and A§'a-hel, and Jer'i-moth, and Joz'a-bad, and £'li-el, and i§-ma-chi'ah, and Ma'hath, and Ben-ai'ah, were over- seers, under the hand of Con-o-ni'ah and Shim'e-l his brother, at the command'- ment of Hez-e-ki'ah the king, and Az-a- ri'ah the ruler of the house of God. 14 And Ko're the son of Im'nah the Le'vitc, the porter to'ward the east, was over the free-will-offerings of God, to dis- tribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things. 15 And next him were E'den, and Mi- ni'a-min, and .lesh'u-a, and Shem-a-i'ah, Am-a-rl'ah, and Shec-a-nl'ah, in the cities of the priests, in Iheir set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small : 16 Beside their leneal'ogy of males, from three years old and iVp'ward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their ser'vice in their charges, according to their courses ; 17 Both to the geneal'ogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Le'vites from twenty years old and iip'- ward, in their charges by their courses : 18 And to the ^eneal'o^y of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation : for in their set office they sanctified them- selves in holiness: 19 Also of the sons of ^a'ron the priests, which wire in the fields of the suburbs ol their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name to give por- tions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by eeneal'- o^ies among the Le'vites. 20 And thus did Hez-e-ki'ah through- out all Ju'dah, and wrought that which icas good and right and truth before the Lord his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the ser'vice of the house of God, and in the law, and in the conijnand'ments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. ^ CHAP. XXXII. AFTER these things, and the estab'lish- ment lherecj\ Sen-na-che'rib king of As-syr'i-a came, and entered into Ju'd;lh, and encamped against' the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2 And when Hez-e-ki'ah saw that Sen- na-che'rib Avas come, and that he was purposed to fight against' Je-riVsa-lem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the foun'tains, which were without the city ; and they did help him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the foun'tains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying. Why should the kings of As-syr'i-a come and find much water ? 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised il up to the towers, and anoth- er wall without, and repaired Mll'lo m the city of Da'vid, and made darts and shields in abundance. 6 And he set cap'tains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake com'fortably to them, saying, 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dijmay'ed for the king of As- syr'i-a, nor for all the multitude that is with him : for there be more with us than with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh : but with us is the Lord our God, to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hez e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah. 9 After this did Sen-na-9he'rTb king of As-syr'i-a send his servants to Je-rft'sa-lem, (but he himself laid sic^e against' La' chlsh, and all his power with him,) unto Hez-e-lu'ah king of Ju'dah, and unto all Ju'dah that ivcre at Je-rfl'sa-lem, say 10 Thus saith Sen-na-che rib kuig of As-s^r'i-a, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abTde in the sie^e in Je-rft'sa-lem ? 1 1 Doth not Hez-e-ki'ah persuade' you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God 393 The Jls-si/ri-ans dlslruy'ed. 11. CHRON'ICLES. shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of As-syr'i-a? 12 Hath not the same Hez-e-ki'ah taken away his high places and his altars, and comman'ded Ju'dah and Je-rft'sa-lem, say- ing, Ye shall wor'ship before one altar, and burn incense upon it ? 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands ? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand ? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations, that my fathers utterly destroy'ed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand ? 15 Now there'ibre let not Hez-e-ki'ah deceive you, nor persuade' you on this manner, neither yet believe him ; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliv;er his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand ? 16 And his servants spake yet more against' the Lord God, and against' his servant Hez-e-ki'ah. 17 He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of l§'ra-el, and to speak against' him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hez-e-ki'ah deliver his people out of mine hand. 18 Then they cried with a loud voice, m the Jews' speech, unto the people of Je-rfl'sa-lem that were on the wall, to af- fright them, and to trouble them, that they might take the city. 19 And they spake against' the God of Je-rufea-lem as against' the gods of the people of the earth, which wire the work of the hands of man. 20 And for this cause Hez-e-kl'5h the king, and the prophet T-sai'ahl 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 cap'tains, in the camp of the king of As-syr'i-a : so he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bow- els slew him there with the sit-ord. 22 Thus the Lord saved Hez-e-ki'ah and the inhabitants of Je-r&'sa-lem from the hand of Sen-na-che'rib the king of As-syr'i-a, and from the hand of all olher^ and guided them on every side. 23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Je-rfi'sa-lem, and presents to Hez-e-ki'ah king of Ju'dah : so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. Hez-e-ki'ah^s riches. 24 In those days Hez-e-ki'ah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. 25 But Hez-e-kT'ah rendered not again' according to the benefit done unto him ; for his heart was lifted up : there'fore there was wrath upon him, and upon Jii'- dah and Je-r&'sa-lem. 26 Notwithstanding, Hez-e-kT'ah Mm- bled himself for the pride of his heart, {both he and the inhabitants of Je-riYsa- lem,) so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hez-e-kl'ah. 27 AiidHez-e-k'i'ah had exceeding much riches and /lon'our : and he made himself treaf'uries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleaj'ant jewels ; 28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil ; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes forflocks. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and pojjes'sions of flocks and herds in abundance ; for God had given him sub- stance very much. 30 This same Hez-e-ki'ah also stopped the upper water-course of Gi'hon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of Da'vid. And Hez-e-ki'ah prospered in all his works. 31 Howbeit, in the business of the am- bassadors of the princes of Bab'y-lon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonde* that was done in the land, God left hiiii to try him, that he might know all ik'^-f was in his heart. 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hez-e- ki'ah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the Vision of I-sai'ah the proph- et the son of A'moz, and in the book of the Kings of Ju'dah and l|'ra-el. 33 And Hez-e-ki'ah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of Da'vid : and all Jii'dah and the inhabitants of Je- rft'sa-lem did him /lon'our at his death. And Ma-nas'seh his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXXIII. A-NAS'SEH was twelve years old when he began to reign : and he reigned fifty and five years in Je-rft'sa- lem : 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abomina- tions of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of If'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 wor'shTpped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of M' ^ I-sa'yah, 394 JUa-nai'seh-'s tcicked reign. II. CHRON'ICLES. ^'mon's rti'in and death the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Je-rii'sa-lem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 And he caused his children to pis'S through the fire in the valley of the sou of Hin'nom : also he objerv'ed times, and used enchantments, and used witch'craft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards : he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to an- ger. 7 And he set a carved image, the idol ■which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to Da'vid, and to Sol'o-mon his son. In this house, and in Je-rft'sa-lem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of l|'ra-el, will I put my name for ever : 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Ij'ra-el from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers : so that they will take heed to do all that I have comman'ded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Mo'jes. 9 So Ma-nas'seh made Jii'dah and the inhabitants of Je-rft'sa-lem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroy'ed before the children of If'ra-el. 10 And the Lord spake to Ma-nas'seh, and to his people ; but they would not hearken. 11 Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the cap'tains of the host of the king of As-sy r'i-a, which took Ma-nas'seh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bab'y-lon. 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and /lumbled himself greatly before the God of his fa- thers. 13 And prayed unto him ; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplica- tion, and brought him again' to Je-rii'sa- lem into his kingdom. Then Ma-nas'seh knew that the Lord he was God. 14 Now after this he built a wall with- out the city of Da'vid, on the west side of Gl'hon, in the valley, even to the en- tering in at the fish-gate, and com'passed about' o'phel, and raised it up a very great height, and put cap'tains of war in all tlie fenced cities of Ju'dah. 15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Je-rCl'sa-lem, and cast thtm out of the city. 16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sac'rin5ed thereon peace-offer- ings and thank-offerings, and comman'ded Ju'dah to serve the Lord God of if 'ra-el 17 Nevertheless, the people did sac'ri- 1 about fi9e still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ma-nas'- seh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of i§'ra-el, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of I|'ra-el : 19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his tres'pass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was /tumbled, behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. 20 So Ma-nas'seh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house : and A'mon his son reigned in his stead. 21 IT A'mon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Je-rii'sa-lem. 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Ma-nas'seh his father : for A'mon sac'rifl9ed unto all the carved images which Ma-nas'seh his fa- ther had made, and served them : 23 And /tumbled not himself before the Lord, as Ma-nas'seh his father had /tum- bled himself: but A'mon tres'passed more and more. 24 And his servants conspired against' him, and slew him in his own house. 25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against' king A'mon : and the people of the land made J6-si'ah his son king in his stead. CHAP. XXXIV. O-SI'AH was eight years old when he began to reign : and he reigned in Je-ra'sa-lem one and thirty years. 2 Arid he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of Da'vid his father, and declined neither to the right hand nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of Da'vid his father : and in the twelfth year he began to purge Ju'- dah and Je-rCi'sa-lem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of Ba'al-im, in his presence : and the images that wire on high above them he cut down: and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them., and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sac'ri- fi^ed unto them. 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Ju'dah and Je-rft'sa-lem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Ma-nas'- seh, and i;'phra-im, and Sim'e-6n, even unto Naph'ta-li, with their mattocks round J 395 Jd-sl'ah repaireih the temple. 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CHRON'ICLES. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of If '- ra-el, he returned to Je-rft'sa-lem. 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Sha'phan the son of Az-a-li'ah, and Ma-a-sei'ah ' the governor of the city, and Jo'ah the son of Jo'a-haz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 9 And when they came to HTl-kl'ah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Le'vltes that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Ma-nas'seh and E'phra-im, and of all the remnant of If'ra-el, and of all Jii'dah and Ben'ja-min, and they returned to Je-rO'sa-lem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and mend the house ; n Even to the artificers and builders gave they z7, to buy hewn stone and tim- ber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Ju'dah had destroy'ed. 12 And the men did the work faithful- ly : and the overseers of them were Ja'hath and 5b-a-dl'ah, the Le'vTtes, of the sons of Mer'a-ri ; and Zech-a-ri'ah and Me-shul'- 1am, of the sons of the K5'hath-ites, to set it for'ward : and other of the Le'vites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all thai wrought the work in any manner of ser'- vice ; and of the Le'vites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hil-ki'ah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Mo'fes. 15 And Hil-ki'ah answered and said to Sha'phan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hil-ki'ah delivered the book to Sha'- phan. 16 And Sha'phan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again', saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Sha'phan the scribe told the king, saying, Hil-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 i^cnt his clothes. 1 Ma-a-si'yah. Hv.l'daJi's prophecy, 20 And the king comman'ded Hil-ki'ah, and A-hi'kam the son of Sha'phan, and Ab'don the son of Mi'cah, and Sha'phan the scribe, and Af-a-i'ah a servant of the king's, saying, 21 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in If 'ra-el and in Ju'- dah, concer'ning the words of the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, be- cause our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hil-ki'ah, and they that the king had appointed, Avent to Hiil'dah the prophetess, the wife of Shal'lum the son of Tik'vath, the son of HJif'rah keeper of the wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Je-rfl'sa-lem in the college ;) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 And she answered them. Thus saith the Lord God of If'ra-el, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will brino; 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 wi{h all the works of their hands ; there'fore 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 inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of if'ra-el, concer'ning the words which thou hast heard ; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst /lumble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against' this place, and against' the inhabitants thereof, and /lumbledst thyself before me, 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 fa- thers, 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 Then the king sent and gathered to- gether all the elders of Jii'dah and Je-rCl'- 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 Je-ril'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 396 Jo-si ah keepelh a II. after the Lord, and to keep his command'- ments, and his tes'timonlus, and his stat- utes, 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 Je-riVsa-lem and Ben'ja-min to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Je-rii'sa-lem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And J6-si'ah took away all the abom- inations out of all the countries that pcr- tained to the children of I^'ra-el, and made all that were present in Ij'ra-el to serve, tvtn to serve the Lord their God. ^nd all his days they departed not from follow- ing the Lord, the God of their fathers. CHAP. XXXV. MOREOVER, Jo-si'ah kept a passover unto the Lord in Je-rft'sa-lem : and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the ser'vice of the house of the Lord, 3 And said unto the Le'vites that taught all Ij'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 Ij'ra-el did build ; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders ; serve now the Lord your G-od, and his people ij'ra-el, 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, accord- ing to the writing of Da'vid king of If'ra-el, and according to the writing of Sol'o-mon his son ; 5 And stand in the holy ■place., accord- ing 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'jes. 7 And Jo-si'ah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the pass over-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 Ze^h-a-ri'ah and Je- 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 Con-a-ni'ah also, and Shem-a-1'ah, and Ne-than'e-el, his brethren, and Hash- a-bi'ah, and Je-hi'el, and Joz'a-bad, chief of the Le'vites, gave unto thf. Le'vites, for passover-offerings, five thousand s.nall cat tie, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the ser'vice was prepared, and the CHRON'ICLES. solemn passover. priests stood in their place, and the Le'- vites in their courses, according to the king's command'mcnt. 11 And they Idlled the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Le'vites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt-ofier- uigs, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the pi-ople, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Mo'fes : 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 tlu7ii speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests : because the priests the sons of ^a'ron were busied in off"ering of burnt-offerings and the fat until night ; there'fore the "Le'vites pre- pared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Asi'Ton. 15 And the singers the sons of A'saph, were in their place, accordingto the com- mand'mcnt of Da'vid, and A'saph, and He'man, and Jed'u-thun the king's seer : and the porters waited at every gate : they might not depart from their ser'vice ; for their brethren the Le'vites prepared for them. 16 So all the ser'vice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the pass- over, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the com- mand'ment of king Jo-sl'ah. 17 And the children of Ij'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 ij'ra-el, from the days of Sam'- u-el the prophet ; neither did all the kings of I§'ra-el keep such a passover as Jo-sl'ah kept, and the priests, and the Le'vites, and all Jii'dah and Ij'ra-el that were pres- ent, and the inhabitants of Je-rft'sa-lem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jo-si'ah was this passover kept. 20 TT After all this, when Jo-si'ah had prepared the temple, Ne'9ho king of E'- gypt came up to fight against' Car'che- mish by Eu-phra'te§ : and Jo-sT'ah went out against' him. 2rBut he sent ambassadors to him, saying. What have I to do with thee, thou king of Ju'dah ? / come not against' thee this" day, but against' the house where- with I have war ; for God comman'ded me to make haste : forbear thee from med- dling with God, who is with me, that he destroy' thee not. 22 Nevertheless, Jo-si'ah would not turn his face from him, but difguijed him- self, that he might fight with him, and 397 Jo-si'ah slain. 11. CHRON'ICLEB nearkened not unto the words of Ne'cho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Me-gid'do. 23 And the archers shot at king .I6-sT'- ah : and the king said to his servants, Have me away ; for I am sore wotinded. 24 His servants there'fSre took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had ; and they brought him to Je-rft'sa-lem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fa- thers : and all Ju'dah and Je-rfl'sa-lem mourned for J6-si'ah. 25 And Jer-e-mi'ah lamented for J6-si'- ah ; and all the singing-men and the sing- ing-women spake of Jo-si'ah in their lam- entations to this day, and made them an ordinance in If'ra-el : and, behold, they are written in the Lam-en-ta'tions. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Jo-sl'ah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord, 27 And his deeds, first and last, be- hold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Ij'ra-el and Jii'dah. CHAP. XXXVI. THEN the people of the land took Je- ho'a-haz the son of Jo-si'ah, and made him king in his father's stead in Je- rft'sa-lem. 2 Je-ho'a-haz teas twenty and three years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Je-rft'sa-lem. 3 And the king of E'gypt put him down at Je-ril'sa-lem, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a tal- ent of gold. 4 And the king of E'gypt made E-li'a- kim his brother king over Ju'dah and Je- rfi'sa-lem, and turned his name to Je-hoi'- a-kim. And Ne'ch5 took Je-ho'a-haz his br6ther, and carried him to E'gypt. 5 IT Je-hoi'a-kim tvas twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Je-rf>'sa-lem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Against' him came up Neb-u-chad- nez'zar king of Bab'y-lon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Bab'y-lon. 7 Neb-u-chad-nez'zar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Bab'y- lon, and put them in his temple at Bab'y- lon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Je-hoi'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 j)f If'ra-el and Jii'dah : and Je-hoi'a-chin his son reigned in his stead. 9 V Je-hoi'a-chin was eight years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three m6nths and ten days in Je-rft'sa-lem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. ^ t&ngktthu-a^t. Je-rib'sa-lem destrdy'ed 10 And when the year was expired, king Neb-u-chad-nez'zar sent and brought him to Bab'y-lon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zed- e-ki'ah his brother king over Ju'dah and Je-rft'sa-lem. 11 IT Zed'e-ki'ah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign ; and reigned eleven years in Je-rft'sa-lem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and /tumbled not himself before Jer-e-mi'ah the prophet, speaking from the mouth of the Lord. 13 And he also rebelled against' king Neb-u-chad-nez'zar, who had made him swear by God : but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of If'ra-el. 14 Moreover, all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much, after all the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Je-r6'- sa-lem. 15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending ; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despTf ed his words, and misufed his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arofe against' his people, till there was no remedy. 17 There'fore he brought upon them the king of the Chal'deef, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, ^ and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age ; he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treaf'ures of the house of the Lord, and the treaf'- ures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Bab'y-lon. 19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Je-r6'sa-lem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroy'ed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sMord carried he away to Bab'y-lon, where they were servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Per'si-a -.^ 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 7 Now, in the first year of Cy riis king of Per'si-a, (that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jer-e-mi'ah might be accomplished,) the Lord stirred 2 Per'the-a. 398 Cy rus^s proclamation. EZ'RA. The number of ig'ra-el that return. up the spirit of Cy'riis kinf of Per'si-a, LiORD God of heaven given me, and he that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, faying, 23 Thus saith Cy'riis king of Per'si-a, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the hath charged me to build him a house in Je-ru'sa-lem, 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. 1[ EZRA. CHAPTER I. NOW in the first year of Cy'riis king of Per'si-a, (that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jer-e-mi'ah might be fulfilled,) the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cy'riis king of Per'si-a, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cy'rus king of Per'si-a, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Je-rft'- sa-lem, which is in Jii'dah : 3 Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Je-rfl'sa-lem, which is in Jii'- dah, and build the house of the Lord God of If'ra-el (He is the God) which is in Je-rA'sa-lem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place v;here he so'joGrneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, be- sides the free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Je-rft'sa-lem. 5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Jii'dah and Ben ja-min, and the priests, and the Le'vites, with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Je-rii'- sa-lem. 6 And all they that were about' them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cy'riis the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the IjORd, which Neb-u-chad-nez'zar had brought forth out of Je-rft'sa-lem, and had put them in the house of his gods ; 8 Even those did Cy'riis king of Per'si-a bring forth by the hand of Mith'rc-dath the treaj'urer, and numbered them unto Shesh-baz'zar the prince of Ju'dah. 9 And this is the number of them : thir ty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Shesh-baz'zar bring up with them ^ Rl-lUa'yah of the captivity, that were brought up from Bab'y-lon unto Je-rfl'sa-lem. CHAP. H. NOW these are the children of the prov- ince that went up out of the captiv- ity, of those which had been carried away, whom Neb-u-chad-nez'zar the king of Bab'- y-lon had carried away unto Bab'y-lon, and came again' unto Je-ru'sa-lem and Ju'- dah, every one unto his city ; 2 Which came with Ze-riib'ba-bel : Jesh'u-a, Ne-he-mi'ah, Se-ra-i'ah, Re-el- ai'ah,^ Mor'de-cai, Bil'shan, Miz'par, Big'- va-i, Re'hiim, Ba'a-nah. The number of the men of the people of If'ra-el. 3 The children of Pa'rosh, two thou- sand a hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Sheph-a-ti'ah, three hundred seventy and two. 5 The children of A'rah, seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of Pa'hath-Mo'ab, of the children of Jesh'u-a and Jo'ab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of E'lam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zat'tO, nine hundred forty and five. 9 The children of Zac'^a-I, seven hun- dred and threescore. 10 The children of Ba'ni, six hundred forty and two. 11 The children of Beb'a-i, six hundred twenty and three. 12 The children of Az'gad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of A-don'i-kam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Big'va-i, two thou- sand fifty and six. 15 The children of A'din, four hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of A't^r of Hez-e-kl'- ah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of Ee'zfii, three hun- dred twenty and three. 18 The children of Jd'rah, a hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Ha'shum, two hun- dred twenty and three. 20 The children of Glb'bar, ninety and five. 21 The children of Beth'le-hem, a hun- dred twenty and three. 399 The number of the people Ihat EZ'RA. 22 Tlio men of Ne-to'phSh, fifty and six. 23 The men of An'a-thoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of Az'ma-veth, forty and two. 25 The children of Kir'jath-A'rim, ' Cheph'i-rah, and Be-e'roth, seven hun- dred and forty and three. 2G The children of Ra'mah and Ga'ba, six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Mi^h'mas, a hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth'el and A'l, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Ne'bo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Mag'bish, a hun- dred fifty and six. 31 The children of the other E'lam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Ha'rim, three hun- dred and twenty. _ 33 The children of Lod, Ha'did, and O'no, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of Jer'i-cho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Sen'a-ah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 IT The priests : the children of Je- dai'ah,- of the house of Jesh'u-a, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of im'mer, a thousand fifty and two. 38 The children of Pash'ur, a thousand two hundred forty and seveTi. 39 The children of Ha'rim, a thousand and seventeen. 40 The I.e'vTtes : the children of Jesh'- u-a and Kad'mi-el, of the children of H6d-a-vi'ah, seventy and four. 41 The sinn^ers : the children of A'saph, a hundred twenty and eight. 42 The children of the porters : the children of Shal'lum, the children of A'- ter, the children of Tal'mon, the children of Ak'kub, the children of Hat'i-ta, the children of Sho'ba-T, in all a hundred thirty and nine. 43 The Neth'i-nims : the children of Zl'ha, the children of Ha-su'pha, the children of Tab'ba-oth, 44 The children of Ke'ros, the children of Si'a-ha, the children of Pa'don, 45 The children of Leb'a-nah, the chil- dren of Hag'a-bah, the children of Ak'- kiib, 46 The children of Ha'gab, the chil- dren of Shal'ma-T, the children of Ha'nan, 47 The children of Gld'del, the chil- dren of Ga'har, the children of Re-a-i'ah 48 The children of Re'zin, the children of Ne-ko'da, the children of Gaz'zam, 49 The children of tJz'za, the children of Pa-se'ah, the children of Be'sai, ' Ker'jath-A'rim. 2 Ji-dd'yah. relumed out of Bab'y-lon, 50 The children of Aj'nah, the chil- dren of Me-hu'nim, the children of Ne- phu'sim, 51 The children of Bak'biik, the chil- dren of Hak-u'pha, the children of Har'hijr, 52 The children of Baz'luth, the chil- dren of Me-hl'da, the children of Har'sha, 53 The children of Bar'kos, the chil- dren of Sis'e-ra, the children of Tha'mah, 54 The children of Ne-zi'ah, the chil- dren of Ha-tT'pha. 55 The children of Sol'o-mon's servants r the children of So'ta-i, the children of Soph'e-reth, the children of Per-u'da, 56 The children of Ja-a'lah, the chil- dren of Dar'kon, the children of Gid'del, 57 The children of Sheph-a-tl'ah, the children of Hat'til, the children of Poch'- e-reth of Ze-ba'Im, the children of A'mi. 58 All the Neth'i-nims, and the chil- dren of Sol'o-mon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. 59 And these were they which went up from Tel'me-lah, Tel-har'sa, Che'rfib, Ad'- dan, and Im'mer ; but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of If 'ra-el : 60 The children of Del-a-i'ah, the chil- dren of T6-bl'ah, the children of Ne-ko'- da, six hundred fifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests : the children of Ha-bai'ah,^ the chil- dren of Koz, the children of Bar-zil'la-i ; (which took a wife of the daughters of Bar-zil'la-i the Gil'e-ad-ite, and was call- ed after their name ;) 62 These sought their register amdng those that were reckoned by ^eneal'ogy, but they were not found ; there'f5re were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 63 And the Tir'sha-tha"* said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with tj'rim and with Thiim'mTm. 64 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 ivere 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 Je-r&'sa-lem, ofi'ered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability unto the treaf'ure of the work, threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five 3 Ha-bd'yah. 4 Tlr'sha-tha. 400 7%e altar sel up, and (he EZHA thousand pounds of silver, and one hun- dred 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-nlms, dwelt in their cities, and all Ij'ra-el in their cities. CHAP. III. AND when the seventh month was come, and the children of If'ra-el were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Je-rft'- sa-lem. 2 Then stood up Jesh'u-a the son of Joz'a-dak, and his brethren the priests, and Ze-rub'ha-bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of If'ra-el, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as ?7 is written in the lawof Mo'- $es the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases ; (for I'tar uas upon them because of the people of those countries ;) and they offer- ed burnt-offerings thereon unto the Lord, erat burnt-offerings morning and evening. 4 They kept also the feast of taberna' cles, as il is written, and offered the daily burnt-offt rings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day re quired ; 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 free-will-offering unto the 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 ma- sons, and to the carpenters ; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zi'dcn, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Leb'a-non to the sea of Jop'pa, ac- cording to the grant that they had of Cy'- rus king of Per'si-a. 8 Now in the second year of their com- ing unto the house of God at Je-r&'sa-lem, in the second month, began Ze-rub'ba-bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-a the son of Joz'a-dak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the I^e'vTtes, and all they that were come out of the captiv- ity unto Je-rfi'sa-lem ; and appointed the Le'vites, from twenty years old and up'- ward, to set for'ward the work of the house of the Lord. 9 Then stood Jesh'u-a milh his sons and his brctliren, Kad'mi-el and his sons, the sons of Ju'dah, together, to set for'ward the workmen in the house of God ; the sons of Hen'a-dad, with their sons and their brethren the Le'vites. 10 And when the builders laid the 1 Ar-ta-zirx'eB. L12 26 foundation of the temple laid. foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Le'vites the sons of A'saph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of Da'vid king of If'- ra-el. 11 And they sung together by course, in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord ; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever to'wards l§'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 aloild for joy ; 13 So that the people could not dif^ern' 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. CHAP. IV. NOW when the ad'versaries of Ju'dah and Ben'ja-min heard that the chil- dren of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of I§'ia-el, 2 Then they came to Ze-rub'ba-bel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them. Let us build with you ; for we seek your God, as ye do ; and we do sac'rifi^e unto him, since the days of E'sar-Had'- don king of As'siir, which brought us up hither. 3 But Ze-riib'ba-bel, and Jesh'u-a, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of If' ra-el, said unto them, You have n6thTng to do with us to build a house unto oui God ; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of If'ra-el, as king Cy'rus the king of Per'si-a hath com- man'ded us. 4 Then the people of the land weak- ened the hands of the people of Ju'dah, and troubled them in building ; 5 And hired counsellors against' them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cy'rus king of Per'si-a, even until the reign of Da-rT'iis king of Per'si-a. 6 And in the reign of A-haf-u-e'riis, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against' the in- habitants of Ju'dah and Je-rO'sa-lem. 7 And in the days of Ar-ta-xerx'ef ' wrote BTsh'lam, Mith're-dath, Ta'be-el, and the rest of their companions, unto Ar- ta-xerx'ef king of Per'si-a ; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syr'i-an t6ngue, and inter'preted in the Syr'i-an tongue. 0 Re'hum the chancellor, and Shim'shai the scribe, wrote a letter against'' Je-rCi'- 2 agentl'. 401 jtr-la-xcrx'e§''s decree. (a-Iem to Ar-ta-xerx'ef the king in this Bort : 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'pel-ites, the A- phar'sites, the Ar'che-vites, the Bab-y-lo'- ni-ans, the Su'san-chites, the De-ha'vites, and the E'lam-Ttes, 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Aj-nap'p^r brought over, and set in the cities of Sa-ma'ri-a, and the rest Ihat are on this side the river, and at such a time. 11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Ar-ta-xerx'ef the king : Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. 12 Be it knoven unto the king, that the Jews, which came up from thee to us, are come unto Je-ru'sa-lem, building the re- bellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the founda- tions. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls set up again\ then will they not pay toll, trib- ute, and custom, and so thou shalt endam- age the revenue of the kings. 14 Now, because we have maintenance ^ from the king'^s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dif/ion'our, there'fore have we sent and certified the king, 15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know, that this 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 destroy'ed, 16 We cer'tify 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 IT Then sent the king an answer unto Re'hum the chancellor, and to Shim'- shai the scribe, and lo the rest of their companions that dwell in Sa-ma'ri-a, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and a^ such a time. 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. 19 And I comman'ded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against' ki'ogs, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therem. 20 There have been mighty kings also over Je-rfi'sa-lem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river ; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. 21 Give ye now command'ment to cause thtse men to cease, and that this EZ'RA. Tat'na-Vs letter to Da-ri'Hs city be not builded, until an6ther com- mand'ment 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 IT Now when the copy of king Ar- ta-xerx'ej' letter was read before Re'h&m, and Shim'shai the scribe, and their com- panions, they went up in haste to Je-rili'- 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 Je-ru'sa-lem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Da-ri'us king of Per'si-a. CHAP. V. THEN the prophets, Hag'ga-1 the prophet, and Zech-a-ri'ah the son of Id'do, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Ju'dah and Je-ril'sa-lem in the name of the God of I^'ra-el, even unto them. 2 Then rose up Ze-riib'ba-bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-a the son of Joz'a-dak, and began to build the house of God which is at Je-r&'sa-lem : and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 3 At the same time came to them Tat'- na-i, governor on this side the river, and She'thar-B6z'na-T, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath com- man'ded you to build this house, and to make up this wall ? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner. What are the names of the men that make this building ? 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Da-ri'us : and then they returned an- swer by letter concer'ning this matter. 6 The copy of the letter that Tat'na-T, g6vernor on this side the river, and She'- thar-B6z'na-i, and his companions the A- phar'sa-chites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Da-ri'iis 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 the king, that we went into the province of Jii-de'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 comman'ded you to build this house, and to make up these walls ? 10 We asked their names also, to cer'- tify 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, * men' ten-ante. 402 Da-ri'us''s decree. EZ which a great king of If'ra-el builded and set up. 12 But after that our fathers had pro voked the God of heaven unto wrath, he g;ave them into the hand of Neb-ii-chad- nez'zar the king of Bab'y-lon, the Chal- de'an, who destroyed this house, and car- ried the people away into Bab'y-lon. 13 But in the first year of Cy'rus the king of Bab'y-lon, the same king Cy'rus made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And the vessels also of gold and sil- ver of the house of God, which Neb-ii- ^had-nez'zar took out of the temple, that was in Je-rfi'sa-lem, and brought them into the temple of Bab'y-lon, those did Cy'rus the king take out of the temple of Bab'y-lon, and they were delivered unto one whose name teas Shesh-baz'zar, whom he had made s;6vernor ; 15 And said unto him. Take these ves- sels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Je-rft'sa-lem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came the same Shesh-baz'zar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Je-rii'sa-lem : and since that time, even until now, hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. 17 Now there'fare, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treaj'ure-house, which is there at Bab'y-lon, whether it be so that a decree was made of Cy'rijs the king to build this house of God at Je-rft'sa-lem, and let the king send his plea§'ure to us concer'ning this matter. CHAP. VI. THEN Da-ri'us the king made a de- cree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treaf'ures •were laid up in Bab'y-lon. 2 And there was found at A9h'me-tha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written : 3 In the first year of Cy'riis the king, the same Cy'riis the king made a decree concer'ning the house of God at Je-ru'sa- lem. Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sac'rif i5es, 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 expenses be given out of the king's house : 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Neb- ii-chad-nez'zar took forth out of the tem- ple which is at Je-ru'sa-lem, and brought unto Bab'y-lon, be restored and brought again' unto the temple which is at Je-rft'- sa-lem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. 6 Now there' fore., Tat'na-T, g;6veraorbe- I R^A. The temple finished yond the river, Shethar-Boz'na-T, and your companions the A-phar'sa-chltes, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence ; 7 Let 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 expenses 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 of the God of heav- en, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Je-nV'sa-lem, let it be given them day by day without fail ; 10 That they may offer sac'rifi^es of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. 11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let tim- ber be piilled down from his house, and, being set up, let him be hanged thereon ; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. 12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy' all kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy' this house of God which is at Je-rft'sa-lem. I Da-ri'us have made a decree ; let it be done with speed. 13 H Then Tat'na-T, governor on this side the river, She'thar-Boz'na-T, and their companions, according to that which Da- ri'us the king had sent, so they did speed- 14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophe- sying of flag'ga-i the prophet, and Zech- a-ri'ah the son of Id'do : and they build- ed, and finished i7, according to the com- mand'ment of the God of i|'ra-el, and according to the command'ment of Cy'rus, and Da-ri'iis, and Ar-ta-xerx'ej king of Per'si-a. ■ 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the m6nth A'dar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Da-ri'us the king. 16 And the children of If'ra-el, the priests and the Le'vites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs ; and, for a sin-offering for all Ij'ra-el, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Is'ra-el. 403 £z'ragoeth up to Jc-ru'sa-lcm: EZ'RA 18 And they set the priests in tiieir di- vif'ions, and the Le'vites in their courses, for the ser'vice of God, which is at Je-rft'- sa-lem ; as it is written in the book of Mo'fes. 19 And the children -of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. 20 For the priests and the Le'vites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 21 And the children of If'ra-el, which were come again' out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of If'ra-el, did eat, 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy : for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of As-syr'i-a unto them, to stren§;then their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of If'ra-el. CHAP. VIL I^POW after these things, in the reign of JJ^ Ar-ta-xerx'ef king of Per'si-a, Ez'ra the son of Se-ra-i'ah, the son of Az-a-ri'ah, the son of Hil-ki'ah, 2 The son of Shal'liim, the son of Za'- dok, the son of A-hi'tiib, 3 The son of Am-a-ri'ah, the son of Az- a-ri'ah, the son of Me-rai'6th, ' 4 The son of Zer-a-hi'ah, the son of Uz'- zi, the son of Biik'kl, 5 The son of A-bish'u-a, the son of Phin'e-has, the son of E-le-a'zar, the son of .^a'ron the chief priest : 6 This Ez'ra went up from Bab'y-lon ; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Mo'fes, which the Lord God of If'ra-el had given : and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. 7 And there went up some of the chil- dren of If'ra-el, and of the priests, and the Le'vites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Neth'i-nims, unto Je-ru'sa-lem, in the seventh year of Ar-ta-xerx'ef the king. 8 And he came to Je-rft'sa-lem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Bab'y-lon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Je-rft'sa-lem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ez'ra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in If'ra-el statutes and judg- ments. 11 If Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Ar-ta-xerx'ef gave unto Ez'- »^r-ta-xerx'efs commtssion to htm,. ra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the command'ments of the Lord, and of his statutes to If'ra-el. 12 Ar-ta-xerx'ef, king of kings. Unto Ez'ra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of If'ra-el, and of his priests and Le'vites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free-will to go up to Je-ru'sa- lem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to in- quire concer'ning Ju'dah and Je-ru'sa-lem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand ; 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of If'ra-el, whose habitation is in Je-rfi'sa-lem ; 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Bab'y-lon, with the free-will-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Je-rCi'- sa-lem : 17 That thou mayst buy speedily with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings, and their drink-offer- ings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Je-rft'sa- lem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do af- ter the will of your God. 19 The vessels also that are given thee for the ser'vice of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Je-rft'- sa-lem. 20 And whatsoever more shall be need- ful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treaf'ure-house. 21 And I, even I, Ar-ta-xerx'ef the king, do make a decree to all the treaf'urers which are beyond the river, that whatso- ever Ez'ra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred meaf'ures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 23 Whatsoever is comman'ded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven : for why should there be wrath against' the realm of the king and his sons ? 24 Also we cer'tify you, that, toiich'Tng any of the priests and Le'vites, singers, porters, Neth'i-nims, or ministers of this house of God ; it shall not be lawful to im- * Mc-ra!yoth. 404 Enumeration of Es'ra's companions pose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25 And thou, Ez'ra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set mag^is- trates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God ; and teach ye them that know them not. 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment he executed speedily upon him, Avhether il be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprison- ment. 27 IT Bles'sed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Je-ri"»'sa- lem; 28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God teas upon me ; and I gath- ered together out of If'ra-el chief men to go up with me. CHAP. VIIL THESE are now the chief of their fa- thers, and this is the geneal'ogy of them that went up with me from Bab'y-lon, in the reign of Ar-ta-xerx'ef the king. 2 Of the sons of Phin'e-has ; Ger'shom : of the sons of Ith'a-mar ; Dan'i-el : of the sons of Da'vid ; Hat'tush : 3 Of the sons of Shech-a-ni'ah, of the sons of Pha'rosh ; Zech-a-rl'ah : and with him were reckoned, by geneal'ogy, of the males a hundred and fifty. 4 OfthesonsofPa'hath-Mo'ab ; K-li-oj'- na-i^ the son of Zer-a-hi'ah, and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shech-a-ni'ah ; the son of Ja-ha'zi-el, and with him three hundred males. 6 Of the sous also of A'din ; E'bed the son of Jon'a-than, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of E'lam ; Jesh-a-i'ah the son of Ath-a-li'ah, and with him seven- ty males. 8 And of the sons of Sheph-a-tJ'ah; Zeb-a-di'ah the son of Mi'9ha-el, and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Jo'ab ; Ob-a-dT'ah the son of Je-hi'el, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of the sons of Shel'o-mith ; the son of Jos-i-phi'ah, and with him a hun- dred and threescore males. 11 And of the sons of Beb'a-T ; Zech- a-ri'ah the son of Beb'a-T, and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Az'gad ; Jo-ha'nan the son of Hak'ka-tan, and with him a hun- dred and ten males. 13 And of the list sons of X-don'i-kam, EZ'RA. who returned from, Bab'y-lSn. whose names are these, E-liph'e-let, Je-i'- el, and Shem-a-i'ah, and with them three- score males. 14 Of the sons also of Big'va-i ; U'tha-I, and Zab'biid, and with them seveaty males. 15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to A-'ia'va ; and there abode we in tents three days- and I view- ed the people and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Le'vl. 16 Then sent I for E-li-e'z6r, for A'ri-el, for Shem-a-l'ah, and for El'na-than, and for Ja'rib, and for El'na-than, and for Na'- than, and for Zech-a-ri'ah, and for Me-shiil'- 1am, chief men; also for Joi'a-rib,-^ and for El'n?v-than, men of understanding. 17 And I sent them with command'- ment unto id'do the chief, at the place Ca-si{)h'i-a ; and I told them what they should say unto Id'do, and to his brethren the Neth'i-nims, at the place Ca-siph'i-a, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And, by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of under- standing, of the sons of Mah'lT, the son of Le'vT, the son of I§'ra-el ; and Sher-e-bi'ah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 And Hash-a-biah, and with him Jesb-a-i'ah, of the sons of Mer'a-ri, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; 20 Also of the Neth'i-nims, whom Da'- vid and the princes had appointed for the ser'vice of the Le'vites, two hundred and twenty Neth'i-nims : all of them were ex- pressed by name. 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river A-ha'va, that we might afflict our- selves 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 sol'di^rj^ 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 pow- er and his wrath is against' all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted, and besought our God for this ; and he was entreated of us. 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sher-e-bl'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 of- fering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all If'ra-el there present, had offered ; 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and sil- ver vessels a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred talents ; 27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a ^ E-le-e'na-t. 2 J6xfa-rlb. ^ sbVjurz. 405 Mt'ra's prayer and thousand drams i and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord ; the vessels are holy also ; and the silver and the gold are a free-will- offering unto the Lord God of your fathers : 29 Watch ye, and keep //tern, until ye weigh iluin before the chief of the priests and the Le'vites, and chief of the fathers of Ij'ra-el, at Je-ril'sa-lem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord. 30 So took the priests and the Le'vites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Je-rft'sa-lem, unto the house of our God. 31 Then we departed from the river of A-ha'va, on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Je-ru'sa-lem : and the hand of our God was upon us, and he de- livered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And we came to Je-ru'sa-lem, and abode there three days. 33 Now on the fourth day was the sil- ver, and the gold, and the vessels, weigh- ed in the house of our God by the hand of Mer'e-moth the son of U-ri'ah the priest ; and with him tvas E-le-a'zar the son of Phin'e-has ; and with them was Joz'a-bad the son of Jesh'u-a, and No-a-di'ah the son of Bin'nu-i, Le'vites ; 34 By number and by weight of every one : and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Jilso the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt-offerings unto the God of i|'ra-el, twelve bullocks for all i§'ra-el, ninety and six rams, sev- enty and seven lambs, twelve he-goats/or a sin-offering : all this was a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 36 And they delivered the king's com- missions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river ; and they furthered the people, and the house of God. CHAP. IX. NOW when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The peo- ple of if'ra-el, and the priests, and the Le'vites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing ac- cording to their abominations, even of the Can'aan-ites, the Hit'tites, the Per'iz- zites, the Jeb'u-sites, the Arn'mon-ites, the Mo'ab-ites, the E-|yp'ti-ans, and the Am'o-rites. 2 For they have taken of their daugh- ters for themselves, and for their sons ; so that the holy seed have mingled them- selves with the people of those lands : yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this tres'pass. EZ'RA. confession of atns. 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and pl«cked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. ' 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of if'ra-el, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away ; and I sat astonied until the evening Kac'rifige. 5 And at the evening sac'rifi^e I arof e up from my heaviness ; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God, 6 And said, O my God ! I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our tres'pass is grown up unto the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers hare we 6een m a great tres'pass unto this day : and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the su'ord, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to con- fusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little space grace hath been showed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to 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 u'cre bondmen ; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Per'si-a, to give us a re- viving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Jii'dah and in Je-rfi'- sa-lem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this ? for we have forsaken thy command'ments, 11 Which thou hast comman'ded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to pojjess' it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abomina- tions, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now, there'fore, 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 tres'- pass, seeing that thou our God hast pun- ished us less than our iniquities dc^crve\ and hast given us such deliverance as this ; 14 Should we again' break thy com- mand'ments, and join in affinity with the ^ or, astonished. 406 jSsr'ro assembhth the people. EZ'RA. people of these abominations, wouldst not thou be angry with us till thou hadst con- sumed tw, so that /here should be no rem- nant nor escaping ? 15 O Lord God of Ij'ra-el, thou art righteous ; for we remain yet escaped, as il is this day ; behold, we are before thee in our tres'passes ; for we cannot stand before thee because of this. CHAP. X. NOW when Ez'ra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and The names of the transgretsors. said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives to increase the tres'pass of If'ra-el. 11 Now there'fore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleaf'ure ; and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. 12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice. As thou hast said, so must we do. 13 But the people are many, and it is cas'ting himself down before the house of a time of much rain, and we arc not able God, there assembled unto him out of If'- ra-el a very great congregation of men, and women, and children : for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shech-a-nl'ah the son of Je-hi'el, one of the sons of E'lam, answered and said unto Ez'ra, We have tres'passed against' our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land : yet now there is hope in I|'ra-el concer'ning this thing. 3 Now there'fore let us make a cove- nant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, ac- cording to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the command'ment of our God ; and let it be done according to the law. 4 ArTf e ; for this matter belongeth unto thee : we also will be with thee ; be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arofe Ez'ra, and made the chief priests, the Le'vltes, and all Ij'ra-el, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. 6 Then Ez'ra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jo-ha'nan the son of E-ll'a-shib : and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water ; for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. 7 And they made proclamation through- out Ju'dah and Je-nVsa-lem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Je-riVsa- lem ; 8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the coun- sel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. 9 Then all the men of Ju'dah and Ben'- ja-mTn gathered themselves together unto Je-rii'sa-lem within three days : it was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month ; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling be- cause of this matter, and for the great« rain. 10 And Ez'ra the priest stood up, and * Ma-a-sl'yah. 2 2-le-l'na-i. to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two ; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. 14 Let now our rulers of all the con- gregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. 15 T Only Jon'a-than the son of Af'a hel, and Ja-ha-zl'ah the son of Tik'vah, were employed about' this mailer ; and Me-shul'lam and Shab-beth'a-i the Le'vite helped them. 16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ez'ra the priest, with cer'tain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to exam- ine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken str.an^e wives ; namely., of the sons of Jesh'u-a the son of Joz'a-dak, and his brethren ; Ma-a-sei'ah,l and E-li-e'zer, and Ja'rib, and Ged-a-li'ah. 19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives ; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their tres'pass. 20 And of the sons of Im'mer ; Han a- ni, and Zeb-a-di'ah. 21 And of the sons of Ha'rim ; l\|l-a- sei'ah, and E-li'jah, and Shem-a-i'ah, and Je-hi'el, and Uz-zi'ah. 22 And of the sons of Pash'iir ; E-li-oe- na-T,2 Ma-a-sei'ah, Ish'ma-el, Ne-than'e- el, Joz'a-bad, and El'a-sah. 23 Also of the Le'vites ; Joz'a-bad, and Shim'e-!, and Ke-lai'ah^ (the same is Kel'- i-ta,) Peth-a-hl'ah, Ju'dah, and E-li-e'- zer. 24 Of the singers also ; E-lT'a-shib : and of the porters ; Shal'lum, and Te'lem, and U'rl. 25 Moreover of If 'ra-el : of the sons of Pa'rosh ; Ra-mi'ah, and Je-zi'ah, and 3 Kl-la'yah, 407 rhe mourning of Nl-he-ml'ah NEHEMI'AH. for Ih'e misery of Jl-rv! sa-llm. Mal-chl'ah, and Mi'a-min, and E-le-a'zar, and Mal-chi'jah, and Ben-ai'ah. ^ 26 And of the sons of E'lam ; Mat-ta- ly'ah, Zech-a-ri'ah, and Je-hVel, and Ab'- di, and Jer'e-moth, and E-li'ah. 27 And of the sons of Zat'tu ; E-li-oe- na-i, E-li'a-shib, Mat-ta-nT'ah, and Jer'i- moth, and Za'bad, and A-zi'za. 28 Of the sons also of Beb'a-i ; Je-ho'- a-nan, Han-a-nl'ah, Zab'bai, and Ath'lai. 29 And of the sons of Ba'nl ; Me-shul'- 1am, Mal'luch, and Ad-a-iah, Jash'ub, and She'al, and Ra'moth. 30 And of the sons of Pa'hath-Mo'ab ; id'na, and Che'lal, Ben-ai'ah, Ma-a-sei'ah, j a-ri'ah, 33 Of the sons of Hash'um ; Mat-te- na'i, Mat'ta-thah, Za'bad, E-liph'e-let, Jer'e-mai, Ma-nas'seh, and Shim'e-i. 34 Of the sons of Ba'nl ; Ma-ad'ai, Am'ram, and C'el, 35 Ben-ai'ah, Ped-e-i'ah, Chel'luh, 36 Va-ni'ah, Mer'e-moth, E-li'a-shib 37 Mat-ta-ni'ah, Mat-te-na'i, and j»'- a-sau, 38 And Ba'ni, and Bin'nu-i, Shim'e-i, 39 And Shel-e-mi'ah, and Na'than, and Ad-a-i'ah, 40 Mach-na-de'bai, Shash'a-T, Shar'a-1, 41 A-za're-el, and Shel-e-ml'ah, Shem- Mat-ta-ni'ah, Be-zal'e-el, and Ma-nas'seh. 31 And of the sons of Ha'rim ; E-li-e'- ter, i-shi'jah, Mal-9hi'ah, Shem-a-i'ah, Shim'e-on, 32 Ben'ja-min, Mal'luch, and Shem-a- rl'ah. and Bin'nu-i,! 42 Shal'lum, Am-a-n'ah, and Jo'seph. 43 Of the sons of Ne'bo ; Je-rel, Mat- ti-thi'ah, Za'bad, Ze-bi'na, Jad'du-a, and Jo'el, Ben-ai'ah. 44 All these had taken strange wives : and some of them had wives by whom they had children. IT The Book of NEHEMI'AH. CHAPTER I. 1 THE words of Ne-he-mi'ah the son oft H'ach-a-li'ah. And it came to pass m the month Chif'leu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shu'shan the palace, 2 That Han'a-ni, one of my brethren, came, he and ccr'tmn men of Ju'dah ; and I asked them concer'mng the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the cap- tivity, and concer'ning Je-rft'sa-lem which thou commandedst thy servant Mo |5s. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Mo - fes, sayings, i/'ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations : 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commcind'ments, and do them ; though there were of you cast out unto the utter- most part of the heaven, yet will I gather 3 And they said unto me. The remnant them from thence, and will bring them that are left of the captivity there i« the province fire in great affliction and re- proach : the wall of Je-ru'sa-lem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire. 4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned ccr'taln days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe' his command'- ments ; 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayst hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of If'ra-el thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of If'ra-el, which we have sinned against' thee : both I and my father's houjse have sinned. 7 We have dealt very corruptly against' thee, and have not kept the command'- ments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments. unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. 10 Now these are thy servants, and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy ser- vants, who desire to fear thy name ; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man : For I was the kinc'^s cup-bearer. CHAP. n. AND it came to pass in the month Ni'- san, in the twentieth year of Ar-ta- xerx'ef the king, that wine teas before him : and I took up the wLne, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime •sad in his presence. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me. Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? this is nothing e/*e but sor- row of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 3 And said unto the king. Let the king live for ever : why should not my cou&- 1 Ben-a'yah. 408 ^e-he-mi'ah vieweth the NEHEMI'AH. walU ofJc-riVsa-lctn. tenance be sad, when the city, the place | distress that we are in, how Je-i-fi 'sa-lem of my fathers' sepulchres, Hetk waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire ? 4 'I'henthe 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 wouldst send me unto Ju'dah, unto the city of my fa- thers' 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 Jii'- 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 appertain' ed 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 the king's let- ters. (Now the king had sent cap tains of the army and horsemen with me.) 10 When San-bal'lat the Hor'o-nite, and To-bi'ah the servant, the Am'mon-Tte, heard o///, 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 Je-riVsa-lem, and was there three days. 12 And I arofe in the night, 1 and some few men with me ; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Je-riVsa-lem: neither wa* there any\ie?i.si with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night, by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Je-ru'sa-lem which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the foun'tain, 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 tlie wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the val- ley, 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 T lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire : come, and let us build up the wall of Je-rii'sa-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 tliij good ivork. 19 But when San-bal'lat the Hor'o-nite and To-bi'ah the servant, the Am'mrin-lte. and Ge'shem the A-ra'bi-an, heard v7, they laughed us to scorn, and despi§ed us, and said. What is this thing that ye do ? will ye rebel against' the king ? 20 Then answered I them, and said unto them. The God of heaven he will prosper us ; there'fore we his servants will arife and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Je-rfl'sa-lem. CHAP. III. HEN E-lTa-shTb the high priest rose up, with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep-gate ; they sancti- fied it, and set up the doors of it ; even unto the tower of Me'ah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Ha-nan'e-el. 2 And next unto him builded the men of Jer'i-cho. And next to them builded Zac'cur the son of Im'ri. 3 But the fish-gate did the sons of Haf- §e-na'ah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Mer'e- moth the son of U-ri'jah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Me-shul'lam the son of Ber-e-chi'ah, the son of Mesh- ez'a-be-el. And next unto them repaired Za'dok the son of Ba'a-na. 5 And next unto them the Te-ko'ites repaired ; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. 6 Moreover, the old gate repaired Je- hoi'a-da the son of Pa-se'ah, and Me-shul'- lam the son of Bef-6-dei'ah ; ^ they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Mel- a-tl'ah the Gib'e-6n-ite, and Ja'don mt Me-ron'o-thite, the men of Gib'e-6n and of Miz'pah, unto the throne of the g6v- ernor on this side the river. 8 Next unto him repaired Dz-zi'el the son ofllar-ha-T'ah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Han-a-ni'ah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they forti- fied Je-rft'sa-lem unto the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Reph- a-i'ahthe son of Hiir, the ruler of the hall part of Je-rft'sa-lem. 10 And next unto them repaired Je-dai' Mm Bcz-O'di'yah. 409 Th,e nanus and order of those ah the son of Ha-r&'maph, even over against' his house. And next unto him repaired Hat'tush the son of Hash-ab-nT'- ah. 11 Mal-chT'jah the son of Ha'rini, and Ha'shub the son of Pa'hath-Mo'ab, repair- ed the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. 12 And next unto him repaired Shal'- liim the son of Ha-lo'esh, the ruler of the half part of Je-rfli'sa-lem, he and his daugh- ters. 13 The valley-gate repaired Ha'nun, and the inhabitants of Za-no'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- chl'ah the son of Re'chab, the ruler of part of Beth-hac'cer-em;i he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But the gate of the foun'tain repair- ed Shal'lum the son of Col-ho'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 Sil'o-ah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of Da'vid. IG After him repaired Ne-he-mi'ah the son of Az'buk, the ruler of the half part of Beth'zur, 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, Re'- hijm the son of Ba'ni. Next unto him re- paired Hash-a-bl'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'a-dad, the ruler of the half-part of Kei'lah. 2 19 And next to him repaired E'zer the son of Jesh'u-a, the ruler of Miz'pah, an other piece over against' the going up to the armoury, at the turning of the wall. 20 After him Ba'ru9h the son of Zab'bfii earnestly repaired the other piece, from t.he turning of the uall unto the door of the tiouse of E-li'a-shlb the high priest. 21 After him repaired Mer'e-moth the son of U-n'jah, the son of Koz, another piece, from the door of the house of E-li'a- shib even to the end of the house of E-li'a- shib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. 23 After him repaired Ben'ja-min and Ha'shub, over against' their house. After him repaired Az-a-ri'ah the son of Ma-a- sei'ah, 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 ^ Beth-hak'ser-im, NEHEMl'AH. who builded the wall. house of Az-a-ri'ah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. 25 Pa'lal the son of C'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 Ped-ai'ah-^ the son of Pa'rosh. 26 Moreover, the Neth'i-nlms dwelt in O'phel, unto the place over against' the water-gate to'ward the east, and the tow er that lieth out. 27 After them the Te-ko'ites repaired another piece, over against' the great tow- er that lieth out, even unto the wall of O'phel. 28 From above the horse-gate repaired the priests, every one over against' his house. 29 After them repaired Za'dok the son of Im'mer, over against' his house. After him repaired also Shem-a-i'ah the son of Shech-a-ni'ah, the keeper of the east gate. 30 After him repaired Han-a-ni'ah the son of Shel-e-mi'ah, and Ha'niin the sixth son of Za'Iaph, another piece. After him repaired Me-shul'lam the son of Ber-e-chi' ah, over against' his chamber. 31 After him repaired Mal-chi'ah the goldsmith's son, unto the place of the Neth'i-nlms, and of the merchants, over against' the gate Miph'kad, and to the going up of the corner. 32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. CHAP. IV. BUT it came to pass, that when San- bal'lat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indig- nation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Sa-ma'ri-a, and said. What do these feeble Jews ? will they fortify themselves ? will they sac'rifi^e ? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burnt ? 3 Now To-bi'ah the Am'mon-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 despTf- ed : 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 T5-bi'ah, and the A-ra'bi-ans, 2 Ke'lah. ' Ped-afyah. 410 Kl-he-mi'ah appomtetk a watch. NEHEMI'AH and the Am'mou-ites, and the Ash'dod- ites, heard that the walls of Je-rii'sa-lem were made up, and that the breaches be- gan to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against' Je-rft'sa-lein, 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 .lu'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 ad'versaries 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 all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. 13 There'fore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families, with their swdrds, 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 ene- mies 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 ha-ber'^e-onj ; and the ru- lers u-ere 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. ^ IG For the builders, every one had his sit'ord girded^ by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people. The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another : 20 In what place there'fore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us : our God shall fight for us. ' wlp'p'n. 2 gcr'dcd. The Jews complain. 21 So we laboured in the work : and half of them held the spears, from the rising of the mornmg till the stars ap- peared. • 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people. Let every one with his servant lodge within Je-r&'sa-lem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for wash'ing. CHAP. V. AND there was a great cry of the peo- ple, and of their wives, against' theii brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said. We, oui sons, and our daughters, are many ; there'- fore we take up corn for them, that we may eat and live. 3 So^ne also there were that said. We have mortgaged our lands, vine'yardf,* and houses, that we might buy corn, be- cause of the dearth. 4 There were also that said. We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vine'yardf. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their chil- dren : and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage Already, neither is it in our pow- er to redeem them ; for other men hav our lands and vine'yards. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry, and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them. Ye exact ujury,^ every one of his brother. And I set a great as- sembly against' them : 8 And I said unto them, We, after our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, tchich iclre sold unto the heathen ; and will ye even sell your brethren ? or shall they be sold unto us ? Then held they their peace, and found ndthing to ansiver. 9 Also I said. It is not good that ye do : ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the hea- then our enemies ? 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn : I pray you, let us leave off this u§ury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vhie'yardf, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 3 vmylrdz. '' yxt'shu-re. 411 San-hal'lafs evil practice. 12 Then said they, We will restore Ikem, 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 perform'eth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out and emptied. And all the congregation said, A'men', and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this prom- ise. 14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Jii'dah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Ar-ta- xerx'ef ^ the king, that m, 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. 16 Yea, 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 a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides 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 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. I CHAP. VI. NOW it came to pass, when San-bal'- lat, and To-bi'ah, and Ge'shem the A-ra'bi-an, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had bullded 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 to- gether in some one of the villages in the plain of O'no. But they thought to do me mis'chief. 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 thev sent unto me four times NEHEMI'AH. The work finished after this sort ; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 Then sent San-bal'lat his servant unto me, in like manner, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand ; 6 Wherein was written. It is reported among the heathen, and Gash'mii saith i7, that thou and the Jews think to rebel : for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayst be their king, according to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed proph- ets to preach of thee at Je-rft'sa-lem, say- ing, There is a king in Jii'dah : and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therc'fore, and let us take counsel together. C 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, that it be not done. Now there'- fore, 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 Me-het'a-bel, 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 There'fdre 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 To-bi'ah and San-bal'lat according to these their works, and on the prophetess No-a-di'ah, and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear. 15 IT So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the mdnth E'lCil, 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 T6-bi'- ah, and the letters of To-bi'ah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Ju'dah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law ^ Ar-ta^zlrx'es, 412 ^ register of those who returned of Shech-a-ni'ah the son of A'rah ; and his son Jo-ha'nan had taken the daughter of Me-shul'lam the son of I3er-e-chT'ah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. .^ndTo-bi'ah sent letters to put me in fear. CHAP. VII. NOW it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters, and the singers, and the Le'vites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Han'a-n!, and Han-a-ni ah the ruler of the palace, charge over Je-ril sa-lem : (for he u-as a faithful man, and feared God above many :) 3 And 1 said unto them. Let not the gates of Je-r6'sa-!em 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 Je- nVsa-lem, 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 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reck- oned by ^eneal'o^y : and I found a register of the geneal'oey of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, 6 These are the children of the prov ince, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Neb-Q-chad-nez'zar the king of Bab'y-lon had carried away, and came again' to Je-rfl'sa-lem and to Ju'dah, every one unto his city ; 7 Who came with Ze-riib'ba-bel ; Jesh'- u-a, Ne-he-mi'ah, Az-a-ri'ah, Ra-a-ml'ah, Na-ham'a-ni, Mor'de-cai, Bil'shan, Mif'pe- reth, Big'va-T, Ne'hiim, Ba'a-nah : the number, I say^ of the men of the people of i§'ra-el, was this : 8 The children of Pa'rosh, two thou- sand a hundred seventy and two. 9 The children of Sheph-a-ti'ah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of A'rah, six hundred fifty and two. 11 The children of Pa'hath-Mo'ab, of the children of Jesh'u-a and Jo'ab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen 12 The children of E'lam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four 13 The children of Zat'tu, eight hun- dred forty and five 14 The children of Zac'cai, seven hun- dred and threescore. 15 The children of Bin'nu-T, six hun- dred forty and eight. 16 The children of Beb'a-1, six bun dred twenty and eight. 17 The children of Az'gad, two thou sand three hundred twenty and two. ' Jl-da'yah. Mm2 NEHEMI'AH. from Bab'y-lon to Ji-rd'sa-lent. 18 The children of A-don'i-kam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19 The children of Big'va-i, two thou- sand threescore and seven. 20 The children of A'din, six hundred fifty and five. 21 The children of A'ter of Hez-e-ki'ah, ninety and eight, 22 The children of Ha'shum, three hun- dred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Be'zai, three hun- dred twenty and four. 24 The children of Ha'riph, a hundreil and twelve. 25 The children of GTb'e-on, ninety and five. 26 The men of Beth'le-hem, and Ne- to'phah, a hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of An'a-thoth, a hundred twenty and eight. 28 The men of Beth-az'ma-veth, forty and two. 29 The men of Kir'jath-Je'a-rim,- Cheph-Vrah, and Be-e'roth, seven hun- dred forty and three. 30 The men of Ra'mah and Ga'ba, six hundred twenty and one. 31 The men of Mich'mas, a hundred twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth'el and a'T, a hun- dred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Ne'bo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other E'lam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 35 The children of Ha'rim, three hun- dred and twenty. 36 The children of Jer'i-cho, three hun- dred forty and five. 37 The children of Lod, Ha'did, and O'no, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Sen'a-ah, three thou- sand nine hundred and thirty. 39 The priests: the children of Je-dai'- ah, ' of the house of Jesh u-a, nine hun- dred seventy and three. 40 The children of Im'm^r, a thousand fifty and two. 41 The children of Pash'iir, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 42 The children of Ha'rim, a thousand and seventeen. 43 The Le'vites : the children of Jesh'- u-a, of Kad'mi-el, and of the children of H5-de'vah, seventy and four. 44 The singers ; the children of A'saph, a hundred forty and eight. 45 The porters : the children of Shal'- liim, the children of A't6r, the children of Tal'mon, the children of Ak'kub, the chil- dren of Hat'i-ta, the children of Sho'ba-i, a hundred thirty and eight. 46 The Neth'i-nims: the children of ZT'ha, the children of Ha-shu'pha, the children of Tab'ba-«th, 2 Ker'jalh-Ji'a-rtm. 413 The names of those who could NEHEMI'AH 47 The children of Ke'ros, the children and six of Si'a, the children of Pa'don, and five 48 The children of Leb'a-na, the chil- 69 dren of Hag'a-ba, the children of Shal'- ma-T, 49 The children of Ha'nan, the chil- dren of Gid'del, the children of Ga'har, 50 The children of Re-a-1'ah, the chil- dren of Re'zTn, the children of Ne-ko'da, 51 The children of Gaz'zam, the chil- dren of IJz'za, the children of Pha'se-ah, 52 The children of Be'sai, the children of Me-u'nim, the children of Ne-phish'e- sim, 53 The children of Bak'buk, the chil- dren of Hak-u'pha, the children of Har' hfir, 54 The children of Baz'lTth, the chil- dren of Me-hi'da, the children of Har'sha, 55 The children of Bar'kos, the chil- dren of Sis'e-ra, the children of Ta'mah, 56 The children of Ne-zi'ah, the chil- dren of Ha-ti'pha. 57 The children of Sol'o-mon's servants : the children of So'ta-T, the children of Soph'e-reth, the children of Pe-ri'da, 58 The children of Ja-a'la, the children of Dar'kon, the children of GTd'del, 59 The children of Sheph-a-ti'ah, the children of Hat'til, the children of Poch - e-reth of Ze-ba'im, the children of A'mon. 60 All the Neth'i-nims, and the children of Sol'o-mon's servants, were three hun- dred ninety and two. 61 And these were they vrhich went up also from Tel'me-lah, Tel-ha-re'sha, Che'- rub, Ad'don, and im'm^r : but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of If'ra-el. 62 The children of Del-a-'i'ah, the chil- dren of T6-bi'ah, the children of Ne-ko'da, six hundred forty and two. 63 And of the priests : the children of Ha-bai'ah,i the children of Koz, the children of Bar-zil'la-i, which took one of the daughters of Bar-zll'la-i the Gil'e- ad-ite to wife, and was called after their name. 64 These sought their register amdng those that were reckoned by geneal'oey, but it was not found : there'fore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. 65 And the Tir'sha-tha^ said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with U'rim and Thiim'mim. 66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore ; 67 Besides their man-servants and their maid-s6rvants, of whom there were seven thousand three hunddred thirty and seven : not show their pedigree, their mules, two hundred forty Their camels, four hundred thirty and five ; six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. 70 % And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tir'sha-tha gave to the treaf'ure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treaf'ure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the peo- ple gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' gar- ments. 73 So the priests, and the Le'vltes, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Neth'i-nims, and all If'ra-el, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children ot is'ra-el were in their cities. CHAP. VIII. AND all the people gathered them- selves together as one man into the street that ivas before the water-gate ; and they spake unto Ez'ra the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Mo'fes, which the Lord had comman'ded to if'ra-el. 2 And Ez'ra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with un- derstanding, upon the first day of the sev- enth m6nth. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water-gate, from the morning until mid-day, before the men and the women, and those that could un- derstand : and the ears of all the people icere allentire unto the book of the law. 4 And Ez'ra the scribe stood up^n a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose ; and beside him stood Mat- ti-thi'ah, and She'ma, and An-a-i'ah, and tJ-ri'jah, and HTl-ki'ah, and Ma-a-sei'ah,^ on his right hand ; and on his left hand, Ped-ai'ah,^ and Mish'a-el, and Mal-chT'- ah, and Ha'shiim, and Hash-bad'a-na, Zech-a-rT'ah, and Me-shul'lam. 5 And Ez'ra opened the book in the sight of all the people ; Qfor he was above all the people ;) and when he opened it^ all the people stood up. 6 And Ez'ra bless'ed the Lord, the great God : and all the people answered, X'meu', A'men', with lifting up their hands : and they bowed their heads, and wor'shipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jesh'u-a, and Ba'ni, and Sher-e- and they had two hundred forty and five bl'ah, Ja'mTn, Ak'kub, Shab-beth'a-i, Ho- singing-men and singing-women di'jah, Ma-a-sei'ah, Kel'i-ta, Az-a-ri'ah, 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty j J 6z'a-bad, Ha'nan, Pel-a-i'ah, and the Le- 1 Ha-ba'yah. ^ Tir'sha-tha. 3 Ma-a-sl'yah * Ped-d'yah. 414 Manner of reading the law. NEHEMI'AH, vTtes, caused the people to understand the law : and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the hook, in the law of God, distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the read- 9 And Ne-he-mi'ah, which is the Tir'- sha-tha, and Ez'ra the priest the scribe, and the Le'vites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God ; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. 11 So the Le'vites stilled all the peo- ple, saying. Hold your peace ; for the day is holy •, neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, ' because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. 13 ^ And on the second day were gath- ered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests and the Le'vites, unto Ez'ra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law which the Lord had comman'ded by Mo'- §es, that the children of ij'ra-el should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh in6nth : 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Je-ril'- sa-lem, saj'ing. Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and pine-branch- es, and ^myr'tle-branches, and palm- branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 16 So the people went forth, and brought them., and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water-gate, and in the street of the gate of E'phra- im. 17 And all the congregation of them that were come again' out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths : for since the days of Jesh'u-a the son of Nun, unto that day, had not the children of If'ra-el done so. And there was very great gladness. 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days ; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the man- ner. ' mirth. 2 rncr'tl. w3 solemn fast and repentance. CHAP. IX. NOW in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of ij'ra-el were assembled with fast'ing, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. 2 And the seed of i§'ra-el separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the Iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day, and another fourth part they confessed, and wor'shTpped the Lord their God. 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Le'vites, Jesh'u-a, and Ba'ni, >*ad'mi-el, Sheb-a-nT'ah, Bun'nT, Sher-e-bi'ah, Ba'ni, and Chen'a-ni, and cried with a loud ^oice unto the F^ord their God. 5 Tlien the Le'vites, Jesh'u-a, and Kad'- mi-el, Ba'ni, Hash-iib-ni'ah, Sher-e-bi'ah, Ho-di'jah, Sheb-a-ni'ah, anrf Peth-a-hi'ah, said. Stand up, and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever ; and bles'sed 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 preferv'est them all ; and the host of heaven wor'- shippeth thee. 7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choofe A'bram, and broughtest him forth out of Or of the Chal'deej, and gavest him the name of A'bra-ham : 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and mildest a covenant with him, to give the land of the Can'aan-ites, the Hit'- tites, the Am'o-rltes, and the Per'iz-zltcs, and the Jeb'u-sites, and the Gir'ga-shltes,-'' to give iV, I say., to his seed, and hast per- fbrm'ed thy words ; for thou art righ'te- ous:4 9 And didst see the affliction of our fa- thers in E'gypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea : 10 And showedst signs and wonders upon Pha'raoh, 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 per- secutors 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 camest down also upon mount Si'nai, and spakest with them from heav- 3 Oer'ga-shltes. ^ rt'tthe-ii*. 416 The Le'vltes^ confession en, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and command'- ments : 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Mo'fes thy servant : 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth wa- ter for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promifedst them that they should go in to poffess' the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers dealt proud- ly, and hardened their necks, and heark- ened not to thy command'ments, 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 cap'tain to return to their bondage : but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merci- ful, 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 E'gypt, and had wrought great provocations ; 19 Yet thou, in thy manifold mer'cTes, 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 show them light, and the way wherein they should 20 Thou gavest also thy good Spir'it 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 lack- ed nothing ; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover, thou gavest them king- doms and nations, and didst divTde them into corners : so they pofjess'ed the land of Si'hon, and the land of the king of Hesh'bon, and the land of 5g king of Ba'- shan. 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concer'ning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to pojjess' it. 24 So the children went in and pojfess'- ed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Can'- aan-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 poffess'ed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vine'yardf, ^ and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance : NEHEMI'AH. of God's goodnt..<. so they did eat, and were filled, and be- came fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 26 Nevertheless they were disobe'dient, and rebelled against' thee, and cjist thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets, which testified against' them to turn them to thee ; and they wrought great provocations. 27 There'fore 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 //lewi from heaven ; and, according to thy manifold mer'cles, thou gavest them sa- viours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 2<] But after they had rest, they did evil again' before thee : there 'fdre 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 thtm from heaven ; and many times didst thou deliver them, ac- cording to thy mer'cles ; 29 And testifiedst against' them, that thou mightst bring them again' unto thy law : yet they dealt proudly, and heark- ened not unto thy command'ments, but sinned against' thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and with- drew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear: 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against' them by thy Spir'it in thy prophets ; yet would they not give ear: there'fore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 31 Nevertheless, for thy great mer'cles' sake, thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them ; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. 32 Now there'fore, 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, pn 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-syr'i-a unto this day. 33 Howbeit, thou a?-/ 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 command'ments and thy tes'timonies, 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 wick- ed works. ^ vin'yirdz. 416 The namc.1 of those irho sealed 36 Behold, we are servants this day ; and /or 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 yieldcth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us be- cause of our sins : also they have domin- ion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleaj'nre, and we are in great dis- tress. 38 And because of all this, we make a sure cdvenant^ and write it : and our princes, Le'vTtes, and priests, seal unto it. CHAP. X. NOW those that sealed wire, Ne-he- mi'ah the Tir'sha-tha, ' the son of Hach-a-li'ah, and Zid-k^'jah, 2 Se-ra-1'ah, Az-a-ri'ah, Jer-e-mT'ah, 3 Pash'ur, Am-a-rl'ah, Mal-9hi'jah, 4 Hat'tOsh, Sheb-a-ni'ah, Mal'lfich, 5 Ha'rim, Mer'e-moth, Ob-a-di'ah, 6 Dan'i-el,2 Gin'nc-thon, pA'ruch, 7 Me-shul'lam, l-bT'jah, MTj'a-min, 8 Ma-a-zT'ah, Bil'ga-T, Shem-a-i'ah : these were the priests. 9 And the Le'vltes : both Jesh'u-a the son of Az-a-nT'ah, Bin'nu-i of the sons of Hen-a-dad, Kad'mi-el ; 10 And their brethren, Sheb-a-ni'ah, Ho-di'jah, Kel'i-ta, Pel-a-i'ah, Ha'nan, 11 Mi'cha, Re'hob, Hash-a-bl'ah, 12 Zac'cur, Sher-e-bl'ah, Sheb-a-ni'ah, 13 Ho-dl'jah, Ba'nT, Ben'i-nii. 14 The chief of the people ; Pa'rosh, Pa'hath-Mo'ab, E'lam, Zat'thu, Ba'nT, 15 Bun'ni, Az'gad, Beb'a-i, 16 Ad-o-nT'jah, Big'va-i, A'din, 17 A't^r, Hiz-kT'jah, Az'zur, 18 Ho-d'i'jah, Ha'shiim, Be'zai, 19 Ha'riph, An'a-thoth, Neb'a-T, 20 Mag/pi-ash, Me-shiil'lam, He'zir, 21 Mesh-ez'a-be-el, Za'dok, Jad-diVa, 22 Pel-a-tl'ah, Ha'nan, An-a-T'ah, 23 Ho-she'a, Han-a-nl'ah, Ha'shub, 24 Hal-lo'hesh, Pil'e-ha, Sho'bek, 25 Re'hum, Hash-ab'nah, Ma-a-sei'ah,^ 26 And A-hT'jah, Ha'nan, A'nan, 27 Mal'luch, Ha'rim, Ba-a'nah. 28 1 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Le'vites, the porters, the sing- ers, the Neth'i-nims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding ; 29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Mo'fes the servant of God, and to obferve' and do all the command'ments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments, and his statutes ; 30 And that we would not give our Tcr'sha-lha. NEHEMI'AH. the covenant . ^ Dan'y-el or Dan'e-il 27 the points thereof. daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons : 31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath-day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day ; and that we v/ould leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. 32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel, for the ser'vice of the house of our God ; 33 For the show-bread, and for the con- tinual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings, to make an atonement for If'ra-el, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Le'vTtes, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law ; 35 And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord : 36 Also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, (as it is written in the law,) and the firstlings of our herds, and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God : 37 And that we should bring the first- fruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine, and of oil, unto the priests, to the cham- bers of the house of our God ; and the tithes of our ground unto the Le'vTtes, that the same Le'vTtes might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And the priest, the son of ./^a'ron, shall be with the Le'vTtes, when the Le'- vTtes take tTthcs : and the Le'vTtes shall bring up the tTthe of the tTthes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treaf'iire-house. 39 For the children of If'ra-el and the children of Le'vT, 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. CHAP. XI. AND the rulers of the people dwelt at Je-rA'sa-lem : the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Je-rfi'sa-lem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 And the people bless'ed all the men 3 Ma-a-*l'yah. AVI The names of those who dwelt in NEHEMI'AH. that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Je-rA'sa-lem. 3 Now these are the chief of the prov- ince that dwelt in Je-rA'sa-lem, (but in the cities of Ju'dah dwelt every one in his pojjes'sion in their cities,) to wit, If'ra-el, the priests, and the Le'vites, and the Neth'i-nims, and the children of Solo- mon's servants. 4 And at Je-rft'sa-lem dwelt cer'tatn of the children of JS'dah, and of the chil- dren of Ben'ja-min. Of the children of Jii'dah ; Ath-a-i'ah the son of IJz-zi'ah, the son of Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Am-a- ri'ah, the son of Sheph-a-ti'ah, the son of Ma-ha-la'le-el, of the children of Pe'rez ; 5 And Ma-a-sei'ah' the son of Ba'^uch, the son of Col-ho'zeh, the son of Haz-a-i'- ah, the son of Ad-a-i'ah, the son of Joi'a- rib, the son of Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Shi-15'ni. 6 All the sons of Pe'rez that dwelt at Je-ru'sa-lem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Ben'ja-min ; Sal'lu the son of Me-shiil'lam, the son of Jo'ed, the son of Ped-ai'ah,^ the son of Kol-a-l'ah, the son of Ma-a-sei'ah, the son of Ith'i-el, the son of Je-sai'ah.^ 8 And after him Gab'bai, Sal'la-T, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Jo'el the son of Zich'ri teas their overseer : and Ju'dah the son of Sen'u-ah was second over the city. 10 Of the priests : Je-dai'ah* the son of Joi'a-rib, Ja'^hin. 1 1 Se-ra-i'ah the son of Hil-kl'ah, the son of Me-shul'lam, the son of Za'dok, the son of Me-rai'6th,* the son of A-hi'tub, was the ruler of the house of God. 12 And their brethren, that did the work of the house, were eight hundred twenty and two : and Xd-a-i'ah the son of Jer'o-ham, the son of Pel-a-li'ah, the son of Am'zi, the son of Zech-a-ri'ah, the son of Pash'ur, the son of Mal-chi'ah, 13 And his brethren, chief of the fa- thers, two hundred forty and two : and A-mash'a-l the son of A-za're-el, the son of A-ha§'a-i, the son of Me-shil'le-moth, the son of Im'm6r, 14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, a hundred twenty and eight : and their overseer was Zab'di-el, the son of one of the great men. 15 Also of the Le'vites: Shem-a-i'ah the son of Ha'shiib, the son of Az'ri-kam, the son of Hash-a-bl'ah, the son of Bun'ni : 16 And Shab-beth'a-i and Joz'a-bad, of the chief of the Le'vites, had the over- sight of the out'ward business of the house of God. 17 And Mat-ta-m'ah the son of Mi'cha, the son of Zab'dT, the son of A'saph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in Jl-Tv! sa-lem and other cities prayer ; and Bak-biik-i'ah, the second am6ng his brethren, and Ab'da the son of Sham-mu'a, the son of Ga'lal, the son of Jed'u-thun. 18 All the Le'vites in the holy city wire two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover, the porters, Ak'kub, Tal'- mon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were a hundred seventy and two. 20 1 And the residue of If'ra-el, of the priests and the Le'vites, wire in all the cities of Ju'dah, every one in his inherit- ance. 21 But the Neth'i-nims dwelt in O'phel : and Zi'ha and Gif'pa were over the Neth'- i-nims. 22 The overseer also of the Le'vites at Je-r(i'sa-lem was IJz'zl the son of Ba'nl, the son of Hash-a-bi'ah, the son of Mat- ta-nl'ah, the son of Mi'cha. Of the sons of A'saph, the singers wire over the busi- ness of the house of God. 23 For il was the king's command'raent concer'ning them, that a cer'tain portion should be for the singers, due for everyday. 24 And Peth-a-hi'ah the son of Mesh- ez'a-be-el, of the children of Ze'rah, the son of Ju'dah, was at the king's hand in all matters concer'ning the people. 25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Ju'dah dwelt at Kir'jath-Ar'ba, "^ and in the villages thereof, and at Di'bon, and in the villages thereof, and at Je-kab'ze-el, and in the villages thereof, 26 And at Jesh'u-a, and at Mol'a-dah, and at Beth'phe-let, 27 And at Ha'zar-Shii'al,^ and at Be-er'- she-ba, and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Zik'lag, and at Mek'o-nah, and in the villages thereof, 29 And at En-rim'mon, and at Za're-ah, and at Jar'muth, 30 Za-no'ah, A-diil'lam, and in their villages, at La'chish, and the fields there- of, at A-ze'kah, and in the villages there- of. And they dwelt from Be-er'she-ba unto the valley of Hin'nom. 31 The children also of Ben'ja-min from Ge'ba dwelt at MTch'mash, and A-l'ja, and Beth'el, and in their villages, 32 And at An'a-thoth, Nob, An-a-ni'ah, 33 Ha'zor, Ra'mah, Git'ta-im, 34 Ha'did, Ze-bo'im, Ne-bal'lat, 35 Lod, and O'no, the valley of crafts- men. 36 And of the Le'vites wire divif'ions in Ju'dah, and in Ben'ja-min. CHAP. xn. NOW these are the priests and the Le'- vites that went up with Ze-rub'ba- bel the son of She-al'ti-el, and Jesh'u-a : Se-ra-i'ah, Jer-e-ml'ah, Ez'ra, 2 Am-a-rl'ah, Mal'luch, Hat'tfish, 3 She9h-a-nl'ah, Re'hum, Mer'e-moth, 1 Ma-a-sc'yah. 2 Pcd-a'yah. 3 Jl-aa'jfah. * Je-da'yah. * Ml-ra'yoth. ^ Klr'jatk-At'ba, 418 The succession of high priests. 4 Id'do, Gin'ne-tho, A-bi'jah, 5 Mi'a-min, Ma-a-dl'ah, Bil'gah, 6 Shem-a-1'ah, and Joi'a-rib, Je-dai'ah, ' 7 Sal'lu, A'mok, Hil-kl'ah, Je-dai'ah. These were the chief of the priests, and of their brethren, in the days of Jesh'u-a. 8 Moreover, the Le'vites : Jesh'u-a, Bin'nu-T, Kad'mi-el, Sher-e-bi'ah, Ju'dah, and Mat-ta-ni'ah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bak-buk-1'ah and Cn'ni, their brethren, were over against' them in the watches. 10 IT And Jesh'u-a begat Joi'a-kim, Joi'- a-kim also begat E-li'a-shib, and E-li'a- shib begat J6i'a-da, 1 1 And J6i'a-da begat Jon'a-than, and Jon'a-than begat Jad-du'a. 12 And in the days of Joi'a-kim were priests, the chief of the fathers : of Se-ra-i'ah, Mer-a-i'ah : of Jer-e-ml'ah, Han-a-ni'ah : 13 Of Ez'ra, Me-shul'lam : of Am-a-ri'- ah, Je-ho'a-nan : 14 Of Mel'i-^ii, Jon'a-than : of Sheb-a- ni'ah, Jo'seph : 15 Of Ha'rim, Ad'na : of Me-rai'6th, Hel'- ka-i : 16 Of id'do, Zech-a-ri'ah : of Gin'ne- thon, Me-shul'lam : 17 Of A-bT'jah, Zich'ri : of Mi-ni'a-min, of M6-a-di'ah, Pil'tai' : 18 Of Bil'gah, Sham-mu'a : of Shem-a- I'ah, Je-hon'a-than : 19 And of Joi'a-rib, Mat-te-na'i : of Je-dai'ah, Uz'zi : 20 Of Sal'la-i, Kal'la-1 : of A'mok, E'- b^r: 21 Of Hll-kl'ah, Hash-a-bi'ah : of Je- dai'ah, Ne-than'e-el. 22 IT The Le'vites, in the days of E-li'- a-shib, J6i'a-da, and J6-ha'nan, and Jad- du'a, were recorded chief of the fathers ; also the priests, to the reign of Da-ri'us the Per'si-an.2 23 The sons of Le'vi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the Chron'i-cles, even until the days of Jo-ha'- nan the son of E-H'a-shib. 24 And the chief of the Le'vites : Hash- a-bl'ah, Sher-e-bi'ah, and Jesh'u-a the son of Kad'mi-el, with their brethren over against' them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the command'ment of Da'- vid the man of God, ward over against' ward. 25 Mat-ta-ni'ah, and Bak-buk-i'ah, 5b- a-dl'ah, Me-shul'lam, Tal'mon, Ak'kub, were porters, keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joi'a-kim the son of Jesh'u-a, the son of Joz'a-dak, and in the days of Ne-he-mi'ah the gov- ernor, and of £z'ra the priest, the scribe. 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Je-rft'sa-lem they sought the Le'vites NEHEMI'AH. The dedication of the teaUs, out of all their places, to bring them to Je-rft'sa-lem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, wilh cymbals, psal't^ries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about' Je-rft'sa-lem, and from the villages of Ne-toph a-thi ; 29 Also from the house of Gil'gal, and out of the fields of Ge'ba and Az'ma-veth : for the singers had builded them villages round about' Je-rft'sa-lem. 30 And the priests and the Le'vites pu- rified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 3J Then I brought up the princes of Ju'dah upon the wall, and appointed two great c6m' panics of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall, to'ward the dung-gate : 32 And after them went Hosh-a-i'ah, and half of the princes of Ju'dah, 33 And Az-a-ri'ah, Ez'ra, and Me-shiil'- 1am, 34 Ju'dah, and Ben'ja-min, and Shem- a-i'ah, and Jer-e-mi'ah ; 35 And ctr'latn of the priests' sons with trumpets ; namely^ Zech-a-ri'ah the son of Jon'a-than, the son of Shem-a-i'ah, the son of Mat-ta-ni'ah, the son of MT-chai'ah, the son of Zac'cur, the son of A'saph ; 36 And his brethren, Shem-a-i'ah, and A-za'ra-el, Mil'a-la-T, Gil'a-lai, Ma-al, Ne- than'e-el, and Ju'dah, Han'a-ni, with the musical instruments of Da'vid the man of God, and Ez'ra the scribe before them. 37 And at the foun'tain-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 east'- ward. 38 And the other c6mpany 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 ; 39 And from above the gate of E'phra- im, and above the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Ha-nan'e-el, and the tower of Me'ah, even unto the sheep-gate : and they stood still in the prison-gate. 40 So stood the two c6m'panles of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me : 41 And the priests; E-lT'a-kim, Ma-a sei'ah,^ Mi-ni'a-min, Mi-chai'ah,* E-li-ae'- na-i,* Zech-a-ri'ah, and Han-a-ni'ah, with trumpets ; 42 And Ma-a-sei'ah, and Shem-a-i'ah, and E-le-a'zar, and tJz'zi, and Je-ho'a- nan, and Mal-et the royal apparel be brought which the king u§e(h 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 de- livered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man icilhal whom the king delighteth to /lon'our, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and pro- claim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to Aon'our. 10 Then the king said to Ha'man, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mor'de-cai the Jew that sitteth at the king's gate : let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 1 1 Then took Ha'man the apparel, and the horse, and arrayed Mor'de-cai, and brought him on horseback through the Nn2 the king's damage 5 Then the king A-ha§-u-e'riis answer- ed and said unto £s't/ter the queen. Who is he, and where is he, that durst prefiime in his heart to do so ? 6 And Es't/ter said. The ad'versary and enemy is this wicked Ha'man. Then Ha'- man was afraid before the king and the queen. 7 And the king, arifing from the ban- quet of wine in his wrath, icejit into the palace-garden : and Ha'man stood up to make request for his life to Es'tAer the queen ; for he saw that there was evil de- ter'mined against' him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into the place of the ban- quet of wine ; and Ha'man was fallen upon the bed whereon Es't/ier was. Then said the king. Will he force the queen also before me in the house ? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they cover- ed Ha'man's face. 9 And Har-bo'niih, one of the cham'- berlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Ha'- man had made for Mor'de-cai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the 425 Hd'man is hanged^ ESTHER. and Mdr'de-cai advanced house of Ha'man. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Ha'man on the gallows that he had prepared for Mor'- de-cai. Then was the king's wrath paci- fied". CHAP. VIII. ON that day did the king A-hag-u-e'rus give the house of Ha'man, the Jews' enemy, unto Es't/ier the queen : and Mor'- de-cai came before the king ; for Es't/ier had told what he was unto her. 2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Ha'man, and gave it unto Mor'de-cai. And Es'ther set Mor'de- cai over the house of Ha'man. 3 And Es'tAer spake yet again' before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mis'chief of Ha'man the A'gag-ite, and his device that he had devised against' the Jews- 4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre to' ward Es'tAer. So Es'tfter arofe, and stood before the king, 5 And said. If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to back, and riders on mules, camels, and young dr6m'fedaries : 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather them- selves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy', to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 12 Upon one day, in all the provinces of king A-haf-u-e'rus, namely^ upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month A'dar. 13 The copy of the writing, for a com- mand'ment to be given in every province, was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against' that day to avenge' themselves on their ene- mies. 14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's command'ment. And the decree was given at Shu'shan the palace. 15 And Mor'de-cai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen reverse the letters devised by Ha'man the and purple : and the city of Shii'shan re- son of Ham-med'a-tha the A'gag-ite, which he wrote to destroy' the Jews which are in all the king's provinces : 6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people ? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred ? 7 Then the king A-haj-ii-e'riis said unto Es't/ier the queen, and to Mor'de-cai the Jew, Behold, I have given Es'tAer the house of Ha'man, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. 8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring : for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man revers.e. 9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that w, the month Sl'van, on the three and twen- tieth day thereof : and it was written, ac- cording to all that Mor'de-cai command- ed, unto the Jews, and to the lieuten'ants, and the deputies and rulers of the prov- inces which are from in'di-a unto E-thi-6'- pi-a, a hundred twenty and seven prov- inces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews ac- cording to their writing, and according to their language. 10 And he wrote in the king A-haf-ii-e'- rus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring ; and sent letters by posts on horse- joiced and was glad. 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and /lon'our. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's command'- ment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land be- came Jews ; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. CHAP. IX. NOW in the twelfth month, that is the month A'dar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command'- ment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the con- trary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them,) 2 The Jews gathered themselves to- gether in their cities, throughout all the provinces of the king A-haf-u-e'rus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt ; an.d no man could withstand them ; for the fear of them fell upon all people. 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieuten'ants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews ; because the fear of Mor'de-cai fell upon them. 4 For Mor'de-cai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces : for this man Mor'de-cai waxed greater and greater. 5 Thus the Jews smote all their ene 426 Ha'man't ten tons hanged. ESTHER mies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them. 6 And in Shu'shan the palace the Jews slew and destroy'ed five hundred men, 7 And Par-shan'da-tha, and Dal'phon, nnd Aj'pa-tha, a And Por'a-tha, and id-a-li'a, and A- rid'a-tha, 9 And Par-mash'ta, and X-ris'a-T, and A-rld'a-i, and Va-jez'a-tha, 10 The ten sons of Ha'man, the son of Ham-med'a-tha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they ; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shu'shan the palace was brought before the king. 12 And the king said unto £s't/ier the queen, The Jews have slain and destroy'- ed five hundred men in Shu'shan the pal- ace, 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't/iir, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shu'shan to do to-morrow also ac- cording unto this day's decree, and let Ha'man's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king comman'ded 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 Shii'shan gathered themselves together on the four- teenth day also of the month A'dar, and slew three hundred men at Shii'shan ; but on the prey they laid not their hand. 16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves to- gether, 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'dar : and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews that locre at Shii'shan assembled together on ihe thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof ; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 There'fore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month A'dar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. 20 And M6r'de-cai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that j1 yearly festival established were in all the provinces of the king A- haj-ii-e'rus, both nigh and far, 21 To stablish this am6ng them, that they shouldkeep the fourteenth day of the month A'dar, and the fifteenth day of the same yearly, 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day ; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending por- tions one to another, and gifts to the poor. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mor'de-cai had written unto them ; 24 Because Ha'man the son of Ham- med'a-tha the A'gag-Ite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against' the Jews to destroy' them, and had cast Pur (that w, the lot) to consume them, and to de- stroy' them : 25 But when £s'thh came before the king, he comman'ded by letters, that his Avicked device, which he devised against' the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 Wherefore they called these days Pu'rim, after the name of Pur : there'fore, for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concer'ning this mat- ter, and which had come unto them, 27 The Jews ordain'ed, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time, every year ; 28 And that these days should bt re- membered and kept throughout evtry generation, every family, every province, and every city ; and that these days of Pu'rim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. 29 Then Es't/i^r the queen, the daugh- ter of Ab-i-ha'il, and Mor'de-cai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to cSnfirm'l this second letter of Pii'rim. 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of A-haf-u-e'riis, 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 Es'ther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves, and for their seed, the matters of the fast'ings and their qry. 32 And the decree of £s't^6r confirmed these matters of Pii'rim ; and it was writ- ten in the book. ^ kdn-ferm'. 427 JoVt uprightness. CHAP. X. AND the king A-haj-u-e'rus laid a trib- ute 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 JOB. Sa'tan^s malice. in the hook of the Chron'i-cles of the kings of Me'di-a and Per'si-a ? 3 For Mor'de-cai the Jew was next unto king A-ha§-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. H The BOOK of JOB. CHAPTER I. THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thou- sand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great house- hold ; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses every one his day ; and sent and called for their three sisters, to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about', that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said,^ It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 6 T Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Sa'tan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Whence comest thou ? Then Sa'tan an- swered the Lord, and said. From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil ? 9 Then Sa'tan answered the Lord, and said. Doth Job fear God for nought ? 10 Hast thou not made a hedge about' him, and about' his house, and about' all that he hath on every side ? Thou hast bless'ed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land : 11 But put forth thine hand now, and toiich 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 ^sei. hand. So Sa'tan went forth from the presence of the Lord. 13 IT And there was a day when his sons and his daughters wire eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : 14 And there came a messenger uato Job, and said. The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them ; 15 And the Sa-be'ans fell upon them. and took them away ; yea, they have lain the servants with the edge of the sMord ; 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 burnt up the sheep, and the servants, and con sumed them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While be was yet speaking, there came also another, and said. The Chal- de'ans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sM'ord ; 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 ulre eating and drink- ing 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 aro§e, and rent his man- tle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and wor'shipped, 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 ; bles'sed be the name of the Lord. 22 in all this Job sinned not, nor charg- ed God foolishly. ^ CHAP. IL AGAIN'2 there was a day when the sons of God came to present them- selves before the Lord, and Sa'tan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 a-gen'. 428 Job reproveth his wife. 2 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, From whence comest thou ? And Sa'tan an- swered 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 n6ne 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 Sa'tan answered the Lord, and said. Skin for skin : yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life : 5 But put forth thine hand now, and toiich his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And the Lord said unto Sa'tan, Be- hold, he is in thine hand ; but save his life. 7 T So went Sa'tan forth from the pres- ence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils, from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a pot'sherd to scrape himself withal ; and he sat down among the ashes. 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity ? Curse God, and die. 10 But he said unto her. Thou speak- est as one of the foolish women speaketh. What ! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. 11 IT 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-phaz the Te'man-ite, and Bil'- dad the Shu'hite, and Zo'phar the Na'a- ma-thlte : for they had made an appoint- ment together to come to mourn with him, and to com'fort him. 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads to'ward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and n6ne spake a word unto him : for they saw that his grief was very great. ^ CHAP, in.— AFTER this opened J5b his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the nis^ht 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 JOB. He curseth the day of his birlh. stain it ; let a cloud dwell upon it ; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 >^s 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 thc:ir 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 : 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my m6ther''s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 1 1 Why died I not from the womb ' ivhy 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 the earth, which built desolate places for themselves ; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth' I had not been ; as infants which never saw light. 17 There the wicked cease /row troub-' ling ; and there the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there ; and the servant is free from his master. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul 21 not ; Which long for death, but it cometh and dig for it more than for hid treaf'ures ; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave ? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in ? 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters . 25 For the thing which I greatly feared . is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet ; yet trouble came. CHAP. IV. HEN El'i-phaz th« Te'man-lte, an- swered and said, » 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved ? but who can witli- hold himself from speaking ? T 1 berth. 4S9 £Ii-phas reproreth Job. JOB 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the ■weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that •was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest ; it toucheth thee, and thou art troiibled. 6 /* not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways ? 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever per- ished, being innocent .'' or where were the righ'teous^ cut oflF? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they con- sumed. 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 scat- tered 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 shake. 15 Then a spirit pass'ed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : 16 It stood still, but I could not dif^ern' the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Ma'ker ? 18 Behold, he put no trust in his ser- vants ; and his angels he charged with folly : 19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? 20 They are destroy'ed from morning to evening : they perish for ever, without any regarding it. 21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away ? they die, even without wisdom. CHAP. V. CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee ; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn ? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 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. ' rt'tshe-iu. God is to be regarded in affliction, 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their sub- stance. 6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground, 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly iip'ward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause ; 9 Which doeth great things and un- searchable ; marvellous things without number : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields : 1 1 To set up on high those that be low ; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform' their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness ; and the counsel of the fro'ward is carried headlong. 14 -They meet with darkness in the day- time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night. 15 But he saveth the poor from the sicord, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth ; there'f ore despTf e not thou the chas'tening of the Al-mlgh'ty • 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up ; he w6iind'eth,2 and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles ; yea, in seven there shall no evil toiich thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death ; and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scoiirge of the tongue : neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh : neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field ; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou shalt know that thy tab- ernacle 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 t* ; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. ' ihyming with bound, found, &c. 490 Job iouhethfor death. CHAP. VI. BUT Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the bal- ances together ! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea : there'fore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Al-migh'ty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : the terrors of God do set them- selves in array against' me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass ? or loweth the ox over his fodder ? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eat- en without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch ore as my sorrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my request ; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for ; 9 Even that it would please God to de- stroy' me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have com'fort ; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow : let him not spare ; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope ? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life ? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass ? 13 Is not my help in me ? and is wis- dom driven quite from me ? 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend ; but he forsak- eth the fear of the Al-migh'ty. 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 Te'ma looked, the c6m'panie3 of She'ba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped ; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing ; ye see my cas'ting down, and ;\re afraid. 22 Did I say. Bring unto me ? or, Give a reward for me of your substance ? 23 Or, Deliver me 'from the enemies' hand ? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty ? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my t6Dgue ; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words ! but What doth your arguing reprove ? JOB. He exeiueik that desire. 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, there'fore, be content ; look upon me : for it is evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not be in iquity ; yea, return again', my righteous ness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue ? can- not my taste dTj^ern' perverse' things ? CHAP. VII. TS there not an appointed time to man ■^ upon earth ? are not his days also like the days of a hireling ? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward of his work ; 3 So am I made to pofjess' months of vanity, and wearisome nights arc appoint- ed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say. When shall I arife, and the night be gone ? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawn- ing of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust ; my skin is broken, and be- come loathsome. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7 O remember that my life is wind : mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more.- thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 w4* the cloud is consumed and van- isheth away ; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 There'fore I will not refrain my mouth ; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit ; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 .Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me ? 13 When I say. My bed shall com'fort me, my couch shall ease my complaint ; 14 Then thou scarest me with dream?, and terrifiest me through visions : 15 So that my soul choojeth strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 1 loathe it : I would not live alway : let me alone ; for my days are vanity. 17 What is man that thou sbouldst magnify him ? and that thou shouldst set thine heart upon him ? 18 And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every mo- ment ? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle ? 431 Bll'dad showelk God''s justice : JOB 20 I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O thou Preferv'er of men ? why hast thou set me as a mark ag^ainst' thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniqui- ty ? for now shall I sleep in the dust ; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but T shall not he. CHAP. VIII. THEN answered Bil'dad the Shu'hitc, and said, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things ? and how long shall the words of fhy mouth be lilce a strong wind ? 3 Doth God pervert' judgment ? or ■loth the ll-migh'ty pervert' justice ? 4 If thy children have sinned against' him, and he have cast them away for their transgression ; 5 If thou wouldst seek unto God be- times, and make thy supplication to the il-migh'ty ; 6 If thou wert pure and upright ; surely now he .would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness pros- perous. 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : 9 (For we are but of yes'terday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow :) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart ? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire ? can the flag grow without water ? 12 Whilst it is yet iu his greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God ; and the hyp'ocrite'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 evil- doers ; 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laugh'- !ag, and thy lips with rejoicing. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed Jdb''s acknowledgment thereof. with shame ; and the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought. CHAP. IX. THEN Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth : but how should man be just with God ? 3 If he will contend with him, he can- not answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : who hath hardened himself against' him, and hath prospered ? 5 Which removeth the moun'tains, and they know not ; which overturneth them in his anger ; 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble ; 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and sealeth up the stars ; 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heav- ens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea ; 9 Which maketh Arc-tii'rus, 0-rT'on, and Plei'a-des, 1 and the chambers of the south ; 10 W^hich doeth great things past find- ing 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 //"God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choofe out my words to reason with him ? 15 Whom, though I were rlgh'teous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my Jiidge. 16 If 1 had called;, and he had answer- ed me : yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my w&unds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If / speak of strength, lo, he is strong : and if of judgment, who shall set me a time lo plead ? 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me : if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse'. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despTje' mj life. 22 This is one thing, there'fore I said it, He destroy'eth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked : he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he ? 1 Plc'ya-dls. 432 Job eomplaineth of his afflictions. JOB 25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are pass'ed away as the swift ships ; as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and com'- f6rt myself ; 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me inno- cent. 29 //■ 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 days-man be- twixt us, thai might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me ; 35 Thtn would I speak, and not fear him: but it is not so with me. CHAP. X. MY soul is weary of my life : I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me ; show mt. wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst despTje' the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked ? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh ? or seest thou as man seeth ? 5 »/3re thy days as the days of man ? are thy years as man's days, 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniqui- ty, and searchest after my sin ? 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked ; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. 8 Thine hands have made me, and fashioned me together round about' ; yet thou dost destroy' me. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay ; and wilt thou bring me into dust figain' ? 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese ? 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me life and fa- vour, and thy visitation hath preferved my spirit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart : I know that this is with thee. Oo 28 God''s wisdom is unsearchable. 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine in iquity. 15 If I be wicked, wo unto me ; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. / am full ol confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction ; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce Hun ; and again' thou show- est thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against' me, and increasest thine indignation upon me ; changes and war are against' me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought mc forth out of the womb ? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me ! 19 1 should have been as though I had not been ; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 ^re not my days few ? cease /Aen, and let me alone, that I may take c6m'- fort a little, 21 Before I go whence I shall not re- turn, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness it- self : and of the shadow of death, with- out any order, and ivhere the light is as darkness. CHAP. XI. THEN answered Zo'phar the Na'a- ma-thite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered ? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace ? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed ? 4 For thou hast said. My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips agaiust' thee ; 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are doiible to that which is ! Know, there'f5re, that God exacteth of thee less than thine in- iquity de§lrv'eth. 7 Canst thou by search'ing find out God ? canst thou find out the Al-migh'ty unto perfec'tion ? 8 It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; what canst thou know ? 9 The meaf 'ure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut ofi", 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 consid~ er it ? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 13 If thou prepare thine heart, aud stretch out thine hands to'ward him ; 14 ff iniquity be in thine hand, put it. 433 \. Job acknotvledgelh God''s omnipotency, JOB 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 steadfast, and shalt not fear : 16 Because thou shalt forget thy mise- ry, and remember it as waters that pass away : 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noon-day ; 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' '.hee, 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. CHAP. XII. AND Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you ; I am not inferiour to you : yea, who knoweth not such things as these ? 4 I am as onp 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 despifed 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. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee : 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee ; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this ? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all man- kind'. ^ 1 1 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 down, 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 spoil- ed, and maketh the judges fools. ^ m&n-kjflnd'. ' f;erd'eth andaccuseth his friends of partiality. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth^ their loins with a gir'dle.-* 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the under- standing of the aged. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and de- stroy'eth 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 tvhere there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken m.an. CHAP. XIII. LO, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also : I am not inferiour unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Al-mlgh'- ty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that you would altogether hold your peace ! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God ? and talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will ye accept his person ? will ye contend for God ? 9 Is it good that he should search you out ? or, as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him ? 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. 11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid ? and his dread fall upon you ? 12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what icill. 14 Wherefore do I take my fiesh 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 a hyp'ocrite 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 giye up the ghost. 3 ger'dl. ■* men-iane'. TJte condition of man's life. JOB 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 my iniquities and Bins ? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdcst me for thine enemy .'' 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro ? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble .' 26 For thou writtst bitter things against' me, and makest me to poffess' the iniqui- ties 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-eaten. CHAP. XIV. MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He Cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judg- ment with thee ? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ? not one. 5 Seeing his days are deter'mlned, the number of his months are with thee ; thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass : 6 Turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again', and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghdst, and where t* he ? \\ As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not : till the heavens he no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 Oh that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou wouldst keep me secret until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time, and remember me ! 14 If a man die, shall he live again' .? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 15 Thou shalt call ; and I will answer £l't-phas reproveth Job. thee thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. 16 For now thou numberest my steps ; dost thou not watch over my sin ? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the moun'tain falling cometh to nouy;ht, and the rock is remov- ed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones : thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou de- stroy'est the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against' him ; and he passeth : thou chan^est his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to /lon'our, and he knoweth it not ; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. CHAP. XV. THEN answered El'i-phaz the Te'man- ite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowl- edge, and fill his belly with the east wind ? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk ? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good .'' 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrain- est prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniqui- ty, and thou choofest the t6ngue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I ; yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first man that was born ? or wast thou made before the hills ? 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God ? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 9 What knowest thou, that we know not .'' what understandest thou, which is not in us ? 10 With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much elder than thy father. 11 Are the consolations of God small with thee .' is there any secret thing with thee ? 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away ? and what do thine eyes wink at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against' God, and lettest stu:h words go out of thy mouth .' 14 What is man, that he should be clean ? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous ? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water ? 17 I will show thee, hear me ; and that which I have seen I will declare ; 436 7%e unqitielness of the wicked. JOB. 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it : 19 Unto whom alone the earth was giv- en, and no stranger pass'ed among them. 20 The wicked man trav'aileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound w in his ears: m prosperity the destroy'er shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the su'ord. 23 He wSndereth 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 Al-migh'ty. 26 He runneth upon him, tvtn on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers ; 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh coUops of fat on his flanks. 28 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 perfec'tion 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 recom- pense. 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake ofl" his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34 For the congregation of hyp'ocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. 35 They conceive mis'chief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. CHAP. XVI. THEN Job answered and said, 2 1 have heard many such things : miserable com'forters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end ? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answer- est ? 4 I also could speak as ye do : if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against' you, and shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Job assert eth his innocence. 6 Though I speak, my grief is not as- suaged ; and though I forbear, what am I eased ? 7 But now he hath made me weary : thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrin- kles, wtiich is a witness against' me : and my leanness rising up in me beareth wit- ness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath who hateth me : he gnasheth upon me with his teeth ; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth ; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ; they have gath- ered themselves together against' me. 11 God hath delivered me to the un- godly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asun'der : he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers com'pass me round about' ; he cleaveth my reins asun'der, and doth not spare ; he poureth out my all upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach ; he runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on mine eyelids is the shadow of death ; 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands ■ also my prayer is pure. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my rec'ord is on high. 20 My friends scorn me ; but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. 21 Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeih for his neigh- bour ! 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return, CHAP. XVII. MY breath is corrupt, my days are ex- tinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 »/3re there not mockers with me ? and doth not mine eye continue in their provo- cation ? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee ; who is he that will strike hands with me ? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: there'fore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also a by-word of the people, and afore'time I was as a tabret. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of 436 The calamities of the wicked. sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied i at this, and the innocent shall stir up him- self against' the hyp'ocrite. 9 The righ'teous^ also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now : for I cannot find one wise man among you. 1 1 My days are past, my purposes 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. 14 I have said to corruption. Thou art my father : to the worm, Thou art my motlier 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 dusL CHAP. XVIII. THEiV answered Bil'dad the Shu'hite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere^ you make an end of words ? marlc, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wlierefore 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 taber- nacle, 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 hira in the way. 1 1 Terrors shall make him afraid on ev- ery side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin : even the first-born of death shall devour his strength. 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, be- cause it is none of his : brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. • or astonished. Oo2 JOB. Job complaineth of his friends'' cruelty. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut oflF. 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 neph'- ew^ am6ng his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went be- fore were afi"righted. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. CHAP. XIX. THEN Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words ? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me : you are not ashamed that ye make yourselves stranee to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against' me, and plead against' me my re- proach ; 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath com'passed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloiid, but there is no judgment. 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroy'ed me on every 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 fiom me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, amd my maids, count me for a stranger : I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer: I entreated him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of mine own body. 18 Yea, young children despTfed me ; I arofe, and they spake against' me. 19 All my in'ward friends abhorred rl'tske-Hs. 4 nev'vii, 337 The state and portion of the wicked. me : and they whom I loved are turned against' me. 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, 0 ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath toiiched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh ? 23 O that my words were now written ! oh that they were printed in a book ! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! 25 For I know thai my Re-deem'er liv- eth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth ; 26 And though, after my skin, worms destroy' this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; hough my reins be consumed within me. 28 But ye should say. Why persecute 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 s?/)ord, that ye may know there is a judgment. CHAP. XX. THEN answered Zo'phar the Na'a-ma.' thite, and said, 2 There'fore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste 3 I have heard the check of my re- proach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. I 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hyp'ocrite but for a moment ? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds : , 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say. Where is he ? 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found ; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more ; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue ; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still within his mouth ; 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. JOB. Job showeth he hath reason to be grieved. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again' : God shall cast them out of his belly. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps : the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow t/ down : ac- cording to his substance shall the restitu- tion be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor ; because he hath vio- lently taken away a house which he build ed not ; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness ia his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left ; there'fore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits : every hand of the wick- ed shall come upon him. 23 When he is about' to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body ; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall ; terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places ; a fire not blown shall consume him ; it shall go ill with him that is left in i his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniqui- ty ; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall de- part, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. CHAP. XXI. UT Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech ; and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak ; and af- ter that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man ? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled ? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power ? 8 Their seed is estab'lished in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, nei- ther is the rod of God upon them. 43a B' J9aH d6tk prosper and despite God. JOB. 10 Their bull g^endereth, and faileth not ; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Ther«'f6re they say unto God, De- part from us ; for we desire not the knowl- edge of thy ways. 15 What is the Al-migh'ty, that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand : the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out ? and how of I cometh their destruc- tion upon them ? God distributeth sor- rows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquit)'- for his children : he rewardeth him, and he shall know il. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the XI- migh'ty. 21 For what pleaj'ure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst .'' 22 Shall any teach God knowledge ? seeing he judgeth those that are high. 23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet : 24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. 25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleaj'- ure. 26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall c6ver them. 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against' me. 28 For ye say. Where is the house of the prince ? and where are the dwelling- places of the wic^ked .■' 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way ? and do ye not know their to- kens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of (♦estruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw af- ter him, as there are innumerable before him. 34 How then c6mY6rt ye me in vain, Man'' s goodness profitelh not God. answers there remaineth T' seeing in your falsehood ? CHAP. xxn. HEN El'i-phaz the Te'man-Tte an- swered and said, 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto him- self? 3 Is it any pleaf'ure to the Al-migh'ty that thou art righ'teous ? or is it gain to him that thou makestthy ways perfect? 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ? will he enter with thee into judgment ? 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite ? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth ; and the /lonourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty ; and the arms of the fatherless have been broken : 10 There'fore snares are round about' thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee ; 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not sec; and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 /* not God in the height of heaven? and, behold, the height of the stars, hov/ high they are ! 13 And thoHi sayest. How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud ? 14 Thick clouds are a cov'ering to him, that he seeth not ; and he walketh in the cir'cuTt ^ 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 tile Al-m]gh'ty 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 are glad ; and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down: but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace : thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Al-mTgh'ty, thou shalt be built up, thou shall put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. » tlr'kit. 439 Joh longelh to appear before God, JOB 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of O'phir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the ll-mTgh'ty shall be thy de- fence, and thou shalt have plenty of sil- ver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Al-mlgh'ty, 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 estab'lished 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 /tumble person. 30 He shall deliver the island of the in- nocent ; and it is delivered by the pure- ness of thine hands. CHAP. XXIII. THEN Job answered and said, 2 Even to-day is my complaint bit- ter : my stroke is heavier than my groan- ing. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! 4 I would order my 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 rlght'eous^ might dispute with him ; so should I b6 delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go for' ward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot per- ceive him : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth him- self 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: his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the command'ment of his lips ; I have esteem- ed 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 perform'eth the thing that is appointed for me : and many such things are with him. 15 There'fore am 1 troiibled at his pres- ence ; when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Al-migh'ty troubleth mc : in confidence of his mercy, 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. CHAP. XXIV. WHY, seeing times are not hidden from the Al-migh'ty, do they that know him not see his days ? 2 Some remove the land-marks ; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof ; 3 They drive away the ass of the fa- therless ; they take the widow's ox for a pledge ; 4 They turn the needy out of the way : the poor of the earth hide themselves to- gether. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the dej'ert, go they forth to their work, rising betimes for a prey : the wilderness yilldelh food for them and for their children. 6 They reap every one his corn in the field, and they gather the vin'tage'^ of the wicked ; 7 They cause the naked to lodge with- out clothing, that they have no cov'ering in the cold ; 8 They are wet with the showers of the moiln'tains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter ; 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor ; 10 They cause him to go naked with- out clothing, and they take away the sheaf /rom the hungry ; 1 1 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their wine-presses, 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 agamst 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 wait- eth for the twilight, saying. No eye shall see me ; and di^guTjeth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time : they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death : if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 18 He is swift as the waters ; their por- tion is cursed in the earth : he beholdeth not the way of the vine'yardf. 19 Drought^ and heat consume the snow-waters ; so ddth the grave those which have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him ; the worm shall feed sweetly on him : he shall * ri'tshe-us. vin'tldje. 3 drowt. 440 Job reprovelh Bil'dad. JOB. be no more remembered ; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power : he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. 23 Though it be given him to be in safe- ty, whereon he resteth ; yet his eyes are upon their ways. 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low ; they are taken out of the way as all o//ier, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth ? CHAP. XXV. THEN answered Bil'dad the Shu'hite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear art with him ; he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies ? and upon whom doth not his light arif e ? 4 How then can man be justified with God i' or how can he be clean thai is born of a woman ? 5 Behold, even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight : 6 How much less man, thai is a worm, and the son of man, which is a worm ? CHAP. XXVI. BUT Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power ? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength ? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom ? and how hast thou plen- tifully declared the thing as it is ? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? and ■whose spirit came from thee ? 5 Dead thin doth shine, and his eyes are like the ej^lids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething-pot or cal'dron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined to- JOB. God accepts and blesses Job gether : they are firm^ in themselves they cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone ; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid : by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold ; the spear, the dart, nor the ha-ber'ge-6n. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee : sling-stones are turned with him into stub- ble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble : he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp-pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot : he maketh the sea like a pot of oint- ment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things : he is a king over all the children of pride. CHAP. XLII. THEN Job answered the Lord, and saiti, 2 I know that thou canst do every things and that no thought can be with- holden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel with out knowledge ? there'f ore have I uttered that I understood not ; things too wonder- ful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak : I will demand' of thee, and de- clare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear ; but now mine eye seeth thee : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 7 T And it was so, that, after the Lord had spoken these words unto J5b, the Lord said to El'i-phaz the Te'man-ite, My wrath is kindled against' thee, and against' thy two friends : for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 There'f ore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering ; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for 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 H So El'i-phaz the Te'man-ite, and Bil'dad the Shu'hite, and Zo'phar the Na'- a-ma-thite, went, and did according as ' A large water-animal ; by some imagined the crocodile, but in poetry generally taken for the whale. ^ bank'kwet. ^ firm. 450 Tht happiness of the godly. PSALMS the Lord comman'ded them : the Lord also accepted Job. 10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends : also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house ; and they bemoaned him, and com'forted 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 ear-ring of gold. 12 So the Lord bless'ed the latter end of Job more than his beginning : for he 7%c security of GocTs protection. 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 Jem'i-ma ; and the name of the second, Ke-zT'a ; and the name of the third, Ker- 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 am6ng their brethren. 16 After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. H The BOOK of PSALMS. PSALM I. BLES'SED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful : 2 But his 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 chaflf which the wind driveth away. 5 ThereTore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congre- gation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM II. WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing ? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against' the Lord, and against' his Anoint- ed, saying, _ 3 Let us break their bands asun'der, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have them in de- rision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeag'- ure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zi'on. 7 I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto me. Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotteli thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen /or thine inheritance, and the ut- termost parts of the earth /or thy pojfes'- sion. 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, there'fore, O ye kings ; be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 1 1 Serve the Lord with fear, and re- joice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish /rowi the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Bles'sed are all they that put their trust in him. PSALM III. A Psalm of Da'vid, when he fled from Ab - sa-16mhis Son. LORD, how arc they increased that trouble me ? many are they that rise up against' me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Se'lah. 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me ; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Se'- lah. 5 I laid me down and slept ; I awaked : for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against' me round about'. 7 Arije, O Lord ; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone ; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongtth unto the Lord : thy blessing is upon thy people. Se'lah. PSALM IV. To the chief Muji9'ian on Neg'i-noth. A Psalm of Da'vid. HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged 451 o God favourelh not the wicked. PSALMS me when I was in distress ; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long 2vill ye turn my glrry into shame ? how lony; will ye love vanity, and seek after lea'j ing ? Se'lah. 3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when 1 call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Se'lah. 5 Offer the sac'rifiges of righteousness ; and put your trust in the Lord. 6 There he many that say, Who will show 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 corn 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 V. To the chief Mufi^'ian upon Ne-hi'16th. A Psalm of Da'vid. GIVE ear to my words, O Lord ; con- sider my meditation. Da'vid'^s complaint in his sickness PSALM VL To the chief Mu§i9'ian on Neg'i-noth upon Shem'i-nith. A Psalm of Da'vid. LORD, rebuke me not in thine an- ger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeaf'ure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; for I am weak : O Lord, heal me ; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed : but thou, O Lord, how long."" 4 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul : O save me for thy mer'cies' sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee : in the grave who shall give thee thanks ? 6 I am weary with my groaning ; all the night make 1 my bed to swim : I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief ; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of in- iquity : for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 I'he Lord hath heard my supplica- tion : the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my j-and sore vexed: let them return and be King, and my God : for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morn- ing, O Lord ; in the morning will 1 direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleaf'ure in wickedness ; neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy' them that speak lea'fing : the Lord wiH abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy ; and in thy fear will I wor'ship to'ward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteous- ness, because of mine enemies ; make thy •way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ; their in'ward part is very wicked- ness ; 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 righ- teous ; with favour wilt thou compass him M with a shield. ashamed suddenly. PSALM VII. Shig-gai'on ^ of Da'vid, which he sang unto the Lord, concer'ning the words of Cush the Ben'ja-mite. OLORD my God, in thee do I put my trust : save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me ; 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rend ing it in pieces, while there is none to de liver. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this ; if there be iniquity in my hands ; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me ; (yea, I have de- livered him that without cause is mine enemy ;) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it ; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine han'onr in the dust. Se'lah. 6 Arife, O Lord, in thine anger ; lift up thyself, because of the rage of mine ene- mies ; and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast comman'ded. 7 So shall the congregation of the peo- pje com'pass thee about' : for their sakes, there'fore, return thou on high. 8 The Lord shall judge the people : judge me, O Lord, according to my righ- teousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but estab'lish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. SMg-gSybn. Ab2 Goifs glorii IS magnified by his 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judsjeth the righteous, and God is angary uilh Ike wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword ; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death ; he ordaineth his ar- rows against' the persecutors. 14 Behold, he trav'aileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mls'chlef, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and di»»ed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made 16 His mls'chlef shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the Lord according; to his righteousness ; and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. PSALM VIIL To the chief Muf i9'ian upon Git'tith. A Psalm of Ua'vid. OLORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and suck- linsjs hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies ; that thou mightst still the enemy and the aven'^er. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers ; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 4 \Vhat is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that thnu visitest him ? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the aneels, and hast crowned him with fflory and /lon'our. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands : thou hast put all things under his feet : 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! PSALM IX. To the chief Mufi(j'ian upon Muth-lab'ben. A Ps^lm of Da'vid. 1WILL praise //lee, O Lord, with my whole heart ; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained' my right and my cause •, thou sattest in the throne judging right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou PSALMS. woiks^ and his love to man. hast destroy'ed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy ! destructions are come to a perpet'ual^ end ; and thou hast de- stroy'ed cities ; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he hath prepared his throne for judg- ment ; 8 And he shall judge the world In righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trofible. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zi'on : declare among the people his doings. 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them : he forget- teth not the cry of the /liimble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death : 14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zi'on : I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The Lord is known by the judg- ment which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. H ig-gai'6n . •* Se'lah . 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, arid all the nations that forget God. 18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19 Arife, O Lord ; let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord ; that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Se'lah. PSALM X. WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord ? why hidest thou thyself in times of trofible ? 2 The wicked in his pride doth perse- cute the poor : let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom, the Lord abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God : God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always griev'ous ; thy judgments (ire far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffcth at them. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved : for 1 shall never be in adver'sity. ' mcn-tane'ed. pcr-pet'tshu^al. Hig-gd'ydn. 453 H' H Da'md :om^laintlh of the PSALMS, 7 His mouth is full of cursing and de- ceit and fraud ; under his t6ngue is mis'- chief and vanity. 8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages ; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent : his eyes are privily set against' the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly, as a lion in his den : he lieth in wait to catch the poor : he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, and /lumbleth him- self, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten : he hideth his face ; he will never see it. 12 Arif e, O Lord ; O God, lift up thine hand : forget not the Aiimble. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beh old- est mis'chief and spite, to requite it with thy hand : the poor committeth himself unto thee ; thou art the helper of the fa- therless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil tnan : seek out his wicked- ness till thou find none. 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever'-: the heathen arc perished out of his land. 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the huiahle : thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear ; IB To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. PSALM XI. To the chief Mufi9'ian. ^ Psalm of Da'vid. IN the Lord put I my trust : how say ye to my soul. Flee as a bird to your moun'tain ? 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their b5w, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations be destroy'ed, what cau the rlgh'teous^ do ? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven : his eyes be- hold, his eye-lids try, the children of men. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tem- pest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth right- eousness ; his countenance doth behold the upright. 1 rl'tshe-iu. outrages of the wicked PSALM XII. To the chief Muji^'ian upon Shem'i-nith. A Psalm of Da'vid. ELP, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : with flattering 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 t6ngue 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 arije, saith the Lord ; 1 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 side, when the vilest men are exalted. PSALM XIII. To the chief Mujig'ian. A Psalm of Da'vid. OW 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 prevail- ed against' him ; and those that troiible 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 tlfe Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. PSALM XIV. To the chief Mu§i9'ian. ^ Psalm of David. THE fool hath said in his heart. There is no God. They are corrupt ; they have done abominable works ; there is none that doeth good. 2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. * fur'nU. 454 He prayelh to be prc^trv'ed PSALMS, 5 There were they in great fear : for God w in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor ; because the Lord is his refuge. 7 Oh thai the salvation of If'ra-el were come out of Zi'on ! When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Ja'9ob shall rejoice, and If'ra-el shall be glad. PSALM XV. A Psalm of Da'vTd. LORD, who shall abide in thy taber- nacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and work- eth 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 con- temned ; but he /lon'oureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his otcn hurt, and chanceth not. 5 He that putteth not out his money to ufury, nor taketh reward against' the in- nocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. PSALM XVI. Mich'tam of Da'vid. PRESERViE me, O God : for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul^ thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord : my goodness extendeth not to thee ; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god : their drink-of- ferings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine in- heritance, and of my cup : thou main- tainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleaf '- ant places ; yea, I have a goodly her- itage. 7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel ; my reins also instruct me in the night-seasons. 8 I have set the Lord always before me : because he is at my right hand, 1 shall not be moved. 9 There'fore my heart is glad, and my glory rcjoiceth ; 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 show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleaf'ures for ever- more. I from, the power of hts enemies. PSALM XVII. A Prayer of Da'vid. HEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry ; give ear unto my prayer, that goelh not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart ; thou hast visited me in the night ; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing : I am purposed that my mouth shall not trans- gress. 4 Concer'ning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroy'er. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee ; for thou wilt hear me, O God : incline thine ear unto m>e, and hear my speech. 7 Show thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against' them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye ; hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies who com'pass me about'. 10 They are enclosed in their own fat : with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now com'passed us in our steps ; they have set their eyes bow- ing 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 ArTfe, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down : deliver my soul from the wick- ed, 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 trla^'ure : 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 XVIIT. 'To the chief Mufi^'ian. A Psalm of Da'- vid, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord deliver- ed him from the hand of all his ene- mies, and from the hand of Saul : and he said,' I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my for- tress, and my deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; my buck- ler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Loan, wAo w '^- 455 Oa'tid praueth God PSALMS wdrlhy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death com'passed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell com'passed me about' ; the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nos- trils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. 9 He bdwed 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 ivere dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness (hat was before him his thick clouds passed ; ha.il- si 07ies- and coals of fire. 13 The LoRiD 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 light- nings, and discom'fited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the worl-d 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 en- emy, and from them which hated me : fo"r 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 according to my righteousness ; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recom- pensed 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 1 did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 There'fore hath the Lord recom- pensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight. for his manifold blfsnngs. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful ; with an upright mst.Tt thou wilt show thyself upright ; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thy- self pure ; and with the fro'ward thou wilt show thyself fro'ward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted peo- ple ; but wilt bring down high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my candle ; the Lord my God will enlighten my dark- ness. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop ; and by my God have I leaped ovei a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect : the word of the Lord is tried ; he is a buck" ler to all those that trust in him. 31 For v/ho is God save the Lord ? oi who is a rock save our God ? 32 Jl is God that gird'eth' 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. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 37 1 have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them : neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that thev were not able to rise : they are fallen un- der 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. 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 ha^st made me the head of the heathen : a people u-hom 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 bles'sed be my rock ; and let the God of my salva- tiron be exS.lted. 47 It is God that aven'geth me, and subdueth the people under me. gird'eth. 4:,6 Tkf. s'-^r^ oj God. PSALMS. A Ihanksgiving for viclory. T 48 He delivereth me from minu ene- mies ; yea, thou liftest me up above those |cept thy burnt-sac'rifi^e. that rise up against' nie : thou hast deliv- ered me from the violent man. 49 There'fore will 1 give thanks unto thee, O IjORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king ; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to IJa'vid, and to his seed for evermore. PSALM XIX. To the chief Muji^ ian. A Psalm of Da'vid. THE heavens declare the glory of God: and the lir'jnament' showeth his handy work. 2 Day unto day ulterelh speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun ; 5 Which /* as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his cir'cuit' unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, con- vert'ing the soul : the tes'timony of the ;..ORD t» sure, making wise the simple : 8 The statutes of the Lord (ire right, ejoicin:;^ the heart: the command'ment ■- f the Lord is pure, enlightening the ',yea : 9 Th i fear of the LoAd is clean, en- •Juring for ever : the judgments of the Lord u 'e true and righteous altogether. 10 M jre to be desired art they than gold, y a, than much fine gold ; sweeter ilso thsn honey and the honey-comb. 1 1 A.oreover, by them is thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there is great r» ward. 12 Who can understand his errors ! clean3'; thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then shall I be up- right, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. 14 Let the words of myiuouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. PSALM XX. To the chief Mufig'ian. A Psalm of Da'vid. THE Lord hear the" in the day of trouble ; the name of the God of Ja'- 96b defend thee. 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, dnd strengthen thee out of Zi'on. ' fir'ma-mcnt. - sir'kit. 3 Remember all thy offerings, and ar- Se'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 ol 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 fallen ; but we are risen, and stand upright. 9 Save, Lord : let the king hear us when we call. PSALM XXI. To the chief Mufi9'ian. A Psalm of Da'vid. HE king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord ; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice ! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's de- sire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Se'lah. 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness : thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, ecen length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy salvation : /ton'our and maj'esty^ hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast made him most bles'sed for ever : thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7 For the king trusteth in the Lord ; and, through the mercy of the Most High, he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies ; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger : the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy' from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 1 1 For they intended evil against' thee ; they imagined a mis'chievous device, which they are not able to perform' .- 12 There'fore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against' the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted. Lord, in thine own strength : so will we sing and praise thy power. PSALM XXII.— To the chief Mufi<;'ian upon Ai'je-leth* Sha'har. A Psalm of Da'vid. MY God, my God, why hast thou for- saken me ? why art thou so far frona 3 mad'jcs-te. ' Ad'je-lUh. Da'vld prayetk in great distress. PSALMS. ^is confidence in God's grace. helping^ me, and from the words of my roarino; ? 2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not ; and in the night- season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhab- 'test the praises of Ij'ia-el. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee : they trust- ed, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were de- livered ; tliey trusted in thee, and were not confounded. t But I am a worm, and no man ; a re- proach of men, and despised of the peo- ple. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver hun : let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 Bu( thou art he that took me out of the womb ; thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb ; thou art my God from my mother's belly. 11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have com'passed me : strong bulls of Ba'shan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bow- els. 15 My strength is dried up like a pot'- sherd ; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have com'passed me ; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed 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 ves'tiire.^ 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 of the 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 ij'ra-el. 24 For he hath not despifed nor abhor- red the affliction of the afflicted, neither hath he hid his face from him ; but when he cried unto him, he hea.'d. 1 ves'lshiire. 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. 27 All the ends of the world shall re- member, and turn unto the Lord ; and all the kindreds of the nations shall wor'ship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's ; and he is the governor among the nations. 29 All (hey that be fat upon earth shall eat and wor'ship : 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 born, that he hath done this. PSALM xxin. A Psalm of Da'vld. THE Lord is my shep'Aerd ; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pas'tures:^ 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 val- ley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they com'fort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : thou an- ointest my head with oil ; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall fol- low me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. PSALM XXIV. A Psalm of Da'vld. THE earth is the Lord's, and the ful- ness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and estab'lished it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? and 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 everlas'ting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory ? The Lord 2 paa'lahuTS. 458 Da'vid pmjjelk for remission oj PSALMS stroQg and mighty, the Lord nughty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them up, ye everlas'ting doors ; and the Kin^ of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Se'lah. PSALM XXV. A Psalm of Da'vid. UNTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee : let me not be ashamed ; let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. 4 Show me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou arl the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mer'- cies, and thy loving-kindnesses ; for they have been ever of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, Qor my transgressions : according to thy mercy remember thou me, for thy good- ness' sake, O Lord. 8 Good and upright is the Lord: there'- fore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the Lord are mer- cy and truth unto such as keep his cove- nant and his tes'tinionies. 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, par- don mine iniquity, for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way thai he shall chooj e : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease ; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him ; and he will show them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever to'wards the Lord ; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for 1 am desolate and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart are enlarg- ed: O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Look upon mine affliction, and my pain : and forgive all my sins, 19 Consider mine enemies ; forthey are many ; and they hate me with cruel ha- tred. 20 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness pre- jerve' me ; for I wait on thee. 22 Redeem Ij'ra-el, O God, out of all his troiibks sins, and for help in affiiction. PSALM XXVL ^ Psalm of Da'vid. JUDGE me, O Lord ; for I have walk- ed in mine integrity : 1 have trusted also in the Lord ; thire'fore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy loving-kindness is before miae eyes ; and I have walked in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, nei- ther will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers ; and will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency so will I com'pass thine altar, O Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy won- drous works. 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine Aon' our dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men ; 10 In whose hands is mis'chief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity : redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My foot standeth in an even place : in the congregations will I bless the Lord. PSALM XXVIL A Psalm of Da'vid. THE Lord is my light and my salva- tion ; whom shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, mine heart shall not fear ; though war should rise against' me, in this will 1 he confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of troiible 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 : there'fore will 1 offer in his tabernacle siic'rif 1968 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 aot thy servant away in anger : thou hast 459 Dd'tid prayelh againsl' his enemies, PSA beep my help ; leave me not, neither for- sake 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 mme 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 coiirage, and he shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I say, on the Lord. PSALM xxvin. ^ Psalm of Da'vid. UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord, my rock ; be not silent to me : lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands to'tt'ard thy holy oracle. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity ; which speak peace to their neighbours, but mis'- chief 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 de§ert'. 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 Bles'sed 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 ; there'fore my heart greatly re- joiceth, 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 in- heritance : feed them also, and lift them up for ever. PSALM XXIX. A Psalm of Da'vid. GIVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. 2 Give tinto the Lord the glory due unto his name : wor'shTp the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : the God of glory thundereth ; the Lord is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; 4ie voice of the Lord is full of maj'esty. ^ 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the ' mad'jcs-te. LMS. He praiseth God for his deliverance, cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh the ce- dars of Leb'a-non. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Leb'a-non and Sir'i-on like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. r> The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh the wil- derness of Ka'desh. 9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the for- ests : 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 peo- ple with peace. PSALxM XXX. A Psalm and Song al the dedication of the house of Da'vid. I WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave : thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. 4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his anger endureth but a moment ; in his favour is life : 'weeping may endure for a night, but joy comelh in the morn ing. C And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my moun'tain to stand strong : thou didst hide thy face, and 1 was troubled. 8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I made supplication. 9 What profit is (here in my bLood, when I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me ; Lord, be thou my helper. 1 1 Thou hast turned for me my mourn- ing into dan'cing : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and gir'ded^ me with gladness ; 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. PSALM XXXI. To the chief Mu^i^'ian. A Psalm of Dl'vid. IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me ; d/jlirer 2 ger'ded. 460 Da'vtd^s conjidtnce in God^s help. PSATjMS. Goa is to be praised for his goodness. me speedily : be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress : there'fore, f(ir thy name's sake, lead me and £fuide me. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me ; for thou art my strength. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord. 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mer- cy : for thou hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soul in adver'si- ties ; 8 .■^nd hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : thou hast set my feet in a large room. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in troiible ; mine eye is consumed with grief, yca^ my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing : my strength fail- eth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 1 1 I was a reproach am6ng all mine enemies, but especially among my neigh- bours, and a fear to mine acquaintance : they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind : I am like a broken vessel. 13 For I have heard the slander of many : fear was on every side : while they took counsel together against' me, they devised to take away my life. 14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art ray God. 15 My 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 mer'cics' sake. 17 Let me not be ashfimed, O Lord ; for I have called upon thee : let the wick- ed be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence ; which spt ak griev'ous things proudly and contemptuously against' the righteous. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; ivhich 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 pavil- ion from the strife of tongues. 21 Bles'sed be the Lord; for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22 For 1 said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, when 1 cried unto thee. 23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord prejerv'tth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. PSALM XXXIL A Psalm of Dfi'vid, Mas'chTl. BLES'SED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Bles'sed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones wax- ed 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 droug/tt of summer. Se'lah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Se'lah. 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thoumayst 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 c6m'- pass me about' with songs of deliverance. Se'lah. 8 I 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 bri- dle, lest they come near unto thee. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wick- ed : but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall com'pass him about'. 1 1 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. PSALM XXXIIL REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righ'te- ous ; ' for praise is comely for the up- right. 2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing unto him with the psaltery, and an instrument often strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song ; play skil- fully with a loud noise : 4 For the word of the Lord is right ; and all his works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judg- ment : the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made : and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea to- QqS ' ri'lshe-us. 461 They are blessed who trust in God. PSALM.- gether as a heap : he layeth up the depth in store-houses. 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 comman'ded, 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 Bles'sed i* 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 considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the mul- titude of a host : a mighty man is not de- livered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety : neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the Lord i* upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy ; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alTve in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord ; he is our help and our shield. 21 For 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. PSALM XXXIV. A Psalm of Da'vTd, when he changed his behaviour before A-bim'e-lech ; who drove him away, and he departed. 1WILL bless the Lord at all times . his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the /lumble 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 light- ened ; and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This 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 de- livereth them. 8 O taste and see that the Lord is good : bles'sed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints : for there is no want to them that ffear him. Da Jid pray elh for hit own safety. 10 'ilie young lions 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 good ; 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 remem- brance 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 righ- teous : but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones : not one ot them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked ; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants ; and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. PSALM XXXV. c4 Psalm of Da'vid. PLEAD m,y cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : fight against' them that fight against' me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against' them that persecute me : say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul : let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind : and let the angel of the Lord chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery ; and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For without cause have they iiid for me their net in a pit, which withou cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at un- awares ; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord : it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say. Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? 462 Thegriei^'ous stale of the wicked. PSALMS 1 1 False witnesses did rise up : they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing n-as sackcloth : I /tumbled my soul with fast ing, and my prayer returned into mine own bo'fom. 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother : I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adver'sity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together ; yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against' me, and I knew it not ; they did tear me, and ceased not. 16 VVith hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on ? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 1 will give thee thanks in the great congregation : I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me ; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me with- out a cause. 20 For they speak not peace ; but they devise deceitful matters against' them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against' me, and said, A-ha', a-ha' ! our eye hath seen it. 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord ; keep not silence : O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, eren unto my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, accord- ing to thy righteousness ; and let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, 90 would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be ashamed, and brought to confusion together, that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dif/ion'our that magnify themselres k^a.'mst' me. 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad. that favour my righteous cause ; yea, let them say continually. Let the Lord be magnified, which hath plea^'ure in the prosperity of his servant. 28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise, all the day long. PSALM XXXVL To the chief Mufi9'ian. A Psalm of Da'- vid, the servant of the Lord. THE transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear >f God before his eyes. 2 For he fiattereth himself in his own The excellency of God''s mcrci/ eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hate ful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit : he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mis'chief upon his bed ; he setteth himself in a way that is not good ; he abhorreth not evil. 5 Thy mere)', O Lord, is in the heav- ens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great moiin'tains ; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou prejerv'est man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! there'fore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleaj'ures. 9 For with thee is the foun'tain of life ; in thy light shall we see light. 10 O continue thy loving-kindness unto thorn that know thee : and thy righteous- ness to the upright in heart. 11 Let not (he foot of pride come against' me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen : they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. PSALM XXXVII. .A Psalm, of Da'vid. FPiET not thyself because of evil-do- ers, neither be thou envious against' the workers of iniquity : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green /lerb. 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good : so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass : 6 And he shall bring forth thy right- eousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath ; fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off : but those that wait upon the Lord, Ihey shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wick- ed shall not be : yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 1 1 But the meek shall inherit the earth ; 463 The difference belny.en PSALMS and shall delight themselves in the abun- dance of peace. 12 The wicked plotteth ii?ainst' the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him ; for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sM'ord, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needj', and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their s?/;5rd shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright ; and their inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time ; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs : they shall consume, into smoke shall they consume away. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again' : but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. 22 For sucIl as be bles'sed of him shall inherit the earth ; and Ihey that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a goorf man are ordered by the Lord ; and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be ut- terly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old ; yet have 1 not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; and his seed is bles'sed. 27 Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints ; they are pre^erv'- ed 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 speak- eth wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The 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 shall see it. the godly and the wicked. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bfiy-tree : 2G Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, 1 sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect 7uan, and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be de- stroy'ed together : the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord ; he m their strength iu the time of trouble. 40 And the Lord shall heljj them, and deliver them ; he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. PSALM XXXVIIL A Psalm of Da'vid, to bring to remem- brance. OLORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath ; neither chasten me in thy hot dis- pleas'ure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh be- cause of thine anger ; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head ; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt, because of my foolishness. 6 1 am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loath- some disease ; and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee ; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength fail- eth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for "me ; and they that seek my hurt speak mis'chiSvous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and / was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me ; lest otherwise they should rejoice over me • when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against' me. 464 7%e brevity and vanily of life. 17 For I am ready to halt, and my sor- row 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 ad'versaries ; because I follow the thing that gocd m. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord : O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. PSALM XXXIX. To the chief Mufi9'ian, even to Jed'u- thun. A Psalm of Da'vid. 1SAIU, I will take heed to my ways, that 1 sin not with my t6ngue ; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence : I held my peace, even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me ; while 1 was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meaj'ure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Se'lah. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show : surely they are disquieted in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now. Lord, what wait I for ? my hope t* in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgres- sions ; make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; becausb thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 1 1 When thou with rebukes dost cor- rect man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity. Se'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 so'journer, as all my fathers ucre. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. PSALM XL. To the chief Mufi9'ian. A Psalm of Da'vid. I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horri- ble pit, out of the miry clay, and set my Obc'ditiice^ the best sacrifice. a rock, and estab'lished m^ PSALMS. feet upon goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, eren praise unto our God : many shall see i7, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 4 Bles'sed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust ; and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts tvhich are to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them., they are more than can be num- bered. 6 Sac'rifT9e and offering thou didst not desire ; mine ears hast thou opened . burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the vol- ume of the book it is written of me ; 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law is within my heart. 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation : lo, I have not re- frained 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 loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mer'- cTes from me, O Lord : let thy loving- kindness and thy truth continually pre- ferve' me. 12 For innumerable evils have c6m'- passed 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 ; there'f ore my heart fail- eth me. 13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me : O Lord, make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confound- ed together that seek after my soul to de- stroy' 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, A-ha', a-ha' ! 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lokd be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make no tarrying, O my God. PSALM XLL To the chief Mu5i9'ian. A Psalm of Da'vid. BLES'SED is he that considereth the poor : the Lord will deliver him ii time of troQble. 2 The Lord will prejerve' him, ao I 30 ^'o-be'je'cnte. 465 Dafttd prayeth to God for succour. keep him alive ; and he shall be bles'sed wpon the earth : and thou wilt not deliv- er 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. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me ; When shall he die, and his name perish ? 6 And if he come to see me, he speak- eth vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he tell- eth it. *1 All that hate me whisper together against' me : against' me do they devife my hurt. 8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him : and now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more. 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against' me. 10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Bles'sed he the Lord God of Ij'ra- el from everlas'ting, and to everlas'ting. i'men', and A'men'. PSALM XLIL To the chief Mu§i5'ian, Mas'chil, for the Sons of Ko'rah. AS the hart panteth after the water- brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, OGod. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and ap- pear before God ? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God ? 4 When I remember these things^ I pour out my soul in me : for I had gone with the multitude ; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for 1 shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down with- in me : there'fore will I remember thee from the land of Jor'dan, and of the Her'- mon-ites, from the hill Mi'zar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water-spouts : all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Tet the Lord will command' his lov- PSALMS. His zeal to serve him. ing-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock. Why hast thou forgotten me ? why go I mourn- ing because of the oppression of the ene- my ? 10 ^s 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 coun- tenance, and my God. PSALM XLIIL JUDGE me, O God, and plead 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 1 shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM XLIV. To the chief Mufig'ian for the Sons of Ko'rah. E have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old ; 2 Horo thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them ; how Ihou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they got not the land in poffes'- sion by their own sw-'ord, neither did their own arm save them ; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy coun- tenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. 4 Thou art my King, O God: com- mand' deliverances for Ja'cob. 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies ; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against' us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, nei- ther shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our ene- mies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Se'lah. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put ua to 466 w The church''s complaint and prayer. PSALMS, shame ; and goest not forth with our ar- mies. 10 Thou makcst us to turn back from the enemy ; and they which hate us spoil for themselves. 1 1 Thou hast given us like sheep ap- poiyifed for meat ; and hast scattered us among the heathen. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase Ihy ivealth 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 by-word am6ng the heathen, a shaking of the head am6ng the people. 15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath c